Baseball Game

 We took the kids to a BYU-University Portland baseball game last weekend.

Blake definitely outgrew the toddler BYU hat.

We met up with some friends and they shared their gloves and balls with the kids.

This is what I get when I ask the kids for them to get together for a picture. 

Kyle update: He went in to the dentist who was thrilled with how great his teeth looked. We've also been in to the ENT. We've been concerned for awhile about the wheeziness we hear when Kyle cries, gets sick, or more often in winter. We haven't seen an ENT since Kyle's surgery was deemed successful. We went in and Kyle endured a flexible scope through his nose so the doctor could get a look at his airway. His doctor said she saw what was causing the noises we hear. The surgery tightened things up in there and now part of some cartilage hoods a portion of his airway. She says that as he grows, the hooding should become less significant. If for some reason, it gets worse, there is a surgical option. She wants to avoid surgery now so as not to accidentally affect his cleft repair or worsen his swallowing mechanism. 

His eating is doing well. He is gaining weight. 7 ounces in two weeks!

Blake's first concert (UPDATED: fixed video)

I found this draft hidden back in Blogger. I forgot about this little gem.

Blake's preschool had an extra music class that he could participate in this year. They performed at the high school choir's winter concert.

He started in the back, behind the tallest girl in class, but made his way up by the second song. We got a babysitter for Kyle, and Jeremy and I were both able to attend.

Mini chefs

Whenever I disappear for very long in the afternoon, my kids will bring me up a plate of kebabs. This particular plate was carrot, mandarin, banana, and craisin on a toothpick. We've had talks about combining flavors and what they could reasonably expect if they tried to sell a tomato-banana kebab to the neighbors.


Kyle update: He is better from his fever, but his appetite still leaves something to be desired. Last Friday we fed him some calories through his tube because he was really eating poorly. He started to feel better over the weekend and is picking up his eating. At his weight check today, he held steady! I was thrilled. His nurse even weighed him twice to make sure.

We are definitely running into behavioral issues with his eating. Yesterday I made lunch and after a few bites, he pushed it away asking for "mo' chicken." He asks for it with his little pointer finger upraised and the sweetest expression on his face. It is hard to say no, except we need to. It devolved into a tantrum, and I offered him other foods and explained that we can't eat chicken nuggets every day, and that, today, they were not being made. I ended up putting him down for his nap without any lunch after that because he refused everything else. A good weight check helps me feel like it's okay to expand his food options without it being detrimental to his health. He was difficult at dinner tonight and didn't want his lentil shepherd's pie, usually a favorite. But, after Jeremy came home and sat down with him, he ate a hard boiled egg, grated cheese, and 3/4 of a banana.