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!!!!!

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.

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

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

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

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.