Surgery

Yesterday I faced one of my biggest fears ever: sending my baby into surgery. If you are all wondering why in the world Kingston had to have surgery here's the story. Sorry if this makes any of you blush but in order to make this understandable I have to be very blunt. Kingston was born with something called a hydrocele. When the baby is in the womb, their little testicles are actually up inside their stomachs and eventually drop down. When Kingstons dropped down the hole that they dropped down through never closed back up. So fluid has been draining down through that hole ever since he was born. We knew about this problem before he was even born and he has been seeing the most amazing Urologist up at Primary Childrens Hospital. The majority of boys that are born with hydroceles usually close up on their own by the time they turn 1. So we waited to see if Kingstons would close up and it never did and surgery is the only way to repair it. For the most part its a very simple procedure-they just go in, drain the fluid and stitch up the hole that never closed. Well, the simple procedure turned into a more complicated procedure for Kingston. The Dr. came in after to talk to Adam and I and told us that Kingston put up a good fight-meaning he gave the Dr. a run for his money. His left hydrocele was what they call non-communicating meaning that the fluid had no communication with the abdominal cavity. So the fluid that was in his left testicle was acting like a dumbbell-just going back and forth in the same area. Because of that the tissue on his left side was so inflamed that he wasnt able to see the sperm cord or the blood vessels making it much more challenging for the Dr. He told us that in 1,000 hydrocele repairs that he has done Kingstons was in the top 5 most difficult and challenging. This experience has made me so much more grateful for wonderful, educated Dr's and amazing staff at Primary Childrens and for the technology that we have today. I knew that I was putting my child in Heavenly Fathers hands and the hands of our Dr and how thankful I am for the knowledge of the gospel and knowing that Heavenly Father was with my baby the whole time. He is now doing fantastic and has not let this surgery slow him down one bit. He is such a little fighter! All I have to say is that I am so glad that this emotional roller coaster has now come to an end because I am one exhausted mommy!!

Dressed and ready for surgery

Having fun playing in the waiting room

Tired & hungry

My little sleeping beauty

We're Baaaaaaaack!!!!!!

After almost 2 months of having no internet, here we are! Where do I start? Kingston is now 10 months old and I still can't believe that in 2 more months we will be throwing our first child his first birthday party. It's crazy how times flies! Here are his 9 month stats:

Height: 29" 80%
Weight: 18 lb 9 oz 20%
Head Circ. 44 20%

He is still my tall, skinny little man with a small head. Love him! He is so curious about everything and is pretty much like his daddy in every way possible. He is so active and doesn't even want to slow down to eat. Some of Kingstons favorite things right now are:

Tubby time
Getting into the pantry and playing with the ramen noodles
Still loves his baby Einstein
Loves to be naked (hey, who doesn't?!)
LOVES to play catch and throw with any type of ball he can get his hands on
Loves to chase the golf balls around the house with Sophie
LOVES to read books with mommy
Loves any type of table food that mommy and daddy are eating
Loves to play with his cousins

I love everything about my little man and I think I speak for both Adam and I when I say that being a parent is the best job in the world! On top of loving my beautiful family, I love fall time, too!! Not only do I love watching all the leaves change colors and the weather cooling down, October has always been such an exciting month for my family. We now celebrate 3 birthdays-Max, Morgan, and then mine-and Adam and I get to celebrate our anniversary. And who can forget Halloween?! This October we had the opportunity to venture down to Lake Powell with John and Morgan and a bunch of guys in Johns office at Pinnacle. We had such an amazing time and can't thank John and Morgan enough for an amazing and wonderful vacation! Morgan and I have so many wonderful memories of going down to Lake Powell every year growing up and it was so much fun to be able to finally go back with my sister and my two favorite men in the whole world! Sorry about the picture overload-a lot has happened in the last 2 months!

The best part of Kingstons day-tubby time!

Helping daddy drive the houseboat at Lake Powell

Like father, like son

These Laffy Taffys kept him entertained for hours

Watching Sunday Night Football at the Marina

Kingston loved Lake Powell

Cheering on Uncle Casey at the Davis game with Papa

Kingston and James at Gardner Village

This is where I find Kingston-in the bathroom unraveling all the toilet paper-naked

Socks work great for mittens, right?

Sorry-I couldn't get this picture to turn upright

Birthday dinner at my parents

Have you ever seen a cuter bumble bee?!

My birthday dinner at Olive Garden

Happy 2 year Anniversary!

The Time Has Come

Actually, the time came about 3 weeks ago (I'm just really late at blogging) when Kingston woke up from his nap like this:

WHOA!! To say his mohawk was a little out of control is an understatement.

So after a little of this,

We now have this!

Kingstons FIRST BUZZ CUT!!!! What a stud!!!!

1/2 Year Old

I LOOOOVE Summer!! And I feel like I can actually enjoy it now that I'm not stuck inside working full time and having Kingston here to spend all my days with is just like icing on the cake. Kingston is now 6 months old and is ALL over the place! He is so busy and I love watching him discover new things. He's thrilled that he has hands and feet-thank goodness for those body parts! He currently just cut 2 bottom teeth and thank heavens that is over-for now anyways. He is so happy and is an incredible sleeper! His favorite things are rolling over, reading time with mommy, eating, being naked, baby einstein, his stinky binki, Sophie, Pete the Penguin, and his most favorite thing in the world is his daddy. That kid lights up when he sees his dad and he thinks that Adam in the funniest thing he's ever seen. I've never seen a baby just instantly laugh at someone when they walk into the room. I'm not the only one who looks forward to daddy coming home every night!

Our little family

Loving the boat at Bear Lake


Play time in his crib

On the beach at Pineview

He's a natural born driver

My little guy loves the water!

4th of July swim

At Primary Childrens Hospital

LOVE HIM!!!

Happy Fathers Day babe!!

Kingston & James taking a naked swim

Heat

YEA!!! It finally feels like summer! No one is more excited about the heat than I am (it's been a long winter) but we are dealing with a...different kind of heat at the Wall home. Poor Sophie!! Poor Sophie? Wait-poor ME!!!! I'm the one that has to clean up after her and not only do I have to remove and replace her "diaper" (a.k.a. Victoria Secret panties + a maxi pad) every time she has to go to the bathroom, I have to sit outside with her since our yard isn't fenced in and in the words of my husband, "we don't need her doing the humpty dumpty just yet!!" My puppy is way to little to be having puppies of her own. This may be a rough couple of weeks. Wish me luck.

3 Months and Growing

I figured I better give an update on my little man who's not-so-little anymore! I can't believe how fast he is growing. When we took him to the dr last he weighed 12.5 lbs and was 24" long. He now sleeps through the night-HALLELUJAH!!!!!! I feel like a new woman! I haven't slept for 8 hours straight since January 4th! How I have missed my friend sleep! Other than a little minor problem with a hydrocele, Kingston is doing fantastic! He is the most amazing baby and I count my blessings every day that I have a husband who works hard so that I can stay home. I can't imagine not spending my days with him! We went on our first family vacataion down to St George in March with our friends. We were overdue for a get-a-way! We had so much fun and thanks to all of our friends that made our weekend a blast! Kingston was blessed at the end of March and Adam (as always) did an incredible job! It was such a perfect day and thanks to all of our family and friends that came to support us!! As for the rest of the Wall fam, we're doing great! Adam is working away and looking forward to getting up to the lake and back on his wake board. He has this crazy idea that my 3 month old baby is going to get up on a wake board this summer. Yes, my husband is a nut sometimes. I'm a little leery about even putting him on a boat this young! No way is he getting on a wake board! We'll give that a few more years. Sophie is getting so big-it's hard to remember her as a little puppy even though it was only a few months ago that we brought her home and I could still pick her up and carry her. Now she could probably carry me! As for me, I'm more excited than ever about the warm weather and the fact that summer is on it's way! I can't wait to spend my summer with my beautiful family on the lake and in the pool. This is a little off the subject but for those of you who haven't already heard, my sister and her husband just adopted a new baby boy! Well, I shouldn't say new, he's almost 3 months old and is only 3 weeks younger than Kingston. He was 6 weeks early andwas only 4 lbs when he was born. He makes my little baby look like a giant! Baby James is absolutely adorable and I can't believe how lucky Kingston is to have 2 cousins so close in age to him. Grayson is 2 weeks older and James is 3 weeks younger-we have a ton to look forward to with his adorable cousins! Max is doing great and is talking now more than ever. He has come such a long way in the last year. That little 3 year old never ceases to amaze me! Hope you've enjoyed these pictures of what we've been up to the last couple of months (sorry-they're pretty random!)