Missy's Moments

4 reasons I love being a Grandma in honor of Jack’s 4 month birthday. 1. Pictures- I get to be that lady that says “oh oh oh do you want to see my grandson” I patiently wait for an answer and now I have an “accordion book” A Grandma’s dream- it folds up nice and neat and then WALA falls open to make people ohhhh and awwww til I say “I know they’re great huh!?” Must give a plug- Midwest LifeShots did them- yes they are WONderful! 2. I love my Jack time- I love his snuggles, his raspberries, his smile, his expressions (oh his expressions are endless). I love sitting in my recliner and dozing off while he naps in my arms. His cooing and jibber jabber memorizing me and well not a whole lot gets accomplished when Jack’s in the house. I’m ok with that. 3. I read to Jack. He likes his stories and loves pictures of baby faces and it’s all part of my masterplan to help him with his already advanced self 4. And last but not least I’m thinking that it’s ok that I haven’t...

Quite possibly… about 2:30am Rick heard giggling and party music- this thing was was in full swing, lights, music everything but the jumping baby. Today during lunch- it started just random giggles. Do you see the on/off position- that’s were it’s been and that’s where it stays. What happens if we move it to on you ask- well it just has more lights and music and parties a little more often. Never a dull moment I tell ya! BTW- Rick will fix the short that I’m sure it has SOON or mr. hop n pop may go back to the used toy store that it came from!

I love my job. I have often said that I think those sweet kiddos teach me much more than I could ever teach them. I find myself sometimes thinking to myself "Do you hear what you are saying?" Today was yet another one of those days. Their was a child having a little to much fun with his buddy that he/she sits next too. It does happen. Shocking I know. Even more shocking is that I sometimes have to rearrange the seating to "help" them be better listeners. Well today after helping a friend I got "the look". Most the kids have turned four or are very close and well they getting less shy about letting Mrs. Eagen know when they are not so happy. I felt it was a good time to talk about what we learned from Jonah. Not sure why as we learned about Jonah last fall but I felt lead so I went with it. Amazing the recall they had- what fun it was to re-learn such a good lesson. God told Jonah to go to Nineveh. Jonah didn't want to. Jonah decided to h...

PICC line out- check Clothes on- check Room packed up- check cute pose in car seat leaving (added bonus wave)- check

Sunday was a pretty low-key day for little man- He ate Pedilyte, it stayed down, he ate Pedilyte mixed with soy formula (stopping milk based just to make sure), it stayed down, ate some more it stayed down. Around 5 he ate 2 1/2 ounces of formula….. we held our breath….. it stayed down. Around 9:00 he ate again- around 10 it all came back up His expression says it all- His PICC line was capped later this afternoon, It’s still in but not hooked up to anything. My guess is the docs will want to make sure he’s keeping enough down to maintain his weight and stay hydrated. Home tomorrow? We’d like nothing more, but only when the time is right. It’s progress

I got some extra snuggle time with Jack during the wee hours of the morning today. Kayla slept and slept and slept while I had Jack duty. I tell ya you really have to twist my arm “where are my heated blankets?!” Wonder how Kayla is going to come up with heated blankets on demand once they are home… Last night (Friday) they tried to give little man some formula to which his tummy said “no thank you” in a pukey kind of way. So back to Pedilyte. Pedilyte stayed put about an ounce at a time all day on Saturday. He did great at 30ml and at 45ml but when they moved him to 60ml (2oz) His tummy again “ummmm NO”. In fact Grandma caught that one in my short 1/2 visit tonight. Not sure where they go from there. When I left the nurse was going to call the doc. Speaking of nurses- WOW – the nurses Jack has had have been wonderful and kind. There has really only been one that seemed to know it all want to intervene when things didn’t look by the book. For example – we sleep with Jack i...

Jack Jack Attack Our sweet friend Marquia has called Jack “Jack Jack Attack” since about the day Kayla and Travis knew he was going to be a Jack. Well attacked I’m sure poor Jack has felt this week but God willing over the weekend Jack will start to wow those around him by his stunning charm (I think he gets that from me) and his strong little body turning this thing around. I’m not one that believes in “jinxing” things so I will brag up the fact that he’s had a WHOLE OUNCE of Pedilyte in him now for 3 hours. I’m quite sure that is a record- the best part about that is even if it does end in a puke session the longer it’s in his tummy the more that can move through- even if it’s a tiny amount, it’s still more than nothing. Jack has even more monitors on him today as they have started a new medicine and if it has no adverse side affects (irregular heart beats- you know just that ) he’ll be on this medicine for 4-6 weeks to get that stubborn Pyloric Stenosis to heal. I guess thi...