Bald is Beautiful II - Fundraiser in Houston

The end of May we took a trip to Houston with our best friends Matt and Niki and their little girl Madeline. We had an awesome time catching up with Dan and Lauren as well as Sarah and Miles, Susan, Dad and Marsha, and Doug and Cher. They call came to Houston for the Bald is Beautiful II fundraiser for the Children's Cancer Center. Craig Waibel with the Houston Dynamo started this fundraiser last year to raise awareness for children's cancer. We met Craig at the cancer clinic about a month after we arrived in Houston. He volunteers up at the hospital and is one of Dr. Thompson's good friends. He has such a great heart and does a lot to make the kids at the hospital feel special and loved. He keeps his head shaved and is often asked to talk to young cancer patients who are concerned about losing all of their hair. Craig and his wife have a little girl who is a couple months younger than Emery so he and David got to share lots of new dad stories with each other. They are pretty funny together. Craig and Dr. Thompson tried their hardest to convince David to shave his head in Emery's honor but David was determined to keep that full head of hair! Maybe next year...

Here are some pictures of our trip. I know this is old but I am trying to get caught up. Emery is 6 months old in these pictures and you can see she's got eye brows and eye lashes now and has the most adorable fuzz on her head!







Attacking Dan's nose! So funny!
Madeline hanging out in the swing - looks like she having a great time!

David and Dan taking a break from their washers game to pose for the camera.
Matt and Madeline at the Houston Dynamo game.

Dynamo game
Maddie was a sleepy girl!

Miles and Matt
Susan looking so pretty!

Marsha, Cher (who is now officially done with her cancer treatment!!), Dad and Emery

The whole gang before the game.

Dr. Thompson after he got his head shaved.

Niki, Matt, and Maddie
Lauren and Dan, the best hosts ever!

Matt and Maddie - if you've seen the Hangover, you'll think this is funny...

Doug and Cher who were in town for one of Cher's radiation treatments. Marsha and Dad made the drive and brought Susan with them. It was great to see all of them again.

Lauren and Emery playing at the house.

We had a wonderful weekend with our friends and family. It feels like Houston is our home away from home now and we look forward to going back the end of July!