Cleaning Day

May 20th - my mom & Aunt Ruth (thanks again to both of you - it was a great help!!) came over to help me clean my house and get rid of all the germs, so maybe Jacob & I would stop getting sick.

As we cleaned, we put Jacob in his exersaucer.

He just loved it. He loves the sun with the smiley face. He looks at it and laughs!!

Quick Recap

Okay, since my last post this is what's happened.

May 8th - Lance left to go work in Virginia.

May 9th - Jacob was running a fever again and I had to take him to the emergency room. He was admitted to the hospital again and we had a much longer stay (May 9 - May 13). They couldn't determine the cause of the fever and had to continue to run test. My doctor told me take him out of daycare.

The week of May 15th - Jacob came to work with me.

May 17th - I got strep throat. I was so sick, 103 fever, etc. etc.

May 19th - Penny started watching Jacob during the day (until my mom retires).

Okay, that's the basic stuff - Now for more pictures

Here is Jacob playing on the bed in the hospital room.

Here is Jacob at my work - sitting in his bouncy seat

Congratulations Mr & Mrs Galloway

On May 6th, 2006, Adrian (Egg) Galloway & Angela (Angie) Oxnard were married in Mt Dora, Florida.

We love & miss you.

The wedding was beautiful. Hope you had a great honeymoon. Are you pregnant yet? You've been married long enough already.

Mr & Mrs Galloway

This was the best picture that we got of the happy couple together

Jacob with daddy at the reception

Our family

After dinner, the fun began, we danced until they made us leave and here is what Jacob did...

And then all good things must come to an end....

Friday night Rehearsal

Friday night - Rehearsal for the wedding

Aunt Geri - look at that lip

Aunt Mel (Melanie) & Tosh with Jacob

Lance & Elsie

Jacob with Geri, Gerika, & Tosh

Moving on to the rehearsal dinner....

Lance with the groom (Egg) and mother of the groom (Geri)

Lance & his big sis, Geri

Back Again

Okay, sorry for the delay - Again.
It's been a crazy month. I have tons to catch-up on - so much has happened.

I'm going to continue with our Florida trip first.

Here are some snapshots of Thursday & Friday.

Here is Lilly & Jacob Thursday night in the hotel room.

Daddy & Alex trying to dress Jacob!!

Aunt Donna & Gram with Jacob (Uncle Tim looking on)

Trip to FLORIDA

On Wednesday, May 3rd, we drove to Tampa for Lance's nephew's wedding.

Thursay during the day - Melanie & I took our kids (Lilly, Booper, & Jacob) to Clearwater Beach. It was beautiful and we had a really great time.

Here is Jacob & Daddy as we were getting ready to leave for the beach.

Here is Jacob sitting in his little chair at the beach.

Lilly & Booper playing in the sand

Jacob's first swim in the Gulf of Mexico

Jacob & me - first trip to the beach

After our swim, Jacob was a little tired (check out how he has his hands as he sleeps)

Visitors

On Monday, May 1st, we had some visitors.

Our old neighbor, Moira and her daughters, Madison & Morgan, dropped by for a visit.

Here are a few pictures that I snapped while they were here.

Moira & Jacob

Madison (holding Jacob) & Morgan

Daddy came home

Saturday, April 28, Daddy came home - from a job in Oklahoma.

Let's Catch Up

Today is Friday, May 12, Jacob is back in the hospital. He started running a fever again on Tuesday and we sat in the emergency room for 4 hours then he got admitted to peds ICU again. They won't let us go home until the fever is gone. Every night around 8pm when his temperature is taken, he has a fever of over 101.

Tonight at 8pm we decided we are going to run & hide and not them take his temperature.

Hopefully we will be going home in the morning.

Stay Tuned

Sorry for the delay.

We were in Tampa, FL for 5 days and I haven't got everything back in order yet.

Stay Tuned - New Pictures will be up shortly from our trip to Florida!!

Most Beautiful Boy in the World

I can't stop looking at our son!!

He is so beautiful and every day is a new adventure.

He does something new all the time. He's smiling more.

He laughs at me. He talks all the time.

This morning, I propped him on our bed with some pillows while I was getting dressed.

I didn't realize that I had left a burp cloth on the bed next to him.

When I looked over at him, he had picked up the cloth and (of course) had it in his mouth.

Tonight, we got on the floor and played. We talked, Jacob put his hands together repeatedly.

On his belly, he tries so hard to crawl and he can almost turn over.

No more Fever

Finally - 6 days later Jacob no longer has a fever.

Today I took him to work with me for a few hours.
I had planned to work all day, but about halfway through the day he had an accident (out of his diaper) - I went to change his outfit and realized I didn't have any clothes in his diaper bag except for a pair of pants. So, I had a naked baby and of course I needed to run errands on the way home.
Here is what my poor baby looked like on the way home - when I stopped at the bank, I threw a blanket over him. They were properly thinking what a crazy woman to have her child wrapped in a blanket when it's 90 degrees.
I have restocked the diaper bag and put a couple of outfits in the trunk in case this happens again.

New Movements

Jacob has started swatting at items. It happens so quickly and sporadically that I haven't been able to capture it with the camera.

Yesterday, he also put his hands together. He's also started grabbing on tightly to things - such as hair, necklaces. He got really upset tonight and his hand was on my arm, he pinched my arm so hard that I almost cried (he's such a strong little boy).

Now, whenever I get the camera out to take pictures of him laughing & smiling, he stops and starts studying the camera.

He studies everything now. He watches my mouth movements when I talk to him and he tries to copy them. He's saying all kinds of words, although other than A-GOO, I can't understand what he's trying to say.

Here are a couple pictures I snapped tonight just to have some pictures.

Nap Time

Sunday afternoon Nap Time
Since Jacob has been sick, he hasn't been sleeping/napping well. He was doing great - sleeping about 7 hours at night, then when he was in the hospital, they came in to take his vitals every 2 hours. Then Friday & Saturday night, he didn't want to sleep either - I don't know if we are back to square one or if it's just because he was sick.
Also, for naps he wants to be held, he won't sleep in his pack n' play (where he naps during the day - downstairs in the living room).
Today he fell asleep on his boppy on the couch. Abby crawled up next to him on the couch.

Growing Boy

Jacob had his measurements recorded at the hospital

and he's GROWING GROWING GROWING

At Birth.....8 lbs 7 ozs......20 7/8 inches
1 Month.....10 lbs 4 ozs......22 1/2 inches
2 Months........13 lbs........24 7/8 inches

This was taken Sunday afternoon - we were sitting outside enjoying the weather. Jacob was still running a fever (around 100) all day Sunday.

Sick baby

Thursday morning Jacob woke up with a fever (over 102).

We went to the doctor's office and Dr McNair admitted him to the hospital to run some tests.

After getting blood drawn, an IV started, and all the other stuff (He cried during all that) - we found out that he had Rotavirus. We were lucky the only symptom he had was fever no vomiting or diarrhea. Jacob never acted sick other than sleeping more than normal.

He smiled & played with us (Nonna came to help) while strapped to monitors.

Pictures of Jacob's first (and hopefully last) hospital stay.

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

April 18 - Daddy's Birthday!!

Lance is currentlyworking in Oklahoma.

Here are a couple of pictures we took that day to say Happy Birthday to Daddy

WE MISS YOU DADDY!!

Here's a picture of Jacob & Daddy before Lance left for this latest job

Also - Happy Birthday to Abigail & Amelia Spreen

they turned ONE!!

The Spreen Family

2 Months

April 16

Jacob turned 2 months on Easter

That night I tired to get some progression pictures of him with his Pluto dog but he was tired of taking pictures.

I tired to get them in his little outfit, but then ended up giving him a bath and changing him into pajamas before I could get a picture with him smiling!!

Here are the best ones

Now let's look at both months and see if there's a difference

More Easter Sunday Pictures

More pictures from Easter

Jacob & Pops

Jacob in his seersucker pants and polo shirt given to him from his Uncle Tony & Aunt Leah

Sophia & Pops blowing bubbles

Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday, we went to church and then to Uncle Tony & Aunt Leah's for the day.
Things didn't work out exactly as scheduled that morning, so Jacob was off schedule all morning. Because he was off schedule, he didn't nap very well and when we wanted him to take pictures, he wasn't very corporative.
I put Jacob down next to Sophia and he was crying (I woke him from a nap to take pictures).

So, Sophia leaned over and gave Jub Jub a big hug to make him feel better

It worked - Jacob stopped crying for a little while at least
Here is Jacob and me