That's My Kid!!

May is almost over and we are looking forward to the fun of summer (sleeping in after 6:30 a.m.). Tyler has 4 more days of school left. I thought he would be ready for a break, but he is already begging me to sign him up for the summer school program. He is a wonderful student and an excellent reader. Kaitlyn is anticipating her birthday party on the 30th, and of course it has become an exagerrted affair, but I love putting on these special events for the kids and they love it too. She is ready for kindergarten and is counting down the days. Nicholas has all the sudden started talking and he has a lot of funny things to say. My new favorite is LALICIOUS instead of Delicious. He can say everyone's name, but his favorite word is still "no"! Jackson is sitting up really well and he has enoyed this. He is still a mama's boy, just ask anyone who tries to watch him around bedtime. I am looking forward to seeing all you. I hope everyone has a fun weekend!!

MOTHER'S DAY ZOO TRIP

ON MOTHER'S DAY KURT AND I, ALONG WITH MY AUNT WENDY'S FAMILY, AND KURTIS' COUSIN RUSSEL'S FAMILY TOOK THE KIDS TO THE ZOO. THERE WAS QUITE A CROWD, BUT THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT. IT SEEMS LIKE WE ALWAYS MAKE IT TO THE ZOO IN LATE JUNE OR JULY AND IT IS JUST TOO HOT, SO FROM NOW ON WE ARE GOING TO TRY AND MAKE IT THERE THIS TIME OF YEAR. THE KIDS HAD SO MUCH FUN AND IT WAS THE FIRST FAMILY OUTING I CAN REMEMBER WHERE IT WAS NOT MASS CHAOS. EVERYONE WAS GO WITH THE FLOW AND IT MADE FOR A REALLY NICE DAY. I AM STARTING TO SEE THAT IT IS GETTING EASIER TO GO PLACES WITH THE KIDS SINCE THEY ARE GETTING A LITTLE OLDER. ( as i said that nick just dumped a diet coke all over my living room carpet, go figure!)

Phew!

We finally got Jackson's test results back tonight. His Cystic Fibrosis test came back negative, and can I just say we are so relieved!! Now we wait to see the Pulmonary specialist at Primary Childrens in June and then we will go from there. We feel truely blessed and from this experience I have learned a great deal. Life is so precious and tomorrow is so unexpected, so enjoy today like it was your last!!

Jackson is 6 months old!

We took Jackson to get his pictures taken on Saturday, they turned out really cute. I cannot believe he is already 6 months old. Here are some of them.

Tyler's 1st Game of the Season

Saturday was Tyler's first babseball game of the season. This was his first year to wear the full uniform and also the first to actually keep score. Although I was excited for this new chapter I do miss the days of tee-ball, which I must say is very entertaining. No one keeps score and everyone gets to be up to bat until thy hit, it's a reaally fun experience. Kurtis and I obviously just want him to have fun in sports with no expectations, so I was hesitant to put him in machine pitch where everything was going to change. I must say that Tyler really embraced this new challenge and I am proud of him for putting in so much effort to practice and do his best. He has had a rough couple of months with moving and leaving his friends behind so this has been such a wonderful thing for him. It was rainy and cold, but still a lot of fun and his team won so he was really excited about that. He is growing up!!!

Jackson- The Sequel

I have no "wonderful" news to give on the status of Jackson except for the fact that we are being referred to a Pulmonary Specialist at Primary Children's. This has been a long road in such a short amount of time with Jackson already being hospitalized twice and recently having pneumonia with one infection after another. At 5 months old he recognizes a doctor or hospital setting and becomes very destraught, it is really sad. Hopefully from this we will get some answers. The specialist is going to test him for a number of things. We could not get an appointment until June 17th, so until then we will just have to wait and hope for the best. Within the next couple of weeks we will be heading to Primary Children's to have him screened for Cystic Fibrosis. The mere thought of that being the outcome keeps me awake at night worried for my sweet little baby. I am trying not to worry until there is something to worry about, but I am a mother,any mother would feel the same way if they knew their baby's life could be drastically shortened. Please keep him in your prayers. We are hopeful that it is not CF and that this will turn out to be a mild diagnosis. Once again I will keep you updated.

Here We Go Again

Well we found out today that Jackson has pneumonia. I had to take him up to the hospital to get picked on all day today, it was awful. None of the doctors can explain why he keeps getting sick so often. If he doesn't recover from this in a couple of days my pediatrician is going to refer us to a pulmonary specialist. I really hope we can figure this out, the poor baby can not get a break! It's hard to see him always struggling. Although he always carries such a happy demeanor, he is such a good baby. Well, I will keep you updated!