Happy Thanksgiving

Just want to wish everybody a happy Thanksgiving.




Until Next time, I continue to ask for and thank you for your prayers.

YouTube - Clint Hurdle Colorado Rockies & Prader-Willi Syndrome Assoc.

YouTube - Clint Hurdle Colorado Rockies & Prader-Willi Syndrome Assoc.

Back From Vacation

It's been a while since I've posted, but we've had a lot happen. Where to start. Caden is going to be a big brother, we went on vacation, and Caden is walking more than anything now.

Until I have time to post more, here is some photos from Mt. Rushmore.





Until Next time, I continue to ask for and thank you for your prayers.

My Little Cutie

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Brother Bear

Caden is going to be a big brother. Holly woke me up at 1 or 2 AM in the morning on Thursday to let me know she already took a pregnancy test. She called me into the bathroom and I thought she was getting sick. She had been nauseous all week. When I walked around the corner she put the test in my face. I looked at, turned around, and headed back to bed.

She said, "Aren't you excited?" I said, "I am, but you woke me up and I'm still sleeping. I'll be more excited when I wake up and once we have it confirmed by lab work."

I was more excited in the morning. Then on Friday we had it confirmed by lab work. They sent a tentative due date of May 20th. Holly will go in October 8th for an ultrasound and to see if we can hear the heartbeat.

So, please pray for us as we want a healthy baby.




Until Next time, I continue to ask for and thank you for your prayers.

End of August Updates

Caden is now walking a lot more. He still crawls a lot, but he is using walking as a way of moving quite a bit. He will walk with and with out help. He is still too scared to do it all by walking all of the time, but he is getting there. He almost never scoots on his butt anymore. Except when he goes down the stairs. He will now go down the entire flight of stairs by his self.

He is also now drinking from a straw. When we tried it before, he would bite the straw and attempt to remove the straw with his teeth. When we would give him a taste of something by a straw he would suck out of it then, so he knew how to. He just didn't do it. Last week I got an icee from QT and he wanted some. So, I told him that he had to drink out of the straw like a big boy to get some. I figured he wasn't going to drink out of the straw. Next thing I know, my finger that is touching part of the straw is cold. He did it! I was so ecstatic. So, we have used a straw several times since then and he has consistantly used it.

He had a visit from a speech therapist last week. We figured she would say that he would need help, but she says that he is doing fine. She was not even expecting him to be doing as well as he is. He is not using the same sound all of the time. Although some times it feels like it. He does use some words, but he is showing us a lot using signs. She said that we aren't giving him the credit that he deserves. Using signs is treated the same as normal speech. She went through an evaluation sheet for children his age with 7 or so development areas. He cleared 6 of the 7 and almost cleared the 7th. So, we'll just keep working with him as we are and it will all come together eventually.

On Monday I (daddy) took him to see his Nephrologist, Dr Lovell. She asked how he has been healthwise. Asked if he has been sick or had any Urinary Tract Infections. Which he has not, so she was happy with that. They were able to get his blood pressure on the first shot. That is not an easy feat with Caden. It was good. She looked him over and he appeared to be good she said. Caden is now 35 inches tall, and about 35 lbs. She also asked for a urine sample and for him to give blood before we left so they could ran their panel of tests that they like.

Tomorrow we will go to his Endocrinologist's office. We are not going to see Dr. Corley, we will see his assistant Arlene. I don't entirely remember why we aren't seeing him, but I think this visit is mainly to get height, weight, check for any concerns. Basically a checkup to make sure there are no problems. We'll see tomorrow morning.

We are also going to be on vacation towards the end of September. We will leave after Holly and I finish work on Thursday September 20th and then return back Tuesday September 25th. We are taking Caden to see Mount Rushmore. I have never been there. Holly was when she was younger. We are really excited to go and we hope that the weather will be nice to us. In the Black Hills, it can snow as early as September. So, we are keeping our fingers crossed.




Until Next time, I continue to ask for and thank you for your prayers.

New Photos & Mouth Noises

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