Well I tried to get a good picture of the boys together in their matchin easter sunday clothes. As you can tell I couldn't get one with both of them smiling and looking at the camera at the same time. I guess the bottom one is the best of the three. They were so cute Sunday. Jacob got a hair cut as you can tell from the last picture I posted. He does great sitting pretty still for Granna while she cuts his hair. I cannot believe my baby boy is about to be 4 years old in 5 months!!!
Wow how time flys!!! I am in shock at how quickly things seem to go as I get older. It seems like just last week I brought Jaron home from the hospital struggling to feed him and getting no sleep. The sleep is a little better and we do still have some feeding difficulty but he is getting so big so fast. I can't believe we are about to go for his next surgery in 17 MORE DAYS!!! He is right on the verge of crawling. I will post pictures when he masters it. Thanks for everyones prayers. Gotta go he's waking up for a bottle.
Here is a picture of the boys this morning all dressed for church. They have a few matching shirts and we like to dress them the same. Wow Jaron looks so much like Jacob. We are counting down the days until surgery. I know this recovery is going to be harder. He didn't wear the arm restraints as much this time because he kept his fingers out of his mouth and I watched him closely. But the next surgery will be external and I think he is going to want to itch and pull at the tapes he will have to wear. So the arm restraints will most likely be very necessary. We'll see. Jaron is gaining weight good too. He was 18 lbs. about 2 weeks ago. So he is almost average now. He isn't quite used to his palate yet. When something touches it like food or biter biscuit he gags so it will take some time for him to get used to it I guess. Anyway, thanks for reading and keep him in your prayers.
Well Jaron is growing so big I think he will be catching up with his brother soon. Jacob hasn't gained much weight in the last year. He can't get enough of Jaron. They take a bath together now and Jacob loves to brush Jaron's hair. He is trying to teach him to say stuff like "Uh oh". Some more good news for Jacob, he learned John 3:16. He can quote the whole verse. I love it! He is so smart.
Here Jacob is talking on the phone to his grandmother. He likes to talk and sometimes asks to call people but when he is done he will cut you off in mid sentence. It is so funny! He says "Okay, Bye!" and he hands the phone off to me or Chris never even waiting for you to say bye. He is getting so smart. He has learned 3 or 4 bible verses in Sunday school and can quote them and tell you where they are in the Bible too. He is getting better all the time at writing his name. And he still can't seem to get enough of Jaron. When I put Jaron in the floor to maybe try and crawl Jacob thinks that is an invitation to lay on him and roll him across the living room. My my what do I have to look forward to. :-) There I inserted his latest name art. He did this in Sunday School and is getting better all the time.
I stood him up in his crib and he just holds on all by himself. He hasn't pulled up on his own yet but I am sure it won't be long.
This is a neat toy we had for Jacob and Jaron seems to like it too. It plays music when you touch the things on top so it keeps his attention. He will stand there for a while before falling on his butt. You can tell he knows he is doing something big. Notice there are some new links on the right side of my website. Check them out when you get time. I wrote a poem for the boys. Thanks for reading.
Here is a cute one of my two handsome boys playing together. Jaron sits in the floor more now and plays with Jacob and of course big brother needs to show him all of his toys and how they work. It is so cute watching Jacob talk to Jaron. He doesn't realize that Jaron can't catch a ball yet. Sometimes in the morning when I can't make myself get up and Jacob wakes up he will go in and check if Jaron is awake and if he is Jacob will climb up on the side of the crib and talk to him and play with him. He is great with Jaron~ for now. I am sure when they get older things will change.
Here is a very funny picture I took the other day. I sat Jaron down and popped in Baby Einstein to see if he would like it. And apparently he did. So while they were watching (in matching pj's) I snuck a picture. Wow, my boys are getting big! Maybe one day I will have a girl----I said maybe.
Well this thursday is the big day. Jaron's first surgery. We will be out of town for 10 days and I will try to post something on his blog from our hotel. They have computers we can use. Here is a cute picture of Jaron in his GA Bulldogs outfit all fresh and clean and ready for church.
Jacob put this hat on him. He thought it was HILAROUS! Notice the shiny chin~AKA~ slobberbox
This is a new thing he has starting doing this past week. Sucking his thumb. It is so cute but he won't do it without his NAM and it really is bad timing because after surgery he can't have anything in his mouth for 4 weeks. He is not going to be happy...
And last but not least, Jaron starting sitting up pretty good this week. I am so proud of him. Jacob didn't do nothing at 7 months. Jaron holds his bottle and claps and sits up. What a handsome little fella!
We are trying to encourage Jacob to drink from a "Big Boy Cup" and he seems to like it alright. He is very careful and does better than I thought he would. He is ready to get back on a plane again. We are counting down the days until brother's surgery.
Jacob seems to be doing much better. His cough is almost gone but his nose still runs all the time. He is getting his appetite back too. He actually lost a pound while he was sick. I need to post another one of his works of art. He is getting good at writing his name and drawing little smiley's with legs. Jacob is getting a little hard to handle at times though, with his saying no to everything we tell him. I think it must just be his age. When we tell him to do something he repeats it back to us and it takes all we have not to laugh. Last night I told him to lay down in the bed and no playing and waving his hands he said "Okay okay that's enough". I had to walk out. He is too cute!
Jaron is jumping so good in this thing. He just laughs and smiles and jumps so high. In the picture above he is actually in motion I can't beleive it didn't come out blurry. Anyway, he had to go to the ER Friday night. He was majorly dehydrated. I could not get him to drink anything. He has no tears, pea or slobber. So they put an IV in his tiny little arm and we stayed for a while to let that get in him. They also did a blood test to check his electolytes and test for infection. He got a chest xray too and they didn't find anything there. There was no sign of RSV but it could come back. The blood test showed low electrolytes but that was before the IV solution and also revealed he had a viral infection that we just have to wait it out. So that was Friday and he is still coughing and congested. The doctor gave him acuhist for his symptoms and I have given it to him religiously to help subside them but it's just not going away. We have to get him better before surgery. Please pray.
Well I thought I would get a cute picture of the boys in their new matching PJ's...but Jacob is just not up to it. He has been so sick this last week. Coughing like a dog and running 103 fever. I feel so bad for him. I guess it was just a virus. He layed on the couch for 2 days doing nothing and that is not like him AT ALL. He just started playing again but he can't seem to shake the cough. I have tried everything. We are using Jaron's nebulizer for Jacob and vicks vapor rub and robitussin and a vaporizer in his room at night. What else can I do. He doesn't have much of an appetite either. The fever last two days and he also had some diarrhea but that has passed. And did I forget to mention the nose that is running A MARATHON. Please say a little prayer for him to "Get Well Soon". Anyways, he didn't feel like smiling but I still think the Pj's are cute.
Well Jaron got over the RSV in Florida and when we got home Jacob was sick-coughing, fever & runny nose. So I couldn't get him to stay out of Jaron's face and he got Jaron sick too. So Jaron has been sick-coughing, fever and diarrhea. He only drank 3oz. during the whole day yesterday and I finally got 2oz. in him before putting him to bed last night. And today he did a little better drinking 3 oz. every 2 or 3 hours and fever & diarrhea is gone. Jaron however is still coughing his little head off as I type....poor guy. Jaron's surgery is coming up on us so fast. I am getting a little nervous about it. I am also ready for it to be over with. He is getting so smart pulling all his tapes off pretty much DAILY. When I used to only change the base tapes once a week. So I have been keeping his NAM out a lot just putting it in for feedings. He has almost mastered the art of sitting up on his own. He laughs so much now. Jaron is unfortunately still underweight. He doesn't even register on the chart for the national average. He only weighs 14 lbs. 5 oz at 7 months old. I have ordered a calorie booster to add to his bottles so pray for weight gain. He surely can't afford to lose any weight after surgery. But, what a blessing he has been to us. Thank God for our little miracle baby.
Here he is looking so silly. I wet his hair and spiked it up for the picture. It is getting long and ready for a cut. He went to NH with his daddy last wednesday on an airplane and flew back Sunday night. He was coughing and runny nose the whole time. He is still a little sick but getting better. We are glad to be home. I love that handsome face. I just want to squeeze it off!
Here he is eating Arby's. Jacob is getting so smart. Learning Bible verses for Sunday School and writing all his ABC's now. We are so proud of him. He writes his name and his brothers name. I caught him sitting on the couch the other day "reading" his little bible. He stayed there about 15 minutes. I was so proud. He loves church and loves to quote verses. We are working on teaching him all the books of the Bible. He has memorized from Genesis-Ecclesiastes. We are still working on the rest. He is going to New Hampshire with his daddy today on an airplane and he is so excited! Maybe he'll get to see some snow. Mommy and Jaron are going to Florida on an airplane too. We are all flying back home Sunday. Have a good weekend!!!
Notice his bib is turned backwards. I thought he looked like super man. He is really getting good at this jumper. We are counting down the days now, 49 more days until surgery....Thank the Lord!
We finally decided to rake our yard and get rid of all the leaves. Jacob was having a blast!!! We piled them higher than his head and he was laying down in them hiding from us.
Jacob was eating cheetos and this is what he looked like when he was done! I had to capture the moment. :-)
