Costumes, Candy, and a hospital stay

It has been an eventful few weeks. So it's time for a blog post.

Cohen had to be hospitalized after he had what we thought was a stomach bug initially but he only vomited two or three times and that was it. But he seemed very lethargic days after he had thrown up and he wouldn't eat or drink. Which led to dehydration. In the hospital he was able to get hydrated but all his tests came back negative. Nobody could tell me what was wrong with him. After a process of elimination and research we think he ate some poisonous berries from a bush we have. I had no idea they were poisonous. I always told the boys to stay away from the bush but I guess curiosity got the best of him... 

 We are very thankful that Cohen is much better! He is eating and drinking again. He's still really tired and grumpy but it's been a rough few days for the little guy. And don't worry that bush will be gone in no time!

 Cohen got better just in time for pumpkin carving and trick-or-treating. Here's little man checking out the pumpkin.

We had a lion and a doctor this year. People kept asking if little man was a veterinarian. We hadn't thought about that but it works! 

 It was almost 80 degrees here so Cohen was not too happy with his lion suit. But seeing the candy made it all worth it.
 
Thanksgiving is this month!! Who else is excited??!!

A traumatic event...

When blankie gets a "bath" it's a very traumatic event. I always try to sneak it into the washer but inevitably he notices it missing. On this particular day he walked in on me switching it to the dryer. He had been looking for it for a while and the second he saw it, he lost it. He didn't want to leave the laundry room. He stayed right there until it was finished drying.

The following video is from last night. We were going through our normal bed time routine with the boys, when hubby went and got his guitar.  Little man's favorite song if Forever Reign by Hillsong. And if you listen carefully you can hear little man sing "Jesus, Jesus no name". (any mom would melt at hearing that) Half way through hubby makes up a tune/song to the verse Ephesians 6:1 (Children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right). Little man was not impressed.

Black and White Spaghetti {Wordless Wednesday}

{he was ready for his bath}

10 months

*Just in case you missed it, I wrote a thank you post for all the birthday wishes!
*Tomorrow little man will be ten months old but I didn't want to post this the same day as the before/after blog hop. So after the blog hop I will back date this post to be on the 1st!

Today (tomorrow) you are 10 months old! WOW, you are almost 1 year old!! I can't believe it.

This past month you:

• You started crawling everywhere!!
• You are into everything!!
• Your acid reflux is getting bad.
• You have 7 teeth!!
• You're waving "bye bye"
• You love to swing at the park.
• You got to go see your great-grandma
• You actually like lemons.
• I think you are more attached to your blanket than you've ever been!
• You have the cutest, most contagious laugh ever!
• Auntie made you your first toy box.
• I didn't realize you had so many toys.
• We are still practicing your sign language. 
• You had a double ear infection this month. 

Daddy and mommy love you very much! It's crazy how fast you are growing. You were still in my tummy a year ago and we were anxiously awaiting your arrival. We cherish every day we have with you. We continue to pray that you will come to know the Lord early in your life and that you will daily live out His name as long as you live!!

Four days post-op

Little man had his surgery to correct his problem with keeping down solids on Thursday. I am happy to say that he has not thrown up since!!! I can't tell you how excited I am to be able to feed my son food! Thank you for your prayers for him.


This is a picture of little man right out of surgery. Sorry for the poor quality, I took it with my camera phone.

I'm sorry I have been a horrible blogger lately. Life has just been crazy.

8 months

• You like to sleep on your side. 
• You are going through a phase of separation anxiety...I'm hoping it's just a phase.
• You went to the ER for the first time.
• You spent 2 nights 3 days in the hospital. 
• You are trying to crawl. 
• You love being with your dad these days.
• You absolutely refuse to eat green beans and peas. 
• Your first Christmas was spent in Colorado at Uncle Kenny's cabin.
• Your favorite gift was a moose that you can chew on. 
• You have really started dancing this month to music. Which makes us smile. Hopefully you will get your rhythm from daddy. 
• You love playing peek-a-boo with your blanket. 
• We can't go anywhere without your "blankie" or we will really regret it. 
• When daddy gets home you jump up and down with excitement. 
• You are talking up a storm! 
• You are the most alert baby I've ever seen. You always want to know what's going on around you. 
• You still have the cutest laugh I've ever heard.

We are so thankful for you! Love you!

Hospital update

We are still in the hospital. All of little man's test came back negative. The Dr. says the virus is out of his system and the reason why he can't keep his formula down is because his stomach is very irritated. So all of that is good news! We gave him his own formula for most of the day. A little bit at a time. Now we have to see if it stays down. If it does we will get released!! Thank you all for your prayers!! Please pray it stays down! Here are a few photos from the day.

Back in the hospital

Friday, last week we were sent to the E.R. because little man's stomach bug had caused him to become dehydrated. After he received fluids he seemed to perk up but still couldn't hold down anything. We went 48 hours without formula only giving him pedialyte and without vomit. After those 48 hours we thought it was safe to go ahead and start giving him his formula. As soon as we introduced a little bit of his formula he would vomit. And was unable to hold it down which caused him to become dehydrated again. This morning little man's pediatrician admitted him in the hospital to keep him hydrated and run tests to be able to give this virus a name. We are thankful that we have been able to get every "sample" that they needed for their tests. The blood work came back normal and we are now waiting on a few other tests. We won't be able to leave the hospital until little man can keep down his formula. Please be praying for he will be able to beat this virus and that he will be able to keep his formula down!

How pitiful is this? It breaks my heart. At least they didn't IV his thumb sucking hand.

He is ready to feel better!! We are going on day 10 of this!!!!

Thank you to everyone that participated in the blog hop! While little man was napping I looked at everyone's pictures. What great talent we have!! We will have to do it again soon!

6 months

Today (actually the other day) you are 6 months. What a busy month you have had!

• You are sitting up.
• You have 2 teeth! 11/8
• You have the most contagious laugh I've ever heard. 
• You finally moved up to the 3-6 month pant size. 
• When daddy gets home from work you get really excited!
• We let you sleep with us once and you kicked daddy all night. 
• You went to Hawaii with the family and did awesome on the plane ride home!
• You shake your head no. You're not actually saying no, you're just mimicking daddy but I think we are in trouble if you're already saying no at 5 months!!
• You saw your first snow a few days ago.
• You got to sit in daddy's airplane. Daddy hopes that you will love aviation as much as he does!
• You are still sleeping through the night. (what a blessing!)
• Every night daddy reads to you out of the bible and prays with you. 

We love you and are so proud of you! I can't believe that half of a year has already come and gone. You were an answer to LOTS of prayer.

Thank you Lord for our son!

(This was suppose to be up on the 1st but because of the contest it was postponed. The winner will be announced on Monday)

*buttermilk pie recipe is coming later today or tomorrow.... and the reason why I have a love/hate relationship with the fedex man.  :)

5 months

Today you are 5 months old.

Weight- 14.2

Head-  50%

Weight - 25%

Height - 50%

• You are rolling over from your stomach to back. You did this a lot when you itty bitty but then quit and are now doing it again.
• You finally have a little bit of hair. It's blond so it's hard to see. 
• You will walk if we hold your hands but you've been doing this since 3 months. 
• Your smile can light up a room.
• You are officially a thumb sucker.
• We started you on solids this month. 
• You didn't like rice cereal but you love carrots and sweet potatoes.
• When Caden is over you love to watch him and laugh. You will soon be able to play with him.
• You have a favorite blanket that you sleep with every night. 
• That blanket was given to you by your great-great uncle who is currently battling cancer.
• Uncle Brad babysat you for a few hours BY HIMSELF for the first time.
• You love your grandpa!
•  You find certain things funny and it is absolutely the most cutest thing when you start laughing.
• You went on another airplane ride, this one was much longer and you did awesome!!
• Your gums are swollen, and you are chewing on everything in sight. Maybe you will have a tooth soon!
• We went to the pumpkin patch for the first time. Grandma nene went with us along with aunt mady.
• We took our first family Christmas picture. 
• For the first time you ran a small fever. But we think that was due to teething.
• At night right before daddy and mommy go to bed I will sneak into your room, pick you up and rock you. You are such a heavy sleeper at night that you don't wake up.  It's my favorite part of the day. I pray for you and thank the Lord for you!! I am so glad that the Lord gave me the honor of being your mommy. 
• Sadly you still cry from 5-7 every evening. Sometimes we both cry at that time....
• We love you so much and are so incredibly proud of you. 

3 months

Weight-13.4 lbs.

What you've been up to this past month:

• You like to chew on your hands. Hopefully this is just temporary. :)
• You went on your first airplane ride!
• You went to California!
• While in California you touched sand for the first time.
• Your fussy time is still in the early evening. Daddy says your just burning off energy.
• You "talk" so much more.
• You met several family members on my mom's side for the first time.
• You don't like tummy time.
• Daddy bought you a life jacket but we won't be using that till next year.
• You LOVE your activity mat and will lay there for a LONG time.
• We took you to big church for the first time. You did great! You still have another month before we can take you to the nursery.
• While giving you a bath you will kick your legs, splash and smile really big

chillin at 35000 feet

My husband and I were not awakened by the alarm clock this morning....nope...My beautiful baby boy who NEVER wakes up in the middle of the night decided he needed to get up at 3:50. It wasn't too bad because our alarm was going to go off at 4:30. It actually worked out great. We decided to go ahead and feed him. Because we went ahead and fed him he wasn't "due" for another bottle till our take off....perfect! Thank you God! Little man did great his first flight.

Hubby wanted to take pictures of little man's first airplane ride. Little man was enjoying himself and hubby was on his fourth cup of coffee.

little man's doctor appt.

Look at this smiling boy! We were at an undisclosed location in this picture. Very..hush, hush. Will post on that later. The past few weeks have been hard weeks for me and I will post about that later too! :) But I am SOO glad that my husband is home this week. He is still going to work but not in california! Yesterday we took little man to the dr. for his 2 month check up.

wt. 11.6 50%

ht. 22 3/4 50%

head 40 cm 50%

And last night I got to have some girl time while hubby watched little man. Not only did hubby watch little man, he also surprised me by cleaning the house. He even dusted the ceiling fans! What a blessing!

little man is 2 months old today

Matthew 5:14,16
"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven."

Your name means "light". Our hope and prayer for you is when people look at you they will see the love and grace of Jesus Christ. That you will be a light in a dark world. We pray that you will seek His face and not look to the world to be your guide.

What you've been up to this month:

• You are smiling!
  
• You already can hold your head up for a while.
  
• Mornings are your best time of day!
  
• After your first morning feeding you lay your on your play mat. Where you will "talk" and smile for an hour.
  
• You already LOVE your dad.
  
• You can now follow people with your eyes.
  
• Dad and I are very thankful that you sleep from 8pm to 7am.
  
• People say you look just like me!
  
• You are now sleeping in your own room!
  
• Oh and when evening hits we have to brace ourselves. :) (that's your fussy time of the day)

first bath

Little man enjoyed his first bath. Not one tear was shed and afterwards he fell asleep. I loved the way he smelled!