Camden Joel Kaufman

Well he's arrived healthy and beautiful. His name is Camden Joel Kaufman. He was 8 pounds 5 ounces (yeah bigger than I thought he'd be) and 20 and 1/2 inches long. He was born on Monday afternoon at 12:14 PM. Everything went well with the c-section. I was much better this time recovering since I didn't go through hours of labor before hand like I did with Kendall. Speaking of Kendall she is so excited to be a big sister. She tries to share all her toys with him and doesn't quite understand that he can't do all the things that she can do. Hopefully she'll understand soon enough. We are exhausted and worn out which is to be expected but we are just remembering that it's for a short time and then it should get better. (It does doesn't it?) Ha. I'll talk to you all soon.

Baby Time!

We are heading in to the hospital this morning for my c-section. I was going to go in next week but I've been having some contractions throughout the weekend and am really uncomfortable so since this was when they wanted to do it anyways I'm going to go in now. So we'll keep you posted on the progress and pictures. I'll see if I can get Trevor to post some before I come home. Keep praying that everything goes smoothly. This is a picture of us from last time just so there can be a picture with the post. Ha.

Cookout at the Burns House!

We went for a cookout at Jake and Betsy's tonight. Jake's parents are leaving tomorrow to go back to Arizona. They've been here to help with Becca and Rachel while they figure out all this medical stuff. So that's been a huge blessing. We had a fun time though it got a little cold by the end of the night. It's feeling a bit more like fall around here the past couple of days. But I love fall so that's ok with me. Kendall and Becca were having a blast playing in the dirt and rocks. They were filthy by the end of it all. Here are some pictures from the night! Betsy caught me taking a picture of the group and decided to stick her tongue out and I didn't even notice until I uploaded the pictures. Ha.

Belly Picture

Alright already! Now everyone can stop asking to see a belly picture of me. Here's the big whale! Ha. Only about 2 more weeks to go and our new little guy will be here. I'll let you know when he arrives. It's scheduled for the 17th but we'll see if he stays in that long.

Daddy's Shoes

Kendall decided to try to walk around the house in Trevor's shoes this morning. She is a shoe girl but what girl isn't. We were at Target the other day and she sat down in the isle I was looking at shoes in and she took off her sandals. Then she proceeded to pull different shoes off the shelves and tried them on. It was so funny. They were obviously way too big for her but that didn't seem to bother her.

Fisher Price Toy Festival

Fisher Price headquarters is right here in Buffalo and this weekend is it's big toy festival. Kendall and I went with my sister today for a little while. They had a parade, a carnival, food, toy sale and more. We didn't last a real long time since it was like 90 degrees outside and I'm nine months pregnant! But we had a good time. Here are some pictures from the day.

Pranked!

Trevor has been working really hard on his Enemy Opposition truck trying to get it ready to get their own logo put on. He spent days now peeling off these striped stickers so that it was back to just a white truck. I woke up this morning and looked out our window and saw this. It was so funny. Some youth from The Hub had pranked us last night and put sticky notes and cookies all over it and also put some duct tape stripes back on. It was quite clever! Here are some pictures of it. I'll put a picture up of the truck when they get their new logo on it.

Kendall "Raggidy Ann" Kaufman

Kendall got this wig from a lady in our church. I hadn't put it on her until this morning when she found it in her room. I was laughing so hard. Of course Trevor and I had to try it on too but there won't be any pictures of that online! Ha. My family thinks that she looks like me in this picture which is rare since she is a split image of Trevor.

Artist!

Kendall loves to color! The hard part is to get her to color on things that are supposed to be colored on. Here is the cutest picture of daddy and Kendall coloring together before bed one night.

Erie County Fair

We have the biggest county fair in the country right down the street from our house this week. We went a few times but kept forgetting our camera but we remembered it tonight. All Kendall wanted to do is look at all the animals. However, she likes them from a distance and not too close to her. We went to the petting zoo, looked at all the dairy cows, saw the piglets and calves, sheep, camels, you name it we saw it. We also ate way too much food. But it was all worth it. Here are some of the photos that we got.

Becca Update

Here is the latest on Becca Burns. They finally thought that they had a disgnosis of Wilson's Disease which is when a person's body can't break down the copper in foods that they eat. So she hasn't been breaking down any copper which has been destroying her liver. So they started the change of diet and they were getting ready to start medicines and meet with the transpant specialist to see if she needed a transplant. Then on Friday a doctor called them that their doctor called for a second opinion and thinks that it could also be something else. So he wants them to come down to see him in Pittsburg ASAP to get come more tests to rule this other option out. So they are sort of back to square one but hopefully meeting this doctor and getting this final test will finally diagnose her disease. Second issue is that they got Rachels (their 8 month old) blood tested to make sure she was doing alright since it could be a one in four chance that she can have something similar and her liver enzymes came back high like Becca's did. Not quite as bad but they are concerned that she might have something as well. So needless to say they are at wits end and not knowing what to do next. Please keep praying for them and the girls. They are doing all they can to stay strong and sane but as you can imagine they are worried about the health of both of their girls. I'll keep you posted and let you know what happens in Pittsburg. Thanks for praying! Here is an older picture of the girls but Becca looks the same.

Kingdom Bound Update

Enemy Opposition had a great year at Kingdom Bound this year. They had some great demos with minimal injuries. Three of the guys shared their testimonies and gave a short message about Christ. We sold a lot of merchandise and everyone loved the new shirt designs that Jake made. We sold out of a lot of stuff so that was a plus. Here are some great photos of the event. Please keep praying for EO. They still have a lot of events this month and Trevor is getting pretty burnt out. But he also loves doing it.

Enemy Opposition

Trevor's skatepark ministry, Enemy Opposition, has a lot of events during the month of August. The guys are going to be really busy setting up ramps and riding every weekend. Take a look at their new website. It has a list of events, videos, pictures and more. Trevor has spent the last few weeks re-designing the website to look new and updated. Hopefully they will get an online store up again so keep an eye out for some new merchandise. Please keep EO in your prayers this month, that they will be safe during the events and that they will get the message of Christ across during their demonstrations.

Buffalo Garden Walk

Every July they have a Garden Walk in downtown Buffalo and it has the most beautiful gardens and flowers you've ever seen. You wouldn't think that you would find these kind of gardens in the middle of the city but they are there! Kendall loves smelling flowers and she was having a blast looking at the ponds with fish swimming in them. She wanted to get in with them and swim. Here are a few pictures of what we saw.

Kendall's horse!

Kendall got this horse a while ago but she has all of a sudden started playing with it all the time. She likes to eat snacks on it, watch cartoons on it, rock, and even tries to stand up on it which I have to always be telling her not to. She is becoming quite the little daredevil. She takes after her daddy.

Lift Concert

Trevor's band Lift played at this hot rod show at a church on Saturday. They did a great job. There wasn't a ton of people there but it was fun. My sister, Kendall and I went to watch him and Kendall was loving playing with the rice station. She was just about able to reach stuff so we had to let her stand on our purse and knees to be able to play with the toys. But she had a blast.

Our New Temporary House!

Well we are basically all moved in to our new house. The church is allowing us to move into the parsonage so that we can keep looking for a house to buy but not have to sign another lease for our apartment. It is really nice to have our own space with a lot of storage. We have a full basement with my own laundry. I was so excited the other night when I did all my laundry right downstairs and didn't have to bring it to my mom's to do or pay for it at my apartment. Kendall is adjusting well. I'm not sure if she gets that we are living here now instead of our apartment but I think she'll get used to it. Here are some pictures of it. Hope everyone is doing well. I'll post more soon especially since I finally have high speed internet and not dial up so it doesn't take near as long to post.
Kristy

Kendall's Bathrobe

Kendall loves her bath. We have given her a bath almost every night since she was born just as a part of her night time routine to make her more sleepy. We found this robe that I think we got for her baby shower and it fits her so good now and she loves to wear it. Also notice the hair is growing in! Maybe I can put it in a ponytail soon. Ha yeah right.

Here is a little update on Becca. They had their appointment to go over the biopsy results and the doctor said her liver is damaged about a 3-4 on a scale of 1-4 (4 being the worst) and also a 3-4 on the inflamation scale as well. But they still don't know what is causing it all for sure. They sent some results and more bloodwork down to Pittsburg to a liver specialist so now they are waiting on the results from that. The doctor here though thought that if it was caught and stopped here soon that she would go on to live a normal healthy life and that there is enough good liver still left to keep and regenerate. So I'll still keep you posted but keep praying that it turns out to be a good diagnosis or at least easy to fix.

Two different kids!

Kendall has been so funny lately. Some days she wants to be all dolled up with her hat, sunglasses, dress and purse. Then others she wants to be naked and jump all over things. It's so much fun to see their personalities come out and see their imagination work.

Here is the latest on Becca...quick history first. The pediatrician has been watching Becca's stomach because it has always seemed to be distended/bloated. So about a month and a half ago they did a ultrasound on her belly and found that she has an enlarged spleen and liver. So then they did blood work and found that her liver enzymes were high for like 4 weeks straight. So her pediatrician sent them to a specialist at Children's hospital and he wanted to do a biopsy to get more definite answers. Last week they did the biopsy and it went well. They get the results this Thursday and will know more definite answers to her problems. It's just weird because she is a perfectly happy kid who loves to play and be normal so you wouln't even know anything was wrong. So just keep praying. The biopsy doctor said at a quick glance at the sample it didn't look good and even mentioned the word transplant in a sentance so Jake and Betsy are a bit worried with good reason. So please keep them all in prayer. I'll try to get a picture of her up so that you can put a face to a name.

Trevor's Missions Trip

Trevor leaves a week from Sunday for England with 3 Enemy Opposition guys. They will spend a week in Stratford Upon Avon and another week in Birmingham at a couple of skate parks doing ministry. Please keep them in prayer. Also, please be praying for Jake as he has to stay home from the trip to take care of Becca (his 3 year old daughter who is having problems with her Liver). I'll post more about that tonight or tomorrow.