December has been full of exciting events as we all geared up for Christmas.
We started things off by going to Hollywild Zoo to feed the animals and look at lights. Tucker especially loved the big cow that stuck his head in our car window and licked his arm (ewww!) and feeding the goats with a bottle. Santa was there, but Tucker preferred to look from afar.
One Saturday Tucker and I made a "gingerbread house" out of a small milk carton and graham crackers. He was so proud of his finished house. He really concentrated on every single piece of candy he placed.
Next, we had an opportunity to go to the Polar Express Train in North Carolina. When they boarded the train each child was handed their golden ticket which was later punched by the conductor. Tucker held on to that ticket literally until we got back home hours later. He really enjoyed himself and was super excited that Santa gave him a jingle bell. It was rainy that night but we all had a great time making memories with friends.
The Monday before Christmas Tucker and I had this conversation that melted my heart.
Tucker: Mommy you know what? Were going to have a Christmas party today!
Me: We are?
Tucker: Yea! For baby Jesus' birthday. We are going to make him a cake.
Me: Oh Tucker that is a wonderful idea!
Tucker: We are all going to share it and then when it is my birthday I will share my cake with baby Jesus too.
Tucker has such a sweet caring heart. It makes me so proud that he is already thinking of doing nice things for others. We shared the cake he made with our neighbors and friends.
This was the first year that Tucker has anticipated Santa's arrival so that was fun. He was begging us to go ahead and go to bed so Santa could come. :) Apparently Tucker thought that Santa was going to put presents in his bed. So when he woke up and didn't see any he called for us and said he was sad because he missed Santa!! All was ok when he walked into the living room. So cute how their little minds work. Maybe next year Santa will leave one present in his bed to excite him when he awakes. Pretty cute idea he had in mind.
As most of you know Tucker's first post radiation MRI shows that there is less blood supply to his tumor. Hopefully it will continue to be less and less and eventually just be scar tissue. This was exciting news. For now things are moving in the right direction. We know that is because we have so many faithful prayers going up for us everyday. Thank you for everyone that is still praying for us and our journey. Tucker is still handling chemo very well and has only been sick once (a nasty cold) which is such a blessing. His body fought off the cold very well without needing additional support which is another huge victory for a child on chemo. Tucker amazes me every single day. He is one very special little boy. I feel so honored that I was hand picked to be his mom.
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