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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!

Monday, May 2, 2011

San Diego Here We Come!

Since my parents aren’t going to be around during the week that we’re in Anaheim for the LPA National Convention (they’re off for a North Sea cruise)  they planned a weekend trip down to Southern CA so they could go with Caty on her first trip to Disneyland.  We drove down to San Diego on Saturday April 16th.  We headed there because my brother lives there and had space for us to stay. 
Friday I dropped Caty off at my parents as they said they would take her along for the drive!  It was so nice having just Hanna in the car with us.  She’s a perfect traveler, just looking at books or playing with her Barbie or watching a dvd – no complaints what so ever. 
The drive was just over 500 miles – I know, that’s a long way!!  My parents left about 45 minutes after us and we thought that they would eventually catch up with us because we figured that we’d need to stop every 2 hours or so, but nope, Hanna was very content.  We stopped about 3 hours in the drive, because I was the one that need to use the bathroom and of course it gave us the chance to changed Hanna’s diaper.  We got back on the road after just about 10 minutes and were still way ahead of my parents. 
We stopped on the north side of the Grapevine for lunch – just before driving over into the LA area.  We ordered and sat and waited and to our surprise…this guys walked in.
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How cool to see Jay Leno eating at In N Out!!
My parents caught up to us as we were just finishing lunch. Caty said she wanted to keep riding with them so we headed back out.  We stopped for a quick break in Irvine and got back on the road.  We arrived at my brothers around 5ish.  Not too bad – it was 10 hours since we’d left the house but with our 3 stops and of course getting suck in LA traffic. 
The cousins, back together again.
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Uncle Todd taking Hanna for a ride.
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Sissy’s turn to push!
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Bathtime
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After the jammies were on we headed over to the house we were staying at.  My sister-in-law’s parents recently bought a house about 6 blocks from them so we were able to stay there, as they weren’t around. 
We got situated and the girls headed to bed, no knowing what was in store for the next day….

Simple Woman’s Daybook – May 2nd 2011

For today – May 2nd 2011
Outside my window...  the sun is shining and it’s nice and warm out!
I am thankful for... the fact that our troops killed Osama Bin Laden yesterday – I’m never thankful that someone is killed but he’s an exception. 
I am wearing... shorts and a tank top
I am creating... blogs about our Disneyland trip – I know, FINALLY!!
I am going to… soak in some sun this afternoon while the girls play in the backyard.
I am reading... “House Rules” by Jodi Picoult
 I am hoping... that the next 2 months pass by quickly because them it's LPA NATIONALS TIME!!!
I am hearing... Caillou – the girls are watching it before Caty takes her quiet time..just wish that Hanna was napping these days. 
Around the house...  Caty is about to go down for quiet time and Hanna will hopefully find something to play with by herself. 
A few plans for the rest of the week… Caty’s school is having a Spring Fling Picnic tomorrow so Hanna and I will join her for lunch (unfortunately it’s at 10:45 – kinda early for lunch if you ask me), Saturday morning I’ve got an LPA planning meeting for our Fall Regional that our chapter is hosting and then Saturday afternoon we are helping some friends celebrate their daughter, Emma’s, 2nd birthday – that’s about it. 
A picture that I am sharing... the girls pigtails for our LPA friend Riley who had decompression surgery recently and thankfully bounced right back! 
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

LPA Fundraiser

So there are only 96 days until the LPA Fundraiser that I’m hosting for our chapter.  I wanted to share with you the flier that I created.

I CAN’T WAIT!!!

Flyer Draft 2 - Copy

Who’s coming to join us?!!

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Simple Woman’s Daybook – April 26th 2011

For today – April 26th 2011

Outside my window...  the sun is shining and it’s starting to warm up!!

I am thinking... how quiet the house is this morning with it being just Hanna and myself.  :-)

I am thankful for... the fact that Spring Break is over and Caty is back in school!  :-)  Yes, I need that 3 hour break from her! 

I am wearing... capris and a tshirt

I am creating... nothing.. except maybe some blog posts later today – I’m “creating” them in my head. 

I am going to… catch up on blog posts this week… have several posts that I want to do.

I am reading... nothing yet… I just pulled out “House Rules” by Jodi Picoult and hope to start it tonight or tomorrow. 

I am hoping... that Hanna goes to sleep tonight without issues – last night I put her in there and she screamed as loud as she could “MOMMY!!!  MOMMY!!!!”  Over and over again, had to rock and rock and rock her to sleep. 

I am hearing... the neighbors dogs barking…they are always barking, even at 6 in the morning – really pisses me off!

Around the house...  Hanna is doing some cooking in her kitchen.

A few plans for the rest of the week… not much except that Caty and Scott are back in school.  YAY!!  Scott has multiple tennis matches this weekend, 2 each day, so we’ll probably head out and watch at least one of them. 

A picture that I am sharing... today is my dad’s birthday.  We celebrated with him on Easter…

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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Easter Bunny Time!!

A few weekends ago the Chase family hosted our LPA Chapter’s Easter event.  It was a beautiful day and we had a good turnout.

My girls…

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Meeting the Easter Bunny – we weren’t sure how Hanna was going to do, but as you can see from the pictures, she LOVED the bunny.

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She followed the bunny EVERYWHERE and continuously waved until the bunny left.

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Time for the Easter Egg Hunt

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The face she gave Scott when she realized there was candy inside the eggs.

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Caty checking out Hanna’s loot

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The one picture I got of Caty; she was so quick running around that I didn’t get too many good ones. 

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Here’s a picture of Caty and her friend Joscalynne

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Showing Nana her eggs

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Hanna and the Easter Bunny

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My girls and the Easter Bunny

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Caty and Aidan

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Thanks Chase family for hosting!  Already looking forward to next year!