Hello world!!!

I can't believe it's been almost 3 months since my last blog post! So much has been happening with Mia and our family and of course its all GREAT things!! I don't know where to begin because its just been a wirlwind type of time.

March 27th we finally closed on our house. A few weeks later our contracter started to demo the basement. It was completed a few days prior to our housewarming. George, myself and the kids spent almost every evening and weekend getting the house together. April and May we were busy with everything! Between our crazy schedules and having mom hospitalized again was the totally chaotic. Gods good will defintely pulled us through these past few months. May 2nd was the one year mark of Mia's diagnoses, it was quite bitter sweet. Mia was so happy to nearing the end of her treatment, it couldn't come fast enough. With the move, the girls started feel aprehensive about leaving their friends and mostly, Mema and Pop Pop. For Rachy's birthday in June, Mema and I took the two bigger girls to NYC for an overnight stay then a must needed trip to American Girl to get the new doll Rebecca.

On June 19th the girls finished the last day of school at Bungay, and headed off on a road trip with Mema down to Pennsylvania. With no children for a whole weekend, George and I busted our humps and got this move finalized. Now, we are in the new house and things couldn't be better! The girls have been playing with their new (to us) playscape from the minute they wake up until the sun goes down.

June 26th!! The BIG day! It was her last shot of the treatment!!! She wanted to do it early so she could nap before her trip to CoCo Key waterpark with her Daisy Troop. WHAT FUN IT WAS! I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate ending her treatments...whew...what an intense year! Then, Saturday morning we had brunch with Mema and Grampy at IHOP, also to celebrate. Well.....Mema got her girls tickets to see Hannah Montana in November!! How awesome was that?! I can't even explain how excited these girls are!

Today we had our visit with Dr. Joe's team of fabulous players...Mia is scheduled for her testing July 20th, and it was decided that she will keep her port in until next June. Mia will be recieving CT Scans every three months for a year. She will have Dr Joe once a month to flush her "tubies" and she is so ok with all of this. She is happy that her shots are done and life can resume!YAY!

We do have some busy months ahead but I couldn't let another day go by without posting. I am surprised Aunty Terry hasn't harrassed me about it yet! HAHA!

OOOOOHHHHHHH !!!! I know George and I decided to wait a year before getting a pet but one just so happened to cross our path. Ok, Ok so I went out of my way to find this wonderful new family member. IT'S A GIRL!!!! poor George! But we will be picking up our puppy from a wonderful family on July 17th! George and I can't wait but the girls have no clue. They have been practicing for "someday" with our stuffed english bulldog from Ikea, his name is Sarge. And its been the cutest thing to witness. I promise to post pictures as soon as I can! For now enjoy the ones I have just uploaded from the past 3 months LOL!

OXOXOXOXOX

Chrissie

Ashley, Emma and Mia chillaxin while the grownups played landscapers =)

We visited Monika, Kyle and Kurt in Newport the day before the left for the western part of the country! We walked cliff walk and had lunch at the middletown Chili'sAshley and Mia on the cliff walkDezzy and Mia enjoy pizza after their red white and blue graduation programMia and Rachy played while waiting for American girl to open for the big release! The girls with their American Girls! Mia, Quinn (I believe), Rebbecca and SammanthLook who we ran into at Toys R Us Times Square! Miss Tonya!

Mia at the housewarming party sporting the latest in choco-attireSwimming away on her fabulous road trip

The awesome night at CoCo Key!
Mema, grampy and their girl at our celebration breakfast at IHOP!

Happy Birthday Beaner!!!!

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy to you dear beaner, happy birthday to you! 6 long years ago was the most intense time of my life. George was away in Iraq, his unit had just reached the outskirts of Baghdad. With a full blown war in gear, I thought I would never see my husband again. Fearful of giving birth alone, my mother and friend Kerry were there to hold my hand. Still scared beyond words, I gave birth to one of the most amazing things in the world! Mia was bright eyed and ready to take on the world. Her adaption to our feelings didn't take long though. She cried as much as I did, she really must have felt all of my apprehensions. I look at Bean, all that her and I have been through together since the beginning, and think how we were meant for each other. We laid in bed at the hotel last night and she said "Mommy, I love you." I turned to her, held her hand and said "Bean, your my soul mate." and she said straight faced " Is that like first mate" This further proven she is my child! Mia has had the most elaborate birthday weeks ever. The partying started Thursday at Miss Tonya's and will end tonight with an Easter egg hunt. She definitely enjoyed her weekend with all her friends and family! I don't know how we can top this week but we will have to plan ultra hard to make it super duper special next year!

P.S. June 12th is around the corner! When we have a date set for port removal, I will start planing the end of treatment party!

Beaner enjoyed a birthday dinner at Chili's in Shelton. Raquel even gave her a virgin Tropical Sunrise Margarita. Mia too felt the fever for Margarita Madness.

Mia enjoyed a nice swim at the hotel! So much for the princess hair. Fear not, mommy brought a curling iron and hair spray!

Pink is the coolest!

No need to adjust your monitors, you are seeing this correct. Beaner has taken a turn for the punk rock look. I couldn't honestly justify why she couldn't dye her hair pink so we did a preview day. I purchased the pink in a can and went to town. I was tempted to turn the can on myself in a cry of desperation to live those younger years again. When I was young, my mom wouldn't let me do it and I was devastated. We have learned over the past almost year to live life like it was your last day on earth. Beaner has been through so much and how could I say no to that kiss-tastic face? So we go Saturday to the Academy to see Matt to have the semi perm highlights put in. The past month has tested my patience as a student, employee, mom and wife. I have loaded up in classes to make sure I get things done before my graduation in May of 2010. It has me running circles around myself like I am a dog trying to catch it's own tail. I transferred to a Chili's in East Haven in January so my commute has been extended to almost 45 minutes and we are buying a house! Yes! A house! A real, big, gorgeous house! All of the girls are super excited and just dying to get in and start painting their rooms. I kid you not, all these girls have talked about is what room will be theirs, what colors will be painted and what themes. In the meantime George and I are freaking out about how it will all come together. We have nothing folks! When we moved back in with mom 3 years ago, we had paid for Storage. Once that proven too costly we basically got rid of everything. Now we are looking back and saying "Why?" We have already purchased Mia and Ashleys bunkbeds and we have aquired some other things as well. Since we aren't moving until June, we will have plenty of time to adapt to everything and get most of the nessessities.

Isn't it amazing!?

June will be a super fabulous month for us and hopefully we can all share a wonderful month together. Mia should be done with treatment June 12th 2009 so keep your eyes peeled for party invites! That way everyone could come enjoy the new house with us!

Enjoy everyday you have and count your blessings!

Chrissie

Where did the time go?

I feel like it's been forever since I last posted. The holidays really took over our lives this year. I have always said that I thrive on chaos and that was most evident this past month than any other before. There hasn't been much to report since things have been so quite on this end. George and I have started the purchase of a home and we are super excited to say the least. Hopefully we should know by the end of the month if all is good. This part of the process is truly nerve racking and awesome at the same time. Things with Beaner are really well, she goes for another CT scan this week just to check on the progress. She has been really enjoying her appointments because we now get to see Haley. I am guilty of letting her skip school to have tuesday playdates with her good friend. We only have 2 weeks before I go back to school and our schedules will return to normal. Christmas was fabulous for all of us this season, it was a true celebration of family. We visited our cousins in New York for Christmas eve, and drove around visiting all of our family on Christmas day. New Years eve I had to work so George had a good time with the girls. I was out of work fairly early but the girls and George didn't make it to see the ball drop. These next few months we will be super busy if all goes well with the purchase of our new home but we can hardly contain our excitement. The girls have already picked out paint and room decorations for a house that will sure to be our home for years to come. Best wishes to all for a fabulous new year!

xoxoxox

Chrissie

P.S. Mia has reached her half way point for treatment. June 12th looks like her last treatment!