Keaton Turns 2

On August 18 our baby boy turned 2 years old.  I can hardly believe how fast time flies.  Seems like just yesterday we were praying for him to come home from NICU.  This year we didn't have a big party like we did for his first birthday, instead we spent his special day with some family.  My dad, step-mom, and two little brothers were visiting from Colorado that whole week so we just made the whole week a fun celebration.  First they stopped in Kerrville to pick up my grandmother so she could spend the week with us. They all got to our house on Saturday and we layed low, fried fish and let the kids play in the water.  The next morning they came to church with us and then we spend the afternoon resting up for the beach.  on Monday morning we packed up and headed to the coast for a couple of days.  The kids had fun playing on the beach.  This was Keaton's first time in the ocean and he loved it.  He was scaring me a little because he had no fear and would walk out into the water too far and then get knocked down by the crashing waves. After a couple of days there we returned to Pleasanton only to pack up again and head to New Braunfels.  My mother-in-law was so sweet to host us all.  We celebrated Keatons birthday on Wednesday night (the night before his birthday) at her house.  The kids swam until dark then we lit candles on his birthday cake and Keaton opened his presents.  He had a great 2nd birthday and we enjoyed our visit from our Colorado family.

What can I say about Keaton at this point in his life....ALOT!  This kid just cracks us up!!  He has such a sense of humor, rarely does he get upset, and just rolls with the punches (literally).  He is really starting to form sentences and carry on little conversations with us.  He has heard us say "I'll help you" so many times that now when he needs help with something he comes to us and asks "I help you?"  He calles suckers "Yellows".  Wilson was trying to tell him the color of his sucker was yellow and it just stuck. He loves to give hugs and kisses and if we try to leave his room at bedtime and he hasn't hugged, kissed, and given noggin to everybody he gets very mad.   He loves to look at books and we often find him sitting quietly in his room surrounded by books.  He is also really into trains right now, very familiar to us since William was also obsessed with trains at this age.  He is sleeping in a big bed and loves all the extra room he has for his trains to sleep with him.  He adores his big brother and wants to do everything he does, which drives William crazy.  We love Keaton so much and can't imagine our family without him!  Thank you God for our sweet little blessing!!!!







Check out how high William bounced






He came down pretty hard from that bounce. Ha ha he will love this one day





My two little brothers Dylan and Kooper





Playing at the beach. Pretty sure Keaton had sand in his eyes.




My sweet Nanny, whom I don't get to see enough

 


Birthday Boy

 

Ouch!!!

A couple of Fridays ago my sister-in-law, Jennifer and I decided to take all the boys to Sea World.  We needed to be back to pick up my niece McKinley at  school at 3:30 so we knew it was going to be a quick trip.  It has been so hot we were fine with not staying too long.  The boys were really excited about playing in the new Sesame Street water play area.  Once we got to Sea World we checked out the dolphins, sharks, and caught the Shamu show.  We only had about two hours before we needed to leave so we got the kids in their swim suits and headed for the water.  They all had so much fun cooling off.  I gave the boys their 20 minute warning and not a minute later I watched as William slipped while climbing on an exposed pipe.  He hit his chin.  I got up and ran to him but he seemed to be fine, not crying, and not acting like it even hurt.  He did bite his tongue and it was bleeding a bit, so I had him come over to my chair for a drink.  I noticed a little blood on his shirt and about that time he turned to look at something and that is when I saw the open gash under his chin.  We packed up our stuff quickly and headed to the first aid station.  The guy cleaned it, medicated it, and closed it up with a butterfly band aid.  I asked him if he thought it would require any further action and he confirmed what I was hoping we wouldn't have to do.  He said he was going to need some stitches.  So now Jennifer and I were in a bind.  We had one hour before she needed to be at the school to pick up McKinley and we couldn't get a hold of either one of our husbands.  The ER in Pleasanton is a little questionable sometimes, so we decided since we were already in San Antonio I needed to take him to an ER there.  Luckily there is a nice new hospital right next to Sea World.  So Jennifer dropped William and I off at the ER entrance and headed back to pick up McKinley.  Now looking back she laughs because she can't believe she just left me there, but we were fine and I really appreciated her taking Keaton back with her so I didn't have to try to corral him in an ER waiting room.  We waited for about 2 hours before they called us back. It didn't take long for the Dr to confirm that he would need stitches.  Luckily Wilson arrived just in time to take over because I don't handle things like this well.  I left the room when the Dr began stitching but William was screaming so loud and crying for me that I ended up going back in.  I tried to turn my head not to watch but still caught a couple of glimpses, so of course I got a little queasy.  The Dr finished up and I was able to pull myself together.  Thank God for Wilson having a stomach of steel, lets just hope he will be around for every injury.  If my boys are anything like their daddy we will have many more visits to the ER.  There were still a few bloody gauze laying on the bed and William looked at them and said, "well, it doesn't look like I am going to die."  Ha ha, he cracks us up!  William heard a little girl in the next room crying and he stopped mid sentence and said, "whoa, we need to pray for that little girl."  He proceeded to pray for her and asked Jesus to come and sing her a song so she wouldn't be scared.  I was so impressed that in a time where he was hurting and scared he could stop and think of another person's needs.  It was a great lesson for me to witness that kind of selflessness.  After we were discharged we let him pick where he wanted to eat dinner then we headed back to Pleasanton to pick up Keaton.  It was a crazy day and I am so thankful that his injury wasn't worse.  He kept his stitches in for 7 days and then Wilson removed them.  William asked that we put each stitch in a baggie so he could take them to show and tell at his school.  He has a really cool scar now and loves to show it off. 

The following three pictures are the boys playing at Sea World before the accident.





Here is William in the ER after the Dr. ripped off the bandaid. 

This is when this Mommy had to turn my head.

The final product

Special dinner for William after we left ER.  He wanted to eat somewhere he could use some chopsticks

One week later Daddy removing stitches.  Again, Mommy had to turn my head

I did it!!!!

Wow, I actually did it. After having a blog account for two years I am finally making my first post. I set up this blog before Keaton was born so that I could document the lives of my two boys, but I never got back to it. I guess better late than never.

Lets see, where do I even begin. I guess I will summarize the past four years quickly. On December 19, 2006 William came into this world. We were so excited to be parents and to raise our children in a Christian home. William has been such a blessing to us. He is a smart, funny, spirited child who wears his heart on his sleeve. He is a bit of a Mamma's boy, but Mommy sure doesn't mind. He played in his first t-ball season last spring and is gearing up for soccer.  I can already tell he is going to be a little better on the soccer field becuase all he wanted to do was scoop up dirt on the baseball field.  He is currently in a mother's day out program that he attends twice a week. He loves going to "school" and is so excited to tell me how his day went when I pick him up. He will be going into Kinder next school year. I don't know that I am quite ready for that, but I better get that way!

Keaton was born on August 18, 2009. His first 9 days were spent in the NICU for underdeveloped lungs. The nurses called him their 8lb full term preemie. HaHa, he was the chubbiest baby in the NICU.  He had his own little private room in the NICU and the nurses loved on him every chance they got. These nine days were probably some of the hardest days in Wilson and I's lives. So many ups and downs, but finally we were able to bring him home and introduce him to his big brother for the first time. Keaton is thriving! He is a big boy and people always think he is older than he is. We laugh and say he is going to be our retirement (hopefully he will be some kind of sports star)! Keaton keeps us laughing all the time and he adores his big brother. Currently he is potty training and doing a fantastic job!

We are so blessed with our boys and have enjoyed every second of watching them grow. We can't wait to see what their futures hold. We pray that they will come to accept Christ and live a God centered life.

Wilson and I just celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary! I have no idea where the time has gone. Seems like we just met. After teaching for 5 years I decided to become a stay at home mom. I am so grateful to God and Wilson for making this opportunity possible for me. After about 7 years Wilson left his previous company and accepted a new position with Shield Healthcare. With his old company he traveled nine nights out of a the month. Doesn't sound like too much until you consider that is nearly half of the workdays in a month. With his new company he will have no travel. I can't begin to tell you what an answered prayer this is. The boys and I are not going to know what to do having Daddy home all the time.

We took our fist big family vacation this summer to Disneyland.  We all had so much fun (even though Daddy will tell people he didn't he really had a blast)!!!  Our next big trip (just Wilson and I) will be to Kenya Africa next July.  We will be heading there with a team from our church on a mission trip.  We are so excited for this opportunity and can't wait to see what God has in store for us there. 

Well that is pretty much it, enjoy some pictures from the past four years and come back for updated posts.

 

Proud Daddy!!!

Family of 3

Love!!!

 





Adore that smile!!!





Another boy to love




Feeding Keaton through feeding tube





Poor baby





Finally, a family of 4










Meeting for the first time







 

 Brotherly Love

  

 

 

2010

First T-Ball Season



Family Trip to Disneyland