summer time

Outside time- We're lovin it!!!

mamma's happy highchair helper

so one of Caylinn's happiest moments during the day is while I am cleaning and cooking in the kitchen. she is so content to sit in her high chair and watch what I am doing. sometimes she even get to help and taste test! I love my little angel so much! I hope and pray I can be a great example to her.

Mamma Kitty lovin

a cute video

so this is a video about a week before caylinn went into the hospital! I love the connection my kids have!

Cyle had his end of year program for his preschool. they has biscuits and juice and then performed 4 songs for us on their outdoor stage. It was awesome to see how much Cyle has overcome some of his fears, and grown into being a little man!

so sad

this is what she would do everytime mom wasn't holding her after coming home from hospital- thankfully she has calmed down a lot now after being home for almost 3 weeks now.

in good hands

It is always a relief to know your children are in good hands:

This picture is at the end of Caylinn's hospital stay. she was starting to feel better by this point.

The above two pictures are of Cyle playing with his friend Landon who he stayed with for the night while LaVon and I slept out with Caylinn the night before she came home. He loves the Babot family and always enjoys his time with them!

Home

So while Caylinn was in the hospital they had diagnosed her with Haemopholous inlfuenza Spinal meningitis type F and thrush. She was on the antibiotics for 10 days, 20 doses for the infection and she had 5 days of the treatment for thrush. she went from only laying in her bed and dazing off to laying in bed and playing peek-a-book with mom and dad. her favorite thing to do on the last two days of being in the hospital was to go for rides in the wagon. She loved being free. she sat up most of the time in the wagon but also was able to lay down if she needed to. she was elated to go home after 12 days in the hospital with Dr.'s, nurses, and techs poking and prodding at her 24/7! We got home from the hospital on Friday, May 04, 2012. A week ago tomorrow. It is great to be home but I will say it has it's challenges too. I often found myself fretting over Caylinn because she was fussy or maybe a little warm. I would say a prayer and almost instantaneously she would be okay. The first few nights she slept in her pack-n-play bassinet downstairs with me. She was so used to having us right by her bedside in the hospital. I wanted her to transition on her own- and knew she would in her own time. She is now sleeping back in her own bed at her normal times. I knew she would get there and I am proud of her. she is still having anxiety around people and places. She has become the mamma's girl and has her mamma wrapped around her tiny little fingers. Even dad has a hard time getting her to come to him- which is hard for him to accept- he loves her dearly. IT makes it hard for me too, because when I do take a break I know she is screaming and throwing a full on tantrum for her dad- which makes me feel guilty for taking a break. Cyle has now shown symptoms of all this traumatic experience and we are working on giving him the extra positive attention and love he is in need of right now. It is a challenge- but the Lord is helping us to be more sensitive to our children's needs at this time- which is a really neat experience. Caylinn has now seen her speech therapist and her physical therapist. Speech therapists seems to agree with us that her speech and language skills seems to have gotten better, not worse and that she has not regressed at all since all this has happened. Physical therapy is back into full throttle. She is pretty much right back at where she was at 6 month old. this is heart breaking as a parent. especially since she was just weaning off of physical therapy and doing so well. we know and hold on to the fact that she will get back to where she was with time. Caylinn can sit by her self with close monitoring for about 30-45 minutes and then she tires out. she gets frustrated because she wants to do everything she used to do but doesn't have the strength and confidence for it. This is what 2 weeks of laying down and being knocked out by an infection will do to you. she has started to crawl a little bit but is still having a hard time holding her head up. when she does tire her head is the first thing to hit and so we are going to pursue getting her a helmet to help prevent any head injuries on the road to recovery for her. She will also be getting a walker to help support her in learning how to walk again. honestly, she has taken some huge steps back but nothing that wouldn't be expected and nothing that can't be helped. we are feeling so blessed that the infection didn't take a worse toll on her then it did. we try to stay as positive as we can and are finding that often times we hear things, read things, or are told things by friends and family when we need it the most. In our weak moments when fear, doubt, and worry fill our minds we have found our strength through inspired words. Please, if you are prompted to say something, share something, call us, e-mail us, etc...please listen to your prompting and know that you are one of the Lord's messengers. We love you all so much and really appreciate all the love, support, concerns, help, service, fasting,and prayers you have offered in our behalf- we can only say thank you but know that it is an understatement for the gratitude we have for you!