Jamie on November 24th, 2009

1. Joshua is a huge 9.4 pounds! He’s becoming a little butterball, and he’s so cute. 2. I keep getting asked what I want for Christmas. Well, what I want, I can’t have. I can’t be home with my boys, but hopefully, we’ll get to webcam or something similar. As for actual stuff, I’ve been [...]

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Joel on November 22nd, 2009

Last Sunday, the sun was out, the temperature was hovering in the low 80s, and it was very windy.  All the elements were just right for a bit of kite flying so I decided to take Jake to our community park and teach him how to fly a kite. He was a quick learner, eagerly [...]

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Joel on November 21st, 2009

Joshua’s aunt and uncle sent him the cutest little Tigger outfit.  It was a little big for him, but chances are it’ll be too small for him next Halloween.   Luckily, there are no rules that say you can’t dress up your kid outside of Halloween, so here are some pics!  

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Jamie on November 20th, 2009

Mom and I returned from Tampa yesterday (Thursday) after spending several days there in preparation for my bone marrow transplant (BMT). Some of this might repeat what Joel said in the previous blog, but I’ll add a lot of detail so if you’re sensitive to my candor, don’t read this. We left Monday, Nov. 17, [...]

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Joel on November 18th, 2009

I spoke with Jamie just a little while ago and she was in good spirits.  She met with her transplant doctor today and was told that her test results looked great and her blood platelet levels were that of a normal person which is awesome.   We also learned today that one of the prospective donors [...]

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Jamie on November 13th, 2009

After our Oct. 2 visit at Moffitt, it took 2 weeks for Paul, my brother, to get the box to see if he matches me. He only got the box after numerous calls from my mom; then, it took over 3 weeks to get the results when we were told it would take 10-14 days. [...]

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Jamie on November 13th, 2009

Before the trick or treaters arrived, Joel set up spooky music and and bubble fog machine. Everyone really liked it 0 kids and parents. The bubble come out with fog in it; it was just cool. Jake LOVED being Spiderman. I had to hold him off on getting dressed. He was ready to go before [...]

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