We love being home

Many of you know that Jacob was in the hospital again from Sep 22-26.  On Sep 22 he started the day with a slight wheeze and by 5:00 pm he had blue lips and was being transported by ambulance from our pediatrician's office to Primary Children's hospital.  I went in the ambulance with him and was slightly disappointed that they didn't use the sirens to get us there faster.  Jacob was stable, but I still would like the full experience.  Anyway, after a very long night in the ER and in his hospital room, Jacob finally started to improve.  The next few days were just a blur of doctors, nurses, little sleep for anyone and a very tiny room. 

Jacob is improving and his official diagnosis was that he had a virus (could be the same one he had before) that made his lungs go haywire.  We hope that it never happens again or to anyone else.  Needless to say we are very happy to be home.  

What? I am sick?

Poor little Jacob spent 48 hours in the hospital this week.  On Wednesday, his breathing was really labored (thanks to Shannon for calling us and letting us know) and he just wasn't himself so we took him to the ER at Primary Children's Hospital and had him checked out.  They couldn't get his breathing to be much easier right away so he was admitted.  They tested him for all the normal 'bad' viruses, took xrays of his lungs, and constantly monitored him, but were unable to definitively tell us what he had.  Basically, it seems he had some kind of virus that caused his lungs to go haywire and make it difficult for him to breathe.  Happily, we are now at home and he is doing much better.  We still have to give him albuterol treatments every four hours and he's not allowed to leave the house until at least Tuesday, but at least we are at home.

While we were at the hospital, he truly charmed all the doctors and nurses with his happy smile and incredible level of activity despite not breathing well.  If you didn't listen to him breathe, you would have never guessed he was sick.  He moved around in his crib like a little monkey and was constantly getting tangled in his tubes and wires.  He was such a good sport despite all the people poking him and literally vacuuming snot out of his nose.  

Never a dull moment

Since I last posted almost a month ago, Jacob has undergone some major changes.  In less than a month he went from only rolling from his tummy to his back (not the other way) and sitting up supported to crawling like a maniac and pulling himself up on things to stand up.  He is now getting braver every day and actually letting go of our hands or other support objects and trying to walk.  His crawling is hilarious because he has two types of crawls.  The first type is a 'normal' crawl with knees and hands.  He can cruise around really fast with this crawl on carpet and in his crib.  The second type of crawl is the 'one-knee' crawl where he uses one foot, one knee, and two hands.  He uses this crawl on linoleum and hardwood floors so that he can have more leverage and not slip so much.  This crawl is so funny because he gets going so fast he almost tips over head first.  Needless to say he is keeping us super busy.  I think that he will  be walking before he is 9 months!  Crazy kid!

Seattle Trip

My older brother, Josh, got married on July 19 in Tacoma, Washington.  My whole Gatherum family made a trip out of the wedding and spent a week exploring the Puget Sound.  The weather was wonderful (80 degrees, no rain, cool nights) and we had a great time.  

Here are just a few of our adventures. 

Jacob and I checked out the octopus at the Seattle Aquarium

Jacob finally got a chance to just hang out with Grandpa G. at the aquarium.  Who cares about a glass roof room where you can see fish swimming above you when you can play with Grandpa's sunglasses?

My younger sister Channdra and Jacob at the Undersea Naval Museum.  Chann decided that it would be cute to see Jacob sitting on a submarine missle.  

Jacob and me in a park in Gig Harbor, WA.

We went to Twanoh State Park for boating, jetskiing and hanging out with the bride and groom.  I like to call this picture "Our little Ratatouille".  Jacob kept pulling Tony's hair almost like he was trying to tell Tony to do something.  Very funny!

Jacob's first dip in the ocean.  Granted, there were no waves because we were in the Puget Sound, but he didn't seem too disappointed.  In fact, he loved being in the water. 

Jacob with his cousin Carter.   Every time Carter came near Jacob, Jacob would grab Carter's ears and try to bite his nose.  It was hilarious to watch and both Jacob and Carter would bust up laughing.  They say that children Jacob's age can't play with others, but he sure loves to see Carter.

Sorry, I don't have any pictures of the wedding.  By the day of the wedding, Tony and I were just trying to keep Jacob calm and ended up not getting any pictures.  Jacob was great the whole week, but was starting to get a tooth and was exhausted from all the excitement.  We can't wait to go back and visit Josh and his new wife, Erin.  Tony and I really want to try out kayaking in the sound and do some hiking through the beautiful areas around Seattle.

WARNING!

If you leave vegetable oil in a very hot house for three weeks...it will go rancid.  Just ask Tony who ate some not so tasty brownies made with rancid oil.  Just thought I should share that with everyone.  Also, we finally got our a/c back!  Hooray!

Happy Anniversary

Today is our 9th wedding anniversary!  I just want to say how happy I am that Tony endured everything I put him through during my Ice Princess days and that we got married.  We have had our ups and downs just like everyone, but things have always turned out for the best, and in many cases better than we could have imagined.  

I love you Tony!

The Heat is On!

A few months ago I wrote about how our central air was broken.  Well we got it fixed, but in the middle of the night on July 3/4, the stinky machine broke again...this time for good.   Of course it happened just as the temperatures outside topped 100 F turning our once cool home into a virtual oven.  Anyway, we are in the process of replacing the a/c, but in the mean time we have had to take some drastic measures to try and stay cool. First, we went and bought a window a/c that we literally shoved into our master bath window.  Second, we took Jacob's crib mattress and put it in our master closet.  Third, we have practically confined ourselves to the master bedroom/bathroom in hopes of creating a little oasis in our otherwise hot home.  We have also taken to spending more time with Tony's parents so that we can avoid the heat.

Here is a picture of sweet little Jacob sleeping in the closet.

The temperature reading at 10:30 pm at our house (this is with all the windows open...we live in an oven)