Going to Iowa

My first plane ride. Bye daddy!  I love you!!

Jacob's Dedication

This was a very special day for Jason, Jacob and me.  I want to send out a special thanks to Mom and Annie for attending.  It meant the world to us to have family there!  For all those who were unable to attend here are some pictures to enjoy and we are grateful for all the prayers raised to heaven asking for God to bless Jacob and to help Jason and I raise a child with the knowledge of Christ's love.

Just for Laughs

Auntie Allison, Makenna and Nana's Visit

Jacob has been having a blast with his Nana during her visit to Texas. Allison brought encouragement to my mommy insecurities and has made me feel like it is all going to be just fine. Makenna brought comic relief with her smile and playfulness. She appeared to love her cousin to death by getting so excited which ended up in pulling his hair and trying to gouge his eyes out.

Watch Me Nana

Bumbo

Pyloric Stenosis

Well, there comes a time in every parents life where an emergency trip to the hospital will take place, for Erin and I that time came a short five weeks into parenthood. Always one to keep people on their toes, Jacob began vomiting early on last week and after it progressively got worse we decided to call his pediatrician on friday morning. No appointments were available for that day so they booked us for monday and told us to keep a close eye on him. We could have tried later on in the afternoon but we were supposed to go to my sister's wedding rehearsal. We called the pediatrician that saw him when Jacob was born and she got us in right away. She knew exactly what was happening when we explained his symptoms. Within half an hour we had a room reserved at a hospital and we were on our way for a sonogram to confirm the pediatrician's diagnosis. 

      The diagnosis was Pyloric Stenosis, which happens when the muscle that allows food to pass into the small intestine from the stomach grows too big and closes. The food is not able to pass and the only thing Jacob could do was vomit everything he ate. I KEPT TELLING HIM NOT TO DO SO MANY SIT UPS!

      Seriously though, for any parents or soon to be parents this could be a lethal condition that effects mostly first born male babies from 4-6 weeks of age. It is easily corrected by a short procedure and before the procedure was invented by a doctor in 1930 babies that had this eventually passed away.

      We were very lucky to have so many people praying for Jacob and for a great team of doctors that helped make him well again. Everybody says chicks dig scars, so Jacob is already even more of a chick magnet then he was before! YEA!