Pics of Jake and Daddy...

Answered prayers...

Most of you probably remember me asking prayer for my friend Jaylene. She has suffered 4 miscarriages and was pregnant again. Well, these are pictures from Jaylene's baby shower. She is now 36 weeks along and off of her progesterone (which helped her carry the pregnancy) and could have this baby anytime the Lord allows. I just have to thank God that I had my little miracle baby with me at this shower. This is the first baby shower that my arms and heart were not empty. (well, actually my arms were usually empty because someone was always holding Jakob, but my heart was full ) It is so wonderful to know how much I love Jake, and to know that Jaylene and Jeremy have been wanting a baby so bad and now they will have a little person of their own to love. Jaylene works at the health food store in Niceville, and is very health conscious so she got alot of organic stuff at her shower. Isn't the organic onesie cute? I give her a hard time about her "natural" living, but when I'm sick or having an issue I always talk to her. It was so much fun celebrating with Jaylene! P.s.- Dana you're next!

pumpkin patch...

Jakob's two month pics...

Jakes shots...

Jakob got some of his immunizations today. I was getting all emotional this morning, cause he was being so sweet and he was so happy, and I had no idea how he'd react to the vaccines. When we went to the office I told the nurse that I wanted to hold him while he got his shots. First they gave him a liquid vaccine and he does not like anything in his mouth except breast milk. When I give him gas drops or his little gas pills he hollers and screams, so I knew that he wouldn't like the liquid, but he'd just be mad, it wouldn't hurt him. He did scream for the liquid meds, then I cradled him and she gave him two shots in his right leg. He tensed up and started screaming, I just tried to comfort him and then she gave him the other shot in his left leg. He did cry, but once the nurse was done I just held Jake close to me and comforted him and he stopped crying. I think the Tylenol I gave him before we went to the doctor made him a little drowsy at first. By the time we left the office Jakob was sleeping. He seems to be doing well right now, I'm just gonna keep giving him his Tylenol every 4 hours today. In other news Jake now weighs 15lbs. 11oz! He is 24 1/2 inches long. He's still 90th percentile in height and 95th percentile in weight. He is a big boy. There's a picture of Jeremy's mom holding him in only his diaper at the doctors office and he looks so big! I'll try to get it and put it up here. The doctor said he is capable of sleeping 8-10 hours now (I'm guessing because of his weight). He really only wakes up at 1:30 (goes down about 7:30 or 8:00) and then he always wakes up at 4:30. She told me to just let him fuss a while at 1:30 in the morning and see if he calms down and goes back to sleep. I won't start that this weekend, because of his shots, and Jeremy's working this weekend. Next weekend I'm gonna try it and see if he'll sleep longer. We'll see....

All bundled up and ready for a walk...

Shopping...

On Saturday we went to Destin for Jakob's first trip to Bass Pro Shop (can you hear the angels singing?). I guess his Nana and Papa wanted to start him early. While Papa was upstairs checking out the big toys (aka guns and bows) me and Nana took Jakob hat shopping. He tried on a couple of hats, as you can see from the pictures, but there were so many to choose from! He finally settled on his little khaki hat that says "deer fear me" His nana thought it was so funny, and I knew his dad would appreciate it. (Jeremy's friend Ryan has already built a shooting house for them to take Jakob and Ryan's little boy Tristan hunting-Tristan is one year old) Really, Jakob slept through the entire trip. We ate at cracker barrell, then shopped for a while and he did so good. He even slept through our pictures and us putting a bunch of different hats on his head. What a good sport.

Me, Jess and Jake...

Jakob talking 2 ...

Jakob talking...

Doctors appointment...

Well, I went to see Dr. Campbell today and he said my numbers look good. He said as long as I stay active and eat right I should be o.k. He said just be watching my BP mayber 2 or 3 days a week and keep an eye on it. If I were to have a flare up I already have the meds, so I'll be o.k. I am so thankful to God, he is always faithful to take care of me even when I'm not trusting like I should. I know that when hard times come our faith is tested, and I want to rely on God fully, no matter what the outcome of my testing will be. I am praying that God will help me with that, because I'm not good at it at all. My Pastor once said when we go through hard times we have a tendency to pull away from God, even though that's when we need him most. I find myself doing that when I am really scared, or worried about something. Instead of taking it to God and letting him carry the burden I take it upon myself and try to deal with it on my own. We sang the song "I surrender all" last night at church and it really spoke to me. I want to surrender all to God...even my fears and worries. Thank you Lord for sitting patiently by and waiting for me to realize that you want to take my burden and give me yours. You said your yoke is easy, and your burden is light.

Pictures of Jake and his mommy...

Last doctor's appointment?...

I am going to the doctor tomorrow for a follow up appointment about my blood pressure. I'm hoping he will be pleasantly surprised about it going down...we'll see. I'll let everyone know what I find out.

Good morning ladies...

Jakob has started smiling so much now! Most mornings when I wake up I am so tired and worn out, but when I lay Jake on his changing table he just smiles so big. That instantly takes away the grumbling that I felt like doing and makes my heart so happy. I really really love this little guy. He's such a joy in our lives.

Pictures...

Jake and Aunt Kara Jake and his froggie Jake all wrapped up

What a life...

Birth control?...

So last week I went to see the OB. It was my last appointment there till my exam next year. Dr. Hennessey was asking me all these questions, then he says "birth control?" In the form of a question. I said "what about it?" I knew what was coming, but was gonna make him explain his line of thinking. He then asked if I needed birth control pills. (in my mind this is just laughable) I told him no, Dr. Ripps basically said that it'd be a miracle if we conceived on our own and I'm not taking them. Hennessey just looked at his nurse and laughed a little. They've seen these "miracles" before. I did not feel like going into the whole explanation of male factor infertility, or the fact that the doctor had to use ICSI to fertilize the egg, because it was not gonna happen naturally. If I were to get pregnant naturally it would be amazing, miraculous, and frankly it would be kind of exciting, because I never expect it to happen, (not that i want it to happen, nor that I think it would, but every woman dealing with infertility would love to just miss a period, take a test and find out they're pregnant). I told him I've been on synthetic hormones for 2 years now, and I need a break. My body needs a break, and who better to take a break than a person who took 3 years to conceive anyways? He said it's my choice, but I'd better be careful... I don't want to be pregnant again for a loooong time, it was quite scary at the end, and I'm not ready to jump into that again, but I know my history, I know the struggle it took to get Jakob here. It's not like I had blocked tubes, or endemitriosis that could have cleared up. Our fertility issue is not going away, or getting better. If and when we decide to have another baby we will once again go see Dr. Ripps and his staff and we'll work from there. I'm o.k. with that, I just wish sometimes that other people would accept my reality. I like Dr. Hennessey, and I think he's good at his job, but I feel like he doesn't look at people on a case by case basis. Oh well, I'm now done with OB appointments. I'll see Dr. Campbell in a couple weeks and hopefully get cleared on the BP issue and then I'm done with doctors except for Jakes appointments. On the 23rd he starts his immunizations! Poor guy. My friend whose baby is 5 days younger than Jakob said her little girl cried alot after her shots. I just have to prepare myself for that...it's gonna break mommy's heart. Well, hope y'all have a great day! -Me

My home is quickly becoming a petting zoo...

I just have to let you all know real quick... I haven't had to take any blood pressure meds since Monday!!! That is 6 days! I'm still really nervous to get my hopes up, but I have been feeling alot better, and I have hit the 6 week mark, that's when they said the problem might go away. In other news, my husband brought home a 5 foot long (dead) rattle snake. He skinned it and pinned it on a board to go you.know.where...his office! Jessi said it is becoming his man cave, I tend to agree. The snake will join the deer head and the turkey tail on the wall. Once he hangs it up (it has to dry first) I will put up a pic. If it wasn't a creepy snake it'd look kinda cool. Better skinned ones than live ones in my office. :) Love to you all! -Me

Jakob smiling...

Pictures...

My precious baby boy (as Abi likes to call him)

Jakob snoring like daddy...

Remember like father like son??? This is why I get no sleep at night! :)

A little taste of fall...

Wooohooo! Yesterday we woke up to go to Niceville and it was 49 degrees outside. The high was 80 degrees, so it did eventually warm up, but it was still nice because there was a breeze. This weather probably will not stay, by Friday it's supposed to be rainy and then our humid weather will be back, but for now we're enjoying a little taste of fall.