Big Brothers Class 12-11-11

We signed the boys up for a Big Brothers Class when I found out I was pregnant. Then is was so far away we didnt tell the boys. But it snuck up on us quickly, here we are in the last full month before the baby arrives. The boys went not really knowing what to expect. They learned about holding babies, and what they should and shouldn't do without help. They even learned to put a diaper on a baby. Caleb seems very excited about the baby but Connor NOT so much he just says I your baby mommy. So we shall he how he does. They did a great job and will be great Big brothers.

WOW had no idea it had been this long!!!

Ok so since last blog a LOT has gone on. So we will take the short version and then try much harder to keep up now!!!
SEPTEMBER--me and Barry celebrated a 9 year anniversary!! We went out to eat. Also in September we found out that we are having ANOTHER boy!!!
But we really couldnt be happier!!! We just want a healthy baby. We have decided to name him Cohen.
OCTOBER-- Connor spent 5 days in the hospital and he had surgery to put in what they calla Cecostomy. Its a port in the cecum ( it come through in his stomach and we use a tube to flush it nightly. This is to help assist Connor to go to the bathroom properly. His colon has not been working correct for over a year and a half. Also Connor turned 3!!! Yay we are so happy for our big boy!!
NOVEMBER-- nothing big happening but we did celebrate thanksgiving with family. we are all local thankfully and so we enjoy this time together.
DECEMBER-- Well its the busy time of year!! Barry had surgery on his leg and has been out of work for a week and a half- despite Barry's pain we have really enjoyed having him around the house a lot. Connor has had some trouble with some scar tissue around his tube and having to have ot burnt off weekly which is horrible for him-- it hurts BADLY!! He is doing ok with the nightly flushes we just have to keep adjusting his meds.
Friday we took Barry for a check up and a lady was giving away lab/shepard mix puppies-- Well Caleb fell in LOVE immediately. So we now have a friend named Chopstix in our house and yes its a BOY so I cant win even with a dog to get a girl!!
That is the last few months in a small short version and I hope to do much better.
Especially since we are now like 7 weeks from Baby Cohen coming and I have to get better at keeping up.

It's been TOO long.....

Well it has been a while since I have updated. We went to the appt. at the surgeon's office for Connor and we got news we were totally not expecting. We have had MANY tests on Connor's colon. For those of you that don't know the background of him....WELL LONG story really short is He is VERy small for his age and hasnt gained much weight in over a year now. He has LOTS of trouble going to the bathroom(that is just a couple of the problems he has had ongoing for a year and a half) and he had a colonscopy done in May and it revealed that he has a very jumbled up and large and stretched colon. So one of the GI dr at Brenners told us that a Cecostomy is the best answer for Connor.....FINALLY we had a answer. A cesostomy is where in surgery they place a port in the cecum ( top of his intestine) to open to the outside in his stomach and then we do what is like a enema from that port everyday or every other by inserting a tube with liquid and it helps flush his bowels. A lot less torturous than a enema like we have to do now.
We were told by the surgeon that Connor had to try enemas at home first for a few months( eternity to a almost 3 yr old) and continue his meds like we have them and he needs to gain weight before surgery. NOT what we thought we were going to hear. And if he is constipate dhe doesnt eat and so how do you gain weight if he is not eating well.... so the questions we still face.
We have now been doing enemas on COnnor for about a month.... and we were told to start doing them every other day and we got nothing so now we are doing them EVERY day and he HATES it and so do we.
He cries and asks us not to do it and he just doesnt understand it all. So we have a call to the GI nurse saying they are working but ONLY if we do it every day and she is having the GI dr talk to the surgeon again to see if we can go ahead with the surgery.
Pray for all of us on this and pray the surgeon will be ready to help us this time.
As for Caleb since last blog he stsrted first grade and he LOVES it he likes his teacher a lot this year. Pray that his attitude stays this way. He is really enjoying his new friends at school. He also started back to play beaseball again and he is very good. First game last Saturday and my boy was the best one out there. He received the game ball after the game from his coach he was on cloud 9 and still is.
As for baby #3 we find out Friday September 16 if its a boy or girl. We are sooooo excited. Caleb says he KNOWS its a girl Connor is still saying NO we not have a baby .... I am the baby!!! Wow his worlde is really going to change.
We will be having dinner with all the family on Friday to have a cake to reveal on the indside if its a boy or girl so until Friday I will leave you hanging on to find out......

It's been a while.

I haven't updated lately, mainly because we have been so busy. Since last blog update we have had another ultrasound and the heartbeat was right around 160 which was great. We are so excited, just wishing all the nausea would go away.
Connor had another hearing test (because he failed his last) and WE PASSED first time YAY!!!!
He also had a appoitment with his GI dr and he has sent us on to the surgeon ( we go there July 19) this is for the next surgery for Connor on his colon. I will update again after that appt to let you know when the surgery is planned for.
Caleb is just enjoying summer as a 6 year old boy and is ready for the beach. We are going as a family July 21-31. Caleb got a little upset the other day in Target when he saw all the school stuff appearing already. He said " mom why is all that kind of things out already?" I told him its not much longer school will be back in and his reply was" well I want you to know I am NOT happy about this"
I am just so happy and excited about our family beach trip and I will have pictures for sure.

1..2..3..4..5 !!!!!

Well I am happy to say to all of you reading this, that this has been a crazy month for us at the Steed house. We have had graduation, birthday parties and lots of things going on to start off our summer. I for one have been sick a LOT of these time, but it's ok nothing to get all worried about I am fine, its just nothing that won't go away in about 9 months :)  We are all sooooo excited. I went to the dr today and we are already almost 8 weeks along. Things are looking good. We are all hoping for a girl, but time will tell. Please pray the ALL day/night sickness will calm down a bit, but if it means a healthy baby then we will take it.

He Graduated!!!

Well it has been a while since my last entry. Lots of things have happened here at the Steed House. Caleb had a birthday on June 3 and he is the BIG 6 now and ready to take on the world. On June 9 he graduated from Kindergarten and this makes me and Barry for old for real. Its hard to believe he is the old already. We are soooo proud of our baby boy. After greaduation we took Caleb and his cousins Lillie and Finley and we all went to Chuck E Cheese -- what better way to celebrate?
Last weekend we decided to take a weekend trip to the beach... It was Nana and Beka and Finley and me and Caleb and Connor we had so much fun we rested a lot and the kids loved the beach we had so much fun just playing in the sand and the water.

Lots of loose ends to tie up......

Ok so a update for Connor is we went and met with the surgeon on Friday May 27. He says that Connor has a very large colon and by that he means enough that a adult would normally have. Connor's colon at the end is not functioning as it should. He is suggesting that Connor has one last x ray, dye test done of his colon, which will be done Tuesday June 7. After that we will be ready to schedule surgery. In this surgery they put a port from Connor's stomach to the wall of the top of his colon, and this was through the port, we can help flush his system everyday. The dr seems to think this can really help Connor. Please be in prayer for us as the decisions are being made.
Caleb has been a busy boy as well. He is almost at the end of kindergarten and he is so excited for summer time. He loves to play outside and is looking forward to the pool. Then last week on Wednesday May 25 Caleb learned in about 5 minutes or less how to tie his shoes. He was so excited HE FINALLY DID IT.

We are so proud of both our boys. We couldn't ask for any better blessings than these two. I will keep you up to date as we do more fun things.