quick update

Just wanted to let you all know that Jack got another set of tubes in his ears this morning. The surgery went well. He had a hard time wanting to wake up from anethesia but after an ENTIRE happy meal from Mcdonalds, 2 fig newtons and a 3 hour nap......he's back this old self!!!!!

Also, Bob's surgery went well. He is waiting for his chest tube to come out and he can get out of ICU!!! Keep in him your prayers still as he awaits results!!!!

HUGS

jack's Godfather

This is Jack's Godfather, Bob. I am sharing Bob with you today because we would like to send out a prayer request for him. Bob has been dealing with lymphoma for a little over 10 years. He had been doing awesome for quite sometime and right now he is dealing with some lung issues. Tomorrow he will be undergoing a surgical lung biopsy to help determine what is going on. He has also been on chemotherapy recently so his immune system is shot as well as his platelets, which makes this surgical biopsy even more scary. SO............PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE pray for Bob as you all go to sleep tonight as he goes thru surgery tomorrow and endures the wait for the results. He is one awesome Godfather and friend . He just adores Jack and Jack likes to call him Bobby!! ;-) No one else is allowed to call him that!!!! Bob and Jack back in the day! (haha)

Bob and his wife Jaime (Jack's Godmother) are awesome friends. They were a great support system when jack was in the hospital. Jaime sat with me many a nights with Jack in the NICU!!! thank you guys for everything. WE LOVE YOU!!!!!

jack and mommy

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY WEEKEND

First of all, I want to say HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all you mommy's out there. I hope each and every one of you get to do something a little special this weekend.

I'll start off our update with Jack's ear doctor appointment on Friday. It was short and not so sweet. I happened to see Dr. R in the hall at work on Friday afternoon so we had most of our appt in the hallway and when we got there he just wanted to look in Jack's ears. Since the left ear has been infected since the tube was out, we will now be putting it back in. So on May 15th Jack will have yet another surgery on his ears. They are going to put T-tubes in this time (the permanent ones) and so hopefully his helps!!! My poor little peanut. I know it's a simple, easy procedue but i hate that he has to go through it AGAIN. And now he's older and smarter and he knows when something is up. When i pull into the parking garage at the pediatrician he knows and tells me, "all done go bye bye" before we even park. Breaks my heart. So..........we will defintely keep you posted post-op.

Now onto the fun stuff. THE WEEKEND!!!! we've had a good one. After the ear appt we went to Jack's cousin, Jake's baseball game and Cousin "abba" was there. It's always good to see them. Then abba came over for a while since we were getting rained on and abba gave jack a bath and abba played and abba even put jack to sleep. we just love abba!!!!

Today was a great day as well. We started off running a few errands and as soon as we got in the car at 8am Jack informed me he wanted to "deat dot dog, peeees and lellow n daddy" Translation: i want to eat a hot dog, peas and banana with daddy. Actually lellow can be just about anything. it could have been corn or crackers or noodles,....anything. Well, daddy was in Warsaw working so that was going to happen, nor were we really going to have hot dogs for breakfast. So we went to mimi and papa's and had coffee cake and oranges. hahah. After that we went to a few garage sales. Jack wanted a bus. A lellow but of course. We didn't find one. Then I got a call from a friend of mine that Lowe's was having a mother's day craft for kids. Of course dads were supposed to take the kid to make something for mom for mother's day but daddy was working so alas, i took him. We made a cute little picture frame that has a cut out hammer, saw and screwdriver. Way cute. Way fun and they have it about 2 times a month. He got a little workers apron and googles and then when he was done he gets a patch to put on his apron for each thing he makes. it was just the cutest thing ever!!!!!

Then we went home and napped for 2 hours......

Then we went to lunch with daddy........

Then we went to Menards with mimi and bought seeds and plants and flowers......( I am going to try my green thumb for the first time. Not only with flowers but with tomatos, cilantro, onions, jalepenos and strawberries)

Then mommy came home and made a big mess in the yard with daddy. We pulled up about 8 bushes/shrubs in our front yard and just made a huge mess. That wasn't really my intention at 4 in the afternoon but we had a good time. I let jack get dirty (WAY TO GO MOMMY) and he loved it. Our front yard is going to be great. There was a bit toooooo much out in front and heck, we have already cut down about 15 trees in the backyard too.

Anyway, Jack's now asleep in our bed and will have to be transferred to his bed shortly. What a fun day.

I CAN'T WAIT FOR TOMORROW..............

PICTURES TO COME

okay, i will add some from this time last year. i love to see how he has grown!

My first Mother's Day (2006)

May 2007

Mommy and me road trip

We will start with pictures first!! :-)

CHEEESE!!! daddy's hat and glasses!

"frowing" the ball at uncle jimmy's

Looking at the engine of daddy's car with uncle jimmy

Daddy's anniversary, birthday, father's day and christmas present for the next 5 years!

Jack helping daddy fix the tires (pulling those little rubber pokey things off that come on brand new tires!!!)

Jack checking out under the jeep with Daddy and uncle Jimmy

Jack having words with me "meow"

Schuyler and Mali (one of our visits on our road trip)

I found Jack right here one day when he disappeared upstairs to get a train. I found him in the laundry basket, diaper only watching Thomas!!!

Okay, now with an update.

First we will talk about our Roadtrip that Jack and I had on Friday. Jack had his 3 month routine appointment at Riley with his pulmonologist. I decided to trek it by myself with Jack and it went 100% better than I thought it would. We had a great time. So we got to the appt about 1/2 hr early and ate our packed lunch and went to see Dr. M. I LOVE HIM. First he got weighed (AHHHH). 3.5 months ago he weighed 11.0 kilograms (24.2 pounds) and this appt he weighed 11.2 kilograms (24.6 pounds). So really he didn't gain any weight. That's a huge not good thing for us. At this age, weight really starts to plateau so we already have a hard time gaining weight as it is. He is eating more we think, but he is also running around outside constantly so I am sure that doesn't help. So we are going to start adding some high calorie/fat foods to his food. ie) butter to his veggies and noodles and try carnation instant milk and high fat snacks (pop tarts and fig newtons). So......he needs to gain a pound and honestly this is hard. It took him 6-7 months to go from 22 pounds ot 23 so............AHHHHH

Anyway, his lungs sound great. no changes with meds. Actually, we are adding claritin and he helps tremendously I think. We go back in 2 months!

After his appt we stoped in Zionsville and met my friend Rachel for lunch and then headed to Lafayette to see my friend Tristan and her twin 2.5 year olds (Schuyler and Mali) They had a great time playing and it was just enough activiity to get jack back in the car and head home. he was AWESOME in the car and so for that, he got a new Thomas train today!!!! He's great

Just a few other random jack updates!!!! doing awesome in the talking business. starting to talk a lot of sentences. He loves pretending. he pretends a lot that he is diego! And is now starting to do the color blue as well as yellow. So everything is yellow and blue now!!! hahah

that's all for now. it's past my bedtime!!!!!

enjoy!