Jaron had his 12 month appointment yesterday. He is 28.5 inches long (10%) and 19 lbs. 8 oz (13%). He has only grown an inch and gained 1 lb. in 6 months. While the doctor didn't seem overly concerned, she did say the dreaded words of "this isn't normal" and "we are going to watch him." Words a mom never likes to hear from the doctor. I have known in my heart for a couple of months that he hasn't been growing but I pushed worried thoughts out of my head and tried to focus on his amazingly happy personality. But to hear the doctor say those things, the worried thoughts came rushing in.
So now I am learning to not worry about what I can't change. Learning to not think what if I had done this or that, but to focus on all the great strides in development Jaron has made (even if he is a little behind) and to continue to do what I have been doing all along...loving him the best that I can. And as I look at him happily playing on the floor with his toys...listen to his giggles when he plays peek-a-boo with me...hold him close to me as I rock him to sleep at night...I think to myself, if this is what "not normal" is like, then I am okay with that.
December 17, 2010
December 13, 2010
Jaron is 1
A year ago Jason and I made the treacherous trip in an ice storm to have Jaron delivered. While Jaron had issues with his lungs when he was born you would never know it now. He is a very active, happy little boy. It is hard to believe all that happened a year ago...seems like just a few months...and yet I can't remember life without him. He is a perfect addition to our family and the world has definitely been blessed with his laid back, smiley personality. Not a day goes by that he does make us laugh.
Today we did a little celebration for Jaron. His birthday almost sneaked up on us. Jaron, Jason, and Josiah have been really sick, plus I was gone for a few days for the memorial service for my grandpa so things have been a little crazy. We were going to have some friends over but since our family was sick that didn't work out. But we did make a cake for him to play in. Below are pictures of the experience.
Then he discovered he could grab fist fulls.
YUM!!
"OH!" A piece of cake just fell on the floor.
He really liked the cake and cried when I decided he had enough. Then he opened a present from his brother. I don't have pictures of that and it wasn't very exciting because he was not at all interested in tearing the wrapping paper. I had to do it for him.
Today we did a little celebration for Jaron. His birthday almost sneaked up on us. Jaron, Jason, and Josiah have been really sick, plus I was gone for a few days for the memorial service for my grandpa so things have been a little crazy. We were going to have some friends over but since our family was sick that didn't work out. But we did make a cake for him to play in. Below are pictures of the experience.
The first few touches, trying to figure out what it was.
Then he discovered he could grab fist fulls.
YUM!!
"OH!" A piece of cake just fell on the floor.
He really liked the cake and cried when I decided he had enough. Then he opened a present from his brother. I don't have pictures of that and it wasn't very exciting because he was not at all interested in tearing the wrapping paper. I had to do it for him.
November 17, 2010
Ramdom Pics
Both my kids are taking a nap and Kahlil has decided taking a nap by himself wasn't an option. He is now sleeping peacefully in my arms. Since I can't do any cleaning I decided I would try to blog. Another thing I can add to my list of things I can do with one hand. :) Here are random pictures of things going on in our life.
Daddy and Jaron
Josiah playing dress up with last year's transformer costume. Doesn't he look tough?
We fixed up Josiah's room this past week. We painted and laid new carpet. Here is Josiah helping me paint.
Since Josiah's room was under construction, he and Jaron had to share a room. The only problem was when Josiah would wake up in the morning he would sneak into Jaron's crib and wake Jaron up. Poor Jaron was exhausted for a week.
Cute picture of Jaron
Daddy and Jaron
Josiah playing dress up with last year's transformer costume. Doesn't he look tough?
We fixed up Josiah's room this past week. We painted and laid new carpet. Here is Josiah helping me paint.
Since Josiah's room was under construction, he and Jaron had to share a room. The only problem was when Josiah would wake up in the morning he would sneak into Jaron's crib and wake Jaron up. Poor Jaron was exhausted for a week.
November 15, 2010
Halloween Pics
Here are some pictures from Halloween.
On Halloween we hung out with some friends from the church. Here is Josiah and Jaron with their kids before we headed to the Halloween carnival.
Jaron the lion
Josiah got to ride a horse at the carnival.
Josiah playing in the rice at one of the booths.
Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of this, but we also got to ride in the back of a 1950s fire truck around the parking lot. Josiah told me it was a lot more fun than riding in my car. :)
The day before Halloween the OSU sport teams had a Halloween carnival so Jason took Josiah. Here is Josiah eating ice cream. He was a pit crew guy for Lightning McQueen. At the carnival he won a football player bobblehead for throwing a football into the hole (he was only a foot away).
On Halloween we hung out with some friends from the church. Here is Josiah and Jaron with their kids before we headed to the Halloween carnival.
Jaron the lion
Josiah got to ride a horse at the carnival.
Josiah playing in the rice at one of the booths.
Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of this, but we also got to ride in the back of a 1950s fire truck around the parking lot. Josiah told me it was a lot more fun than riding in my car. :)
October 30, 2010
Random pics of the past few weeks
As the story with everyone else, we are busy. Jason is working hard with the college students and I started babysitting. Here are some random pictures of the past few weeks.
Playing with dried split peas during his independent playtime.
Jaron after eating blueberries. I thought he looked cute with them smeared all over his face. If you notice he has his pointer finger out. He always has his pointer figure out. He waves to people by pointing his finger at them and shaking it up and down.
Another cute picture
Proving once again that battery powered toys are a waste of money. Why have a battery powered toy when you can have a ball (one of his favorite toys)?
Josiah riding his scooter and Jaron riding the tricycle.
This is Kahlil. He is our "part time" addition to the family. Right now he comes and spends three days with us. He is 2 months old and a sweet kid despite the fact he gets stomach aches often. Josiah is a great helper, getting me stuff for Kahlil when my hands are full or singing to Kahlil when he is in the bouncy chair. Jaron just points and laughs in delight when he sees Kahlil.
I was making a large amount of taco soup for fall retreat so there were many cans of food in the kitchen. Josiah decided to make a tower out of the cans.
Playing with dried split peas during his independent playtime.
Jaron after eating blueberries. I thought he looked cute with them smeared all over his face. If you notice he has his pointer finger out. He always has his pointer figure out. He waves to people by pointing his finger at them and shaking it up and down.
Another cute picture
Proving once again that battery powered toys are a waste of money. Why have a battery powered toy when you can have a ball (one of his favorite toys)?
Josiah riding his scooter and Jaron riding the tricycle.
This is Kahlil. He is our "part time" addition to the family. Right now he comes and spends three days with us. He is 2 months old and a sweet kid despite the fact he gets stomach aches often. Josiah is a great helper, getting me stuff for Kahlil when my hands are full or singing to Kahlil when he is in the bouncy chair. Jaron just points and laughs in delight when he sees Kahlil.
October 8, 2010
Josiah's First Beaver Game
Josiah went to his first Beaver football game. Before the game they had stuff for kids who signed up for Generation Beavers. He got to jump in a bouncy house, which he loved. He was one of the smaller ones in there. He got knocked over a few times, but he just got back up and bounced some more. He was excited about the game for the first quarter, but since the game was during nap time it wasn't long before he lost interest and just laid on my lap. By the third quarter he told me he wanted to go home and sleep in his bed. To help the time go by faster for him I gave him my phone and he took pictures for the rest of the game. Here is the Beaver game from Josiah's point of view.
Not a bad picture of the east side of the stadium.
Mommy and Daddy
My new shirt. I had been to a game before but I was pregnant so I wore one of Jason's shirt. I never bought one my size until the day of the game. I am not a fan of orange so I chose a black shirt.
This is one of about 20 pictures of daddy.
The score board right behind us. Because we were in end zone seating, it was hard to see what was going on the other end of field. It was nice to have the T.V. right behind us.
The crowd cheering after Jaquizz Rogers ran 70 yards for a touch down.
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