Saturday, March 29, 2008

More pictures from the hospital...

These are in chronological order from newest to oldest...

Right before we left for HOME!

The tube is OUT! YAY!

He hated the NG tube...
Before he really started throwing up, he was looking like his usual self...playing with his favorite butterfly balloon...
Being a happy guy after surgery - unfortunately his tummy problems were about to begin...
Hanging out with mama...

Sleepy guy...

The surgery is over! YAY!
A picture of Chance's incision - it looks great, but is much bigger then we thought it would be!
Daddy and Chance, right before the nurse came to prep him surgery


Nurse Lisa giving Chance a bath...
So happy!

Taken right before we went on our walk around St Paul
Cousin Calvin came to visit!



BIG thanks to EVERYONE for their thoughts and prayers!

Checking out his new balloon...

Chance got some fun gifts! One of our first days at Children's



Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Children's Hospital...

We arrived at Chil dren's at 7:30pm on Saturday, March 15th. Here is Chance in his crib in our hospital room...
He has been awesome throughout this entire ordeal...

This provides a prett good view of his IV and line...
Funny mama!

Going for a stroll...

Chance is in the hospital...

As most of you know, Chance was placed in the hospital on 3/14/08. He went in for dehydration and a distended abdomen, and was transferred from Innovis in Fargo, to Children's in St. Paul. The whole story is told here...www.caringbridge.org/visit/chancelandstrom

Here are a few pictures from Innovis, prior to transfer...




These were all taken before his 2nd IV was put in.

Sunday, March 02, 2008

Kenedi's Baptism & other special pics...

On February 16th, Colin and Kahri had Kenedi baptized at the Catholic Church in Hecla. Erica and Kahri's brother, Kyle, served as Kenedi's Godparents.

Erica, Colin, Kahri & Kenedi, and Kyle (front l-r), Father (back)...
And here a few very special pictures of the kids with their Great-Grandparents (Dawn's side).

First up - Great Grandma Margie holds a smiling Chance at Kenedi's baby shower...
Then Great Grandma Marion takes a turn (also taken at Kenedi's baby shower)...
Then, Great Grandpa Bill and Grandma Margie sit with Brendan and Halle during Kenedi's baptism...
And finally, Great Grandpa Tom and Grandma Marion stopped by for a visit to Grandma Connie's house and we got a few good pictures. Here they hold a snoozing Kenedi and Chance...
And, here is a great picture of Great Grandma Marion and Chance...

New pictures...

Here are some shots from the past couple of weeks - Chance is growing like a weed!


Sleepy boy...

Over President's Day weekend, Chance got to meet his new cousin, Kenedi Mae! She's a total cutie!
Here are a few pics from yesterday... check out the shirt!


He loves playing with toys...