Category: Family Life

We’re baaack! We arrived back home yesterday safe and sound from our June 2015 Graduation Celebration Cruise. The Christoff family took a Caribbean cruise to celebrate my bro-in-law’s college graduation. This was the first time we sailed Royal Caribbean and I must admit, I don’t believe I’ve ever seen as beautiful a ship as the Freedom of the Seas.  It was huge and there were tons of things to do on board.  Great times were had by all. We were so busy with all the family activities that I really didn’t get to take many pictures or video, but I’ll post what I have. I’m sure the rest of the family will be posting snapshots on Facebook as well.

A big thank you to all that were praying for our sweet daughter Adalyn.  The treatments were a success!  Adalyn is Pseudomonas free!  We’re so thankful.  We can all breathe a little easier now.

A quick clip of Hunter after he devoured some cereal.  Such a ham.  🙂

Yep, it’s true, Adalyn has Pseudomonas.  We hate to even say the word out loud, but there’s no getting around it.  In short, Pseudomonas is a nasty bacteria that we all can get but CF patients have an especially hard time fighting off.  Adalyn had it way back in August of 2013 and luckily has been Pseudomonas free ever since.  She has been on antibiotics (oral and inhaled) for about two weeks now trying to fight it off and she has two more weeks to go before she’ll go back in for another throat culture to see if the treatments were a success.  If not, she’ll more than likely be hospitalized and a picc line inserted in her arm until there’s no sign of the bacteria.  But, we’re remaining hopeful that we are able to beat this thing before that can happen.  Please keep Adalyn in your thoughts and prayers.  There is some good news though!  Adalyn is not symptomatic and she didn’t let the extra breathing treatments and medicines ruin her trip to Red Top Mountain.  We stayed there over the weekend and had a blast running around on the trails and just enjoying mother nature.

Along with coloring eggs, Adalyn helped Mommy make some pretty cool Easter cupcakes.  These things were super tasty and with the whip-cream style icing can, it was a breeze to decorate.

All but the first and last shots taken by Adalyn.  🙂

We should just consider the whole month of March to be Adalyn’s birthday.  We took an uh-mazing vacation to start the party off right, then when we returned, Adalyn had a little shin-dig at school, and now we have the “official” party at home!  It was nice and low key with close friends and family in attendance.  Adalyn, her cousin Peyton (see Peyton’s 3 year old pictures here), and her bestie Bijal, had a blast.  Hunter tried his best to keep up with the girls only stopping briefly to eat cake…and toys.  Good times.  🙂

1st Clinic appointment for 2015 is in the books!  As usual, Adalyn was a Rockstar.  She also amassed quite a sticker collection while we were there.  🙂  But, bottom line, she continues to gain weight, her lungs are clear, and there is currently no need for medications or special treatments.  We’ll continue to pray that things stay that way.

First day back at school and Adalyn was anxious to tell her teacher all about her birthday vacation. When Ms. S walked in the room Adalyn slipped off her chair and hit the table face-first. Poor baby. Along with the black eye, Adalyn had a note from the school detailing what had happened and how they handled the situation, “Ice and lots of TLC.” Adalyn is such a trooper.