It's Been a While

Sorry I've been slacking a little on the blog. We've been busy busy! Where to start? Well, an update on Jarrett's breathing condition. We had a sleep study and a swallow test last week. The sleep study was a rough one. Jarrett (nor mommy) didn't like all the electrodes that he had to be hooked up to all night, so needless to say, he only slept 4 hours the entire night. However, he did great with his swallow test! He was such a happy boy for having gone through the sleep study the night before. The sleep study did show that at one point during the night, his oxygen level dropped to 77%, but only for 1 1/2 min. He also had 4 apnea spells, but he didn't stop breathing. Due to his Laryngomalacia, it was difficult for him to get air in during those 4 spells; however, the doctor reassured us that it was normal. His swallow test showed that with breast milk and formual, he was aspirating a bit, so now Jarrett has to have his milk at the consistency of honey. The good thing about the honey thick milk, he has decided to sleep all night!!!!!!!!! Yah! Finally!

Jarrett has also been learning new things everyday. He is sitting up all by himself now, and is thinking about crawling (or at least moving around). He doesn't like being on his stomach. We think he may just skip crawling and head straight for walking. He has a little jumpy thing that he loves to sit it (or should I say jump in). He is a crazy man in it, I will have to try to get a video of it. He has no started shaking his head "yes" and "no". Of course, he doesn't really know what it means, but it is hysterical.

Yesterday at the doctor, Jarrett weighed in at an impressive 17 lbs. 5oz. and he is 27 1/4 in. long. We might have a future linebacker on our hands!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

I just wanted to post this picture of Jarrett in his Valentine's Day outfit. Thank you to Krissy and Prater for his "Lovasaurus" shirt!!

First Trip to the Children's Museum

Jarrett got to take his first visit to the Children's Museum down in Indy this past Saturday. My mom had a work party there, so Courtney, Sophie, Jarrett and I went with her. Jarrett was pretty mesmorized with the whole deal.





We didn't do much for the rest of the weekend. Basically, just hung around the house, which was nice because Justin and I were pretty wore out. We just watched a movie and played a game Friday night and on Sunday we skipped church because it was way too cold and windy. Later that day we went to Aunt Kristy's and Uncle Joe's so mommy could do our taxes. Yeah! Gotta love tax time!

Courtney, Jarrett and I (and cousin Mia..due June 3rd)




Look, he was like a zombie watching Sophie make a fruit smoothie








I'm having fun!





Aunt Courtney, Grandma and mom











Playing with dad





So innocent

This weekend

Jarrett right before his scope.

He loves his Aunt Crystal

He also loves Taylor

How sweet is this...

Justin's parents and sister, Crystal, came to stay with us this weekend for Jarrett's scope. It was so nice to have them all there for the whole weekend. Luckily, Jarrett was only fussy and feeling down on Friday, so the rest of the weekend, he was very entertaining for his grandma, grandpa and Aunt Crystal.


Friday we all just laid around and rested because we were pretty exhausted from the morning. However, Saturday was a new day. I had a Mary Kay event Saturday morning, so Jarrett hung out with his daddy and grandma until Aunt Crystal and his grandpa got back from Ohio. We all went out to eat, then Jarrett, Aunt Crystal and I went home to relax while Justin, Julie and David went bowling. We played games and watched a movie on Saturday night. On Sunday, Jarrett, Julie, David and I went to church and we went out to eat with Justin and Aunt Crystal afterwards, then we spent a lot of time in Target. Yah! We love Target!! Jarrett got some cool new books from his grandma and grandpa. We spent Sunday afternoon playing games until they all had to leave. Then mommy, daddy, and Jarrett went to watch the Super Bowl with Aunt Kristy and Uncle Bubby.





We all had a very busy and exhausting weekend, but it was tons of fun!

Jarrett's Scope

Well, Jarrett had his scope on Friday. He did so well, I'm so proud of him. He was such a happy little boy while being prepped for his scope. He was smiling and giggling for the nurses and doctors...such a little flirt. However, I will tell you, it was really difficult for Justin and I both when the nurse came to take him from us. I didn't like that one bit! The whole procedure took less than an hour and they said he did great! The doctors said he was still smiling even while he was asleep and they were doing the procedure. However, when he woke up...oh man was he SCREAMING! They told us he would be just to prepare us. Who could blame him, the poor thing hadn't eaten since 1:30am. Anyway, the doctors found exactly what they thought they would to confirm their diagnosis. He has some "floppy" skin in his upper airway, its called Laryngomalacia. However, when they went down into his lungs, they also found some floppy skin in the tube (whatever it is called) going to his left lung, which they didn't expect to find. It's called trachealmalacia. That makes his condition a little more severe, but they said that they didn't feel they needed to surgically laser any of the floppy skin out, so that was a relief to Justin and I. Both doctors feel that Jarrett will grow out of this within 18 months. Because they found the floppy skin in his lower airway, they gave us a more aggressive breathing treatment to use. We have to continue to do the breathing treatments to keep swelling down, especially if he gets a cold. Getting a cold, flu, etc. will make his condition more severe, so we have to take the necessary measures to prevent this, so no daycare, no being around snotty kids, or people kissing on him (except mommy and daddy of course), etc. Overall, though, we were pleased that it was nothing more serious than this. The doctors reassured us that he is going to be just fine and he really is a healthy little boy and a cute one as well!

Nothing much going on...

We haven't had a lot going on lately, which is probably why I haven't posted in a while. Sorry :) Jarrett is getting so big and starting to learn new things everyday. He is now rolling over like a madman! He is going to be crawling before we know it, so it is probably time to babyproof the house. Speaking of the house, Justin has been working hard trying to get somethings finished. The guest bedroom is now finished minus the bed. We will get one of those later on..ha. We also decided to repaint our living room, and yes, this make is three times of repainting. Hopefully, we will like it this time. We are slowly but surely coming along.





Jarrett has his scope this Friday at 8am. We are finally going to know exactly what is wrong with his breathing and if there is anything we can do to fix it or if he will just grow out of it. Thank goodness!!! We will let you all know how it went. I'm sure our little guy is going to do amazing because he is such a trooper. It will probably be harder on Justin and I than him. He is such a little stud! Well, that's about all to report. Here are a couple pictures of the past couple weeks.
He is trying to steal my birthday cake!

Yummy Cereal!

Cereal for the first time, not sure what he thinks about it
"I'm not too sure about this, mom"

As you can see, Taylor has to be right on top of him all the time!

Well, Jarrett has had a busy week so far. We had his 4 month check up on Monday. His stats are....

15 lbs. 8oz - 75th percentile

26 1/4" in. long - 90th percentile

The doctor said we have a very healthy boy who is growing very well! He did get 3 more shots that day and we got the go ahead to start cereal. Yah! However, with having his shots, he wasn't in the mood to try cereal. (As you can see from the pictures above).

Yesterday, Jarrett had an appointment with the Ears, Nose and Throat doctor to decide on the scope. He decided that we do need to do the scope to confirm that he has Laryngomalacia and not the narrow trachea. We don't have a date for it yet, we are supposed to find out sometime this week when it will take place. The ENT doctor said that if it is the narrow trachea, but it is more than 50% open, we won't do anything but monitor him because he should grow out of it. If in fact, it is Laryngomalacia, and he has a lot of "floppy" skin in his throat, he can laser that out so he can breathe better, but of course, there are some risks involved with that, so he wants to do the scope first, then talk with Justin and I before doing anything else. If his Laryngomalacia isn't severe, they will just continue to monitor him and let him grow out of it. He reassured Justin and I that Jarrett will do great because as new parents, we are very nervous about having Jarrett put under at such a young age. The entire procedure from putting him under to bringing him back to will only take about 30 minutes, so that's good. We'll keep you all updated.

More good news on the homefront for us. Justin was offered a job yesterday from First Horizon Home Loans in Anderson. I'm so excited and happy for him as is he!!! Yah, I will finally have my husband home in the evenings and on weekends!!!

Well, that's about it for now...