Summer is Here

Happy Fathers' Day!

Finally Healthy

It's taken about 2 weeks, but Justin has finally recovered! At first his lungs got worse and he was put on a nebulizer twice a day (in addition to his baby inhaler). The first time we did this was horrible! He squirmed and screamed like he was being tortured. Luckily, he got pretty used to it and as long as he's entertained by toys or our songs/dancing he tolerates it. Bill and I have gone through quite the reporatoire...fight songs, nursery rhymes, Junior High music class songs, VBS songs, etc. Hopefully just one more week of nebulizing and then we won't have to use the machine again unless he gets sick. His doctor thinks he may have asthma, but now that we have the nebulizer I'm not too concerned about it.

I don't know if it's a result of him being on drugs or being worn out from fighting sickness, but Justin's slept through the night 3 nights in a row now (8PM - 6:30AM). Yay! He then gets up to eat, and naps with Daddy for another hour or two. Bill's home with him for the summer and I'm sure he'll post about their adventures.

We hope you have a great weekend!

Justin Being Nebulized

Bronchiolitis

Sounds made-up, doesn't it? I've heard of bronchitis before, but never this. Poor little Justin came down with it over the weekend. It started with a cold-like cough and runny nose, but quickly turned into wheezing, deep coughing fits, and more (see http://www.drgreene.com/21_1040.html). When he breathes, he sounds like a cat purring! The doctor prescribed an inhaler and Singulair due to my family history of asthma, and it is quite a feat to get a squirmy baby to take this medicine! The inhaler also makes him super hyper, kind of like when I've had some caffeine and it gets into his milk. So, he's pretty happy even though he's sick. The upside to all of this is that I've been able to stay home and "mother" him for the past 2 days. Yay! During one of his hyper moments, I got a picture of him munching on his gator. Bill coached football at Central High School for a couple years, and the Gators were their biggest rivals.

We Have an Ambi-Turner!

Derrick Zoolander would be jealous. :-) First Justin got the belly-to-back flip (just a couple), but his new favorite is the back-to-belly. Bill got it on video Friday night! Now it's all he wants to do...flip to the back, flip to the belly. Very entertaining!

Justin at 4.5 Months Old

Here are some pictures taken by my mom while babysitting last week. Enjoy!

Mother's Day

Happy Belated Mother's Day to all the moms reading. This was technically my second Mother's Day, but for my first I didn't know I was pregnant yet! We had a really special day celebrating with both sides of the family and enjoyed making our moms feel special. As the day was wrapping up, I was reminded of a feeling I've had since Justin was born. Staring into those beautiful hazel eyes, I can't help but feel that he is a gift on loan to me. Somehow I feel like I'm just babysitting him on this earth, but that he is truly God's child first. Throughout the Easter season we were reminded each week at church of our baptism. Through baptism (a sign of the new covenant), God adopts us into His family and we become brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ. How amazing is that?!

This week Justin had his 4 month doctor's appointment. He is now 13 lbs. 14 oz., and 24.5 in. long. He loves rolling from his back to almost his belly. He hates being on his belly, and I think he knows that is where he will end up if he keeps with gravity. So instead, he will have his legs and shoulders flipped over, with his head and arm keeping him on his side and gives me this face like "Ha! No tummy time for me!" He's also turned into quite the drooler, talker, and puker lately. He even managed to puke in his daddy's mouth when Bill was playing airplane with him. I laughed so hard I was crying. :-) Bill wasn't as entertained.

The picture at the beginning of this post was taken by Mike Boehmer at his sister Kerry's baby shower. Kerry and I grew up together and I'm so excited she will be having a girl this summer!