Baby Kenton is ONE!

I can't believe it has been one year already! After eating my breakfast that morning, I stood up to walk into the living room and felt my water break. It was not a large amount but enough to know that it was not something else. Smile. I waited all day without one single contraction. We went in at about 6:30 PM and he was born at 4:34 AM. An easy, straight forward birth with no complications. He is such a joy and a super sweet baby. He wakes every morning with a big smile on his face. He loves to "dance" to music and give kisses to everyone.

Logan and Kenton's John Deere Tractor Party!

We celebrated Logan's third birthday and Kenton's first birthday today with all of our families. Rick's family was kind enough to provide all of the food today. Everything was really nice. We had a great time visiting and enjoying the kids. Kenton got his own little cupcake to eat, which he enjoyed.

Logan turns three!

I can't believe my Ogie is 3 today! From the minute he was born he has been a happy go lucky and smiling guy. Logan is such a mix of naughty and nice all in one. He is very independent yet his favorite saying is "Poopy Ass"!

Rick update

By now most of you have heard about Rick's heart problems. He originally had an anaphylactic reaction to an antibiotic (one in more than a million chance of that happening) which left his heart with scarring in 2000. They are calling the original episode an MI (heart attack). He was told that the damage was minimal and he was young enough to go on living without problems.

In 2006 he was working in Canada for extended periods of time. He slowly became short of breath and extremely fatigued. I took him into the doctor who totally misdiagnosed him. Rick kept telling him he felt pressure in his upper abdomen. The doctor sent him home on Zantac. He totally missed the information in the chart about the original MI. Almost a week later he felt no better. I took him to the doctor again who thought he had mono. I insisted that it was something more and asked him to do an EKG. Once he ran one he realized how wrong he was and Rick was taken directly to the ER. Later he was moved downtown GR to the heart center where we were told he had congestive heart failure (CHF) and a large blood clot in his heart.

He has tried his best to keep up but his heart is just not cooperating. Now after two hospitalizations in Nov. and Dec. of 2009 we are finally getting some answers. They have enrolled him in the heart failure clinic which specializes in heart failure, VAD's and transplant. We will be finding out more next week about their plan for his care. They will be deciding on when and where to put an LVAD in Rick while he is placed on the heart transplant list. You can read more and watch a video about the VAD here.

One Year Anniversay!

Here they are holding up their message for dad when he was sick. 11/09

Here is my post about how I felt the night that I KNEW the kids would be with us forever.

It's been one whole year since Isaac, Olivia and Savanna became "Eding's Forever". Every person in the court that day was able to tap the gavel and say "It's Official!" The kids had a great time. We will always remember that special day!

Three long years ago..........

Katie and Isaac 2005

It's been three long years since you left us so suddenly. We miss you and love you. Life was changed forever that day in so many ways. Here are my thoughts from last year in the last picture and paragraph.

Why I Co-sleep...

Logan and baby Kenton

Justin and baby Logan