Happy New Year~!!

Sorry it's been so long. It has been crazy with the holidays. Before the year ended I thought I needed to blog once more to let everyone know that we are still alive and kicking. I have a really long, all in one, December blog comming. I just need to finish organizing pictures. I will get to it someday. We want to wish everyone a great new year! Here are some new pictures of Jace that I took today...he is getting so chunky! Look at those cheeks!! He is 6 weeks old and 10 lbs. I havent forgotten about my other munchkins. Lots of pictures to come. Stay tuned ")

You should always wear pj's to bed....

This has been a very busy week! Jace is doing really well and the kids are adapting. Our house is a zoo! Tuesday morning Jace woke up at 3:00am and ate, I checked my blood sugars to make sure they wern't too low, and went back to bed. Apperantly sometime during the night I slipped into a diabetic coma. My mom called me to ask a question around noon. When Hazel answered she told my mom that I was still sleeping and that she and Myles could not wake me up. Then she herd Jace crying and felt she should come and see what was going on. When she got to my house Hazel and Myles were in the living room watching a movie. Jace was in the room with me crying. My mom couldn't wake me so she called an ambulance. I remember waking up to my mom by my bed with a panic look on her face, holding Jace. I kept trying to talk but I could only slur a couple of words. She told me that I had been in a coma and that the ambulance was here to take me to the hospital. I started to panic when I found out that my kids had been on there own all morning...haden't eaten, or been changed, or had anyone to watch over them....PANIC! They took me to the hospital. by the time I got there I was okay. They had me eat some lunch and I was released. My mom called Scott at school. all she could say is Jenny's in a coma!! Scott rushed home in a panic. Scott leaves with the girls for school around 7:30. He said that Jace was crying when he left so he came in and brought him to me and I just nursed him in bed. Just acted really tired. When I got home I realized that my glasses were broken...Myles, in trying to wake me, broke them. He knows that when mom wakes up she puts her glasses on and I needed to wake up. I was so proud of Hazel for taking care of Myles and Jace as much as she could while I was in the coma. What a big girl. And I am especially thankful to my mom for listening to her gut and realizing that everything wasn't okay, and being willing to come check on us. I have a great mom! Looking back on the experience I am soooo greatful that I was wearing pj's to bed!! for everyones sake! here are a couple of pics from last week


The first pic is my favorite because it looks like Jace is giving me the stink eye ")

He's Home

Well I guess that the title basically tells what this is all about. Jace finally made it home yesterday at about 5:00 pm. The Dr. said that he could come home if his bili-count 14 or below; his results were 13.9. He is doing very well; slept well last night, he is sleeping a lot during the day, which I guess is to be expected. He was awake for about 2 full hours today. Myles has taken to Jace like a fish to water. He is always looking, kissing, trying to help, etc. He just loves his little brother. Yesterday Myles came into Jenny while she was holding Jace, he went up, put a little blanket on Jace, kissed him then ran away. He is so excited to have a little brother. All in all Jace is doing well, just a little jaundice.

Booby Man

So tonight we went and checked in on Jace. He is doing very well. He has been moved into pediatrics so Jenny can stay with him at night. We talked to the doctor and he wants Jace to stick around so they can take care of his Jondus (spelling?). I tried to talk them into sending him back to Othello, but they kept coming up with every reason not to send him back. So we will have to wait the next day or two and see what they say. We are very hopeful by Tuesday (at the latest) he will be home. I had to laugh because the nursed kept telling us that he couldn't latch on to a nipple. As soon as Jenny busted out the boob, he latched on like a pro, no problems and fed for a good hour. We took him off the boob and gave him a bottle, he wanted nothing to do with it; moving his head, spitting it out. Hilarious to me. He is a definite booby boy just like his brother and dad.

dark wavy hair

Today Scott, Hazel, Myles and I (the girls were in school) went down to Tricities to see Jace. He is doing a little better. Off Oxygen and eating better. We finally got to hold and snuggle him. He is the sweetest little thing! I didn't realize how much hair he had! After I had him he was wisked away. I never really got to see him without a hat. Today when I saw him he looked completely different without a hat on. He has Scott hair. It's dark and wavy and he kind of has a receding hair line already. I LOVE it!! So today the highlight of my day was dark wavy hair. Tomorrow he has xrays to look at his lungs and make sure there are no signs of pnemonia. They are also watching him because he has a heart murmur and is jaundice. Pray for our little guy.

toes

Yesterday I went down to Tricities to be with Jace. When I got to the hospital I was so worn out but at the same so excited to be with my little guy and maybe hold him and look at him and all his little perfect parts.(you got to make sure that they are all there). One of my favorites is his little toes. They are so small and sweet. They gave me so much happiness just looking at them. I was not able to hold him or touch him because they are trying to keep him as stable as possible, so as such yesterday the hilight of my day was toes. We will see what tomorrow brings...

Another Update...

Jace was not improving (he wasn't getting worse, just not getting better) here in Othello, so they have shipped him down to Kadlec Medical Center in Richland. He will be in their neonatal sector until he is able to go home. They nurses that came to get him said it could be a day or more, it all depends on how he improves. So Jenny is doing as well as can be expected. She has pain, mostly from where her epidural was (should have been; we found out later that it fell out before the delivery). She got home today, washed, changed, and went down to Kadlec to be with Jace while I am here tending to the other 4 kids. Jenny will be staying at her Uncles house so we wont have to commute everyday. We are optimistic, but only time will tell. Keep Jace in your prayers.