Well January is going by winter is really here in Folkestone. This past week it has been snowing we have been having so much fun in the snow. Charlie, Martin and I have had a few snow ball fights.

I have now had 2 chemo sessions and I am doing well. The first session was a bit rough but we got through it. The second session was a lot less, well they did lower the dose by 20 percent to lower all of the side effects. I am just so thankful that I am feeling so well. The side effects only seem to last about a week then I am back to normal. Charlie thinks it is very funny that I now have no hair, it all helps to keep things very fun and light hearted. My hair started falling out a few weeks ago now. For a few days it was falling and it was very messy there was hair everywhere. So we decided the best thing to do was just to be bold and shave it all off. So Martin and Charlie shaved my head. 


This is the before the first hair cut. I have donated my hair to an organisation who make wigs for children who have caner.

 Charlie and I getting ready for it to come off!!

 Off it comes! Martin did a wonderful job. He was so careful.

 Its all gone and some how I am still smiling!

Charlie is doing so well he is really growing up. He has started swim lessons. The first week did not go so well, for some reason he did not want to get into the pool. But since then he has been the first one in the pool. Charlie also has really been into dress up lately, if he is not wearing his Peter Pan costume he is dressed up as Spiderman. He has a wonderful imagination.

Christmas 2012

We had a wonderful Christmas this year! Charlie really must have made the nice list. He is a wonderful boy, we are so thankful for him. We had a wonderful morning of opening presents and playing with all of the new toys. We went to Martins parents for a great Christmas lunch. Pops made a wonderful dinner he was cooking for days before that. It was a wonderful day. I was very thankful I felt as good as I did.

 

 

Look at all those presents!!  

 

 

 

One happy boy with his new castle. 

  

Thanks for lunch Pops!!!

 

 

 

In Folkestone on Boxing Day there are some cazy people who do this Boxing Day Dip they go into the very cold English Channel. I was smart and stayed home in the warm, but Martin took Charlie down to the beach to have a look.  

 

Run Charlie Run!! 

 

For Christmas Charlie got very lucky and got a new bike.  

 

Riding his new bike is so tiring.  

 

Charlie and his favorite girl Megan, She does have a great name and all.  Megan is our neighbor she is just a few months older then Charlie. They are great friends and have been since they were babies.