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...