Make A Wish Trip Friday & Saturday

The Maier family, along with Reg and Carolyn, Grandma and Grandpa to Tillie and Ravis boarded flight 18 to Orlando Florida around 8:15AM, Friday April 27th. We got to board early since we had the kids..At first Ravis was a little tenative about sitting in his seat and having the seat belt fastened, but he settled in fairly quick. Being that we boarded early, we had to wait a bit before take off..and the kids did great during take off! They did great the whole flight! It was quite impressive...

Ravis and Tillie, waiting for take off!

One tired little traveler..Neither Tillie or Ravis slept on the plane..and they even had to get up pretty early in the morning..

This is inside the Gingerbread House at Give Kids The World (GKTW)  This is the main dining areas.  There is an all day ice cream palor open, a Boston Market and you can have pizza delivered to your villa..

 There is also an all you can/want to ride carousel!  This is a big hit for Tillie

Ravis has been enthralled with all the characters...here is one at GKTW

Our first night at the resort there was a pirate and princess party...pretty awesome!

There is an all day/night ice cream parlor at GKTW...Here's Tillie at 10:30AM having a snack!  Oh, they also have some breakfast stuff...like bacon!

Grandma shot this picture..probably my favorite so far!  Tillie and Ravis really love to be with each other.  It's wonderful!

Tillie's Make A Wish Journey

On Saturday, April 21st, the folks at Make A Wish threw a send off party for Tillie, a week prior to her trip to Disney World in Orlando, Florida!  They brought pizza and cupcakes and pop!  They also brought gifts for Tillie, including a Belle (from Beauty And The Beast) dress, and a backpack filled with all kinds of goodies..useful for the long plane ride...

 All the pizza!!

 

Tillie loves cupcakes!!! Here she is with with blue frosting all over!!

Sugar high!

Grammie and Pappa, Grandma and Grandpa and Uncle DJ came to the party..So did Frank and Lori Anderson along with Auntie Mel and Greg and Trinity and their kids...

Grammie, Tillie, Pappa and Emily

 Frank and Lori Anderson

 Grandpa, Tillie and Frank

And of course, Ravis!  He also got a gift bag with a truck and some activities for the plane ride!  Now if he would learn to use the crayons for coloring and not for eating!!

 The new way to eat pizza! 

Watch for our updates from Florida!

Update......

It's been awhile since we have updated Tillie's blog.  So, here it goes...We'll start with pictures from Christmas!  Here is Tillie and Ravis and Santa Claus!  They both had a great time with Santa and he was an awesome Santa!  Just look at those rosy cheeks!

 The week before Christmas, Auntie Eliza, Emily, Tillie and Ravis came down to Shelton to Grandma's house to make cookies.  This was the second year we did this and we had so much fun!  We took the cookies, fudge and almond roca to the Hearn Christmas party!  Yummy! 

Here is Tillie and her Great-Grandma Linda looking at all the ornaments on the tree!  Truly a special picture!  The generations of the Hearn Family..

 Here is Ravis and his Uncle Levi

In January, Tillie had a 3 day hospital stay with an ear infection.  Tillie struggled mid December through Mid February with some respiatory problems.  Also her ANC (Absolute Neutraphil Count) was all over the board from being very low (thus the hospital stay and ear infection) to being too high.  The highlight of her hospital stay, well, in Grandma's opinion was the visit from Mike Carp, Michael Saunders, Rick Rizz and the Mariner Moose to Mary Bridge!  Here are a couple of pictures.  This day was the first day Tillie was able to be out of her room.. 

And here is Tillie with Mike Carp!  She got an autographed baseball from him!  She also got to play hide and seek with the Moose!  A fun day except Grandma was stuck at work!!  But Rick Rizz gave Emily a signed picture for me!!

Tillie is having monthly maintenance treatment.  Because she was sick, her oral chemo was cut back for awhile and she was going in weekly for lab checks.  Her ANC is still a little unstable, but on the high end. 

And starting April 27th, Tillie's Make A Wish adventure to Florida and Disney World begins!  Reg and I are tagging along, so watch for updates from Florida!!