BLAKELEY'S

2011-05-20T20:14:00.000-07:00

it has been awhile since i last posted and this is going to be short but here is a pic of our family.

we have a beautiful daughter who became ours for eternity in Nov 2010. i hope to blog alot more of her later. life is crazy and i always forget. Memorial Day is coming up and i am not Excited. it has been 4 years since Kaison died and 1 since Xander. life will be crappy on that day. on the other hand Maddi is doing so well and turned one in march.

so hopefully i will get more info updated until then i hope this will do.

CHANGE

2010-05-17T15:35:00.000-07:00

I have been wanting to update my blog but i just never know what to say. Our lives here at the Blakeleys is changing daily and some days it is good and others not so much. it has been 3 months since the passing of Xander and we are doing well. we dove right back into the Foster care system and had a placement about 2 months ago. He was such a cute little guy. he was placed in his Fathers care( which was a good thing). we had him for three days and we loved every minute. so while we waited for another placement we went on with life.
We went to Moab for the UTV RALLY and had so much fun. I really like Moab and the time we had away. a few weeks before that i went to New Mexico with my mom and Lilly to visit with Krista and her Family. we had a blast. we watched Conference and played on the buggies, cleaned kristas back room and just sat around. it was really fun. After Moab we unfortunatley had to come back to the real world of work and cleaning.

But one sunny day i got a call that there was a cute little baby girl that was removed from her Mothers care. i went up to meet her on Tuesday and on Wednesday i came home with her. I am sorrry i can not Say anything about her and her situation. all i can say is she is so cute and hopefully the Mother can get her act together and get custody back.

Life is going great and i know if i just continue on it will get better. I am the only one who can make it what i want.

Until next time.

WE SAY GOODBYE!!!!!

2010-03-11T19:02:00.001-08:00

This week has been tough as we say goodbye to our Son, Brother, Grandson,Nephew, Cousin and Friend. Xander Kenneth Blakeley passed away on Feb 24th 2010 at 9:54 am. He was the Joy of our life and he brought smiles to our faces. we are so happy to have had this year to celebrate his life and help him to complete his mission here on earth. Tony and I are grateful for the opportunity we had to have him in our lives. He was part of so many lives and has touched them all in a different way. We love Both our sons so much and we will continue to work hard so that we can be with them again someday. We are fortunate to know of the Plan of Salvation and that Families are Forever. Thank you all for your kind words and prayers. May the spirit be with us all as we strive to be the people we need to be so that we can be Eternal Families.

ALL I EVER WANTED, ALLI EVER DREAMED OF EVERYTHING I HOPED AND ALL THE THINGS I PRAYED FOR COULDN'T HOLD A CANDLE TO WHAT IV'E BEEN GIVEN IV'E BEEN GIVEN WHAT I NEED.

2010-02-11T19:18:00.000-08:00

So as i have said before i am really bad at updating my blog. I guess its better late than never.
Last time i wrote it was almost Xanders B-Day so i will start there.

THE BIG ONE
Xander turned 1 year old on Jan 21st 2010.
We invited the family and a few friends over for cake and icecream and had a little party for Xanders B-day. it was a lot of fun. he got so many cool things and some really cute clothes. He also got some money for his new carseat which is on order right now. he grew to be a little to big for his so we spent some time finding the right one. I know he didnt have a clue what went on but i enjoyed it. Thanks Everyone For Coming Over.

I wanted his cake to be really cool for his birthday so I decided to be alittle creative. I had seen this style of cake at my friends girls B-day and i loved it so i got the directions on how to construct it and made it my own. It took me about 4 hours to make and decorate and i am not sure i will do this cake again. it was fun though and i learned a few things so i would be easier next time. the frosting was the best though. i turned my mouth blue and tasted so good. (thanks Dairy Queen) I am by all means not a cake decorater but if i do say so it looks AWESOME!!!!!

One of the things Nama gave him for his b-day was one of those cart covers for the shopping carts. ( we forgot it this day but it is in the car now for future use.)He is a little squished but he was really calm.

We all went to support lilly at a Cheerleading Competition and enjoyed watching them kick some major butt. Xaander of course did not like the cheering and screming. he cried everytime we started to yell. GO ROY HIGH!!!!!!

Life has been really good and we just keeping moving day by day. The house is almost done and i can't wait. I will try harder to post more often and keep you all informed on how we are doing.

FUN FUN FUN

2010-01-16T17:45:00.000-08:00

So today i got to babysit my nephew Tyson and we had lots of fun. he came over at 8:00 and i was still geting ready. so while i finished i put on some music from little einsteins and he started singing along. then we had breakfast and went to the store. i had to go to the kitchen store so i packed both kids in the car and away we went. we got to kitchen kneads and he started saying bye bye (so i thought) nope he was singing shew fly dont bother me. i started laughing. then we went to michaels and when we were checking out he started singing agian. the lady started to laugh and i told her he learned a new song and we had to praqctice so his mommy culd hear it later. somewhere amongest all this he also learned the word Hippopotamus. so funny. so i had a good day teaching him a new song. Hopefully Brad and Heidi dont get sick of it. haha

2010-01-13T18:43:00.000-08:00

I feel so lazy. i have not updated my blog for over 2 months. I hope i can remember all that has happened.

NOVEMBER:
Our holiday season did not start out so well. As i mentioned in my last post Xander had surgery for his G-tube. The surgry its self was not bad but i was a nervous wreck. This was just a start for him. He recovered well from it and it is working great.(sorry for the sideways pics not sure how that happened)
We got the cement poured for the driveway and the dogs thought they would help. Good thing they were not done yet. Tony almost came home to a couple injured dogs. i wanted to beat them so bad.

Tony decided that he wanted a blanket. not just any blanket a Patriots blanket. and he wanted it to be so big that he can wrap himself in it 3 times. it is huge!!! needless to say i have not finished it yet. Maybe i will work on it soon. (NOT) hehehehe

Xanders drama continues with his Shunt surgery. He had his shunt placed the week before Thanksgiving. This surgery went pretty well. i got a little nervous when no one came to tell me how it went. i was in the waiting room for almost two hours before i heard anything. the surgery only lasted about 20 min. so i was just a little out of my mind. He is doing well since having the Shunt placed and he seems to be more alert.

DECEMBER:

Work on the house continues. We had the drywall done and it looks so good. They did an awesome job. (thanks Boyd and his company for helping us out)

Tony decided that he was going to add to my stress and hurt himself. He called from work to tell me he was on his way to the hospital and he did not know if it was sprained or broken. i was ok at first until i hung up and then started freaking out. i tried calling him back but he would not answer his phone. i was praying that he had hurt himself while he was on the clock because he was headed to Davis Hospital and our insurance does not covr there. if he had gone to any other hospital our insurance would cover it in full because we had reached our out of pocket. good thing it was on the clock. but he does not even have acool story. he hurt himself at gym time (which he gets paid for) while playing Volleyball. Thank goodness it was just a sprain.

I decided to see if Xander liked the lights on the tree and he fell asleep. he dos that a lot.

We have made a new tradition in our family to make Turtles at Christmas. so Heidi got her granmas receipe and taught us how. They were so good. Tony ended up eating most of them because he got to them before me.

If 2 surgerys were not enough we ended up at PCMC agin right before Christmas. I had noticed that Xanders Shunt was looking really big and puffy and it was starting to worry me so we took him to Primarys to see his doctor. While they were doing his CT scans, etc. they found excess air outside of his belly that should not be there. Turns out everything was ok with his Shunt but we had to stay overnight for more tests. they did more tests and checked to see if there was a leak anywhere but did not see anything. Xander was released on Christmas Eve and went home on an 8 day regimen of antibiotics. so far everythng seems to be going great.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO XANDER

JANUARY:

The house is still in the works. we got the siding and garage door done. now we are getting things ready to paint and do finish work. i can't wait until it is done

Last but not least i just got home from St. George with the girls. I had a lot of fun but it was really hard to leave the baby. i have never left him so i think it was extra hard. my family probably thought i didn't have fun but i did. Happy B-day Mom

All in all things have been great. we had a wonderful holiday and anjoyed the food. now back to the gym i go. life is good and there is still more to come. hope everyone else had a good holiday as well. love you all

So i think i am up to date with it all. if not then hopefully i will remember to write next week.

2009-11-03T12:07:00.000-08:00

Me in my Cute scrubs. you can't steal them though

they have tracking devices.

Just out of surgery and i am still a little drugged

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

2009-11-03T11:57:00.000-08:00

2009-11-03T11:34:00.000-08:00

It has been a long couple of months but i am finally writing on my blog. Xander is donig great he is 9 1/2 Months and weighs 17 1/2 lbs and 25 in long. He is growing into such a big boy. we met with the GI doctor as well as the Neurosurgeon and found that he needs both a G-tube and a Shunt.i was a little scared to know that we have to have both things done but we knew it would have to happen sooner or later. so on Tues Oct 27 th we went into PCMC and had his G-tube placed. i cried a little but things went well. We ended up staying over night for observation and Xander did great. i was a little worried about him being under the anesthetic. but he did so awesome.

we had a wonderful time on Halloween. We went to breakfast in the morning and then went and bought a new Refrigerator. we spent the night at home passing out candy.

Xander was dressed as a ghost and i was a fairy. tony decided to go as himself.

things are going great with the addition on the house. we have an inspection on Mon and then hopefully we can work hard at getting it done. it is looking really good. i will have to post pics soon.

so far things are good and the year is almost over. before i know it Xander is going to be 1 year old. CRAZY!!!!!

2009-08-13T13:01:00.000-07:00

It has been awhile since i posted pics of the Baby so here are some new ones. I tryed to get them to be the right way but it would not do it. Xander has been growing like a weed. He is almost 7 months and weighs probably 16 or more pounds. he is so chubby.
We have been working with the ladys from the Deaf and Blind School hoping to get Xander to comunicate somehow. He did get his hearing aides which i hope will help. things are going well and he is so much fun

This the light box that we use to help him with his eyes.

This is a little orange Yarn ball that we try to get hi to grab onto but he does not really like to.

This is a pic of one of his hearing aides. they are so little.

This is another of the light box and toys to see how well he responds to different things

He loves the swing. he could chill in that thing all day.

2009-08-13T12:38:00.000-07:00

We have had a fun couple of months. we went to Anderson Meadows with my family for 4 days and it was so much fun. we just sat around and did nothing it was great. i was worried about Xander and whether or not he would be OK up in the mountains but he did so well. he only woke us up a couple of times. i think he was the warmest one up there. This is Tyson one of my cute little nephews. he wanted to go swimming but it was so cold.

This is Kaub my other cute nephew. he did not care that it was cold he wanted to get wet and play.

This is one of many of the squirrels that came to visit our camp. he peeked at us through the whole in the tree.

Sleeping Xander.

All bundled up. it was cold and raining for 2 days so he was bundled up in allot of clothes. but he was warm

Fun In The Sun

2009-07-13T19:55:00.001-07:00

today was fun. we took Xander to the water park with the family. i did not have the camera so i did not get any pics but it was fun. i put his feet in the water and he hated it. i knew he would because he hates the bath tub.

Things are going great at our house. we are starting to meet eith the deaf and blind school and early intervention to help Xander. we hope he will get his hearing aides soon so that we might be able to get started on that part. everything else looks good so all we can do is enjoy him and help him grow.

we will be taking him on his first camping trip so hopefully things will be ok.

TODAY was good, TODAY was fun, Tomorrow is another one.
-Dr. Seuss

2009-06-20T18:43:00.000-07:00

Xander Kenneth Blakeley

5 months

isn't he so cute. he is about 13 pounds now and probably 22 in long. he is getting so big

2009-06-20T18:20:00.000-07:00

it has been a long couple of weeks but things are looking better. we finally got the new carpet in the basement so i can start putting things back where they belong. the foundation is done so tony can begin building soon

We took a trip up to the cabin (Xanders first time) and had so much fun. the dogs were not sure what to do because the water was so high that they could not go in very far. all in all it was a good day. it did not start to rain until we left so that was good. things are great here at our house we are just taking life a day at a time.

2009-05-26T21:06:00.000-07:00

It has been a really long and hard week. we finally got the footings pored for the addition on our house which is great. However the guy that came and pumoed the cement hooked up his house to our house and flooded the basement. i would like to blame it on him but it was not his fault. he didn't know that it was broken. in fact neither did we. SURPRISE!!!! just what i always wanted 2 inches of water in my basement. so that started out a wonderful weekend. we had a disaster cleanup company come and dry it out but we are not sure what the final damages are. we know that the laminate flooring has to be replaced and possibly the carpet. I will fnd out tomorrow when the guy comes. we ended up spending the night at my moms on Saturday night because we did not want the chemicals they sprayed to cause any problems with Xander. Saturday night was really long because Xander did not sleep at all. he was having a bad night. we went to church with my parents and then spent the rest of the day there. we took a trip to the Cemetaries to visit and remember our Family. Monday we headed to Logan to help my sis Leslie and hubby Colby pack up there house so that they would be ready to move on fri. it was a fun but long day. it was Memorial Day so we went to the park and had dinner. we finally got home about 9:00 and we were completley exausted. Xander didn't sleep well at all last night either so it was a crappy night. come to find out the pour guy has an ear infection and that is why he is upset.

Hopefully things will get better this week. i am truly hating living in a mess so i hope we can get the basement fixed soon. Hope everyone had a good Memorial Day. I just wanted to take a second to remember my Miracle Kaison, Love you Buddy and miss you tonz. we will see you again someday. We love you with all our Hearts. love Mom, Dad & Xander

2009-05-22T10:47:00.000-07:00

So it is the end of the month and i am finally getting around to another post.

Things are going well. Not much happens at our house. We are finally getting started on the addition to our house. thay are coming today to pour concrete. YEAH!!!!
Xander is doing well, he is about 11 lbs now and is so cute. (i will post pics soon)
we did find out that he has some hearing but it is very little. we will be fitting him for a hearing aide soon to see if that might help. if not then we will have to look into a cochlear implant. things are looking more positive as he gets bigger and stronger. so far so good right! he is f 4 moths now and is so cute.
hope everyone has a good holiday weekend.
Have a good Memorial Day.

2009-04-24T13:44:00.000-07:00

We went to the doctor yesterday hoping to get good news about Xander's eyes and head and instead it was the opposite. We knew that Xander had cataracts on his eyes but we did not even stop to think that it could be much worse. The doctor informed us that he has detached retinas and glaucoma. They are not even sure that he is getting any light in at all. The next step would be to do a test to see if the light is getting in but Tony and i have decided to wait a bit and discuss our options a little more. We are not sure if we want to put Xander through surgery's that most likely will not help. We also went to the Neuroscience's at the University and the nice doctor came in and told us that she was the wrong person to talk to and that we would need to see a Neurosurgeon. She was very kind and helpful even though she couldn't tell us much more than we already knew. With all that info i am extremely overloaded and not sure what to do. i know that i will be able to handle the situation if need be, but i am a little scared if he is going to be Deaf and Blind. I am hoping we can resolve the issue with his hearing and that we might be able to restore some normalcy. For the time being we are going to just love him as we have been and treat him as if there is nothing wrong.
Things will turn out the way they need to and Tony and i will be able to handle it accordingly

2009-04-15T08:38:00.000-07:00

hey everyone just wanted to show you some more pics of Xander.

he is growing big and strong and doing great.

Xander is 12 weeks old and 9 lbs.

We has an appointment with the ear doctor tomorrow to see if he can hear. we

are praying that he can. life is good and we are enjoying every moment.

2009-03-13T20:34:00.000-07:00

2009-03-13T20:12:00.000-07:00

having Xander home has been great. even though i get little sleep i enjoy every moment.

Xander is 7 weeks old and is doing really well. i love him so much. we chose to bless Xander

2-1-09 at our home with just our family and a few friends. it was such a wonderful day.

2009-02-22T15:51:00.000-08:00

It has been a very eventful couple of days. We were able to bring home Xander on Fri, Feb 2o. He is doing well so far. It is so great having him home and being able to enjoy him.

he is growing so big. When he left the hospital he was 7 lb 3 oz. he is such a cutie and we love him so much.

2009-02-07T10:10:00.000-08:00

2009-02-07T10:02:00.000-08:00

A Wee Bit of

Heaven

Drifted Down from Above,

a Handful of

Happiness

a Heart Full of Love.

-XANDER KENNETH BLAKELEY-

2009-01-24T14:18:00.001-08:00

XANDER KENNETH BLAKELEY

5 lbs 12 oz 17 in

WED JAN 21st 7:59 am

He is here and is so cute!!! He is currently in the NICU but he is getting stronger by the minute. Hopefully we can bring him home soon.

2009-01-08T16:26:00.000-08:00

Today was a good day. I went to the doctor and he said that the baby is now 6 pounds. he is looking really good and is expected to be here by the 26th. i am a little nervous but really excited. i have not slept well lately so i must be preparing for the baby to be here. Tony is really excited (i think). he does not really say it out loud so if you want to know you will have to ask him.
We know everything is going to be ok.

2009-01-01T15:22:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!!

It has been a couple of weeks and i have been a little busy but here i am with an update.

Christmas was great and i am sorry to see it end. We had the whole family together this year and so it seemed a little crazy. In my family there are 12 adults and 2 kids which makes for a lot of caos. In tonys family there is just 6 adults and 2 kids and they are a lot quieter than my Fam. All in all it was a great holiday.

My Birthday was on Sunday and i turned another year older surprise, surprise!

I am getting bigger by the second and i am extremly tired. The doctor said i am at 36 weeks and that the baby weighs 5 1/2 lbs. AWESOME!!!!! i could technically deliver any time and be ok but we are shooting for at least another 2 weeks. I am a little anxious but everything seems to be ok and we are hoping and praying for the best.

I hope everyone had a great holiday and are excited for the new year.

My Best to you all-

2008-12-10T17:34:00.000-08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
(these are our decorations)

2008-12-10T17:20:00.000-08:00

It has been a busy couple of weeks but in the end it will be fun.

Christmas is just around the corner and our ward just had there Christmas program. I was asked to play the part of Eliza R. Snow and then do a quick change and play Mary at the end . I sang the song Mary's Lullaby and did an OK job. It was really hard to sing being pregnant and all i could not find my breath. They wanted to Tony to stand by my side as Joseph and the only way i could get him up there is to let him grow a beard(which i hate). But i gave in and let him so that he would help me in the program. It went very well and i even remembered my words.

Work is going well but it makes me a little tired.

Our baby is growing big and strong and looks to be fine. The doctor said he is 3 lbs 15 oz

YEAH!!!!

I only have about 1 1/2- 2 months left. It just depends on when he decides to grace us with his presence.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and remembers Christ and all he does for us everyday. Love You All

2008-12-03T16:18:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving.
i know it has been a few days since i last wrote but oh well. life has been a little crazy with the holidays and all. we went shopping on black friday and it wore me out completly. everything is still going well with the pregnancy and i only have 2 more months left. i am starting to feel really tired and my feet are starting to swell but that comes with being pregnant. all is well and is going to stay that way.

Love You All

2008-11-21T13:34:00.000-08:00

this has been a really long week. i started back to work yesterday part time scanning documents. it does not sound hard but it wipes me out after a couple of hours. i decided that i needed to do something to help the time go by faster and earn a little extra cash. I emailed my former boss and asked if they would hire me temporarily through the holidays or until the baby comes and he said yes. it is weird to be back but i really enjoy the people so it will be ok.
Our son is growing big and is moving all the time. right know the doctor said he is or should be exactly 3 pounds and 17 in long. that is almost more than Kaison weighed at 32wees and i am only 29 weeks. so hopefully that means good things are going to happen.
Thanksgiving is coming and that means lots of food. i am so excited to eat and eat. hope everyones Holidays are great.

2008-11-10T17:07:00.000-08:00

It has been a really rough week. As i told you we had a Foster placement of three kids. It turns out that Tony and I are not quite ready to be instant parents of three children. The stress and frustration was causing us to drift apart and my health to be affected. I could feel my blood pressure rising every second. They are good kids but they needed someone who could help them in ways that Tony and I could not. They were placed with the Family that they were originally placed with before they went to their Grandparents. I was a little sad to see them go but i was also relieved. Tony and I have decided that we are going to bring our son safely into this world before we begin this Foster Care process again. If and when we choose to do this again we will only have one at a time and we will start with a younger age. For now we are going to focus on the health of our son who will be joining us, hopefully by the end of Jan, 2009. So far he is growing big and healthy everyday. It is possible that he may have the same genetic condition that our son Kaison had but so far the doctors do not think that it is as severe. All we can do is Hope and Pray that all will be well and keep moving forward.

2008-11-06T08:32:00.000-08:00

Life has been a little crazy and I am losing my mind. We just got a Foster Placement and the kids are great but they wear me out. There are 3 of them ages 6,5,and 3. They are all so full of life and they keep me on my toes. I don't think that i have ever been so tired. Being pregnant and having three other children all of a sudden is not easy. ( but it is fun)
I went to the doctor and he informed me that the baby is almost 3 pounds. He grew almost 1 1/2 pounds in a week. he also said that the problem in his head shows no progression and that it looks alot better than Kaisons. All we can do is hope and pray that everyhting will be ok and that Heavenly Father will let him stay and be healthy.
Hopefully i will get to write again soon but we will see how my life goes.

2008-10-18T10:16:00.001-07:00

Not much is happening with us we are a little boring.

But these two dogs keep us entertained.

2008-10-14T13:22:00.000-07:00

i almost have this thing figured out

2008-10-14T12:19:00.001-07:00

hello
this is new and i dont know what i am doing