Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Lets Eat! Celebration of Callie's Cast Coming Off!


Callie would bite her cast when it itched. I thought it would be fun to have a cake made for her to celebrate her cast coming off! Something she could REALLY eat!

The Cast Cake!!!


It's a replica of her real cast!

Yummy!



Yes, Jakobe even got some cake!!!

Thanks to my great friend, Jessica, who once again out did herself and her cake decorating abilities! She is just amazing! Thanks again Jessica!!! Callie's Cast Cake was amazing!!!

Our LIttle Peanut.....20 Months Old!

At Callie's 20 month check up on 6-2-11 she was 30 3/4 inches and 21 lbs.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Zoo Trip=Camel Ride!


Jakobe's favorite thing to do at the Zoo now is ride the Camel!

You can see his face here from his sleep study. These are the marks some of the 'band aids' left on his face :( They were there for about 3-4 days.



He didn't even make it through lunch......

This was the same day we got done with the sleep study. He fell asleep during his lunch. Before our trip to the Zoo!

Sleep Study - June 3rd, 2011


Putting on his 'band aids'

He fell asleep before she was done hooking him up.


Jakobe had his sleep study on Friday, June 3rd. He has always had trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. I'd say on average, he wakes up 3-6 times each night. We aren't sure why he is waking up. He has been in the habit of sleeping in bed with us bc we have learned after hours and hours of attempts each night in his own bed, that he falls asleep better with one of us laying beside him. (There comes a point when you will do anything to just get your kid to fall asleep). So, for years he has slept in bed with us. One problem with his sleeping is that he has to be touching you when he's falling asleep and even asleep. This includes rubbing on your face and arms. He also has to lay right up next to you....so even though we have a King size bed, I usually would end up with half my body hanging off the bed. No joke! He is a very restless sleeper, head ends up where his feet should be, or I get a kick to the ribs in the middle of the night. He is all over the place. He has never ever been a good sleeper. Another concern of ours was that he wakes up for no reason numerous times in the middle of the night. So, we finally went and saw a sleep specialist to try to get some answers. We find out the results the beginning of July. As for now, Dr. Grant gave David and I some homework. We have to get Jakobe out of our bed. He suggested a very good book to me that would walk us through the steps to getting him out of our bed and into his own bed. So far so good. Jakobe has now falling asleep in his own bed without us, stayed in his bed the entire night and STAYED ASLEEP the entire night for 3 nights in a row now!!! I'm beginning to think that his sleep problems were bc he was sleeping in bed with us! As for now, he has been doing amazing and he is a whole new kid! We don't have to fight with him for hours every night to get him to go to bed! It's been awesome! I'll be sure to keep you up to date on how he is sleeping and what his sleep results give us.

Sleep Study: Jakobe did absolutely amazing the entire night of his sleep study. We had to get there at 8:00 pm. We packed his suitcase and brought his pillow. When we got there, Anna, took us to his room and let us get settled in. We went and made popcorn and then Jakobe sat down with her as she began putting all the 'bandaids' on him as we called it! 2 on each leg, 2 on his stomach, 2 on his chest, one on his neck, numerous all around his face....she got this far and he started to get very tired and wanted to lay down. So, about 9:15 he actually fell asleep with all this stuff hooked up to him. (It was much easier than I thought) So, while he was sleeping she hooked the rest up on his head. He had 3 on the back of his head, 2 on top of his head, and then one in his nose (this was the worst one for him). So, she then hooked up all the wires (dozens of them) and hooked it up the machine. She left and he slept while I texted people in the recliner next to him. He did very good the entire night based on him having wires and band aids all over him and his face. Wires were coming out of everywhere, his pant legs, his waistband, his shirt, his face. It wasn't a very pretty site to see him all hooked up. He slept like he did every night at home. He would wake up for no reason, just like at home. I ended up laying in bed with him the entire night (note laying, not sleeping) bc every time he would move or wake up, he would try to pull the wires off his face. He ripped one off and it actually ripped part of his skin off of his cheek :( I had to lay next to him and hold his arms down while he slept. The worst part was that Anna, (who watched him on video the entire night) rushed in 3 times during the night and said the cords were wrapped around his neck (once) and his stomach (twice) from him tossing and turning so much (just like at home). So that was pretty scary bc we had to try to get all the cords off of him while keeping them connected and trying to keep him asleep. That was the worst part. The sleep study ended at 6am which was about the normal time he wakes up. He was up and ready to go get some breakfast! I felt like I had been hit by a cement truck! I had less than 2 hours total sleep AND was recovering from Strep Throat!!! I did ask Anna if she saw anything abnormal when she was watching all this brain waves and movements. She said she didn't see anything alarming, but the Dr. will go over it all. She said he is definitely a restless sleeper though! Jakobe and I went and got breakfast and headed home. He did such an amazing job, I couldn't have asked for him to do any better! So, I promised him a trip to the Zoo that day with Sissy! Now we will just have to wait and see what the results show us.

Friday, June 10, 2011

Park Fun!











Meet the Newest Memeber of Our Family.............

His name is Ahh Ohh Eee Eee. He is Jakobe's new sleeping buddy. He has a heartbeat and also makes Monkey noises when you press his hand. We are working with Jakobe to get him to sleep in his own bed. Grandma and Papa thought it might be a good idea to have Jakobe build his own sleeping buddy. This is him. So far, he has slept with Monkey every single night in his own bed! Monkey and Jakobe even have matching PJ's! Ahh Ohh Eee Eee may have solved some of our sleeping troubles we are having with Jakobe!!! It's been 8 days now that Jakobe has slept in his very own bed!
The first night Jakobe got out of his bed a total of 15 times, and we walked him right back into his room and put him in his bed. (He has slept in bed with us his entire life) So, we are now breaking our habit and getting him into his own bed.
The second night he got out of bed 8 times.
The third night was his sleep study.
The fourth night was 8 times out of his bed.
The fifth and sixth nights were 3 times out of his bed.
The seventh night he did not get out of bed at all!!! He woke up once and cried for a few minutes and laid back down and went to sleep!!!
He is doing amazingly great sleeping in his own bed! It's been a lot of sleepless nights working with him but we all need to do this. Nobody is getting the sleep we need with him sleeping in our bed. We had him seen by a sleep specialist and had him do an overnight sleep study so we can figure out why he's not sleeping at night, why he wakes up so many times during the night. I'm beginning to think that a lot of his sleep problems were just because he was sleeping in our bed, because he's been doing amazing sleeping in his own bed!!!
Falling asleep

Waking up

Best Friends!



Teeth!

Callie loves to brush her teeth!


DIRT

Jakobe spent a few days in Bettendorf with Grandma and Papa. They had a lot of fun together. They took a trip to the Zoo, Build A Bear, Burger King (Kobe's favortie place) but one thing was a little different this visit. 
Grandma and Papa are in the process of building a new house. That starting date for digging was May 31st, 2011. The builder called up Mark and Tara and asked if they wanted to come watch the first dig for their new house! Of course they wanted too. Jakobe got lucky because he was able to go there with them. Of course Jakobe liked the big machines but he got to do more than just look at them! Jakobe actually got the chance to sit on the backhoe loader and help dig the first pile of dirt for Grandma and Grandpa's new home!!! How cool is that!


Spaghetti=Bath


Since Callie absolutely LOVES taking baths, and she hadn't been able to take a real bath for the past month (she had her baths in the kitchen sink because of her cast, it was easier that way) I wanted to make a dinner that she could get messy with and then give her her first real bath in the bath tub after getting her cast off!!! It was a success, without effort! Ha Ha!
Callie had a blast splashing and flooding our bathroom floor! Mama let her! :) She loved it and missed it!

Bye Bye Cast!

Callie got her cast off Thursday morning 6.2.11
She did a great job while they cut it off. She got new x-rays taken to make sure her elbow was all heeled. Everything looked good, and we were on our way 20 minutes after walking in the doctors office! Callie was a little confused about her cast being off. She was glad to have it off though! Just in time for pool weather :)
She did a great job the entire time it was on. It didn't slow her down or get in her way. She adjusted very well to it. She's a tough girl.




Lets go Mom!