Sickness and stuffy noses

Jake's been sick the last 2 days. He hasn't been sick for like 18 months.  It was hard on Jake being home alone with the baby and NOT being able to play and have fun with him.  Fortunately our son is freaking AWESOME, and was really chill yesterday and gave Jake some time to rest and relax.  Jake said his sinus' is/was burning.  I don't think I've ever had that happened.  It's nice to beable to take care of Jake when he's like this, cause he rarely "needs" anything done for him. (even though he's the one that made the guac last night while we were trying to wrap up season 7 of Buffy- only 2 episodes left.)--to be fair, I was feeding the baby. 

If you're reading this, you can pray for him to get better.  He has 3 play performances this weekend. 

Emmaus is doing great. Smiling and talking,  especially during diaper changes..  and He's starting to swat at things, and grab for things more. 

This morning when I put Emmaus back down after an early morning snack, I kept hearing him breathing.  His nose sounded all dry and or stuffed up.  I didn't want to torture him with the blue nose bulb at that time, cause I knew he'd get upset and might not go back to sleep, so I waited.  When he woke me up an hour later, I took him into the nursery for the "procedure."  I started sucking out the boogers, but his poor snot was looking a little bloody..not tons, just a little pink.  I think it might be too dry in the house for him...might need to get a humidifier...(any advice?) 

So point being: I was able to clear both nostrils, and he was such a sweetie while I was doing it.  He's turn his head away from me, but he wasn't screaming like he's done in the past.  I think he understands that the blue nose thingy helps him breath easier...even if it's uncomfortable.  The he let me follow that up with a little q-tip swabbing of the nose to get any excess snot out, and then to finish it off, a wipe with some lotion.  My son is amazing. 

I took a video with my phone of him swatting at one of his Raffe's (pronounced raffee)(our nickname for his many giraffe friends.)  I'll have to see if it will load onto blogspot, my computer doesn't seem compatable when it comes to loading up videos on this thing.  (more pics to come soon.)

ode to jeannine

I like the mountains in the background of this.

while jake was mowing our lawn. I wanted to capture spring.  Here are some trees in our yard. 

little mover

Not only has Emmaus starting trying to roll over, but this morning I found that he had somehow worked himself from the center of the bassinet to the top of it. 

Jake had asked me last night if I had noticed that he was moving around when he slept/as he wakes up and starts his grunting...Today was the first time that I had seen it happen. 

I think it's great he's using his muscles, but...I hope he knows when to stop moving around, I don't want him banging his head up against the top part of the crib...it's mesh material right now, but we will be moving him into the big boy crib sooner than later, and that's wood. I hope he doesn't hurt himself.

Yeah for progress, I guess.

updates 9-11 weeks or so

My daddy is sooo tall.

This is my impersonation of my bib...how'm I doing?I'm this cute!cool green things, I wonder if I can get in into my mouth?So sweet, and he keeps looking directly at the camera...he's awesome.mommy and me..and daddy makes 3.  Love this pic. One of the first indoors without a flash. such a big boy!

Easter pics, if you haven't seem em yet

we went bowling. Emmaus slept most of the time, but I was surpised that he wasn't bothered by the noises.Quick photo shoot at home, no smiles, but sooo suave.

I don't think Emmaus is used to the outside light yet, he tends to close his eyes ...
The pics are loading weird on me, guess it's cause of the new privacy on the blog. Either way.  Thanks for reading.

truth be told

How often do you really dust your house?

we're trying to start a chore list FINALLY! just getting some ideas...

back pain/neck pain?

To any or all of you with advice, I'm asking:

I've been having a strange back pain for ...awhile now..it's mid back, right at the bra line. It's very tender to the touch, almost feels bruised, but there's no discoloration. It's right on the spine. (can't get it to pop.)

I've also had some upper neck pain, just behind my ear/head pain. (hard to explain.) It feels better if I can get it to pop...could it be related to the epideral? I haven't called the doctor yet...just wanted to see if anyone has any advice. (I'm not sure that the back and neck/head pain are connected, but i suspect they are.)