Tiff's Turn

Surgery day last week for my recent Melanoma diagnosis went well. It was a long day, but successful. I still don't have the lymph node biopsy results just yet, but the good news is the surgical oncologist said she was 97% sure that the cancer had not spread . That's reassuring! I just want to take a moment, on the official "Melanoma Monday" which kicks off the Melanoma Awareness month of May,  to reiterate the importance of protecting yourself while out in the sun, plus getting your moles checked by a dermatologist. I had no idea- my doctor did not prepare me for- what this excision would look like on my back. I did not envision my back looking like Freddy Krueger and his knife fingers got ahold of me in a nightmare: That is almost an 8 inch cut. Yes, I would rather have that scar than cancer. But that doesn't mean that the shock of seeing that, not knowing what it would be like, shouldn't have been there, followed by tears coming from my eyes. I sh

Hi, y'all. It's been a few months since my last post . I'm feeling the need to get back to posting some updates. Right here, right now, I'm setting a goal of a new blog once a month. New goal, just in time for Easter weekend. We didn't get to see the Easter bunny this year, but the Gilmore Four did get plenty of candy-filled eggs this morning. Plus, some time at the park. Beckett Henry So, what's new here? Aria is now four years old! She is still in speech therapy and will be continuing that on next school year through the school district's preschool. The triplets like it when speech days are good weather days so they can play outside while Aria is busy inside. As for me, I got some heavy news a few weeks ago. Just when I finally starting seeing a difference in my post-4-children-including-triplets body after months of exercising, I have been diagnosed with skin cancer. I had a mole on my back that was irritating

Livi, Beckett and Henry are about to turn 19 months this week and just had their 18 month check up today. Here are their stats... Livi Mae: height: 33" (77 percentile) weight: 23 pounds, 9 ounces (58 percentile) head cicumference: 53 percentile height projection when finished growing: 5'9" (my height :) ) Compared to the boys, she's our little peanut. However, she may be small, but she be fierce. She can old her own and is generally the "ring leader" of the trio. (left: Henry; right: Beckett) Beckett: height: 34.5" (92 percentile) weight: 28 pounds, 14 ounces (93 percentile) head circumference: 48.2 cm (82 percentile) projected height: 6'2" Besides being the biggest, Beckett is also the protector. The doctor examined each of them while I held them on my lap one at a time. None of them like having their eyes looked into, their ears checked, etc., so they did get a little fussy. When both Henry and Livi had their turn,

Good Sunday, everyone! Have you hunkered down for the scary ice storm that wasn't as bad as the majority of the meteorologists scare us into thinking it would be? We have, which has led me to a bit of cabin fever, which led me to cleaning out my closet. Did you know that Turbo Tax has an app called "It's Deductible" that helps you track your donations to keep track for your taxes? I have started it and it's super easy. It will even give you an estimate on the worth of each item donated and the value that it adds to your tax return. Last time we had a "snow day", we decided to get out of the house and go to Old McDonald's, as Aria calls it. The weather has been nice enough to us, though, that we have been able to have two play dates already for 2017.  We rang in the new year with Aria's favorite girls, and a couple weeks later we got together for a triplet and siblings play date. You can't tell by this picture