Goodbye 2007!!!

Wow what a crazy year 2007 has been! Here is our Garcia Family Year in Review, which is mostly medical stuff, how sad! Many of you have walked through this year and its ups and downs step by step with us, praying the whole way. We can never thank you enough for that!

January 2007 started out with continuous trips to the doctor for Kassidy and Kameron who battled constant strep throat and they both had their tonsils and adenoids removed on February 19th. Both surgeries went well and they haven't had a single case of strep since!

In March I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes which made eating oh so fun! Frank had surgery the end of March to repair a deviated septum and have his tonsils removed. He was pretty miserable for awhile, but healed well. Kass and Kam also started Spring soccer.

In April Kennedy was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. It came as a huge shock to all of us! She started chemotherapy right away and we pretty much moved in to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital while Kassidy and Kameron moved into my mom's house. Not long after that I was diagnosed with ICP (Itrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy) just to keep things interesting! Because of that my OB care was switched from Blanchfield (Army hospital) to Vanderbilt which turned out to be a huge blessing.

May 1st brought the arrival of the very last KJ - Keeghan Joel!! What a great completion to our family! We can't imagine life without him... it would be so quiet! LOL On May 16, Kennedy celebrated her 3rd birthday at home! That same day Kameron graduated from pre-k. What a fun month! Spring soccer ended this month as well. The only downfall was Frank contracting an MRSA staph infection which put him in the hospital for yet another surgery. He was down and out for a couple weeks with it.

June and July brought along summer fun. Kassidy and Kameron hung out at Grandma's where they learned how to swim, went to the library and did lots of other fun things. Kennedy, Keeghan, Frank and I hung out at Vandy while Kennedy kicked cancer's butt and Keeghan... puked. A lot. Kennedy also had 3 new Hickman lines placed for various reasons.

In August, Kassidy started 2nd grade and Kameron started Kindergarten! They were both so excited to start school! They have fabulous teachers this year who have not only been great teachers but also great friends and role models.

September is Fall soccer time! Kass and Kam both played and had a lot of fun! On September 19th, Keeghan had surgery to repair his hypospadias. It went great and his doctor forsees no future problems. Then on September 17th Kennedy had her very last day of chemo! What a great day that was!!

October brought lots of sick visits back to Vandy for Kennedy. She just wasn't quite ready to say goodbye yet. In November Kameron celebrated his 6th birthday on the 3rd and Kassidy and my mom celebrated their birthdays on the 4th. Kassidy turned 8 and my mom turned 29... again. November also marked the end of Fall soccer and fun times with family and friends.

December of course is our favorite month as we prepared for Christmas. The kids both had solos in our church Christmas play and Grandpa came to visit from California! Then as you all know, we had to say goodbye to daddy as he left to serve a tour of duty in Afghanistan. We are all so proud of him and miss him bunches!

So, we are happy to say goodbye to 2007 and hello to 2008! We look forward to a fabulous year full of good health and happy memories. We can't wait to see the many ways God blesses our family throughout the year. We of course will take you all along for the ride! Happy New Year!!!