Couple of pics

I just love this pic of Kaden

He likes to multi-task color and eating lunch at the same time

Update

Poor Skyler and his reaction to nuts, his lip was huge after i took this pic and notice the redness around his face

This is from a little while back but i love his grin

Back when Kaden was sick in December i think and had also hurt his finger which is why they taped it

He has not been letting me take pics here lately so i had to pull out a couple of older ones to post

Everything is going okay right now both boys are healthy right now and Kaden's parent/teacher conference went really well. He was only below average in one thing and doing so much better than he was months ago. His teacher had a baby and so he has a sub teacher. She remembers him from last year and how much he struggled every day. She can not believe that this is the same Kaden. He came home on Wednesday and was chosen as outstanding music student for the week! He is so excited cause he got his picture taken and a certificate posted in the school, gets to pick a dessert of his choice and gets to have lunch with his teacher next week.

Sickness

Skyler fell asleep shortly after they got the 6th iv to work

After they got it in he was not amused

This was the first one after it blew

Not feeling well at all

Fell asleep waiting for the docs to come in

His body finally gave out and he got a little rest

Relaxing on the couch while sick

First night of being really sick


As most people know Skyler was pretty sick for about two weeks but is finally feeling better. He did have to go and get IV fluids as he went for almost 7 days with no food by mouth and only a few sips to drink here and there. Unfortunately the first 5 tries blew and on the 6th one it finally worked. After the first 3 blew they had someone come up from a different clinic with a doppler and using a bigger needle. Of course Kaden caught strep right before Skyler got sick so we had fun around here and he missed a whole week of school. Thankfully we finally got the ok to go and see ENT about getting his tonsils removed but we do not go there until the end of March.

Snow Play

Playing in the snow before the last storm hit

He was waiting for me to get him up so he did not mess up his snow angel

Enjoying Hot Chocolate and.....

lots of marshmallows with warm pjs.

Coming out from under the snow pile

Tommy and Kaden are under there

Skyler playing in the snow

Daddy and Kaden all that snow is just from our driveway so you can see we got tons.


Kaden has now been back to school for two days now and things are calming down and he is doing better at home again after that long break. It was a very long 3 1/2 weeks out and very trying but we made it. Hopefully when summer break rolls around things will go easier. It would have been easier but with the bad weather and the fact that they refuse to treat our street then we were stuck at home everyday. Kaden continues to do well in eating and for the first time ever in his life he started eating a little bit of lunch meat, every once in awhile he will have a hotdog, applesauce, ravioli and my 6 1/2 year old will finally eat pizza. Hard to believe the child who ate only chips, chicken nuggets and french fries is now starting to eat every day foods. We are very proud of him and he continues to do wonderful in school and we only hope that it will start carrying over to home more often as well. He has had a really hard time in his short life and we are so proud that he is doing as well as he is today.

Skyler is doing really wonderful as well he knows his Abc's, knows most of his letters, can count really well, he says Please and Thank you, learning colors but does know some and we are getting ready to start potty training again. Whenever you change his diaper or do anything for him he says Thank you Much. Although he has picked up a few of his big brothers tantrum tactics, he is doing great. We really do not spank him he usually will do a time out if he gets in trouble. Of course if we could get past the boy's fighting with each other most of the time then life would be a lot better. But i have hope that as they are getting older that will change.

Christmas Pics 2009

After Santa came to our house

Me and the boys Christmas morning

Caitlin,Kaden and Skyler before opening gifts

Kaden playing with Skyler's gift of course at Grandma Sandy's

Skyler showing off his Christmas overalls "Frosty Snowman" he calls them

Santa Pictures

Skyler's first Christmas 2007

Last year's pic Christmas 2008

This year Christmas 2009

Reminder anytime to see a bigger pic just click on the picture

Kaden Claus

Santa Claus and Kaden Claus!

This is what Skyler thought of Santa and he wanted nothing to do with face painting either!

Kaden if you look you can see his bottom front teeth coming in but the top are still not in sight

Skyler

Kaden has Strep Throat again so hopefully this happening again so soon we will be that much closer to being able to get his tonsils out. He is doing awesome in school and has been getting A+ everyday.

Skyler got his haircut as you can see and they cut his bangs too short so hopefully those will grow out soon.