Another Busy Weekend!

We had lots of fun this weekend, but I don't have any pictures of it. I know ... you get a new camera and then don't even have it close by so you can snap a few pictures here and there!

We went over to Micah and Angi's house to hang out on Saturday for supper and just fun time with friends! Meggan ended up staying the night (of course...) and we're not too sure how much they actually slept. Meggan actually took a nap this afternoon, so I'm pretty sure they didn't get a whole lot of sleep! Little stinkers ... already trying to pull all-nighters??? :)

We just enjoyed the beautiful weather and got some much-needed fresh air!!! It was a bit cooler today with some rain in the morning and early afternoon, but then the sun came out and it was another great weather day so we had to take a walk to enjoy it a little bit. It was pretty windy, however, but it was still fun!

Hope everyone had a great weekend! I'll post a couple pictures soon, I promise!!! :)

Will Spring Just Come Already?

I have to admit that I'm just completely tired of winter. It has been a LONG winter this year, and the month of February just about did us in! I'm so tired of the poor kiddos being sick ...

Meggan has the stomach flu again. She just had it last Sunday and was home Monday (although it wasn't really too bad of a bug or whatever) and then she ended up vomiting again this Sunday evening while we were at our friends' house. They said they didn't mind, but we still felt so bad!!! :) She seems to be on the mend, although we even kept her home today just to make sure she got a little extra rest and got her energy and immune system built back up to fight off the germs at school. We'll see ...

So far, so good for Jordan this go-round. He was home last week on Monday and Tuesday because he had followed right in Meggan's footsteps and vomited in the wee-morning hours of Monday. He seemed to have it a little worse than she did last week, so maybe he got the real thing and won't catch it again this time??? He doesn't seem to have picked it up this time (knock on wood). As for his ears, he seems to be doing just great! He doesn't mess with them at all, except when we put the drops in there. He doesn't seem to be much of a fan of that! He's a champ since his tubes have been put in, and we just can't seem to give him enough food (typical boy; right?). He's like a bottomless pit!!! :)

Other than that, not much to report here. Just trying to survive the end of winter and REALLY looking forward to the spring weather (hopefully soon)! I am hoping that will mean the end of some of Jordan's other stuff (daily steroid, breathing treatments, etc.), but we'll see what happens when that gets here. He has his 18-month doctor appointment scheduled for April 8, so we'll see what is in store once we talk to Dr. Gloyeske. I still have high hopes that maybe he won't have to do this stuff all through the other months too!

It's just hard to believe that before we know it Meggan will be turning 5 years old ... how the time truly does fly by! Jordan is already almost 1 1/2 years old, and that just doesn't seem possible either. How do our babies grow up so fast???

Don't have too many pictures from the last few days, but I will post a couple. Jordan was ADAMANT that he help us vacuum on Friday morning - he simply wouldn't give up. Then there are a couple of Meggan at her first swimming lesson on Saturday morning. Enjoy!

Jordan's vacuuming is pretty slow-going!

So Daddy decided to just have him "help" instead!

Just can't wait to get INTO the water!

Have to practice their kicks first (also known to most 4- or 5-year-olds as how high can we splash)!

Everything is Just Fine!

Jordan went through his procedure like a champ! I wanted to put a quick update on here for those that might be checking this and wondering. His procedure was scheduled at 8:00 and we were driving home at 9:00. He did take a little while to come out of his anesthesia - Jason commented a few times that he looked high! :)

He is helping Jason vacuum right now ... you would never know he had anything done to him this morning. He was eating like a champ too (what's new there?) and we had to cut him off or he would have kept on stuffing his face!

Thanks to all who thought of us! We're so lucky to have such wonderful friends and family - and so lucky to have these two wonderful kids!!!

Say a Little Prayer for Jordan!

Tomorrow morning at 8:00 Jordan will be getting tubes placed in his ears. Please keep him (and his mommy, daddy, and big sissy) in your thoughts and prayers as we worry about him! I know it's a pretty simple and routine procedure, but no matter how many times I tell myself that, it doesn't make it any easier. We just keep thinking about the end result of all of these ear infections and medications he's had to go through - prayerfully no more ear infections and a little man that doesn't have to feel bad all the time (and can also hopefully hear himself better and talk more)!!!

It will be so hard sending him back there to that scary room all by himself ... but he will be fine and the doctors and nurses will take good care of him and God will be watching over him and the doctor. I know all of these things but still can't convince myself not to be nervous and anxious! :)

My sweet baby boy, we love you and just want the best for you! May tomorrow be the first day of the rest of your life (the one that doesn't include ears feeling like you're in an airplane all the time and doesn't include an approximate 30% hearing loss, according to the ENT doctor)! Your mommy, daddy, and sissy are cheering for you!

It's Been a While!

So it's been a while since I last posted to the blog, so I figured I'd do a quick post to update everyone since last week!

We had a fun, busy weekend planned, which we accomplished about half of. Jason and I went to an '80s party on Saturday night while Dawn baby-sat the kids. They didn't get to stay the night at her house because Jer was pretty sick all weekend so Meggan was bummed about that, but Dawn and Lucas ended up staying the night here because they were out cold on our couch when we got home around 1:00 a.m. and it wasn't worth waking him up to drag him out in the cold and perhaps have him not get back to sleep very well. That was lots of fun - I haven't laughed that hard for a while! It was nice to just be out the two of us and get to spend time with friends and not worry about the kids and schedules and how long their patience (or our patience) will last! :)

Our fun weekend got interrupted on Sunday morning when Meggan started vomiting around 7:30. She vomited 7 or 8 times between then and 10:00 and then was done. She ate nothing but applesauce, bananas, toast and/or saltines for the rest of the day and also yesterday (we kept her home from school since it hadn't been 24 hours since she last puked), and seems good as new! Meggan had to miss church (a surprisingly devastating turn of events for an almost 5-year-0ld), had to miss a gymnastics outing that a group from church had planned for Sunday afternoon, and we had to call off for ChristCare that evening (thankfully we weren't the only ones that were going to miss, and they just ended up canceling it and going to reschedule and we didn't miss anything after all). She was pretty heartbroken!

Jordan, on the other hand, vomited a couple times overnight into Monday morning and hasn't quite regained his strength back yet. He woke up this morning again to a little vomit in his bed and has been sleeping the day away yet again today. Poor little guy - seems like those 1-year-olds always get hit the hardest and take a little extra time to bounce back!

We are just praying that he will make a full recovery (and that neither one of us will come down with any of this junk) and he will be able to go forward with getting tubes in his ears on Friday morning. We've been waiting since his ENT appointment on February 4, and can't put it off much longer. This is the first available time they had (yes, 3 weeks later ... got to love big city medical stuff) and he's suffering from another ear infection since we were there (his sixth one since July now). So tired of him having to put up with that!

Please pray all this stuff will leave Jordan's body (since it seems to have already left Meggan's) and leave this house for good!!!

Some pictures from the last few days:

Meggan's first pair of earrings since she got them pierced (she found a set that has a letter M in just about every color)!


Meggan dressed up in one of her crazy outfits before we left for the party on Saturday night!


All of us ladies from our ChristCare group dressed up in our '80s gear!

The kids being "like Daddy" on Sunday afternoon before I left for the gymnastics event that Meggan had to miss out on! :(

The kids playing (I don't know what) yesterday during one of the rare moments Jordan was awake at all!

Have a great Tuesday!

Couple Fun Pictures!

As I sit here waiting for my large file from a job I took last week to copy and paste into one final transcript document, I thought I would upload these pictures quick of the kids playing on Friday night here at home. Of course, Jordan had to copy exactly what Meggan was doing. Here's your final result:

I know this may be to Jason's dismay, but it's pretty cute at 16 months!!!

Meggan just had to try on Grandma's glasses and Aunt Crystal's glasses!

She actually looks pretty cute in them - it won't be so bad if she has to wear them! Not that I am wishing that for her, but especially in the right size they would be pretty adorable on her!

That's it for now. Just thought I would upload a couple pictures since it has been a while since I put pictures up! Have a great Wednesday, everyone!

BUSY Weekend!

With Crystal and Jesse out for a visit this weekend, we kept pretty busy! Well, between them being here and Meggan singing in choir at church and a couple birthday parties on Sunday afternoon too! :)

We had SO much fun with Crystal and Jesse here! The guys went and had their night out on Friday night - and had lots of fun! Meggan got to go with the girls on Saturday afternoon as we went shopping a little bit (Jordan was asleep here at home with the boys) - she always has fun getting to "hang out" with "just the girls" when we head out to find some bargains!

Thanks, Crystal and Jesse, for making the trip out here to visit us! We can't wait for the baby shower coming up!

Hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day weekend!