March Pictures

Hello! Here are a few pictures from March.

Jackapoo sporting his spike hairdo. This little guys is the happiest baby. This may have been his last bath in the baby tub. He's getting so big!! I can now give him a bath at the same time as Ashley. They love playing in the tub together. Ashley thinks it is so fun to get Jack's hair all wet and put it into a mohawk.

Ashley and Jack snuggling

As you may recall from my post for February, Jack had a rough month with ear infections, pink eye and pneumonia. Well...it just didn't get better. Our primary doctor had suggested that we see an allergist because they might be able to prescribe a medicine for the nebulizer that could help reduce the phlegm Jack was dealing with. His breathing was still so strained and the meds didn't seem to be helping with his pneumonia. Anyway, I took Jack to the allergist and his suggestion...take Jack to Children's ER. He said, not because it was an emergency but because he wanted him to be seen today and who knows how long it would take if we had to make an appt. So, Jack and I headed to Children's ER. The lobby was full of waiting kids. It took about 5 minutes to be seen for the initial check by the nurse in the waiting area and she then brought us right back to a room. Jack's oxygen levels were low. So, they did 3 neb treatments and sucked mucus out by going in through his nose with a small tube. The neb treatments didn't have an effect on his breathing. Next was chest xrays and testing for RSV. Both test came back positive. Pneumonia and RSV. Jack and I spent the next 5 days in the hospital!

He usually looked like this. Smiley. That's just the way he is!! Unfortunately, the 5 days in the hospital overlapped with Ashley's 4th birthday! That was the hardest part of being in the hospital, I missed my baby girls 4th birthday. :( We had to cancel the birthday party we had planned for her that weekend. Daddy took her on a special fun day with the Brooks family to the Shoreview Community Center. To top off the craziness of it all, I got the flu on Sunday 3/13 and had to leave the hospital. I was sick for 5 days with it!! Anyway, it took a lot of coordinating for me to come home, Matt to go to the hospital, arranging care for Ashley etc. Thankfully Matt's parents had just returned from their 2 month stay in Florida. Jack came home from the hospital Monday afternoon. Sue came over to take care of Jack the rest of the week while I tried to get over the flu.

After arriving home from the hospital on Monday, we gave AJ her birthday presents. I still can't believe she's 4. I keep teasing her that she can't get any older. She has to stay 4.

Ashley was quietly playing by herself in her room. She doesn't often play by herself. Here's what we found when checking on her. She'd emptied out her toy box and was playing inside it!

My pretty little princess!

On March 20th we celebrated the March birthdays at the Johnson's. Sue turned 63, I turned 34 and AJ turned 4. Sue made my FAVORITE dessert. They also got me an awesome beach umbrella from Florida and I just can't wait to use it this summer down on our beach!!

Ashley showing off her new princess cape (I know that's not what it's called...just can't think of the right word).

I took the kids to get their pictures taken at Kiddie Kandid's. Jack is 7 months old in these pictures.

Ashley Jane - 4 years old

Ashley has resisted or refused to take her pictures the last two times I have taken her. This time, she was so cooperative!

What else happened in March? While staying at G & G J's, Ashley cut her own hair. It looks pretty cute...just a few layers around her face. Sue had asked me if I had recently cut Ashley's hair or if Ashley might have cut it on her own because she was working on an art project with scissors. When I asked Ashley if she cut her hair, after a little hesitation, her response was "Yep, and it didn't even hurt!". I asked her to show me where she put her hair and the little stinker hid it under the rocking chair in their living room!! It blended in with the carpet. What else? Matt was in Indiana for work from 3/19 to 3/27. He flew home on my birthday 3/23 and we were able to go out to supper. He then flew back to Indiana the very next morning. On March 31st, Jack and I went back to Children's ER at 3am. This time...croupe. We were sent back home after a steroid and neb treatment in the hospital. We got back home at 6:15am. I then got AJ ready for daycare and we left Matt at home with Jack. I can't remember the last time I pulled an all nighter and then went to work and worked a full day on only 2 hours of sleep. I for one am ready to leave this winter weather and all the yucky illness behind!