Weight Check Up

Well, we went to the doctor today for a weight check. Jay has finally hit 11 pounds!! He gained a pound and a half in the last month. However, he is still in the 10th percentile for his age. The doctor said that she is happy as long as he maintains where he is at.
In other news, Justin told Anna she could have a rabbit for her birthday. Luckily, she believed us that rabbits are mean and nasty. So, instead she got 2 frogs. They are tiny and really cute (believe it or not). Helen and Kermitt are their names. Not sure how she came up with those names.
Well, American Idol is on!! I better get off of this thing. LOL!

Milestones

Jay has learned to roll from his stomach to his back. He did it for the first time about 2 or 3 weeks ago. When Justin told me he had, I did not believe him. He did not do it again for another week. Today, however was the first time I have been able to catch it on video. (Disclaimer: My child does wear clothes. He just happens to be naked in all of my videos. )

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After catching Jay on video Anna just had to be the actess that she stives to be. Here she is telling us what she wants from Santa. Sad thing is that she won't be getting what she wants. :( (Except for the bicycle)

Smiling

Today I got Jay on video smiling! He was so happy all morning! Then we went to have pictures taken this afternoon and he wasn't so happy. He was hungry by the time they got to us. We went to Sears and had to wait due to computer problems. We still got a few good shots in before he started screaming his head off!

Enjoy....just ignore the annoying voice in the background.

All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

Well, not exactly her two front teeth. More like her bottom two and top one. Anna has lost 3 teeth in the last month and a half. We are currently waiting for the second top tooth to fall out. The dentist told her Monday that she should lose the top two before Christmas. Sure enough she lost one yesterday!





I tried taking pictures last night of the kids in the Christmas pajamas (thanks for the pj's Mimi). It was difficult getting them both to cooperate at the same time. We are going to get pictures made with Santa later this week. I want them to wear their Christams pajamas then too. I just haven't quite talked Anna into wearing them to the mall. :) Also, we are having family pictures made Sunday. I am just not sure how to make sure Jay is awake. I scheduled them at a time during the day when Jay is usually awake. The problem is that Jay falls asleep everytime we get into the car. He is then hard to wake up. Any suggestions from you moms out there?




I walked into the room the other day to find Bongo laying in Jay's boppy pillow. I think he may have more of a jealousy issue than Anna does!

Rambling...again!

I have finally decided to wait until after Christmas to go back to school. I never wanted to have to take Jay so soon to daycare and that was what made my decision for me. It is the RSV season and that is the last thing I want my baby to go through. This is also time for Jay and Mommy to spend one on one time all day every day that may not be possible later. My students will just have to retaught and retrained in Jan. I can always make up that time with my students but not with Jay! He is laying here beside me as I type smiling and cooing! I guess he is telling me that I have made the right decision.
I am however going to school today to help work on the benchmark exam we give every 9weeks. I am taking Jay with me for everyone to see. So many of my coworkers have sent encouraging notes, gifts, and prayers but have not gotten the chance to meet the little guy.

On another note, my sister-in law just found out that she is having a baby girl! (Congrats Jody and Miranda!) I guess Jay will just have to put up with being the only boy for awhile. They will only be about 7 months apart. Hopefully one day we will live closer so that they can grow up spending time with each other!

Well, Christmas time is here! I love Christmas but seem to be a little behind this year. So many people I know have already decorated and finished their shopping. Me however, have not done either. I am almost finished shopping for my kids (thanks to my mom going shopping with me on black Friday!). However, I have not bought anyone else's presents yet! I plan on having it all done this week. But for those of you who know me well, know that I am a procrastinator!!

1 Month

Jay is a month old today and already been through so much. However, he is such a good baby! Last night he slept 6 hours straight without a bottle and the night before it was 8 hours! I am just hoping that this trend continues. Also, we went to the dr. twice this week and he has gained a whopping 7 ounces in three days! I told the ped. the reason is b/c he is eating 2 1/2 ounces every hour and a half to two hours. Not sure I can afford to keep feeding this child. LOL! I am just happy that we are finally on our way to where we are supposed to be and that surgery was all we needed. Even though it was scary to go through, I know it could always be worse. I am just thankful that he had something that could be fixed!

Torn

Right now I am torn between Jay and school. I cannot seem to decide when to return to school. I was planning on returning after the Christmas holidays, but Jay decided to come two weeks earlier than I had planned. My c-section was planned for Nov. 1st, and he was born Oct. 18th. Therefore, my maternity leave will be up before the Christmas holidays. I keep going back and forth. Do I take an extra week or return before Christmas. If I return I will be going back two weeks before the break. However, I would love to stay home with Jay a little longer. On the other hand, I know that my students aren't getting what I could be giving them. At the moment they have a sub who is not a certified teacher. She does have a degree in English, but I teach math. Also, she has not gone to school for teaching and has not had the classroom experience that you receive from college. Justin and I have talked about it and he says that it is my decision. I have considered all of my options and still cannot decide. If I go back that means that I would have to pay day care over the holidays to save Jays spot even though he will not be attending. Then again, I will make more money if I return. The difference of what I would make minus day care costs is several hundred dollars. The money would really help with all of the dr. bills that I have incurred lately. The thing that stinks about my insurance is that it starts over every year on Nov. 1st. Which means I am going to owe for both his birth and his surgery! He was born in Oct. and his surgery was in Nov. Stinks huh? Atleast I think so!! Is it worth it? Should I really be considering my students needs above my own? Aaaahhhh...I just can't decide!!! Even if Jay were to go to day care for two weeks before the break, I would be able to pick him up somewhat early b/c my school ends at 2:30 and his day care is about 2 minutes from my school. I also need to let the day care know ASAP when he will start. They are very sweet and accomodating, but I feel like I am putting them in a bind by not knowing when I will be returning. I know I am rambling, I am just hoping writing all of this will help me decide. At this point it doesn't look like it will!

WE'RE HOME!!!

FOOD!!

He's eating!!!!!! He is working on his 6th feeding of the day without getting sick!!! We will stay in the hospital over night and see the doc again in the morning. Hopefully they will say he is fixed!! Maybe we can go home tomorrow!!! Thanks for the prayers! They have sure worked!!! Without them I could not have handled it!

Another Try!

They have taken the NG tube out of his nose just a little while ago. We are going to try and feed again after they put some medicine in his IV. Hopefully it will work this time!

Day 4

It is now day 4 in the hospital. We got out of PICU yesterday evening. I am not sure of the time as everything is running together right now. His oxygen level is stable which is good. The bad news is that he is still vomiting and has not had anything by mouth in over 24 hours! Right now we are waiting on the surgeon, but it looks as if they are going to have to use an NG tube to clean out his belly. We were going to feed him again this morning if he didn't vomit anymore last night. Well around 1 this morning he vomited! So, we will see!

Update #3

Please keep Jay in your prayers! As of now he is still not keeping anything down. We have tried Pedalyte and will try again in 2 hours. The dr. said that there was a chance he would still get sick at first....and he did! Also, they have tried taking him off of oxygen but his level dropped again. So right now we are just waiting it out. I feel like all of my posts are negative...I appologize!

Update #2

Jay's surgery went well. We are now in ICU on oxygen as a precation. We should start eating around 8 tonight. Hopefully he can keep it down!!

Update

It was confirmed today that it is pyloric stenosis. He will be having surgery tomorrow around 11 am.

Sick Baby

Jay has been sick now for almost 3 days. He cannot seem to keep anything down...formula or pedialyte. We made a trip to the afterhours clinic yesterday and the doc said that he might have a 24 hour virus. So, we stopped the formula to see if that would help. It didn't! We went back to the afterhours clinic today and saw another doc. He suggested we give Jay benadryl. I thought, "WHAT?? Are you kidding me?" So, we went to the ER instead. The doc there said I did the right thing. Anyway, blood work, and ultrasound, and 2 1/2 hours later we were sent home. Jay has what they call Pyloric stenosis. It requires surgery to fix. However, Jay's is on the larger side of normal. Therefore they want to wait it out. They said that if he does not quit vomiting by tomorrow to take him to his doc. She may want to run more tests...upper GI and such. SO, we are praying that it will stop! I want my baby to feel better and I need a good nights sleep!!!!

Halloween

I was planning on trick-or-treating this year with Anna, but since Jay decided to come early he and I stayed home and passed out candy. Justin, my dad, and Anna went trick-or-treating around the subdivision. We now have lots of candy in the house which is not good for a mommy who's trying to get her figure back! Luckily all of the good chocolate is already almost gone!

Jay and Anna

We have had a hard time deciding what to call our son. We had not come up with any boys names prior to giving birth. Justin wanted to come up with a girl name and then a boy. Needless to say, we never came up with a girl name much less a boy name. When the birth certificate people called to see what his name was, I had no idea. So, as Justin says, he became a Jr. by default! At first we were going to call him J.J. but we have decided that he will be known as Jay. Anna said that she is still going to call him J.J., which is fine with us.

Just thought I would share a little about Jay's birth.....I woke up Thursday feeling like it was any other day. So, when my water broke I was completely in shock! This was not supposed to happen so soon! My section was not planned for two more weeks. I was only 37 weeks pregnant!

I was on my way to the hospital when my mother-in-law called to tell me that she told Justin the night before I was going to have the baby. I asked why and she said that it was Jason's birthday. I had completely forgotten that it was Jason's birthday! For those of you who do not know Jason, he is Justin's brother who passed away almost 5 years ago. So, even though he decided to come early, Jay could not have been born on a better day!

On a side note, my baby girl is no longer a baby! She lost her first tooth the other day. She didn't even cry! She is also whiping her own hiney now too! I guess it's about time, she is almost 6! I guess I have just been one of those mama's who would rather do it myself than have her rear not competely clean!

Justin Norman Moss Jr. (J.J.)

J.J. decided that he could not wait until November 1st to come into this big world. Instead, he came yesterday, October 18! I was sitting in class, luckily with no students, when my water broke. By the time I got to the hospital my contractions were strong and close together. It wasn't long after that J.J. made his debut. He weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces and is 20 inches long!

22 and counting

I have finally hit 36 weeks. We have set up our c-section for November 1st at 12:30. So, in 22 days this baby will be here!! The only problem is that we still do not have any names picked out (either boy or girl)! Nor do we have the nursery set up. We started several weeks ago cleaning out the bedroom but the bed still remains along with several boxes of odds and ends. I keep telling myself that I am going to get up and clean out the room but I end up resting instead. Hopefully before this baby comes everything will be in order! I am going this weekend to buy everything we need....car seat, matress for the babybed, bottles, baby wipes, diapers...you name it, we need it. You would think we would be prepared, but no, I am still the procrastinator that I always have been. Everything gets put off until the last minute here in the Moss household. Lets just hope that this baby doesn't decide to come early!