DAYTONA BEACH

David and I had a little getaway and that was much needed and very relaxing. I had a really hard time leaving the boys, I knew that I was going to miss them so much and I don't let baby Kace get to far from my sight, but I knew they were in great hands with my parents. David won a trip with Farmers called the Toppers club, which is the top 10% agents and district managers in the United States. Great job honey!!! Being that it was our 5 year anniversary on the 4th we decided to stay and extra day and while he spent the day fishing, I spent the day at the spa and loved every minute of it. I know that sounds a bit strange to stay and extra day and not spend it together but we both did what we love to do and then we had a very nice dinner with some friends that evening. While we were there we did the Airboats and Alligators tour which was quite adventurous, we really got close to the alligators. One of the ladies in our group actually got in the cage with a 35 year old alligator...can you say CRAZY!!! Thank God he stayed put. It was a great week and I know that we are going to win again next year...I love you honey and keep up the hard work.

KACE 4 MONTHS OLD!!!

Kace is already 4 months old and is doing great. All of our boys were pretty laid back but not like this little guy!!! Nothing bothers him, he just smiles, eats and sleeps. Sometimes he smiles while he eats and sleets. We are all enjoying everyday watching him grow and love him very much.

KACE'S SURGERY DAY AT TEXAS CHILDRENS

It has been so long since I have updated our blog...Summer is in full swing at our house. I posted this title right after Kace's surgery (for laryngomalacia) and then that was it so I wanted to updated everyone on how he is doing. First of all I have to THANK EVERYONE for all their wonderful thoughts and prayers. He did better than we could even imagine and I truly think it was the power of prayer. I just know that God was very present in the surgery room with our sweet little guy. Kace went in for surgery (supraglottoplasty) on May 6th and in a little less than 3 hours he was out of surgery, he did so awesome that he didn't even have to have a breathing tube...he completely breathed all on his own, which is rare for the surgery that he had. We had to stay over night in the NICU at Texas Children's and then for several days on the surgery floor because we could not get his oxygen regulated at a level that I felt comfortable with. On Friday we were moved to the PCU because Thursday night his oxygen constantly desated. The nurse that took over on Friday was amazing, she read his report from the night and noticed that his monitor kept going off. She came in and observed him with me and agreed that something was wrong and that he needed more one on one observation. The attending doctor kept insisting that it was ok for him to go home and I just knew that he needed to be on oxygen until his swelling went down, being that his oxygen being so low was the reason that we did the surgery in the first place. The nurse called in the Rapid Response Team after the doctor left and they decided that he needed to be in the PCU because he was still in distress, I am so thankful that the nurse took me serious and was the only one that would listen to me. Needless to say I asked that particular doctor to not come back as nicely as possible. We stayed one more night and his oxygen progressively got better so they let us come home on the 10th, which was David's birthday so that was a nice to birthday present to have all his family home and healthy. As exhausted as I was, we had a party!!! If you know he acts as if his birthday is no big deal and then somehow plans his own birthday party. I just went with it and we all had a great time.

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KACE'S SLEEP STUDY

JACE'S HAND AFTER SURGERY

PLAY DAY AT THE HOUSTON ZOO