My Super Hero!

The Home Health Care RN just came by w/ a new CPAP mask for Jacob....the first one had a gel in it and both the boys would chew on it and I knew it wouldn't last long.

He struggled a little as we put everything on him, but once it was on, he just sat there and fell asleep! He did wake up after about 25 minutes and wanted it off, but it's a start!

Final Park Pictures

They were moving so fast, it was hard to get pictures. They were crawling on the divider of the sand/rocks and the grass. Both were wet and yucky, so they tried to stay on the beam. They had a great time even though we were suppose to be in Vegas in the heat and dry grass.

Independence

My independent Robby!

Jacob had more fun playing in the sawdust!!

Robby like to play with it too!

You just had lunch Jacob...don't eat that!

Jacob loved the slide so much he wouldn't wait
for me to get the camera to take a picture of
him sitting at the top. I tried several times,
but he was having too much fun going down the
slide. Next time I will need some help so I can
get more pictures and so they play on it longer.

Robby on his 1st slide

Robby's 1st time on a slide! Oct 26, 2008
He loved it!

Ducks continued

Lake Ballinger Ducks continued...Picasa only let's up upload 4 at a time to a blog!

Lake Ballinger -- Ducks and Slide

Robby Just checking out the ducks at the lake.


Jacob is styling in his shades too!

Watch out...here they come!

Night 3 of Oxygen

I've been dreading the end of the night knowing I had to hook Jacob up to the O2. One of his face patches came off last night so I knew I'd have the pain of putting another one of those on.

Jacob came home from day care very tired...I think he was asleep before we even pulled out of the parking lot. He slept for a while in his recliner after we got home, but kept coughing on his phlegm due to his cold.

After he got up and they both ate, we all played in the living room. They love playing pig pile on Mom and are actually getting too big and rough for me, but they have just a good time doing it.

I put Jacob in his bed at bedtime and thought I'd wait until he was nice and calm before I went through the agony of hooking him up and upsetting him.

To my surprise, he let me put the tubing over his head, around his ears and tighten it. He fussed for about 15 seconds and then put his head down and smiled at me as he closed his eyes! I couldn't believe it, but was so thankful. He hasn't moved much since he went to bed, although let out a little scream about 3 minutes ago, but is still sleeping now. (This is totally normal around this time of night for him to do) I'm still going to keep him in my bed when I go to bed just in case he tosses in the night and gets tangled.

My next goal is to get him to wear the CPAP and then I won't need to worry about him strangling himself and he can sleep in his crib. We didn't play w/ the mask tonight, but will play w/ it this weekend and hopefully next week try to hook him up.

Robby's trick for the day....this was soooo funny..... As I was getting ready this morning, someone was knocking at my door. I looked through the LR blinds, which were open, but not pulled open (vertical blinds) and saw two "church ladies". I kindly just said through the closed window, "Thanks, but I'm not interested". I walked away to continue getting ready and Robby went and shut the curtains on them! It would be rude if I did it, but it was pretty funny when he did it.

They both had a great time at Little Red School House this morning. That place has been a God sent in helping them....especially Jacob.

Hopefully it is nice this weekend (for Seattle) and we are going to go to the lake and feed the ducks and find a place with some good slides and swings.

Photobucket Album

Way over due for an update

This has been a very crazy 6 weeks. Some good things...some not so good....I have to go back and forth in time and things still might not make sense, but bare with me.



I got the job at Aliante Casino in Las Vegas (It's opening on Nov 11, 2008) and the start date was this last Monday (Oct 20th). I was given less than 4 weeks notice to get everything together. I flew down there and spent an entire weekend looking at places to live, narrowed it down to 4 houses and since I hadn't officially started working yet... so basically, my entire trip was wasted down there, other than I was fitted for my suit (they supply suits for floor supervisors).



Just prior to going down Jacob had a sleep study done and it was found that he has sleep apnea that is pretty bad. Ideally, it would be best for him to be on CPAP, but getting an 18 month old to wear one is not going to be easy. In the meantime, he is getting oxygen at night. Tonight was only the second night he has been on it, but he did pretty well letting me stumble to put the nasal prongs on him. I'm having him sleep w/ me because I'm afraid of him strangling himself w/ the way he tosses and turns at night. Once I can get him to wear the CPAP, I won't have that worry. He was so sweet tonight as he layed in his crib and I hooked up the compressor....he give me a sweet smile and a little giggle and looked at me with his sweet eyes. He's such a sweetheart and takes things with stride. His next obstacle will be wearing orthodics to help him walk. They were ordered the other day, so it will be long before they are in. They will only go up to around his ankles to give him strength.



The good news is they had swallow studies about a month ago and they both "passed" and don't aspirate, so they are off thickened liquids. That saves me about 45 minutes of bottle prep in the morning.



Robby had just been go, go, going. No longer walking everywhere, but running! His personality is precious and he is quite funny. He is being a bit of a bully and and pushes Jacob down a lot and tackles him like a football player.



Jacob also had a couple of trips to the eye doctor and his eyes aren't quite where they want to see them, so I just have to watch him and bring him in for follow up in a few months.



These last six weeks have consisted of multiple medical appointments, 3 moving sales, packing, working and I'm pretty exhausted.


The bad news (in my eyes) is due to Jacob's medical problems and not having a place to move into, I told Aliante that I couldn't accept the job. They were understanding and told me to keep in contact and to let them know when I get things taken care of (Jacob being my main concern) and my application will be on the top of the pile. With the ecomony being as it is and with all my family here, I'm going to just stay put until the boys are older....like 18!



My most heartbreaking news is Baylea....but she deserves an entry of her own.



I'm a bad mom and don't have as many recent pictures of my boys as I should. Here is a link to a slide show of some pictures. I tried to link it from Photo Bucket, but it came out wrong. I'll figure it out later.



http://s372.photobucket.com/albums/oo163/cindylowman/Oct%202008/?albumview=slideshow