Happy Birthday Ethan!!
A few pictures of Ethan opening his presents...
A few pictures of Ethan opening his presents...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
Kaitlyn Velouria Patten
My baby girl is here!!!
December 19, 2009
Saturday 5:48 am
Modesta, California
Kaiser Permanente Hospital
Kaitlyn Velouria Patten
weighed 8 pounds 14 ounces
21 inches long
I went in on Friday the 18th around 8pm. I got admitted this time, unlike two weeks ago when I was sent home. This time being at 5 cm they had to let me stay! However I was stuck at 5 for a very long time even after they gave me Petocin. About 5am in the morning they broke my water in hopes that that would bring baby. About 48 minutes later Kaitlyn was born! She was out after two pushes, after all she is my smallest baby. Cory and I are so happy she is here... our family is complete! Kaitlyn's first bath
Proud Daddy!
Kaitlyn's first car ride home
Kaitlyn at home and surrounded by family
Saturday, December 5, 2009
What's New?
Well November went by in a flash! We went to Cory's parents' house for Thanksgiving this year. We played tons of games, ate lots of good food, and did some shopping too. I guess I only took this one picture while we were there... Adam and Ethan really wanted to help Grandpa peel the potatoes for the Thanksgiving dinner!
Wednesday, December 2nd, I threw a birthday party for Jonathan. He requested a Transformers party this year. We played pin the head on Optimus Prime and Transformer Bingo! Jonny designed his own cake this year. He asked for chocolate cake with green frosting and skittles on top. So he helped me decorate his cake before the party. Jonny had so much fun with his friends, at the end of the party, they didn't want to have to go home. I was happy to get this party in before our baby girl arrives later this month!
Here are the pictures I took of Baby Girl's room all put together!(click on pictures to enlarge) I had painted her room back in October and made all the bedding for her crib, including the matching curtains! The quilt draping over the crib is the project I most recently finished for the baby, I am quite pleased how it turned out. I also made cordinating paintings and framed them. I still want to make a cover for the rocking chair, but I'm feeling pretty tired lately and will most likely spend my energy on making her some cute burp cloths. I'm almost all the way packed for the hospital and am very anxious to meet this cutie pie!
On Thursday December 3rd I went to the doctors for a check up. She said the baby looked like she was measuring big and ordered an ultrasound for that same day. The ultrasound tech said that she was estimated to be 7 pounds and 3 ounces already. He also said my due date looked like it should be December 24th instead of January 2nd! So we will see when she comes just how big she turns out to be! I took a picture of the ultrasound picture, sorry I didn't want to get the scanner out.
Saturday December 5th... Christmas Party!!
So we ventured to the church Christmas party. They provided lunch and had a ton of games the kids could play. Megan got her face painted, Jonny won a giant cupcake in the cupcake walk, Ethan liked fishing for candy and toys and Adam enjoyed eating all his candy before we even left for home. Before the party was over we headed over to get our picture taken with Santa Claus!! Ethan was nervous and didn't want to stand more than a foot closer to Santa and Adam liked going up to Santa but was very nervous sitting on his lap. Adam calmed down after Santa presented a goodie bag to him. Ohh the power of candy! When we were leaving Adam kept saying "Gangkoo Ho Ho!" and "Bye Ho Ho!".
Wednesday, December 2nd, I threw a birthday party for Jonathan. He requested a Transformers party this year. We played pin the head on Optimus Prime and Transformer Bingo! Jonny designed his own cake this year. He asked for chocolate cake with green frosting and skittles on top. So he helped me decorate his cake before the party. Jonny had so much fun with his friends, at the end of the party, they didn't want to have to go home. I was happy to get this party in before our baby girl arrives later this month!
Here are the pictures I took of Baby Girl's room all put together!(click on pictures to enlarge) I had painted her room back in October and made all the bedding for her crib, including the matching curtains! The quilt draping over the crib is the project I most recently finished for the baby, I am quite pleased how it turned out. I also made cordinating paintings and framed them. I still want to make a cover for the rocking chair, but I'm feeling pretty tired lately and will most likely spend my energy on making her some cute burp cloths. I'm almost all the way packed for the hospital and am very anxious to meet this cutie pie!
On Thursday December 3rd I went to the doctors for a check up. She said the baby looked like she was measuring big and ordered an ultrasound for that same day. The ultrasound tech said that she was estimated to be 7 pounds and 3 ounces already. He also said my due date looked like it should be December 24th instead of January 2nd! So we will see when she comes just how big she turns out to be! I took a picture of the ultrasound picture, sorry I didn't want to get the scanner out.
Saturday December 5th... Christmas Party!!
So we ventured to the church Christmas party. They provided lunch and had a ton of games the kids could play. Megan got her face painted, Jonny won a giant cupcake in the cupcake walk, Ethan liked fishing for candy and toys and Adam enjoyed eating all his candy before we even left for home. Before the party was over we headed over to get our picture taken with Santa Claus!! Ethan was nervous and didn't want to stand more than a foot closer to Santa and Adam liked going up to Santa but was very nervous sitting on his lap. Adam calmed down after Santa presented a goodie bag to him. Ohh the power of candy! When we were leaving Adam kept saying "Gangkoo Ho Ho!" and "Bye Ho Ho!".
Saturday, October 24, 2009
The Procedure
On Monday October 5th we took Adam in for his endoscopy biopsy. He wasn't allowed to eat any breakfast and was asking about it a little on the car ride to the hospital. He was otherwise happy and pointing out every cool car he saw as we drove past them.
When we got there we had to wait around for a little while. He was weighed, which he doesn't like and then they put a hospital band on his wrist which he really didn't like!
Then we brought him in to the operating room. Cory sat on the bed with Adam in his lap and held his arms down so they could put the mask on him to make him fall asleep for the procedure. Adam screamed and cried so loud, it made me so sad to see him so scared and upset. Finally he fell asleep. The part that really made me choked up was when I was leaving I kissed him and saw him breathing peacefully but he still had a tear in the corner of his eye.
The whole procedure only took about 15 minutes. They rolled him into the recovery room where we waited patiently for him to
wake up.
When he finally woke up, he was quite upset. And when he woke up he woke up fast and suddenly. The nurse went to get a popsicle, in case his throat was a little sore. At first he rejected it but then realized he was hungry and took it.
On the way home he kept shouting "Daddy... uh food!!" We kept trying to ask him what kind of food and such things and he would yell NO! He was beyond hungry. We drove through the drive-thru at Burger King and got him chicken nuggets and french fries. He was very happy and scarfed every bit of it down. Those were probably the last BK chicken nuggets he'll ever have again. Now he is on a Gluten-Free diet for the rest of his life. We are glad that he is going to be okay and that he will heal.
When we got there we had to wait around for a little while. He was weighed, which he doesn't like and then they put a hospital band on his wrist which he really didn't like!
Then we brought him in to the operating room. Cory sat on the bed with Adam in his lap and held his arms down so they could put the mask on him to make him fall asleep for the procedure. Adam screamed and cried so loud, it made me so sad to see him so scared and upset. Finally he fell asleep. The part that really made me choked up was when I was leaving I kissed him and saw him breathing peacefully but he still had a tear in the corner of his eye.
The whole procedure only took about 15 minutes. They rolled him into the recovery room where we waited patiently for him to
wake up.
When he finally woke up, he was quite upset. And when he woke up he woke up fast and suddenly. The nurse went to get a popsicle, in case his throat was a little sore. At first he rejected it but then realized he was hungry and took it.
On the way home he kept shouting "Daddy... uh food!!" We kept trying to ask him what kind of food and such things and he would yell NO! He was beyond hungry. We drove through the drive-thru at Burger King and got him chicken nuggets and french fries. He was very happy and scarfed every bit of it down. Those were probably the last BK chicken nuggets he'll ever have again. Now he is on a Gluten-Free diet for the rest of his life. We are glad that he is going to be okay and that he will heal.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Summer Fun
Here are a few snapshots of the fun things we've been up to this summer.
BIKING
AND HANGING OUT
SWIMMING
BIKING
AND HANGING OUT
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