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My last post for 2010 and wishing everyone a Happy New year hope you all have a wonderful 2011

This last week was a slow one which is good as on the 5th Jan we have another scan and Dr trip I am trying to not think about over the festive time, with little luck. Alex has a big lump on her lower leg looks like a bite but is very sore and itchy so will be watching it to see that it goes down not up. has not stopped her from running around like a mad person, I am so happy to see her back to a healthy 6 year old enjoying life.

Christmas was good quiet but good, I did finally miss dad as last year I was so busy with everything with Alex its like this Christmas is the first but it is the second :(  have been crying over the smallest things too

On Wednesday we had another Christmas night with a family from Alex's school nothing big but nice for the girls to get out and hubby to have a drink or 6 lol, we also got given a DS for Robyn's Birthday in 23 days can not believe she will be 4 so soon.

Thursday morning was a shocker I found Rainbow Chicken Crowing ( well croaking ) but we now know he is a boy and we can not keep him for much longer so we found a hatchery near by that we can get 2 more black chicks for the girls and when they are old enough to stay outside Lee-lee will still have company and Rainbow will be re-homed. Alex will be calling the new one Rainbow 2 lol bet they both get rainbow something, but these will be 90% female and one day old so tiny chicks again for us to deal with ♥

New Years Eve will be quiet like normal, we watched the fireworks on TV at 9pm the girls stayed up for them Robyn crashed before they finished and Alex was in bed just after ♥ :) but hope the new year brings new adventures of the good kind and family fun ♥

~ New years resolutions ~

~ enjoy my family

~ lose a little weight

~ get back into fitness

~ pay off bills

~ get back into studies

Port scar slightly swollen but healing well 16th Dec 4 days after removal, swelling gone now and looks so good :) no more port stress.

16th Dec large storm that blacked us out for 10 hours

 Robyn with Leelee 28th Dec, poor Lee-lee is always being carried around 

Alex and Robyn with Lee-lee and Rainbow. 28th Dec 2010

bad news is Rainbow is a boy but still waiting on him to really crow properly the pathetic attempt will be recorded soon, soon its Bye bye Boy we are getting 2 more one day olds chicks next week so they will be old enough to keep Lee-lee company before Rainbow leaves I hope.

run chicken run NYE 2010 Alex chasing Rainbow

Happy New year from the girls

The chickens 

girls ready for fireworks and bed

sparklers in the dark 

watching fireworks on Channel nine Robyn crashed 

fireworks from TV we could not see them from here in town :( 

~♫♪~♥♥♥Happy New Ýear everyone. May 2011 be a wonderful year for everyone♥♥♥~♪♫~

☆ ☆ ☆ ~ ♥ Christmas wishes to all ♥ ~ ☆ ☆ ☆

 ☆☆   Merry Christmas Everyone ♥♥☆ ☆ 







just a small update and photos of the girls ♥

yesterday was the 20th anniversary of My cousin who passed away from Lung cancer and other issues but was sad as it made me see how many I was missing this Christmas, but also how glad I am to have my princess still here to smile ♥, and her little sister to buss me around hehe.  was just thinking 21 months ago Alex was given 6 months if she was not treated and well here we are 21 months later and fighting hard and doing great...

today we were suppose to spend with some wonderful friends we have known for years but due to the girls getting exposed to chicken pox it was decided to leave it again and not risk their family and friends if my girls do get them, so we went to the mess for lunch it was through Hubbies work. just wanted the girls to behave lol (yeah Right when do 3 and 6 year olds sit still lol).

We didn't do the normal Christmas Morning with Daddy dressed as Santa and Mummy in her Mrs Clause hoody as well just didn't feel right today but we had a great time unwrapping the presents. We unwrapped presents on video hehe and got rubbish into the bins for Sundays bin night, the girls enjoyed all they got as Santa also gave them a large older style Rocking horse a friend gave us to paint etc.

it is still raining with the rivers rising around here but we are doing well and enjoying our time together ♥

it is now after 2pm and we are relaxing at home watching the girls enjoy their new gifts and playing, was a great day and we are thankful ♥

Robyn's Graduation day

last Friday would have also been Robyn's Class Graduation day but as we also had Alex's surgery she missed it, she is not actually graduating but she went from a kindergarten (kindy pink) to pre-schooler even though they bumped her up half way through the year as they needed her spot in kindy pink. She also got a photo etc so thought it nice to post about here on here to she is still a big part of this family and we have never left her out, she had pre-school today but wanted to stay with mummy although she has a great time and it is only one day a week, she is staying in this room for the next 12 months then school in 2012.

OMG where did my baby go, I missed so much with all the hospital trips and so forth, poor Robyn has been dragged through the works and watched her sister go through all this, at one stage she wanted her own port but she settled for a shadow port (make believe)  this was hard on her as well as us all but how does a 2 year old tell us they understand what they see going on around them.

Alex and Robyn January 2009 Robyn's 2nd Birthday "Before cancer"

December 2010 almost 2 years later she is 4 next month 

on another note I am now needing more cloths for Miss Alex she has gone up 2 sizes (more the growth up not out) but she looks so healthy now to. Do I dare think we are now back to normal  (well as normal for a cancer Kids family as it can get) the girls have been playing and having so much fun outside and yes sun block is being used by the bucket load as Alex is higher risk to skin cancer now ARGH gotta love the Aussie sun but we do have a lot of shaded areas in our back yard and girls always wear hats etc :)

Toy run 2010

we missed the Toy Run last year as we got home from our Clear day thanks to CCS and arrived back in our area to see them riding out and then had to rush out again for the Make-a-wish Christmas party on the other side of Brisbane, so this year we actually penciled in the date in the diary and as Alex had surgery on the Friday she was still recovering and this was close to home made it a good day out with no added stress to anyone. hoping for no rain was our only concern due to Alex not needing to get sick now she had her Port removed on Friday :)
Hubby should have been doing this one but next year will as they collect toys for needy children :)

I feel happy in getting some answers from Alex's surgeon on Friday as when she lost her kidney etc in may 2009 they put a staple in so when scanned any time they have a marker due to these tumors hiding in the lower abdomen and CT, MRI or X Ray will pick tit up. I was worried about MRI's etc as if its magnetic may cause future issues but now have my mind at ease as it is Titanium and will not magnetize in any way, and will last her lifetime.

13 days to Christmas and may you all have a great day ♥♥♥♥

De Port Surgery

on Tuesday it was our 7th wedding anniversary we have been together for 11 years now but got married around the same time I found out I was expecting Alex :) ♥ we also left our home state 4 weeks after this so had no family support since Dec 2003 but we do have wonderful friends and family even over the distance ♥♥♥




Wednesday Alex stayed home with me while Miss Robyn went to pre-school. The pre-school only closes for one week so she will keep going every Wednesday and Alex gets some one on one with Mummy ♥ we don't get this often now she is in school, Alex has also been very well this week (this is good as  we wanted the fever and any sickness gone before surgery) I also got stung by a wasp at the letterbox so now trying to keep the girls away from the mailbox in-case they get stung too :(

on Thursday we found 2 nests in the letterbox so as someone else got stung to we removed the nests as they are aggressive to anyone getting close and growing in numbers so Bye Bye wasps and nest

Alex went in today at the Westley Private Hospital for day surgery to have the Port-a-cath removed. We have the joy of being under the same surgeon that put the port in as well as did her Kidney (Radical nephrectomy) surgery. He is a specialist and we have private health insurance that we decided to use so has been good to know who is doing these surgeries etc (not her teeth though) Hubby stayed home with Miss Robyn due to this being a private hospital and we did not know if they had a play ground or not so better to keep a 3 year old entertained at Home. Alex had to fast from 4am and no fluids from 7am we had to be there by 7am to start the day.

we finally arrived with 30 min to spare and find our way around the warren that is the Wesley hospital. the staff where wonderful too. I found out after Alex was in surgery that they had 5 with port removals but Alex was the only one with a full head of hair the others had only just finished treatment they did ask why we had a 12 month wait but then reading her notes said its due to the tumors and wanting to be sure they are stable or dead cells.

we got out late again but that is because Alex slept off the gas, but she was hungry when she woke up and ate a little bit of sandwich some apple juice and then a cup of ice cream ♥♥
we left at about 2.20pm grabbed a strawberry milk and Iced Latte for us and drove out Alex was due panadol but would be better to wait til we arrived at home. the road was extreamly busy and we soon found out why a major accident was blocking all traffic from the other direction and police where directing our lanes through.
got home and now trying to stay relaxed and pain free for Miss Alex but hard when you have a 3 year old sister that has missed us all day and wants attention♥♥   "we missed you to Robyn"


this is for everyone that needs it as well as My Princess ♥

Waiting in her surgical gown and Hungry

her award from the staff ♥

Sleeping off the gas even Elliot the dog has her paw wrapped up

Ice-cream and head home soon

The tape if it bleeds any more we are off to the DEM

Home sweet Home and hope this is the ;last surgery for my Princess♥ 4 in 21 months so far

a fun filled Sunday

today would have been the Camp Quality Christmas Party but due to a second exposure we have told them we could not make it sad for the girls but we are trying to keep them entertained.
Today they are outside Painting canvas pictures and having a ball with two chickens running around too here are some photos from their fun in the shade :)
they also had a water fight with water guns and screamed the house down

when I put the chickens back in their cage I found they had also joined in with painting can see paint on them in the slide show :)

Santa Photo 2010

the girls and Santa,
their Santa photo I got this week

yes Ive changed the blog theme again get bored with it all the time so like to change it :) a little more festive I think :)

school has finished for the year

Alex finished her school year today and they had water fights etc she took a large water gun to enjoy the fun and her cloths got wet ( I sent a change of cloths just in case as didn't want her staying wet) she had a ball and I think the whole school did. we found out tonight as well that the girls have been exposed AGAIN to chicken pox so had to cancel the CCS & Camp Quality Christmas parties tomorrow and Sunday more the Just in-case we expose a child that can not be exposed with low counts would not wish that on anyone. the girls will be fine and don't know what they are really missing out on yet :), Alex has still had the fever on and off all week so probably good that we are not going I would feel so bad if someone got exposed to anything I know last year we cancelled due to Alex having low counts and not wanting her sick so this year we are doing the same to help someone else :)

we also got given a heap of uniforms for Alex and even Robyn when she starts school if we are still here from a family that are moving

Party Dress's ♥

 Robyn's Pre-school had their Christmas party tonight too, I had to take a book wrapped for her and some nibbles,  Alex came with me as well but she shared Robyn's gift :) my girls are so sweet together♥ they also got to see Santa again :)

Watching the clown ate the party

last night Santa visited our street and the girls got their first 2010 photo with Santa :) along with the neighborhood, the local council did this and even our councilor was there driving Santa around. she was also at the award night and the library opening

Santa in our street

well now we are in limbo land to see what we can do over Christmas and hope Alex doesn't get chicken pox as she has surgery next Friday, so must stay healthy