Update

"My mom makes me turn my head this way because I'm getting a flat spot on the other side of my noggin cause I like to ONLY lay on that side. Mean Mommy!!"---the Doctor says it's normal for babies to prefer one side over another. Didn't know that!

"This is my SUPER handsome Thanksgiving outfit. It has lots of give in the waist so I can scarf down on the nummies Grandma makes".

"Need I say more?????"

"This is my cousin Cohen. I like him very much. When we get older we are going to cause trouble together. Until then we'll just hold hands."

Jack has been doing well with the transfusions. I can't wait until we're done with them! Who knows when that will happen. We thought it would have slowed down more than it has. We were there Friday night/Saturday morning until 1:30 am. The nurse we had was not the brightest crayon in the box, therefore, it took FOREVER!!! Grrrrrr....... What can ya do but just keep on trekin'. Jack weighs (drum roll please)..........10 pounds! He has his 2 month appointment on the 10th and I'm anxious to see what percentile he is for weight and height. He also has an MRI in a couple weeks. The neurologist wants to get a better look at where the clot was now that there's not so much blood surrounding the area. They'll have to sedate him for that and we'll probably spend the night at Primary's. They like the babies to wake up and eat before they go home. Well, Squish is waking up now so gotta go!!!

Busy Busy

Jack had his follow up neurology appointment yesterday. We will be scheduling him for another MRI of the bleed that was in his brain. She checked him out and said he looks good so far, but with these kinds of bleeds, strokes, blood clots, whatever you want to call it, you wont see the effects of it until they start using that side of the brain. But I still think he will be just fine.

Still loves his binki.......and so do I.

He went in to the RTU again Monday for another infusion. He looked especially cute that day. He's starting to grow out of his newborn stuff and into his big boy stuff....super cute!!

Aaawwwww.....precious-nous!!

That must have been a really good dream! Squish has been sleeping now for 2.5 hours. This is a record for him. The past couple days he has not slept more than 2 hours in the day (cumulatively). He has discovered sleeping in mommy and daddy's bed. SPOILED!! Ya we need to put that to an abrupt stop! Aaahhhhh......I always said I'd never put my baby in bed...but just look at how happy he his on daddy's pillow!!! How can you say "no" to that???? Oh he's such a squishy!!

More pic's of Squish

Cute!!

Way Cute!!!

He's got his BIG BOY pants on!

Luv my Squish

Every time I see Jack with that binki I just laugh because it's soooo BIG! This is Jack's Pod Bouncer that you hook your I-pod up to and it plays music for him. So far we've listened to John Mayer, Elton John, and Paulo Nutini. He's had a couple more transfusions since I last did a post. One of the times they couldn't get an IV in any of his extremities so they put it in his head. Didn't really want a picture of that. Also we've discovered that he is immune suppressant. He's got 1000 nutrifills and a normal person has 12,000. So we've got an appointment with his hematologist tomorrow at Primary's to see why. Hopefully it's not a whole new problem!!

Squish LOVES to play under his activity mat. Joe swears Jack hits the dangling things on purpose. Like he aims for them or something!! Ya right!!!! Oh, and he's wearing his "FUTURE MOUNTAIN BIKER" shirt I had made. Joe's favorite shirt. I'll probably have one made in every size possible until he actually starts biking. Then I'll get one that says "I CAN BIKE FASTER THAN YOU". Joe would love that one too. Jack has been so much fun and brought so much love into our home. I can't imagine not having him. It's been an interesting start to parenthood but I have enjoyed every minute (except the IV's). Joe is an awesome dad too. Most nights he'll take a turn with Jack. He feeds him, burps him, changes his diaper, and some nights he'll be up for a couple hours playing with Squish until he falls asleep again. Awesome dad!

better blog to come.....Sorry

Sorry I haven't blogged for a while. With doctors appointments and transfusions (oh and not to mention the sleepless nights) we have been busy. I totally have pictures and I will do a better post later, but Joe took the camera to Moab and I don't know where he put it now that he's back. (I can't find out because he's at work so when he calls I'll ask him).

Sleeping "Squishy"

This is my sleeping Squishy. I call him Squishy because he makes really funny squishy faces all the time. And he makes squishy in his pants. He has to have his hands by his face and somehow this afternoon he got his one hand wedged under his cheek. (Don't worry I tuck that blanket really well underneath him so he wont pull it over his head). Anyways, there you have it, my sleeping Squishy!!

"JACK" - O - Lantern

I can't figure out how to get the pictures you want in a certain order. I wanted the Halloween ones first. Oh well! This was Jack getting another transfusion on Thursday. We did it in the hematology/oncology clinic in Primary's. Very sad place. There was a 6 year old getting infused with her chemo and on the other side of us was a 17 year old getting platelets and a blood transfusion because her chemo treatments made her anemic. Jack was a super star that day! It took 3 tries to get an IV started and he cried so hard that he slept the rest of the day (6 hours).

Jack sleeping in his car seat waiting for lab results. He's soooo cute! And his cheeks keep getting bigger and bigger.

Grampa holding his boys. Cohen is Jack's cousin who is 5 months old. He was a bat for Halloween but pooped on his costume. So he just came as a Sumo Wrestler!!! J/K! He so chubby! Jack was not happy about his costume and every time I put him in it he would poop. So I don't have many pics of him in it.

Our first Halloween as parents. If you couldn't tell, Jack REALLY likes his binki!!