Some fun pics

Matthew and Taylor watching DVD's while traveling to Beaver.

Auntie G and Magoo w/ his little Dragon they bought for him.

In the dog house.

The stethescope snatcher. Poor Dr. Baron, Magoo was all over him ~ he WANTED that stethescope.

Matthew and his speech therapist, Mr. Chris.

Matthew and his teacher, Miss Jenn.

Daddy's little helper.

Mike and Tim had this wall all lined up and ready to be screwed together, but Matthew had a different plan.

On our way to Beaver!!

Getting warmed up by Grandma after spending a couple hours in Uncle Keith & Auntie G's pool.

We met daddy for lunch one evening.

Uncle Joel, Taylor, Casey and Magoo.

Christine, one of Matthew's nurses from Stanford. She took care of Matthew after both heart surgeries.

Matthew and Taylor bug. Taylor spent a few days with us. We all had a blast.

Matthew getting a buzz

It was haircut night at the Baxter's. Matthew got his first "buzz"... he did real good and Uncle Timmy did a great job! Mike cut his hairs that night, too!! Not only is Tim a MASTER with a chainsaw, he's the master of the hairclippers as well.

Buzzzzzzzz

He ran himself ragged ~ was so tired he fell asleep in tub while Mike was drying off.

Fun at the Beaver kiddie pool

Little Taylor was soo sweet to stay in the kiddie pool and play w/ Matthew.

Auntie Tanji taking him in for a dip.

Beaver

Taking a little nappie on the drive to Beaver.

His new friend Marketta giving him a spin on the ATV.

Here's a cute picture of Matthew in Beaver with our neighbors HEALTHY kids ....
as you can see, he's not interested in eating one bit. The other kids were attacking their Mickey Mouse waffles... Sitting him at the table w/ other kids while they eat is a good thing though...
Someday he'll catch on and see how good food is!

I've got some great pics of him at the Beaver "kiddie" pool. Tanji had the great idea of taking the kids swimming ~ Taylor was a real champ and hung out with Matthew in the pool. Now that it's June and past the RSV season, we can relax a little bit about him getting anything that would affect his respiratory system. It's so nice to actually get out of the house!!!

We've been a little behind on updating blog b/c we've been going to Beaver 3 days out of the week to work on the cabin. If you want to see some recent cabin pics, click here. Mike is really working his tail off between the cabin and his new position as Sergeant.

Birthday pics and more

Sorry it's a little dark... too much backlighting.

Still not interested in eating cake and ice cream....maybe next year!!!!!!!

We had a family brunch. Matthew's NICU nurse, Jenny stopped by for the celebration.

Little stinker trying to get out!

Matthew LOVING the pool that Erin, Christy and Shay (from Nevada Early Intervention)bought him for his birthday. Isn't that the cutest pool. You can hook up a hose to giraffe and water comes out his mouth.

Some fun pics over the past couple days

Wearing my glasses.

He's a big boy at the counter... he loves sitting there.

Knawing on some string cheese... still doesn't "eat" .. but it's a start. Gets all gooey.... yum.

Packed up and ready to go in one of his birthday gifts. The girls from NEIS bought him a pool and a hand basket filled w/ tools. He was loving it.
My sister couldn't resist picking up the little magpie!!
Uh yah!! He is ALL INTO throwing stuff in the toilets. I panic when I hear it flush, I go rushing in to be sure nothing is going down!!

Can you believe it!!!

Matthew will be 3 this Saturday!!

We will be having a small family get together ~ Mike has to work that day, so we figured it would be easier this time around to keep it small.

We will also be celebrating Mike's birthday and Mother's Day :-)

Matthew's Grandma Sue is flying down from California to spend a few days with us.

We will be sure to post some pictures. He got a haircut the other day, and he always seem to look so much older after a haircut.

CNN's Broken Government ~ Healthcare ~ Critical Condition

I got a call from CNN earlier this week to let us know they will be re~airing the special on healthcare.

It will be aired tonight and tomorrow night 5, 8 & 11pm and 3am our time. The entire show is eye opening ~ I wish all our politicians would watch it!

In case you miss it, here is a 7 minute clip ~ starting with our friends from Las Vegas (who are filing for bankruptcy after losing their 18 month old baby girl) and then we come on at the 5:22 mark.

Get our your tissues, the Zeigler's story is incredibly sad.

Matthew on a swing up in Beaver ~ he was loving it!
We were just toodling around the cabin.
While everyone was "being a rock star" playing Rock Band on PlayStation, Matthew crashed in this most uncomfortable position.

Casey having his heart procedure today

Update: I just got home ... it's 4:15pm. Well, the surgeon was not able to get the results he wanted. He and another surgeon spent 2 1/2 hours working on him. That's all I know for now. We are disappointed. It sounded to me as if this is just something he'll just live with. Before the surgery, he did say the node was in a tricky spot. When the nurse came out after an hour and a half, she said "it" was being a "real booger". Will know more later. Casey is doing fine, just nauseated ~ poor kid.

Today at 9am, Casey is having an ablation. This is a procedure that can be done via catheter in the cath lab.

This is going to be a re~do from a previous attempt in December.

Please say a little prayer that all goes well.