Photo Archive 2


Kellen loves to play chef!	Here Kellen adjusts the TV so it's just right!	Kellen plays with a toy while visiting a toy store with his buddy Jack.

Today is Kellen's first birthday! So many things have happened since we last updated this page so we'll try to capture them all. First, over Thanksgiving, we visited Grandma and Grandpa Hall

to celebrate their 50th anniversary.

Kellen was quite the hit and had his cousin Katy fawning all over him. We then had a great Christmas although Kellen was not quite sure of what was happening. He received plenty of gifts so he did like that part.

Kellen tries to figure out how to unwrap (156kb)

Over New Year, we visited Grandma and Grandpa Bluestein in Tucson. They had arranged a very nice get-together with many of their friends only to have Kellen come down with a terrible temperature of 103. He was lethargic and did not desire to meet anyone which

One of his better moments on the trip (105kb)

resulted in everyone passing around a picture of Kellen vice risking the potential projectile vomit. He felt so bad the next day we actually took him to the

emergency room at the hospital where the medical staff was able to finally control the fever. We picked a small window where Kellen felt well and flew back to the D.C. area.

Kellen has been quite active as he crawls around and he occasionally will walk a few steps. He mastered the art of climbing the stairs and has become quite inquisitive. There is nothing free from his probing destructive technique.

Kellen makes his first snow angel (88kb)

It snowed a little in January so we were able to let Kellen play outside a bit. You can tell he's loving this.

Kellen passed his annual physical with flying colors and is now awaiting flying lessons. He vows to start those as soon as he can walk.

Kellen was baptized today in Emmanuel Episcopal church. He officially became a lamb of God. Here he is with Mom and Dad and Reverend Dan Eckman.

October 17, 1999

We made the trek to the pumpkin patch in Centerville yesterday and got some really great photos of Kellen in his pumpkin outfit.

October 03, 1999
Kellen just completed his 6 month check up where he weighed in at 18 lbs 6 ounces and measured a whopping 26 inches. This information has been forwarded to the WBA promoters so they can enter it on his fight card. He has recovered nicely from the terrible cold he had but is going through the throws of teething. The joys never cease. He continues to wow the ladies where ever he goes. That's all we have now. It has been a slow week so check back!

In a startling development, the otherwise indefatigable Kellen Connelley Bluestein was taken down by the lowliest of human viral syndromes - the common cold. Rumors had circulated for some time - fanned by cynics of the great one - that he was merely mortal; a claim disputed by Keith and Trudy. The situation appears to deal a shattering blow to the supporters of the superhuman theory and provides concrete evidence that Kellen is indeed a man vice machine. In secretive deliberations continuing sporadically throughout the night, Keith and Trudy tended to what has to be assumed to be the normal symptoms of the common cold (e.g., runny nose, cough, etc.). Details were sketchy but the occasional screams emanating from the guarded fortress were believed to be a result of prodding with a machiavellian torture

device. Sources close to the torture were brought to tears when describing the bulb-like device that apparently is inserted into the nostrils. This is apparently followed by a noise similar to suction. It is unknown just what the intent of this torture was but witnesses did note that the screams moans and labored breathing ceased for some time following the ritual - only to repeated hours later in what can only be described as a crescendo of agony. Daylight offered little insight into the horrors of the night before. When Kellen emerged for the day, he appeared to be happy and playful to outside observers. Were the reports single-sourced, one might be suspicious. All information was corroborated and only time will tell what, if any, emotional damage might have been inflicted while Kellen battled this heinous foe.

Kellen just got a new playpen yesterday . He preferred the Fisher Price Oskosh B'Gosh

model so how could we refuse? We also go him a Per Perego high chair that has thrilled Trudy to no end. Kellen enjoys sitting in the chair and it is just hilarious watching him sit in it as he tries to look so adult!