JAX 4 MONTH CHECK UP!!

YES, DADDY GOT TO DO ALL THE FUN STUFF AND TOOK OFF WHEN THE NURSE CAME IN FOR THE SHOTS! HE SAID HE HAS NEVER SEEN JAX CRY REALLY AND DID NOT WANT TO SEE HIM WHEN HE GOT THE SHOTS! HE DID GOOD AND ONLY CRIED FOR A MINUTE, BUT HE WAS ALL SMILES RIGHT BEFORE SHE GAVE THEM TO HIM. THAT ALWAYS MAKES IT EVEN HARDER! HE WAS FINE AS SOON AS I PICKED HIM UP. HE IS JUST A HEALTHY LITTLE MAN AND WEIGHED 15 LBS 2 OZS (50 TH PERCENTILE) AND 26 1/4 (90TH PERCENTILE). WE DID CHANGE HIS FORMULA TO SOY AND STARTED ON NEXIUM FOR HIS REFLUX, SO HOPEFULLY THE SPITTING UP WILL GET BETTER. I HAVE NOTICED WHEN I PUT THE NEXIUM IN HIS BOTTLE HE WILL NOT DRINK IT, SO I HAVE GOT TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO GET HIM TO TAKE IT. WE HAVE TRIED SOME BABY FOOD(APPLESAUCE), BUT HE SPITS IT OUT AT ME. HE DOES GET CEREAL IN THE MORNING AND AT NIGHT, SO WE WILL JUST STICK WITH THAT FOR AWHILE. HE STILL GETS UP AROUND 4- 5 AM AND EATS AND THEN GOES BACK DOWN. HIS OTHER TOOFIE ON THE BOTTOM HIS STARTING TO BREAK THROUGH AND I THINK IT HAS REALLY BEEN BOTHERING HIM TODAY BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN FUSSY AND HE IS NEVER FUSSY! I GUESS WE WILL SEE IN A DAY OR TWO.

MORE UPDATES TO COME FROM OUR BUSY WEEK/WEEKEND AT THE LAKE, BUT WE JUST GO HOME AND IT IS LATE. ALSO, AUSTIN HAS HAD PINK EYE AND NOW AIDEN HAS IT. IT STARTED IN ONE EYE WITH AUSTIN,BUT ENDED UP IN BOTH. PLEASE PRAY THIS DOES NOT MAKE IT TO JAX. WE HAVE BEEN ON MEDICINE AND I WASH MY HANDS A HUNDRED TIMES A DAY,BUT YOU KNOW HOW CONTAGIOUS THAT IS. ANYWAYS, I WILL TRY TO GET CAUGHT UP BEFOE WE TAKE OFF TO THE LAKE AGAIN. HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

PLEASE MAKE HIM STOP GROWING!!!!

PLAY DAY AT THE LAKE

THIS WAS OUR FUN PLAY DAY AT THE LAKE ON TUESDAY WITH MI MI, MY GI GI, WESTON, ALYSSA, ALEX, AND OUR NEIGHBOR LAURA. THEY HAD SO MUCH FUN SLIDING AND SWIMMING IN THE LAKE. AS YOU CAN SEE THEY WERE ALL SNUGGED IN THEIR LIFE JACKETS. MI MI CAN NOT SWIM AND WITH THAT MANY KIDS AROUND IT IS NOT EASY TO KEEP UP WITH THEM ALL SO WE MADE SURE THEY ALL KEPT THOSE LIFE JACKETS ON!

WE ARE HEADING BACK DOWN TODAY AFTER JAX DOCTOR VISIT TO HOPEFULLY GET THE UPSTAIRS PUT TOGETHER AND SPEND OUR FIRST NIGHT INSIDE. I HAVE A COMPUTER DOWN THERE, SO MABEY I CAN UPDATE WITH CHUNCKY BOYS STATS. HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRAYERS FOR AUSTIN. WE DID GET HIS APPOINTMENT WITH THE ALLERGY SPECIALISTS AT ST. VINCENTS FOR JULY 21ST SO WE WILL KNOW MORE THEN ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE. UNTIL THEN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE FUN AND CELEBRATE THEIR BIG BIRTHDAY IN JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS!

THIS BOY KEEPS ME ON MY TOES!!!!

THIS STORY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS PICTURE, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS CUTE AND IT IS ONE OF THE MANY CUTE FACES THAT HE MAKES!

SO, TODAY I WAS MAKING THE BED AND AUSTIN CAME IN AND TOLD ME HE HAD TO GO TO WORK AND MAKE SOME MONEY. HE HAD ON A DRESS SHOE AND A CROCK. I TOLD HIM HE NEEDED TO PUT HIS WORK BOOTS ON IF HE WAS GOING TO WORK. SO HE WENT AND PUT HIS BOOTS ON AND OUT THE DOOR HE WENT. THEY HAD BEEN OUTSIDE PLAYING AND I JUST ASSUMED HE WENT BACK OUT TO PLAY. I FINISHED MAKING THE BED AND PEEKED OUT THE WINDOW. HE WAS RIDING HIS JEEP, SO I GOT JAX, CALLED A FRIEND AND WAS GOING TO SIT ON THE BACK PORCH WHILE THEY PLAYED. I KEPT WAITING ON HIM TO COME BACK AROUND ON HIS JEEP,BUT I NEVER SAW HIM. SO I WENT LOOKING FOR HIM AND CAUGHT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD GOING OVER THE HILL IN HIS JEEP DOWN OUR GRAVEL ROAD. I JUST STARTED FOLLOWING HIM TO SEE WHAT HE WAS UP TO. HE DROVE HIS JEEP UP TO THE GATE GOT OFF HIS JEEP WENT AND PUSHED THE BUTTON TO OPEN THE GATE AND GOT BACK ON HIS JEEP AND HEADED OUT THE GATE TOWARDS THE STREET. I YELLED FOR HIM TO STOP AT THIS POINT AND HE GOT OFF SCREAMING THAT HE WAS GOING TO WORK WITH DADDY! I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE. I JUST THANK GOD THAT I SAW HIM HEADED DOWN THE GRAVEL ROAD BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT TO LOOK FOR HIM THAT WAY AND NEVER KNEW HE KNEW HOW TO OPEN THE GATE AND WOULD ACTUALLY LEAVE. THAT BOY WAS HEADED TO WORK WITH HIS DADDY TO MAKE SOME MONEY!!! HE IS A MESS AND KEEPS ME ON MY TOES ALL DAY EVERYDAY!!!!

FATHERS DAY FUN!

HIM HAD TO COOL OFF!!

DADDY HAD TO DIP JAX IN THE WATER TO COOL HIM OFF AND HE LIKED IT!!

PLAYTIME!!

WE WENT DOWN TO THE LAKE ON WEDNESDAY AND WORKED ALL DAY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. I TOLD RJ THAT WAS IT AND SATURDAY I WAS GETTING UP WITH THE BOYS TO PLAY, SO WE DID!! HE WORKED OUTSIDE ON THE PIER SO HE COULD PLAY AND WORK, BUT I AM PROUD TO SAY SUNDAY HE DID NOT WORK FOR ONE MINUTE!! IF YOU KNOW RJ THEN YOU KNOW THAT IS HARD FOR HIM TO DO,BUT HE ENJOYED HIS FATHER'S DAY WITH HIS BOYS!! I HAVE PICTURES FROM THAT DAY TOO,BUT I AM EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY DRAINED RIGHT NOW. I WILL TRY TO GET THOSE ONE HERE TOMORROW BEFORE WE HEAD BACK DOWN TO THE LAKE ON THURSDAY. I ALSO HAVE PICTURES FROM OUR FUN DAY AT THE LAKE TODAY WITH MI MI, WESTON, MY GI GI, ALEX, AND ALYSSA. I HAD TO GO DOWN TO MEET THE FLOOR GUY, SO WE MADE A PLAY DAY OUT OF IT.

THE SECOND SET OF PICTURES ARE OF THE BOYS JUMPING OFF THE RAIL INTO THE WATER, THANKS TO PAW PAW:)!! IN THE THIRD PICTURE YOU CAN SEE THE BOYS IN THE LAKE ALL BY THEMSELVES. THEY WILL RUN AND JUMP OFF THE PIER EVEN IF NO ONE IS IN THE WATER WITH THEM. THEY MAKE ME A NERVOUS WRECK,BUT THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GO NEAR THE PIER OR EVEN ON THE WATER SLIDE WITHOUT THEIR SHARKS OR LIFE JACKETS ON. I STILL HAVE TO WATCH THEM LIKE A HAWK AND WILL BE GLAD WHEN I KNOW THEY CAN SWIM ALL BY THEMSELVES.

I HAD TO SHARE THE LAST PICTURE BECAUSE IT IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW MUCH AUSTIN LOVES HIS DADDY AND IS SO MUCH LIKE HIM. HE LIKES TO DO WHATEVER HE IS DOING NO MATTER WHAT IT IS!!

LOOK AT THOSE CHUNKY LEGS!!

SPOILED!!

WE DECIDED TO CARRY THE DOGS TO THE LAKE WITH US LAST WEEK AND AS YOU CAN SEE THEY MADE THEMSELVES RIGHT AT HOME! WE WERE WORRIED THEY WOULD RUN OFF,BUT THEY STAYED RIGHT WITH US AND BARKED AT ANYBODY THAT WOULD COME NEAR THE HOUSE. THEY WERE REALLY GOOD AND I LOVED HAVING THEM THERE WHEN RJ WENT TO WORK!! I AM SURE THEY WILL BE SPENDING LOTS OF TIME DOWN THERE THIS SUMMER WITH US!!

SILLY BOYS AND JAX'S NEW TOY!!

AUSTIN LOVES TO DO WHATEVER HIS DADDY IS DOING OR WHERE WHATEVER DADDY HAS ON. THIS IS HIM WITH HIS DADDY'S SHOES ON AND HIS HEAD PHONES ON DANCING TO THE MUSIC! HE IS ONE SILLY BOY AND CRACKS ME UP. HE LOVES MUSIC AND HIS GUITAR!! ANYTIME A SONG COMES ON HE LIKES HE RUNS TO GET HIS GUITAR AND YOU SHOULD SEE HIM PLAY THAT THING!! I HAVE VIDEO,BUT CANNOT GET THEM UPLOADED! MABEY ONE DAY I WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE SOME OF HIS MOVES!! WE ARE GOING TO GET HIM A REAL GUITAR SOON AND GET HIM LESSONS IF HE STILL LIKES IT LIKE HE DOES NOW!! MABEY ONE DAY HE WILL BE MY LITTLE KENNY CHESNEY:)!!

THE OTHER PICTURES ARE THEM JUST HANGING OUT WHILE I WAS WORKING AROUND THE LAKE HOUSE AND THEN THEY HELPED ME PUT TOGETHER JAX'S NEW TOY AND AIDEN WAS SHOWING HIM HOW TO PLAY THE LITTLE PIANO!

PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR MY BABY

WE GOT AUSTIN'S BIOPSY RESULTS BACK AND THEY WERE POSITIVE FOR THE EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS. THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANTED TO HEAR AND IT SCARES ME TO DEATH THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS DIESEASE. MY HEART IS HURTING SO BAD JUST THINKING OF WHAT HE HIS ABOUT TO BE PUT THROUGH WITH ALL THE ALLERGY TESTING AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE. WE ARE BEING SENT TO A SPECIALISTS AT ST. VINCENTS. I REALLY DO NOT KNOW MUCH MORE AT THIS TIME, BUT WILL UPDATE YOU ALL. PLEASE, PRAY FOR MY BABY BOY AND US ALL AS WE DEAL WITH THIS. I KNOW GOD WILL SEE US THROUGH THIS AND HE WILL BE JUST FINE,BUT LIKE I SAID BEFOR,E HE IS MY BABY AND IT HURTS SO BAD TO KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG AND I CANNOT HELP HIM.

LOOK HOW MUCH MY LITTLE MANY HAS GROWN!!!

JAX IS NOW 4 MOTNHS OLD AND DOING NEW THINGS EVERYDAY. HE FOUND HIS FEET AND LOVES TO PLAY WITH THEM WHEN HE IS ON HIS BACK. WE WOKE UP SATURDAY MORNING AND DISCOVERED THAT HIS FIRST TOOTH BROKE THROUGH ON THE BOTTOM. YOU CAN SEE IT ALITTLE AND FEEL IT. HE ALSO ROLLED OVER FROM HIS BACK ONTO HIS STOMACH FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT. SO I AM GUESSING THIS BOY WILL BE ROLLING ALL OVER THE PLACE PRETTY SOON! THIS WILL CAUSE ALL KINDS OF NEW EXCITEMENT AROUND HERE WHEN HE STARTS MESSING WITH THE BOYS TOYS. WE GO FOR HIS 4 MONTH VISIT ON THURSDAY SO WE WILL SEE HOW MUCH CHUNCKY BOY WEIGHS. HE HAS ALSO BEEN SPITTING UP MOST OF HIS BOTTLES, SO WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING SOME FORMULA OR GETTING ON SOME REFLUX MEDICINE BEFORE IT GETS OUT OF HAND! I HOPE AND PRAY HE DOES NOT HAVE THE PROBLEMS AUSTIN HAS HAD AND IT IS JUST SOMETHING HE WILL OUT GROW VERY SOON OR A NEW FORMULA MAY HELP.

YOU THINK HE COULD BE ANY CUTER:)!!