Easter

This past weekend was awesome, all of my family was able to come up. It was Jamie's first Easter, he didn't understand his Easter basket or the Easter Egg Hunt, but Jason and I had fun. This is what the Easter Bunny brought Jamie. The stuffed animals came from GG's pile of scrap fabric she was handing out awhile back. Inside his eggs were animal crackers. But Jamie's favorite part was all that grass in the bottom of the basket. I'll be finding the stuff everywhere forever, I'm sure. And his big red ball is still missing, probably left at Grandma's. Oh well.

I don't know what he thought of the Egg Hunt itself, but he loved playing with the eggs.He was able to collect quite a few eggs, which he shared with his cousins.

We're Back!!

We were in Orem all last week visiting with Jason's family. We had a blast! I was able to play and help make Valene, Tashina, and Sara watch bands. Yay for me, I had a blast, hope they did too.
While we were there, we had our pictures taken. I think they turned out rather well.




We also made a trip out to Mount Pleasant to Jason's Grandfather's home.
Four Generations of Chipmans:

And to my complete and utter horror, but amungst much laughter and humor of the Chipman Crew, Jamie ate a piece of doggie treat. Jamie had been sharing his treats all week so I guess the pups decided to share as well, as you can see by the red crumbs on his face. Last I checked animal crackers weren't red.

All in all we had a great and fun week.

WE ARE DONE!!!

Finally we are finished! For the past ten months we have been struggling with Jamie's Acid Reflux. Finally the fight is over, WE WIN! Last week I totally messed up the timing on his meds. I watched him like a hawk all day- and nothing. He wasn't fussy. He didn't throw up. He didn't get hiccups. NOTHING! I called the Doctor early the next morning. We were to reduce the medicine to once a day for three to five days. If he got worse, go back to twice a day- the war is not yet over. But if there was no reaction, take him off! We have now been a four days without the meds and he's fine. He's happy and full of laughs and giggles! YAY YAY YAY!!!

The First Big One

This last weekend, Travis and Tina were here with their families, along with Noah and Carlaya. We had a blast. But Jamie did a have few rough moments. The worst was when he decided to climb the stairs. The gate was at the top not the bottom of the stairs, but he's never climbed before, so I thought nothing of it. Jamie was down playing with his cousins when he took the tumble down about five stairs. He scraped his nose and forehead and he's been sore and fussy for the past few days. But he's otherwise just fine. Yeah for me, I did not freak out.

Why did I want him mobile?

HE IS INTO EVERYTHING!!! He's discovered the pantry and everything on the floor INSIDE the pastry.



And the dishwater . . . Let's just say dishes get done really fast now. He likes to take the silverware out.

We are discovering how unbaby proof our home is. The entertainment center, shoe basket, trash cans, cords . . . We've also discovered the fridge, the toilet, and doors. Why, why, why, WHY did I want him mobile?

Photo Opportunity

Last week the weather was awesome. Cold, but awesome none the less. So we grabbed the camera and went outside. Jamie did NOT like sitting in the grass. However, he loves the swing at our park.

Dr. Appt.

Yesterday Jamie had his 9 month check up. Here's how it went:

-He weights 16 lb. 12.5 oz., 27 in. long. He is in the 3% for his weight, meaning out of 100 boys, 3 are smaller than him. I had to laugh. He was 4% when he was born, went for awhile to about 10-12% and now he's back down to 3%. He's healthy and gaining weight so there is nothing to worry about. I just thought it was funny- my boy is TINY!

- His allergies are flaring up so he's to get .5 tsp Zyrtec in the morning and .5 tsp Benadryl at night. He should start sleeping better and breathing better.

-His skin, mostly his legs, is getting bad once again with eczema. We need to lotion him up really good two or three times a day as well as an oil we got three months ago.

-Acid reflux is still as strong as ever. As long as he is given the medication correctly he is fine. He is given the Axid on an empty stomach, usually two hours after his last meal or when he first awakes in the morning. In exactly 30 minutes, he's given Eryped, and needs to eat a full meal immediately. The Axid is for heartburn. The Eryped is an antibiotic that upsets his stomach so it pushes the food through faster. The longer the food sits in his stomach the more likely it will come back up. Only 10% of infant acid reflux cases do not end at 9 months. Rarely in that 10% does it not go away at all. So hopefully and there is a big chance that this will be over it in 3 more months. But because he still gets sick when we're off on his meds, we are too keep going as we are and at his year check up, then we'll see about reducing his meds. It's not what we wanted to hear, but it could be worse.

Jamie is growing so fast. He just learned to crawl about two weeks ago. He's already pulling himself to his feet. Anything and everything is used to get to his feet. He can't quite get himself back down.