Soccer , Football, 5 weeks, and More

It seems the time is flying by since Grant has been born. He is now 5 weeks old and we think he's growing a lot. He weighed in at 6 lbs. 7 ozs. on Tuesday - yeah! That actually means he gained 1 pound in 2 weeks. Only 3 1/2 pounds more to go for them to do his lip surgery. He has to be at least 10 lbs. so that is our first ultimate goal. Speaking of lip surgery, we were planning to go up to Kansas City to Children's Mercy Hospital Thursday (the 25th) for a cleft lip/palete team meeting but it was cancelled. So, now we are planning to go next Friday instead, the 3rd. We are basically getting a second opinion, as we have met with the plastic surgeon in Wichita already. We have heard wonderful things about KC and if we feel good about things when we go, we'll probably end up doing it there. I've heard that they would possibly do his palete at 10 months or so rather than waiting until he is one year old --- that would really help with my school schedule and put that surgery next June or July rather than right when school is starting. We'll let you know how the appointment goes next week.

As for the kids, Ryan had another football game 2 Saturday's
ago. This time they ended up losing 12-0. Oh well, we'll see how this week goes. I got a true close-up picture of Ryan in his pads so thought I better show off his "football look".

Tyler had his second soccer game last weekend. They ended up winning 1-0 and Tyler actually scored the goal for his team. I was taking pictures at the game, but was so excited when he was getting ready to kick it in for the goal that I didn't even think of pulling my camera up to take a picture. Oh well, the one posted is one of his many times dribbling the ball down field.

Lastly, our house is finally completely sided. Yeah! The lagoon is also dug. I believe more cement is going to be poured this week for the porch and the driveway back by the garage. Then in another week or so, they will begin working on the trim inside, hanging doors, etc. My goal is to go to Wichita tomorrow and try to get a good idea on carpet and flooring so we can make final decisions on paint colors for the inside. Let's hope I can actually be in a decision making mode and get something done.

Lots Happening

It seems a lot has happened since our last post. We'll begin with some new pictures of Grant. He is back up above his birth weight, now weighing 5 lbs. 9.9 ozs.

The boys have been great with Grant. Ryan is an absolutely awesome big brother, holding Grant, feeding him, comforting him, and just filling in wherever needs to be. Tyler helps all the way around with Grant or Andrew. He can be a great distraction for Andrew and keeps him occupied quite well. As for Andrew, well, he's getting a little more adjusted to having a baby brother. He doesn't call him Grant, just says "Baby". The other night we came home and Grant was in his car seat. He started crying and when I walked in the room to get him, Andrew had already picked up his bottle and was knelt down next to the car seat trying to give it to him. It was pretty cute!!! He also likes to help burp him during feedings.

We've also hit fall sports time. Here's a picture of Ryan being introduced at his first football game. Yes, he is playing football on the Halstead Hurricane team and has had one game already at Valley Center. We won 12-7. He's playing defensive tackle. He's really enjoying it and fits the role of a football player pretty well. Now we get to split every weekend and one of us gets to go to Ryan's football game and the other one to Tyler's soccer game (which was cancelled this last weekend due to rain). Of course, football played despite the rain.