Three Year Check up

Some may think that a 3 yr. check up is a piece of cake ~ go to the pediatrician ~ get weighed ~ get measured ~ take temperature ~ discuss with Dr. Pediatrician if your child is doing what a typical child should be doing........... and get your updated shots!

Well it is/was not a piece of cake for us........

Jonathon had a 3:15p.m. appointment with Dr. Pediatrician.  He got weighed (26.6lbs)  He has finally gained weight.  He was stuck at 25lbs for the LONGEST time. Happy about that.  Then he got measured ~ he refused to stand up next to the wall so he had to lay down like a baby and get measured. 35"  Happy, he is continuing to grow!  

Then it was time for a shot ~ he kept telling me "NO"!!  He was not happy.  I played his toy radio/Ipod and he cried for a few seconds and we were done!  Good job.  Talked with Dr. Pediatrician about what Jonathon has been up too and he was pleased.  Then we got our scripts to go to the hospital and get blood work done for Thyroid and Jonathon had to get an xray of his cervical spine(Atlantoaxial Instability)


Let's just say that it was not a good trip!  Jonathon screamed his head off and cried and cried while getting blood taken.  It was over very quick, but he was sooooo upset that they couldn't get him to stop bleeding.  Finally I asked if he could get out of the chair and see my cell phone (I have apps that he likes to play).  They said yes and he calmed down enough to stop bleeding and get his bandaid.  While blood was being taken he was soooo upset that he had a small accident so we had to find a restroom to clean up.  Then it was off to xrays.  Which I "THOUGHT" was going to be quick and fast...........ummm not even close.......


As soon as we walked into the x-ray room Jonathon was upset ~ I told him he was going to get his picture taken and say cheese ~ he wasn't having any part of that ~ we tried everything to settle him down ~ he just cried, yelled and squirmed off of the table ~ I really think he remembers x-rays from when he was 5 months old and they strapped him in a machine ~ as my heart was breaking I had to get him to hold still to get the x-ray done ~ we ended up having Andrew help out ~ I had to hold Jonathon's arms and Andrew had to hold his head still and we both had to listen to him scream and yell and cry like we were killing him ~ we eventually got 6 x-rays taken and got the heck out of there.

I hugged and hugged Jonathon and told him what a good big boy he was!  After lots of kisses we walked hand in hand back to the van and then went to dinner at Big Boys.  Jonathon was feeling much better after dinner and then we took him to Toys R Us to pick out a new toy ~ he picked Lightning McQueen Shake and Go car ~ and then we took my exhausted baby home.


He slept well and is doing much better today ~ he still looks a little tired from his traumatizing day yesterday but is back to his old self today!


I am not looking forward to our Detroit trip next week when we go see the cardiologist.  I hope he doesn't freak out when we do the echo cardiogram.....


Results from yesterday will be in early next week!

 

Update

We have been very very busy these past few days.  And when I wanted to quickly update my blog I couldn't figure out how to rotate my pictures off my new phone.  Very frustrating!

Thursday, Friday, Saturday we had a yard sale uptown at my brothers house for the "Memphis Days"  Jonathon did very well for getting up and having to leave the house by 8:30a.m. and spend the entire day outside until we got back home at 6p.m.  3 days and no naps!  He did great....  And my air is still not fixed in my van so he had no downtime from the weather....

Took our own pool to cool off

                                           playing playdoh

                                         Watching a movie while resting

                                                    playing in Uncle John's driveway

                                                     Testing out 4 wheeler that is 4 sale!

So we made it through our yard sale days and didn't do too bad.  Kenny sold lots of toys and made about $75.00.  Jonathon sold some toys and clothes and made about $140.00.   I am very proud of Jonathon for how well he did behave for those 3 days.  He still takes naps everyday so those long days were hard on him.  He pretty much went to bed around 6:30 - 7p.m. instead of 8p.m.  (Glad we are done with that)

Then on Sunday we had church at 11a.m. instead of 9a.m. because they were having a picnic afterwards.  Also we became official members of the church also.
Gilbert and I were raised Catholic, Andrew and Kenny were baptized Catholic, and Jonathon was baptized Lutheran.  We had some issues with the Catholic church after Jonathon was born and neither my or Gilbert's church would baptize him so we left and had him Baptized Lutheran.  We just recently started going back to church and we chose Jonathon's Lutheran church.  We are very happy there and that is why we decided to become members.  We are now Lutheran.  Next year Andrew and Kenny will make their confirmation and become official Lutheran members too.
The picnic was lots of fun and lots of good food.  Jonathon even played kickball with the big kids and won a bag(prize) of goodies.

Then we left church and had to go to my brothers house for his step daughters First Holy Communion party.  It was a nice day out and the kids seemed to be enjoying themselves in the pool.  We did not stay too long at that party because this was now the 4th day for Jonathon not having a nap and he was just miserable ~ it was very muggy out ~ so we left at 5:30p.m. and headed home to relax after a long week.

The big brothers went out swimming and Jonathon and daddy and I sat in the air relaxing.  By 6:30p.m. Jonathon was lying on the couch and I asked him if he was ready for bed.  He answered yes (poor baby) and we got jammies on and he was out cold by 6:45p.m.

This morning he was up at 6:30a.m. like always, but looked really really tired and just was not himself.  We got up ~ went potty ~ went to get a drink ~ got some cereal ~ ate about 5 spoonfuls ~ and he went back to bed ~ and he went back to sleep!  Back in bed by 7:10a.m. ~ It is now 8:05a.m. and he is still sleeping........

My poor little guy is so exhausted.....I feel really bad now.....I know he still needs his naps and I was really bummed out that I couldn't get my air fixed in time for the yard sale.  He would have been able to nap in the van...... And today is our only downtime because we have another busy week this week....I am going to try really hard to re arrange my schedule so he can at least come home and nap in between because with our temps going in mid 90's my van is gonna be scorching........

Wordless Wednesday

Fun in the Sun

This morning we decided to pack a lunch ~ grab our swimsuits ~ call our friends ~ and head out to the local Splash Pad/Park.

It was a perfect day to go because the kids were ready to get wet at 10a.m. and it was warm enough to do just that.

We spent some time running around in the splash park ~ Jonathon is getting much better at walking instead of running and keeping his head up to see where he is going.  Then we found some shade to have lunch.  After that we played on the swings, slides and bounce animals.

Great day out with our closest friends.

                                           Splash pad with Kenny

                                                      Jonathon was able to climb very high with the help
                                                   of Nik and Andrew

                                                      Very Happy Boy

We really had a great day and I cannot believe how much Jonathon is becoming a big boy lately!  He climbed really high and it took lots of muscles to do it to just be able to fly down this slide.

We had an awesome day!

My baby is growing up....

At Christmas time I started putting Jonathon in bed instead of rocking him......
I still rocked him for naps though..........until recently

On Friday we went out for a few hours and got home after nap time so I just put him to bed and he went to sleep pretty fast and took a really good nap..........

On Saturday we had swimming at the Y and then I had to run a few errands so we got home late for lunch and it was already past nap time, so we had lunch and then I just put him to bed and again he went to sleep pretty fast and slept for over 2 hours........

Today we went to church in the morning and then came home and played......we had lunch on time and then when it was nap time I just put him to bed...... within 19 minutes he was fast asleep......

I am very proud of Jonathon that he stayed in his bed and didn't give me a problem.....on the other hand I am kinda sad....he doesn't need mommy to rock him anymore.....

I guess he is growing up......

Wordless Wednesday

Friday July 16th - Birthday Day

Jonathon turned 3 on Friday! The time has flown by since he was born.  I am so honored that God chose me to be Jonathon's mom.  He has taught me so much in these 3 years and I know he will teach all of us alot more.

We had a regular birthday day on Friday with him and then we had a huge family party on Sunday for him.

We had lots of food, swimming, games and are very glad that everyone made it out to see and celebrate with us.

And here is a picture of Jonathon with his favorite gift(thanks Mr. Randy).  Mr. Randy made this from scratch.  He went out and bought everything and then built it.

                                    after placing 300 balls we soon realized that we need lots more!