Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Pumpkin Guts






We carved pumpkins tonight. Ryan said that the pumpkin guts were yucky! Dylan wanted to eat the pumpkin guts. It was fun!

Thursday, October 18, 2007

What Ryan did all day...



While we went down to Madera for Dylan's surgery, Ryan stayed at home with Nana. During their day together they managed to go to the park and play soccer, go to Target, go to McDonald's for lunch (and play games for two hours), take a nap, make and decorate cookies, and make dinner for us when we got home. Ryan had so much fun! Here is a few pictures of the cookies they made.

After Surgery Pictures





Here are some photos of Dylan during recovery.

Surgery Day






The day has finally come and gone. Since Dylan was born we have been anxiously awaiting this day. On Tuesday October 16th he had his surgery and now he is on the road to recovery. Dylan was not able to eat anything from midnight of the night before. He had his dinner at about 6:30 PM and then he didn't eat until after 7:00 the next night. He was able to have apple juice and he gladly took that. We drove down to Madera the day of the surgery. We arrived at Childrens Hospital at 10:30. Dylan checked in and then was weighed and measured and had his blood pressure taken. Then we went into our room and waited. That is where we took pictures of our brave little man. He got to play with this train that he loved (it was the first time he was actually able to play with something without Ryan yanking it out of his hands). We had to wait for an hour and a half in this room. We had his surgeon come in, Dr. Kaji, as well as the anaesthesiologist. Then a nurse came in a chatted with us and said that it was time to take him. I was not ready for that. Dylan was so brave and went right into her arms where she took him to the operating room. The surgery took three hours and of course we were worrying the whole time. When it was done Dr. Kaji came out and said that it was very successful and that he was in recovery. Finally a nurse came out and said that we could see him (we had to wait until he woke up from the anaesthesia). They wheeled him in on his bed, he looked so small! When we got a little closer he looked bigger from all of the fluids they had been pumping into him. Dylan was just drowsy and he didn't even cry one bit. We are so proud of how tough he was. He did way better than we had imagined and we are just relieved that we are over that hump and working on recovery. The recovery portion is also going along quite well. He has to have a catheter in until next Tuesday so we are double diapering him. However, he is sitting very still for me during the diaper changes so I am slowly feeling more comfortable with it. I just don't want to hurt him. We appreciate everyones prayers for him, he is doing great. Here are some pictures of him in his little gown- what a sweetheart!

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

We miss Nana!

Nana's house to Ryan's house is 430 miles apart. We miss her so much! The last time we have seen Nana is for Ryan's birthday. Here is the cute picture of Ryan and Nana. Nana we miss you! We have to see you soon!

Papa and Dylan


Dad has been gone a lot on fires so tonight was the first time that we were able to see him in awhile. Dylan just really took to him.

Brotherly Love



Today Ryan and Daniel went out for a couple hours. I could tell that Dylan missed Ryan. Daniel said that while they were out Ryan asked him, "Dylan asleep?" Daniel said no and then Ryan said, "Oh, I miss him." They just love each other so much! When Ryan got home Dylan was in the exersaucer and this is what Ryan decided to do. They were giggling the whole time.

Magic Carpet Ride




Dylan loves riding around the house on a towel. It really relaxes him- he was ready for his nap right after. When Ryan saw me doing this, he wanted to do it. I know that seems scary, but he was actually really careful. We also put Ryan in the towel and he had fun to.

Sunday, October 7, 2007

Dylan Playing in the Grass





As we were outside playing I put Dylan in the grass and he just loved it. Plus, as soon as he sees the camera he goes crazy for it with his adorable little smile. I have recently realized that although I swore I would not do this I don't have nearly as many pictures of Dylan as we do of Ryan. So I am making an effort to take more pictures of our little blessing Dylan.

Ryan's first big boo-boo




We were out front visiting with some friends while Ryan was running from the front yard to the back yard playing with all of his toys. All of a sudden I hear a scream and Ryan came running to me with blood down his face and all over his hands. I had no idea what kind of an injury he had. It scared me to death! After cleaning him up we discovered he had a huge fat lip. He was lucky, he still had all of his teeth and they hadn't gone all the way through his lip. He was a very brave little boy. By the next day I asked him how he felt and he said, "So better". Bless his little heart!

Ryan and Daniel racing

This was so fun! It was actually harder than it looked!

Pumpkin Patch Pictures





Even more pictures!

More pumpkin patch pictures






There are just too many cute pictures!

Pumpkin Patch






To start October off right we decided to go to the pumpkin patch. We played on the playground they had, took pictures with all the pumpkins, shot the pumpkin blaster, went inside the petting zoo (yuck! I'm so paranoid about the germs!), rode around on these four-wheel bikes, and just had some autumnal fun!

Little Dillybug

Dylan is so much fun! However, just as Ryan is really calming down Dylan is going crazy! He has discovered that crawling is so cool because he can get anywhere in the house. He will get into something, I will tell him "No" and move him, then he just goes right back to it. In this video Dylan was confined to his play pen while I picked up after lunch. He was really enjoying himself!

Going poo-poo for a Pirate Ship


So Ryan has really been doing well at this potty-training. I promised him that if he would go poo-poo on the potty I would buy him a pirate ship that he had seen on a commercial. He did it so we were off to Target. Little did I know the thing was 35 dollars! That was one expensive poop! He loves his pirate ship and we're having a good time playing with it.

Friday, October 5, 2007

Potty Training

So it's official- Ryan is potty training himself (like I knew he would!). On Wednesday before his nap he said "Mommy, I need to go pee-pee. I want to use the potty." This is usually a stall tactic, but I decided to go along. He went pee-pee and I will say that it was one of the proudest moments I've had as a Mommy. Later on that evening he went poo-poo and pee-pee. Since Wednesday he has been working really hard on making it to the potty. We have got a ways to go, but he is motivating himself so I'm going at his pace.

Trying this out

Just going to try this blogging thing out. I'm hoping that it will keep us connected to family and friends that we don't get to see all the time.