Nana's Visit!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mommy's LOVE!

What a crazy Daddy!!!!!

Wow! Look at Nana hit the ball!!!!

LOVE my bike!!! Thank you Nana and Papa!

So sweet!

hahahahaha

Cute :)

Collin, Mommy, Great-Grandma(Nana's mommy), Nana

Great-Grandpa

Zoo...

FUN!

Collin’s had his ups and downs this summer but nothing we can’t handle. He got his central line taken out about a month ago and has had a trip to the hospital due to dehydration since our last update. Other than that he’s been having a great summer!

The sweetest little boy!

Collin feeding his baby!

...and himself!

Collin and his new bear! He loves him!

Collin giving bear kisses

Feeding bear too!

Hugs for bear and baby!

Collin and Mama

Collin and his favorite bear!

There was a time when I thought Collin's head would never be the same size as bear's head...now its bigger!!!!hahaha

Hugs for bear and pup-pup!

Sooo sweet!

He's sooooo cute!!!!!!

Collin getting himself ready!

LOL!! He's so much fun!

Collin smelling the deodorant... His newest “thing” holding his nose when something doesn’t smell good!hahaha

Collin insisted on wearing his boots!

Collin reading

Collin and his Heidi!

Collin's been doing great! He's been going up on feed everyother day (goal is 80mls per hour, he's at 75mls). We should be getting his central line pulled out this coming Tuesday! Other than that nothing new, he's loving summer and we all are looking forward to Ohio and Uncle Ry-ry's wedding! Keep praying for him!!! It's working :) Love you all

Ashley came to play!!!!!

Pampering our selves!!!!

At Matty’s squadron’s bbq

Omaha ZOO!!!

Ashley's favorite picture!!!!

She just had to ride it!haha

Sooo cute!

What a good Auntie!

Max got in on the camera fun!

Ashley would throw the ball then would have to dodge the ball!

I love this picture!!!

Super models!

Thank you for coming to see me, Ashley!!! I'm going to miss you!

Ashley, thank you so much for taking time away from your precious angel to come see us! We loved every second of you being here!!! Can’t wait to see you…hopefully soon!!!!!!

Collin's doing GREAT!!!!! Surgery’s cancelled!!!! WOOHOO

Elizabeth and baby Lane

Mr. Prez and Mr. VP!!!haha

Collin and Kolton insisted that you wear the masks on your tummy! NOT your face!haha

So sweet!

Love my little man!

Collin LOVES the elephants!

HEY! Look at the camera!

Collin’s doing soooo great! He’s back to pooping 5-6 times a day. We don’t know for sure what changed but I think the Lactobacillus overgrowth followed by bacterial (mainly e-coli) overgrowth followed by c-diff was too much for his intestines and may have caused both dilation as well as poor motility…but who knows maybe it was prayer!!!!!? Anyway, surgery has been cancelled and we are working on getting Collin off fluids and being able to pull the line. Wow! Wonder how many times we are going to go down this road!!!!? Hope everyone is having a wonderful week! Can’t wait to see our Ohio family in June and Nana the end of this month!!!!!! Love you all sooo much and keep the prayers coming!

Poo-poos!!!!

Guess what we’re starting…AHHHHHH!!!! I wasn’t going to “push” the potty training issue because of the short gut but when Collin started saying “Mommy, poo-poo’s!” then would poo we figured we better start! Wish us luck! Oh! PLEASE say an extra prayer for Collin’s friend Kolton, they just found out that if he doesn’t start going up on feeds ASAP then he’ll be placed on the transplant list. xoxoxo

Happy Days!

Collin and his "best bud" Tanner!

Collin likes to call Tanner "Nanner"!

Daddy and Collin on Easter at the base Easter egg hunt

Collin's second year HATING the Easter Bunny!

Collin wanted to go to the park and play!

Collin and Kolton aka Mr. Prez and VP of the short gut club!

They were sooo cute together!

Sooo sweet!

PLAY BALL!!!

Baby Lane stayed over for a night! Collin is going to make the BEST big brother!!!!

My favorite picture of the boys!

Please tell me the fake smiles stop soon!!!!!!!

Collin LOVES his house!

...and so do all of his friends!!

Can't wait to put water in the water table!

OMG, we had to run around the Omaha Zoo while Collin chased peacocks

Heidi couldn't stop laughing!

Collin wanted to jump in with the sharks! ahhh

Collin and Mommy in the VERY HOT jungle!

hahaha, Collin was mad because there was a leaf on the ground at the Zoo!!! He wanted it back on the tree!

Collin was mad that he couldn't go back into the dark cave that he was SCREAMING to get out of!haha

Heidi and Collin

"Jump!"

He learned how to drive his tractor! Bad idea!!!

Brayton

This picture should be last...it's from today! 4/18

Collin driving Kolton around!

Another fake smile!!!haha

Yummy, chips!! Oh, and if you look close they are both spitting the chips out everywhere!!!

We have been making the most of each day!!! Collin's been feeling great and so we wait...

Collin got a new line today.

Unfortunately, Collin needed to get his temporary line out and have it replaced with a permanent line due to his upcoming surgery. He was such a strong little man today! Collin started his day out at 5am! He was soo hungry due to not being able to eat after midnight (since he was going under anesthesia) the thirty minute drive was filled with questions about chips and fries!haha After getting checked into the hospital we went back to the pre surgery waiting room were Collin screamed “WALK” for about an hour(it was lots of fun…NOT!). The anesthesiologist was AWESOME!!!! She took such great care of Collin; she even gave him some “happy medicine” before taking him back to the OR!!! After Collin started feeling the medicine our (Matty and I) nerves were put to rest! Collin was filled with giggles and laughs, next time I’m bringing the video camera!haha Anyway, the placement only took about an hour and he recovered very fast!!!! Thank you for your thoughts and prayers! I will update the blog tomorrow with pictures!!!! Didn’t get a chance to download them all today because we had a BBQ with Kolton and his family!!! Love you all!!!!!!!!