All Good!

Endoscopy Day.  We had to be at Emanuel Hospital this morning at 6am, For some reason my alarm clock did not go off until 6:05am. AHH!  Good thing that his procedure was not until 8am.  Getting to the hospital was like traveling back  in time in 2005, when kaid had his Tubes put in. As soon as we strolled up to the 3rd floor admitting, he started to get antsy.  Thinking to myself,  how much I hoped that things would go smoothly for him. Knowing that The blessing that Our Good Friend Steve J gave him the night before, Heavenly Father was looking after him, and we were in good hands.   8Am, the nurse came in our room, and gave him a little versed, and then wheeled him downstairs.  In the operating room, they asked kaid if he wanted to watch a movie! ( just until the dr. Came in)  As he perked up all happy, he picked jungle book... Helping me with the pain in my heart seeing, kaid's reaction to the medicine's effect on him, I tried to leave the room.  Kent came in, and held his hand, after the IV was in.  It's So hard watching your little one so helpless. Kaid gave us this look like,         " what am I doing in here"  I know that he would not remember anything,  it was so sad, as his little eye's rolled back, and softly closed, I began to cry.  Yup I was a baby.  This was a simple little procedure, and I am crying, well... kent did too.. HA!  20 min later, and we went to see him, these pictures are of him not wanting to wake up.. he was SO groggy, It took him 45min to wake up.  As soon as he did, Sponge bob was on quietly in the back ground of his room, he perked up and said " bob bob.." Aka , Sponge bob.  As we were being discharged from the little area, kaid was slowly getting back to his self, wanting to be babied, and carried :) This time.. I had my stroller, nope.. I did not carry him... lol.. Just wanted to update and let everyone know it went great. The biopsy comes back next week,  other than that.. the pictures we have of the inside's.. look all good..

Life Could be Worse..

Well.. I was having Such a bad day today, we are moving, and it's well.. sad and overwellming, to say the least.  When I went on the Internet looking for baby things, and found this FUNNY site. I could not stop laughing, hopefully it's not just me.. lol.  I uploaded all the pictures, to the right of this post. As  I was going though all of them, I realized that I really do not have it bad.  There are people out there that have had some pretty crappy things happen to them.. ( The bulldozer in the house.. ) I wanted to pass this along if there was other's out there that needed a good chuckle.. This just helped me a little more with the moving, and packing.. I am not too sure how.. but I think that humor, really makes life better!   I need it right now as well!!

I miss my Buddies...

This just melts my heart...
LOve it! 
If all Babies looked like him.. He is SOO adorable!
I hope my Boys are just like your's. ( Bells being a girl though.. lol )
This Is MY FAV!

This morning, I was espessially Tired.  We were woken up to kaid at 3:30am wanting to 

play.  AHH.. well.. let's just pray this is a phase.. lol.

So.. as you can imangie I was a bit tired. As Kaid and I were playing, he kept saying..  " mo mo." I was asking, him back " did you say MOM". With a shake of his head NO. I kept going

down the list of possibilities. Cow? Milk? More? hmm.. Then, you could tell he was

getting frustrated, then I said, MOSES? With a Big smile. ( I should have caught it! ) He

shook his head YES, for what seamed like forever, then he said. " Bel.. Bel."

My heart Sank, as these are his most Special Friends, ( Cousins ) in the whole world.

I talked about how they lived In Utah, he remembered, but did not quite know

why we could not drive to see them.  I just realize just how much he truly Miss's them.

I took him down to the Office, and we looked at pictures, So Kris, I am posting this for Kaid, 

So.. I can have it on my blog as well. These Pictures are Priceless.. You are truly One of a kind

Photographers, NEVER forget That!

We Miss you SOOOO much..

LOVE YOU!

Dre & Kaid

Another Hospital Visit :(

Kaid had his GI, appointment today.  I was excited, and also hoping for a miracle from the

doctor as of why he's not eating.. lol.   We met with the Dr. Very nice guy, went over

the whole Celiac Disease, and told me that blood work was accurate, that he tested positive,

however they need to take a biopsy of his small intestine which with that they preform an Upper Endoscopy. .  Ah... My heart sank a bit. Another hospital procedure..

Man this poor kid has been through the ringer with being poked, and prodded. 

I asked the doctor all sort's of questions about the procedure; how long, will he need to be

with an IV sedation, or completely out, will this hurt him, can you give him somthing so he's calm before the IV?  He was very informative, letting me know that this

is very standard with Down syndrome little one's, and children who test positive for Celiac. they would  give him an IV, so that he could breath on his own..  Ooh.... . I wanted to update about my day, His big day is in  2 weeks, At the Hospital.  Everything will go smoothly, Kaid just gets so freaked out. With Entering the hospitals.  I will update for sure closer to the day...

Sorry about the Picture, this is the one they gave us in the Dr's to explain the Procedure. lol..

Baby's Fetal Echo Cardiogram

Yesterday, I went back to the Hospital for the Fetal Echo Cardiogram.   I was a little nervous before I went in, after saying  a little prayer a overwhelming feeling came over me encouraging me that everything was going to be OK.  The Doctors wanted to do this test  as a standard procedure, as Kaid's diagnosis  with the holes in his Left/Rt/ Ventricle.   As the Doctor was going over His little Heart, I started to cry.  She paused and said " Is everything OK?"  I told her this was close to home for me.  I proceeded to tell our story, and how we were sent to the hospital 4 times  for Echo's when I was Pregnant with kaid.  Had I known what I know now, that was a for sure sign that something was not right, However, no one told us anything different than completely normal, and standard.  This time around I am upfront with all the doctors, and want to know everything, asking TONS of questions , as we have been through this before.  Surprising,  this time around I am way more relaxed, calm, and collected. ( OK, for the most part :) )  I know that our little boy is going to be a great, healthy and wonderful little bundle of Joy!   OK, back to the office visit, So then another Dr. Came in to verify that the Ultra Sound tech, Dr. did the right thing, and got all the pictures.  As this Doctor was going over my stomach with the ultrasound wand, he said " Wow there, you do know what the sex of the baby is.. correct? "   I paused for a sec, and said, "Why did you say wow, I am already a little nervous here." ( Still can not believe I said that! ) I told him that I knew we were having a Boy.   He apologized, and showed me that in fact the reason was our little guy  was spread eagle, the DR.  had a good shot that indeed We were having a boy.  After laughing for a bit, the Dr. came and sat down next to me.  He explained to me that there was nothing that he saw that was alarming, or a red flag for any disorders. When he said that It kind of hit me in the stomach, this little baby is 100% healthy.  I am going to experience something So new, and different. OK, please if you are reading this do not think that I am rude, or mean.  I Love Kaid, No questions!  however our life has seen challenges for 5 years solid, it will be So nice to be new parents to another Boy who maybe has different challenges.  I am so blessed to be another mom soon, I can not think of my life with out Kaid, and Kent.  When I am down and out with our current situation, I think of our little boy that  I am carrying, and know that there is a WAY bigger picture.  He was sent here to us, for us.  For that We are Eternally Grateful.

Happy 4th Of July! Bit Late..

Kaid and his pal, reflecting, This is Kaid's signature pose it seams. He always does that. It was really cute.  I am so glad Kaid has good friends in his life that he can grow up with, and help him with there encouraging friendship :)

                                                           Just a Moment Please! lol
Sorry, Kari... This is TOOO cute! I am not too sure if she's doing that to me.... She was being so funny though :) lol.. Kaid was trying to show his  teeth.        
One of my Favorite Pictures. Kaid and Daddy taking some

time to look at the sky.  I was trying to get closer to see the clouds in there eyes. It was So amazing... Kris, you would have been able to no problem!

I just love 4th of July, its a great time to reflect on the country, and how blessed we

all are that we are free, and can have that provided to us by the men and women who

serve in the military. Thank you!  

For the 4th, we went to Kari's & Arrons' and had a great time. BBQ, and fireworks!

I really thought that Kaid would love them, but... hmmm I am not too sure.

He was FREAKED out.  Every time one went off, he ran for the front door.

It was hard not to chuckle a little bit, as he had never done this before.

Fun times, Relaxing.. After the fireworks were all done. Thank goodness no

one was hurt.. lol
I love Pictures! This is So cute of you two! Where was Connor?
Really do not like being Photographed when I am  Pregnant, but..

This was after all The 4th of July!
In between getting scared. He was So sad, His little eyes were SO big, like Mom, Dad please Get me out of here!
Debating, to stay, or run back inside from all the loud fireworks!

Girls Night Out!

At Norstrom Rack, Kari and Sarah! You girls should have bought them!
They came in 4 different Colors!! lol!
         I took this turning around, when sandy was at the light. You guys were prepared! All bundled up! Such a cute picture!
           Before our dinner came, man that table was So low!         I thought that I was a Giant when I sat down, I am still laughing about that... It was like

 Made for Kids,  Good food... Let's get thoes Awesome Chairs next time! lol!!

Well, I think that we could all say, we were all looking forward to this day! We had SO much fun!
Kari, Sarah, Sandy, and myself all piled in Sandy's Awesome jeep. We were all wanting to experience the jeep, so we decided
to take the top off the jeep and the doors! Wow! We were sure in for a nice chilly ride. It was great though. Kari and Sarah were in the back, and were all bundled up. It was a fun time, we drove to the Spaghetti Factory in clackamas, MMMMMMM... thanks again Kari, I think that was my favorite Pasta! Later, after dinner because we just did not want to go home yet, we went to Norstrom Rack! Kari, I still think the shoes were SO you.. JK! I still can not believe that they came in all those colors! Thanks for a fun night girls, where to next?