Photo Time!

How is Gregory doing?

Great slide show! I agree with Amy, I'd love for an update on Gregory. Also how about the baby's room? How are you guys decorating it? Will she have her own room?

Great pictures Erin, the first one of you and Melissa is my favorite because it reminds me of pictures of my sister and I when we were little--especially the pigtails. Congratulations again on baby #2, you look great.

Thanks for sharing your life with us... and congrats again on your new addition.

Hey guys, thanks for asking about Gregory. He is actually doing AMAZINGLY well. They finally got the seizures under control with an experimental steroid treatment and he now has a perfectly clean EEG. No bad brain activity whatsoever. He is now beginning to develop like a normal baby--he's just about six months behind. So he's smiling and sitting up and reaching for things and trying desperately to crawl. The strides he has made are incredible and we are all so hopeful and grateful. I will probably have Melissa do a guest blog sometime soon with pictures...he's super cute!

That's great news about Gregory! I hope he continues to develop and be seizure free. The slide show was great! Alex is so darn cute!!

My favorite pic was that of Alex's cheese face. Too cute. But the most surprising thing was seeing your wedding date - the same as mine! Then again, as I'm writing this, I think I remember reading that in Glamour, and being shocked then too. Silly swiss-cheese-mommy-brain! :)

Those pictures are awesome! Alex is so cute! I really love his cheese face! Thanks for sharing them with us! And I am so happy to hear that Gregory is doing well! I have a really quick question about your CML treatment. I have CML as well and I have been on Gleevec for just over a year and so far my results have been good, no remission but steadily declining numbers. The three month test I just had showed the numbers had jumped back up a bit (from -2.77 to -2.60), my doctor said she is not too worried and that fluctuations can happen and I was wondering if you ever experienced any fluctuations like this. Thanks Erin!!

Erin, I've read about you in Glamour for years, but somehow never checked out the blog over there. I spent the last two days reading every post (each time my daughter took a nap I'd race to the computer to read)! I am so glad that you are back to blogging again! Congrats on baby #2! Charlotte was one of the names on my list for my daughter, but my husband nixed it. I find the name game fun, but stressful.I am looking forward to following your pregnancy and life as a mom of two from here.

I read your article on CNN, and I found it absolutely moving. I have a son, Logan, who is 22 months old. I am pregnant with our second child, and currently chugging at 17 weeks. Pregnancy with my son was not easy, and I had to question whether I wanted another tough pregnancy. Of course I do, and of course I did. And I'll do it again. Having a family completes me, but reading your story made me realize how fortunate I am that my biggest worry is a son being born a month early... Rather than worrying about living through the process. I wish there was more that I could do. I sometimes wonder why it is that you can donate blood, but you can't put yourself on a list to donate marrow? Sure, you'd have to be a perfect genetic match, but if I thought I was a perfect match for someone out there, I would do it in a heartbeat. As it is, my child's cord blood will be donated so the stem cells might help another child in need of them. Thank you so much for sharing your story. I think the choice you made was a noble and amazing one. Kind Regards, Rachel Moses

Hello, my name is Cassandra. I just want to let you know that I am very inspired by you. I am a senior in high school and I have to look up a medical article for my medical professions class and I came across your story from CNN. I just thought it was really awesome that you have survived cancer without taking any medications for nine + months. Truely amazing. I usually look for stories about cancer, mostly because I want to be a pediatrician oncologist. I have read many books about children dealing with cancers or deformities and even diabetes. If you have not gotten the chance to read any Lurlene McDaniel books, you really should, but mostly the Dawn Rochelle series. They are written by Lurlene. She is an absolutely amazing writer and she has inspired me by her writings to want and be an oncologist. I give you kudos girl!!! You have survived, I am so happy to see someone achieve what you have. And your oncologist seems to be a very great person. I wish to be like him one day, you have written only good things about him. So many people have told me not to do this, become a pediatrician oncologist, because I could never make a change because they will all die, I can't save them. Well guess what I'm going to try my hardest to do this. Thank you so very much for sharing your story...

Hi Erin, I had AML in 1976. I had just turned 20 when I found that out. I was told I had only a few weeks to a few months to live. I told them that was up to God and I trusted Jesus to heal me. My mom told me He would and I trusted my mom! So I went with it. I was told I could never have children as I had most likely been left infertile from all the chemo I had. I was told a lot of bad things that never did happen. I endured chemo, bone marrow aspirations, blood work, transfusions...you name it! I had acute myelogenous...not chronic. Anyway, I came upon your site today. I DID become pregnant in 1978. I was told it was a mole pregnancy...well not that...ok..so then told to have an abortion as the baby would most likely deformed from all the chemo I had in 1976...I told the doctor that they told me I would die and I didnt...they told me I would never be able to get pregnant...I did...so why would I believe the baby would be deformed? It wouldnt. I had trusted God for yet another miracle. I am here to tell you I have had 4 children now. I have 5 grandchildren. You will too! The leukemia never came back in 33 years. I never took any medicine. God has the last word...dont forget that! Good for you! Hug those babies for me!

Hi Erin, I just read your "Pregnant with Cancer" article on CNN.com and had to comment. I also have CML and I am on Gleevec. I was diagnosed 2 years ago. My situation is different than yours in that I already have 3 kids (ages 10, 6, and 4). I wasn't diagnosed until I was 39 years old. I just wanted to tell you that I don't think you're crazy for having kids. I think it's wonderful. When I was diagnosed, my first thoughts were my kids, of course. I could not imagine them growing up without me. You captured that feeling so well in your article. Although my husband is also a wonderful and capable man, it just ached to think of him alone and the kids first missing me then barely remembering me. But I also knew that anything could take me at any time, whether it's a car accident, another disease, etc. And the only real accomplishment in my life - my legacy - is my kids. People who are faced with death typically want to accomplish important things before they go - what could be more important than bringing some wonderful children into this world? My kids are beautiful human beings and I am so proud of all of them. I know they will go on to do great things, with or without me. It sounds like you have a close extended family. I do too, and that also gives me comfort. If I am gone, my kids will be surrounded by people who love them and my husband will have the support to go on with life. I am happy to say that I am in "remission" and if I were to get pregnant (which I shouldn't as we are actively practicing major birth control!) my biggest health concern would be my age, not my cancer. Enjoy every minute with Alex and enjoy your pregnancy. One thing about cancer is it makes you so much more grateful for what you have, which is truly the secret to happiness! Thank you for sharing your life through your writing. Terri

What a great slideshow! I'd like to hear an update on Gregory as well, and how the nursery and baby name selections are coming!