Happy Birthday Kaylee Rae

When the doctors told me that Kaylee would have to wear a brace for 3 months I thought everything was falling apart and my daughter would never recover. It was a very hard time for our little family, but here we are and everything is just the way it should be. Kaylee is going strong and showing me everyday that the brace was easy compared to what is to come. Pre-school is next and then school. She missed the cut off by 5 days but that is OK I want her home another year. My sister Alicia is a Kindergarten teacher and she has already said "Please don't be one of those Moms" I can't help it Kaylee is my baby. If anyone knows my Kaylee they know she is one of a kind. She has so many people that love her and we are very lucky to be her parents.

Daddy and Kaylee

The first time I saw my little 5 lb miracleKaylee at Grammas

Kaylee and her Best Friend Dawson


Kaylee getting ready for Gymnastics

He finally figured it out at 15 1/2 months

Happy 4th

Hope everyone is having a good day today. The Maxwells are just hanging out at home playing, eating good food and gearing up the big show in the sky tonight. Its always a fun night in Battlefield on the 4th of July. Everyone is out and I mean everyone in the neighborhood is just having family time and enjoying the show.

Follow up on Hunter

The surgery went well and the doctors think he had this mass since birth. One of those medical mysterys. Hunter's grandma Cindy said everything went as good as it could. Hunter is in ICU and his family cannot see him till tomorrow. The mass was sent off for some test to make sure there is no cancer.

Hunter

Eric has a fellow co-worker and good friend, Cindy, that has a 3 year old grandson by the name of Hunter. Hunter has been very sick. They thought he had the flu and has been sick at his stomach for several days. He started to do some things that was a red flag to his parents so they toke him to the hospital. He has a mass that is blocking his small intestine. Cox is sending him to the children's hospital in St. Louis. This family is very scared for their little Hunter. Please pray for the surgery he will have to try and remove the mass and pray there is no cancer. We should know more by this evening or tomorrow morning about the surgery.

What we have been up to.....

We have just been busy enjoying life. These pictures are from Mothers Day and it was a really good day. My kids got me a recordable card and Kaylee recorded a message in it for me. It brought tears to my eyes and pulled at my heartstrings. It was the best present of the day. If you know my Kaylee she is a very sweet, loving, innocent little girl who thinks everyone is as good as gold. I don't ever want her to know any different but that is not quite how life works unfortunately. Kaylee is done with soccer and it was a success. It toke her a little time to get warmed up at the games but once things got going she was right in there with the others kids. Eric and I were proud of her because she is very shy and she did better than we thought. I think we will play this fall as well. Spencer is trying to walk. He can he just doesn't realize it. If he would just let go of everything he pushes around he would realize he is walking. He can stand up in the middle of the floor and stand up without holding onto anything. So we shall see in the next couple weeks if he gets brave or not. He loves to sing and we can't understand a thing that comes our of his mouth but we know he loves to talk. Spencer is a very busy little boy very curious about things with buttons like the computer, telephone and remotes. He also loves to get in my cabinets. At the end of the day I feel like the only thing I have accomplished is that I kept my house from falling apart and Spencer from hurting his self from everything he gets into. This summer we are going to go swimming and do lots of playing. I love being with my kids everyday it can get crazy but it is where I want to be. Eric is busy at work as usual but he is working a lot less and we keep him busy at home. Nothing new in our lives just the everyday stuff like everyone else. Our vacation was good. Eric and I had a really good time and can't wait to go on another. We both agreed we a looking forward to taking our kids with us. We loved getting away just the two of us it was well deserved for Eric. He is so good to his family. Working at the job he has so I can be home with the kids and coming home and doing what ever he needs for the family and never saying a word. He is a great husband, father. Andy and Erin we here over Memorial Day weekend and they were doing well. They we glad to see the kids as usual and we all had a really good visit. Moved Amanda over the weekend as well. She is now homeless. She will be leaving for Japan in about 3 weeks. We are now getting ready for a benefit yard sale that we will be having in Cabool on June 6th. Everyone has been so nice to donate their things therefore there is going to be alot prep work. Busy, Busy, Busy. Goodbye for now!

Vacation

We are having a great time but missing the kids. Kaylee and Spencer we miss you. The ocean is beautiful. Kaylee there are lots of sea shells on the beach that we have gotten for you. We are glad you are having fun with everybody back home. Visit this link and the password is Virginia to view some of the pictures we have taken so far.

Maxwell Family Vacation

Grandma Edith

If you visit my blog today go to my cousin Melissa's blog Heartprints (on my sidebar). There is a short story about my Grandma. She is ready to go HOME and it is a hard time for all of us who love her and remember the strong women that she was in all our lives. I have the memories Melissa wrote about but I also have many from when I was young. I spent alot of time with her in the summers when my parents were at work. I can see those days so clearly and I smile because they make me so happy. I have been very lucky to have such loving strong forgiving women in my life like her daughters Judy, Betty, and my mother Nancy. These women are as strong or stronger than her and have raised beautiful families. Pray for them because there is no love like a Mother's. I did not realize how important the roles of Grandparents are until I had children of my own. They teach your kids so much more than you do with their unconditional love. They have stories to tell and lots of fun to be had. Their house is so much more fun than yours and Grandma's ice cream even tastes better. Read Heartprints!

Happy Birthday Spencer Boy!!!!!!!!!

My favorite picture

Today was a great day!!!!!!!! We celebrated Spencer's birthday all day. We started out with presents and cinnamon rolls then we ended the day with chicken nuggets and an art project at firehouse pottery. Now the kids are sleeping soundly. We had a party over the weekend with family and I really enjoyed the party. Spencer had a great time and he got so many nice gifts from everyone that came. Thanks to all. Spencer has been feeling under the weather for some time now so we have not been able to get his pictures, but I have them scheduled for the 3rd time so we shall see. Kaylee started soccer last Friday and we are supposed to have a game this Saturday, but it could get snowed out. I will post her schedule another day. Enjoy the pics from the day and his party. Good night. Kerry

More Birthday Pics

at home today

party on Saturday

Praise

My niece Madison has a appt with a Pediatric Dermatologist at the St. Louis Childrens hospital on March 26th. Everyone keep your fingers crossed that the doctor can offer some help to our sweet Maddie-girl. Great thing is they told Alicia probably would be June but when she called back to schedule an appt they had an opening come up in March. God is always listening!!!!!!!!

Female Drivers....Sooo Funny

I am sure all the female drivers in the Delaney family can relate!!!!!!!!!!

Baby Caden

This is baby Caden and as you can see Kaylee is very proud of him. She takes better care of him than her little brother. I love watching her enjoy someone else's baby so much. It shows how caring she is. Caden is so good and he makes the cutest faces. I am slowly getting the hang of 3 kids but today I tried to put Caden's pacie in Spencer's mouth and I threw away a spoon. I am getting there. So far I am only watching him 2 days a week but in about 3 weeks I will watch him everyday for about a month.

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Happy Valentines Day

Spencer 1st Valentines Day

We had a really fun Valentines Day. We spent the whole day just being together and enjoying our kids. For breakfast we fixed cinnamon rolls and for Dinner we fixed up a homemade heart shaped pizza. It was yummy and so was the annual chocolate covered strawberries from the candy house that Eric got me. It wouldn't be V day without them he gets them for me every year. Enjoy the pics from the day!!!

New blog to follow

My sister-in-law sent me the new blog that is posted to the right of my page called Readelife. Please take time to read this family's journey through their pregnancy with twins. The husband Chad works at the same medical center as Erin in Nebraska. This is a very touching story and it really puts things into perspective for me a mother who has had 2 beautiful healthy babies. You never know what can happen when you start having children you can only pray that God will keep them safe, and to trust that he does have a plan for your children. This is a true example of 2 people keeping their faith fixed on God and always looking up for comfort. Good night

The cutest kids in town. Enjoy!!!

a little snack after playing in the snow

First adventure in the snow

Spencer not so happy

Happy Kids!!!!!!

Cutest kids cont.....

Our Guitar Hero

Look at my BIG blue eyes!

Kaylee is very Creative

Spencer favorite way to fall asleep

Getting over the flu

Well Spenc had the flu for the 1st time. It was the stomach kind. He got it on Monday while we were in Houston and he is just now finally getting over it. I hate having the flu with a baby because they can't tell you anything so therefor you never know when they will get sick. So I sat with him in my lap with old towels around us for most of the afternoon on Monday. So far no one else has gotten it so keep your fingers crossed. That could be due to the 2 bottles of rubbing alcohol that my Mom and I sprayed in a 2 day period. All is well in the Maxwell household. Kaylee is at Parents Day Out right now so Spencer and I are getting some stuff done got up around the house. I am going to start watching a sweet little baby boy on Feb. 16th for 2 days a week so I have to stay got up. Goodbye for today.

Its a new year.....

Its a new year and time to start fresh with some things, like my Blog. I must keep up with it and I am going to work on making it more interesting to visit. So keep checking. I hope everyone had a good Christmas. We celebrated for 3 weeks straight. It was so fun to watch Spencer learn how to unwrap presents, he definitely needs more practice. Kaylee still doesn't like Santa which is Ok by me. She had a great time getting all the things she thought she needed. Eric and I had a wonderful Christmas too we both enjoyed time with family and we got a few things on our want list as well. The year has already been eventful. Kaylee got back in her schedule of Gymnastics and Parents Day Out. She is now thinking she might like to play T-Ball again. Spencer is 9 months old and I am already starting to think about his Birthday. He is really getting big and he finally stoped doing the army crawl. I guess he decided he could go faster crawling normal. He is pulling up and getting more teeth. He can clap, say Dada and Moma, and get into everything he shouldn't. Eric is still just plugging away at work everyday in hopes to move him and his staff to a better office soon. He is not working as much overtime and it is nice. We are going to go on vacation this year in April. We are going to Williamsburg Virginia and Virginia Beach. Eric and I never got to go on a Honeymoon and then came Kaylee and Spenc so we are really looking forward to this. We have our flights and where we are going to stay. I will have to post what we will be doing when we get to that part of the planning. We kind of know but we have to work out a schedule that will fit into 7 days with some time to relax. The kids and Griffin will be staying with my Mom with lots of help from other family. I am a little nervous about that but I know they will be getting spoiled and thats Ok, because they are being loved. Our pastor and his wife left Sunday for Texas to see family before leaving for Africa. We are really going to miss them. I have had the pleasure of being around their family twice. Once when they lived in Houston and then here in Springfield and they are special people. If anyone is interested in following their blog it is on my toolbar. Amanda went to school in Michigan and she has a lot to do before she leaves for Japan. Her blog is also on my toolbar. Pray for Jim and his family, they have a big job ahead of them. Pray for their safety, they are going to a part of Africa where AIDS is very prominent along with creepy crawlie things that are poisonous. Pray for Amanda as she prepares for her journey and being away from friends and family. Pray for Eric and I we are not sure that Hamlin Baptist is where we need to be going. We both want to see Kaylee be more involved in a preschool group at church that has more activities for her age. Eric and I need more young married couples to share christian fellowship with. It is a hard decision because your church is kind of like home-comfortable. I guess that should be a sign because Jim always said we should never get to comfortable and when it comes to serving we will always be out of our comfort zone. So we shall see what the year brings for all of us. Goodbye for now.