Author Archives: Jessica

Me to Asher:  “I love you.” Asher’s repsonse to me:  “Me love you.”

Last night as we were snuggling to sleep, Jude was laying on my “tummy” as he often still likes to do and appeared restless.  He said, “You are really warm and cozy but everywhere I lay, I feel bones and bones.  They are everywhere.”

Given that Asher was conceived during the post-brain cancer diagnosis blur period in November 2010, Jude said last night about dealing with brain cancer, “I have a brother to play with forever and just brain tumors for a little while.”

“I think I liked the Jude that refused to sing more than the Jude that likes to sing. Now he’s singing the “Kars 4 Kids” ad, the most annoying radio ad in the history of EVER.”  (I, on the other hand, love that Jude is now finally starting to sing!  Bonus that his new talent that can …

Continue reading “Andy’s Quote of the Day”

“There wasn’t any soap so I just used extra water.”

So relieved that Jude had a clear scan today!

I’m feeling incredibly anxious awaiting the results of Jude’s brain MRI tomorrow.  Jude and I need to arrive by 8 a.m. to Children’s of Minnetonka.  Afterwards, we’ll pick up Andy and the boys and go to Children’s of Minneapolis to see Jude’s oncologist.  Hopefully she isn’t too late.  She typically arrives to our appointment quite …

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“If you lose all your teeth, you’re still alive, but you don’t talk.”

So, Jude is trying to earn some money to buy Skylanders.  He asked me to write him a list of chores to do and the amount I’d pay him per chore.  On my list was 25 cents for vacumming all the crumbs off the kitchen and dining room floor.  He wanted to earn yet more …

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Asher went up to Andy today, showing him the regular toothbrush he had won at the dentist and said, “My toothbrush no spin.  Can you get batteries for it?”  Funny since it isn’t the type of toothbrush to take batteries.