Kai had his surgery

Kai 6-27-09
Kai grabbing at his toes

Kai watching the fish. He just loves to watch them. Before I put him in the highchair, I held him right up against the glass. He was laughing and getting so excited about the fish.

Kai's favorite position lately. He has been falling asleep like this a lot. Notice how his one leg and foot are positioned...

Kai had his ear tubes put in this past Friday. Surgery went well. I think he's been having a little ear pain. The audiologist ran another ABR. Conclusion was that Kai has a slight hearing loss in his left ear and slight to moderate in his right. At this point, we do not know why. It sounds like they want to do a cat scan of his head. He will be getting hearing aids. We will be meeting up with the audiologist to discuss which ones are going to be the best for him.

Finally warm enough

It's been finally warm enough for the pool. Took the boys and daycare girls to the wading pool on Thursday. They had a blast!

It's official!

Our house is officially For Sale, check it out online...

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/44344-Selly-Lane_Saint-Peter_MN_56082_1110393484

Cloud pictures during stormy weather

Update on Kai

Where to start?? Kind of a lot in the past few weeks. Kai is still sick with his icky cold, cough, upper respiratory crud. I feel so bad for him, especially when he has a coughing attack. Hopefully he will get well enough by next Friday. He is scheduled for ear tube surgery on the 26th. The audiologist will be running an ABR at that time as well. He really needs to get these tubes in. I really believe that it is going to make a world of a difference for him. Once the ABR results come back, then we can talk about hearing aides for him.

Kai had an eye appointment. His vision is good! At his last eye appointment, he was showing some near sightedness (is that even a word???), but not anymore. He goes back in October.

Kai also saw GI that same day. We talked about his feedings and how he isn't gaining much weigh. She put in a referral to a dietician from Pediatric Home Service. We also decided that he would probably be better with a shorter button, so that order was put in.

Kai had a Gillette appointment last Friday for his upper extremeties. Basically there's nothing that can be done with his right arm right now. And even though his arm hyperextends, there are no restrictions as far as weight bearing activites. While we were there, Kai was also able to see his orthopedic doctor. We had him look at his lower leg that is bowing. I believe he said that is nothing to worry about. We did talk about legs splints. Kai should be getting those at the end of summer/early fall. He will probably not beable to support his own weight safely without those splints. We also talked to the doctor about the probability of Kai walking...it doesn't sound like that is in the cards. He really doesn't think that Kai will walk, but said something along the lines of either been proved wrong or something like that. We see orthopedics again at the end of August.

Today I talked to the dietician from Pediatric Home Service. We are going to ease Kai to the 26 calorie diet. Right now he is currently on 24 cals. She is going to work with us on Kai's feedings and will be checking in weekly.

Kai is reaching and grabbing more at things. He likes to roll on the floor. He will roll both from back to tummy and tummy to back. He gets stuck sometimes and then gets mad.

That is the latest on Kai. Until next time!

Turtle outside our house...She was digging a hole to lay eggs. The kids enjoyed watching this turtle.

Gavin and Jace playing in the dirt

Jace

Gavin watering the slide

Gavin and Jace playing in the broken pool (time to get a new one)

Grandma sent the ice cream truck to our house for the boys to pick out a treat

A Selly Household Update

It has been very busy around the Selly house. It is never dull around here. If you haven't heard, we have to decided to put our house on the market and move into town. We meet with the realtor on Monday to officially put it on the market. Lots to do before then. It's going to be tough to keep our house perfectly clean with all the boys in the house. Another major change that is happening, is that I am going unlicensed for daycare as of July 1st. I will have almost 4 years of daycare in. I will still be doing daycare for a couple of girls, but will not be licensed.

We had our garage sale this past Saturday. It went very well. Wish we would have gotten rid of everything, but oh well. We will be donating the stuff to our church as they will be having a rummage sale on the 27th.

Sheldon has gone back to Missouri now. It was nice to have him here.

Within the next few weeks, we will be getting rid of our home phone. So if you need to get a hold of us, you will need to call our cell phones.

Kai is 8 months old!

I can't believe Kai is 8 months old already!!! Wow! At his last weighing (6-8-09), he weighed 14lbs and 11 ozs. He will get weighed again on Wednesday, so I am eager to see how much he has gained. Kai is still sick with that icky cold/cough, upper respiratory junk. I feel so bad for him when he has a coughing attack. Above are some recent pictures of Kai. I will write more about Kai in a "Kai update".

Kai's 1st time in the high chair

Tonight was Kai's 1st time in the high chair. I wasn't sure how well he would sit in it, but he did well. He is so small. He doesn't sit much above the tray.

Gavin's Ear Tube

Gavin's ear tube is on it's way out. It's the white thing in his ear. We took a picture so that he could see inside of his ear as well.

And more random

Jace hanging out with one of his favorite things

Gavin and his friend Kaylee

Random 2

Gavin, Great grandma Roxie and cousin Charlie

Great Grandpa Robert and Kai

Sheldon and the boys (with messy faces)

Random

Gavin and his better batter baseball

The boys and dad in the tractor

Kai and cousin Charlie

More equipment

School brought Kai some more equipment to use. He really enjoyed sitting like this. He was able to watch all the kids play and everything that was going on around him.

Ear Infection AGAIN!!!

Kai sitting up all by himself with weight support on his legs, he can only sit by himself for just a few seconds.

Kai has ear infection again and in both ears this time. He started off with a cough on Saturday and his cough got worse. By Sunday late afternoon, his cough was so bad that he seemed like he was having a hard time breathing at moments. Took him in to urgent care and yep...double ear infection. He was also a little wheezy, but not enough to put him on a nebulizer. So back on antibiotics he went.

Jace's Evaluation

We met with the teacher that did Jace's assessment this morning. Based on the assessment, Jace qualifies for ECSE (Early Childhood Special Education). He will start this in the fall at South Elementary and will go in the mornings M-R. He will also work with a speech therapist. Besides his speech, he showed some low scores in social skills and showed some developmental delay. We are very happy that he qualifies because we know that he is going to really benefit from this. He has made so much progress working with his teacher, Becky (thanks, Becky!). He will continue services with Becky throughout the summer.

House for Sale

Well we have decided to put our house on the market. We meet with the realtor in a week and hopefully that goes well. It was a tough decision to make. As much as we love our house and where we live, it's just not working to continue to live here. Since Kai has been born, daycare has basically gone downhill. I'm going to be down to 2 part timers after next week (which isn't a whole lot of income). It is really hard to run a daycare with all of Kai's appointments and needs. I have become an unreliable daycare. I'm not able to meet all of Kai's daily needs as well and as a mom, I feel terrible about that. My boys need more of me. Levi's work has slowed down as well. It is nice to have him home more, but it's also an income cut as well. Our family is the most important thing to me and Levi. We like and want more family time together. We don't need this big house on the lake. We are looking to move into town (St. Peter). We hope that once our house goes on the market, that it will sell quickly (cross our fingers).

So we are downsizing in some household items and getting rid of a lot of daycare items. We plan to have a garage sale June 13th.

Jace

Jace and Gavin 5-26-09; Jace with his backpack while waiting for the bus

Jace is doing a 3 day preschool assessment this week at ECSE. He rides the bus to and from school. He was scared at first, but seems to be okay with it now. I wasn't here for when he got picked up (which was probably a good thing). Now he seems to be excited about going on the bus and going to school. We meet with the teacher on Friday to go over his evaluation.

No more bottle!

Yesterday Kai had a feeding clinic appointment at Children's in Minneapolis. He has lost about 3 ozs since last week. He weighed 14 lbs 6.5 ozs. We are going to continue to work on upping his quantity of formula and watch his weight. The goal is to get to 120 mls per feeding and he is currently at 110 mls per feeding. We are still working on baby food with him. Learn some new techniques to help with Kai's feedings and will continue with some oral stimulation. No more bottle! We are now going to concentrate on the sippy cup. He is very interested in the cup. They also recommended that he wears his thumb splints regularly again.

Kai's sickness

Kai is getting better. He still has a cough and little congestion. Last week he was put on some oral antibiotics which he did not tolerate. He ended up getting the 3 day rocephin (sp?) shot. He is doing much better, but not 100%. He has a follow up appointment tomorrow.

Kai and his new super seat

Kai got a new toy; a super seat! It's kind of a cross between a bumbo and an exersaucer. It works great for him and he has toys that are sitting right in his reach.

Kai's surgery didn't happen

Kai did not have surgery on Wednesday. His cough got worse Tuesday into Wednesday. Just when we thought he was getting better. We mentioned it to the anesthetist and he said he wouldn't put him under. His ENT doctor was not happy about this and made it out like it was all our fault that Kai wasn't having surgery. She was not very professional about it. We wanted to make sure it was going to be safe for him. His health and safety is our number one concern, obviously not the ENT doctor's. I am glad that he did not go through with surgery that day. It turns out that Kai has more than just a cough. He is sick; pink eye, ear infection, horrible cough and a viral infection. After that morning we have decided to switch Kai to a different ENT doctor (to the same one that Gavin and Jace see). So after Kai had a doctor's visit he was put on antibiotics. Yesterday we discovered that he wasn't tolerating that antibiotic. So now he is getting a 3 day antibiotic shot. Today will be day 2 of the shot. I really hope that he starts feeling better. His cough has gotten better, but it's still a horrible cough. He is going for a recheck on Thursday and then we will talk about rescheduling his surgery. It's so frustrating that he is sick all the time. He will get better and then be sick free for about a week and then turn around and catch something again. These little sicknesses are so much on him and takes a lot out of him (and me!). Some days are tough dealing with all of this, but his smile keeps me going!

Sheldon arrives later tonight. He is visiting us from Missouri. It will be nice to see him, as we haven't seen him in almost a year.

Until next time!

Update on the Selly Family

Well, I thought I would do an update on our whole family. Not too much new on Kai. He's almost done with the cold that he has had. He giggles a lot and loves to really look around. He is becoming a very active little boy. He had his cranio cap adjusted today. Wednesday he gets ear tubes put in and frenulum cut. They will be running another ABR at that time. Hopefully we will talk about hearing aides at the same time. Next week we have a feeding clinic appointment. The following week he has an appointment with the eye doctor and GI doctor (oh and a cranio cap adjustment). Otherwise Kai is doing pretty good!

Jace just recently got another ear infection. This is the 2nd one in the last 5 weeks! Next week Jace has a preschool assessment done. He will go to preschool 3 days that week. He even gets to ride the school bus. I wonder how he is going to do with that. Jace is starting to use more words, even 2-3 words at a time.

Gavin is doing good. He just recently moved his bedroom downstairs. He was very excited about, but is scared to sleep done there by himself. It will take some time for him to get used to it. Gavin is now done with Sunday school until the fall. I think he will miss going to school. Both of the boys have been really enjoying the outdoor time. It is sometimes hard to get them inside.

Levi is still working 10 hour days. It is supposed to be 4 days a week, but you never now with good old Unimin. He has been working the last couple Fridays as well. It has been nice to have him home on the weekends and not always working.

Me...busy, busy, busy! I have so much to do, I just get so overwhelmed and don't know where to start. I'm still doing daycare, but not like I used to. In a few weeks, I will be loosing one of my families that I have had since I started doing daycare. :( We will miss them, but I understand that they need to move on and kids are getting older. So I am hoping to get a few more part timers in as I'm not as reliable as I use to be. We have so many summer projects that we would like to accomplish, I'm sure we won't complete them all.

At the end of this week, we will be getting a visitor! Sheldon is coming to visit! For those who don't know about Sheldon, he is Levi's 16 year old cousin. Sheldon is from Missouri and lived with us from summer '07 until summer '08. We are very excited to have him visit. Gavin really misses him as he thought of Sheldon as an older brother.

Well that is all! Until next time!

Kai 7 months, 14 lbs 8.5 oz (5-18-09)






Kai trying to roll while he was hooked up to his feeding

Kai and his sippy cup (just started sippy on 5-13), it's kinda big. We need to get him a smaller on, but he really likes it.

Gavin and Kai 5-18-09 (yes, Gavin is still in jammies;)

Jace with his new (garage sale) jacket, it's just like Grandpa Selly's

Jace and Gavin in the tub. They love turning on the jets and making extra bubbles, so after the big bubble bath, they have to take a shower. Silly boys!

Kai will be 7 months tomorrow. I can't believe it! He weighs 14 lbs 5 ozs and is 26 inches long. I'm so happy to see weight gain. I was a little worried for awhile. He is doing good, with the exception of a cold that he has now. He is a very happy little guy, but don't be fooled. He does have some really crabby moments, but who doesn't? He has been doing a lot of laughing. He almost has me in tears sometimes. I just love his laugh! We are still working on sitting and rolling. He is starting to do some rolling by himself, but gets frustrated. On Wednesday, May 20th, Kai will have ear tubes put in and have his frenulum cut. We pray that everything goes good. At the same time they will be running another ABR test. That is all for now! I will write again soon and give an update on the rest of the Selly family.