Some pictures from today July 19th

Kianna checking out the mobile


Kianna laughing bored with the mobile


Kianna looking at mommy

Oh Happy Day

Big Thumbs up for taking Kianna home....Man why can't I ever keep my eyes open :-)


Grandma Smith getting Kianna all juiced up for the ride home

Boy it sure is tiring taking care of Kianna

Grandpa Smith catching some zzz with kianna


Mom snoozing with her baby girl


Kianna telling daddy to wake up


Kianna asking dad when she can go home

Visit from Sandi and Family

Aunt Sandi checking out Kianna's hairdo


Cousin Steven giving a big thumbs up


Cousin Madalynn laughing at all of Kianna's funny faces


Cousin Rebecca wondering if Kianna will fit in her baby stroller


How many people does it take to put on a colostomy bag? Hmm

Some missed pictures

Daddy and his Girl


Talking to Grandma


Hanging out with Grandpa


Checking out the room with Grandma





Warning!!! Not for the Faint of Heart

Below is a Picture of Kianna after her surgery, so if you do not think you can handle the picture please do not scroll down.

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Kianna after her operation

Update on Kianna

All the Trimmings
Grandpa Smith
Grandma Luba

So our baby is doing good. She did end up having Hurschprungs Disease. So, today July 13th, our little girl went into get part of her intestine removed. Our little one is doing okay she came back to the room wide eyed wanting to know what in the world just happened to her. She is hooked up to a bunch of cords and all the trimmings. She will be in the hospital for another 5-7 days. So in three months well be back at the stollery to get the two good parts of her intestine put back together again.

We want to thank EVERYONE and I do mean EVERYONE that lifted my family and Kianna up in there prayers. We know that the Lord definetely had his hands on our little girl this afternoon. And I know that he has his angels watching over her while she sleeps.

Some Pics of Kianna in the ICU

Aunt Sandi
Aunt Chelsea Sweet Dreams
My little asian beauty
Aunt Kyla

Update on Kianna

Well, the last few days have been a bit rough for Naomi and I. For some of you that dont know, Kianna was admitted in the Children's Stollery Hospital Intensive Care Unit at U of A on Sunday. It turns out she was distended: Intestinal obstruction involves a partial or complete blockage of the bowel that results in the failure of the intestinal contents to pass through.

She hadnt pooped since she was born so we were a bit concerned. We had a health care nurse come to visit us on Sunday and she told us to immediately go to the Stollery Childrens Hospital. We are very thankful that she told us that. When we got there the doctor told us it was either Hirschsprungs Disease http://www.pullthrough.org/Hirschsprungs.html or a Meconium Plug Meconium plug syndrome, also termed functional immaturity of the colon, is a transient disorder of the newborn colon characterized by delayed passage (>24-48 h) of meconium and intestinal dilatation (see Image 1). Contrast enema demonstrates the retained meconium as a filling defect or plug (see Image 2) that produces a double-contrast effect. Small left colon syndrome is a subset of meconium plug syndrome in which an enema demonstrates an apparent transition zone between the dilated and the normal-to-decreased caliber distal colon at the splenic flexure.

If it was Hirshprungs then that would mean surgery and if it was the plug then it would just take time to get here bowel going.So thats pretty much the scoop. It looks like its just the plug since Kianna is bottle feeding today the 27th. They are going to observe her over night and then make a decision if she needs surgery or not.

Anyways, I know that a lot of people are praying for her and Naomi and I would like to thank all of you for that.

New pictures

Cousin Madalynn
Grandpa Smith
Grandma Smith
Cousin Rebecca
Cousin Steven

Happy Birthday!!!! Kianna Marie Dechtiarenko

Today my daugther Kianna Marie was born at 2:15pm. She is a beautiful baby girl

WE STILL BELIEVE

Here is my contribution to the Oilers. This was done for Game 7.







Naomi and the baby are showing who they are cheering for in the Playoffs. GO OILERS GO !!!!!

P.S. This was taken two days past her due date.

A day over due

Updated picture of Naomi 1 day over due. Heres hoping for tomorrow or even better sunday for fathers day.

Updated Picture of Noah's Ark

So heres the finished picture. Naomi still has to do a second coat. But its pretty much finished.

P.S. Seven more days till baby is due!!!!!

So, Saturday and Sunday I had a soccer tournament. It wasnt really run to well. Alot of shady business if you ask me. But, my team the Strathcona Terriers ended up taking 2nd place. The Team we played in the final was a bit younger than most of our players. I guess we are getting a bit old. Anyways we didnt lose any games until the final, which I guess was some consolation. Heres a Picture of some of us with the trophy, some of our guys had to leave. Let me just say that I am dead tired from the 4 games in two days.

Naomi's new project

So Naomi and I couldnt decide on what to do with the Baby room. So she decide to do a Noahs Ark picture. My wife is so talented. Its going to look awesome when all is said and done.

18 more days till baby is here. I can not wait.

Our trip to Whistler

Mom and Dad with alyssa
Naomi and Alyssa

Joe and Alyssa

Picture of Naomi

Thought you would like to see a picture of Naomi's belly.

Trip Continued

We all got a kick out of this one. Gizmo, during one of our daily walks saw some cows. And well he wanted to show us all how tough he was so he started barking at the cows and well take a look at his back and how all his hair is sticking up. We had to capture this moment on camera.
Dad Smith fly fishing.

Our Trip to Pasqua

We (Naomi, Gizmo and I) recently went up to Pasqua to visit Mom and Dad Smith. This picture was taken from there porch. Can you see how peaceful it is there.

Picture of the cabin from the dock.

Gizmo checking out the dock seeing if he could catch some fish.