Wholly Cow!! If I thought the last one was overdue, this one is LONG OVER DUE!!!! So much has happened in the past few months! All of the older kids have had birthdays, Kenasyn is going in for another surgery Wednesday, and life in general has just been crazy busy!! The kids are all growing like weeds (well, except for Kena).
Cayge is maturing into a young man, and I can't believe that he will be 11 tomorrow!! Where has the time gone? He is such an amazing kid! He had an excellent time playing tackle football this year! The team wasn't the best, but he had a great time, and loved having his Dad and Grandpa Brian as part of the coaching staff. So some stats on Caygee-Boy... He is a whopping 76 pounds, and 52 inches tall. He still is gung-ho over video games, sharks, the trampoline, art, and anything boyish! Cayge is a straight A student in school, and he makes his parents proud on a daily basis. He has only been in this school district one full year, and he has already been voted in by he's peers as a class leader and someone that they all look up to! He is such a kind and loving kid. And I can't believe that my 1st born is growing up so fast!! I swear just a few blinks ago, the doctor was handing him to me for the very first time!!
Icelynn is such an amazing kid! She is going to be JUST like her dad in every way... well I guess a feminine way, anyways. :) She is loving ballet this year, and of course Cheerleading/tumbling. She has just turned nine a few weeks ago, and she is so great in Cheerleading that they have put her in the 12+ class of girls! She is so athletic, yet so dainty and girlish; it's adorable! She of course is also a straight A student this year. Her 3rd grade teacher is Mrs. Telford, and she was SO stoked about this! Mrs. Telford was her Grandma Corolee's college roommate. She also taught Aunt Genice, Aunt Sarah, Uncle Jayson and Uncle Casey. Icelynn absolutely loves school, and purposely wakes up at six every morning, even though the bus doesn't come until 7:20. She is so tiny for her age. Most people only think she's 5 or 6, and to a 9 year old, that's quite offensive! She is a mire 53 pounds, and 4 feet and a half inch. But she is adorable, and love her SOOO much!
Shylee. Wow! When I went in to parent teacher conferences with her teacher (aptly named Mrs. Christensen... for those that don't know, that's my maiden name) she told me that Shylee is such a well behaved, well mannered child. I asked if she ever sassed, or said hurtful things to the other children, and her teacher looked at me like I was crazy! She said that she has never heard, or been told that Shy has ever said anything unkind, and that she has perfect little manners. Well, I tell ya what, at least she's respectful to someone! Cause she sure isn't at home!! She is one feisty little bugger. She is our one child that likes to push limits, and she pushes HARD!! But we love her SO much, and she is So incredible kind and caring to her two baby sisters! Shy also loves cheerleading and tap. She isn't quite as athletic as Icelynn, but she puts on this award winning smile, and you can't even tell! She is nearly the exact same size as Icee, at 53 pounds, 3 feet 11 1/2 inches tall. EVERYONE that doesn't know them think they're twins, and it drives them both crazy. But it sure makes buying clothes easy on me! :)
Ivory is growing up entirely too fast! She talks and talks, and talks, and talks!! And I believe she's brilliant! She can already count to 10 when asked, and with a little help, can count to nearly 20. She knows the entire alphabet, and most of their sounds! Now, you are all probably thinking: "wow! Candi has really put in a lot of time to give this little kiddo a head start!" Actually, I am not :( waaw waaw! My 2 year old is a genius because of the iPad! She knows how to work that thing better than the rest of us in the house!! She knows exactly what games she wants, or movie to watch in netflix (which unfortunately for me, both are usually Dora the freakin Explorer!), and she doesn't like to share. She will fight tooth and nail (usually literally) to get the iPad from the older kids! And she doesn't stop until she gets it. Why, yes, a have created a little monster! Ivory rules this house!!! We sleep when she sleeps, and we are awake and chasing her when she's awake :) But I love her, and her stalky "Bird" build! My new favorite thing to do when she runs past me, is squish her cute little muscle butt! She has been a great surprise and I had her potty trained about 1 week before her second birthday! It has been fantastic, a little messy and stinky at times, but fantastic all the same!
And now for Kenasyn. Sweet little Kena has been giving her mom and dad a run for their money!!!! I never knew stress until I conceived this little miracle! If it's not one thing, it's another! She is currently on antibiotics for her 2nd kidney/uti infection in the past 20 days. She is so tiny, it is literally like holding a newborn, but she is very sturdy and holds her self upright like a champ. In August, she went in for her reconstructive surgery on her bottom. It was called a posterior saggital analrectoplasty. Basically, the went in and made her look as normal as possible in her lady region. This kiddo is such a trooper! They told us to plan on being down there for 7-10 days; and we were home just 3 days after surgery! I know that there is no way I could bounce back from 3 surgeries in 3 months like she has! When I had my tubes tied, my incision was only like 1 inch long, and I boobed about that for nearly 2 weeks! She is my little she-warrior, and I am so amazed at her strength! I gather so much of that from her! On days that I feel like I can't bring myself to doing something (usually little petty things) I look at her and she is doing something amazing that the doctors said she'd never be able to do. But because of all these surgeries, and her infections, she has dropped down to just 9 pounds 9 ounces. Her doctors are keeping a very close eye on her. But with this surgery this week, she will most likely not be able to eat for anywhere from 3 to 10 days, so that's not going to help her any.
But, on a positive note... We took Kenasyn to a doctor in Baltimore, Maryland for her orthopedic issues. He is literally the #1 Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon in the U.S. and is the ONLY doctor that specializes in her leg condition in the world. And we got some really good news! We were told that they will try and place her dislocated/malformed hip. But more importantly... they told us she possibly has a knee!!!!!!!!!!! That is the best news we could have ever hoped for!!! We won't know if any of this is going to work out for her though until just days before her operation to amputate, which will most likely be in January or February. But until then, we will hold on to the hope that it will all be for the best!!! So keep little Kenasyn on your positive vibe list for the next few days as she goes in for her 4th surgery to remover her colostomy bag!! We are so excited to have our little baby back without anything extra hanging off her!! I am a nervous wreck, and can't hardly keep my focus on anything. I hate having to hand her off to complete strangers, knowing they are cutting her open, but I know that if I don't, she can't have the most "normal" life that I can give her. So I will harbor my fears for just a little longer, just so my baby can have her body back.
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