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Thank you for taking the time to stop by and visit! We hope to share with you our journey of raising a child with Achondroplasia, the most common type of dwarfism. If this is your first time here, please start by reading Caitlyn's Story. It will share the beginning of her life with you. Enjoy!

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Halloween

Ok, so it’s a month late, but hey, it’s been a busy month to say the least.  Caty decided that she wanted to be a ballerina and pulled the whole costume out of her dress up box.  SCORE!!  And Hanna got to be a Pumpkin Fairy – a passed down costume from Caty – SCORE again!  Total cost of costumes= $0!!
Here are my two little pumpkins posing with their Potato Head Pumpkins.
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Ready for Trick-or-Treating
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Ready to go!
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Off to the neighbors first.  Don’t mind the blurry of the pictures, the girls were too fast for the camera. 
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Caty loved this house and it’s decorations.   031 035
Hanna liked Mickey as well as the snail that you can see crawling near by belt.  She like it so much that she picked the snail right off of him. 
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Me and my girls
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Scoping out Caty’s candy
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Hanna found the tootsie roll pops and wouldn’t let them go
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One happy girls with all her loot!
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Oh No! Oh Man!!!

Hanna's newest phrases are so funny to hear! Enjoy!

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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Fall Carnival

Caty’s school threw a Fall Carnival on Saturday October 30th.  Scott brought her over as Hanna was napping.  She and I joined them for about 20 minutes at the end.  Caty had a ton of fun and won so many prizes – ok so they got prizes just for participating in each of the booths.

She put together her costume this year, straight from her dress up box.  She said she wanted to wear her puffy skirt and be a ballerina – how easy was that! 

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Doing some putty

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STRIKE!!!

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Bean Bag toss

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Send daddy with the camera and these are the only pics that I got.  They were having too much fun to get more pictures. 

Finally, She has Clear Eyes

Back on October 29th, Hanna had surgery to unclog her tear ducts.  And I have to say, it was a complete success!!! 
We had to arrive at 7:15 and thankfully Hanna played in the waiting room for the almost hour and half before they called us back. 
Here she is playing while we’re waiting
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Scott took the day off of work, dropped Caty off at school, then met us at the hospital.  He showed up about 5 minutes after we were brought back.  They gave Hanna the “silly juice” and within minutes she started getting loopy then just went to sucking her thumb.
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Off they went.  The procedure only took about 30 minutes and we were called back.  She wasn’t happy waking up from the anesthesia, but who is. 
We were in the car and on the way home by 11:00.   We weren’t sure what to expect – was it instantaneous?  Sure enough, Saturday morning, Hanna woke up with clear eyes.  The first time in 16 months. 
I’m so happy that I don’t have to fight with her every morning with a warm washcloth trying to free her eyes of goop!  

Wednesday, November 17, 2010