Surgery Day 2

It's 2 day of surgery and Kellen is doing really well.

It was a rough night, Kellen tossed and turned all night trying to get comfortable. He was up about every 45 minutes or so. Because he sleeps on his tummy all the cords kept getting tangled around him, which really pissed him off.

Because Kellen slept on his belly the blood ran to his face making it swell even more. This was probably the worst of his swelling

Kellen's loves his blankets!!

Aunt Pretty finally got to hold Kellen. It was so great for Kellen to get out of that bed.

Mommy had to put Kellen back in the bed so he could be moved to his regualr room, he was not happy about it.

Leaving PICU headed to his regular room

Finally they were able to unhook some of his lines and it was easier to get out of bed. He was so much happier when someone was holding him. Being up right helped with the swelling too.

I finally got to the hospital after school on Wednesday. I guess Kellen was really relaxed until he head my voice. He perked right up and looked around the room for me, he couldn't take his eyes off me. It was the cutest thing ever. I never knew that I made Kellen so happy!! I guess he really does love me!!!

I gave him that puppy again and it was the first time he had reached out and grabbed something. Everyone was making a pretty big deal about it. They all said it was amazing how much he changed when I walked in the room.

Kellen was pointing to his blanket wanting someone to grab it for him

Kellen was finally ready to eat and drink something once I got there too. Here he is loving applesauce, he could have eaten more but Mom was afraid he's puke it all up!! But he didn't.

Konnor and I were collecting all the balloons and gifts that were sent to Kellen. If we had to stay any longer I think Kellen's crib would fly away there are so many balloons on it.

His head drain wasn't draining very well so they had to mess around with it and got it going. Everyone was excited cause they thought all the bandages were gonna be taken off but they got it fixed before so they didnt have to unwrap them, everyone was kinda disappointed.

Kellen and Grandpa Cold Beer

Kellen eating some Mac&Cheese, the nurses couldn't believe now much he was eating!! Just look at the kid does it look like he misses many meals. He didn't get to eat for 36 hours, that's a lot of meals to make up!!

Kellen standing up for the first time. Right after this he tried walking away and when Mom wouldn't let him he threw himself on the floor just about hitting his head on the chair, crazy kid!!!

Kellen sleeping with blankets over his head. The nurses laughed at him the first time they saw him like this but then found out that it really does make him happy.

Kellen vegged out on Daddy's lap!!

That kid has to have his blankets!!!

Kellen had a great day really perked up and started acting more like himself.

Day 3 can only get better!!

Kellen's Surgery Day

Grandpa Cold Beer and Brayden shoveling snow so that they could park on the other side of the driveway. Grandpa wasn't really having fun, he says that's why he moved to out of the state of Kansas!
Night before surgery Kellen hanging out with Grandma
Konnor, Grandma, Brayden, and Kellen

(So Mom uploaded this picture without rotating it, there was too much other stuff for her to do besides fix it. Just tilt your head :))

Kellen and Grandpa Cold Beer

Surgery morning, they all had to be up and out the door before 5:30am for a 7:30 surgery time!!

Kellen and Daddy sitting in the waiting room.

Kellen did not like this robe, he fought it until the nurse finally gave in and let him take it off

He wasn't too happy.. he had a feeling that something was going on. He was very clingy and scared.

This is where they had to say Good-Bye, Mom says it was the hardest part of the day.

Mom wishes that this picture wasn't blurry!

Schedule for the day... had to be there at 6am, surgery at 730am, procedure started at 830am, they gave us hourly updates, doctor came down at 1pm and said that everything was done and he had done great. We were able to walk with him from the recovery room to PICU. Then we had to wait in the PICU waiting room for another hour before we could really go see him. You could only have 2 people in PICU at a time... Mom didn't leave so Dad had to keep switching places with Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunt Pretty so everyone got to see him.

Kellen was pretty much out of it for awhile. You can see the swelling in his face already. It's amazing how round his head looks already. The doc said that he added an extra inch on each side of his head and expanded his forehead 2.5cm.

Drinking juice is a big step in PICU, he loved it but Mom didn't want him to drink too much.

I brought him the softest puppy I could find, and boy did he love it. The nurses were surprised that Kellen calmed down when they laid that puppy on him.

The first night in PICU was a little bit tough, he slept pretty well as long as the pain was under control. He would wake up out of discomfort then settle back down and sleep for another hour or so.

I'M TAKING OVER!!!!

So I'm taking over...

Kendall is gone for the night so it was just Mom and I and we had lots of fun!!

First off Mom shaved my head in preparation for my surgery. Look at all that beautiful hair, with it being so cold out I think I might miss that hair keeping my head warm :)

Mom says that this is a pretty good picture of my head. You can see the ridge running down my forehead, and see how the front of my head is smaller than the back of my head. Hopefully all this will be fixed after Tuesday.

Mom thinks I look funny without any hair so she kept taking my picture, but as you can see I don't really mind!!

When I got up this morning I went into the toy room and had to check out my hair in sissy's mirror. I'm not so sure I liked what I saw, but I guess it's too late to do anything about that!!

I couldn't stop looking at myself!!!

Mom got a treadmill from the neighbors and I think it's fun to play with Sissy's "why-flyers" on it. Lately my favorite thing to do it lay on my belly and "race" my cars around. I make a funny hhmmmmm sound. Mom thinks it's really cute.

Mom keeps saying that this week is going to be a long week for me so we are spending lots of time with all the loved ones. I want to thank everyone for all the continued thoughts and prayers for our family this year. I love everyone very much!!!

P.S. It was great not having Kendall around for a couple days. I like having Mom all to myself. Mom did say she got a little bit bored cause I sleep all the time but I sure loved playing with her. I'm gonna have to get rid of Kendall more often not just so I can play with Mom but so I can take over her blog... this was fun!!! Expect to hear from me more often.

Having Fun

We haven't been doing a whole lot lately, especially since we have been quarantined in the house all week. Mom wouldn't let me go to school cause she was afraid that I would bring homes germs and get Kellen sick. But we have managed to have some fun!!!

Kellen and I sharing a snack on the couch.

KELLEN NO... THOSE ARE MY PRETZELS!!!!

Lately Kellen has loved it when I read to him, his favorite books are about puppies

Grandpa Cold Beer and Grandma Lynn came to Kansas City on Friday for Kellen's surgery, Grandma Lynn just got a Wii and brought it for us to play with. I had lots of fun playing all the fun games... baseball and bowling were my favorites!!

I also went ran in a race, everyone thought that it was funny to see me running so fast trying to catch up to the other runners!!
STTTTTRRRRRRRRRRRIKKKKKKEEEEE!!!!!

Ok so I wasn't the best at actually hitting the ball, but I did manage to hit it a couple times!!

Mom's Birthday

It is SOOOOO cold here!!! Winter break has been extended an extra 2 days so far, they have been canceling school all week for the cold and snow. Today the high was 0... yeah I said 0, that is COLD!! So we have been spending lots of time inside, but I'm not really complaining, I love spending the day playing with my Mom and Kellen.

Kellen loves those necklaces, we think it's funny when he puts that really long one around his neck and tries to walk around the house without tripping on it.

Kellen and Mommy had to go to the hospital on Wednesday for all of his surgery pre-op stuff. They were there almost 4 hours, they had to meet with all sorts of doctors that will be working on Kellen and had to get blood work done. Kellen didn't like it so much when they stuck him with that needle. But I got to spend the morning with Addison so I had lots of fun!!

I was trying to show Kellen how to color pictures on the floor. He always tries to do everything that I do!!

Yesterday was Mommy's birthday. Since I can't really bake her a cake on my own I stacked up all the pillows, put Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs on top as candles, and said "MOM I MADE YOU A BIRTHDAY CAKE!!!" Then I sang "Happy Birthday" and made her blow out the candles. She said that it was the best birthday cake ever.

I took this picture of Mom and Kellen by her birthday cake.

Kellen enjoying a Snickerdoodle that Mom and I made the other day. I think it was a success... he sure loved that cookie!!

Overall I think that Mom had a great birthday, we spent the morning with Michelle and Addison who made her birthday cupcakes, I made her that special birthday cake, and then she ended the night playing Bunco with her girls!!

Winter Break

It's kinda been an uneventful winter break...it's snowed so much. It's been fun hanging out with Mom and Kellen but I'm ready to get back to school and see all my friends.

Kellen has been going through my dress up bin and pulling out all kinds of new disguises. I got this clown nose just a couple days before Kellen was born. The circus was the last big event that I got to go to with just Mom and Dad. Those were the good days.
Kellen and I spend lots of time on my little couch, sometimes he just runs over and jumps on top of me... I don't always like that. We have tons of fun flipping the couch over when we sit down. (Hey Aunt Katelyn- notice the outfit that Kellen is wearing? It's a hand-me-down from Austin!! Maybe Mom should send it back for the new baby to wear :))

We are all getting ready for Kellen's Cranio surgery so Mom was trying to get a good picture of his head before surgery and you can kinda tell that the front is quite a bit smaller than the back. She'll be able to get a much better picture when she shaves his head next week. Please keep us in your prayers these next couple weeks when we are going through all the surgery stress, among all the other daily stresses.

Kellen all bundled up to walk to Addison's house!!

I finally got to go play out in the snow once Addison got back to KC. I was all bundled up and ready to go... and out the back door Mom sent me!!

Look at how deep the snow is... I kept getting stuck and turning back asking for help but Mom refused to help me, she said it was too cold!!! After awhile Mom and Kellen walked over and she realized just how hard it was to walk in the deep snow!

Michelle and Addison saved me just as I got to Katie's!!

Me and my Kellen!!