November 1st:
Ari William Jinkens was born to proud parents Erin and Andy and big brother Hendrick!!
7 pounds 4 ounces and 20 inches of perfection!
November 4th:
I went to a dermatologist to have my moles checked. Two were suspicious so the doctor shaved them off and sent them for a biopsy.
November 5th:
The three of us, along with Mom, Dad, Em, Gerald and Carter, plus my friend Tasha, her husband and two sons all went to the circus. The circus wasn't as good as the last time that we went, but we all had a lot of fun!
November 6th:
I got to meet Ari!! I love snuggling babies!
November 8th:
Election Day. I was so proud of myself for voting.... and then so disappointed to not get an "I Voted" sticker! I later found out that Allegheny County took them out of the budget..... whatever. Braggs made me one at work!
November 9th:
My doctor's office called with my biopsy results. One of my moles was almost melanoma. So they scheduled me to come back in as soon as possible and have the margins around the mole cleared so that it wouldn't turn into cancer. This news threw me into an emotional breakdown. I did not take it well at all.
November 11th:
My mom friend Lindsey and I went for a much needed mom's night out that included margaritas and shopping! We were both happy campers by the time we got home!
November 12th:
Lyla and I went to see the Troll Movie! We loved it and to make it even more fun a bunch of Lyla's friends just happen to be at the same movie so we all sat together. The girls were thrilled!
November 17th:
Maria and I finally went to dinner to celebrate her birthday! Her birthday was October 3rd by the way... that's how crazy things have been!
November 18th:
I started my morning with a woman who works in my building hitting my car while it was parked in the parking lot..... That was a downer.....
Then things got a little better at 10:00 when I logged on to Ticketmaster with my presale codes in hand and got Ashley and I Bruno Mars tickets for August and tickets to New Kids on the Block in July for me and the girls at work!
And then Gary took me to my doctors appointment to have my mole removed..... I was a complete nervous wreck about the whole thing. And let me just say that it was so much worse than I was anticipating. Thank goodness I didn't go by myself.
November 19th:
We started our morning at the mall for Santa's arrival. Its such a fun tradition that we have been doing every year with Lyla! We all look forward to it!
After that we drove down to Washington for Hendrick's 2nd Annual Chili Cook Off. I was kind of disappointed because I couldn't help as much as I wanted to since I had my procedure the day before, but we were able to raise $7,000 for Hendrick and FAST! So it was definitely a success!
November 21st:
Brantley Jaxon Lochner made his arrival! I am beyond thrilled for Ashley and Jeremy!
November 22nd:
WE GOT NEW CARPET!!! Since the day we moved into this house we have been saying we need to replace the carpet.... and we FINALLY did it! Leading up to the date of the carpet installation we (Gary) worked really hard at painting and changing out outlets, light switches and a couple light fixtures! Everything looks so nice! We have a couple more rooms to finish up after we get through the holidays, but the house is feeling so much more homey now and more like its ours. We are just thrilled!
Lyla's nasty carpet before:
And her new purple carpet!
All the other carpet:
November 24th:
Thanksgiving! We all went to mom & dad's this year, including Gary's mom.
This year I was thankful for my selfie stick and all the fun pictures it let us take!
After dinner, me, mom and Em went shopping. It was really fun hanging out just the three of us with any kids of husbands tagging along!
November 25th:
Black Friday - Gary got up and came shopping with me while Lyla stayed and played with Grandma. Then on our way home we got to stop and meet Brantley for the first time! :) What a little sweetheart he is!
November 26th:
Gary made the mistake of letting Lyla and I go pick out new Christmas decorations without supervision.... We only came home with two flamingo decorations.... among lots of other fun stuff!
November 27th:
Lyla went to see Santa and tell him what she wants for Christmas this year - Pie Face Showdown.... (insert eye-roll) She's pretty smart and always asks Santa for things that she knows I would never buy for her! (Poop doll)
November 28th:
I finally got my stitches out and my results. Everything is clear - thank goodness. Now I just have to go back yearly for check ups.
And now its December 1st already! I'm hoping this month is a little less crazy... but its December so that doesn't seem very likely!
November 9th:
My doctor's office called with my biopsy results. One of my moles was almost melanoma. So they scheduled me to come back in as soon as possible and have the margins around the mole cleared so that it wouldn't turn into cancer. This news threw me into an emotional breakdown. I did not take it well at all.
November 11th:
My mom friend Lindsey and I went for a much needed mom's night out that included margaritas and shopping! We were both happy campers by the time we got home!
November 12th:
Lyla and I went to see the Troll Movie! We loved it and to make it even more fun a bunch of Lyla's friends just happen to be at the same movie so we all sat together. The girls were thrilled!
November 17th:
Maria and I finally went to dinner to celebrate her birthday! Her birthday was October 3rd by the way... that's how crazy things have been!
November 18th:
I started my morning with a woman who works in my building hitting my car while it was parked in the parking lot..... That was a downer.....
Then things got a little better at 10:00 when I logged on to Ticketmaster with my presale codes in hand and got Ashley and I Bruno Mars tickets for August and tickets to New Kids on the Block in July for me and the girls at work!
And then Gary took me to my doctors appointment to have my mole removed..... I was a complete nervous wreck about the whole thing. And let me just say that it was so much worse than I was anticipating. Thank goodness I didn't go by myself.
November 19th:
We started our morning at the mall for Santa's arrival. Its such a fun tradition that we have been doing every year with Lyla! We all look forward to it!
After that we drove down to Washington for Hendrick's 2nd Annual Chili Cook Off. I was kind of disappointed because I couldn't help as much as I wanted to since I had my procedure the day before, but we were able to raise $7,000 for Hendrick and FAST! So it was definitely a success!
November 21st:
Brantley Jaxon Lochner made his arrival! I am beyond thrilled for Ashley and Jeremy!
November 22nd:
WE GOT NEW CARPET!!! Since the day we moved into this house we have been saying we need to replace the carpet.... and we FINALLY did it! Leading up to the date of the carpet installation we (Gary) worked really hard at painting and changing out outlets, light switches and a couple light fixtures! Everything looks so nice! We have a couple more rooms to finish up after we get through the holidays, but the house is feeling so much more homey now and more like its ours. We are just thrilled!
Lyla's nasty carpet before:
And her new purple carpet!
All the other carpet:
November 24th:
Thanksgiving! We all went to mom & dad's this year, including Gary's mom.
This year I was thankful for my selfie stick and all the fun pictures it let us take!
After dinner, me, mom and Em went shopping. It was really fun hanging out just the three of us with any kids of husbands tagging along!
November 25th:
Black Friday - Gary got up and came shopping with me while Lyla stayed and played with Grandma. Then on our way home we got to stop and meet Brantley for the first time! :) What a little sweetheart he is!
November 26th:
Gary made the mistake of letting Lyla and I go pick out new Christmas decorations without supervision.... We only came home with two flamingo decorations.... among lots of other fun stuff!
November 27th:
Lyla went to see Santa and tell him what she wants for Christmas this year - Pie Face Showdown.... (insert eye-roll) She's pretty smart and always asks Santa for things that she knows I would never buy for her! (Poop doll)
November 28th:
I finally got my stitches out and my results. Everything is clear - thank goodness. Now I just have to go back yearly for check ups.
And now its December 1st already! I'm hoping this month is a little less crazy... but its December so that doesn't seem very likely!
