A niece, a wait, and a race

Today we celebrated the birth of our newest family member!  Aaron's brother Ben and his wife Pamela got to meet their precious daughter Zoe Kate this morning.  Pam and Zoe are doing well and we couldn't be more excited for the three of them!  

I was so pleasantly surprised with how well Josiah did in the clinic today!  Accessing and de-accessing his port were not nearly as difficult as usual.  Josiah even caught the nurse off guard when he shouted "One, two, three, go!" and the nurse wasn't ready.  :)  I was also surprised to learn that his ANC had dropped from 396 last week to 176 today.  That means we put off treatment for a second week.  I asked how long this can go on and they were vague in their answer so we'll just keep taking this one week at a time until his body decides to start making more red and white cells or until someone with letters behind their name gets concerned.  

On another note, our family has registered to participate in the Run to Fight Children's Cancer at Grand Canyon State University.  Aaron is signed up for a 10k, I'm signed up for the 5k, Josiah is doing a 1/4 mile survivor's walk, and Stella and Mary will be enjoy all the kid friendly activities when they are not cheering for someone.  Aaron is a runner.  I have the best trainer this side of the Mississippi behind me, but let's just say it is not going to be easy or pretty.  It feels good to be working toward this goal though.  Rumor has it that at least a few friends will be joining Team Timmons as well so it should be a really fun day!  Let us know if you want to run too!