Blakes Port is gone!

Getting his blood pressure checked before the procedure

So happy at 7am

Everybody was a little groggy

Cheering up!

Cheering up

And waiting for Blake

ALL DONE!

Family photo!

Where Blake's port used to be

Blake's Port

Being discharged

Getting in the van

Sleeping in the van

Blake (and the rest of us) had a very long day today.  We were at the hospital at 7am to have his port removed, which was scheduled at 9am.  The procedure wound up being pushed to 2pm, so there was a very long wait at the hospital.  Blake was great about it.  They had a computer there in the rec room that had some fun computer games on it.  Blake passed the time with that and watching a movie with Daddy. 

Mommy had to take the girls home for about 2 hours to take a nap, but was back in time for the procedure.  Blake did great, there were no issues, it all went very well and we were all excited to see the port. 

We are very excited for this chapter of Blake's life (and all of our lives) to be over!  We bonded a lot as a family through the cancer and the treatment, we are glad Blake came through on the other end with minimal side effects.  We are very thankful for the moral support we received from most of our friends and family! 

We are blessed with 3 healthy children and 1 health Mommy and 1 healthy Daddy! 
Feeling very thankful right now!

Volleyball for Epilepsy

Playing in the sand

Watching other people play volleyball

Alexia playing

Mommy and Daddy after playing

Washing off

At choir practice

Sisters

Braids!

We had a blast playing in the Volleyball for Epilepsy tournament!  It was so much fun!  We saw lots of people and had some good sandy fun!

The other pictures are from choir practice and from when I decided to braid Lex's hair while we were watching a movie the other day. 

Fun times!

Big Lake and our First Attempt at Homemade Ice Cream

Ready to go spend time with cousins

Playing

Watching the big kids play

 

Spinning with Daddy

Feeding the Ducks with her cousins!

Ready to make ice cream, we had all the ingredients!

Stir it up miss Alexia

Daddy pours it in the ice cream maker

Smashing M&Ms

Yum!

Briana enjoyed the show!

YUM!

YUM!

We had a fun filled day!  We enjoyed spending time at Big Lake with family, the kids (little kids and BIG kids aka the Dads), then we took a walk and fed the ducks, we finished it up by playing some more on the playground!

We then came home for dinner and to try out our ice cream maker.  We made vanilla ice cream with bits of M&Ms and boy was it delicious!  It was like a Blizzard, but better because we made it at home! 

Over all a fun and delicious day!

Happy Father's Day

Blake's Wellness Check-up

Getting checked in

Miss Alexia

Miss Briana

Playing with the "butterfly" in the jar

Playing hide and seek

Waiting for Blake to get back

Briana was waiting too

Playing outside

The kids with Mama Corinne and our friend

Scooters

Blake's monthly wellness check up went well!  He is 62 lbs and 3 ft 11 1/2 inches tall!  He is in the 85th percentile for height and weight in his age group!  He is still CANCER FREE!!!!  Very exciting news for us! 

His appointment went very well, all of his counts were good and he had his routine breathing treatment!  In a few weeks he will have his port removed!!!!  We are so excited!!

After the appointment we enjoyed the nice weather with the neighbors and Mama Corinne stopped by on her way home from work!  We love Mama Corinne visits!!!