Our Little Man

I like this little outfit, but seems like a definite step away from "baby clothes" and into "little boy clothes". Sigh.

We found out today that the finalization should happen sometime in May. Not as soon as I would like, but God is in control and I have to remind myself of that every time I start to stress that something could go wrong. Mike also likes to remind me of that too. Thanks, Honey!

Feeling Better & Happy Birthday To Me!

So yeah, I'm definitely feeling better than I was last week. My Mommy and I were both pretty sick, but I'm really happy to tell you that we are both doing better. I celebrated a big milestone this weekend. I hit my 3 month old birthday. I'm becoming quite the big boy now. I like to make lots of baby noises and I'm already trying to talk to everyone. My Mommy and Daddy think they have been blessed by God to have such a great guy as me. I have to agree. I'm trying to be humble, but it can be so hard when you are this cute. Oh yeah, for those young ladies out there scoping me out (Molly, you know who you are), if you think I'm cute now, just wait until I get older. :)

My Sister and Her Family

Those of you in our Sunday School class know that we have spent much time over the past few years praying for my sister, Danelle, and her family. Recently, the local paper in their town decided to run them as the "story of hope". Click here you'd like to read it. Since this story was written, while I was home for New Year's, my brother-in-law, Mark, started having problems with some of the muscles on his face and was diagnosed with Bell's Palsey. Please pray for them as they seek to overcome this too.

Update on Jonathan and his RSV

So...we went to the pediatrician for follow up today on Jonathan. She said that while the after-hours pediatrician place did nothing wrong in what they put him on for breathing treatments, she would have been more aggressive since he is so little and we need to limit how much scar tissue he can develop on his lungs.

So, she put him on a more aggressive treatment to give him every six hours via his little nebulizer thingy. She also put him on liquid steroids that he has to take twice a day for the next five days. She said that within a few days he should be feeling REALLY good.

The negative is that she said that since he got RSV when he was so little, for the next 2 years or so each time he gets a cold he will have the tendency to get this all over again unless we catch it early and hit it strong. So we'll have to be very vigilent in keeping him away from germs as much as possible. I'm pretty sure that means he won't be able to go into the church nursery until he is like 3 or so. :)

The other big shocker was the bill for the new improved medications. I was pleasantly surprised when his first round of breathing treatments only cost us $15.00. So, you can imagine my heart failure when the girl behind the pharmacy counter told me this stuff and the steroids combined were going to be $193.00. WHAT? Is it made of gold? But...I know that God is in control and that He knew this was coming, so He must have a plan. If it makes the little guy better, it is necessary.

So, that is the update. On a side note, in the midst of his sickness I've slowly been developing my own sickness. First it was a sore throat, then today it started to turn into head congestion and has continued into my left sinus. Ouch. I'm looking forward to both of us feeling better. Please keep praying for Jonathan and I.

RSV

Sorry for the long delay in posting. We did have great holidays and I'll update with some pictures later, but right now the main thing we are dealing with is Jonathan being sick. After seeing him struggling to breathe so much this afternoon, I decided to take him in to see a doctor. Yes, it could have been just a cold and they could have told this over protective first time mom to go home and just deal with it, but it wasn't just a cold. He has RSV/bronciolitus and has to be on breathing treatments every 6 hours for the next 5 days. They said it was good that I brought him in and that it probably saved him a trip to the hospital. We still need to watch that he doesn't get dehydrated as that is a concern that also could send him to the hospital.

On a side note, Mike is super busy at work and has to work all weekend, so neither of us will be at church on Sunday. Please pray for strength for both of us as we are dealing with little sleep and pray that Jonathan heals quickly. I do praise God for giving me the "mommy instinct" that he really needed a doctor today.

I'll post more pictures soon...