Before and After Kaden's Surgery

I don't know how much weight Kaden has gained after his surgery... but I can tell he has. Keep in mind that he lost some in the 2 week recovery as well... so he is doing great! Just compare his face :)
Sequence of photo's is before, after, and then before again.

Little Pool Fun Jun 09

Heat index that day got up to 107 - there was nothing else to do.. and these pictures were taken at like 9:30 am. And it was hot then :) No.. I didnt' have the kids out in the 107, later that day.. we stayed inside :) Painting pictures.

VBS 2009

All these photo's are of the little ones (Kyler, Mason, & Jadyn). Kaden is in a different class.
But.. they have fun.

Kaden's Surgery May 28, 09

Ok... I'm not going to lie. This was / is very hard. The 2 hours after the surgery in recovery were just awful. He was in sooo much pain, and the pain meds made him so sleepy that his oxygen stats were falling to far down, so we would have to wake him up and that scared him, and the crying would start all over again. Once he figured out that popsciles felt good, that was a good start to going home. We got home about noon. Yesterday he ate 9 popsciles, 1 bowl of pudding, 1 milkshake, and a few sips of gatorade. Last night was a tough one. We had to do a medicine of come kind every 2 hours... waking him up to swallow was just pure torture. But, this morning he actually wants to play... However he has to play on the futon, no running around. And he is on is 3 popscile already, after 1/2 a bowl of pudding and 1/2 bowl of applesauce. The drinking thing is still hard to get him to do... but that is why we are pushing the popsciles.
Winston is never far away. He seems very worried about Kaden, especially when he is crying. Kyler wants so bad to help his big brother...that and he doesn't understand why Kaden gets to eat treats and he has to eat real food.

Here are few pics.
They say day 5 is one of the worst so remember us on Monday :(

Memorial Day 09

Well it was a great 4 days. We left Thursday night right after Matt got home from work. We went to the Ramariz's home and met up with the Fergusons. 3 college / lifelong friends and their families...7 kids...3 Mom's...2 dogs...2 goats...and countless fun. Here are a few pics. They also drove a go-cart, spend a day at the lake (where Matt and I got burnt - but the boys did not). We ate like king's - John is a wonderful cook and I even won $180 dollars at a casino on "girls night". We had a blast.
We did have to leave sooner than planned on Monday morning becuase the kids shared - like kids do and several were coming down with strep throat - including Kaden. Last night he had a very high fever and does not feel good at all. But.. his surgery is on Thursday and hopefully that will still go well.
Just thought I would share :)

There have been a few times were I look around and think were did the kids go? It's only ben 30 sec. But... this is usually where I find them.

Eat up little brother :)

Some basketball fun

Some Basketball Fun

Kaden's Name

Kaden is working on learning to write. He doesn't have a whole lot of interst yet.. but once in a while he wants to write something just like mom. So.... here is his name. He did it all by himself, coping what I wrote above.

My crazy kids

They are soooo funny. This is how they play. In odd hats, doing odd things. You gotta love it! Oh... and one pic is of Kyler - all he did was play in the back yard.... how on earth does one get that dirty? Only Kyler can....

MOD Walk!

March of Dimes... March for Babies - May 3rd. We had a great time.

Who knew.... ? We didn't

Well, after Kyler's post-op appointment with Dr. Ellis today.... Kaden said
"my turn". So, Dr. Ellis took a look at him. Then sent him directly to do
a hearing test. Turns out he has a loss of 20 decibels in his hearing (that
is like having fingers stuck in your ears 24/7 - all muffled). He also has
excessive fluid in his ears, causing all sorts of pressure and his tonsils
are so large that they are most likely causing breathing issues when he
sleeps (explains his loud snoring) and has trouble swallowing (explaining
his picking and very slow and excessive chewing of food). He will be going
in on May 28th for tubes in his ears, andoids removed along with his
tonsils. It's going to be a rough recovery for him :(. But... hopefully
this will help him with his weight gain and hopefully his hearing loss will
not be permanent.

Prayers... would be great! I had that my kids and husbands have a first
name basis with the surgery center :( This stinks!

Katrena Shirley
hm office 913-839-1977
cell 816-695-8087
Katrena@KatrenaShirley.com

Super Kaden and Kyler

Super Kids :)
They won't take these off !!!!!!

Teddy Bear Day

Teddy Bear Day... we had a lunch Teddy Bear Picnic
and our Teddy Bear Names are
Kaden = Shaggy Button Nose
Kyler = Friendly Button Nose
Me = Bubble Button Nose

Good old fashion fun at the park

Kaden picked me an entire bouque of flowers. They are soooo beautiful we now have them in a vase. Just fun pics.