Fairy Godmother, Pics

So much to blog about, and will do so later. I want to get the pictures up from our visit to the Fairy Godmother. It was so amazing and I started crying the second she came out the door, the crying hit another level when she started singing.
Our evening at Cinderella's Royal Table was AMAZING:
THE CASTLE:



Ginny was the Queen of the Castle and ran around taking pictures, laughing and loving it all. We got to take pictures with Cinderella before we were taken up to the dining room....
THE DINING ROOM:
The room was beautiful. A rounded room overlooking the Carousel, rich colors, chandeliers. But even better than the Dining Room was the show....
THE SHOW:
And, here's where the tears flowed. The Fairy Godmother touched my shoulder each time she passed, and my dreams really did come true that night.

The Fairy Godmother

Here we are, back in Orlando at my parents' house.
Tomorrow, we will go to the Magic Kingdom. After hanging around the park, we will attend a wonderful show at Cinderella's Castle. The kids will get their picture taken with Cinderella, but to us, there is only 1 star of the show........!

The Fairy Godmother! When speaking with her, be it in person or over the phone, there is an immediate sense of wonder and amazement! She can give you hope just by saying that she is there for you, as the Fairy Godmother. Not only is she the Fairy Godmother, she is my sister!

And, your sister does ...what??... for a living???

What gives you the creeps?

So, let's think about this for a moment....
I get creeped out by:
spider-cricket things that we call "hoppers"
dead animals in my chimney
live animals in my house.... bats & squirrels
people that I don't want to have anything to do with showing up at my door...
nail fungus
pimples on the ass of humanity.....

But, how we handle what creeps us out is what really matters. Do we vomit, curl up in the fetal position, scream, cry? We may do all of the above or a combination, thereof. But, hopefully, we get through it and handle it.

Regardless of how skeeved out we may be, we push through. We allow ourselves the time to have the fetal-curling, screaming, vomitrotious moments. Then.....we move on....we persevere, and show what we are made of.

How skeeved out are you right now, and how do you handle it?

Not exactly swimming with the dolphins....

We arrived in Orlando on Sunday after visiting a most exciting place to eat. It's an old Sugar Mill at DeLeon Springs State Park http://www.planetdeland.com/sugarmill/sugarpage2.htm. The tables have a griddle in the middle and you can make your own pancakes...and eggs. They bring out 2 different kinds of batter, stone ground and all purpose flour. You order toppings as desired. We ordered bananas, blueberries, and chocolate chips. It was a fun thing to do with the family!!!!

Drew has spent the week at tennis camp at Heathrow Country Club where my Dad is a member. He's been the man to beat this week and I'm sure that's been great for his ego! He's sooooooo tan, and looks really great as he builds his muscle and "hot guy" status.

Ginny and I have been hanging out by the pool, swimming, reading, relaxing. I did get a manicure/pedicure.......ya like?????

What? What is that you say? It looks like a lizard on my hand? Well, yes....yes, it is. There are many, many lizards around my parents house. The baby ones are very cute and much fun to swim with. We named this one Maddie. We've caught her a couple of days in a row to take swimming with us. She seems to be responding to her name now.

CF Appt - June 2008

Well, we had another CF appointment today, as we do every 3 months. It's physically and emotionally draining even when it goes well. We were there for over 3 hours today, which led to the 3 hour nap I took upon arriving home. That will lead to me being up much of this evening......bad cycle to get in :).
The reason it was 3+ hours today vs. the regular 2+ hours, was due to the fact that it was her bloodwork and x-ray appointment. Bloodwork is once a year, x-rays are every other year.
Here's the update:
Height = 53.4 inches = 9th percentile (can't imagine why she's short!!!)
Weight = 72.25 inches = 21st percentile
BMI = 17.73
And here's the big info about this one. They've wanted her to be at the 50th percentile for BMI for a long time. Today, we hit that goal!!!!!!!
BMI PERCENTILE = 52% YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!
PFTs= 115%
PFT means Pulmonary Function Test. While a 115% lung function sounds good, she was at 134 last July. She went down over the last 2 appointments to a low of 101% at her March appointment. So, she is up almost 15%!!!! That's great news!!! Now, we just need to stay on top of her nebs (Pulmozyme, Saline, TOBI) and her chest PT to get that number back up to her norm of over 130%.

Once Ginny went on the "hungry pill" (as we call it since the name is something I can't remember), she jumped from a BMI in the 29th percentile to the 46th. How great was that!!!!!

CONGRATS GINNY!!!! You are an amazing young lady!

Trump my birthday, would ya????

Leave it to my sister to trump my birthday!!!! I might as well have my party in the car in a mall parking lot......or in London, riding a London Taxi, or driving between Copenhagen and Brussels.....What a crock my birthdays are!!!!! (umm......that was sarcasm.....how many of YOU got to spend your friggin' birthdays in Europe......Me, I got 4!)

My sister, the Christian Author…..is FINALLY publishing her bible study. She’s wanted to do this Summer Bible Study for years, and has recently gotten her motivation to take it from paper (I mean, handwritten) to online. She’s posted it on her blog: http://www.thefairfax.blogspot.com/
Please share it with anyone you think may be interested! She’s so thought-provoking and interesting as an author, not to mention supportive, loving, annoying, and honest as a sister. Her evaluation of others’ questions has always been honest, open and great material to work with.
I hope you and others enjoy her work. I know I will!

I didn't implode!?!!!

And, there was no pain.......
So, turning 40 wasn't that bad after all.