Well, Kenan is doing much better! He has been taken off all of the tubes and Libby and Cameron were able to hold him yesterday. He still has to stay in an incubator for periods of time to combat jaundice though. They said there is also a chance that they'll be able to have him moved to a closer hospital, which will make things easier. I'm not sure if Libby has seen Abby since Saturday, which I'm sure is hard on both of them.

In the Shirey house, we got through our crazy day of the week and I feel so much better! Yesterday I had my 6 week checkup in the morning, Nina had a half day, so I picked her up from school on my way home, did my running with her and finally dropped her off at 6, we picked Connie up at 6:30 and headed to our babysitter's and then small group. We finally got home around 9 pm. Apparently Corban broke down last night with the girls who were babysitting him for us. They said that he was tired and crying for his Daddy. He would get out the "Da" part, yawn, and then finish with the "Dy." I couldn't believe it then when he didn't fall asleep in the car, and I REALLY couldn't believe it when he woke up and fussed for the better part of the hour between 5 and 6 this morning. Caden went 7 hours last night, too bad it was from 7 til 2. I had tried to feed him at 10, but he wouldn't wake up enough to eat. Tomorrow is Corban's 18 month check up - the first one I'll have to take him to by myself because Johnny's staying home with the little one.

Today has been hard. Johnny has been around all day and both of the boys have been fussy and obstinate. Poor little Caden eats, screams for half an hour then falls asleep for about 20 minutes then screams for half an hour and so forth. I don't know what Corban's deal has been, but he's been a stinker. Sherry, he said "Bugga bugga bugga" this afternoon out of the blue - thought that was funny! I'm not looking forward to tomorrow either because I've got my doctor's appointment in the morning and I'm picking Nina up at school on my way home because they have a half day. We'll have both boys and I've got to get her taken care of, cook dinner, and take both boys to drop her off and pick her up at dance then come straight back here to pick Johnny up for our small group, dropping Corban off on the way. We'll see how this goes!

We did get good news about Kenan today. He is off of all of the breathing stuff! They're still feeding him through a tube, but I guess even that will be taken out soon if he can hold his own. He's got to stay at least a week in this hospital and then maybe more time back in Williamsport, but he looks to be out of the woods. We're not even going to try to go see him until he's home from the hospital and all of Cameron's family has left, but none of Johnny's family have seen Caden yet either, so we're looking forward to that trip.

That's all for today!

Today has been quite the day. Johnny left at 7 am to be at the hospital while Gail had her surgery. By 9:30 am I felt like I had lived a whole day! I got a lot done though, and both boys were really good. Corban actually used his sign to ask to eat today! He's known the sign forever, and he'll use it if we ask him if he wants to eat, but today he looked at me and signed "eat." It was right around lunch time and he ate a ton, so he knew what he wanted! I babysat a whole hour today. Mondays might not be worth my time, but it's too good of a job to be too picky. My boys are coming unglued - gotta go

Libby had her baby last night! He was 5 pounds and 7 ounces I think and somewhere around 19 or 20 inches long. His name is Kenan John (pronounced with a long e sound). As far as we know everyone is doing OK. We haven't really gotten to talk to anyone yet, we just got a voicemail giving us his stats.

Right now Johnny has Corban at Don and Bonnie's swimming and I'm trying to get everything put away from KY. Caden is crying in his bouncy - it's amazing what you're willing to let the second one suffer that you never would have with the first! He's actually been much more content lately and we're enjoying actually getting to know the little guy rather than all of the time praying that he'll go back to sleep!

Kim - I babysit a few days a week. The girls are 10 and 16 so I'm really more of a driver for them, I only work the days they go to dance classes. It's a pretty sweet job actually.

Hey guys, be praying for Libby and Cameron. She had to go to the hospital yesterday because her blood pressure was doing weird things. Anyway, they let her go home last night, but she had to go back today to have it checked and monitor the baby. When they checked it they kept her and Cameron has called and said that her kidneys aren't doing right either and that if things don't get straightened out they're going to take the baby tomorrow. Her normal doctor isn't here, so someone else is going to have to deliver and she's not crazy about that. The baby was going to be delivered October 1, so it's not too early, but still you never know. Anyway, be keeping the family in your prayers!

We're home! We had a great visit with Sherry, Kerry, and Carter last week. They took care of the boys so much for us, and even let me and Johnny have a date night - I think they were completely worn out after taking care of all 3 boys though! The three of them took me and my two boys back to KY and we got to see the whole family! We even stopped by Alicia's in Ohio on our way home yesterday so that we could see Annabelle for the first time - she's too cute! It was a long day yesterday by the time we had to stop by the outlet mall to pick up my cell phone that I had left there last Friday :) Then we went to Alicia's then we stopped at Cabela's and Cracker Barrel. It was after 9 when we got back and Corban went right to bed, but he woke up in the night and Caden didn't have the best night ever. Oh well, we're not making any plans for today. We've had great visits, but we're glad to be home and looking forward to getting into our routine. I start work Monday - hopefully all will work out with scheduling for that. Gotta go finish the cinnamon rolls - thanks S & K! :)

I'm having a great week!  Sherry, Kerry, and Carter got here Monday afternoon.  They brought lots of food so we aren't having to cook and I haven't changed but about two diapers since they got here!  Today we took the boys to the mall after naps and I think the plan for tomorrow is the park.  Corban tries to love on Carter, but Carter isn't too thrilled about that.  They seem to be having fun though, and Mama is enjoying the visit with the two best friends in the world!