Johnny took Kevin over to the half price movie in Othello this afternoon so I decided now was as good a time as any to update my blog. We were all supposed to go to the movie but Kevin was the only one who took his nap like a good little boy so he is the only one who got to go. Funny cause he is the only one who would have been o.k. if he had NOT taken a nap.
Last week was a very momentous occasion. Karsten celebrated his 2nd Birthday! Our family tradition is that for every birthday they get to go on a special date with mo
mmy and daddy and then come home and have cake and ice cream as a family and we only throw a party for their 1st birthday's and then again when they turn 8 but after everything this little guy has been through this last year we thought it was important to celebrate his 2nd year of life. Tomorow we head in to town for his monthly blood work. Pretty sure he is over the ITP but they want to continue to monitor him at least monthly for a while just to be on the safe side. Appearently there is still a chance it could come back at some point so it is kind of just a wait and see. Even though his platelet levels have been in the normal range for a good 2 months now, I still cringe and get sooo nervous anytime I see a bruise on him. You can imagine with him being a now 2 year old and having a 3 year old brother, he is pretty much guaranteed a good bruise fairly often so I am on edge a lot with him. Next Tuesday we head back up to Spokane to meet with the Oncologist/hematologist at Sacred Heart Children's for sort of a follow up on all his lab results and what we might expect from here on out.
Kayden now has 2 teeth and is still NOT sleeping through the night. At 8 months old, I'm still waiting for a good night's sleep! He is getting the cutest little personality and tugs at my heart strings every day. He had a check up the other day and is now 26 lbs and 30 inches long! What happened to my baby? I guess he never really was a tiny baby weighing 9lbs. 11 oz. when he was born. He is trying to crawl but I think it is a little harder for him with being such a big baby, he does get up on his hands and knees and rocks himself but that is as far as it goes. He is getting very good at standing up to the couch and thinks something about it is funny cause every time he does it he just stands there and laughs.
Kevin is turning into such a little mommy's helper. I have so much fun with him in the kitchen. He thinks if I am in there he should be too. He even helped Daddy make mommy's birthday cake! However the other day he learned an important lesson. He got my new craft knife down and opened it out of the package and took the cap off of it. Appearently at this point Karsten was trying to get it from him and so he thought a good way to keep Karsten 
from getting it would be to throw it. He usually has really good aim and if his foot was his target then he hit it right on! Ya, he stabbed his foot pretty bad and to make matters worse, Karsten then picked up the knife by the blade and cut his finger! So where was mommy when all this happened? Well I NEVER take a nap but it just so happens that on this morning I had had a really bad headache and had been up with Kayden for almost 4 hours in the middle of the night so Johnny thought he would help me out and let me take a nap. So much for that idea, not only did Kevin learn a lesson but so did mommy! No more attempts for naps for me!
Well I guess that is enough for now. As of today we are all doing great and every day is full of adventures for us with these 3 sweet miracles that fill up our hearts.
Last week was a very momentous occasion. Karsten celebrated his 2nd Birthday! Our family tradition is that for every birthday they get to go on a special date with mo
mmy and daddy and then come home and have cake and ice cream as a family and we only throw a party for their 1st birthday's and then again when they turn 8 but after everything this little guy has been through this last year we thought it was important to celebrate his 2nd year of life. Tomorow we head in to town for his monthly blood work. Pretty sure he is over the ITP but they want to continue to monitor him at least monthly for a while just to be on the safe side. Appearently there is still a chance it could come back at some point so it is kind of just a wait and see. Even though his platelet levels have been in the normal range for a good 2 months now, I still cringe and get sooo nervous anytime I see a bruise on him. You can imagine with him being a now 2 year old and having a 3 year old brother, he is pretty much guaranteed a good bruise fairly often so I am on edge a lot with him. Next Tuesday we head back up to Spokane to meet with the Oncologist/hematologist at Sacred Heart Children's for sort of a follow up on all his lab results and what we might expect from here on out.
Kayden now has 2 teeth and is still NOT sleeping through the night. At 8 months old, I'm still waiting for a good night's sleep! He is getting the cutest little personality and tugs at my heart strings every day. He had a check up the other day and is now 26 lbs and 30 inches long! What happened to my baby? I guess he never really was a tiny baby weighing 9lbs. 11 oz. when he was born. He is trying to crawl but I think it is a little harder for him with being such a big baby, he does get up on his hands and knees and rocks himself but that is as far as it goes. He is getting very good at standing up to the couch and thinks something about it is funny cause every time he does it he just stands there and laughs.
Kevin is turning into such a little mommy's helper. I have so much fun with him in the kitchen. He thinks if I am in there he should be too. He even helped Daddy make mommy's birthday cake! However the other day he learned an important lesson. He got my new craft knife down and opened it out of the package and took the cap off of it. Appearently at this point Karsten was trying to get it from him and so he thought a good way to keep Karsten 
from getting it would be to throw it. He usually has really good aim and if his foot was his target then he hit it right on! Ya, he stabbed his foot pretty bad and to make matters worse, Karsten then picked up the knife by the blade and cut his finger! So where was mommy when all this happened? Well I NEVER take a nap but it just so happens that on this morning I had had a really bad headache and had been up with Kayden for almost 4 hours in the middle of the night so Johnny thought he would help me out and let me take a nap. So much for that idea, not only did Kevin learn a lesson but so did mommy! No more attempts for naps for me!Well I guess that is enough for now. As of today we are all doing great and every day is full of adventures for us with these 3 sweet miracles that fill up our hearts.
