Home 1 Year Tommorrow!

Oh my! Can you believe it? A whole year already. Where has the time gone? So many things have happened during this year, I couldn't even begin to summarize it all. Just scroll through this blog for the highlights!

Tomorrow we are going on our first family vacation to Branson, Missouri to celebrate Kaden's Gotcha Day. We are so excited! Here's a little trip down memory lane to that special day a year ago:

Pic of the Month

I can't seem to get this picture posted correctly in the sidebar (it's always "stretched"), so I'm going to post it here until I get it figured out!

Here's the September Pic of the Month:


Background paper by Jessica Gorny and Fence by HD(?).

A cute picture of Kaden

It's been awhile since I've shared any pictures, so here is one of our funny little boy. He is such a camera ham! I actually have taken a BUNCH of pictures lately. I was really, really bored Friday afternoon and took almost 100! I didn't post them all on Drop Shots, but I did post quite a few. Hop on over there and take a look. If you don't know the password, e-mail me. It is case sensitive.


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We finally got a SS#!!!!

We have been trying to get a social security number for Kaden since he finalized back in March. Everytime we called, they told us they were waiting on verification from USCIS. So, a few weeks ago, we contacted our lawyer and Congressman Moran's office and asked for their help to "prod" USCIS along.

Well, it worked! We got Kaden's card in the mail today. Yeah! Now he can get a job. (Ha..Ha...Ha) We can finally get our taxes finished. It will be great to have a number to fill in at the doctor's office and other places rather than always putting N/A where SS# is asked for!

Update on Kaden

Kaden saw a Pediatric Infectious Diseases doctor yesterday. The doctor had two doctors-in-training sitting in on the appointment, and Kaden put on quite the show! He did all his cute tricks and had the two young doctors doing their best not to laugh the whole time.

Anyway, the specialist said that Kaden has MRSA. It is a bad strain of staph that is very hard to kill and keep under control. Kids with eczema, like Kaden, are more prone to MRSA. He said that this infection is becoming more of an issue across the country lately.

We have to put medicine in Kaden's nose for a week for the next 4 months. We also have to bathe him with surgical soap to try to kill any bacteria living on his skin. This is fine for now, but I have a feeling it will make his eczema flare up this winter. :(

But, all in all we are just thankful that Kaden does not have to be hospitalized or receive antibiotic intravaneously again. He did not have a sore to culture yesterday (of course one popped up today), but the doctor sent orders on to our local doctor to do a culture when one is available, so we'll probably take him in Monday to do that.

Thanks for your prayers and support!

Please Pray For Us

Well, ever since the big psuedamonas incident, the doctors have been telling us that Kaden's sores he gets each month are just simple staph infections. All along, I've known in my gut that they are not.

Last week, Kaden got several sores at once which has never happened before. We got him into a dermatologist and after pleading with him, he finally did a culture. We thought he would culture the sores (that's how they found the psuedamonas last time), but instead he cultured his nose. He said that's where staph lives so it would tell us if Kaden was infecting himself or if we needed to find an outside source (still going on the assumption it was simple staph).

Well, not surprisingly to me, the culture results came back and showed that Kaden does not have staph growing in his nose. He has three, much, much worse strains of bacteria. It's bad enough that we are seeing a Pediatric Infectious Diseases Doctor on Thursday (who we've been asking for a referral to see since April).

So, we would really appreciate your prayers. I'm afraid Kaden may have to spend some time in the hospital or at least do outpatient IV treatments again. We'd hate to see that happen, but also want to do whatever necessary to get him well again.

Did you think I disappeared?

I can't believe my last post was on July 22nd. Yikes! We have not fallen off the face of the earth, we've just been really, realy busy. Plus, we've battled some illness over the past few weeks, so that's taken me away from the computer too.

But, to be honest, what has taken most of my time lately is my attempt to become a digital graphic designer. I love to digitally scrapbook and got to thinking, "I wonder if I could make this stuff myself?" I have a LOT to learn, but I'm having fun and have created my very first kit called, "Splash Time."

I know not many of my blog readers are digi-scrappers, but here's a preview of the kit I've created. If you would like to have it, just click on the link below the picture. It will be available for 1-week or for 100 downloads, whichever comes first. I can always add it again if time and/or downloads expire. Just e-mail me and let me know.



Sorry, download has expired. Check back later though. I plan to offer it again!