It's really happening

I officially have airline tickets for the first part of my Chicago adventure. And, thanks to my mama for the companion fair coupon, Todd and Mason have their tickets to come for part of the time. It's feeling all so CRAZY and REAL now!!!

Firefighter Monkey

Mason loves going to see Daddy at the fire station, and he also loves wearing his monkey costume from Halloween...so why not do both, right? This time Daddy let him play over in the admin building where the "old, old, firetruck" lives. 

What did we do before we all had cameras on our phones?

I finally plugged my phone into my laptop and realized how many pics I haven't shared yet. Here are a few peeks at what's been up so far in 2012

Buried in the laundry basket under his foam blocks 

We've had a lot of snow this year. This is at the fire station.
We've gotten more since this was taken.

Mason loves to play games. This one we found
at Christmas is perfect for his age.

Beer & Barley Wine Fest with Sarah

Cameron's actually smiling!

Just had to do it

January was so cold, we had to play inside a lot.
Thank goodness for legos!

Happy little man

This is what happens when he picks out his own clothes.
YIKES! 

Nana and Mason goofing off

Such a helper!

Helping Mommy finish her quilt

More goofing around at Nana's house

Underwear and rain boots. What a fashion statement.

Mark your calendars!

It's finally all starting to come together. This week I heard back from Chicago with some tentative dates for my transplant. As exciting it is to finally have a date, it also makes it very real and very stressful. I feel like I have so much still to get ready and figure out before April 30 (that's the first day of testing on my schedule, I would actually go down the day or two before). I also am feeling the stress of having a person there with me. It's a lot to ask of people, and there are only certain people I would want there anyway, but I have to have someone with me.

Today we also got confirmation on a place for the silent auction!!! This has been stressing me out as well because I have all these people willing to donate, but I haven't had specifics to give them yet. Anyway, MARK YOUR CALENDAR and please help SPREAD THE WORD! The silent auction will be April 7th at the Quarter Deck in the Captain Cook. I'm still thinking about a timeframe, we have the room from 5-10pm...so in there somewhere :)

Help

Ok, I'm still trying to get a silent auction together to help raise money for my transplant. Here's what I need (please spread the word)

First, I need a place to host the silent auction. Any ideas? Obviously, I would like to have this donated as well, but I understand if that needs to be negotiated.

Second, I still need items to be donated to auction off. Please contact me ASAP if you have something or know a person or business that would be willing to donate.

I am open to any and all ideas at this point. I am already so thankful for the money that has been donated on my go fund me site so far. Every little bit helps, and I thank you all so much.

Adventures in Stem Cells

I am trying to get the fundraising ball rolling for my upcoming transplant. My first step has been to create a Go Fund Me page. Here's the link to it. I hope you'll consider donating, and feel free to share this link and spread the word!

http://www.gofundme.com/e5guo