Okay, so i am really bad at blogging and keeping it up-to-date. So much has been going on, that i hope that I don't forget anything, so here it goes..
So, as soon as the cold weather hit, we all got sick with colds and the stomach flu. Then... Hunter got sick from school a days later, and a week later, Jacob got the same thing. I, all of a sudden had stomach problems and had to go to the doc. for that. Anyway.. we have all battled with the flu and colds. Hopefully, it's over for awhile!
On Friday afternoon and part of saturday, I noticed Jaocb having a tary, black stool. By the time sunday came, I started to get alittle concerned and puzzled cause he didn't have a fever, runny nose, or any syptoms that he was sick, he just had the black stool. Well.. 8 p.m. I put him to bed and he was a little hard to get to sleep cause he was fighting it, and fell asleep for about 20 minutes and then woke up screaming with pain! Ryan ran upstairs to grab him, and he hollared at me saying" take him to E.R. right now! there's something wrong!" So, I was rushing everywhere to get ready and jake ready and warm, and immediately called my mother-in-law cause Hunter was tired and Ryan was ready to go anywhere, so I went and got her.
We got at the UVMC at 9p.m. and there were so many people sick with face masks on, and hardly a seat to sit down.
We sat outside for an hour and a half before we could see a nurse. They finally put us in a room, and we waited and it seemed like it took forever for a doc to see jake. They took jacob and I back into the X-Ray room and got his chest x-rayed. Two people had to hold him still so that they could take pictures! They had to hold his arms up by his ears and he just screamed the whole time! Once that was done, the doc. came back and said that everything was normal. His stool wasn't bloody, thank goodness, but they couldn't figure out what was really wrong other than maybe that he was getting or had a virus.
To make a long story kindof short, we were at the hospital for almost 4 hours! That... was a long night!
okay... it's kindof late, and I have to go to bed. I will get caught up soon!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Ear Tubes
So... here I sit at the computer not knowing what to type... It has been kindof busy lately and I haven't been able to update our blog.
For the past 6 weeks, Jacob has had double ear infections literally one right after the other! I was taken him to the doctor every week and a half to two weeks! Finally, after giving him 3 shots one week, and 3 more the next, each day. We had to go back and forth ALOT!
Then on his birthday, he had to have a physical, and had more shots! So, it was crazy, and I wanted to cry along with him.
On August 3rd, We had to go to the ENT doctor, and he said that since Jacob had too many infections within a 6 week period, he was a good candid to get tubes put in his ears. Jacob was such a good baby for having so many ear infections, but I do have to say that all of us had several restless nights!
Today, August 20th, at 7:15 a.m. Ryan took a couple of hours off of work to support jacob and we went to the American Fork Hospital. This kid was so easy going and amazing! We went and checked in, sat in the waiting room for about 15 minutes. We then went in to another room, and we saw 4 different docs. and nurses to do paper work. We dressed Jake into a cute little hospital gown and they had bootie socks for him. He was so cute. I wanted to take my camera, but ryan said" I don't want to remember this! " So... no pictures.. sorry.
One of the RN's took him and wrapped him in his blanket, and we waited for him for 10-15 minutes total, and he was in my arms. I expected for him to cry really hard, but he just sat in my arms and i gave him a bottle of milk, and he chugged it down! Finally, We were given instructions on ear drops, etc. and left. He was so good. Ryan and I couldn't believe it!
An update on Hunter.... He is completely potty trained as of almost 4 weeks ago!! He has only had 2 wet accidents in his bed so far! He is doing really well.
He starts Pre-K on the 31st and gets to go 4 days a week! I am so excited for him... i think that him going that much will help him more with his speech!! He gets better every day.. He is so funny, and make us all smile and laugh... with his animated expressions and the way he dances... His mouth goes 90 miles an hour most days...and we can understand what he is saying maybe 30% of the time!:)
For the past 6 weeks, Jacob has had double ear infections literally one right after the other! I was taken him to the doctor every week and a half to two weeks! Finally, after giving him 3 shots one week, and 3 more the next, each day. We had to go back and forth ALOT!
Then on his birthday, he had to have a physical, and had more shots! So, it was crazy, and I wanted to cry along with him.
On August 3rd, We had to go to the ENT doctor, and he said that since Jacob had too many infections within a 6 week period, he was a good candid to get tubes put in his ears. Jacob was such a good baby for having so many ear infections, but I do have to say that all of us had several restless nights!
Today, August 20th, at 7:15 a.m. Ryan took a couple of hours off of work to support jacob and we went to the American Fork Hospital. This kid was so easy going and amazing! We went and checked in, sat in the waiting room for about 15 minutes. We then went in to another room, and we saw 4 different docs. and nurses to do paper work. We dressed Jake into a cute little hospital gown and they had bootie socks for him. He was so cute. I wanted to take my camera, but ryan said" I don't want to remember this! " So... no pictures.. sorry.
One of the RN's took him and wrapped him in his blanket, and we waited for him for 10-15 minutes total, and he was in my arms. I expected for him to cry really hard, but he just sat in my arms and i gave him a bottle of milk, and he chugged it down! Finally, We were given instructions on ear drops, etc. and left. He was so good. Ryan and I couldn't believe it!
An update on Hunter.... He is completely potty trained as of almost 4 weeks ago!! He has only had 2 wet accidents in his bed so far! He is doing really well.
He starts Pre-K on the 31st and gets to go 4 days a week! I am so excited for him... i think that him going that much will help him more with his speech!! He gets better every day.. He is so funny, and make us all smile and laugh... with his animated expressions and the way he dances... His mouth goes 90 miles an hour most days...and we can understand what he is saying maybe 30% of the time!:)
We love both of our boys and wouldn't know what to do or think if he didn't have them in our lives!
Monday, July 27, 2009
One Year Old!
Where did the year go?? I was reminded that the day before I had Jacob, I was tieing a quilt at the canyon with Ryan's family!
Jacob is such a fun and sweet baby! He has gone through alot.. being born 5 weeks early, with pnemonia and in the hospital for a week, getting sick with colds, and now ear infections..
At the same time, our family is so blessed to have him! The Lord has truly blessed us with beautiful children!
Ryan and I had close family members over at our house for cake and ice cream, and we got to sit out on the lawn and patio cause there wasn't quite enough seats for everyone to be inside.
Jake opened presents and got alot of toys, and then we had cake and Ice cream. We lit the candles that said"happy birthday" and we sang to him, and my mom had the cake just in the perfect reach of jake, and he smeared his hand in the cake! After getting his hands in the 4" inch cake that was his, he had frosting all over his hair, up his nose... and he had it EVERYWHERE! It was fun to watch him get into it though.
New things that he is doing:
*crawls and army crawls perfectly
*stands and hangs on to furniture.
*scoots along furniture.
*Loves to play with Hunter
*gets into everything!
We love you Jacob! Happy 1st Birthday!
Jacob is such a fun and sweet baby! He has gone through alot.. being born 5 weeks early, with pnemonia and in the hospital for a week, getting sick with colds, and now ear infections..
At the same time, our family is so blessed to have him! The Lord has truly blessed us with beautiful children!
Ryan and I had close family members over at our house for cake and ice cream, and we got to sit out on the lawn and patio cause there wasn't quite enough seats for everyone to be inside.
Jake opened presents and got alot of toys, and then we had cake and Ice cream. We lit the candles that said"happy birthday" and we sang to him, and my mom had the cake just in the perfect reach of jake, and he smeared his hand in the cake! After getting his hands in the 4" inch cake that was his, he had frosting all over his hair, up his nose... and he had it EVERYWHERE! It was fun to watch him get into it though.
New things that he is doing:
*crawls and army crawls perfectly
*stands and hangs on to furniture.
*scoots along furniture.
*Loves to play with Hunter
*gets into everything!
We love you Jacob! Happy 1st Birthday!
Friday, July 17, 2009
update
ok.... I know that i'm really behind on updating this silly thing, but life has been so crazy! First of all, we found out by going to the doctor that Jacob had his 2nd double ear infection 3 weeks ago so the doc. persribed a Omnicef (a strong medicine) and he to take that for 10 days. Well... on the 9th day, he was just not looking good and he was fussy and not sleeping very well. So, my mother intuition sent me to the doc again... his left ear has cleared up, but the right ear was severely infected. The doctor said that since the meds were not working completely, that maybe the shots would work. He had to have Rociphin shots for 3 days. My sweet mother in law took me cause we only have one car, and it's also nice to have her help with the kids. The weekend went by and by monday, he was still screaming and pulling on his ears! So... I called the nurse and told her what was going on, and she said " well.. you should probably come in again and have his ears checked cause if he still has an ear infection, then he will need to see a specialist! At this point, I was overwhelmed and was having flash backs of when Hunter had tubes in his ears and then paying for the bill! NOT fun. It seemed that it took forever to pay off!
Anyway... so I called the specialists' office and told the receptionist that we needed to get in right away. She said "the doctor won't be in all week", our next available opening is at 1:30. Well.. it was only 11:30 at the time, we didn't want to go back and forth from American Fork to Springville, so we waited and come to find out when I went to sign in, the receptionist said that our insurance wouldn't pay for 2 appointments in the same day, so we had to reschedule for the next morning.
Tuesday morning, at 10 a.m. we went back to the ENT doc. and he was mostly concerned if there was fluid in the back of his ear drum... and checked them and said that they were clear!!
So Ryan and I have had basically no sleep for the last 2-3 weeks from Jacob being sick and he used to be with Hunter in our recent apartment.
July 20th... things are alot better and Jacob is over his ear infection! We'll see what happens within a couple of months if he gets another infection..
Hunter is doing well with the potty training. He goes in the morning when he wakes up and then it's hit and miss from there.
Everything is going well... this is it for now. Here are some pictures..
Anyway... so I called the specialists' office and told the receptionist that we needed to get in right away. She said "the doctor won't be in all week", our next available opening is at 1:30. Well.. it was only 11:30 at the time, we didn't want to go back and forth from American Fork to Springville, so we waited and come to find out when I went to sign in, the receptionist said that our insurance wouldn't pay for 2 appointments in the same day, so we had to reschedule for the next morning.
Tuesday morning, at 10 a.m. we went back to the ENT doc. and he was mostly concerned if there was fluid in the back of his ear drum... and checked them and said that they were clear!!
So Ryan and I have had basically no sleep for the last 2-3 weeks from Jacob being sick and he used to be with Hunter in our recent apartment.
July 20th... things are alot better and Jacob is over his ear infection! We'll see what happens within a couple of months if he gets another infection..
Hunter is doing well with the potty training. He goes in the morning when he wakes up and then it's hit and miss from there.
Everything is going well... this is it for now. Here are some pictures..
Monday, July 6, 2009
* 11 Months
Ryan took this picture and thought that I would post it. 
Hunter graduated from Pre-K at Geneva Elementry. We were so proud of him!
Mommy and me.... at our apartment in Orem.
Hunter graduated from Pre-K at Geneva Elementry. We were so proud of him!New Things about Jacob:
* pulls himself up to everything and scoots along furniture
* Loves his brother
* loves to eat anything that the rest of us are eating!
* loves the outdoors and to go for rides.
* starting to understand the word "NO!
* Sleeps from 8:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. and is up for the day!
* takes naps 8 and 2
Happy 11th month Jacob! We love you!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Potty Training...
On June 1st, I decided to start potty training hunter. The first weekend that we started, he pooped in the toilet! I was so suprised and excited that things were progressing so soon... well as the week went by, everytime i tried to put him on the toilet, he would throw a fit and want off. After a couple of days, and getting used to the idea that it WAS ok to go in the toilet, he would sit there on the toilet for 10 minutes at a time, and couple of times, a half hour! I would play games with him, play pee-a-boo, sing songs, and he would just laugh.
He is getting the hang of it, and i'm so glad that we won't have to buy diapers for him anymore.
I'm so proud of him. More about him....He is getting so much better with his speech..... he just started ESY( extended summer year ) school. He gets on the bus at 7:30 a.m. school starts at 8:30 a.m. and he gets out at 11. He will go for two weeks out of this month, and then we are moving! Another tranistion! New everything!
We are moving to Springville, where Ryan grew up. We found a Duplex to rent. It will be really nice to get a little more room to breath. We are pretty excited. We have been in our apartment for 5 years, and after having 2 kids, there just isn't any more space to put anything. So, I have started to pack the few days.
News on Jacob... He has discovered that he can stand up in his crip. Ryan and I had to put the matress to it's lowest setting so that he won't fall out, and he tries to put himself up to the furniture, but gets quite frustrated and falls. He is such an active little boy! He will be walking before I know it!
He amazes me how he just wants to go all of the time. Hunter was a very mellow kid and wasn't like jake until he was over a year old.
oh well, they are both lots of fun. They are growing up so fast.
That's all for now. I will post pictures soon.
He is getting the hang of it, and i'm so glad that we won't have to buy diapers for him anymore.
I'm so proud of him. More about him....He is getting so much better with his speech..... he just started ESY( extended summer year ) school. He gets on the bus at 7:30 a.m. school starts at 8:30 a.m. and he gets out at 11. He will go for two weeks out of this month, and then we are moving! Another tranistion! New everything!
We are moving to Springville, where Ryan grew up. We found a Duplex to rent. It will be really nice to get a little more room to breath. We are pretty excited. We have been in our apartment for 5 years, and after having 2 kids, there just isn't any more space to put anything. So, I have started to pack the few days.
News on Jacob... He has discovered that he can stand up in his crip. Ryan and I had to put the matress to it's lowest setting so that he won't fall out, and he tries to put himself up to the furniture, but gets quite frustrated and falls. He is such an active little boy! He will be walking before I know it!
He amazes me how he just wants to go all of the time. Hunter was a very mellow kid and wasn't like jake until he was over a year old.
oh well, they are both lots of fun. They are growing up so fast.
That's all for now. I will post pictures soon.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
10 Months
ok... so it's been a while since I up dated our blog. I'm not very good at keeping it updated.... so here it goes.
Jacob is 10 months now, and every month it blows me away of how much he grows and progresses with new things that he does. He just started to get on his hands and knees and rock back and forth. I'm sure that he is just going to take off very soon!
His two teeth finally broke through just a little bit.
He gets into everything! He loves to be outside. As soon as he sees the door open, he is half way out before I know it.
Now, about Hunter. I started potty training him a week ago, and I was always missing him needing to go the bathroom. Well... Saturday night at around 7 p.m. I sat him on the toilet, and we played games and I made him laugh, and then all of the sudden he was pushing... yes he went poop! :) I couldn't beleive it! I was so proud of him. Now, I get to go to the dollar store so that he can pick something out. Hopefully, he will be more motivated to go pee when he needs too.
I thought that it would take a long time for him to go, but he did it! We are so proud of you hunter!
I am going to try to get some pictures of the boys on the blog very soon.
We went to the park to have a birthday party for Ryan's sister that is turning 40!! There were lots of people there and we had a good time.
anyway.... that's all that I can think of that is going on right now.
Jacob is 10 months now, and every month it blows me away of how much he grows and progresses with new things that he does. He just started to get on his hands and knees and rock back and forth. I'm sure that he is just going to take off very soon!
His two teeth finally broke through just a little bit.
He gets into everything! He loves to be outside. As soon as he sees the door open, he is half way out before I know it.
Now, about Hunter. I started potty training him a week ago, and I was always missing him needing to go the bathroom. Well... Saturday night at around 7 p.m. I sat him on the toilet, and we played games and I made him laugh, and then all of the sudden he was pushing... yes he went poop! :) I couldn't beleive it! I was so proud of him. Now, I get to go to the dollar store so that he can pick something out. Hopefully, he will be more motivated to go pee when he needs too.
I thought that it would take a long time for him to go, but he did it! We are so proud of you hunter!
I am going to try to get some pictures of the boys on the blog very soon.
We went to the park to have a birthday party for Ryan's sister that is turning 40!! There were lots of people there and we had a good time.
anyway.... that's all that I can think of that is going on right now.
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