Lil Munchkin Baby Shower

Today my work gave me a baby shower for Lil Munchkin. Click HERE to see all the pictures. The ones above is of me and part of my team that I work with. And the other is ALL that we were blessed with. I was truly overwhelmed with all of their generosity and blessings to us!! It truly meant a lot!!

Kerrick's First HairCut

We took Kerrick this past Sunday for his first haircut. They cut about 1 inch off of his hair. He did pretty well considering. They first tried putting the drape over him in which he did not like it at all, so they took it off. He whined through the whole thing, but Daddy was there to help try to hold him still.

Lil Munchkin Update

We went to the OB doctor this past Wednesday to check up on the LilMunchkin. He/She is doing well - right on time with the belly measurement and heartbeat was good. My cervix was checked for the first time and we are 3cm dilated, 70% effaced already. But we can be stuck at this for a while but we will see.
We went for a little tour of the hospital last night...which seems to be a pretty nice facility.
Next week is full of appointments - Pediatric Urologist, Pernatologist and OB...so more to come next week!

Welcome Back!!!

Jason finally made it home safe from his deployment this past Saturday. We had all his family at the airport to help welcome him home and then we came back to our house for a cookout. And then we had big surprise and my parents flew in and surprised us all at the cookout. So we had a wonderful weekend celebrating Jason's homecoming.
Click HERE to see the pictures. Click HERE to see a video.
More pictures to come of Kerrick's first haircut.....

Jason's Progress

So I am not sure if Jason would exactly want me to post this...but I am excited and proud of him. Here is a before and after pictures of his progress over the last several months! Glad I got my own personal trainer in the house, as he will be needed in a few months!!

Update on Grandma

So I got to talk to my dad today during my lunch and he had a little bit of updates on my Grandma. They have now discovered she has a blood disease and are trying to treat it now as well as still pumping her full of sodium and potassium. Yesterday they tried to get her out of bed and walk without oxygen. As soon as they took the oxygen off, her sats dropped to 96% and when she started walking in which she took maybe 10 steps she dropped down to 87%. Their hospital does not like it to drop below 90%. I the few places I have worked and done my clinicals, they do not like it to drop below 92-94%, so either way, it was not good. Due to her COPD her lungs are hard and can not expand to get a good breath even with the oxygen, so she is gasping and not able to take a good big breath to "catch" her breath. So she will most likely be on oxygen from now on. She may get to leave the hospital depending on the results of the latest blood test. However, when she does leave she will go to a nursing home in that they can try to do a bit of rehab to try to get some strength back and give her her medications for the blood disease. My grandfather is not able to lift and tug on her as she can not do anything by herself at this point, so she will be there for this help and hopefully go home at some point. So please just continue to pray for her and her hubby and the rest of the family during this time...we sure would appreciate it.
And here is another pic of Kerrick tonight. The past few days he has wanted to sit at the high top table, I guess to feel like a big boy. Tonight he wanted to put my sunglasses on which he thinks is too funny. And he is now finally saying I Love You....he has been saying it at school but would never say it to anyone outside of school. So he said it the other night to me and to Gramm's on the phone. Too Cute!!
And on a Praise Note....we are down to an hourly count for Jason to get home!! WOOOHOOOO!!

Prayer Request and Updates

Just wanted to ask for another prayer request, for my grandma (my Dad's mom) this time. She was not feeling well over the weekend and my grandpa ended up calling an ambulance to come pick her up on Sunday as she had not gotten out of bed since Friday, had a bad headache and her right arm was hurting. He was afraid she had a stroke. So after a long day in the ER on Sunday they ended up admitting her to the hospital in which she found out she had shingles, sodium and potassium levels were really low (due to drinking too much water and not eating) and her Oxygen sats were low, so she is on oxygen. The lastest report I got, which was last night, she was doing way better...still on oxygen, but her sodium and potassium levels were up a bit and they were hoping she can go home on Thursday depending on everything kept on the up and up. I have not spoken to my parents today but will you all updated on her progress. But please keep her in your prayers!
An update on my coworkers wife. She is doing miraculously better and hopes to maybe go home tomorrow. She is down to doing dialysis only 3 times a week now instead of 24 hours a day - that is a fast miracle in itself. But please continue to pray for her as she still has a long recovery ahead of her.
And lastly, it is not a good post unless of course it comes with a picture. This is the latest toy I found in Kerrick's toy box.....Kerrick! On Sunday he figures out how to climb in his toy box and was sitting in there playing on and off all day. Too Funny! The other picture is of him last night after he painted his pumpkin - well more like painted himself. Of course when I go in to get the camera he said "All Done" and wanted to come in, so this was the best shot I could get! Thankfully the paint came right off in the bath tub or I would have had a lot of explaining to his teachers this morning!

Lil Munchkin Update

Here are a few pictures of the Lil Munchkin from today!!
This morning I had appointment with both of our doctors. First, I went to the perinatologist in which I got the see the Lil Munchkin. He/She was not too active today, but I think they are just running out of space inside. But of course their hands were at their face (as you can see in the pictures) just like Kerrick always did. And they were practicing their breathing a little while we were watching him/her. The visit was good although the left kidney dilated even more, to 17-18cm and last time it was measuring 15. The right kidney dilated to about 10 this time, but not too much concern with that side. (Although I must have gotten the kidneys mixed up last time, as I thought it was opposite??) So he is now referring us to a Pediatric Urologist who will basically make out a plan for when the baby is born. Most likely the lil munchkin will just get put on antibiotics to prevent any infections and the kidneys will hopefully eventually cure on their own. The perinatologist believes it is just reflux and all will be ok. So we are now just waiting to hear from the Peds Urologist to setup that appointment. We will go back in 3 weeks for another ultrasound to see if they dilate even more. At that point I will be 37 weeks along and a decision will be made should they induce me in that it is not safe for the baby to be in womb and the kidneys dilating so much. So I just pray the Lord's will and selfishly praying I do not have to get induced....but will of course do what is best for the lil munchkin! I did find out that the Lil Munchkin weighs in at a whopping 5.5 lbs - might have to put him/her on a diet so they don't get too much bigger before delivery!! LOL!!
After this appointment I went to my regular OB and all was fine with that appointment...just the normal heartbeat monitoring and measuring! We will go see her in 2 weeks....and Daddy will get to hear his/her heartbeat for the first time!!!

And in other news....my coworkers wife is a true miracle. She was extubated on Tuesday, the chest tube was also taken out and she was up in a chair this morning eating breakfast!! Praise the LORD!!! Bowie said she is already getting back to her old self, pestering everybody of when she can go home!! We are all sooo excited for them and praising the Lord for such a wonderful testimony!!

Updates

Here are a few updates on Jason and my coworkers wife!
Jason scored a 100 on his written test today for the EXW and will go before the board on Thursday. He said he will receive the info he is to present today and get it all ready tomorrow in order to present it on Thursday. And I believe that will be the last step for him to qualify!!
And in the kayaking news...he got another kayak last week and then found 2 more that were similar to the one he just got for a steal of a deal. So Brad went and picked the other 2 up last night and they will sell one and keep the other 2 so they will each have one. These kayaks have a sail and all that goes with it (I am not sure of the exact name, but I know there will be pictures to come in the next few weeks!!)

And update on the Bowie Family. Bowie came to work today and said all is going ok. His wife is still in critical condition in the ICU. Her kidneys failed over the weekend, so she is on dialysis 24 hours a day. With her heart having stopped, her other organs quit for a brief few minutes and kidneys never caught back up thus is why she is on dialysis 24 hours a day. He said they were hoping to extubate her today, per her nurse. And he said she is responding to commands, which is a good thing. Thankfully his mom is in town and will get to stay for however long. So she has been a tremendous help to them all and of course spoiling their son Jordan. But please keep them in your prayers as it is going to be an extremely long road to recovery. Thankfully our clinic has been very supportive and his 2nd family to them all.

Kerrick is doing great and I think he is suspecting something is going on...the past couple of nights after bath he is looking or asking for Dada!! So I am soooo anxious to see his reaction when he does get to see Dada in person in a very short time!! We are all anxiously counting down the days!!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and everyones week is off to a wonderful start!

Another Day at the Park

I took Kerrick to the good ol park on Lackland today. We were the only ones out there for a while. Here are a few pictures from today. He decided he only wanted to take a 20 minute nap (in the car) after the park and not go back to sleep on the way home. And as you can see by the last picture this was the result of our evening walk.

Jason is doing well...still has a sore back, so prayers are needed for a quick healing for him. He is taking a test tomorrow in regards to the EXW he is trying to get. I think he only has to go before a board after this and then he will be officially qualified. But he is doing well otherwise - just anxiously awaiting the homecoming day!!

On another note...Prayer Update. My coworkers wife is still in critical condition and definitely has pneumonia. I will get more details tomorrow when we all go back to work. But please do keep praying for them!

Pumpkin Patch

Today we met up with our buds, Jamilia and Caden and headed out to a pumpkin patch in Medina, Texas. Despite the few little rain showers we had a wonderful time and the weather/temperature was great. The boys had a good time even though Kerrick was a bit cranky the last half (sorry Jamilia and Caden!) But we of course had to "sample" the good foods while watching a puppet show. Then the boys went through the maze, then to the petting zoo where they fed some of the animals, and then Caden got to ride the train. Unfortunately at this point, Kerrick was not having anything, but Caden got to paint his very own pumpkin - quite an artist!! Then we all went and had dessert which was some GOOD Apple Ice Cream and I of course got a slice of the Apple Nut Cake! Might have to make a drive back out there just for the Apple Ice Cream. But I think we all had a good time! Click HERE to see the pictures from today.

Prayer Request

I have a quick prayer request for one of my coworkers. His wife, who is only 29, has been in and out of the hospital for the last 1-2 months. To try to make a long story short she had 2 masses on her lungs in which they went in to biopsy which of course then led to a chest tube being inserted to get all the drainage out. After 10 excruciating, long days of a chest tube it was taken out last Friday and she was able to go home. The biopsy came back benign and she was diagnosed with sarcoidosis. Yesterday she was readmitted to the hospital as she went in complaining of pain and they were running test this morning as they were thinking she had a Pulmonary Embolism (which is very serious stuff!) Late this morning she coded and is now on full life support as her heart is a bit weak and prognosis is not looking too good. They are hoping they can get her lungs back up to strength but then they will have to question to see how much brain trauma she suffered as she had no oxygen for 4 minutes. She has no family as her parents died in their 30's of just random medical conditions that just popped up. And his family is in Mississippi but some were on a flight early this afternoon to come be with them.
They do have an 8 year old boy, who is super sweet. So if you think about them, The Bowie Family, please lift them up in prayers during this time.

Speed Racer

Here is a video from Kerrick from last night before we went on a walk. He wanted to take his zebra outside to ride it. So then he would start in the garage and push until he got enough momentum and speed down the driveway. He would just laugh and laugh. Sorry my video skills are not the best, but hopefully you will get an idea with it. It was hard to video tape and try to make sure he did not run me over! LOL!!!
Kerrick is doing well this week...he has picked up a few more words or at least saying them more regular now. He says hello but sounds like Hallo (like the Germans say) and Where are you? Last week he started saying where did it go and now it is where are you? Too funny.
Jason is doing really well and we are finally quickly approaching a BIG celebration day!! YIIPPEEE. He started playing flag football this week and unfortunately got stomped on their first game, but will hopefully get a win out of it before he has to leave. And he found a kayak this week, in which his brother, Brad so graciously drove 8 hours round trip to go for Jason. I can not remember the exact name of the kayak but this one has a sail you can put on it - sounds a bit difficult for me to maneuver and try to fish at the same time...but then again, I am not the most coordinated person either. So I am sure there will be lots of pictures to come of the new kayak once Jason gets home!
We hope you all have a wonderful weekend - I am just thankful we get a 3 day weekend!!

Caden's Soccer Game

Today, Kerrick and I went out to see Caden play soccer. Then we got to hang out with Jamilia and Caden all afternoon. The boys had a blast playing together and it was sure good to get to hang out with Jamilia, like old times! Not sure if Caden took a nap, but Kerrick was wiped out when we left...he fell asleep around 1615 on the way home and is still asleep 3.5 hours later - we will see if he sleeps through the night. Here are some pictures of Caden at his game!