New Apartment in Spokane

Here are some pictures of the apartment and complex we lived at here in Spokane - FYI as we are currently packing to move out and heading to Seattle. It was fun for the whole 6 months we lived here.

4-Eyes :)

We got a letter from Hailey's school stating that when they did her eye exam she was having some issues seeing and needed to be seen by the Eye Dr. We decided to take KP as well and they both needed glasses! Little bit of a blast from the bast cause they are kinda mini-me's. KP is so excited and can't wait to get braces so she is a bone fide "nerd". (Her words not mine).

The Test Results are In!

When we were in the hospital in Nov and Dec, the docs couldn't quite pin down why Aiden was having kidney issues. After a series of tests they determined that his Bone Marrow Graft had failed. Which means - Another Bone Marrow Transplant. Several amazing blessings that we have noticed since receiving the news are that we will be able to have the transplant done in Seattle (moving there soon). Seattle is where the IPEX specialists are (Dr Ochs and Dr Torgerson). They have done 6 successful transplants with IPEX patients and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance is amazing! The girls will be attending the Hutch School (for siblings or children of patients) and I am sure there will be a post about it! Our family, friends, ward and co-workers have been so supportive and we appreciate everything that has and is being done for our family. We have been very blessed to be able to have good insurance and some financial resources as our whole family will be moving together and that means no more job for a couple months. We have no idea what we will be doing after the transplant and isolation phases (about 120 days). We will see as it comes! Our first appt. is March 13th in the am. So we will be heading to Seattle on Mon, March 12 to get settled in.

Year At A Glance

We had a great Christmas and got really spoiled. While it was a little weird to be all on our own it was kinda nice and quiet! Santa gave us a bunch of family date nights like movie passes, gift cards to eat out, DVDs, popcorn, treat, etc. MERRY CHRISTMAS




We went to Logan for Thanksgiving and ended up in the ER at the Specialty Hospital because Aiden was all swollen. Turned out to be from a kidney issue. When we got back to Spokane we ended up in the ER here because he spiked a temp and was all swollen again. He had strep, the C-Diff was back and the kidney issue that he needed to be on steriods for. They did numerous tests. Results pending!
The Welsh Family Super Hero Halloween of 2011. Aiden decided that we all needed to be super heroes for halloween. Brent was Wolverine, KP was Thor Girl, Haye was Spidergirl, and I was Mrs. Captian America! Go us. It was fun. Finally we made it to our hotel (after the truck lost AC about 190 miles from Spokane (poor Brent). The Chinese place delivered and was worth every penny. Sadly the hot tub at the hotel was luke warm and not so relaxing but at least the girls got to swim. AHHHHH! Our 12 hour trip from Logan to Spokane went really well (ha ha ha) when we had to stop in Pocatello, ID (90 miles) to "rest". Brent was driving the U-Haul and I had the kids in the car. SO fun. At least they have a playland at the McDonald's where the kids could run around. Brent started his Master's degree in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University in June and resigned from Call Assistant in July(?). We got a job with Spokane Housing Ventures in Spokane, WA (this is where Gonzaga is located) as on-site apartment managers and were off on a new adventure for a Master's Degree. Bye house! We were in the hospital for about 6 days. We went home without a central line but had a brand new pic line in his arm. He was on some pretty hefty antibiotics for about 10 days then the line came out. Due to these antibiotics, he got a bacteria in his gut called C-Diff that took about 2 and a half months to get over. The antibiotic they put him on for the C-Diff was called Flagell, he had a reaction to it and had some nerve damage in his hands and feet. Pretty nasty. We know never to use that antibiotic again. We were doing awesome until Mother's Day 2011 when Aiden got a central line infection on Mother's Day. It was pretty scary and we got a fun ride in the abulence.

Happy Valentine's Day!

This is KP and Haye all dressed up for the Valentine Tea! We even put a flower in their hair aren't we ambitious? I used to love the Valentine Tea cause we got to go with an "escort" and go to school all fancy and pretend to be grown up! AAAAAHHH - memories. I think that the girls even had pictures taken that they email to us! I can't wait to see them.

Happy Love Day to me! What a sweet husband I have! This was a big surprise cause we don't usually do gifts on Valentine's Day.

Our special Valentine's Day dinner. We borrowed Grandma Rutu's china (yes we put it back clean and unbroken)and had plastic "wine glasses" with apple cranberry Martinelli's. We had pink heart shaped garlic bread, pink cauliflower and Veggie ravioli lasagna. It was delicious and fun! Brent liked the cauliflower as it turned out kind of neon.

And can't forget dessert. Candied pears with pink whipped cream and a chocolate heart. Super fun! It was a good day!

A New Bed!

So before we went to the hospital Aiden was on a great sleep schedule. He went right to bed in his crib at around 8:30 pm and slept all night. He also went down all by himself for at least one and usually two naps in a day. After being in the hospital and living with just me in Salt Lake he decided that he hated his crib and screamed EVERY time we tried to put him in it. Hence he has a new big boy bed. Full size spoiled big boy bed.

We went to all the stores in Logan debating on what kind of comforter to get him. i don't usually love the character theme rooms but he is so into Spiderman that I was caving. We found a set at Walmart but I really did not love it - Too primary colors and cartoonish. We were going to get him that one anyway cause we weren't finding anything else. The last store we went to was Bed Bath and Beyond and we found this set. I really love it and have grand plans for redoing his room sooner than later.

He looks like he is getting so big until we put him on this bed and then he still looks tiny. He has slept in his own bed for the past 4 nights and while he still wakes up at times in the night and yells for da da, we count this as a success. He is also taking naps all by himself in his new bed. At this point he is too nervous to get off the bed himself (although he can do it) which I think is great. I am happy sad that he is getting so big!

Bathtime!

So I know that he is really too big to be having a bath in the sink but when you can only have water up to you belly button the sink works great. Plus it is a smaller space and since he hasn't really been able to get in the water all that much it makes him feel less anxious about being in the water.

Of course we have to have Spiderman bubbles (thank you Grandma Ruff Ruff) and this time he really did not want to get out of the bath. He hates to have lotion put on him (thanks Uncle Jared :). We only do this about once a week when we change his dressing cause even though we put the Aquaguard on it still gets wet. Not good, unless you are going to change it directly after. Can't wait til the central line is out so we can do realy tubs!