owen with meg

liv was a beautiful flower girl

owen walking his aunt nat nat down the isle

a tired "wedding guy"

It has been so crazy around here these last couple weeks. Nat and Dom got married on Feb. 19th. and i have to say that i'm so proud of my little owen for being the best "wedding guy" ever. the "wedding guy" is the name that owen gave himself and it fit perfect. in case you don't know what a "wedding guy" is it is the most important job in the wedding.....walking the bride down the isle. there is only one other person that could of done this job, but owen was the only one perfect enough to do it in his absence :-) he gave his aunt nat nat a kiss and uncle domo a high five and when the reverend said who gives natalie to dominic he said "i do" loud and clear.....it was so sweet!!! it was the best night and i'm so happy for my sister nat and my new brother-in-law dom. it was bitter sweet not having my dad there and seeing all his favorite people without him but his spirit was definitely all over the place.

starting Sunday evening we noticed that owen wasnt feeling so good and felt like he had a fever. this continued off and on thru out the week. i kept him home from school just in case it was the flu but my gut was telling me it was his kidneys. on Thursday he seemed to get worse and stopped eating so when nick got home with him he checked his temp and it was 102.5 so he took him to the ER at Children's Mercy. and just like we thought he had a Urinary Tract Infection so they sent us home with a antibiotic. he seems better today and got his appetite back. now we just have to keep our fingers crossed that this goes away so he can still have his surgery on the 10th. which by the way is 12 days away....the count down is on. i'm getting a little bit nervous :-/ owen hasnt had 15 different surgeries but the last one was in 2006 maybe 2007. i'm not quite sure which one was exactly the last one but i know he couldn't walk, talk, or sit up. so what makes me the most nervous now is that he can look at me and tell me he doesn't want to do this or that it hurts and what am i suppose to say back???? :-(

nick got word this week that was approved so far for the "kidney swap". he just has one more test, a CT scan, which will be march 11th. the day after owens surgery.

even when he isn't feeling so good he is still so cool . we had a b-day party to go to tonight and before we left he asked me to spike his hair.....gotta love his style!!!!!

b-day pics

here's pictures of the birthday boy!! he loved his cake!! we had a great party and a great weekend!! nick went to the hospital today to start his evalution to be the kidney donor. we won't know for sure if he will be approved for about 3-4weeks but they said so far so good!! yay!!

21 guns

tough friday again. i took owen to the urologist today to discuss the results from the tests last week. i hate to say that it was bad news because i guess it is what they have to do to make things better but it wasn't good, or least it didn't make me feel good just really scared and sad. march 10th owen will have surgery to remove the kidney that isn't working and use part of it to make a tube that will connect his bladder to the outside of his stomach. it will give him a belly button like stoma that will be used to drain his urine thru a catheter. and it will be permanent. the catheter wont stay in all the time and he will still be able to void thru his pee pee but he will have the stoma for rest of his life. it is about a 4-5hr surgery and he will be in the hospital for 2-3 days if he recovers well. the dr still has to get in ok from the kidney dr and kidney surgeon but if i don't hear from him it is on for march 10th. i called nick as soon as i got to the lobby were i get cell service and then cried on the way to the car because i wanted to call my dad :-( when we got in the car green day 21 guns was on the radio and owen was singing word for word....i had no idea he knew that song and it made me laugh and smile, he's good at that!!!

now for some great news!!!! my little bitty man Noah turned ONE on thursday. i can't believe a whole year has gone by. that little guy has brought more love into my life than i ever thought a third child could. i love every second with him and look forward to seeing many many many more years with him. Happy Birthday Noah!!!!! I post pics of him this weekend. oh yeah, he is walking every where!!!!