To name a handful:
My wife's Melanoma diagnosis.
The birth of our third son.
The removal of all of the Melanoma.
The launch of my Kickstarter campaign.
The application - and approval - of hosting international students for this coming school year.
So from the top...
My wifey was checked out by her dermatologist on her 6 month appointment (redhead in the Arkansas sun), and they took a mole from her neck to send for testing.
Three weeks before scheduled C-section due date for baby boy number three, she was told that it was Melanoma, and that they had cut through it, not around it completely; so there was still some left, and she needed to get it removed.
Onwards!
Talking about the third boyo... Josiah Timothy Martin Fairweather was born on the 21st of May! Weighing in at 6 lb 1 oz, he was lighter than the other two at birth for a couple of weeks!
He is super chill and very smiley, which is absolutely great for a third child! Brothers love him and have a great time taking care of him and holding him. Plus, they've really come into their own with playing together, which is great!
Little Man had his introduction day at Kindergarten on Tuesday, so Giddy Bug and I went out and had some ice cream (as consolation for a surprise shot at the doc's). We ran around and spent some time fishing a flooded lake, too. It was pretty chill.
Since Giddy's introduction day was just a test session to gauge his level* for Pre-K, I didn't have a lot of time to do something with Little Man, so I saved that time for today and we went fishing. We didn't catch anything ** but we had a good time picnicking at the edge of a pond and having a good heart to heart.
* he was the first Pre-K test kid in 12 years for his teacher that counted down from 10 to 1 with no problem. Proud dad moment.
** Frustrated side note: I was using the tackle and bait, at the pond, the spot in the pond, and a good temperature that was advised to me from someone who caught a dozen or so catfish last time we were there. And nothing. The first time I've done what had been advised in order to catch fish and nothing happened. Maybe in a month when the weather is cooler, I guess.
We didn't think that a 2-month-old baby was enough, so we took on two exchange students this year! They're super cool and I'm looking forward to hosting them and showing them what rural America looks like! They'll be gutting fish and skinning deer in no time.
Nhi (back left) is from Vietnam, and Itxi (back right) is from Spain. They're great.
I launched a Kickstarter campaign! Admittedly, it's not really doing all that well... but I think that the making of it and putting myself out there as a big step, at least. I was going to make four dolls to be modified by 16 different artists as they travel across the world; I'll be making a little coffee table book that documents their journeys; with photographs, illustrations, maps and a showcase of the works by all of the artists involved. I'm super excited about it, but as I said, I have a little under $400 towards the $9,250 at the time of writing.
That being said, I am massively encouraged by the support I've been receiving by those who have pledged.
If the campaign isn't funded, I'm still going to do the project, but on a much smaller scale; one doll and four artists - three of the four that were going to be the initial four for the bigger project. We'll see what happens!
Peace.
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