One More Week!!!

One more week until out lucky little butts are in Florida!!!

We canNOT wait!

We decided to go shopping today.  We had to get Mr. Andy's birthday presents since the little turkey is going to be 10 on Thursday.  Wait.... 10??? How the heck did that happen? I mean he was just a little guy now he's.... gulp... double digits.  Ok, now I feel old... really old.

Well we shopped for the old man's birthday gifts, then some groceries to get us through this week, and some more travel supplies.  I am going to start packing this week.  Going to get the suitcases layed out and start throwing stuff in them.  30lb is our limit for the suitcases.  I'm not worried about the men in my life... They pack light but me... well I might have to put stuff in Paul's or the boys suitcase.

But while we were getting ready to leave the house this morning Paul was talking to them all about what to expect at the airport and stuff, they were getting really excited.  Me too honeslty.

I am just worried someone is going to get sick right before we go.  Like so worried if I think about it I get myself into a stupid panic attack.  This is the first real vacation for the boys.  Paul is bugging the crap out of me about all the details that I don't know.  We are supposed to get a package in the mail this week with EVERYTHING in it, including our airline tickets and spending money.

I cannot wait until that get's here then maybe he will calm down.  Right now he's wanting me to find out if the rental car will have a GPS in it so we don't have to take ours.  I had planned on taking ours, I highly doubt the rental will have one but he's want's me to find out.

I'm just ready for this week to be over already, I am ready to get to Florida!

Two Weeks!!!

Got home from work today expecting to be mad that Matthew wet his pants at school.  I was and told him so, got the full story and then let it go.

Then Paul showed me what we got in the mail.

 David with his mail from Make-A-Wish.

It was a poster with a wish story and a wish wand.  We also got a envelope from Give Kids The World Village.  It had our names on it, confirmed our reservation, and had some useful info.

 This is a closeup of the poster.

And a closeup of the story that goes with the poster.

I am getting more and more excited for this trip.  David has no idea what is really in store for him.  Matthew on the other hand is feeling a little left out.  He didn't get anything and was upset, but we let him read the names printed on the pamphlet from GKTW and he saw his name was on it, so that excited him and the moment passed.

Three More Weeks!!!

First off I would like everyone to say a little prayer for the family of Mia.  Click on her name to view her blog.  Mia is sadly was a little four year old girl that had a heart transplant at the age of four months.  She got granted a wish to meet Minnie Mouse in Disney World.  They flew down and that night she went into cardiac arrest.  She had pneumonia and heart rejections.  Her little brain was without oxygen for to long and though her heart got better she had no brain activity.  She never made it to Disney to meet Minnie Mouse.  Her funeral is tomorrow in Utah.  I didn't know about this little girl until another fellow blogger and heart Mom posted it.

Now onto our news... Three more weeks until we got to Disney!!!

I am more excited now then what I was last week.  I called David's cardiologist to make sure he can ride the rides down there.  The last thing I wanted to do was tell David he couldn't ride something because of his heart.  I called and Dr. Goble said that as long as he is big enough to ride he can, his heart will not keep him from having fun!!!

So EXCITED!!!

Here are some fall fun pictures for you to enjoy!  Can you tell who is who?

5 More Weeks !!!!!

We are all getting excited for our upcoming Disney trip. We are counting down the days. I made a calendar for the boys to cross off the days. I don’t know what we are down to because I keep forgetting to have them do it (they remind me after they are in bed). Five weeks from right now we will be there!!!


We’ve recorded a bunch of Disney stuff for the boys to watch. We’ve never really had them watch much Disney stuff because all the kid shows are on during the day, and the evening is for the bigger kids that I don’t want them watching yet. But they’ve started watching the Mickey Mouse Club (I thing is super cheesy and they are too old for but whatever). We recorded Aladdin, and they LOVED the ‘big blue guy’. They thought he was the funniest thing. We recorded Peter Pan but it wasn’t the cartoon version. They were a little scared but watched it anyways. They’ve watched Dumbo and I think Snow White at my parents house. So now they should have a pretty good idea of who the characters are when we get there.

Paul and I have been sitting down after the boys go to bed, with the computer and a book that Rhonda let us borrow (Disney with Kids 2010) trying to plan our days. We know we get a three day park hopper pass, a two day to Universal and something else but there isn’t anything at Universal we want to do, so we are going to see if they will let us have another day at the Magic Kingdom. And we are going to see if we can get a pass to Kennedy Space Center. They say they have them on a first come first served basis.

I’ve been asking our wish coordinator TONS of questions. I know we are flying out of Flint at 7am on November 4th with a two hour layover in Detroit, then on to Orlando (what’s the point in the layover I don’t know). I know we are getting a limo ride to Flint!!! We will have a rental car while in Florida. We will be coming back on the 10th, flying from Orlando to Atlanta (I think) then on to Flint where we will have a limo ride home I believe. We will be giving back late though.

It’s getting more and more exciting as we show the boys more Disney stuff. We are preparing them for it as best as we can. We see something they might see, we remind them off it. We even see an airplane in the sky and we mention “hey that’s what we are going to be doing in five weeks”. But seeing the rides on the internet, making a few dinner reservations is getting Paul and I more excited. I can hardly wait for five weeks to be up. Now I am just waiting for weather reports so I know what to pack.

Dr. Bove

Dr. Bove is David's Surgeon.  As long as he is still alive and performing surgery he is the only one that will work on David's heart, unless... David ever needs a heart transplant.

Dr. Bove has a webpage... it's new.  I've been waiting for it and as I was moving my favorites from my old laptop to my brand new one I found it was up and running so I decided to share it.

http://www.boveprofessorship.org/

Please take a moment to read about this wonderful man who to us ranks right up there with God himself.

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