The cutest boys in the world!

We had the boys pictures taken the last week in January.  They are so cute so I had to share. Their Godmother Krystal bought the orange polo outfits for Christmas and my cousins, Robin and Sami, sent me the other 'western' outfit for Luke.  Both were SO cute!  Blake was so funny!  He had the photographer laughing SO hard.  She said she had never had a kid like Blake before.  He was creating HIS OWN poses!  hehehe  I love that he has such a personality and I bet Luke will be right behind him soon. :-)

To the zoo we went!

This post is a little late.  We went to the zoo one Friday when the weather was actually wonderful with some of our best friends.  We had told Blake that we would take him the week we had Luke, but Luke surprised us so we had to wait.  We had a great time and it was a bonus that the Tungcabs got to go too.  Brandon and Blake have been best buds since before they were born. hehehe  (Brandon, Lauren, and Blake are in the top pic)  We went to the Dallas Zoo which we had never taken Blake to so he got to see something new.  We also went on a day that NO ONE was really there.  I have never seen a zoo SO empty!  It was great.  We were able to do whatever we wanted.  Blake ran and ran and ran with Brandon and Lauren.  He slept so great that night and Luke loved being outdoors.  Luke loves being outside and since it is winter, he doesn't get that much of a chance. :-)  Here are some pics from the zoo.

If I would have been just a little faster, you would see the penguin and Blake looking right at each other!!!

Luke enjoying a ride through the zoo. :-)

Luke is already three months!

I cannot believe that Luke is already three months.  Time is flying so much faster with the second one.  I have to tell you about some of the things he is doing.  He is such a chatty baby.  I have strangers comment on how vocal he is.  He coos and talks back like he is trying to say so much.  He rolls over which you already know and he scoots to get to around some.  If I lay him on the activity mat my cousin lent us, he will move around to get to his favorite toy on that mat!  My friend Lisa was just telling me today that his legs never stop. (Well.  At least when it's an awake period. hehehe)  He is just getting so active during his awake times.  I don't remember Blake being like this.  Blake was a great sleeper at 6 weeks old even he slept through the night.  Not Luke but I knew lightening probably wouldn't strike twice. :-)  He loves his big brother.  We were getting ready today to go to The Tungcab house to visit our good friends and Luke was on the bed.  I turned around and Blake was talking to him.  Luke loves it when big brother talks to him so I continued to get ready and keep an eye on them.  I turned around and Blake was holding Luke up to put him in his bumbo seat!  It shocked me because Blake has NEVER done that before.  I knew it was a matter of time before it happened, but I kind of giggled instead of getting mad.  Most likely I didn't get mad because Blake was doing a good job.  He was supporting his head and everything.  He immediately placed him back down on the bed gently when I told him to.  What a great big brother!  How time flies!  Wasn't Blake just that size???  :-(  Momma's hold your babies tightly.  They grow way too fast!!!

As I posted this picture, I am realizing that a lot of Luke's pics are on this mat.  Probably because he loves it SO much!  Thanks Sean and Dana for lending it to us! 

This is how we roll!

Luke rolled over on January 21st!  I could not believe it.  When he did it, he actually scooted like five inches and then rolled like he had been doing it everyday!  I caught it on still camera tonight when he did it again.  Here is the play by play. :-)  He is growing up so much.  I cannot blink!!!

Here he is starting to roll.

Now he is getting his leg ready to help him and he has thrown his head over to the side more.

And then the big finish!

When will it end???

The boys in the Jackson house are sick again! I am so tired of having my baby boys sick. They need to be happy and healthy! We went back to the doctor today to find out they both have bronchiolitis. Yep. They both have awful coughs and wheezing. Not fun at all. We will be doing breathing treatments on both boys for the next couple of weeks. Here are some pics of our boys being brave while doing their treatments.  They are brave boys.  I don't think Blake really minds because I let him watch one episode of whatever show he wants to watch.  That is a treat for him. :-)  Luke has his moments of crying because he is mad at me. :-(  Poor baby!

What in the world....

It has been a long road, but I think we have finally figured it out. Luke has had a lot of trouble keeping his milk down. He would projectile vomit and he was so unhappy. We have tried a lot of things from different doctors for the past two months. We thought it was just reflux and we have tried every medication. It helped a little but he was still so unhappy. We then were sent to the ER because the docs thought he had a condition called pyloric stenosis, but thankfully he did not have that. (That required surgery so I am still thanking my lucky stars!) We then were sent to a pediatric GI specialist who thought that Luke had an allergy to the protein in milk. (I was nursing so that would be me.) We had already tried two days of formula with no help and it actually made him throw up more. The GI doc thinks that Luke has a protein allergy so not even a soy milk based formula would work. He told me to stop nursing and pump and try this amino acid based formula for 5 days. We did and Luke is a completely new kid! He is so happy and hardly ever projectile vomits. He still does it every once in a while, but no more screaming after he eats and no more regurgitating either. He sleeps so much better too. He still has reflux a little but it is so much better. I am kinda bummed though because I have to dry my milk up. :-( I was so looking forward to nursing. I didn't get the chance to do it as long as I wanted with Blake because of medical complications. I am happy, but very sad about this. It also sucks because this formula is $52 a can! Yep. That is over $600 a month. Kinda makes me want to throw up. LOL I must do what every mother would do which is what is best for her baby. He is worth it. :-)

Now on to my next two hurdles... First, the insurance company. They are supposed to cover this but are making me jump through hoops with fire and won't say for sure if they will or won't. Second, helping Luke learn the difference between night and day now that we have made him more comfy. :-)

It was a love/hate relationship

Christmas at the Jackson house was so much fun this year sort of. Blake had a fever all week the week of Christmas and wasn't fever free until Christmas night. :-( The poor kid was so tired, but luckily snapped out of it in time to rip through his presents and play with them. Luke got to join in on the action this year too. Ok. He was sleeping, but he was there! LOL We got an early Christmas present this year. SNOW! I know. We live in Texas and we actually got snow on Christmas Eve! I LOVED how beautiful the snow looked. Here is a pic of the outside of our house during the day. It was during a brief lull in the snow. ;0)

This is after dark and it started snowing again! I love the way you can actually see it snowing!

The snow was SO beautiful. We didn't get to play in it though. :-( And so here is the HATE I had for the snow. Poor Blake couldn't go out in it with his fever so Mommy and Daddy decided it wouldn't be fair to go and play in it either. It was all or none. Poor Blake kept asking me to let him put his shoes and socks on and go outside in the snow. I had to look at the pitiful face and say no. :-( No fun! Another reason I had to HATE the snow is because it kept my parents from getting to come over early Christmas morning to see Blake (And Luke now I guess) open his presents. They have come over every year to see Blake wake up Christmas morning and I really really missed them this year. As much as I loved Christmas morning, I felt like something was missing. It made me sad to make Christmas morning breakfast without my Dad and Mom. We watch Blake open gifts and then Dad runs to get Mom and him coffee at 7-11 and then I make breakfast with Dad. Then Dad and Mom help Blake (and us) put together and play with all his toys. (It helps to have more hands to open all those stinkin boxes with all the twist ties, etc!) Last year there was an airplane incident which ended with Scott flying Blake's new airplane onto the neighbors roof. Dad was there 'helping' him too. LOL It made me kinda sad to not have them there. :-( I have to count my blessings though. I have Scott, Blake, and Luke and we have been very blessed this year. We went over to Scott's sisters house that afternoon after the ice cleared off the road and I made Scott take me to see my parents. I was NOT going to go all Christmas Day without seeing them. :-)

All in all, it was a great Christmas. I asked Santa for a healthy baby last year after our miscarriage and he came through for me. :-) Actually Blake asked him for me. LOL We have been blessed with two great, wonderful, handsome, brilliant boys. I am the happiest Mom on earth!