Another year in the books and another family blog book for us! And what a year it has been! From a family of four to a family of five and all the trials, tears and blessings in between, 2013 has been an incredible year!
Jed has been such an inspiration and lesson for all of us. He’s reminded us all never to take life for granted, he’s shown us the good in people through an outpour of love, support and prayers, and most importantly, he’s taught us the true meaning of Letting Go and Letting God. He’s tested our faith and ultimately he’s strengthened it by demonstrating in plain sight that miracles do in fact happen!
Grammy & Papa stopped by before the kids headed out with Blaine to the Morris’ annual soup exchange on Christmas Eve. Jed & I stayed back and did some last minute Christmas preparations!
Santa came!! Still not sure how he fits it all in his sleigh! Santa brought Grayson his very own keyboard and Colbie a bundle of princess dresses with a dress up storage rack. He also managed to stay up till three in the morning and build this adorable playhouse for the kids!
Best Christmas gift by far was seeing this little guy’s face after taking his tubes off the day after Christmas! We are ALL in better moods being able to walk around the house with Jed now and not be attached to a leash or tripping over lines all the time. He is such a little miracle and we are still just amazed at how well he has done and continues to do.
Playing at Grammy & Papa’s at Christmas dinner.
In addition to smiling, Jed is getting very strong and mobile and focusing on people and things a lot more. This is a picture of his oxygen saturation AFTER (yes, after!) being taken off oxygen the other day!
This smiley dude continues to amaze us and exhaust us all at the same time! Blaine & were laughing the other night saying “I thought the third child was supposed to be the easiest & the most laid back.” Ha! I didn’t really know what colic meant till we had a baby that absolutely was. Like our cardiologist said, if someone could invent a cure for this condition, he/she would absolutely be a millionaire! For the past several weeks now, Jed has a certain time of day at least 5 nights a week from about 6-10 when he is pretty much inconsolable. He doesn’t like his swing, doesn’t like his bouncer or pretty much any holding position during this time. We can get him to doze off or at least calm down for about 20-30 minutes and then it’s back to screaming & crying again. Lots of walking, bouncing, swaying, singing and probably some cussing going on during these hours! Don’t pay us a visit during this time…. or second thought, do and we may give you a job! All I have to say is thank God for my husband who takes turns with me. In the evenings, we alternate between Jed duty or older kid duty, and as precious as this little angel is, taking care of the older two is a much easier task this time of day. I don’t know how single parents do it because you honestly reach a point where you have to put the baby down, take a deep breath and walk away.
How could you possibly walk away from this little cutie pie, right?! I’m such a mean Mommy! Maybe it’s the lack of sleep! Jed still doesn’t have much of a sleeping & eating routine either and therefore, neither do I :( Having done this twice before though, I’m not really pushing the issue and know that it will come in time. I’m up at least two, sometimes three or four times a night with him, which is all fine and dandy if he would always go right back to sleep. The majority of the time he does let me put him back down, but usually around 4:30/5 he thinks it’s time to get up for the day & play!
Speaking of play, the kids have been having lots of fun playing with all their new Christmas toys and Colbie especially loves having her big bro around to play while he’s on break from school. Here they are trying out their new skates from Mama & Dada. It was painful to watch! Not sure why I didn’t put helmets on them :/
Snuggles with Dada and here are the kids after making a disaster zone in our closet & playing dress up like Mama & Dada! I really hope I don’t look like this when I go out!
Our wildly cute and colicky little miracle!
Here’s to happy, healthy & blessed 2014!
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