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.

what 2am looks like...

Both the boys are battling a bit of bronchitis- so sleep was a luxury last night. In fact- anytime Jack was down- Luke was up. I think i slept from 4am to 5am only. From 12:30am until 3am, Jack thought it was party time! Here's what 2am looks like in his eyes...

Good thing he's so stinkin' cute!

sick boy and teething

Ohhhh last week, how I DON'T miss you. Jack-Jack ended up with RSV (learn more about it here) as of Tuesday. He wasn't doing well Monday- and when I went to give him his bottle that night and half of it ended up coming back up and all over me, I knew we were in for a long week. Fever, coughing, choking on phlegm, runny nose- he was a hot mess. He would only sleep in 30 to 45 minute intervals too. Special thanks to my mom and aunt lisa for helping me with him so that I didn't miss TOO much work. He's on the mend- now I just have to train him to sleep better- AGAIN.


To top it all off- he was also teething. Most kids his age get their bottom two teeth in first. Not my boys. Jack followed in his brothers' footsteps and just cut his top two teeth this weekend. There are at least 2 more I see waiting in the wings... Poor Guy!

sorry it's blurry! he didn't exactly like me prying!

He's getting better- and now his new thing to do is to wrinkle his nose and purse his lips and make a funny snorting sound. I finally caught a few pics of him doing it!

Hope you all are having a good week! LOVES! ~H.

sweet blue eyes

Sicky Boy

I hope everyone had a better weekend that we did. Poor Luke. The kid is prone to allergies (he gets that from me) and asthma (he gets that from dad). So if he gets any kind of a cold, it usually sits in his chest and at some point we end up at the doctor- or in this case- the ER. Let's back up...

Saturday- awesome day for luke. His nose had been running, but nothing major. He got a haircut and then we went swimming at the North Clackamas Aquatic Park with Addy, Grace, Mah-Mah, Papa Gary and dad. Jack came along this time too and even stuck his feet in the kiddie pool. It was great fun! But by that night- I heard his cough creeping in. I knew it was a matter of time... So sunday he laid low. Jack and I went off to church, the Luke and I went grocery shopping. I noticed that he was really struggling to breath well, and he started asking for his inhaler, something he never does. Shortly after dinner I noticed he was warm with a low fever. So I texted my mom saying he was bad and that he wouldn't be going to school on monday. She told me to call the on-call doctor, so I did. The nurse called me back and after going over all the meds and inhaler times with her over the phone, we realized that he'd been getting his inhalers almost every hour. And he wasn't any better. She listened to him breathe over the phone andsuggested that I take him to Emanuel Hospital.

I am very blessed to have an amazing mom who dropped everything to come with me. Mom- if you're reading this- you are AMAZING. We got to the hospital and they got him in right away. His blood oxygen level was in the low 80's and they should be between 98-100. He was having a hard time- poor guy. He did really well getting hooked up to all sorts of monitors and they gave him a nebulizer treatment. Then xrays! This whole time mom kept him entertained and distracted with his GI Joes and her great imagination. The GI Joes were not only guys, but hair cutting instruments and doctor tools. He LOVED it.

He was diagnosed with pneumonia and given antibiotics and steroids. We had to wait an hour after they gave him round one of everything and he was a trouper. His blood oxygen level got up to 94/95 and they finally let us go. So at least he'll be good for his birthday tomorrow! yay!

Long, LOOONG night for mom and I. So thank you MOM!! You're the best!

Here's a few pics of the ER trip. 

Getting Checked Out

Breathing Treatment is going well!

Mah-Mah Entertaining Luke

Feeling Better

Goofing Around