Two Months Old!

I can't believe that Jett is already two months old! He is doing great! He is such a strong boy, holding his head up and wanting to always be standing on those tiny little legs! He is doing pretty good at night, at least for the past few days! He typically goes to bed around 9:30, wakes up around 3 or 4 to eat, but really quickly, and then goes right back to sleep until about 7:30 or so! I can totally handle that! As long as Addie will sleep, we're good to go! He likes to eat a lot! During the day every two to three hours, and then in the evenings we still sometimes have feeding marathons. But, I have heard that is how little boys are! We had his 2 month appointment on Monday with Dr. Terk, and he said everything looks great! I no longer take for granted appointments where everything is ok! He is 11 lbs and 10 ozs which puts him in the 50th percentile. And he is 24 inches long which puts him in the 75 percentile. His head circumference is in the 90th percentile, my kids just have big heads! :) Dr. Terk also likes to say his name and do a manly pose when he says it! It is pretty hilarious, I'll have to see if he'll let me get a picture of that! Jett is just a joy, and I think he is going to have a pretty laid back personality, besides the part where he wants to be held all of the time. He is my little cuddle bug! And then, I just had to post this picture, too cute!

I look at these children, and I am just in awe that they are actually mine! I am thankful that God has chosen Adam and I to take care of these little ones! Right now, I just have to trust Him to give me the strength and peace to not be in constant worry over them. Do you other moms ever feel like that? His plan is perfect, not mine, I have to keep reminding myself of that. Isaiah 55:8-9 says "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways, " says the Lord. "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts." God, help me to always remember that.

Here are some recent pics!

This is how Addie "holds" Jett

and yes her shirt is on backwards and inside out, she likes to take her clothes off and put them on all by herself
Is that the cutest, tinyest little bottom or what?!?

Hoping he's a mama's boy! ;)
What a stud!
Jett joined us for story time

It didn't take long before she pulled that bear from beneath him!

My handsome hubby with our babies

She rarely keeps all of her clothes on
Gigi (Adam's mom) came for a visit

So, I am finally posting after a whole month!!! Being a mom of two takes quite a bit more time, but I love it! Jett is doing so great, he is 7 weeks old today! He is growing so quickly! He started smiling at us about two weeks ago, talk about something that will melt your heart, it is so sweet! On a normal night, he is waking up only once, which is great with me! Addie is such a great big sister. She loves her baby brother so much. We try to have special Mommy/Addie time while Jett is napping, so that she gets my full attention. And on Daddy's day off, she just can't get enough of us! She is so precious. I am so grateful to God for giving us these precious gifts. And, I am finally starting to feel a little more like myself again. Those pregnancy hormones are rough! I have got to be better about taking more pictures! Here are some of what I have captured over the last couple of weeks.

We're home!

My goofy little man!

Sweet Girl

He likes his baths, can't you tell??? (his first sponge bath at home)

an example of a meal at the hospital - "Chicken Giggles" eww...thank you so much to our friends who brought us food!

Look at that sad little IV, so glad that is over!

Another update...

ALL TESTS ARE CLEAR!!! Praise the Lord! The doctor said that he is healthy, no sign of illness, but because they feel that he was directly exposed, they feel that they are obligated to treat him to be on the safe side. They did, however, shorten his treatment time from 14 days to 10 days. So, we should be going home either Monday night or Tuesday morning. What a relief! There is a light at the end of the tunnel!

Addie's birthday is tomorrow! I can't believe that she is going to be two years old! Of course, we won't be able to be at the party that we had planned, so we are going to have a make-shift party here at the hospital! Our friends have been absolutely amazing! They have sent new toys up here for Addie to play with to make her feel special and to keep this room from feeling so small! We are so blessed. We have been completely overwhelmed at everything people have done for us. You would not believe it! My friends even organized a schedule for people to come sit with me while Adam is at work! And Adam goes and gets Addie after work and takes her home, plays with her, bathes her, and puts her down before he heads back up here to be with me. I think that is giving her some sense of normalcy back in her life. I know she is ready for us all to be home!

But we are thankful that Jett is healthy, and we are glad that we are in the best place for him to be taken care of! We will be home soon! Just a few more days!!! Thank you for all of the prayers!

Update on our boy...

So many of you may know this already, but we have had a rough few days in our family. We went to see Jett's pediatrician on Friday for his after hospital visit, everything looked great, but his doctor noticed these tiny dots on the back of his throat that he didn't like. There were two, about the size of a pinhead. He called a specialist, and decided that we needed to go to the hospital to have some tests run to rule out HSV, the Herpes Simplex Virus. This is the virus that comes out in people like fever blisters. In anyone over two months old that is exposed to this, it is no big deal, but in a baby it can be very dangerous. Because Adam and his mom tend to get fever blisters and actually both had one last week, they had to consider him exposed. So, we got to the hospital at 3pm on Friday and Jett went through a rigorous series of tests including a spinal tap, cultures, and blood tests. It was terrible. He is so tiny, but he was so strong and so brave! Our little boy is a fighter! So, they went ahead and started him on an anti-viral medicine on Friday night. We have been waiting since then for test results. The spinal tap, which tested any infection in his brain or spinal fluid, came back negative, PRAISE GOD! And, his blood tests have also come back clear. At this point, all cultures have shown no growth, and if it was HSV, it should have shown up by now. So, as of now, all tests are clear. Even though tests are clear, however, the doctors feel that because he could have been exposed, they want to run a full cycle of anti-viral medication which is a 14 day cycle. We thank God that our little boy is healthy and will go home as if nothing ever happened. But, please be in prayer for us. We miss Addie so much. We just got home from the hospital on Wednesday to just go back in on Friday. My parents have been absolutely amazing and are taking such great care of her, but her mommmy and daddy miss her. Mom brings her up here in the mornings so that we can spend time with her. I will try to keep this updated as we get news from the doctors. God is so faithful. He has showed his grace to us in so many ways. Amazingly, my body is healing very quickly. Jett is eating SO well, and breast feeding is going great. With all of the tears that I have cried in the last three days, it is only by the grace of God that I still even have milk! I have the absolutely most amazing husband ever, who has really taken care of all of us through this. And we have been so blessed already to see the body of Christ step in and make sure that we are taken care of, we have incredible friends. It is amazing, thank you Jesus.

The boy... (as Adam calls him!)

Here is our family of four!!! What a huge blessing! Some of these pictures are really small, we are going to work on that! :) Welcome home Baby Jett, you are LOVED!!!