Giveaways

My super crafty sister is having a week full of giveaways on her blog. Take a peek and leave a comment on the post to be entered. This was yesterday's giveaway.simplesimonandco.blogspot.com

It aint easy bein' wheezy

Poor Jacob was diagnosed with croup on St. Patrick's Day. Then on Sunday his breathing with very rapid and he was wheezing so I took him to the urgent care. He was put on breathing treatments three times a day. Then Stephen took Jacob back to the doctor this morning while I volunteered at Benjamin's school because his breathing isn't getting any better. He was now diagnosed with Bronchiolitis which is an inflamation of the airway which is caused by croup or RSV. He will be on breathing treatments for at least another week. I don't want to relive this week again. His sleep has now gone to non-existent. Hopefully things start to improve soon!

St. Patrick's Day

Benjamin remembered his cousin Aaron telling him about a leprechaun trap that he made to catch a leprechaun on St. Patrick's Day. On Monday for our FHE activity, we made our own. We were also so very anxious to set it on Wednesday night so we could catch our very own leprechaun!
Benjamin found the leprechaun trap closed this morning, and he was pretty nervous about looking inside. He found a pot of gold candies, but the leprechaun had escaped.
The leprechaun did play funny tricks on us like turning the milk green, putting the chairs on top of the table, turning the ottoman upside, and leaving shamrocks all over the house.


Then for dinner we had corned beef and cabbage with potatoes and for dessert a rainbow cake that we made. It was suppose to have more of a layered look but ours turned out rainbow tie-dye. Everyone loved making it and eating it!

Jacob 6 Months Old

15.8 lbs. weight
27 in. length
44.2 cm. head circumference

At the appointment today, we found out that Jacob has only gained .4 lb. in the last two months. His pediatrician is finding this very worrisome so we are proceeding with more testing to find out what may be wrong. If you all could keep us in your prayers, we would appreciate it.

12 for 12 March

Top Left to Bottom Right 1. shoes that Emma has on everyday now 2. my gluten-free waffle breakfast 3. Expelliarmus (Disarming Charm) by Benjamin 4. my finds at the second hand kids shop 5. Emma showing off her new underwear- Minnie and Princesses 6. Jacob eating elephant 7. practicing riding without training wheels 8. signs of spring on our family walk 9. Jacob eating his blanket 10. smiling for mom 11. Emma riding in the new (to us) double stroller 12. colorful rocks in the neighbors yard

Learning Activity- Make Way for Ducklings

Here is a torn art project that we did after reading the book Make Way for Ducklings. Benjamin's design was all his own. Emma had a bit of help because all she wanted to do was swirl the glue stick and not put anything in it.Emma's duck

Benjamin's duck

Jacob Lately

I was talking on the phone the other day to someone and trying to explain just how bad things have been with Jacob. It is hard because I really, really, really want to focus on the progress and not the hardships. To explain it in terms of where we have come from it is something like this. Last Saturday Jacob fell asleep in his carseat while we were out running errands. This is a miracle for two reasons. First, he has only ever in his entire life (except for the 1st week of life) fallen asleep in his carseat twice. Yes twice. The first was over Christmas and the second last Saturday. Second reason for this being a miracle is that this was the second time he has ever fallen asleep without crying in his life. The first was also the falling asleep episode in the carseat over Christmas. I am now trying a gluten-free as well as dairy-free diet for the next week to see if that helps him. Our next step is to do much more invasive testing which I been trying to avoid. I am praying that we can actually get some answers soon.

Each day with Jacob I try to focus on the progression. I remind myself that we have come along way and each day when I see his smile it literally melts my heart. He has been my smiley-est by far even under the circumstances. Some milestones that we love seeing him do are rolling all over the place and beginning to move around the floor by pushing off with his legs. He does like to be in his excersaucer for a little while and loves to jump. He has also discovered his tongue as you can tell in the pictures above and loves to lick his lips while others are eating. He still loves to be held as much as possible and also loves to watch his big brother and sister. Love you little Jacobey!

Emma Lately

Here are few funny things that Emma has said recently.

• After cooking some underwear in a pot she said "Underwear's hot."
• After putting hair on a lego person for her she said "He no boy today. He a girl."

Potty Training
We are in full blown potty training mode. Emma decided for herself that she needs to use the potty. It was not something that I was officially ready to do yet, but if she has interest right now then I decided that I must jump in with both feet even though the timing is all wrong for me. We had a few successes Wednesday while still wearing a princess pull-up. Thursday she was officially in big girl underwear because she thought the diapers were scratchy. She made it to the potty five times with only three accidents. I call that a pretty impressive real first day. Friday was our biggest clean up mess but she did manage to keep her pull-up dry for 3 hours when we left the house. We are just in the beginning stages but so far (knock on wood) I am hopefully.

Benjamin Lately

Here are some things that Benjamin has been doing. . .

Building a pizza factory

complete with pizza ovens

and booths.

Making drawings of his family (look closely we are all there with little Jacob down in the grass),
Benjamin and Mom, and
writing sentences about things that he needs to work on.
He has been reading lots of books and

using his jumpy finger to help him along.
He is really growing up.

Second Lost Tooth

Benjamin had a dentist appointment today. He had to have a tooth pulled because the adult tooth was coming in behind the baby tooth. He did a great job and was so brave. He got to bring the tooth home in a tooth holder and put it under his pillow that night. The tooth fairy left him a $1.00 bill!