our little man

jacob is becoming such a little man! he's quite the charmer! his most recent thing is he likes to draw and write letters to his family that lives far away. here he is writing a love note to uncle jos and auntie ginger. i think he was congradulating them on the purchase of their first home. they will be married in june (14th ) and recently purchased a house in lebanon, ohio. we're very happy for them and can't wait to see the new place!

what a mess!!!

sunday afternoon was quite the day in our house... jacob decided he did not want his nappy changed after he took a nap and he was quite mad, so as i was taking his nappy off he scooted his bottom over on the carpet and smeared his poo on the carpet. i was NOT happy, but then, to make it worse, he picked up his nappy by the tab and flung it around and poo went flying everywhere. WHAT A MESS! so, about 20 minutes later, as i was trying to cool off, my mother called and asked how her little angel was doing, i proceded to tell her the story and she laughed. i told her this was not a laughing matter and if she wanted a spanking too, to keep it up! what a mean mommy i am! hope your day is free of flinging poo!
as for the rsv and everything, things are going well. jacob is doing great! the dr. doesn't need to see him 'till march 11 and he is back to his onery self. obviously! he has another 2 molars (this makes 4) and is eating us out of house and home at only 14 months... i hate to see what his teen years will be like!
hope all is well with all of you!

when it rains it pours...

well, it's been a little while since i've written, i know, but i've been extremely busy with a sick child and many, many dr.'s appointments. jacob started coughing and almost choking about a week and a half ago, and then he started coughing and throwing up, so we tried giving him cough medicine and those things and we just kinda' watched him for a couple days and then we took him to the dr on sat. we went to urgent care and the dr there told us that he had double ear infections. this is now the fourth time this has happened to our little man. well, by sunday night he was so sick i wanted to bring him to the er, but we waited 'till monday morning and then we brought him to the dr. and she checked him out and told us he was a VERY sick little boy! she did some testing on him and the test for rsv came back positive that he has it. so jacob has a double ear infection and rsv. he has been really cranky (his father says he gets that from me) and really whiny! i took him to the chiropractor and that seems to be working the best. the regular dr. didn't know i was taking him to the chiropractor and she said "wow! his steroids that we started him on are really working!" what she doesn't know is that out of the 5 medications that she prescribed, jacob is only taking his nebulizer treatments. he is not taking the steroids or other drugs they gave him for the ear infections and everything else and his one ear is almost completely better. PRAISE THE LORD! we are just waiting for him to get back to normal. he did sleep the best last night that he has slept in the last week. he only woke up once at 6:00 a.m. and he went right back to sleep. so please pray with us that he will get back to normal soon.