Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Back To Reality...




























yes, it had to happen! One cannot, unfortunately, be on holiday permanently.

We are back safely (thank you God!) and soundly. We had an absolute BALL on our holiday, Rocky stayed well, had plenty of laughs and fun with Aunty PC and Uncle Pete and familyin beautiful Canada (the best part of the trip!) , Brett and I loved NYC and Hollywood on the way home was a real hoot!

We've been so busy since we arrived back, just routine hospital appts and Rocky has started a couple of classes ...a music class and some sport. We still have to be careful and Dr Markert said we can do the full on day care thing once his B Cell testing is complete (we hope by Jan). Rocky hasn't had an antibody transfusion (IVIg) since September. All part of the plan. He seems to be doing okay. It's so cool now - although we proceed with caution! - to let him out to play at the hospital and paint and draw with the other kids waiting in outpatients. It may not sound that exciting, but I still get a buzz just to watch him do that. Yesterday he was sitting, painting with some girls and he wanted them desperately to pay attention to his drawing, he kept making lots of noise to get them to do so, but they were playing hard to get LOL...but it didn't deter him. I like his spirit. I once read persistence counts for about 99% of success...if that is the case I think he will be very successful.

The weather here is hot and so we have also had a trip to the beach, the backyard pool, but unpacking my suitcase still hasn't received any kind of priority, except for clothes to be put out on the bed during the day, only to be put back in the suitcase at night with a promise "I'll do it tomorrow". It's good to be ambitious.

Hope this finds you fantastic! xoxox

Monday, October 19, 2009

Canada...






It's warming up here (10 degrees!) yahoo...feels alot warmer than 10 degrees at home, which sounds weird, but it just is. I've said this to Priscilla and she totally understands what I mean..everyone else may think I'm mad. We are twins after all.

We stayed in Toronto over the weekend and Brett had his birthday too...we had a celebratory lunch with the Zilio family as there are a whole host of wedding anniversaries and birthdays we are celebrating this month. What a lovely weekend!

Next pics...NYC oh yeah.....

Rocky is great and we discovered Hi-5 here on telly, however....the programming is dodgy and so we are yet to see it! He had added to his reportoire of songs and now sings some Barney toons...

Thursday, October 15, 2009

North America






Hi everyone, Well, what a tour de force so far! We've seen Disneyland in LA, over to NC to see Dr Markert, which was truly wonderful, and now we are in Canada, where we have already experienced Thanksgiving, African Lion safari, had the joy of meeting the Zilio family, then a trip to Niagra Falls yesterday and off to Toronto tomorrow.

Brett and I will head off to NYC next week for a few days sans Rocky. That's gonna be hard! Time to break the cord....just a little bit! (maybe just stretch it!)

We have been really thrilled with the way Rocky has travelled, he has been an absolute gem. The jetlag got us all a bit by the time we arrived in NC, but now we are all doing really well and back into the swing of things. Rocky has pretty much been singing the whole trip, which is hilarious, except for when he is still singing at midnight. Oi....we are not getting any younger and need our beauty sleep!!

It is absolutely wonderful to be here. Canada is experiencing a colder than usual October, the upside being we are seeing the beauty of Fall.

Hope you are all doing well...post soon xoxoxoxoxoxo

North America Pt 1





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