I've been really busy this week so I haven't been putting much in my blog. That's a good thing cause it means I'm feeling better! Everybody in my family was here! Mom and Kaitlyn and me got excited to see my stepdad on Tuesday and then we met my Dad and stepmon and my brothers and sisters and we all went to Spaghetti Warehouse for dinner. After that we all went back to hotels so I could have radiation and physical therapy and school. On Wednesday Mom showed me my plane ticket home - it's REAL and I REALLY get to go home to my own bed! On Wednesday afternoon we went swimming and then we went to the mall and went shopping.
On Thursday morning I got to have breakfast with everybody and then we went to Ronald McDonald House for Thanksgiving dinner. They had lots of fun stuff for kids to do. We made gingerbread houses and also played a game. We got to have dinner all together for once. The best part is that I don't have any doctor appointments for 4 whole days! After I woke up from my nap all of us kids went swimming at the Marriott and then we had some snacks before we went to bed.
On Friday we got up early so we could go to this famous hotel called the Peabody because they have this duck march. It was kind of weird but it was fun too. Everybody stood in line for like 2 hours to watch some ducks march from the elevator inside the hotel to the fountain. They said the ducks have been doing it for a long time. It WAS really cute the way the baby ducks followed the mother duck. Bridget is going to make a chocolate pie for me the healthy way and I can't wait cause chocolate is one of my favorites! Tonight we are supposed to go on a trolley ride and that will be fun.
Love,
Bree
Note from Mom:
While Brianna was attending school I picked up our plane tickets for Friday, December 5th. We will arrive at O'Hare around 10:15 pm. (Our only option....we don't care as we are just looking forward to being home in our own beds!) At lunch I showed Brianna the tickets and this is when she finally realized this is, "for real!" I warned her about being cautiously optimistic. Please pray that everything goes well this week so we can make our trip home Friday evening.
We also took time to begin packing up the room so we can send as much home as possible. Matt and Kaitlyn will head home 1 day before we leave so he can take any remaining items and drop them off with Kaitlyn returning home. We will attempt to live out of a couple of suitcases for the next week.
Friday morning Bob and I took the girls to the Peabody Hotel in order to watch the ducks march from the elevator to the fountain. We thought the ducks came out at 10am but they actually parade out at 11am. It was a good thing we were early as at least a few hundred people crowded the lobby and balcony to watch the 5 ducks parade out in a line from the elevator to the fountain. The Peabody is a gorgeous hotel and it is just an experience to see the architecture and of course watch the ducks. After the parade we left for RMH and again met Matt, Maria and kids. Matt and Maria decided to take the girls around town until Brianna's cousins. Bridget, Bernadette, and Lauren should be arriving any minute. Bridget, the future chef will be cooking some healthy, sweet food for Brianna. She is craving a chocolate pie and I think Bridget will be making a dairy free, sugar free pie. She has plenty of resources from culinary school so I am looking forward to more advice.
Tonight Bob and I will take the girls along with their cousins downtown on the trolley. We will go on a carriage ride, walk down Beale St., and go back to the Marriott and enjoy swimming or playing cards.
We hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving. Thank you for your support and your prayers!
Bree's Family
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