Any advice to give???

I have a friend who is EXTREMELY sick right now and has been for about 8 months. She has a number of things going on, but the most recent is that she went to a GI specialist on Monday and was told she has a disease called "Gastroparesis", which is basically paralysis of the stomach. She throws up constantly and gets so dehydrated that she ends up in the hospital for IV treatment to get rehydrated. A healthy stomach will contract to help crush food , but with this disease, the stomach is unable to contract so normal digestion doesn't happen. There is no cure, but it can be treated through diet. Her husband went to the organic food store and got her a bunch of supplements that should help eventually, but the problem is keeping those supplements down. She won't ask anyone to do anything for her or let anyone help, so I am just desperately trying to do what I can to get her better. That's where all of you, my wonderful friends come in...I'm wondering if any of you know anything about organic foods and have some ideas for her. She has to be on a low fat, low fiber, low sugar, basically low everything diet. It's so frustrating for her and her husband and they're feeling like she finally takes 2 steps forward only to fall 20 steps back (her words). So, if any of you can help, please let me know and I will forward any ideas on to her. She is an awesome person and friend and so deserves to get feeling like her old self again.

January 20, 2007-The Day I Married...

My Best Friend

The one I laugh with, live for,

dream with, LOVE!

Today is Cody and I's 2 year wedding anniversary! I wanted to post and express my thoughts and feelings about today and I've also added some pics of our wedding. (I apologize if you don't do sappiness, I blame it on the pregnancy hormones :) )

Cody and I met on March 1, 2003, as a result of a blind date set up by his sister, Courtney. She and I work together and I had been separated from my ex for a year and was feeling like I was ready to start dating. To be honest, I was a little skeptical of blind dates. The only reason why I tell this part of our story is because it shows how crazy one might think I was when I say that I knew from the second I saw Cody for the first time that we were meant to be together. We were going to the snowcross at the Delta Center with Courtney and her husband and we all met at their house before leaving. Cody was already there when I got there and was downstairs playing with Courtney's twins. As I rounded the corner to head down her stairs, I saw Cody before he saw me. I had been extremely nervous all day, after all it was my first date in over 10 years, but as soon as I saw Cody, I immediately felt calm, peaceful, the butterflies took over my tummy, and I lost my breath (he still makes me lose my breath sometimes!).

Now fast forward 3 1/2 years and it's our wedding day, and I am the happiest woman alive! Cody makes me want to become a better person...a better wife, a better mom, a better everything. He picked my heart up off the floor, made it whole again and taught me that I could love and be loved again. It takes a special person to go from being a single, never been married, bachelor to being married to someone with a history and gaining an instant family. He handled it so well and I could never ask for a better stepdad for our boys or a better daddy for Maycie, and he works so hard to provide for and take care of us. There is never a dull moment with him around, He makes me laugh on a daily basis, a lot of times at my own self, and we love just "being" with each other...he truly is my best friend. Thankyou, Cody, for believing in US! The past 2 years have been amazing, we have overcome so many obstacles, but that's ok...together we can do anything. I am so excited to see what our future brings! I love you so much! Happy Anniversary!

Getting my final touches

Cody and his dad putting on cufflinks

My baby boys walking me down the aisle...I was trying to get my emotions under control

The rings

Mr. and Mrs. Cody Thompson

This pic is priceless...the photographer was taking a family pic and looked at Gage and saw him giving a big "thumbs up".

Our new little family

Dancing with my daddy to "I loved her first". He was asking me if I was happy, and I said "YES! So happy!"

Haden and I dancing...he was a little embarrassed. Gage wouldn't dance at all.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year! I am usually really good about sending out Christmas cards, but this year I didn't, so I was going to copy AnnJillene and send a newsletter telling what we are all up to, but that probably won't happen either. So, I decided to just wish you all a Happy 2009 on here.

We spent New Year's Eve with our kids. We left the house at 4:00 p.m. in hopes of having a nice dinner at Texas Roadhouse in Bountiful because that's where my sister and niece work. We got there at 4:25 only to find out there was already a 2 hour wait!!! Needless to say, we DID NOT wait, and I was way bummed cuz I was having a craving, but waiting for 2 hours to eat with 3 kids is not an option for us. So, we ended up at El Matador and got right in. After dinner, we went home and played the wii for the rest of the night. I found out that I my favorite game is MarioKart even though I suck at it, but I did awesome at bowling. The boys and Cody rotated between Cabela's Big Game Hunter and PBR bull riding. We turned off the wii at 11:30 and turned on Dick Clark's Rockin' Eve so we could watch the ball drop. Amazingly, we all made it until midnight (except Maycie)! It was a very fun and relaxing night!

I've been thinking a lot lately about New Year's resolutions. I've set one almost every year, and almost every year, I end up being very disappointed in myself because I either didn't accomplish my goal or didn't do it up to my expectations, especially when it involved weight loss. This year, I'm not making a resolution. I've come up with some things that I want to do or be better at, but that's it. If you're someone who makes New Year's resolutions, I wish you luck and I hope that this is YOUR year and you accomplish all you hope to. As for me, I just want to become a little better at a few things, and I know that by taking baby steps instead of gigantic ones, I can accomplish my goal.