tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46912415778539315042024-03-13T14:30:37.233-07:00The Five of Us!Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-38776476566198541632009-03-29T11:11:00.000-07:002009-03-29T11:14:11.070-07:00Trip to Philly...Andrew’s doctor appointment in Philadelphia was very long but informative. His appointment was at 10am and we didn’t leave the hospital until 5pm. We still love this doctor. He is so good with Andrew and he seems to really care about him. It gives me great comfort in knowing that we finally found a doctor who we feel is the most qualified to help us out.<br /> I will try to summarize this appointment as quick as I can but there is a lot of information to tell. The nurse came in and caught up on getting any new information and any new concerns we may have. We talked about getting Andrew a wheelchair (based on schools suggestion) and the answer was NO. If you put him in a chair now, he would think it’s a toy and never want to get out of it. He needs to use his muscles now! We were relived to here that as we were not ready to start that process yet. <br /> We then saw the nutritionist and she said we were doing everything good. He was eating the right about of calories, protein and fluids! That was good to here! We were concerned about how Andrew sometimes fatigues while is eats and seems to gag/choke. She suggested we have a swallow study done and see if its texture related or there is an actual problem. She did say that he would probably have a harder time with liquids instead of solids if it was muscle related because you use more muscles to swallow liquids than solids. Totally opposite that what you may think. <br /> Then Dr. F came in after reviewing the case with the others. He said when we came down for his first visit, he heard our concerns about possibly something else going on but wanted to see his development progress for himself. He described to us that there is a range of DMD boys. Some are not too affected, some are average and some are severely affected. That first visit he would have put Andrew in that severely affected category with nothing else going on but it didn’t escape his mind that there could have been something else going on. Our second trip down, he said that he would still keep him in that severe category but the more he looked at his weakness he was really wondering if something else was going on but wasn’t quite sure. This trip down, he came in and said, “There is something else”. Andrew doesn’t move like a DMD boy, although he is very weak and his body is tired all the time. The dr. also noticed Andrew lying on the floor instead of sitting and resting his head on his arm instead of holding it up. He also said that if we came in without having a diagnosis of DMD, he wouldn’t think to test for that. <br /> The doctor is also concerned about his growth. Andrew keeps getting further and further off the chart in the downward motion. He is extremely short and now the doctor is trying to focus on “the other unknown.”<br /> We had x-rays done of his hip, pelvis, hand and spine. They want to see if there are some abnormalities with is bones. They are concerned on how he folds his hands and wrists up and is always fisted. They also are doing a urine test. They are testing for MPS or Mucopolysaccharides diseases. I haven’t read up to much on these because what I saw was too scary but it has something to do with how your body handles certain enzymes. It seems to affect liver and spleen. It’s very rare. They are also doing a DNA slide, which was a blood test, and that is like throwing out a fishing net and seeing what we catch. It’s pretty scary not knowing what they are going to find if anything. The x-rays and urine test we should know about this week and the DNA slide will take about 6-8weeks on average. <br /> The PT came in and agreed with the dr. about NOT getting a wheelchair at this time. She wants Andrew in pool therapy all the time rather than half land and half pool. We will keep him on the steroids for now until we find out these test results.<br /> Please keep Andrew and us in your prayers.Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-42603045679098736082009-03-01T09:27:00.000-08:002009-03-01T09:30:22.907-08:002009 Vermont Goodwill Ambassador!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyuDGKTAu0qADJe6gps61F2RtU13Z7G-jH7YFl8ZrqD4HLtfYJmS4_nBcCc5YDyrOAM3ZIvLi8kaZFG3kBWc4lBuy6aGMFLxfQKl8DcoTw1cZuk8mFVvN8lxWKkrhtdYabxpYXRhd6TK_x/s1600-h/IMG_7051.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyuDGKTAu0qADJe6gps61F2RtU13Z7G-jH7YFl8ZrqD4HLtfYJmS4_nBcCc5YDyrOAM3ZIvLi8kaZFG3kBWc4lBuy6aGMFLxfQKl8DcoTw1cZuk8mFVvN8lxWKkrhtdYabxpYXRhd6TK_x/s320/IMG_7051.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308272925177455234" /></a><br />Our little man was selected to be the MDA's Vermont Goodwill Ambassador!!Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-781900408994727722009-03-01T09:06:00.000-08:002009-03-01T09:24:01.491-08:00Andrew's testing results...Here is the latest on the ongoing medical confusion.... <br />EEG.....He had an EEG done to monitor his staring spells he has. The problem...the EEG only lasted 43 minutes. The chances that the EEG would catch one of the the staring episodes in that time frame was extremely rare. Of course the Dr. here (the one we don't care for at all) said that it was normal but that unless it caught the actual episode it would show normal. So I asked about doing a longer one and he denied the test and said UNLESS there is ongoing concern he is happy with the results. School has been continuously concerned of these episodes so I might have to have them write a letter or something. Apparently a parents concern is not enough for this doctor. <br />SLEEP STUDY...That was a long night! But they ended up doing an entire EEG for the entire night. We should get the results on this Friday. We are glad they did a full EEG with the sleep study (they normally don't) but because he has these episodes when he is awake we are unsure on how and what the EEG will show. I will update about this on Friday.<br />MUSCLE TESTING...All I can say is frustration!!!!! When Andrew originally had his muscle biopsy, which was in the Spring of 2006, we were told that they took enough muscle so if any other testing had to be done, there would be some frozen at the lab. Well Dr. F, in Philly (who we really like!) requested to original muscles slides. He wanted to make sure these slides were consistent with DMD. He contacted me and said the are consistent with DMD but he wanted to do some more testing so he wanted me to request the muscle from the lab and have it sent. I contacted the lab and a week later they got back to me and said there was no muscle left. They used ALL the muscle during the original test!!!! So now we are left with doing another biopsy. We are very much undecided if we are going to do this or not. We go back down to Philly at the end of March so we will talk with Dr.F then about it. <br /><br />If you are still reading, thanks for hanging in there and also thanks for your continuing support!Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-48541924496906029392009-02-02T17:31:00.000-08:002009-02-02T17:34:50.991-08:00Quick UpdateThe sleep study got cancelled at the last minute last week so we are re-sceduled for a month out. I just hope we get the results by the time we go to Philly. We are on the cancellation list but I guess they don't get alot of cancellations. Tomorrow we go for his EEG. This is due to his starring spells. I am not sure if we get the results tomorrow but I will let you know. We have to keep him up late tonight and get him up early tomorrow so when we go in, he is pretty tired. He thinks it's pretty cool that he is up past the girls!!!Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-37430866643510943002009-01-23T17:44:00.000-08:002009-01-23T18:07:21.227-08:00Update on Andrew.....For those of you following Andrew I wanted to try and give you an update as to what is going on here. First off, I received an email from Dr.F. (Philly Dr) and he was in contact with Dr.B. (VT Dr.) about getting the muscle that Andrew had biopsied when he was first diagnosed. We thought that was already done after our first trip but apparently Dr.B didn't do it so Dr.F. got a hold of him on his own and requested it. They want to look at this to make sure that they don't see any other conditions with the muscle that could also be contributing to his weakness. Second, is that when we go back down to Philly in March, they will do a gene slide to look at Andrew's entire DNA. This will look at ALL genetic flaws and if there IS something else genetically going on, they will find it with this test. We did have his autism screening done and they found him to not be on the spectrum based on his ability to be extremely social. What came out of that appointment is that the school and us have reported that Andrew stares off once in awhile. They want to make sure Andrew is not having seizures when this is happening so we have to go for an EEG on Feb. 3rd. We also have to go for a sleep study on Jan. 29th. So that's the update as for now. Things are always changing so I will do my best to keep you all informed!Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-57756556133770062442009-01-23T17:36:00.000-08:002009-01-23T17:42:05.048-08:00Happy New Years!We decided not to travel this year for New Years and stay home. It was very nice but still managed to be busy! We went to Beth and Brians on New Years Eve! We had a blast!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqrfhFzPpTE1qwPTua31tgoGFx11D0HcsOiwPOrMZ-su-yDHvexGQyi9T_5q3YvqgmJbd0_2wiU5Bh8rzMCcUF1igOWJFWifvPDo69D2moEDzsy8w9UxkXVwy9HzG1B65Osr_mnOnTSMw0/s1600-h/IMG_6960.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqrfhFzPpTE1qwPTua31tgoGFx11D0HcsOiwPOrMZ-su-yDHvexGQyi9T_5q3YvqgmJbd0_2wiU5Bh8rzMCcUF1igOWJFWifvPDo69D2moEDzsy8w9UxkXVwy9HzG1B65Osr_mnOnTSMw0/s320/IMG_6960.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294669373896096178" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4BPBZX2DsQd71szPocCdcDcGDO2W85iJql6hxzFPROnXCCT1jq0xKuRQ-lLvDGciU-0stM0TC9cPIywPjjRG97Z3I92CyjzHvs3649zADu8YO8GRBEalVRBYzrFty2QMzSq_mrdy0FVMI/s1600-h/IMG_6959.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4BPBZX2DsQd71szPocCdcDcGDO2W85iJql6hxzFPROnXCCT1jq0xKuRQ-lLvDGciU-0stM0TC9cPIywPjjRG97Z3I92CyjzHvs3649zADu8YO8GRBEalVRBYzrFty2QMzSq_mrdy0FVMI/s320/IMG_6959.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294669369890273090" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73xR637tIoz6Jc_wihC5qofgZ_ZLLktobSi6OdRHTnfnWo2f7brwZ8ETvhgU0QEPLa2tHzIAj1KgbJBh1zZt-F5CARHwUmXm5LJR4sIfvGPtZ0Jqu7sMzXo_fT0_wr3oOiJWUPapOrtRv/s1600-h/IMG_6958.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73xR637tIoz6Jc_wihC5qofgZ_ZLLktobSi6OdRHTnfnWo2f7brwZ8ETvhgU0QEPLa2tHzIAj1KgbJBh1zZt-F5CARHwUmXm5LJR4sIfvGPtZ0Jqu7sMzXo_fT0_wr3oOiJWUPapOrtRv/s320/IMG_6958.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294669369409017186" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsm_XysvgwEXyttcXuKLyVYn1yMjbyzTzX3Tolj5zIe7Bw1dxetgcFEAgImGKgYLTnLKJyBZUWrlr8wV48RjwPuX-jeO_ZS3-kHiC_RYZCsRrST41eYbj6k9KedEtWQuc940KFuzxMWmu7/s1600-h/IMG_6970.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsm_XysvgwEXyttcXuKLyVYn1yMjbyzTzX3Tolj5zIe7Bw1dxetgcFEAgImGKgYLTnLKJyBZUWrlr8wV48RjwPuX-jeO_ZS3-kHiC_RYZCsRrST41eYbj6k9KedEtWQuc940KFuzxMWmu7/s320/IMG_6970.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294669367522160322" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwm3CKtZDDQav6LhIkVhxX-w_3ZOJ5UZDRpdJF2D2nf6w_TOUp-o7U-snV9EiKz_NeeY2cMJA9L1wIyEdjyjXrfq5zW9rFmTfRzWUvAOejwc10yxnHwzUZWHbyDoeL2C7FBiboWT3KIifW/s1600-h/IMG_6957.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwm3CKtZDDQav6LhIkVhxX-w_3ZOJ5UZDRpdJF2D2nf6w_TOUp-o7U-snV9EiKz_NeeY2cMJA9L1wIyEdjyjXrfq5zW9rFmTfRzWUvAOejwc10yxnHwzUZWHbyDoeL2C7FBiboWT3KIifW/s320/IMG_6957.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294669357880874306" /></a>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-62765759319002675912009-01-23T17:27:00.000-08:002009-01-23T17:34:44.121-08:00I can't believe she is 8Hannah turned 8 on Dec. 27th. She has been counting down the years till she turned 8 so she could come to BINGO with me! After dinner we went to BINGO. She loved it!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNXBOi6969-ihUGPPQK69_I-kmRjJyhjy4IBrX2DRn79Y-N17kJl9Cm7PeZW15WSXe-pES8eAlFWklCgGyjFMzYgiEbeRkqruzsnZ-hCjgfyapN9aFH-FSwcxXD4mcQxsN-n1k56-5BOa-/s1600-h/IMG_6952.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNXBOi6969-ihUGPPQK69_I-kmRjJyhjy4IBrX2DRn79Y-N17kJl9Cm7PeZW15WSXe-pES8eAlFWklCgGyjFMzYgiEbeRkqruzsnZ-hCjgfyapN9aFH-FSwcxXD4mcQxsN-n1k56-5BOa-/s320/IMG_6952.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294666299610199186" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm7ioO2u1AK28yCtQsFYaW5aLPEcN5l9FdfqoIRM7RV5mysvKHPh8oGhjQF9qfPYju-3hGDH2szyHjF0FBwasyH7kj2jXCHmKnL7-V0fnFMv-viFfWcj6OSIi39i6nlQ_-0CbXXzWhliLC/s1600-h/IMG_6945.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm7ioO2u1AK28yCtQsFYaW5aLPEcN5l9FdfqoIRM7RV5mysvKHPh8oGhjQF9qfPYju-3hGDH2szyHjF0FBwasyH7kj2jXCHmKnL7-V0fnFMv-viFfWcj6OSIi39i6nlQ_-0CbXXzWhliLC/s320/IMG_6945.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294666296338922290" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodOa6lztkn0gkTz_Ml8bE_6SAtgltKIJE2RX5CjkJ6zLuMF9CJ40voZKl1pdxxkY1mH8XBcY0ErHOx9th5jL-ZNgdjqqGARuc6urh5SyYnwapk1cgyMPtAOhLhRUs70besv0wwXK0fRls/s1600-h/IMG_6943.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodOa6lztkn0gkTz_Ml8bE_6SAtgltKIJE2RX5CjkJ6zLuMF9CJ40voZKl1pdxxkY1mH8XBcY0ErHOx9th5jL-ZNgdjqqGARuc6urh5SyYnwapk1cgyMPtAOhLhRUs70besv0wwXK0fRls/s320/IMG_6943.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294666292038043010" /></a>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-31280001404903048792009-01-23T17:15:00.000-08:002009-01-23T17:26:58.175-08:00Dream Job?!?Beth, my sister-in-law and I LOVE to bake. We always get together and bake a ton of cookies during the holidays. We both LOVE making cakes for our kids birthdays! Not just a cake in a pan and frosted but actually a shaped cakes, fun cakes that the kids will remember! This year Beth found this GREAT cake store in Plattsburgh. We went alittle nuts in there and bought this pan that was, can I say, a little to much! We also bought some fondant that we wanted to experiment with. What fun that was. Jenny had posted about a dream joy, this would be mine. I would love working with Beth side by side doing this stuff. We bounce idea's off each other and have such a good time doing this!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ItVlqWjRoDSsVi9vLr6w1bF8Y0QmzBVulcXUUOISaDds6PeZqDnXRyk7vHSg8leF7T4f4kkVRA4S_R5i674C3lNir9Q7L2pq1X5DcfphaIu2Y1Hbj8YxCvVWkJH1rBNzK6ippqoao8dd/s1600-h/IMG_6898.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ItVlqWjRoDSsVi9vLr6w1bF8Y0QmzBVulcXUUOISaDds6PeZqDnXRyk7vHSg8leF7T4f4kkVRA4S_R5i674C3lNir9Q7L2pq1X5DcfphaIu2Y1Hbj8YxCvVWkJH1rBNzK6ippqoao8dd/s320/IMG_6898.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294663329287759250" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEYVeSoJ1GMLmzDvKiGuCD3KDiZe8GHI3tHXMM9DlQnPB_jNU5bPhfovEhlsbLWLXzah3mYWr4JCoylexTcn92DlWMvEA-0M95aMs6qxtw8XeeJ9xSRecAfCKh28oea1DcxS9ARYeMoIjj/s1600-h/IMG_6894.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEYVeSoJ1GMLmzDvKiGuCD3KDiZe8GHI3tHXMM9DlQnPB_jNU5bPhfovEhlsbLWLXzah3mYWr4JCoylexTcn92DlWMvEA-0M95aMs6qxtw8XeeJ9xSRecAfCKh28oea1DcxS9ARYeMoIjj/s320/IMG_6894.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294663323888725890" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOynhVt0GSB2FXE764cEouIHTCXSpf-USyoCDhK07fXoQ_leUqDBiS5hVg5O2xiidD6E7N9j0LUHgr_i0ni7qPOtIMf0lkFXzn1FUAV37Ji-fLBHsn63NmKcB1aCxpKSg7IloVX0MVJ2qk/s1600-h/IMG_6893.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOynhVt0GSB2FXE764cEouIHTCXSpf-USyoCDhK07fXoQ_leUqDBiS5hVg5O2xiidD6E7N9j0LUHgr_i0ni7qPOtIMf0lkFXzn1FUAV37Ji-fLBHsn63NmKcB1aCxpKSg7IloVX0MVJ2qk/s320/IMG_6893.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294663321020855298" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr1-rCp_wpr8ohLTaKA43T-Wh7CcDk_-JqfSQQk7kijdHTN9EXYLI8IgyQIh-npMz0cCCO_q-PM03ynYdxuRXq4l9Fg8VrwLo3nqGlsYFBRk1vD3hvrCajYRMG_A-XJhtvZ-tM_FEq3xmP/s1600-h/IMG_6891.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr1-rCp_wpr8ohLTaKA43T-Wh7CcDk_-JqfSQQk7kijdHTN9EXYLI8IgyQIh-npMz0cCCO_q-PM03ynYdxuRXq4l9Fg8VrwLo3nqGlsYFBRk1vD3hvrCajYRMG_A-XJhtvZ-tM_FEq3xmP/s320/IMG_6891.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294663310413814146" /></a>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-65137380903397456002009-01-23T17:11:00.000-08:002009-01-23T17:15:40.706-08:00Cousins!We decided for Tony's mom this year we were going to get all the grandkids together and take their pictures! That was a funny night! Enjoy!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-cuXNgeWQU0oSokPCVzZg7zusp3oHmCe9jKuHteiXheWNfwYUlqGB1MeLlK5ylEPMQVegTj6AQfdSoGXx0-kRd38-SvS-CKAhedtN38bXbhYFXyDSpi2fTtT09Z95Mw8rGKjRK7PWrwz/s1600-h/IMG_6872.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-cuXNgeWQU0oSokPCVzZg7zusp3oHmCe9jKuHteiXheWNfwYUlqGB1MeLlK5ylEPMQVegTj6AQfdSoGXx0-kRd38-SvS-CKAhedtN38bXbhYFXyDSpi2fTtT09Z95Mw8rGKjRK7PWrwz/s320/IMG_6872.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294662550930822914" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQ8pRdv-ChDpI7XTtMTh2lMK02smzlKhVuGk3QRBph8mhbLeAZ6Net7NveYrFRBrowtoxzsXgMwkZsTMyo-rOPt-W7MnJqLNEOMbm6wwi4uhaFSeCCpsPC6rHZT9xP0QtmWkDm4M0rjU_/s1600-h/IMG_6873.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQ8pRdv-ChDpI7XTtMTh2lMK02smzlKhVuGk3QRBph8mhbLeAZ6Net7NveYrFRBrowtoxzsXgMwkZsTMyo-rOPt-W7MnJqLNEOMbm6wwi4uhaFSeCCpsPC6rHZT9xP0QtmWkDm4M0rjU_/s320/IMG_6873.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294662547853029122" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErnkGut4FGVH3LOWuJxsm_7yw4OY3Y6twwAldIfMteiQC0EETnaBJrHeHxWJcIvZgz-np3qfxwDk6f-Kth0UlPsZXp1w-ftC4GemFKbj4zu0r7TJSCCPSqU__KqCY884bQIfhx5Jx7-Rq/s1600-h/IMG_6862.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErnkGut4FGVH3LOWuJxsm_7yw4OY3Y6twwAldIfMteiQC0EETnaBJrHeHxWJcIvZgz-np3qfxwDk6f-Kth0UlPsZXp1w-ftC4GemFKbj4zu0r7TJSCCPSqU__KqCY884bQIfhx5Jx7-Rq/s320/IMG_6862.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294662538600549282" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2iqA4xVnq4Ex66BGGH1aM56SE6qn5ECUFE_GbBelri8d75d4bSqvPTextXR0vqgVMPde20PLVc2a0v7qfSygMdZ69EIAMSKdCNq5jpVflJHeqFnJzdSwLvG-3QJboaESr_WsEdm9WpbJ1/s1600-h/IMG_6865.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2iqA4xVnq4Ex66BGGH1aM56SE6qn5ECUFE_GbBelri8d75d4bSqvPTextXR0vqgVMPde20PLVc2a0v7qfSygMdZ69EIAMSKdCNq5jpVflJHeqFnJzdSwLvG-3QJboaESr_WsEdm9WpbJ1/s320/IMG_6865.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294662525562001554" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfpAYLj5br2-SzDrqTzH2o7xn9KsCvwgSQT7J-jLpvmFVo7jXinJtAdlvvYc6H47Mnx_sZ2l71dHijjlYfeVuoNSPkrh4NOHPw6_faLCyGO093maO663vAUXW4JQS9uCAqh6CTp1rfSgP/s1600-h/IMG_6877.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfpAYLj5br2-SzDrqTzH2o7xn9KsCvwgSQT7J-jLpvmFVo7jXinJtAdlvvYc6H47Mnx_sZ2l71dHijjlYfeVuoNSPkrh4NOHPw6_faLCyGO093maO663vAUXW4JQS9uCAqh6CTp1rfSgP/s320/IMG_6877.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294662523341471602" /></a>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-62897312584461822592009-01-23T17:00:00.000-08:002009-01-23T17:11:16.334-08:00Christmas! Better late then never!We had a wonderful Christmas this year! Everyone was healthy and in good spirits! Andrew actually walked out of his bedroom and into the living room this year! It was a very touching moment and a overwhelming feeling of accomplishment! Here are some pictures!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipibAioz-yFNlvMgCxPvJ8rm1Rr04VoGoyf_K3XvNbrsJ8jOxodxlbAP9E7LTlpwsTGp1rBLqTcnUJioFjC84T4st4JmIZ20GczX6rtxHejRklNMbIYodP5Psylsz3D9EM2cS4WFwN8dNz/s1600-h/IMG_6924.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipibAioz-yFNlvMgCxPvJ8rm1Rr04VoGoyf_K3XvNbrsJ8jOxodxlbAP9E7LTlpwsTGp1rBLqTcnUJioFjC84T4st4JmIZ20GczX6rtxHejRklNMbIYodP5Psylsz3D9EM2cS4WFwN8dNz/s320/IMG_6924.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294661430020183826" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfOIpEERUXK6ut1KpbonGvjXI6YEar_qyqwVZAxRyD3rkijiKnhWsTKuN88KBGPDmmNbEWE3KrVzSFL_ECO_1wjORqKCk_ziESknNpELQLgs0LNE4N0yId5c7PV9uQcf-qrhZkCr9pf_J/s1600-h/IMG_6923.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfOIpEERUXK6ut1KpbonGvjXI6YEar_qyqwVZAxRyD3rkijiKnhWsTKuN88KBGPDmmNbEWE3KrVzSFL_ECO_1wjORqKCk_ziESknNpELQLgs0LNE4N0yId5c7PV9uQcf-qrhZkCr9pf_J/s320/IMG_6923.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294661420749208514" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGsv5rBUMUtHQHdJWmTS7laV-3YgCaqBXwC5Z5nv_nJZ86em-ihdb-RhVn6ryqUKYPpfgVOwv0Lzk7DJahzw7MiuGXpVemt3W2MUrtNLFFOxAEQxESV5OiOZ4C7m5j8wgWUwKKQil41_W/s1600-h/IMG_6920.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGsv5rBUMUtHQHdJWmTS7laV-3YgCaqBXwC5Z5nv_nJZ86em-ihdb-RhVn6ryqUKYPpfgVOwv0Lzk7DJahzw7MiuGXpVemt3W2MUrtNLFFOxAEQxESV5OiOZ4C7m5j8wgWUwKKQil41_W/s320/IMG_6920.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294661422394892066" /></a>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-33501198275869632422008-12-19T14:08:00.000-08:002008-12-19T14:12:33.992-08:00Visit with Santa!We took the kids to see Santa on Wednesday! It was great! This is the first year that Andrew would "walk" up to see him! He walked up with his arms open wide and crawled right up on his lap! It was wonderful to see! The girls asked for knitting kits and Andrew asked for a car! (hopefully a toy car!)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuGCEmqtc723xT6exxt4xClyyZmtjVm_U97L4O9T3nBPywTWSmFBhdKjFm5HlcqTdxLGJLxefXwt9yGR59_gjiCcy8sLAleZFXkE0KCyLX6Fj6sQDOKPAie3rRZ16FpHZCNIe3EKzuxxlF/s1600-h/Picture.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuGCEmqtc723xT6exxt4xClyyZmtjVm_U97L4O9T3nBPywTWSmFBhdKjFm5HlcqTdxLGJLxefXwt9yGR59_gjiCcy8sLAleZFXkE0KCyLX6Fj6sQDOKPAie3rRZ16FpHZCNIe3EKzuxxlF/s320/Picture.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281626789543314530" /></a>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-62695548881728660392008-12-11T06:46:00.000-08:002008-12-11T06:54:56.845-08:00Christmas Craft ProjectHannah and Julia wanted to make our own Advent Calendar this year. They thought it would be fun to do together! They had this idea in their heads so I gathered materials together and we spent all day a few weeks ago from 11-6pm working on this and it still wasnt done!! So I finished it the next night! It was done by December 1st! Even Andrew got in on the action!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVRci_BempnXij7l2iXOrV0eIV9hNUJctGgcFywTh4LVUfm692KwvZcAMpuGO_d69RNoXkp1jHeO3z9cB8-RPD6Nj7m05rOZcaGgnMSHDKWoUWk0vRY0jsaJlaG5CJ3FKj3A1XCEASYY1/s1600-h/IMG_6807.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVRci_BempnXij7l2iXOrV0eIV9hNUJctGgcFywTh4LVUfm692KwvZcAMpuGO_d69RNoXkp1jHeO3z9cB8-RPD6Nj7m05rOZcaGgnMSHDKWoUWk0vRY0jsaJlaG5CJ3FKj3A1XCEASYY1/s320/IMG_6807.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278545636653468450" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhgQdXI9luo3Lcaaa6iI0BPSuT2VkYYMB2-53Zdl83MnSBLbSa3knb8H3I-EsVEfEWFNvfotMNS18sO5g9WtxJmW6u5gODS5U969Ifd1tjkGiP-zIALahSViDGB-jI99_iOO6BC25OeD3/s1600-h/IMG_6805.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhgQdXI9luo3Lcaaa6iI0BPSuT2VkYYMB2-53Zdl83MnSBLbSa3knb8H3I-EsVEfEWFNvfotMNS18sO5g9WtxJmW6u5gODS5U969Ifd1tjkGiP-zIALahSViDGB-jI99_iOO6BC25OeD3/s320/IMG_6805.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278545625610123650" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWZW6JEPmzwP0TkUylF_WorH4KPMVNwqsi8Wy1LonBkIrdqlA4gVQ-NBES4hyphenhyphenf-ib41H8tCoAJEIk9i3zRQoxfzShKfSbjhECyuM82OWu5PjY0mU6RR_W02p2hh8TylQlEEkg-NXMzAi2/s1600-h/IMG_6806.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWZW6JEPmzwP0TkUylF_WorH4KPMVNwqsi8Wy1LonBkIrdqlA4gVQ-NBES4hyphenhyphenf-ib41H8tCoAJEIk9i3zRQoxfzShKfSbjhECyuM82OWu5PjY0mU6RR_W02p2hh8TylQlEEkg-NXMzAi2/s320/IMG_6806.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278545612623878546" /></a><br /><br />This is in the beginning of the month!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_sEyueFbY8MM4DaNWheiN6-9jOsjZICE7a2XMT6MupKSeMFmeisUdJZzT1pnSddKOQhk-D3FSEYPDPIzNnNymFy_bxCcldqecc_qlCvoWl5PPTl_JiuIo4yXSezHvf9riMccfZMT4CziD/s1600-h/IMG_6813.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_sEyueFbY8MM4DaNWheiN6-9jOsjZICE7a2XMT6MupKSeMFmeisUdJZzT1pnSddKOQhk-D3FSEYPDPIzNnNymFy_bxCcldqecc_qlCvoWl5PPTl_JiuIo4yXSezHvf9riMccfZMT4CziD/s320/IMG_6813.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278544398551030562" /></a><br /><br />This is on Christmas morning!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEBfhmm_rBE7uT7ByffOBhSyamAF_VX1lEv_mjlLiin4Do8f4QJV-vGEroafmeGwBHmXLKU7KXnmMVunyc_3PIN9GHJhUnkXGC9gNsfEZlnRoYBKrZUI0bwnum0PiA3WibhXqMLIFGDW3/s1600-h/IMG_6815.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEBfhmm_rBE7uT7ByffOBhSyamAF_VX1lEv_mjlLiin4Do8f4QJV-vGEroafmeGwBHmXLKU7KXnmMVunyc_3PIN9GHJhUnkXGC9gNsfEZlnRoYBKrZUI0bwnum0PiA3WibhXqMLIFGDW3/s320/IMG_6815.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278544393445056338" /></a>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-58659312129308720692008-12-01T17:25:00.000-08:002008-12-01T17:36:52.643-08:00Santa!***A Warning: Parents who have small children who read, make sure they don't***<br />Now that that is out of the way, here is my story of the night. Tonight, the kids and I were at the dinner table eating our dinner. Here is our conversation!<br />Hannah: I don't believe in Santa! <br />Me: What, why?<br />Hannah: I have never ever seen the North Pole on a map.<br />Me: Why sure there is a North Pole.<br />Hannah: Then show me.<br />Me: After dinner!<br />So after dinner, I signed onto the computer and showed her the North Pole on the map that I found.<br />Hannah: There is no land there, its just water.<br />Me: No Hannah, let me find another map.<br />Thank God I found this: <a href="http://www.aaccessmaps.com/show/map/north_pole">http://www.aaccessmaps.com/show/map/north_pole</a><br />Hannah: WOW, I certainly believe now!!!Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-8534213029785810462008-11-19T17:54:00.000-08:002008-11-19T18:10:51.375-08:00Update on Andrew's Philly AppointmentWe finally have a doctor who is willing to look into Andrew's issues. We have wondered for a very long time if "something else" could be going on with Andrew. We have always been told No. But one thing we knew is that he never fit into his diagnoses. Now, he definetly has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) but his weakness doesn't really fit specifically to that diagnoses. See, DMD first affects the pelvic area and down. But Andrew has always had alot of upper body weakness. That is what we first noticed about Andrew. He wouldn't use his arms and he didn't have alot of head control. DMD would act in the reverse. So now we have a doctor that is agreeing that something else is going on. He doesn't like the fact that Andrew has a very weak neck and arms. It would be extremely rare for a child to have 2 genetic disorders, BUT this doctor is finally saying they are going to have to look into that possibilty. So here is where we stand now. Andrew is going to have a full Austistic screening done. He has some attention issures, sensory issures and some OCD issures so they want to test to see if he may be on the spectrum. Even IF that comes back positive, the DR. agrees that there is something else. He isn't quite sure what yet but is having a meeting in two weeks with a bunch of his collegues and Andrew will be on the top of his list of kids to talk about. We are going back to Philly in 4 months. In the meantime if any testing comes up, I will keep you all posted. We are excited to have finally found a Dr. that is listening to our concerns but also we feel like we've been hit by a truck. We just want answers. If you can say a prayer for Andrew, that would mean the world to us! Thank you for all your support!Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-32814045272850025292008-11-19T17:41:00.000-08:002008-11-19T17:54:38.769-08:00New York City!Imagine: 8 kids, 4 adults, NYC.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9yyK79g-5DUCbGYAiJQVi9_sPa3Ct1xuLaR0pJNuCMyazerVbm1lw9yRqjFiQSy2Joi0RBeGzB9Antao_vfgUTBHH7O45sdZEBpfQGHSTHPUBKNLaS8Eh_Lu6oMI6Ke0zcQbNjo-2m8G/s1600-h/IMG_6753.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9yyK79g-5DUCbGYAiJQVi9_sPa3Ct1xuLaR0pJNuCMyazerVbm1lw9yRqjFiQSy2Joi0RBeGzB9Antao_vfgUTBHH7O45sdZEBpfQGHSTHPUBKNLaS8Eh_Lu6oMI6Ke0zcQbNjo-2m8G/s320/IMG_6753.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270551533308002562" /></a><br /><br /><br />Crazy, you ask? Yep! We did it! It was so much fun! Here is a picture of the start of our adventure! Leaving the hotel!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3LDpFYNsdyhClA80xZxTaObDEEZ8DfjDevht-kfqHIK2A6yyL6pZF0iUioLKyNAHDTepqNCI-aVXNtHtIDq6ukKcq1IlU_Ggw6HWcLKE1PD1c-ugSJWeyJbDexfoGQf0HxjgXCKPeOmI/s1600-h/IMG_6745.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3LDpFYNsdyhClA80xZxTaObDEEZ8DfjDevht-kfqHIK2A6yyL6pZF0iUioLKyNAHDTepqNCI-aVXNtHtIDq6ukKcq1IlU_Ggw6HWcLKE1PD1c-ugSJWeyJbDexfoGQf0HxjgXCKPeOmI/s320/IMG_6745.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270549583060622418" /></a><br /><br />We stopped at Toys R Us and went on the indoor Ferris Wheel! That was so much fun! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkVOQRQvb14HryH6q3yI7r26dFUxnll-S65x31RPS-BzKUobkj4BgWSKtMW2txMzJc_NUweqiNJVHsCTzQ2kBUNXd2dDC0XBQc8qOTSZX0u8XONlob0mQUtSPI5SEQP-9Z_S8Or-STWif/s1600-h/IMG_6755.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkVOQRQvb14HryH6q3yI7r26dFUxnll-S65x31RPS-BzKUobkj4BgWSKtMW2txMzJc_NUweqiNJVHsCTzQ2kBUNXd2dDC0XBQc8qOTSZX0u8XONlob0mQUtSPI5SEQP-9Z_S8Or-STWif/s320/IMG_6755.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270550080019769826" /></a><br /><br />We then went to Radio City Music Hall to see the Christmas Spectacular! That was amazing! If you ever get a chance, GO!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIXvrN2JM5XbD45WvoENo_DGMrjIfVTSgnRDSGuylwGKfCUS4XaU6LN0ci4bRm4Degx5g4oerjZBX_7oFrPaE2L2OD9Dteg7U3nku-oeiopBEnhm4MO13tDR8ZOU4I1d6yR-4SVGdQ_fV/s1600-h/IMG_6768.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIXvrN2JM5XbD45WvoENo_DGMrjIfVTSgnRDSGuylwGKfCUS4XaU6LN0ci4bRm4Degx5g4oerjZBX_7oFrPaE2L2OD9Dteg7U3nku-oeiopBEnhm4MO13tDR8ZOU4I1d6yR-4SVGdQ_fV/s320/IMG_6768.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270550524241179394" /></a><br /><br />After the show, we went to the M&M store. Julia spent $13 of her $20 on the smallest bag of M&M's. Things were VERY marked up there but the kids had fun. We then crossed the street and went to the Hershey store. (my personal favorite!) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9hi5l-zBTZnb1V9arcJN-Cbh0NeMQ_yZZjAeMrAsR0tlb3UzOFHXQitDl40X4hsepOyvzLFxZ-Dywl9PTudW4S6IDeItNWCSkfWbtSp2Af7fEdOeFEOMny2eVDaqDZUPcdLOp1O30-Ar/s1600-h/IMG_6784.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9hi5l-zBTZnb1V9arcJN-Cbh0NeMQ_yZZjAeMrAsR0tlb3UzOFHXQitDl40X4hsepOyvzLFxZ-Dywl9PTudW4S6IDeItNWCSkfWbtSp2Af7fEdOeFEOMny2eVDaqDZUPcdLOp1O30-Ar/s320/IMG_6784.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270551219292897042" /></a><br /><br />After a fun adventure we decided to head back to the hotel. Once we found Port Authority, we found our bus... Bye Bye New York City!Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-9988317241896696002008-11-12T08:19:00.000-08:002008-11-12T08:25:11.242-08:00This one is for you Dad!Usually I only post when I have pictures to post. But it has come to my attention, thanks Dad, that he wants me to post more frequent! I will try my best to keep the blog updated even if I have no pictures to post! I have finished packing for our trip. The car is packed and now I just wait until the kids get home from school. I am doing some last minute cleaning before we leave. I think it's so much nicer coming home to a clean house rather than a messy one! I don't think I will have a chance to post about NYC of our trip to CHOP until I get back! Wish us luck and that the Dr.'s think Andrew is doing well and not declining!Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-42984875977376367462008-11-08T05:22:00.000-08:002008-11-08T05:35:43.064-08:00Tag - I am it and so are you!Jen tagged me, which means that I get to share 6 interesting facts about myself and then "tag" other blog friends to share their own facts. I tag Heidi, Cara, Shannon and Heidi!<br /><br />1) I have always wanted to be a Marine Biologist. I wanted to train whales or dolphins at Sea World.<br /><br />2) Ashamed to say but this President election was the first one I voted in. But I am really glad I did and will continue from now on!<br /><br />3)After my first date with Tony, I came home and woke my Mom up. I told her that I was going to marry him one day! Strange how you just know!<br /><br />4)I hate to fly! I mean HATE! It makes me so sick to my stomach. I rather drive or take a boat!<br /><br />5)I am a goody two shoes! I have never even tried smoking! <br /><br />6)My favorite moments of my life were getting married, my children's births and watching Andrew walk for the very first time without his walker!Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-83239985086848392282008-11-07T16:34:00.000-08:002008-11-07T16:40:58.533-08:00Julia's party!After Julia had her friends party from 1-3, we had a few hours to rest and then we had her family party at 6pm. She wanted a heart cake with pink, blue and purple! Her favorite gifts were her lipstick and nail polish and her footy PJ's. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFaAQF7ehmCEYFYq06l3dsmBIs2axHGRCbZlFAXXXH1K0vLMmiq2ikwbqXY2WFDwTNMmUXmSQ99GJFAujrXiCyPj7g_9K1B4eRxtKWWw60TjvCFZz3PiR2t7WFWD0itjhxjE1eHN5QIkd/s1600-h/IMG_6742.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFaAQF7ehmCEYFYq06l3dsmBIs2axHGRCbZlFAXXXH1K0vLMmiq2ikwbqXY2WFDwTNMmUXmSQ99GJFAujrXiCyPj7g_9K1B4eRxtKWWw60TjvCFZz3PiR2t7WFWD0itjhxjE1eHN5QIkd/s320/IMG_6742.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266079281220457714" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ4GG07N00QEgoGgr30_nmGBM7PQumwbEbNCslQucX6IVB8mxGFdQYo9JpopLktHXJ_plCP3l9lz1rDO8TShl2vYjFra-ULnlSoNZgB3O-rVKd0BDp8L90o7QQw6AxmVlv7IcOS4w1h9Jd/s1600-h/IMG_6739.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ4GG07N00QEgoGgr30_nmGBM7PQumwbEbNCslQucX6IVB8mxGFdQYo9JpopLktHXJ_plCP3l9lz1rDO8TShl2vYjFra-ULnlSoNZgB3O-rVKd0BDp8L90o7QQw6AxmVlv7IcOS4w1h9Jd/s320/IMG_6739.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266079276473707874" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGOPAL2P0tdd0ZJHk3P3_nRHWvwt8qcl1aP10Sv8Hssu3vdDCPu40JvSOJ7tpk66wVMa2lbKwYI7xse3hBY0cYB6OW-ogKi69qzOnHHfGOR3ap8HXAeDVs2dWKoAD7YYBRvcGLci4RF7yG/s1600-h/IMG_6736.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGOPAL2P0tdd0ZJHk3P3_nRHWvwt8qcl1aP10Sv8Hssu3vdDCPu40JvSOJ7tpk66wVMa2lbKwYI7xse3hBY0cYB6OW-ogKi69qzOnHHfGOR3ap8HXAeDVs2dWKoAD7YYBRvcGLci4RF7yG/s320/IMG_6736.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266079271557181634" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTrXFvRpk14BOriS67syBLBRNpVtn8IJcgzCXrW_Me-YxGfoinqzkHd5eawQPpn3_njlgy8Sr6MlR1j6eJnay9vWmhIXuPdldqQGlqx8dONEpneO6k5We5NSLoFi9kVrQPsN27aZkv-o7/s1600-h/IMG_6730.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTrXFvRpk14BOriS67syBLBRNpVtn8IJcgzCXrW_Me-YxGfoinqzkHd5eawQPpn3_njlgy8Sr6MlR1j6eJnay9vWmhIXuPdldqQGlqx8dONEpneO6k5We5NSLoFi9kVrQPsN27aZkv-o7/s320/IMG_6730.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266079267394252978" /></a>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-19192556550310328332008-11-07T16:28:00.000-08:002008-11-07T16:34:41.285-08:00Halloween!We had a fun time! It's always a crazy day when it's on a school day. The kids got home from school and we got them dressed and off to Nana and Gramps house we went. We were there all of 10 minutes and then we went to see Grandma! Then we rushed home, ate dinner and the kids went with Dad to trick or treat! I stayed home and handed out candy and started making cupcakes for Julia's kid party the next day and her birthday cake for the family party the next night! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBBMqbMtJy2ydsOvr29drO7tzxKy_2kpqW1nB_zmd8INsqAExk1SOsdPFX7L-dMNQmu1QQ7KFUfRvCOd-pbIS5ptlMaiAn-_hZt0dcj0i8tMwwf64txatnQS4wLGAVCSIKLbJltseMwq2u/s1600-h/IMG_6695.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBBMqbMtJy2ydsOvr29drO7tzxKy_2kpqW1nB_zmd8INsqAExk1SOsdPFX7L-dMNQmu1QQ7KFUfRvCOd-pbIS5ptlMaiAn-_hZt0dcj0i8tMwwf64txatnQS4wLGAVCSIKLbJltseMwq2u/s320/IMG_6695.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266077557228053666" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4YDb6gLgRDhCeMFiEuhThzHZE6tkdWWFDZRQIDQnG26zeQ_yr8dlTLMF5Y7nivkVpdHxAIK83kBk1C8cMxyg8Ab-E27egOOH_Nme83Mvxf2C6fDzx4q7eGqY-4m2cdlwJQDVQp2S9kg-S/s1600-h/IMG_6701.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4YDb6gLgRDhCeMFiEuhThzHZE6tkdWWFDZRQIDQnG26zeQ_yr8dlTLMF5Y7nivkVpdHxAIK83kBk1C8cMxyg8Ab-E27egOOH_Nme83Mvxf2C6fDzx4q7eGqY-4m2cdlwJQDVQp2S9kg-S/s320/IMG_6701.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266077553037934882" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNmTJzZJv-4YkpDATa2VJd7rFJ05342IzeWpShxIWoU9xWpg0888pr78y9CJYlNriYiopZ5MKsvjYzlFAh6vXhauxph4mDivn26RiJrVkk_YqZXY1yG5dIBfj7eBe9A0ew7QmiCqgTaCa/s1600-h/IMG_6697.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNmTJzZJv-4YkpDATa2VJd7rFJ05342IzeWpShxIWoU9xWpg0888pr78y9CJYlNriYiopZ5MKsvjYzlFAh6vXhauxph4mDivn26RiJrVkk_YqZXY1yG5dIBfj7eBe9A0ew7QmiCqgTaCa/s320/IMG_6697.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266077545820231858" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJM0imyrzcTPEZXla7aQzS1h2xrRUovhpTAeNVAnIa0Zq9S_Ot8CU5otV0pWjb-a3_EJ94W2GQ5YGMB-TQem0JVb-Q2sZ861Y4Cfo2AcUC6ihfgwqk67jLbMP6_F1NnSnbsHxg4twCAxn/s1600-h/IMG_6690.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJM0imyrzcTPEZXla7aQzS1h2xrRUovhpTAeNVAnIa0Zq9S_Ot8CU5otV0pWjb-a3_EJ94W2GQ5YGMB-TQem0JVb-Q2sZ861Y4Cfo2AcUC6ihfgwqk67jLbMP6_F1NnSnbsHxg4twCAxn/s320/IMG_6690.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266077537842394274" /></a>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-38890446329061068682008-11-07T16:23:00.000-08:002008-11-07T16:28:34.500-08:00Pumpkin Carving!We always have a great time carving out pumpkins! This year we cut back and only got one! Gotta love the economy! Anyway, it was so funny this year. The girls usually don't like scooping out the inside of the pumpkin but this year, they loved it! Even Andrew was saying, "gross"! It turned out good but it looked like a chubby pumpkin!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpLDgVkW7OcYATVEWOd5lpHWM62f_c_7_D4olA2kqs3cfA3D23_Ag7zfd2DCgWH6wEdoWNSJO9tLRjCREl-u7NUeFU170-ZmsfzNdSfkF-gmPVUcrjxJXLRmJVI0BL_vDODSDPQG1p1zZc/s1600-h/IMG_6703.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpLDgVkW7OcYATVEWOd5lpHWM62f_c_7_D4olA2kqs3cfA3D23_Ag7zfd2DCgWH6wEdoWNSJO9tLRjCREl-u7NUeFU170-ZmsfzNdSfkF-gmPVUcrjxJXLRmJVI0BL_vDODSDPQG1p1zZc/s320/IMG_6703.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266076293767282498" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBv4qdTzTY0pMRT82KXS-Y-FysIt5PLEWVyfmYUNX0MpDTv5y_1Nmou2Be725Hn4e74HxPAwmx5zH9lkekNQgKaHbPcN8_g8mNOOweOfD6Vh_Dpp6C8jE54B-eavhZCD_5Ye1W_BmkvOuw/s1600-h/IMG_6668.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBv4qdTzTY0pMRT82KXS-Y-FysIt5PLEWVyfmYUNX0MpDTv5y_1Nmou2Be725Hn4e74HxPAwmx5zH9lkekNQgKaHbPcN8_g8mNOOweOfD6Vh_Dpp6C8jE54B-eavhZCD_5Ye1W_BmkvOuw/s320/IMG_6668.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266076281287902258" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8QQ9JdWxoEyNb71dwvKpCaPm-YhW5wY4jPePks5qtu8tP9vH7faytxd_LdsPU6s0CMrjo6XOk2cxCtYqyedcsqVH9BkaPuXiFnCT9XKDWYZYtVfjUZs7s-fytwZKmBrhFSPO5QSASy7j/s1600-h/IMG_6666.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8QQ9JdWxoEyNb71dwvKpCaPm-YhW5wY4jPePks5qtu8tP9vH7faytxd_LdsPU6s0CMrjo6XOk2cxCtYqyedcsqVH9BkaPuXiFnCT9XKDWYZYtVfjUZs7s-fytwZKmBrhFSPO5QSASy7j/s320/IMG_6666.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266076280747360210" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFfbS9XHAupoX-r44gW3JTj1RWjDj1dK69zsKqNxbenI4MbFP1hLx8bkiMF_oliE5SCU2KXxvk9qvZogDjMvH8t-IjKnkINTGAICcL-iOTKWW7ZnNPYYQSZlUOH4BwHQVmUzPU4LRnu4R/s1600-h/IMG_6665.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFfbS9XHAupoX-r44gW3JTj1RWjDj1dK69zsKqNxbenI4MbFP1hLx8bkiMF_oliE5SCU2KXxvk9qvZogDjMvH8t-IjKnkINTGAICcL-iOTKWW7ZnNPYYQSZlUOH4BwHQVmUzPU4LRnu4R/s320/IMG_6665.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266076273053080722" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAmm5MvzMBEM1SKjeFhP-xGkEyh6ybwXGPdZGPHbKKCNfaMyYhWdN_P9-ZtHmGvpEzzLgpp38r6u4tzh90www2F-8v1bZ5HDQZI9bPaJF5D4Eu_BMnpxzOzmv0PvmLrukUaN3Vbpx-pz9X/s1600-h/IMG_6662.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAmm5MvzMBEM1SKjeFhP-xGkEyh6ybwXGPdZGPHbKKCNfaMyYhWdN_P9-ZtHmGvpEzzLgpp38r6u4tzh90www2F-8v1bZ5HDQZI9bPaJF5D4Eu_BMnpxzOzmv0PvmLrukUaN3Vbpx-pz9X/s320/IMG_6662.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266076268786522466" /></a>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-73506471374144979312008-11-07T16:17:00.000-08:002008-11-07T16:23:15.090-08:00Julia turns 6!I find it so hard to believe that Julia is 6! Where has the time gone? On her actual Birthday, we just hung out at home after school. She wanted "breakfast" for dinner so we made pancakes with strawberries and whip cream, bacon, eggs! Grandma came up to help us celebrate! We had Oreo pie as a "cake"! She loved it! She also loved the snow we got that night!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzeHjCkJyIoEV6_934OIpYXxYb_5LaGVZZ8Ot6HyHHwwGC2WR9x4sHoExOKMcJxxWSeRUhX3N10zH72EPi6m9TyQmWs5ZCgO4NZn2C9anegZ-VKWYmyow9POmHxP_C34aYVD2Mhz9DmV4S/s1600-h/IMG_6659.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzeHjCkJyIoEV6_934OIpYXxYb_5LaGVZZ8Ot6HyHHwwGC2WR9x4sHoExOKMcJxxWSeRUhX3N10zH72EPi6m9TyQmWs5ZCgO4NZn2C9anegZ-VKWYmyow9POmHxP_C34aYVD2Mhz9DmV4S/s320/IMG_6659.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266074733195410690" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IJTNkA_Cy9yJicJcAapn8lQTp4e_XvYjrbsboR1OmnHLZkHgVAzzTfbwlQWHqsaiK1r0ey9zwSl8WYxoTEbSrBfqGrPiYhyphenhyphenrq5AttaLgnlJ4c8RUQ7_3Gw1myPPAhHQKxsWXGNd-NEmp/s1600-h/IMG_6658.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IJTNkA_Cy9yJicJcAapn8lQTp4e_XvYjrbsboR1OmnHLZkHgVAzzTfbwlQWHqsaiK1r0ey9zwSl8WYxoTEbSrBfqGrPiYhyphenhyphenrq5AttaLgnlJ4c8RUQ7_3Gw1myPPAhHQKxsWXGNd-NEmp/s320/IMG_6658.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266074725598706738" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-GVmlzm1ge9BFWvrsKpC47oCaw0fO8yz2OCjlb-m7-33rn4HdonmDLrcGIkl_Y5umBu8tGSIt6y_KHlNEM-TqqMHhwjxCVA-oxyOXzUaVtFHEI8RsHX3tDdp-DcEFKref34iu7QjTWWs/s1600-h/IMG_6657.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-GVmlzm1ge9BFWvrsKpC47oCaw0fO8yz2OCjlb-m7-33rn4HdonmDLrcGIkl_Y5umBu8tGSIt6y_KHlNEM-TqqMHhwjxCVA-oxyOXzUaVtFHEI8RsHX3tDdp-DcEFKref34iu7QjTWWs/s320/IMG_6657.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266074713505995538" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkdasifJ_AC71d9pGiz0hgzwt_SkTcI1pKWdUXz36Dm_gQXf0W8bzIjXNVrDVofbEi1TpjMku8CviqDkTvCkI2Js7fSkjLWmeuUbsjpVmAc3amMIY_rHZrgnDmQnsVdcmVI2RUcyG6NEr/s1600-h/IMG_6656.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkdasifJ_AC71d9pGiz0hgzwt_SkTcI1pKWdUXz36Dm_gQXf0W8bzIjXNVrDVofbEi1TpjMku8CviqDkTvCkI2Js7fSkjLWmeuUbsjpVmAc3amMIY_rHZrgnDmQnsVdcmVI2RUcyG6NEr/s320/IMG_6656.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266074711842740290" /></a>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-8928920685209469732008-10-30T06:17:00.001-07:002008-10-30T06:21:58.612-07:00Philadelphia trip in 2 weeks!We are going back to Philly to see Andrew's doctor. We are very nervous about this appointment because Andrew's PT here thinks he may be starting to decline. His hamstrings are tightening up and his calf's are enlarging. This raises a lot of questions for us. Hopefully we will get some answers. <br /><br />One good thing about our trip in that Grandma is coming and has bought all of us tickets to go to Radio City Music Hall to see the Rockettes Christmas Spectacular! Tony's sister and her 5 kids are also coming! It will be a nice diversion for us! And the kids are super excited to go into New York City!Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-35767061962103898412008-10-30T06:00:00.000-07:002008-10-30T06:07:24.581-07:00Harvest Festival Part 2There were lots of character there too! Also, this was Andrew's first time in a bouncy house. He wasn't sure what to think and decided he was "scared" and wanted out!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwEUaLIBDBPYlEr0UoI5Vw0y0pBjsgZ0UDXjfkRYrNqnSaQaAj8y0J_W2h3MUODBZ9zcU_38L16_1C6qfXYKA5xrvgnv7oE0_fJf6sxmTueA05jXJbCvEpOsdk4LVzoUDpp3NyfQb9mFwP/s1600-h/IMG_6611.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwEUaLIBDBPYlEr0UoI5Vw0y0pBjsgZ0UDXjfkRYrNqnSaQaAj8y0J_W2h3MUODBZ9zcU_38L16_1C6qfXYKA5xrvgnv7oE0_fJf6sxmTueA05jXJbCvEpOsdk4LVzoUDpp3NyfQb9mFwP/s320/IMG_6611.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262932301280306226" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM6trQAW9u5jNX2fwSb0qKVJTuWGsOFGg8Qz7JNcYcta4F2nPA4XnmLDzwDaq8gu9t91mjZyNJ4LDHNQp6RdYZbbWRvlmZ5MyweLBf01EJqgnZ-X7Hodc1XEhr2Ab8ZRL81TryPLBvrJNX/s1600-h/IMG_6610.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM6trQAW9u5jNX2fwSb0qKVJTuWGsOFGg8Qz7JNcYcta4F2nPA4XnmLDzwDaq8gu9t91mjZyNJ4LDHNQp6RdYZbbWRvlmZ5MyweLBf01EJqgnZ-X7Hodc1XEhr2Ab8ZRL81TryPLBvrJNX/s320/IMG_6610.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262932295754845890" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8tJNe4eQcMQ665X36C7AySTkTt1P7dT9q0GgA4pOO50BhSDBuIFZqty2uh0-a3LT7d5sIGKR68sh8dN34YRay84o3f9icdyrlCG8saHVWUSSzOj-siDScXvoTR1lxs_gsG3-35Sm4v3V/s1600-h/IMG_6606.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8tJNe4eQcMQ665X36C7AySTkTt1P7dT9q0GgA4pOO50BhSDBuIFZqty2uh0-a3LT7d5sIGKR68sh8dN34YRay84o3f9icdyrlCG8saHVWUSSzOj-siDScXvoTR1lxs_gsG3-35Sm4v3V/s320/IMG_6606.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262932289194578850" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSRfQLn3KRNP9A45c5hpC7wJ3mEbc2af8mv79pjUTSFo8vlBSoWADoieDbCCC8lrJ0DhoC_K9YmaTVn7eF5epz0F5aEu-Wg3UUWG_JRCccUiXH_RjJYPQSsGti1_WaIzWFc-yurYFOBt_m/s1600-h/IMG_6605.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSRfQLn3KRNP9A45c5hpC7wJ3mEbc2af8mv79pjUTSFo8vlBSoWADoieDbCCC8lrJ0DhoC_K9YmaTVn7eF5epz0F5aEu-Wg3UUWG_JRCccUiXH_RjJYPQSsGti1_WaIzWFc-yurYFOBt_m/s320/IMG_6605.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262932285675145218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Cr2cWSEWq585N25xhvYtCFPwHAOAoFBpXqLgsIV2XRfNEGkGnKx8BRgAmIdik_43S6BzF-gu4jcz7A9dF2QoyGjubcNR0wxhMDKNHXQKZwBcEvJu_at_PzKRS_kBCYgp21C435JfQdjz/s1600-h/IMG_6600.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Cr2cWSEWq585N25xhvYtCFPwHAOAoFBpXqLgsIV2XRfNEGkGnKx8BRgAmIdik_43S6BzF-gu4jcz7A9dF2QoyGjubcNR0wxhMDKNHXQKZwBcEvJu_at_PzKRS_kBCYgp21C435JfQdjz/s320/IMG_6600.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262932276420899522" /></a>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-24073307522673699732008-10-30T05:57:00.000-07:002008-10-30T06:00:50.416-07:00Harvest Festival Part 1We had a wonderful time at the school Harvest Festival! Even though it was windy and cold we enjoyed all the games!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0TtmAg5jFcMsRmdmBo0PFGAB9i6kY_xCThsA0bwjL_sZhRHfdoQm36LGqa8xozHSrx36aJ8DVQHT1fsW20_6JWt4_1L6dcfu9ZPNHu01DfgQ2gwHpMEp4JJ6D-bj8Ikem4UqaBgbbMX7T/s1600-h/IMG_6585.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0TtmAg5jFcMsRmdmBo0PFGAB9i6kY_xCThsA0bwjL_sZhRHfdoQm36LGqa8xozHSrx36aJ8DVQHT1fsW20_6JWt4_1L6dcfu9ZPNHu01DfgQ2gwHpMEp4JJ6D-bj8Ikem4UqaBgbbMX7T/s320/IMG_6585.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262930861274774514" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouflOsJz3kCNplbShmMEh5mwZEd7txIoXQlVq-C_OC6adJ_MMHH3N1rx1b_UsL1-waqOFzina52IJIdlNitjHXqBon8uZKmc479sJw3T2ir2DWcfL2ZbWL39Lf4TvIe0UNnGpvKjUhrvX/s1600-h/IMG_6587.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouflOsJz3kCNplbShmMEh5mwZEd7txIoXQlVq-C_OC6adJ_MMHH3N1rx1b_UsL1-waqOFzina52IJIdlNitjHXqBon8uZKmc479sJw3T2ir2DWcfL2ZbWL39Lf4TvIe0UNnGpvKjUhrvX/s320/IMG_6587.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262930853434523778" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZi4qOaDjJmJNOcc6-Xi_UwsOSyCxmxC4j-HVy8l9_GnMiscUKPQtRIY9SNvF1hAMEkxOmAe2jLVlkopEXmQbjwcnJ7h4u_LLE_A-OrlAACQk5lFSqVt_wzwU7GT4VvyMfo-vVq6Wq8eL/s1600-h/IMG_6584.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrZi4qOaDjJmJNOcc6-Xi_UwsOSyCxmxC4j-HVy8l9_GnMiscUKPQtRIY9SNvF1hAMEkxOmAe2jLVlkopEXmQbjwcnJ7h4u_LLE_A-OrlAACQk5lFSqVt_wzwU7GT4VvyMfo-vVq6Wq8eL/s320/IMG_6584.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262930842468776850" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyquw_2dfRQCGnwZH6jH2dkGODVyg1SVZySjZEll1F2DsNSUES8zwPdseRz5VK1_8u-T-n9xPiXxlxvhnysEN8bcN2qagjPcIzy8jnEQE0I-NYOZw4r0W_7nrP4oSvkpMJ5XujUEo9sSae/s1600-h/IMG_6581.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyquw_2dfRQCGnwZH6jH2dkGODVyg1SVZySjZEll1F2DsNSUES8zwPdseRz5VK1_8u-T-n9xPiXxlxvhnysEN8bcN2qagjPcIzy8jnEQE0I-NYOZw4r0W_7nrP4oSvkpMJ5XujUEo9sSae/s320/IMG_6581.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262930831025947906" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7pAXVbas5yfPVdta9EqzE3dUNIVi9UC9l04sVoBqX4tmbVyZ5MJj57CGCe2GcWtNP5oyrs0n2rooaI1YMiBQE87EPe1OGmhyphenhyphenBVLoqD3M5sJEvUFW9THSaiKPYcYosOcksTFOZdUyg3FI9/s1600-h/IMG_6578.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7pAXVbas5yfPVdta9EqzE3dUNIVi9UC9l04sVoBqX4tmbVyZ5MJj57CGCe2GcWtNP5oyrs0n2rooaI1YMiBQE87EPe1OGmhyphenhyphenBVLoqD3M5sJEvUFW9THSaiKPYcYosOcksTFOZdUyg3FI9/s320/IMG_6578.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262930825726412546" /></a>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691241577853931504.post-32452128312749669182008-10-30T05:41:00.000-07:002008-10-30T05:57:08.805-07:00Fun in the leaves!How many of you remember doing this! Those were such fun times! I always remind my kids to enjoy being a kid!!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9Kd5M2cpbhxKTL-Ii5O4mff5HQEJUWrsQF6uD3rNEFVePLu_Te9xIeSGZKSIaErQx9zyGX0Uo2b8e0WvTF59cpvC3F0h6ajT3ADsRSF_0elwuLRx6CPm_lDze9kMeMPeYQnRYK9LN2eq/s1600-h/IMG_6556.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9Kd5M2cpbhxKTL-Ii5O4mff5HQEJUWrsQF6uD3rNEFVePLu_Te9xIeSGZKSIaErQx9zyGX0Uo2b8e0WvTF59cpvC3F0h6ajT3ADsRSF_0elwuLRx6CPm_lDze9kMeMPeYQnRYK9LN2eq/s320/IMG_6556.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262929994669354018" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcAjoNW9ZLWEJMjWIeSnRJeLydWyt0sOhPOAPv3KO20qmIf27NPKSMtDbxi6dfcesajhXPJsJdG5ZhMV3Cawa_tEf17Q3jaZeQ24xlCJicGjkZEh4DD8R3GVScVTJ7A5ObSuAc5u8J35u/s1600-h/IMG_6549.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcAjoNW9ZLWEJMjWIeSnRJeLydWyt0sOhPOAPv3KO20qmIf27NPKSMtDbxi6dfcesajhXPJsJdG5ZhMV3Cawa_tEf17Q3jaZeQ24xlCJicGjkZEh4DD8R3GVScVTJ7A5ObSuAc5u8J35u/s320/IMG_6549.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262929990985361938" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFzq-CcHy3zXBV8mSOldRq5janzH698KEtdJ7t7yRxr71uCaORr_SoU6MdpTBK-e20ARXXBp5o6cKkQy5KNIBu6Vh-7UBOyUH2eqtAxTMPHXevAp6xeG1oQ0NqfXxfT3ukarkrfWL7565q/s1600-h/IMG_6552.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFzq-CcHy3zXBV8mSOldRq5janzH698KEtdJ7t7yRxr71uCaORr_SoU6MdpTBK-e20ARXXBp5o6cKkQy5KNIBu6Vh-7UBOyUH2eqtAxTMPHXevAp6xeG1oQ0NqfXxfT3ukarkrfWL7565q/s320/IMG_6552.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262929980552877522" /></a>Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01621465589549325024noreply@blogger.com1