19 months

taken on sunday- the kid loves baths!

 I forgot to post on Sunday that Jack was 19 months. I don't even know how that has happened. Right now we are battling our third double ear infection. Last round of antibiotics this happened:

taken at the hospital

So I'm hoping that this sulfa-meds they gave him this round help. Poor kid.

However- at 19 months he's quite the character. He certainly has his opinions and will tell you no! He's stingy on hugs and loves unless he's tired or sick. I have started calling bedtime "naptime" just so that he'll go down without a screaming fight. woooweee- I'm in for it with this one. BUT he always kisses me goodbye when I drop him off at daycare, and he runs and hugs my legs when I go to pick him up. He loves to share his foods with me and loves to learn new things from his big brother. Jack James is a blessing, ear infections and all.

13 months

Jack- you turned 13 months on Monday and I forgot to document it. SORRY!

Things you're doing now:
- you point to our nose or yours and say "nooooose"
- you point to a ball and say "ba!"

- when you see a dog you say "Doh, ooh, ooh" {like a dog barking sound}

You still refuse to walk on your own, even though we know you can. You're standing more on your own and you're trying to crawl up onto everything!! Everyone wherever we go stop to look at you still b/c of your big eyes and sweet smile. We love you monkey!!

uh-oh!

Here's the adorable uh-oh video of Jack James:

seriously- it's totally adorbs! he also says da-da a lot as you can see! so cute!

and also i'm aware that i sound like a total dork. sigh. 

my little hot mess

Over memorial day weekend, Luke came down with a bug. Fever, sore throat and his bad, bad cough. I thought he had just got another cold- so didn't worry too much. I did notice dot on his foot- but I thought he had a sliver or something.

Fast forward to friday and as I'm getting Jack ready for daycare I notice he has some diaper rash- no biggie- slap on some cream and let's go. He also felt a little warm, but he's cutting two more teeth- so I gave him some tylenol and off we went to daycare and work. That afternoon my daycare lady called me saying he's real sluggish, has a fever and has this rash that's spreading. Nothing freaks me out more than a rash! So I call the doc and leave a message and run over there (so happy that I work less than 5 min from him). I take one look at him and literally watch the rash spread across his face. I said "Yah- we're going to the ER bud." and off we went. We get right in and diagnosed with the lovely Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (learn more here). His cousin Grace was battling it the week before- she had it bad too, poor little monkey.

Here's a couple shots from the hospital:

day one of rash

sicky little dude at the ER

 

his little foot. the filter makes it look more red that it was!

So there is NOTHING that I can do for the poor kid other than advil and tylenol (remind me to tell the milligrams vs milliliters story sometime). It apparently isn't contagious in adults (more on this later) and it didn't appear to be IN his mouth (not yet, anyway). And sometimes kids will have no rash- just all the other symptoms. They may get one or two dots on their feet and hands and that's it. A-HA! So apparently that IS what Luke had the week before. Which makes sense as he was around Grace the day she came down with it.

So I take Jack home hoping that it's not going to get any worse, as Luke had it really mildly.
Boy- was I WRONG. The only way the little guy would sleep is if he was up on my shoulder. Saturday we were moving my Dad up to a retirement community (which took ALL day), so I had my lovely cousin Alicia watching the boys. Her sister came by too, for a bit to help. Jack was a clingly, snotty, hot mess. I felt SOOO bad that I left her with him.  He wouldn't nap unless you held him. He'd only take a bottle and he wanted you to hold him 24/7. Alicia- you are a saint. My mom and step-dad came to her rescue around 4pm that afternoon. And not a moment too soon as Luke had just gotten his foot/leg stuck in the bongo drum. I mean SERIOUSLY?

It was a LOOONG weekend of little sleep and lots of Popsicles and loves. THANK YOU MOM FOR ALL THAT YOU DID!!!

My mom watched them monday and I had yesterday off b/c he was still just not ok. This was Jack on Monday- and it actually makes him look better than he was!

His toes were/are FULL of blisters and his nose was so boogie-ed w/ sores that I couldn't even wipe it without it bleeding! So i called the doc yesterday and they wanted to see him today. Poor kid is ALL infected- so no daycare for the rest of the week! Doctor also said that b/c he had it SO bad that mostly likely all that were around him this weekend will also get it- or an adult form of it (sore throat, headache, fever, cough). I have had a sore throat for the last few days- so that explains me. Found out that poor Alicia has it (SOOO SORRY AUNTIE LEESH). Just waiting for everyone else. and there is a slight possibility that Luke could get it again b/c Jack has it so bad. I know- right? AND AND AND- this is like a common cold. He could get it again next year. shoot me now.

Mom picked up some ointment today that the doc prescribed- so I hope he'll be better soon. Thank you Aunt Lisa for stepping up and watching Jack tomorrow so I don't have to use ALL my PTO. I am SOO blessed to have family close that is always willing to help. They are amazing.

Jack is getting better tho. He slept great yesterday for me and is starting to look a littl bit better. Here's Jack from last night- he's finally getting well enough to eat some real foods now. 

Highlight- he's almost walking!! He'll walk along next to you now only holding ONE finger! He's only 10 mo!! Watch out world- here he comes!

8 months

i am a day late on this post- but yesterday was craziness...

Jack James is 8 months old. I don't even know how that happened! It's going to fast!!

JACK FACTS: He has two top teeth coming in perfectly and another top one has cut the surface (no bottoms yet). He has started screaming at the top of his lungs if you ignore him (or put him in his high chair and aren't shoveling food in his mouth). He has started to army crawl on his cute tummy all over the living room. He even gets himself onto all fours- and then freaks out. He sleeps thru the night basically every OTHER night. But still an improvement! He loves to laugh and be entertained (and if you're not entertaining him- well, refer back to the sentence about what he does if you ignore him). He gets excited to see me when I get home- that right there is enough to melt you.

We love you Jack James!

and don't forget to vote for Jack for cute baby of the week! Vote every day until Sunday!
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Happy Valentine's Day

These two sure have my heart!

6 months & 4 years

Both boys had check-ups yesterday. here's the stats for them:

JACK- 27 1/2 inches long --- 18 lbs, 4 oz.
(compared to luke at this age- he's close in weight- but is as tall as luke was at 4 months!)

LUKE- 43 1/2 inches tall --- 41 lbs (he grew over 3 and 1/2 inches since last year)

My Little Bear

Jack's new thing- he kinda sounds like a bear- no?

Jack sits up!

Look at my baby! He's getting so big now. He officially sits up on his own (although we are always right there b/c he will still topple over).

ok- this picture below cracks me up! His facial expression and the fact that all that shows on his shirt is "ho needs" (the actually shirt is a holiday one that says who needs mistletoe). hahaha and you can't see one of his hands b/c it's moving so fast! love this little guy!

4 MONTHS

He's found his feet and is a drool machine, but his smile will melt your heart! Will let you all know how much he weighs this weekend. We have his 4 month checkup on friday!

the fantastic 4

My darling brother and fab sister-in-law went out to dinner tonight to celebrate their anniversary! Happy Anniversary J&M! While they were away- the kids and I played. Here's a few cute photos from our evening.

the fantastic 4