Make A Wish

So, just to keep updated about everything, last week I got a call from a lady at the Make a Wish Foundation!  She wanted to let me know that Kayla will receive a wish, told me a little bit about the program  (general types of wishes) and asked some questions about Kayla - her condition, where she was in treatment, what she likes, etc.  She was very nice.  She got my email address so she could send me a form to fill out to have a biography about Kayla.  She also asked if Kayla had any brothers and sisters. . . um, yes. :)  I told her that we'd been hoping to take a trip to Disneyland and asked her what the timeline was on the wish being granted.  She told me that they like to have 3-6 months to plan out the wish, so September would be the earliest.  If it could have been August, I would have wanted to push it, but since it is September, I think we will have to wait until Spring Break to take the trip.  Anything getting into September is going to get close to when I have the baby and I don't really want to be super pregnant taking 5 little kids on a big vacation. . . and anything before Spring Break will be just too soon after having a new baby.  So, in a way, I am relieved because now I know that I won't be pregnant for the trip (I like the rides, too!).  But, we were looking forward to doing something really fun to celebrate the finishing up of this super-long-more-than-a-year ordeal.

The lady told me that she already has two donors, both of whom have had children participate in the Make a Wish program in the past and that they would be contacting me in the next couple weeks.  Anyway, I am trying to get that bio done and emailed back with a picture of Kayla.

So, last night, I got a call from one of the donors!  She was very nice and asking me more about Kayla-what kinds of things she likes, favorite color, favorite candy or snack, what she would like her wish to be etc.  She also asked me more about Kayla's condition and how well she functioned with it and where she was in treatment.  She is going to talk to the other donor and they are both going to come to our house to meet us, fill out some paperwork, and get to know Kayla.  I told her that Kayla would like to go to Disneyland (not totally being brainwashed by us, she is really sticking with that and gets very possessive when Nathan and Lily come up with other ideas.  She makes sure they know that it is HER wish and SHE gets to decide).  The  donor told me that Kayla should come up with two back-up wishes in case they can't make it happen.  Hmmm...we are open to ideas about that.  So now I get to do things like make copies of the kids birth certificates and Bryson and my drivers licenses to have ready for when we meet.

Wow!  We are so excited and feel so blessed to be able to take part in this program!  We have some exciting times coming our way!