Successfully Home

Nate was dismissed from the hospital earlier this afternoon. He is successfully home and doing great. Up walking and moving around as much as possible. He only walks for about 5 minutes and sits up for no more than 30. He can only lift a gallon of milk for at least 3 weeks. We are learning how to adapt and Elyse loves that he is home. She can't get enough of him. Constantly saying, "Dada" and reaching her arms for him to hold her. Unfortunately he can't unless he is sitting. Overall, I am so glad everything went so smooth and even more glad he is home. Thanks again for your prayers, now to a quick 6 weeks of recovery.
A special thanks to my mom for watching Elyse and helping out around the house and for my stepdad, Gary for letting us have mom for the weekend.

Successful Surgery

Nate's surgery went really well. He did great and everything went very smooth the doctor said. So, thank you for your prayers today! If you want to talk to Nate or see him here is his information:
-He will have his cell phone with him so you can always try that first
-Room Telephone #612-775-3778
-Abbott Northwestern in Minneapolis.
-Located in the Heart Hospital Section. (Take the heart hospital elevators to the 7th floor)
-Room #H7078

Prayer Request for Nate

Today at 1:00 p.m. Nate will be going in to have back surgery. Please pray that everything goes well, wisdom and good hands for the doctors and it to be an overall successful operation.

A few questions some people have asked us...
1. When did Nate break his back? Do not know, it's been hurting for a long time
2. How long is the surgery? 4 hours
3. Where is he having it done? Abbot Northwestern in Minneapolis
4. How long will he be in the hospital? 3-4 days
5. Does he want visitors? If you can come, he'd love to see you Sat or Sun
6. How long will his recovery take? approximately 6 weeks

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me anytime. God has his hands in this today and I am just trusting in Him that He will bring my husband home feeling like a brand new man.

Noisey Little Trouble Maker

So I have heard from many parents that when they don't hear their child they are most likely getting into something they are not suppose to. Well, like I have mentioned before Elyse loves to not be the norm...Elyse was playing in her room so I figured I had a few minutes to go put away some laundry in our bedroom two doors down. I continuously heard her talking and singing away, so I assumed she was fine. However, I realized her sounds were a lot louder than they should have been. So I put down the laundry walked to her room and was stopped in my tracks. There was Elyse getting into the toilet and toilet paper while still singing and talking away. I then decided I was going to have the "that's not a toy" discussion after I went to get the camera to capture my little trouble maker.

Fun in 90 Degrees

So there isn't much fun about the thought of being outside in 90 degrees. That is until you blow up a pool, block the sun with a shade, get a swimsuit on and jump in. Today hit the mid nineties and so we thought nothing would be more fun for Elyse than cooling off in a pool. The water was super warm but with her shade it was perfect. She spent a good thirty minutes playing and splashing as evident in the video. I finally feel like summer is here, yeah!

Special thanks to Elyse's Grandpa and Grandma Klauser for the pool!

Happy Father's Day

So I have heard many times from many different people that Father's Day is everyday. Even if that were true I still think fathers deserve a day to celebrate being dads to our children. Nate really is an amazing father! He is loving, gentle, fun, thoughtful, honest, a provider, and a very Godly man. I was super excited today to wake up to spend the day focused on him being Elyse's dad. The weather wasn't the greatest today but we did spend a lot of quality time. Elyse got to wake up Nate this morning, then we all went to church, spent the day playing, did a little shopping, ate some good food from Famous Dave's (Nate's request) and opened some gifts from Elyse to Nate. She got him the flash for his Nikon camera he wanted and a photo block so he could see her in many ways while at work. I hope Nate had a wonderful and relaxing Father's day. I love him with all my heart and I know for a fact his daughter does too! Happy 1st Father's Day Nate!!!

I also want to take a moment and wish my dad and Nate's dad a very Happy Father's Day too. We miss you both and hope you had a wonderful day.

Watches Dadda Every Time

So every few days Nate mows our yard. I really appreciate him doing it for a few reasons...
#1: it is something I really don't enjoy doing
#2: it enables me to get something else done, like blogging :)
#3: it keeps Elyse busy for about 20 minutes. See every time Nate mows the front yard Elyse watches him. She stares out the window, taps at it and/or screams "Dada" over and over again. I think it's incredible cute.
Thank you Nate for being an amazing husband who does the mowing chore!