My Baby is 2 Years Old

September 25, 2008 at 9:45 p.m.
Hayden Blosch Sanford Was Born

2 years ago Hayden came into our family and things have never quite been the same.

Hayden is the happiest, craziest, and most active little boy ever. He loves playing with his brother and sister and a lot of the time he bugs them without really knowing it, but isn't that what little siblings do best? He loves them both a lot and loves to give hugs and kisses.

On Friday we drove down to Utah and took the kids to Hogle Zoo, which they loved, and we had a lot of fun. After spending the day at the zoo we went to Ryan’s parents for a fun night. Hayden got to open all of his presents and even Connor and Alex got something from grandma and grandpa (they are so sweet).

Hayden is obsessed with cats and suckers. Those are probably his two favorite things right now and he can’t seem to get enough of them. He also loves trains, cars, being outside and pretty much anything boyish.

His dislikes...well he doesn't really have many dislikes, but he doesn't like to go to sleep, and he’s not a fan of being left alone. Most of the time he wants to be where the action is and will usually stop doing whatever he’s doing if you walk out the room and follow you. He has what I call left-out syndrome. He is the funniest kid.

We love you little man.

Connor's First Day of Preschool

Connor started his first day of preschool this year. This is his second year of preschool and he gets to ride the bus again which he really likes. It’s a good thing he’s an early riser, because the bus picks him up at 7:15 and he gets droped off around 11:15 giving me and Hayden a good 4 hours of alone time which has been great.

Here is another picture of Alex heading off to school she loved her outfit, so we had to take another school picture. She’s a cutie, I can't help showing it.

This Week

Quite a bit has happened this week. I thought the easiest way of sharing would be to list a few things along with pictures.



· - After five days at a care center mom was rushed back to the hospital for a very high fever that they couldn't get down. After some tense hours, they were able to stabilize her vitals and she appears to be recovering.



· - Hayden moved into a big boy bed and for the most part has done great. He did have a night when he woke up crying at 2:00a.m. crying but went back to bed after Ryan spent a few minutes with him.



· - Alex started school on Monday and loves it. Wow, I can’t believe she is in first grade. She also gets to ride the bus which she loves.



· - A huge part of our landscaping went in! We got the sprinklers, lawn and trees in. It all happened so fast, now we have to work on the flower beds.

Okay so maybe it doesn't seem like a lot, but they are all big things that have happened so I wanted to share them.

Connor's B-Day Celebration!

Graft-Versus-Host Disease

On Wednesday Lynn told me that Mom has graft-versus-host disease (chronic form), they are treating it with multiple medications.

Graft-versus-host disease is a fairly common complication of bone marrow transplants where the immune cells in the transplanted marrow recognize the recipient as "foreign" and mount an immunologic attack on tissue and organs. Because it didn't manifest itself until now, it should be easier to treat than if she got it the first 100 days after the transplant. We still don't know how it will impact her health long-term.

The medications are helping. I did talk to her tonight and she did seem to be doing okay. She said that she didn't feel well, but was feeling better then she did a few days ago.

I just keep wondering what will be next, she really needs to catch a break. Poor Mom.

Please continue to keep her in your prayers. Thanks for all you support.

Wow how Things Have Changed.

I was looking back at some old post of pictures of my sweet Mom. She has gone through so much in the past 15 months and every day she amazes me with how strong and faithful she is.

This past two times have been kind of hard to see Mom and the drastic changes that she has gone through, but I love her so much and even though she looks a lot different she is still as beautiful as ever.

I love you Mom with all my heart.

Little Update on Mom

So mom is still in the hospital. She was scheduled to go back to the rehabilitation center today until an orthopedic doctor came in to look at her knee that she has been having trouble with. He took a sample of some fluid and it came back positive for a bacteria. He scheduled surgery to in his words, "wash it out" and then clean up some arthritis.



This is now the third surgery in the past seven months. January was her bone marrow transplant, in May she had back surgery and now knee surgery. Hopefully all will go well and she will be able to get to the rehabilitation center and get back to therapy so she can get home sooner the later.



Please pray for her and if at all possible visit her, she would love to have company.