Hi Everyone...it's me Jessica
Good afternoon,
I know I have been such a bad blogger. I know every post is about how busy we are and what we are doing that makes us busy but I wanted to just sit down and relax and get everyone up to speed on things. I guess I'm such a bad blogger because most of the people that probably read this are my friends on facebook and see our daily posts but I know there are some of you that just can't get on board with the facebook thing!
Well to catch up on our precious baby girl, Madison. Her 4month check up was on June 12th. She is fabulous and is 26 1/2 inches in height (off the chart) and 14lbs 9oz (70th percentile) for weight. She is such a good and happy baby and brings our family so much joy each and every day. She does great at daycare and her teachers are wonderful! She is now 5 months and growing like a little weed. If her teeth would just poke through! She has been teething so much lately but as with anything that Madison does, she finds it funny or she just watches Jacob to pass the time. She is definately 'parachuting' and I look for any day now she will just take off and start crawling. How do I explain baby gates to Jacob? Maybe it will keep him from getting his 'snacks' when I can't get the food on the table fast enough. I stopped breastfeeding around Father's Day. Madison did well with the transition although as her mommy I wish she would have made some kind of attempt at being sad for even just a moment. Breastfeeding is a very challenging thing to do. It's what's best for your baby but working full time and trying to pump 4 times a day and make sure things are in order to go back to work the next day was exhausting.She has done great on formula and now with her dinners at night she is a little piggy!
Jacob has been doing well with his eye patch but even with the eye patch I notice the crossing and fear our next visit in September with Dr. Goei will be the one with the "surgery" green light. I love that kid so much and can't stand to think about him having to go under surgery but if it will help him and prevent future damage down the road then I know it's needed. I just wish I could do it for him. We went through some crazy things with a new teacher in his classroom but that has been resolved and we are just waiting for him to move up to the Older 3s. He is quite the chatter box these days. It seems as though it's non-stop. I didn't really realize it so much until a man at a restaurant we stopped at on vacation in Troy, Alabama commented on it. Now I pick up on it a lot.
My work is going ok. Lots of changes recently. My Manager, Shannon, moved back to West Point and took one of my friends, his wife Kelli, with him. Although we didn't get a lot of chances to meet for lunch and chit chat, I did enjoy the time I spent with her and enjoyed watching their twins grow. Madison got to meet them when I was on maternity leave though I think all 3 babies slept the entire lunch so I don't know if you would call it that. Thank goodness for email and facebook and blogs. I learned a lot from Shannon from a leadership perspective and am thankful for the year he was at the Call Center. I have a new manager now that I worked with for a while, Mary. I can't wait to learn from her too! She used to work in the field so it will be good to learn from that perspective too!
We just returned from vacation from July 3-9 to Tallassee, Al and DeFuniak Springs, Fl (Destin, FL). It was so good to be 'home'. Although Fort Walton Beach hasn't changed much, the area in general is so different. I seem to relax when I'm there and nothing makes me happier than to see my babies playing in the water that I loved so much as a kid. Jacob really took to the beach. I wish we could go there every day just to hear his laughter when the waves hit him. Madison put her princess toes in the water but didn't really give us any impression either way as to what her opinion was. She sat on the beach with me and played with the sand. I just had to be careful she didn't put any in her mouth...with her teething not an easy task. We were disappointed in our old 'local' hangout Gilligan's it's definately gone down hill. We did find a new fave...Bayou Bill's now that it's remodeled and all shiney and new it was wonderful! We had chargrilled oysters that were the best ever! Jacob even got his fair share of them. I miss Florida already but know now that I need to speak up and tell Mark when I want to go. We don't have to stay at a fancy hotel every time and even though we stayed at hotel 30 miles away from the beach at least we were there. We got to see my dad and stepmom every day and that was a blessing too!
As for me, I turned 32 on Sunday and as I'm typing this I sit and wait for a shower....I am wearing a Holter Monitor. I haven't felt that great since our return trip from Florida. I was getting ill on the way back and noticed that even when I'm sitting down it feels like I just ran a sprint (at times). Yesterday morning it was almost unbearable and I had the worst headache to go with it so I called my doctor and he saw me at 11:15 (I later found out that my MIL was scheduled at that time but cancelled so thanks June for the appointment hehe). He heard a premature heartbeat and had me go over to Doctor's at 2pm to get this monitor. Had I known I wouldn't be able to hold the baby or Jacob that much or take a bath with it on, I think I would have waited until today or something to get it on. I feel like a sweaty mess right now! Only 1 hour to go and mama is taking a bath! I'm kind of nervous about taking these things off myself because they are taped on pretty good. If you hear some yelling around 3pm, it's just me getting the tape off. Please keep me in your prayers that whatever is going on is easily fixed and/or temporary and that I will be back to my old self in no time.
I hope this blog entry finds everyone in good spirits and health. I have a lot of prayers going out this week for my stepbrothers and stepsister whose father passed away on Sunday and my friend Kim's mom who was in the hospital this weekend too.
I know I have been such a bad blogger. I know every post is about how busy we are and what we are doing that makes us busy but I wanted to just sit down and relax and get everyone up to speed on things. I guess I'm such a bad blogger because most of the people that probably read this are my friends on facebook and see our daily posts but I know there are some of you that just can't get on board with the facebook thing!
Well to catch up on our precious baby girl, Madison. Her 4month check up was on June 12th. She is fabulous and is 26 1/2 inches in height (off the chart) and 14lbs 9oz (70th percentile) for weight. She is such a good and happy baby and brings our family so much joy each and every day. She does great at daycare and her teachers are wonderful! She is now 5 months and growing like a little weed. If her teeth would just poke through! She has been teething so much lately but as with anything that Madison does, she finds it funny or she just watches Jacob to pass the time. She is definately 'parachuting' and I look for any day now she will just take off and start crawling. How do I explain baby gates to Jacob? Maybe it will keep him from getting his 'snacks' when I can't get the food on the table fast enough. I stopped breastfeeding around Father's Day. Madison did well with the transition although as her mommy I wish she would have made some kind of attempt at being sad for even just a moment. Breastfeeding is a very challenging thing to do. It's what's best for your baby but working full time and trying to pump 4 times a day and make sure things are in order to go back to work the next day was exhausting.She has done great on formula and now with her dinners at night she is a little piggy!
Jacob has been doing well with his eye patch but even with the eye patch I notice the crossing and fear our next visit in September with Dr. Goei will be the one with the "surgery" green light. I love that kid so much and can't stand to think about him having to go under surgery but if it will help him and prevent future damage down the road then I know it's needed. I just wish I could do it for him. We went through some crazy things with a new teacher in his classroom but that has been resolved and we are just waiting for him to move up to the Older 3s. He is quite the chatter box these days. It seems as though it's non-stop. I didn't really realize it so much until a man at a restaurant we stopped at on vacation in Troy, Alabama commented on it. Now I pick up on it a lot.
My work is going ok. Lots of changes recently. My Manager, Shannon, moved back to West Point and took one of my friends, his wife Kelli, with him. Although we didn't get a lot of chances to meet for lunch and chit chat, I did enjoy the time I spent with her and enjoyed watching their twins grow. Madison got to meet them when I was on maternity leave though I think all 3 babies slept the entire lunch so I don't know if you would call it that. Thank goodness for email and facebook and blogs. I learned a lot from Shannon from a leadership perspective and am thankful for the year he was at the Call Center. I have a new manager now that I worked with for a while, Mary. I can't wait to learn from her too! She used to work in the field so it will be good to learn from that perspective too!
We just returned from vacation from July 3-9 to Tallassee, Al and DeFuniak Springs, Fl (Destin, FL). It was so good to be 'home'. Although Fort Walton Beach hasn't changed much, the area in general is so different. I seem to relax when I'm there and nothing makes me happier than to see my babies playing in the water that I loved so much as a kid. Jacob really took to the beach. I wish we could go there every day just to hear his laughter when the waves hit him. Madison put her princess toes in the water but didn't really give us any impression either way as to what her opinion was. She sat on the beach with me and played with the sand. I just had to be careful she didn't put any in her mouth...with her teething not an easy task. We were disappointed in our old 'local' hangout Gilligan's it's definately gone down hill. We did find a new fave...Bayou Bill's now that it's remodeled and all shiney and new it was wonderful! We had chargrilled oysters that were the best ever! Jacob even got his fair share of them. I miss Florida already but know now that I need to speak up and tell Mark when I want to go. We don't have to stay at a fancy hotel every time and even though we stayed at hotel 30 miles away from the beach at least we were there. We got to see my dad and stepmom every day and that was a blessing too!
As for me, I turned 32 on Sunday and as I'm typing this I sit and wait for a shower....I am wearing a Holter Monitor. I haven't felt that great since our return trip from Florida. I was getting ill on the way back and noticed that even when I'm sitting down it feels like I just ran a sprint (at times). Yesterday morning it was almost unbearable and I had the worst headache to go with it so I called my doctor and he saw me at 11:15 (I later found out that my MIL was scheduled at that time but cancelled so thanks June for the appointment hehe). He heard a premature heartbeat and had me go over to Doctor's at 2pm to get this monitor. Had I known I wouldn't be able to hold the baby or Jacob that much or take a bath with it on, I think I would have waited until today or something to get it on. I feel like a sweaty mess right now! Only 1 hour to go and mama is taking a bath! I'm kind of nervous about taking these things off myself because they are taped on pretty good. If you hear some yelling around 3pm, it's just me getting the tape off. Please keep me in your prayers that whatever is going on is easily fixed and/or temporary and that I will be back to my old self in no time.
I hope this blog entry finds everyone in good spirits and health. I have a lot of prayers going out this week for my stepbrothers and stepsister whose father passed away on Sunday and my friend Kim's mom who was in the hospital this weekend too.
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