Kolbe's "new" slide!!!

This afternoon when we got home from mass, Kolbe set up camp beside the kitchen window, staring out in to the backyard and watching the birds. Being the "all boy" that he is, we decided to take him out back to play. I then remembered that one of our good friends gave us a Little Tykes fort/slide of theirs before they moved away from Lubbock. This was over a year and half ago when I was on 12 weeks pregnant with Kolbe! Since then, the slide has been hiding in the shed in our backyard waiting until Kolbe was big enough to give it a go. Mark and I pulled it out of the shed (after Mark warned me that I might hurt Reagan from inhaling the fumes from the rat poo in the shed...ha ha!) and gave it a good bath with the water hose while Kolbe and Uncle Dave looked on. Since the yard (and the slide) were now drenched, we decided to strip Kolbe down to his diaper so he wouldn't ruin his church outfit. Kolbe LOVED it! His cheesy little grin said, "I'm the king of the yard!" He proudly stood atop the "fort" and surveyed his domain. The only scary part was the slide, of course! He had to have either Daddy or Mama push him down, but as soon as he made it to the bottom, he immediately wanted to climb back up and do it again! It was so much fun for us to watch him with his new slide! He's growing up so fast!

"Look at me, everybody!"

"Don't let go, Daddy!"

"I love my new fort! Yea!"

One quick addition, we're so happy to announce that Kolbe's surgery has been rescheduled! He will now be having his palate repaired on November 7th (just one week later than it was scheduled prior to the hurricane). It will be at Shriners in Houston instead of Galveston. Poor little Kolbe will be in the hospital for his first birthday (November 9th)! But we are just so happy to be having it done before Reagan gets here, and we'll gladly postpone his birthday celebration a week so he can get this done. Heck, having this surgery will be the best birthday gift EVER for this guy! It will truly be life changing and we are so thankful for the Shriners' efforts to accomodate us and take care of Kolbe. Please pray for him and us as his surgery approaches!