Jasper Turns Seven

Our little man is officially seven!!
He had a great day, getting spoilt and loads of attention at school!
He woke up at 6am (normal time - poor momma). We had presents straight away - in bed of course because it is winter here, and pretty damn cold in the mornings!

After a day at school (where he slacked off, and had to bring extra work home to do as he could not be bothered doing at the time!!), full up on chocolate cake, more presents from his best friend, then out to dinner with the Perth based family.

It was Jasper's choice of restaurant, and he picked The Hog's Breath Cafe - no real suprise.. it is a steak house, and he loves it there!

Here he is with his poppie (my dad).








and with his grandy (my mum).








They bring out a sparkler on the dessert and the staff all sing happy birthday.. he was a bit chuffed at that!!!
He did say that he wanted cake, but he had cake on Saturday for his dad's birthday, cake on Sunday at his best friends birthday, and cake at school on Monday for his birthday... I thought that was enough cake, and he was lucky to get ice cream with chocolate topping!!




Our big boy. He was doing his silly photo face. He thinks it makes him look cool....
He just looks damn cute!!!









Molly had her first trip to a restaurant. She was mesmerised by her best friend that seems to follow her around everywhere... She is forever staring at the ceiling at this friend.
We are not sure if we should be concerned not!!
See below for the photo of this friend that she seems to love so much...

yes, it is the airconditioning vents.. in the house, at the restaurant and even in the principal's office (yes, Paul and I had to speak to the principal...) she is mesmerised!!!






So now all the birthday hoopla is over for another year... well, that is if we can get away without having a party... not liking my chances. Jasper keeps asking, and we are thinking about it. There is no rush. It is about to be school vacation for 2 1/2 weeks, so he can have a party after that - maybe!!!

thanks for reading.

Brooke

Baby News and Big Boy Birthday

So, we have our miracle!!
Molly was tested for FA, and her cord blood was tested to see if it was a match for Jasper.
The results are in, and she DOES NOT have Fanconi Anemia, and she is a 5/6 HLA match for Jasper.
In short, this means that if Jasper goes into bone marrow failure (which is likely with FA), we have matched cord blood from a sibling to do a transplant with!
It was almost too much! It was what we had hoped and prayed for, but when we got the answers, we were just a tad excited!!
There were plenty of tears from this momma!

Here are some photos of our baby girl, and big boy. Molly is about 7 weeks here..









She had enough of the camera, and wanted a cuddle!!!









Jasper and I managed a great escape! Molly slept one afternoon after school - normally unheard of - so we raced into his room and played superheros on his bed... here is the pile of them doing "stacks on".
We also ran around the house pretending to be birds, but as birds do not have fingers or hands, there are no photos of that one!!













Molly's favourite time of day is bath time. She just chills right out and lays there kicking happily. The tears start again when I pull her out and dry her off!










This is the result of after a bath!! Not even the bright camera flash can wake her!!!








Tomorrow is Jasper's 7th birthday. He has been waiting so long for it! We are having a family dinner out, and maybe a party in a couple of weeks - we are still debating that one!
He would love any messages for his birthday!

thanks for reading

Brooke