THE WINSTEADS: A Visit from Mimi

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

A Visit from Mimi

Mom came to visit us this weekend in Nashville! Braden AND Taylor are absolutely crazy about Mimi...he just lights up when she walks in the room. This little guy LOVES life as you can see. He has the sweetest little personality. I told him he was NO child of mama's if he didn't know how to laugh and I tell you...that is all this child does:)

We had a fun weekend filled with shopping and cooking. Mom made some sinful white chocolate macadamia nut cookies that are ALMOST gone. It was so good to have her here! We miss you Mimi! See you at Thanksgiving!!!

Here is a picture of my fall arrangement for my door.

2 comments:

Amanda said...: Love that boy; October 28, 2009 at 6:27 PM
The Stuckeys said...: Katie! Brad is the cutest little monkey! Can't wait to see him again! Miss you!; November 2, 2009 at 5:19 PM

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As most of you probably know by now, Brad was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma two weeks ago. It came as an incredible shock to us and our families. We went to a Sunday school party Sunday night and Brad played kickball with all of the guys. He was sore the next day and took some Ibuprofen on an empty stomach. Tuesday, he started passing blood in his urine and went to the walk in clinic. They immediately sent him to the ER where he found out five hours later that he had a golf ball size tumor in his left kidney. We met with the urologist the next day and he scheduled the surgery for the following Thursday. Dr. Locke was able to remove the entire tumor. He only had to remove 1/4 of his kidney. He will not have to do chemo OR radiation and for that...we are so thankful. We are finally back home and Brad is recovering well. Our lives have been completely turned upside down the past two weeks, but we both have new outlooks on life. We are so grateful that God has blessed us with our beautiful baby boy who just turned 10 weeks old this week. We have learned that life is a true and absolute GIFT and we will appreciate every single day we have with one another. I love Brad more than I ever have before. I've been scared, mad, anxious, and happy all at once. I am so thankful we caught the cancer at such an early stage. We have a lot of life left to live and so many more memories to make. Braden and I love you Brad...