Matt's Birthday!!

Matt's birthday was last weekend so I thought I should post a few pictures. I would love to say that he just had the best day on his birthday, but it was not that way. It was a crazy day around here...2 sick kids...Riley had some allergy stuff going on and Keegan was very congested which caused him to throw up after most feedings. It felt like we were constantly wiping noses, cleaning up throw up, changing clothes and washing hands.

I would like to report that Riley is doing much better now and Keegan is on his way. We had to take him back to the doctor on Wednesday and she gave him an antibiotic, thank goodness. After 10 days of awful congestion, coughing, and throwing up I think the kid deserves a break. Other good news is that Matt gets to celebrate his birthday again tomorrow in Las Vegas!! We flying out in the morning and staying the night and coming home Sunday afternoon. It will be a quick trip, but a nice little break. We are so thankful for having great family around to watch our children.

Newest Fashion

Here is Riley's newest fashion statement!! I am not sure how or why it happened but it did and she seemed to like it. Funny girl! That is her new toy behind her, it is a fun sand and water table.

Keegan

Well, we went for our check up today and Keegan gained 1 lb 7 oz since we left the hospital (about 10 days ago). This was great news and he is definitely looking plump these days. We will continue our current plan for now and we have a follow up with the GI doctor on Monday.

Fun Saturday

Yesterday we went to the zoo for a while and had so much fun. We saw all our usual animals, but the newest one we saw was a 3 day old zebra, so cute!! After the zoo we went to the park for a little while to let Riley get rid of some energy, she loves to slide and swing.

So far this week Keegan has been doing really good. Tomorrow we will have the real test, we go to the doctor for a weight check. We know he has gotten bigger because pants that fit last week no longer fit this week, yea!! I will keep you posted.

Keegan Update

Well, Keegan has been through a lot since my last update of him. He started eating less and starting losing weight, so we went into the hospital to have a scope and barium swallow test to see if we could figure out why he would not want to eat. The scope was last Wednesday and after that test we were admitted to the hospital. The scope looked good. The next day we had the barium swallow test and found out he silently aspirates, meaning that sometimes when he drinks the liquid goes into his lungs instead of stomach. So now what he takes by mouth we have to thicken with rice cereal to a thickness of honey; that makes it safe for him to drink. But since he has already lost weight and we need to build him back up, they put in a ng feeding tube to supplement. That is the one that goes through his nose to his stomach. We spent 3 days in Phoenix Children's Hospital and were so happy to come home Friday night.

He is doing good, so much happier to be at home. We are so happy to have found an answer and to get him back on the right track, we are now just adjusting to a whole new way of life for now. They had all kinds of doctors check him out and everything else with him looks good, we just have to work on his feedings and plump him up. Right now he is getting about twice as much per day as he was getting so we feel confident that the weight will come. Matt, being a numbers guy, figured out how many calories Keegan is getting for his weight and came to the conclusion that he would have to consume over 8,000 calories a day to be equal to him, WOW!! I don't think Matt will be keeping up with Keegan.

Yes, that is Keegan in purple...apparently they do not have gowns that small in any other color!?! Seems silly to me. Also, the cribs there are a little prison like, glad to be home!!

Happy Easter

We had a great Easter today. The Easter bunny was very good to Riley and Keegan...he is so smart, he somehow knew how much Riley LOVES Mickey Mouse these days. After discovering the Easter baskets we enjoyed our traditional Easter breakfast - chocolate chip pancakes. We then did a little Easter egg hunt here for Riley and then went over to Matt's parents for the afternoon.

Keegan checking out what the Easter bunny brought him.

The Easter bunny brought the kids sunglasses, so cute!!

Hunting Eggs

Riley had lots of fun hunting Easter eggs this morning. It took her a little while to get into it and by the time she did she had found all the eggs; so Matt would throw the eggs she already found back into the yard when she was not looking for her to find again.


The Easter Bunny hid a special egg for Riley and Keegan that had money in it to go into their piggy banks...it's a good thing they have no concept of money because 70 cents is not going to get you too much.

This year as Riley found Easter eggs she just had to open them as she went along, so by the end her basket was quite the mess.

Riley putting her money in her piggy bank that the Easter Bunny brought her.

Coloring Easter Eggs

Saturday night we decided to color Easter eggs and boy was it fun!! We helped Riley with the coloring part and she added stickers.


Patiently waiting for the eggs to come out of the color bowls.

Keegan played with his toy while we did Easter eggs, next year he can join in the fun.

Working hard...

Riley forgot to let go of the color tablet when putting it into the bowl.