may days!

since it's almost june,
thought i'd try to get some may moments in here!

taking a break at the park...

picking oranges at grandma jojo's house 

mother's day at the dog beach!

super chilly day for may!

listening to his SNAP, CRACKLE, POP

swim lessons

last weekend at grandma jojo's

erika flew down to hang out with jojo

for the first time since she's been out of the hospital!

lotsa quality time with aunt erika!!!

early birthday celebration!

the lil' birthday bash...

Gav's 3rd birthday party was a couple of weeks later 

on a beautiful Saturday in Flojo Park with family and friends...

quality cupcake time with grandpa marvin

where to begin?

 

at the end of the day, 

all ya really need are bubbles and balloons.

happy day to my lil' gav-gav.

Mark's birthday!

one short week later, it was Mark's birthday! 

After a fun breakfast in bed, we headed to California Adventure to celebrate!

birthday celebrations!

April is birthday-a-rama for us! 

Alot of fun and craziness!

...the next day...
Gav's 3rd birthday!

...opening presents that morning,
followed by my breakfast date with my lil' man...

...later that night, dinner at Farrell's...

oh the candy!!!

the day before Gav's big day, we hit the happiest place on earth!
let the fun begin!

lovvvvvvvvvvving the dumbo ride!

he IS my son!!!

easter 2010!

good times!

(even though the 3 of us were rotating 

who was sick with a yucko cold!)

on the hunt for easter eggs and trucks at home....

easter at grandpa marvin's and grandma mary's house:

hanging out with the horsies next door

easter egg hunt #2!

(gav was more interested in what was in each egg each time!)

brennan got his workout that day for sure!

3 crocker men!

suddenly getting shy at dessert when
cousin allie made gav an early extra special birthday cake!

jojo update.... the light at the end of the tunnel!

just an email that i had sent to friends and family... (from last friday, April 9th)

hi all!
well, today i took jojo back to UCLA medical center to be re-admitted for her LAST hospital stay!!! (so, we're told...) she was re-admitted last friday for the 4th round of chemo, then discharged on tuesday of this week. her counts were very low when they discharged her, but she was allowed 3 days of freedom before coming back for the neutropenic stage. anyhow, she's feeling pretty good right now. she said that this last round of chemo was the sickest she's been, so we're glad that's behind her! she should be "free" in about 14 days. following this, she'll probably continue to do some maintenance blood-work at ucla and then proceed to a local lab at her own dr.'s office close to her own home. (NOT IN LA IN TRAFFIC!!!!)

all in all, her doctors are amazed at how well she's doing, how good she looks and how wonderfully she's responding. :) it's hard to believe that this craziness that started on december 11th is winding down! yahooooooo!!!

here are some pix in her new AND last hospital room from today.....