Solid Food

So in my research of when to give your child solid food I found that 6 months is not always the age that babies will have their first solid foods. Jack is sitting while being supported and he actually drools and grabs at my food when I eat. These and a couple of other things told us he was ready and sure enough, he has taken to it with ease. This is his first taste of Rice Cereal. He loves it!

Easter Time

I Love this time of year! The colors, the feelings that I feel. I love the clothes. This was Riska's Easter dress this year. Since Easter is next week and next week is General Conference we wore our Easter clothes today. For those who do not know what General Conference is. We do not go to our regular meetings on the weekend of General Conference. Instead we have the opportunity to hear our prophet and other leaders speak to us from the confrence center in Salt Lake City.

Jack is wearing a 12 month shirt and pant set. There is a tie that goes with it but Jack's neck is too big and we could not get the top button done up. Both kids looked really cute. We decide to go to the park and take pictures. Not sure if this was a good idea. Riska was more interested in the playground and refused to focus on the task at hand. Oh well it just shows off the personalities in our family.

Jacks Eye

So a comment I made in the last post probably needs some clarification. Jack doesn't have a bad eye. He actually has whats called Ptosis in his left eye. It is a deformity in the eyelid muscle that causes it to look lazy or partially closed. We have been to a specialist about it which is where we got the diagnosis. They will do a minor operation on the eyelid when Jack is about 5 or 6 years old. They will only operate sooner if it becomes a problem for him. We have to take him in to the specialist every 4 months to have his eye checked. The doctor said that their is a slight chance that Jack will grow out of it, but she also said that it is unlikely because of how pronounced it is. We asked her about some type pf physical therapy and she said that because the muscle is not weak it is deformed that no amount of therapy will help. So we will wait and see if he does grow out of it and if he doesn't we already decided that we would do the surgery. Now when I refer to Jacks bad eye this is what I mean.

Peek-A-Boo

He is so funny. You would think he would be unhappy with the hood covering his eyes. Instead he was happy and all giggles. Maybe its because his bad eye is the one that is covered. Or it could just be that he was perfectly happy eating his coat.

New Toy Take 2

I think Riska likes this almost as much as Jack does. She is a little more inventive in how she sits in it though.
She is going to be a big help (I hope) when it comes time to feed Jack solid food. 1 more month, times sure flies.

New Toy

It is not really a new toy because we had it with Riska but it is new to Jack and he loves it. We actually had to move it up to the 2nd setting because his weight makes it sag to low on the first setting. He is four months old and weighs 22 lbs. I am sure building up good muscles in my arms. :)

Blessed

Just thought I would let anyone who reads this know how blessed I am in my life. I am very fortunate to have John who still loves me when I am at my worst.
These two children drive me nuts sometimes but I am grateful to have them entrusted to me for our time on this earth. If you are reading this thank you for your love and support!

Rough week

So it has been an incredibly rough week at our house.John has been getting ready for finals, building a bridge, and preparing for an eight hour test he has to take on Saturday. Plus Jack has had RSV and Bronchitis, and he just cut his first tooth yesterday. Riska caught some version of what Jack has and so to say the least I would very much like this week to be over and never replay itself again. :) On the positive side of things I got a lot done. I made Cherry Pie filling, rearranged furniture and deep cleaned the living room and two of the bedrooms. Oh and I did all of the laundry. Yeah for clean clothes!!!! Back to the not so positive parts of the week. Last Friday Jack woke up with a really nasty cough. He had a low temp and was a little fussy. I called the doctors office to see if they could see him. I called first thing that morning and still had not heard from them by three, so I called and asked to talk to the triage nurse. When I told her what was going on she told me "you know you really should have called early in the day." When I told her I did and was waiting for the doctor to get back to me she decided to get us in with the on call doc. As John put it "I would rather let my sick dog die than take it to Doctor Vaughn" (On call Doc.) The doctor saw Jack said that there was nothing wrong with him. When I questioned further about the coughing and the fever he again said that Jack was fine and probably had a little cold. i asked about Jack's congestion and he said that it would go away in a day or two. Let me just say that last weekend was a little scary for me. Jack got progressively worse as the weekend went on and by Sunday night I knew there was something more going on than a little cold. I was up all night with Jack and as soon as the clinic opened I called and asked to talk to our doctor or his nurse. They were both with patients so I left my name and # and asked for a call back asap. When Debbie our nurse called me Jack was having a moment and Debbie heard him in the back ground and told me I needed to get him to the clinic right then and that Jack didn't sound good. So I drop Riska off at Anna's and took Jack to the Doc where we find out he had RSV Which caused bronchitis. FUN!!!!! For the last week we have been using a nebulizer (machine that turns liqued into a gas) and Jack is doing much better. He got his appetite back and is starting to get back to a somewhat normal schedule of sleeping. I am so glad things are getting back to normal.