HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY KEEGAN

keegan's birthday cake.










keegan after having cake shoved in his face by mommy











keegan before cake in his face












keegan and Meme






Keegan's Monkey!!!!







We had Keegan's 1st birthday party at the moore library. we had so much fun.. Keegan really liked his cake... ( i helped him by putting cake in his face) he just laughed every minute of it. he had icing everywhere but we had fun. he got lots of wonderful toys to play with. here are a few pictures. keegan has blessed us so much we could not even tell you.. oh ya we are totally bottle broke... no more bobbie!!!!! yeah.......... i still can not believe it has been one year. my baby is growing up...

Keegan 11 months old

Keegan's pictures for his 1st Birthday.. we took them down town at the Myriad Gardens.. Our wonderful Friend Melicia did them. she did a fantastic job. i still can not believe that it has been almost 1 year. this month is a very exciting month for us. starting with Oct 1st (my birthday) and the day we were called to ask if we had a profile book. i was very hesitant to show because of all the past....i just did not want to get hurt again. we had faith that if this was the baby that God wanted us to have then he would be ours... we called the agency on Oct 2ND i took our profile book to them and they showed it that next day they called and said the birth mom wanted to meet w/us so that Saturday October 4Th 2008 we met with our Birth mom. She is an amazing woman and has lots of courage and she did the biggest selfless thing that a person could do. we thank her everyday in our prayers. we met with her several times before Keegan was to be born. we were not sure of her actual due date but we knew it was in October. i went to doctors appointments with her and was greeted by the nurses very nicely. although we did not like her Dr... (sorry wont give name) he did not believe that a baby should be given up for adoption. well we got our call while at judgement house at our church that she was admitted to the hospital and that they would call once she was closer to delivery. i was a guide so i did not get the call my wonderful husband did. everyone i seen said you need to find your husband.... not telling anymore.... well after the last group which i took through Judgement house i found Brian and he told me the news i about hit the floor.... we called on our way home around 12:00 am and they said go home get some rest we will call you when it s time. well we get home put stuff in the car and just as we went to get in bed the phone rang... she was at 7 and we needed to come... so we went on our way to the hospital when we arrived she was at a 10 not long now... well keegan tried to come before the Dr arrived... this was the best day ever... we had our tiny son in our arms. well Keegan will be one at the end of this month and he is walking, talking and into everything... major climber..... i hope you all have enjoyed our story.. we love you all and thank you for all your prayers....

love

the Schultz family

keegan 10 months old

keegan has grown up so much since he was born 10 months ago. his smile just makes you smile. he is the perfect baby. he is almost walking he has gotten brave and let go and took off but after about 7-8 steps he stops and give you the look like what am i doing... he weighs 26 lbs 30 inches long. we are excited about his birthday party in october on his birthday. he is a little climber he climbes on everything he can possibly climb on.

love

schultz family

3 years ago

it has been 3 years since we lost the first baby we were going to adopt. it has gotten easier since we have keegan now. on 7 -27-09 it was a rough day for me but i have a precious baby boy now and i would not trade him for the world. God's plan is amazing. there are days i still wonder how he is what he would look like and is he loved by the family he is with. but i know that he is a child of God and he is being cared for. i just thank God for Keegan and pray for Ayden all the time...

tricia

9 months old

well Lil man is 9 months old and counting.. he has learned he can stand on his own but has not tried to take a step yet... he is so cute... he has this cute little giggle... Brian has been home with him for the last couple of weeks in between school semesters and they have enjoyed themselves. he is talking away. he thinks he is king of the house... he loves to stand on the love seat and play he thinks its funny. he loves to sit in the desk chair and turn he just laughs.. he will sit and watch sports it is so funny. well we go on Tuesday for shots... i hate taking him for shots. i know they need them but really do they have to hurt so bad... he has started laying his head on the floor or on a pillow when he is getting tired. we have started planning his 1st birthday party.. we are so excited but sad to see our little one turn a year old...

keegan 8 months old

at the zoo with my cousins.... having fun sitting on the baby elephant

promoting Johnson and Johnson baby lotion.....

sleeping so peacefully

getting ready for bed can't you tell?

he is growing up so fast i can not believe he is almost 9 months old. he is trying to walk. he loves food. planning his birthday party for the fall already.. this is hard....

Brian has made it through 2 semesters of school... yeah and he is doing great.. thank you for all you prayers.

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KEEGAN'S ALL BETTER

well we had a tough time finding out what was wrong with out little man but he is all better once we got the right medicine. he is a happy baby again. he is pulling up and walking along everything. we have a swimming pool in our back yard now and he loves the water. he does not want to be in the baby rings that you are supposed to use. he wants to be out and in the water with Brian and I. he is growing up way to fast. we have our 2 bottom teeth and we are biting... any idea's how to get him to stop biting??????? he weighs 24lbs and is growing. he is almost as tall as my 2 year old niece Hailey. it is so cute when they are together. well have a great weekend. we have 2 baby showers and lots of stuff to get done this weekend.....

have a safe 4Th of July everyone.....

the Schultz family

keegan home sick

well we have been back and forth to the Dr for about a month now. we have had some breathing issues and stomach issues. we have started him on a nebulizer every 4 hours and he hates it. he is so strong and it is so sad to have to give them to him but it will make him better. the Dr said on Friday that our little man has asthma but it may go away as he gets older but its all in gods hands so we will see. we went out to the Zoo this last weekend and he had fun. we put our pool up last week and got in it yesterday for the 1st time and he loved it. he is trying to help me type. i will post pictures soon.

we made it home safe

we had a great time on our first family vacation. it was a long drive to Tennessee but we had fun. keegan did really well in the car he slept most of the time but he watched Elmo the rest of the time. we left here on Thursday around 1pm and got there around 930 that night. well we are all good. we went and had keegan's pictures done today they are so cute...



Tricia

going on our 1st family vacation

we are leaving tomorrow afternoon for Tennessee to visit some friends. we are excited about the vacation. we are praying that Keegan does well in the car. We are hooking up the DVD players. we are so ready for time away. pray for a safe travel there and safe back.

please pray for the rains family. Christy spoke w/the Dr when i was there and he said that she is on bed rest and staying the in the hospital until baby London is born the Dr really would like to keep baby London in the womb until 30 weeks which will be Wednesday. well i will update w/pictures and about christy and baby London as i find out info..


the Schultz family

sick baby at home

Keegan has not been feeling well we have made several trips to our family dr but she said nothing was wrong he was just congested and for us to watch it. well the past couple of weeks we have decided to switch dr's. we are seeing dr sigler at baptist... thank you Lori..... over the weekend keegan started running a low grade fever and was really cranky... not at all like my baby.. so i called monday and made dr appt. brian took him in and sure enough he has another double ear infection and his congestion has gotten worse. we are some new meds so please pray that this will work.

we stayed in most of the weekend and all day today. brian stayed home from school with him. Brian is such a good dad....

we go back to the dr on May 7th for our 6 month shots...

oh no,,,, my baby is growing up way too fast. we are six months old and we weigh 21lbs and 14oz.... can not wait to see how long we have gotten. well hey enough for now.. baby is sleeping so i need to do some house work and the check book...


tricia

keegan is rolling everywhere

Keegan has the rolling game down to a "T".... he is all over the house under the couch. he has started pulling the blankets over his face but as soon as he does he cries for help... he is holding his bottle all by himself. he is getting so big so fast. he tries to crawl but have not succeeded at that yet. he loves his jumparoo.... we have been busy with life...Keegan weighs 20lbs 7oz at his last visit. we are ready for our vacation in may... we are planning to go to Tennessee to see some friends of ours for memorial weekend... we are excited to have our first family vacation.. well see how he does in the car for an 8 hr drive...

Brian's sister Brenda will be having her baby in may she is on bed rest baby Jonah is trying to come already she is 34 weeks just a few more before he can officially come and be okay... say your prayers for her....

glad it is warming up outside. i can not wait till we can go to the park and zoo and its not windy cold or rainy...


summer is coming....

Tricia

LIL KICKS DAY HAS ARRIVED!!!!

WE WILL CELEBRATE APRIL 1ST FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES.. WE FINALIZED TODAY.... I KNOW WHEN WE GOT THE CALL I SAID ARE YOU SURE... THEY SAID WE ARE NOT TRYING TO TRICK YOU THE JUDGE SIGNED OFF ON THE ADOPTION TODAY.... WE ARE SO EXCITED. WE ARE GOING TO REMEMBER THIS DAY FOREVER. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THE DAY HAS COME.... MY BABY BOY IS OFFICIALLY OURS AND NOTHING CAN EVER CHANGE THAT. WELL HEY JUST WANTED TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS...

LOVE

THE SCHULTZ FAMILY

keegan is teething

keegan has two front teeth coming in... yeah... we are preparing for his 1st easter... what to do or not todo.... we are going to buy our 1st easter outfit this weekend. on sunday at church we are having a huge easter egg hunt for the kiddos. we are excited. we will post pictures later

Keegan rolled over for the 1st time

keegan is almost 5 months old. i can not believe my baby is growing up so fast... he was at my best friends yesterday and she called me at work and said guess what your baby boy just did.... he is spoiled so no tellins... she said he just rolled over all by himself from his back to his belly... yeah but sad cause i missed his 1st..... well he would not do it last night when i go over there to pick him up..... well tonight while i was cooking dinner sure enough he rolled over again and i still missed it brian's dad seen it this time.. so i got the video camera out and waited him to roll over... battery was dead!!!!!!! so i ran back to the bed room and got the camera charger.... i finally got it on camera and got to see my big boy roll over.. we are finally starting to feel better... yeah... we have missed a couple of weeks of church and have not done much..


thank you for all your prayers

love
the schultz

okay we still have not finalized

we got a new judge and per the adoption agency is not sure how he wants to handle his cases. this has been a real struggle for me because we are ready to be done with the adoption agency. we found out some news last week that was not good. the news does not have anything to do with finalization or the adoption.

please keep us in your prayers...

Happy St Patricks Day

Happy 1st st patty's day little man,

you were so adorable in your little green outfit today. Keegan has been really sick he has thrush,sinus infection and an ear infection.. Lets talk about getting sick all at once... i am just really glad that we did not get the medicine for his thrush that turns his mouth purple.. that would have freaked me out. he has no voice he only has a squeak... it is so sad. i hope he feels better soon. we are excited about our finalization..... thank you all for all your love and prayers.....you all mean the world to our family!!!!!


love
the Schultz

count down to finalization

we will have our finalization on wednesday march 18th 2009. we are so excited to be able to truly now that nothing is going to change or happen after wednesday..we will celebrate " little KIKS day each year on the same day...." keegan is trying to crawl but not there yet we just scoot backwards. we are offically teething and he does not like it... we just want to say thank you all for all your prayers love and support during this time..


love ya

4 months old

i can not believe keegan is 4 months old. we went to the dr and had his shots on march 4th .. i have to say i dont like watching him get his shots. we have all been sick.. we are all getting better. we have all been really busy. we are starting to count down for our finalization.we are so excited to have this all complete. will post pictures more pics of my little man. we are planning a trip to jenks soon.


love ya

pictures from sunday

mommy giving her precious baby kisses





keegan and the big brown puppy the only way we can get him to enjoy tummy time with out crying.....

mommy and daddy playing with baby

daddy and keegan ... what are they up to?

keegan in the bath tub.. what a cute baby...

i will post more pictures later...

HAPPY LATE VALENTINES DAY

Happy late Valentine's day Keegan and Brian.. i just wanted to say that I love you both with all of my heart... You are the two best men in the world. I thank God for the both of you everyday.. thank you for always being there when i needed your love and support the most Brian.

love ya

carseat issue solved

okay we have been having car seat issues with Keegan. He does not like the car seat at all he screams the entire time he is in it. well we broke down and bought a portable DVD player for the car and he is quiet in the car.... we can have a conversation with out talking over Keegan crying... He loves moves with lots of color and movement...

i can not believe he is going to be 4 months old soon. he is trying to roll over and sit up. he loves to stand up on mine or Brian's legs or tummy.. Brian has been doing crunches with keegan at night.. keegan just laughs and has a good time.. it is so cute to see the two of them together...

we are praying for warm weather!!!!!

Go Sooners!!!! beat Baylor and OSU!!!


love ya all

MY BEST FRIEND IS MOVING HOME!!!

my best friend and her girls are going to be moving home on feb 9th 2009.. we are so excited that she will be moving home. she will be caring for Keegan during the day while i work and brian goes to school.. we are so thankful for her and her friendship. she has rented a house right around the corner from our house... she will be close and we can spend time together...well hey i guess i gotta get ready to leave...gotta go bath the baby..

3 MONTHS OLD

i can not believe Keegan is 3 months old. The time has really gone by so fast. we are having a blast with him. he loves music... we are so thankful that there is christian baby music.. he loves listen to the music in the car and at bed time. he is such a good baby. he will sleep for about 7 hours at a time if not more. we have been so blessed to have him with us. we are so excited that we only have a week until our last visit and then the big day at court. i am off today to take care of lots of things that need to be done. i have my niece Hailey with me today also. she just loves Keegan. she is trying to help me type. we took Keegan to the OU Womens game last night vs Tennessee at the ford center. he just watched and laughed. he is a true sport. we can not wait till this summer when we go the Zoo and other places. we are planning our 1st family vacation...

it has been nice staying home

i have been off work since Monday afternoon because of the weather... i have enjoyed every last minute of being home with Keegan.. He is just growing.. i just love to sit on the floor with him and watch him play.. i know i have the new mom syndrome.... i love to watch him sleep and everything that he can do.. i can not believe his is almost 3 months old. He is getting so big.. we are preparing for the spring.. i am getting ready to start spring cleaning... watch out Brian and Keegan... i do this each year to get rid of the clutter that we have obtained the previous year... i hope that everyone has enjoyed being home with their families these past couple of cold days... that is all for now.. i am baking cookies!!! yummy!!!

love ya

more pics of keegan playing

Keegan playing on the floor under his toy.. he is just starting to like these kinds of toys....










daddy and Keegan in the snow.. Keegan is sleeping..










Keegan sleeping in the snow like the angel that he is












mommy and Keegan
jan 28th 2009










Daddy and keegan

Keegan's 1st snow

we have all been home the last couple of days. the wonderful snow and ice.. we have enjoyed every minute of it.. We took Keegan out to play in the snow today but he was sleeping... sorry... the pictures are so cute... he has learned to hold on to the rattles and play.. i think i have a lefty...... well here are some pictures from the last couple of days of us being home and playing with Keegan....

keegan

Keegan is feeling much better thank you all for your prayers... Keegan has discovered he has a voice and he loves to be vocal. he is not so sure about tummy time yet. he will sleep on his tummy but does not like to lay on he floor on his tummy not even propped up. so we only get little tummy time but we love our back.. he is kicking like crazy and laughing and smiling and just having fun watching basketball on TV. we have taken him to a couple of the OU Men's and women's basketball games and he will just sit and watch as if he really knows what is to be happening. we are ready to have our last visit with the adoption agency that will be on Feb 13Th 2009.... what a day that will be.. also its the day before Valentines !!! being a mom has changed me in good ways. i thank God everyday for the sweet baby boy that he has given to our family. He is incredible.. he is growing like crazy and most of all he is a happy baby. we are excited that Keegan is loved by everyone!!! and is completely spoiled rotten. He is still not to crazy about the car seat not sure how to make him happy there???? any help any advice??????


well hey we are going to do more pics in February so look forward to those...

Keegan has gotten to meet the Paris twins that play for ou women's basketball !!!! GO SOONERS BEAT TEXAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they play them tomorrow in Norman!!!

love and prayers
the Schultz family

2nd post placement visit

we had our 2ND post placement visit last Wednesday and it went great. we only have one more in February and then we have our finalization!!! we are so excited about that day.

after our placement visit we went to the ou women's basketball game and took Keegan to his 1st basketball game ever. he did really good with all the noise. we had some older ladies sitting behind us who he liked to look at. keegan met Boomer at the game and he did not cry.

sorry for all the updates today. we have been really busy with Brian starting school my sister having her baby keegan's shower and just life.


love the Schultz family

pics of keegan 1-6-09

Keegan starting to cry because he's tired









okay i am really tired








daddy and keegan!!!











keegan

more shower pics

Keegan's shirt from Nicaragua that Granny Sheila got for him. this shirt traveled along way for this little boy

Brian and i before the shower started. Rachel and Hagen getting ready for shower to begin
Rachel~ thank you for writing down all Keegan's gifts, friendship,love and encouragement that you have given to our family over the past 8 years

Lori saying a devotion before the shower started and the prayer. thank you Lori for all your love and encouragement.


















Keegan's room with all his gifts from the baby shower.. We have lots of work to do!!!!!

Keegan's baby shower

Brenda & Marrisa with Baby Keegan









The Beautiful table our sunday school class did for our family.







Baby Keegan's decorations









The Wonderful cake that says " Keegan Welcome Home"

thank you Christy it was perfect








Keegan's table of love

baby dedication pictures

Keegan's Baby Dedication at our church on January4Th 2009











Brother Danny Prays for Baby Keegan and Baby Presley another baby being dedicated to the Lord on the same day and she was a month older than baby Keegan








Brother Danny Announcing Baby Keegan a long awaited gift from God..







Brother Danny giving us Keegan's gifts