Where The Wild Kearns Are

30 weeks and counting!

2011-09-07T22:20:00.001-07:00

As of right now I am 34 weeks but I started this post four weeks ago and the pics of me are from my 30 week mark! I have been feeling OK. I have tension migraine headaches that are giving me a lot of issues and no one has been able to help thus far. Neurologist - nothing, Massage - help with back and hips but not head, Chiropractor - has started to help after two months of visits!!! William and I are having a ton of fun shopping for this little girl and getting her room ready for her arrival!!!

Sex Party

2011-09-07T18:37:00.001-07:00

Yep, that's what I said Sex Party!!! We decided to have a surprise party to find out the "Sex" of our baby. We BBQed at the park and for dessert we had a cake made that was chocolate on the outside and either pink or blue depending on the sex of the baby on the inside! the ultra sound tech wrote the sex on a card and sealed the envelope. We took the envelope directly to the baker, so even we had no idea until we cut the cake!!! When people arrived we had them guess weather they thought it was a boy or a girl and then gave them either a tiara or a mustache to ware! It was so much fun to be together with everyone!!!

Summer in Seattle

2011-09-07T11:56:00.000-07:00

Summer finally arrived in Seattle so we have been spending as much time in the water as possible! We have had lots of fun building sand castles, riding the sea doo, swimming, and throw big rocks in the water! We also cooled off by floating the Carnation river!!!

Road Trip

2011-08-26T13:45:00.000-07:00

We decided to take a road trip to Cali. to visit my two sisters. Jen and her family live in Sacramento, while MM and her Family live in San Diego. We also wanted to squeeze in Sea World and driving along the coast to see the giant red wood trees!

Baby on Board

2011-06-24T22:10:00.000-07:00

We are so excited to be finally adding another addition to our family! We found out 6 weeks into it that I am pregnant!!! As of 6/24/11 I am 14 1/2 weeks along, due December 21st and feeling great! (Other then the fact that I will most likely be in the hospital on Christmas!) I am hoping for a girl, Will is hoping for a boy and William still has no clue whats going on!!! Will and I are happy for what ever God blesses us with! We gave William a little doll to play with so I could work with him on being gentle and things of that nature but Will has informed me that William is not going anywhere near the baby because he thinks its fun to throw his doll off the deck!!! He will be three by the time the baby gets here so there is still time to work on him! If you have any suggestions on ways I can teach him, let me know!

Walking

2011-04-07T10:17:00.000-07:00

April 1st was a new beginning for me! It was the first day in 4 months that I was allowed to walk! I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't as painful to walk on like it was after surgery #11. I am on restriction for a few months as Dr.B doesn't want me to over do it and since that's one of my many middle names I am not allowed to do anything but walk short distances! I am perfectly content just being able to walk around and care for William! I know the last 4 months have been the hardest on him and he seems to be really happy that I am walking and able to hold him and carry him around!!! Physical therapy is going well and I have more strength then expected but my one leg is much smaller then the other!!! Its kind of funny looking! Luckily the weather is still bad enough to ware pants!

Surgery #12 and #13

2011-03-01T16:00:00.000-08:00

Surgery #11 was a flop! Dr. Badger drilled some holes into the end of my bone to try and get the cartilage to heal itself but that didn’t work because my knee is just too damaged!!! After waiting 11 months to make sure it really didn’t work. December 1st, 2010 was surgery #12. I had a knee arthroscopy where Dr. Badger took some cartilage tissue out and sent it to a lab where they used my tissue to grow more cells. February 4th, 2011, Surgery #13 Dr. Badger and Dr. Boyer sliced open my knee about 4 inches! They sewed a patch over the defect and took all the cells the lab had grown and filled in the hole in my bone. I am 6 weeks down with two more weeks to go until I can start walking!!! It will be a long 2 year recovery before I can be really active again but we should know in about 6 months to a year if the surgery worked or not!I posted some pictures of my surgery below just be warned they are NOT for the faint of heart!!!

PROCEED WITH CAUTION!!!

This is a picture of the hole in my bone. There should be soft white cartilage covering where the hole is!

This is a picture of the doctors preparing my new cells!

This is the finished product! It doesn't look a whole lot different but by now my cells have started attaching and growing!!!

Happy Birthday William!

2011-01-20T12:19:00.000-08:00

I can't believe my baby is TWO! As I reflect on the past two years I cant help but smile at all the wonderful times we have had together as a family! William is smart, sweet, gentle, and loving! I enjoy being at home and watching him learn new things everyday day! I love his sweet smile and all the hugs and kisses he offers throughout the day. He loves cars, trains, airplanes and balls. He loves to play with everyone and on a nice day run around outside! He loves the water and I am hoping he will take after his mother and be a swimming superstar!!! He is growing like a weed and is at the top of all the charts. Since Christmas he has rocketed into the world of words! He is already saying so much and is adding to his vocabulary daily!!! My dear sweet William I love you so much and hope you always know how much you father, mother, and all who know you cherish every moment with you!!!

Here are some pictures from the month of January which was spend celebrating Williams birthday!!!

Enjoy!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

2011-01-10T21:04:00.000-08:00

December was a busy month for the our little family! I had more knee surgery and am on crutches for several months. I was able to get out to see Handel's Messiah and Beethoven's 9Th symphony with Michelle and Danielle! Will had his tonsils removed and was off work for practically the whole month. We did make it out as well as had a fun murder mystery party to celebrate Will's birthday. William was board because Mommy and Daddy didn't feel like doing much! we did make sure we went to the ward Christmas party and we drove around a lot looking at Christmas lights! We flew to Dallas to spend a week at Christmas with all of the Kearns clan which is always a blast! Wills sister and I even pulled off a fake fight in front of everyone. We toured the new Dallas cowboys stadium and we got to walk out onto the field where the team just happened to be practicing!!! Obviously we stayed to watch the cowboys practice for a few hours, (since Will is obsessed with them!) and then hit SONIC on our way home in honor of Carrie's (and Kate's) birthday! William loved ripping all the wrapping paper off the presents but really could care less about the actual presents until all the wrapping paper was out of sight! We had a quit new years at home with just the three of us. We celebrated N.Y. time and went to bed early!
We hope this post finds you well and that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and was able to reflect on the true reason for the season, which is Christ our savior! Happy New year to you all and may God bless you and yours all year long!!!

Michelle and Danielle having fun at the cheesecake factory

Danielle and I goofing around after Beethoven

Will and I standing in the same place Tony Romo and Jason Witten get naked before the game! (I think I liked that fact more then Will)

We were on the sideline watching them practice!

The Flight home with an awesome view of Rainier!

Happy Thanksgiving

2010-12-01T18:31:00.000-08:00

I have been taking my camera with me wherever I go so I can capture the beautiful colors of the season!!!I love watching the trees change all different colors!!! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Sam n carries hill had tons of snow on it so we went sleding all morning and then we all came back to our house for to have dinner with my parents. As usual we all over ate and ended up all crashing out for a little while before Chris n Molly, Dave n Audra and there kids showed up for games and my favorite PIE!!! I am so thankful for my family and friends who have made my life better!!! Happy thanksgiving to all of you and may God bless you!!!

ROOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR!

2010-11-15T15:41:00.001-08:00

William had a blast going to our next door naighbors to trick or treat! Our street gets loads of kids and he was really enjoying running around with some of the other kids from our naighborhood!!! Next year we will have to do the whole street!!!

Its finally complete!

2010-11-10T13:34:00.000-08:00

I painted our main bathroom a few month ago but haven't had all the right accessories until now. I got the color from the oops paint section at lowes and after deciding to use it in the bathroom (believe me it was a hard decision!!!) I chose black and white accents! enjoy!

I hate October

2010-11-02T14:08:00.000-07:00

The only reasons why I like october is because its my birthday and halloween! The reason why I hate october is because everyone in my life who has join our father in heaven have all gone or so it seems, in the month of october! I lost a friend and two relatives this month!!! ('m not even going to list past years!) I guess its fitting with Halloween and death being intertwind, why shouldnt people die around the holiday celebrating death?! Although for me death is not the end its just a gateway to bigger, better, and brighter things! God is real and his eternal plan of happiness is one of the cornerstones in my life! I feel the love of those who have gone before me daily and I know they are in a better place and that when I return to my Heavenly father they will all be there with him welcoming me home!!!

This is a picture of the Manti temple on the way to my cousins funeral! It was amazing how it was dark and cloudy everywhere except where the temple was the sun was shinning!!!

Camping

2010-09-02T22:06:00.000-07:00
The Kearns and Hall family got up bright and early one Friday morning and headed east over the mountains to Cle Elum. We played on the throwing rocks in the river, floating down the river, slip n slide, went for a leisure bike ride, canoeing around the lake, and of course huge fires for smores!!! The boys played all day together! Of all the things we did do over the weekend the boys favorite thing to do by far was throwing rocks in the river!!! We had a blast with the Hall family and I cant wait to go again!!!

Father son camp out

2010-07-07T14:58:00.001-07:00

Will decided to take William to the father son camp out with our friend Kevin and Williams best friend Clark. After convincing myself that it was OK for William to go overnight, in the woods, with Will I decided to have a nice shopping adventure at the mall. While I was there all I could do was think about my boys and how much fun they were having without me that I broke down crying in the middle of the mall! A stranger stopped to see if I was OK and sheepishly explained that I was going through withdrawals from my son. Then I got up and hurried away! I decided to get a blizzard and watch AVATAR from the comfort of my couch. The boys had a blast! William and Clark had a contest to see who could get the dirtiest the faster and loved throwing rocks in the river! They played on the big toys and the swings all before bedtime! They did the same thing all over again in the morning before heading home to me who was pacing by the front door! Next time I might have to just happen to be in the same place at the same time!!!

Like Father Like Son!

2010-06-29T17:47:00.000-07:00
Wills Mom (Donna) likes to share a story about Will when he was little. He was a great escape artist, especially at night when they were trying to put him to bed. She would place him in his crib and hurry out of the room like all mothers do. Before she could make it to the bottom of the stairs he would climb out of the crib and be sitting at the top of the stairs laughing. Fortunately for me my son hasn't learned how to completely climb out of his crib yet!!! He does have his own unique was of escaping...I really hope he doesn't try it when we are not around! My favorite part of the whole thing is that he is almost laughing to hard to even do it!
ENJOY!!!

I want to ride my bicycle...

2010-06-14T15:46:00.001-07:00

I want to ride my bike...I have started riding my mountain bike in the mountains!!! I know crazy but I am having tons of fun!!! Will, my brother Dave and nephew Drew are teaching me lots and we have been on some crazy trails and I didn't break anything!!! AMAZING!!! Its great exercise and my knee feels ok doing it!

Color #2

2010-06-04T14:32:00.000-07:00

When my fabulous Aunt Alaina was in town I asked her to help me since she is an awesome decorator and shopper! We took on the major project of my living room. there are still a few things I would like to do but for the most part its done and looks AMAZING!! We bought a bunch of throw pillows and one of them was the perfect color for the walls. I took it in to Lowes and they stuck the pillow in this scanner and came out with the perfect shade of brown. It goes great with the yellow and the rest of the decor! We also bought some wall decorations and some new curtains with rods!!!

What do you think so far?

Thats the awesome pillow!

Basketball!

2010-06-04T13:31:00.000-07:00
After having Surgery #11 I decided to swear off all sports and anything else that I might hurt myself doing! Basically I had become a shut in!!! Then my brother Sam brought me back to reality like he always does and practically forced me to start playing wheelchair basketball with him. I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT!!! Its really hard and I suck really bad but its a ton of fun, good exercise and I get to hang out with my brother two nights a week. Sam is ridiculously good and they usually end up double or triple teaming him which doesn't do any good because he is so freaking tall that he just flicks the ball up and of course it goes in!!! I am slowly improving and with any luck will be ready to compete in the fall. I am slowly coming back out from being a shut it or whatever you want to call this funk I am in. (and I'm sorry to all of you that has found it hard to live without me. Lol!)

Here are a few photos of me and Sam at practice!

Tulips

2010-05-04T09:56:00.000-07:00

Growing up I always felt like I had a deep appreciation for Gods creations. I love nature and all there is to see! Wills parents came up for a visit and we decided to take them to the tulip festival. It was towards the end of the festival so a lot of the flowers were gone already but what we did see was amazing! I took several pictures of each flower! There is still so much I have not seen and God is still creating! How can I ever keep up with all he has done and continues to do?!

Enjoy some of my pics!

Moms Surgery

2010-04-14T11:34:00.000-07:00
Mom had a total hysterectomy last week with lymphnode biopsy's to make sure the cancer did not spread any farther then her uterus. Everything went great and the surgery didn't take as long as they thought it would!!! The doctor was very happy with how things went and they sent her home the next morning! She is doing great and all the biopsy's came back negative which in this case is a good thing!!! lol Moms is doing really well and is very happy with her progress. The only bad news from all of this is mom is allergic to tape and the steri strips gave her blisters all over her stomach!!! She is feeling better and better everyday and I am relaxed and happy that my mom will be around a while longer and I don't have to say goodbye to her just yet!!! I love you mom!!!

What color...

2010-03-30T14:48:00.000-07:00
I have been trying to decide what colors I want in my house. Its hard trying to plan the future and know exactly what you are going to like or want in your house. At least I finally picked a color for the kitchen. Its bright yellow and very cheerful! It reminds me of my Aunt Shana. (Yellow was her favorite color) I still have no idea what the rest of the house is going to look like but for now I am happy the kitchen is finished!!!

If its not one thing...UPDATE!!!

2010-03-30T12:42:00.000-07:00
So after a few weeks of dealing with doctors we have some better news! My knee is slowly feeling a little better! William is still limping around every now and then! Wills Mother is feeling better and is all clear! The doctors did a bunch of tests and were happy to find nothing wrong with her pancreas, which is were the concern was!!! My Mother has uterine cancer which apparently is the best kind of cancer to have and is usually taken care of with surgery. Her procedure is scheduled for April 6Th, at 4pm. She will recover a day or two in the hospital and then get to go home!!! Wills motorcycle is totaled and he wont be getting a new one anytime soon! He is feeling batter and better everyday! It is looking like it will be a happy Easter after all!!! (Now if we can all just stop passing these stupid colds around.)

Ticket

2010-03-08T09:30:00.000-08:00
Saturday was my brother Dave's 40Th birthday!!! We had a lot of fun but we missed the ferry we were trying to catch so we headed north to catch a different ferry. We were running a little behind so we were praying we would make it on time! We had been in port orchard all day and I was tired so I wasn't paying attention and I didn't realize a cop was following me for over two miles counting all the traffic infractions I was committing! 270$ later...OUCH!!! I didn't talk the rest of the way home! I hate getting in trouble and I hate cops!!! The guy was such a douche!!! The moral of the story is plan ahead so that when its time to leave you are ready to leave and give yourself extra time to get to the ferry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IF ITS NOT ONE THING IT ANOTHER...

2010-02-23T16:18:00.000-08:00
WOW how can I sum up the past few weeks! I have really bad arthritis in my knee and will be hobbling forever more! I am allergic to tape so when one of my incisions opened up there was nothing that could be done so I now have a small hole in my calf!!! William thinks hobbling is normal so he has started walking like his mother. I totally got a video of it!!! Wills Mom is having some testing done to figure out why shes been sick, so please keep her in your prayers!!! My Mom is having OBGYN problems and is having surgery to see if she has cancer, so pray for her too!!! I can think of anything else except for Wills motorcycle accident yesterday!!! HE IS FINE (thank heaven) and the motorcycle is ok but honestly I dont think I can handle anymore issues in my life so forgive me if I become a shut in!!! The family that limps together stays together!!!

I love my son!!! He is ssssoooo much fun!!!

New Career!!!

2010-01-27T20:32:00.000-08:00

I always said I would never get married and now Will and I are coming up on our five year wedding anniversary. I always said I would never have kids and now our family just celebrated Williams first birthday!!! I never wanted to be a stay at home mom until now. My last day of work was friday, january 22nd!!! WWWOOOOHHHHHOOOOO!!!!! Dont get me wrong, I love what I do and i will miss it! Most of all i will miss working with my adopted dad, Dave Badger! We had so much fun together telling jokes and playing pranks on eachother!!! I have the worlds coolest son and I love spending every minute with him! The past few days have been so much fun! We wrestle, play with his toys, go for walks and my personal favorite snuggling!! Some day I will start working on my other homemaking skills but for now I am just enjoying the amazing sweet spirit of my son!!!!

Surgery #11

2010-01-27T20:27:00.000-08:00

I know its hard to believe that I have had 11 surgeries now but it is true. I've had two on my broken leg, two on each of my knees, gallbladder, and three shoulder! The latest is a third on my right knee. What was sup post to be a big bakers cyst (which can easily be removed) turned out to be terrible arthritis!!! Basically I have really old knees and my life style will have to change drastically so I can postpone surgery as long as possible. On a lighter note when I woke up I was covered with tattoos and stickers literally from head to toe!!!

New Year Resolutions

2010-01-10T14:37:00.000-08:00
One of the gifts that Will and I gave each other this Christmas was a membership to a gym. Naturally one of our resolutions this year (I'm sure along with everyone else) is to get into better shape and to lose the weight!!! For the last two weeks we have been making an effort to work out every day or two and I must say its hard work but I feel better and better everyday!!! I was thinking of doing a before and after picture but I'm pretty sure none of you want to see either of us in our underwear! So just enjoy the pictures that are already posted and I will post others as the year progresses!!!