After a brief teething break--I do believe Jack is now cutting molars. He has been sleeping A LOT the last 2 days and tonight he was SUPER fussy. After eliminating every other possible cause for the "I hurt" scream, I checked his gums and sure enough, molars. I felt his gums on the bottom left and felt rough skin and actually felt a tooth on the upper left. I don't think there is much on the right side yet--but I'm sure they're close behind. Poor boy, he can't just get a tooth or 2 at a time. He has to have 4. After these make it through (GOD, I hope it's soon) he'll have 12 teeth! They are sharp little boogers too! He bit the SNOT out of my finger while I was feeling around for the molars. I'm sure it felt great to him!
Oh! Easter was great! Jack totally had a blast with the family. He and his cousin Casen are the exact same size. Jack was really excited to see him. Casen has 3 older brothers so he was less than excited to see another little boy...heheh. Jack gathered some easter eggs with the help of his other cousins (namely Jamie and Jennifer) and did a great job. He actually understood it better than I thought he would.
We had an adult Easter egg hunt at Jan's as well. I ended up with a bracelet, chap stick, a People magazine, TUMS, and hand sanitizer. Pretty funny, huh?
JP was sick and unfortunatley was not able to make it to Jan's house. On top of not feeling up to it (more on that later)we didn't want to expose my Great-Aunt Marcia to any viruses. She had a pace maker placed on Monday. There were some complications that I am not 100% sure about--but she seems to be doing well as St. Thomas was planning on sending her home very soon. She's the sweetest and most self-less person you could ever meet. She's a very very special woman and I am so proud to be related to such an incredible lady.
I think we have figured out why JP has had crazy abdominal pain, rashes, and swelling. He's allergic to red due #40. He had his worst reactions yet after drinking 2 different brands of kool-aide. You wouldn't BELIEVE the foods with red dye in it. Even yellow cake has it!!! So he is emliminating red dye from his diet (and therefore mine and Jack's too) and we'll see how it goes.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Longest blog EVER.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
new link
I added a new link called "photoshopd" and no, it's not a typo.
Feeling insecure? Check it out.
It's pretty amazing what this guy can spot.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
A blog for Jean...
Sometimes life gets a little busy and crazy and you don't take the time to slow down and tell people you love them. I think that can catch up with you over time if you're not careful. So I just wanted to write up a quick blog for JP and remind him that I love him. Even if I don't say it every 5 minutes, I'm thinking it. Love ya, babe!
Saturday, March 15, 2008
How could I forget??
Happy Birthday, K-Rock!!!!!! Jack was actually due on Kelly's birthday, which I thought was pretty awesome. However, at 39 weeks pregnant I was more than ready to have him a week early and let K-Rock keep her birthday!
So happy 28th birthday, Kelly! I love you!
Friday, March 14, 2008
Oh, the drama
So it's the end of my super-crappy on-call day and I am just tickled friggin' pink to be working tomorrow as well and I get a call from daycare. The manager is calling me at 4:40 to tell me that Jack has fallen and may need stitches. One of the teachers thought it would be a good idea to mop the floor early (I imagine so that she could go home early) and Jack decided to walk-on-water. He ended up falling on his face, hitting his chin and smashing his teeth against his upper lip. This is ironic since I had just discussed a similar situation with JP's cousin, Beth. So daycare said they couldn't stop the bleeding, that he was upset, and that they would pay any medical bills that we incurred. When daycare is telling you they'll pay your medical bills--it MUST be bad.
So JP has the van and takes off to daycare to get the boy and bring him back to the clinic so that Dr. B can take a look at his mouth and decide if Jack needs stitches. When he got there he caught the tail end of the teacher getting chewed out for mopping with kids in the room. JP said his teacher was in tears and had been for a while. She would hardly let go of Jack and just kept crying and apologizing. Now if you know JP then you know he's a big softie and this would usually break him down. This is NOT the case when it comes to Jack. He plucked him out of her arms and walked away. He's better at that than me.
By the time they made it to the clinic Jack was happy and no longer bleeding. Right underneath his nose is a small cut and inside of his upper lip is torn. you know the flap of skin that connects your lip to your gums? That thing was torn. Dr. Badem said he did not need stitches just a little Motrin for that fat lip.
I nearly called daycare to tell them, no worries-Jack is fine. Then I decided that maybe they need to think/worry about this a bit over the weekend. I never called them but JP and I have decided to have a meeting with them on Monday.
We love the teachers, Jack LOVES the teachers. Mistakes happen and it could have happened on our watch as well. However, this was a dumb mistake and we don't want this to happen to any other children there. There is NO REASON that the afternoon teachers can not WAIT to mop the floors at 6pm when the last kid is gone. Children tear up and down those halls all day and it's just a matter of time until some other kid gets hurt. The teachers just need to suck it up and work until 6:10pm!!!
Again, I would like to make it clear that his teachers are great and I know they love Jack. Even this teacher is one of my faves, she just wasn't using ALL of her brain. I like her even more when I heard how upset she was and how she barely let JP have Jack. He said that she hadn't put him down once since he fell and she just cried trying to take care of him.
So the fat lipped boy is in bed and I am heading that way too. Then, ugh, work again.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Family
KEvin, Beth, Ramyah, Jazyah and Tykese were in town from Idaho and on Jack's birthday! It was so awesome for Jack to meet his cousins. They were soooooo good with him. They are beautiful kids. Here are a few pics of the fam...
Friday, March 7, 2008
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Goodbye infant, Hello Toddler
1 year ago from this minute I think I was complaining to a nurse in the L&D about my back hurting. I didn't realize it was labor even though I had heard of back labor before. It sucked, as you can imagine or have experienced.
So at 7:39 tomorrow morning, Jack will have been with us for a year. He finally got "outta mah belly" as Susan at work liked to say to him everyday for 9 months. Parts of me (the tired part) feel like he's been here forever, parts of me can't remember anything pre-Jack-William, and the last part feels like he was born yesterday.
I ran in to a patient this morning who came to visit us the day after Jack was born. She is an elderly (though you wouldn't know it) black lady with long red nails and awesomely large hats. She likes wearing animal print shoes. She came in our room and prayed over Jack and sang him a song from her church. It was an incredible experience. I remember thinking "Kid, you are going to have one interesting life".
My little man is 1. Nuts.
So Beth and Kevin are here with the kids. The kids are amazing. Jack could just sit and just watch them play. I am so glad he is spending time with his cousins. Jack is a very lucky kid. He has a HUGE HUGE HUGE family with TONS of cousins. Several of them are within weeks to months of his age. Family is so important to me, but since Jack it has become so much more. I am glad he got to meet cousins Ramyah, Jasyah, and Tykese (sp?).
And with that I will go to bed. Tonight, unlike a year ago, I am gonna SLEEP!
New photos on sunday!
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Heartbreak
Hello all you chickens in TV Land! Its been a rough couple of days. Jack has gotten some kind of throat thing. They say he's too young for strep, but they did a strep test anyway to be sure. We will get results in the morning. He has blood blisters in his throat. The poor baby has been miserable. He has been very lethargic and has had an average temp of around 101. And it couldn't be worse timing! His b-day is Friday and we have family in town from Idaho!
It's heartbreaking as a parent to see this. If it's you, it sucks but you can deal with it. But to see your little baby in pain is torture. There's nothing you can do. Nothing. The worst part is he doesn't really get it so he's looking at you like "What's happening? Can't you fix it daddy?" And you just want to die because you can't.
Well that's enough of me being melodramatic. But it does suck.
Seacrest out..
