Maggie's First Haircut

After 3 years and 10 months, we decided it was time to cut Maggie's hair.  Her hair had multiple layers in it from the starts of growth from her treatment.  We didn't go crazy with her hair, but only cut the bottom layer (this layer started growing after her intense treatment and never fell out again).  It was a bit bittersweet to see it go, but in cutting her hair, a part of us feels like we are saying, "See cancer, we can and have moved on!"

Maggie was not too excited about getting her hair cut until I showed her a video and she saw that the little girl got to ride in a car and get a balloon.  The balloon sold it.  She was afraid though that the scissors would hurt, but as she was leaving the salon, she said, "It didn't hurt after all."  She was quite excited to have her hair cut and ended up calling several people to tell them and show them on skype.  It was a first of many!

She chose the pink car, but next time she wants the pink
airplane.

The length before the cut.

The length after the cut.  This is also Maggie's
favorite picture because it shows The
Berenstain Bears that she was watching.

The after shot.

Changes, Changes

We have been busy, busy the last month,which is the reason for the lack of posts.  We are in the process of making a lot of changes...  First off, a big moment in our family's life was Andy's passing of his psychology licensure test.  He has been studying for over 6 months and has been working very hard.  In the last couple of months, the kids and I have left for a week at a time to give Andy study time.  We have all sacrificed for this test and it has paid off.  Andy is currently volunteering to finish his post-doc by the end of August.  He will then have one more oral exam to take and once he has passed that, he will be a licensed psychologist.  The hope is that by the end of September, Andy will be beginning a new job as a licensed psychologist in Medina, Ohio.  Therefore, we will be moving back to northeast Ohio, where our family lives.  We are very much looking forward to moving back near home, near our support system.  After everything we have been going through with Maggie the last 3 years, we know how much more important it is to have family support nearby.  

We have been working very hard at getting our house in order to sell.  On Thursday, we officially put our house up on the market--a scary process.  We are hoping to have our house sold before Andy begins his job, which might be a bit of a stretch, but we are praying this might happen.  There are a lot of unknowns right now (quite honestly, that has been the theme of our life the last 3 years).  We know that God has watched over us throughout Maggie's treatment, and we feel that God will continue to do so.  There is a lot of excitement in the air and we look forward to what the future holds.

Just a few pictures of this past weekend.  We were happy to celebrate the wedding of a friend in Pennsylvania.  We enjoyed the weekend get-away.

Maggie was a great passenger.  And quite cool
in my shades.

Our updated family picture.