Our trip to Boston

Some online friends we finally got to meet in person
These next few pictures are in the airport playground

Overall it was good news! First of all we didn't get much sleep because Jaron was stuffy and coughing all night before we went. We made it to the airport in plenty of time and got to our gate and the plane coming in was delayed so it made us delayed a few minutes. Then we all boarded the plane and they said there was mechanical problems and that was not very comforting. We finally took off at 11 and landed at 1:30 so that didn't give us much time to get to his 2:00 appointment. We took a cab real quick and just barely made it. We went to the basement first to get pictures made then back up to the clinic floor to wait for the doctors to call him back. We met with some friends we have been talking to online. And we met some new kids too. We saw the dentist first and Jaron was not very cooperative. They wanted to look at his top teeth with a flashlight and he screamed! He did say that Jaron is missing 3 teeth and has a 7mm underbite. The plan is to keep his teeth clean for now and wait for the baby teeth to fall out and when he gets his adult teeth then he will need the next surgery. They said around age 7 or 8 he will need some bone taken from his hip and put in his gums and possibly some cartlidge taken from his hip and put in his lip. And he may also get a palate expander. Then age 17 they can do a final nose revision and jaw distraction. Dr. Mulliken said "I won't lie his nose is getting a little blunt tip" But it's to be expected. He doesn't think the nostrils will widen though and he was very happy with Jaron's lip scars. He pointed out to a lady training under him from Germany that Jaron has a nice cupids bow. So all in all it was a good trip. Now I have a better idea in my mind of Jaron's future. I just hope Dr. Mulliken will be around long enough to care for him and if not I hope he's training some good doctors and maybe one of them will come to GA!!!

backwards day...

cheesy grin...
  helmet on backwards...he thinks its a mask!
daddy's hat! GO PATRIOTS!

getting so big...

I got a bottle for Jonah and set it down to go do something and turned around and Jacob was feeding him. He's such a good big brother.

Relaxing with Jaron...
School time. This is where he sits to do his work during school hours. We do about 4 lessons per day and it takes about 2 1/2 hours total. We take lots of breaks and lunch time and play time.

still growing...

Jacob's Library Shhhh...

Ready to RIDE!

20 lbs!!!

Happy 6th Birthday!

I will add more birthday pictures later after we do the cake and presents.

1st bite of food...

Happy Baby!
What's wrong with this picture? He is the size of a one year old....
Almost sitting up now without help.
Today was his first day to eat any food. It was baby oatmeal. He wasn't very fond of it.

Daddy and Jonah
This was gonna be a picture of Jonah in the highchair but Jacob like to jump into the picture at the last second and it turned out pretty good.
Party at my crib 2:00am

Trying to sneak some doritos...
In the playpen

My little monkeys

Well we got our plane tickets for Boston. October 10th is the big day. We are going to meet with the plastic surgeon and the dentist to see what they think. We need to decide if we want to do his dental work up there or here in GA. And find out when they might want to do another surgery. It will just be a one day trip. You know me I don't want to stay if I don't have to.

Cavities & Cuddling

Jaron is just getting over another ear infection. He went to Atlanta yesterday and got 3 fillings and had to get anesthesia to have them done. They also did an xray only to find that he does not seem to have his top incisers. That is the teeth beside the two front teeth. So I guess there will need to be some fake teeth put in place one day in the future. Don't really know what will happen. We are going to Boston October 10th for a team visit to talk about future surgeries for Jaron.
And this is what I wake up to most mornings. I start them all out in their own beds but Jonah does better in my bed nursing still and I seem to get more sleep as well. Then at some point during the night Jaron also ends up in my bed. It is hard at times but I do love to cuddle too.

Jonah Bologna

Hurricane Art

We met Jacob's teacher with the Georgia Virtual Academy at Chic Fil A for a "Meet and Greet". He was so excited. He got to play with other GVA kids and they had icecream and played on the play ground. We will try to get to one of these once a month if possible.
Here is Jacob's take on the hurricane recently. He drew the United States and marked Florida and Georgia then drew Louisiana and the swirling hurricane "BAM" he said there it is!

School is going great! He loves it! He tells me every day "Mommy you're such a good teacher.

Jumping Jonah

Watch this rollie pollie!

All smiles!

Jaron has weighed approx 27 lbs. for about a year or more. I am trying to help him gain weight by supplementing with Pediasure and feeding him all day long with fruits and snacks and whatever he wants to eat really.
We went swimming at a friend of the family's house. It was fun and Jaron was so tired and almost fell asleep like this.
Sitting with Jonah...oh how he loves Jonah...he kisses him and tells me he loves him all the time. If Jonah spits up Jaron will run back to his room and get a burp cloth and wipe his mouth.
This was sunday morning all dressed for church. I said smile and Jaron was saying it too as a snapped the picture. SMILE!

Summer Fun!

We went to someone else's house that had a nice pool. The boys loved it.

We had vacation Bible school the other week at our church and Jacob had a blast!
Oh how he takes advantage of his role as "Big Brother" He is always bossing Jaron around and trying to give Jonah a bottle when he doesn't even need it. If Jonah is crying and Jacob can't get him to calm down with toys or a passy he will say "I don't know what he wants, just get him mommy".
They had fun the other day in the our little pool sliding and splashing and got a little sun too.