What's been going on in our house...........LOTS! We need a recap of all the events!
First off, we have settled into our new house quite nicely. Raymond is nearly done with his remodel project in the 2nd living room and I have painted 2 rooms already. I went ahead with the boy's room and our room first. I've also spent a lot of $$$ hobby lobby! What can I say being a homeowner is very fun!
We have had a lot of company the past month.........which has been so nice. With everything that's gone on the past 2 years I felt like I could breathe a little and enjoy their company knowing I don't have to "be" somewhere else or making tons of phone calls all day. My Dad, Brother Michael, and Sister Megan have all been down the past month on several occasions for visits and we've created wonderful fun memories.
It was Raymond's big 34th birthday on 1/28 and we celebrated in Deadwood with Dad and Megan. We had such a wonderful time. I hadn't had fun like that in years! Gambling, good food, and not to mention several delicious beers. It had been a long long time since I had fun like that!
Joe is doing so so wonderful. He is rolling over and all around like a mad man, he has 2 bottom teeth and I noticed his front teeth coming in just tonight, he is eating big boy food, and talking tons. He can say "mama" and "dada" he also knows who is who I'm mama and Raymond is Dada. His therapist, daycare, and I are working with him on chewing, sitting up alone, and the scoot crawling (not on your knee, but scooting with your arms and legs). He has made so much progress this month and I am one proud mama. Not to mention he's gained nearly 2lbs! Little Joe had his first illness last week too. Which is no fun for Momma and Daddy! He was vomiting and had a very high fever, since he has a shunt and I feared it was infected we went in to see the Dr. Oh course he feared the worst too, since his symptoms were pointing in that direction. They went ahead and tapped his shunt, what this means is they place a needle inside the device in his head and withdraw fluid called CSF. CSF is what our brain is basically floating in. They sent the fluid to lab to check for, yes, that dirty word....INFECTION. Thank God, it wasn't an infection. He must of just had a touch of the flu bug. He recovered nicely and so did Mom and Dad. Another big change little Joe had was we moved him into his big boy car seat in the car! Joe was very excited about this. He could see his Mommy, Daddy, and big brother Blake. He was talking, screaming in joy, and laughing with excitement. It was the sweetest thing ever........like he had no idea what went on in the car until now.
Joe and I also got to meet up with some very special friends...Neil, Ashlee, and baby Kynlie. Kynlie was Joe's roomie in the NICU for over 3 months. We became very special friends. They all came down from Baker, MT to go to the rodeo and invited Joe and I along. Joe and I got to celebrate Neil and Ashlee's 6th wedding anniversary with them too! The rodeo was a blast and the kids enjoyed being reunited :) Joe even shared his blueberry Sunday with Kynlie!
This past weekend was Joe and Blake's first ice fishing trip too. I guess it was Raymond's first also. They went to a tournament at Sheridan Lake with Grandpa Doug, Uncle Michael, Uncle Darren, and Grandma Jody. Joe and I didn't stay long, but it was a beautiful day and view! Later on that day Blake and Joe had their first professional pictures together and we went to Chuck E Cheese for supper after. Chuck E Cheese was also a first for all of us, and quite possibly could be the last.........haha!
Another thanks to everyone for the thoughts and prayers. The past two months have been a challenge for me. I guess I felt so much emptiness after losing Ella. I never really had a chance to feel the emotions of anything because it was always changing so fast. Things never really sunk in until now. I've had a lot of support and love from friends and family. It's help sooo much in the grieving process.
Until next time everyone.............hoping my blogger failure days are behind me for awhile!
