Yesterday....

Go Gold!

So far, so good! Noah is HOME! :)

Noahs surgery went really well, his surgery was on April 11th and lasted about 2.5 hours, with another hour or so in recovery before we could see him. He spent 3 nights at Childrens and each day was better and better. I think the second day was his worst but who can blame him, he was in pain and really looped up on random meds. By the night of the 13th he was playing, smiling and happy again, it's amazing how quickly they bounce back.

The surgery has a 98% success rate so we feel really positive about that! We returned home this afternoon and within five minutes Noah and Cass were fussing over wanting the same toy, some things never change. ;) It's so good to be home! Noah has what is called a KISS-cath, a catheter that comes directly from his left kidney and out his side, he will have this for 2 weeks and it will give his kidney time to heal, so for now the cath drains urine from his left kidney and his right kidney empties into his diaper like normal, the little Koala back pack he has is from the hospital, it holds his drainage bag and most of the tubing so that he can crawl around, he doesn't seem to mind it a bit, when he is sleeping, eating, etc.., we will hang the bag from the bed or highchair to give it time to drain properly. A home care nurse will come to the house to check on him Tuesday and in 2 weeks we will see the Urologist for a quick trip back to the operating room to have the cath removed and to check his incision. After that he will have Ultrasounds every 3 mos. to make sure everything is in good working order, if so, after a year he will be released from the Urologists care.

We feel really positive about everything and are glad the rough part is behind us. We also appreciate all the good thoughts and prayers from our family and friends!

XOXO

Stacy, Mike, Cass & Noah

Grandpa took this one, Easter in Warsaw....

The Family....

Our week....

Snoozing....
Snowing....
Dress Up...
Coloring Easter Eggs!

Little Dude...

2nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt!

Soccer!!

Cass and Kylia are playing soccer with the YMCA, it's an instructional team for 3/4 year olds and Uncle Michael is one of the coaches. Lots of fun.

Cassidy is THREE!

and more...

Lots of random and recent photos...

Noah is now 9 months old (these are overdue!)

The kids today...

Snow Day!

The latest and the greatest.....(long overdue)

Noah is crawling now, he seems so much happier now that he is on the move, of course he is in to everything but that's okay, at this point it's still "cute". ;)

On New Years Eve Cassidy woke and said "I want to wear underwear today" and the rest is history, she literally "potty trained herself", we're proud and still in shock. Remember this is the little girl that would request Pampers only. *rolleyes*

Cassidy has also recently started drawing "faces", she's really good at making circles with eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hair & legs! I thought that was really cool. :)