St. BALDricks Day

A good time was had by all of Team Maggie May. The "little" pub that opened their doors to this great fundraiser was packed all day long and, as they said, the hair was a flying.

With your awesome help, Team Maggie May (3 of Maggie's relatives and me, daddy, raised close to $4,200.00 to help fight kiddo cancer. The team was organized in Maggie and Nikolette's honor and that was a HUGE deal to me. The t-shirt above is what mommy and daddy made the night before.

Team Maggie May before:

and after:

Yes, it is true that, even when combined, we did not have "a lot to loose" but the spirit was very much there. In fact I was somewhat upset that they were using clippers only and not truly shaving. I would, now, like to see how I looked shaved but am afraid to let anyone (myself included) that close to me with a razor that is not a professional barber.

Obviously the memories of Maggie and Nikolette where only a part of why I wanted to do this:

It was totally awesome to be able to be there with Rebekah. There were lots of people we knew including nurses, docs, other kiddos and families etc. and Rebekah loved to go around and say "hi" to all of them, give huggs and love on everyone she could find. She absolutely loves crowds and people. We didn't realize it as much at the time but I think this is one of the reasons being couped up in the hospital room and having a low immune system was so difficult on us.

Today is another busy Monday for Rebekah (and all of the girls.) Speech therapy and school for Rebekah and while that is happening then mommy is going to be running a lot of errands including taking taxes to the tax man - early this year. ha ha! Then they will be home just in time to see daddy run off to drill with the fire department. THIS is "the good old days!"