Christmas Morning

Christmas Morning at the Kennedy House

Santa was here!  Looks like the Kennedy Boys were really good this year!

Here they are getting their first glimpse of the presents, but mom makes them stop for a picture

Gavin opens his most wanted gift first.  Thomas' Misty Island Rescue

Rees finally gets his own BeyBlades

Owen is so excited to get his Buzz Lightyear wings

Oh my gosh that's a lot of presents!!

And Rees got his iPod, just what he always wanted!

And now the boys will leave mommy's laptop alone :)  Thank you MomMom Lucy!

A group picture with cousin Kyleigh!  They are so cute in their matching pj's!

Then later in the day we headed to MomMom and PopPop's house to see what they got the boys.

On the way there I asked the boys if there was anything that they didn't get from Santa that they really wanted.  Gavin chimed in and told me he really wanted "kung khu zhu zhu pets" (his way of saying it!) and he didn't get them.

MomMom and PopPop must have heard that request because they got them every "kung khu zhu zhu pet" that was ever made :)  The look on Gavin's face says it all!

In this picture he is telling me what he got

They did such a good job taking turns while opening presents.  Rees was next...he got new snow boots

Gavin's turn

Owen's turn

Gavin again!  Each of the boys got their very own water bottles, just like the ones they always use at MomMom and PopPop's house.

And the best part about this Christmas was getting to spend a lot of time with Grammy!  She wasn't able to join us last year because she was still too sick, but this year she is doing great!!!

Post Christmas Fun

Our boys had an amazing Christmas!  They were spoiled by everyone and now have a ton of new toys and games to play with.  Tonight we spent time playing a lot of our new games with cousin Sandy.  Tomorrow we are going to get the missing piece we need to finish setting up their new computer from MomMom Lucy.  They have also had a blast playing with their new air hockey table from MomMom and PopPop.  They are all at such a fun age!  We can do so many things with them and they can do so many things by themselves too!

Just a quick update for those that are wondering about Gavin.  He is completely over his cold that landed him in the hospital just before Christmas.  He was officially diagnosed with asthma during our stay, which we kind of knew was coming eventually, but we didn't think it would be so sudden and severe.  During our stay he had a chest x-ray to rule out pneumonia and we were able to compare it to a previous x-ray.  He still has a lot of disease in his lungs left over from being a preemie, but there is a small change for the better.

During our stay we also learned that Gavin has a very difficult time breathing at night.  We had a feeling this was an issue because his snoring has become progressively worse over the last 4 months.  But we didn't realize it was as bad as it was.  He would drop his oxygen levels to 88 or lower while sleeping (96 or above is where he should be).  So he now sleeps with oxygen at night to keep him from dropping his oxygen levels.  We have an appt. with ENT and Pulmonology, as well as, a sleep study coming up in the next 2 weeks.  We don't think his night time breathing has anything to do with his asthma, we are pretty sure he needs to have his tonsils and adenoids removed just like his big brother Rees.  We will find out for sure after the ENT appt. and sleep study.

I will keep everyone updated as I get information.  Life is never dull around the Kennedy house!  Gavin especially likes to keep us on our toes :)

I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas!  I promise to update the website more consistently in 2011!

Merry Christmas!

 

Merry Christmas everyone!  

I promise to update the website more often in 2011!