Spaghetti Dinner!

Tonight we decided to head out and get some spaghetti for dinner.  I don't know why, but Madison and Jack were both cracking me up!  They really enjoyed dinner and we were laughing all night!

We Couldn't Find The Dog.....

We looked everywhere tonight for Buddy.....guess where he was???

Father's Day Fun!

Happy Father's Day Jon!  We sure are lucky to have you in our lives!  We hope you enjoyed your day! 

Staph Infection

Two days after Madison had her pins removed from her elbow, she started running a fever and just not feeling well.  Her arm started to swell and got hot to the touch.  Monday, Jon took her in to see the surgeon since the elbow was really swollen.  He basically took one look at it and sent her back to the Main Campus of the Clinic for a second surgery.  Poor girl had to have an incision made and her elbow drained.  We earned ourselves almost a week stay at the Cleveland Clinic.  They had to send cultures out and infectious disease got involved.  They had to determine what type of infection she had.  They were afraid it was MRSA, which thank goodness it wasn't.  On Thursday we learned that it was Staph, but it was a strain that was very sensitive to antibiotics.  They were able to take her off the IV antibiotics and start on the oral.  We were able to go home on Friday with a nice 6 week supply of oral antibiotics.  It was a really long week, but it was nice to spend so much one on one time with Madison.  We had our little routine all figured out.  She enjoyed going down with me to Starbucks in the morning and taking a walk outside.  We then hit up the playroom and did some sort of craft.  Took a break and watched a movie, then Jon would come down and we would eat dinner together.  She also got to meet some PGA Golfers and the Umpires from the Cleveland Indians.  Our girl is such a trooper!  She didn't complain once!

Madison's First Broken Bone!

Well, we had one heck of a Mother's Day weekend! We were outside Saturday evening and Madison was playing on her playset out back. She was climbing up the latter and made it all the way to the top and then slipped. It seemed like everyhing was happening in slow motion! I went running and by the time I got to her she was walking towards me holding her arm saying it hurt. I took a look and could immediately tell it was broken. Jon out her in the car and took her to fairview er. Once there they had a trauma team look her over since she fell from so high. Once they were done they did the x-Rays and sure enough her right elbow was dislocated and there was a fracture right above the elbow. They had to transfer us to the Cleveland Clinic main campus downtown so she could have surgery. We got to the clinic at 3:30 am and they scheduled her surgery for 10:30 am. The surgery went great and they put three pins in her arm to hold everything in place. We were even able to come home that afternoon! Madison is such a trooper and is already back at school. It was a very long weekend, however, I feel blessed that it was just her arm. From the height that she fell it easily could have been her neck or spine. Grateful that it was a just her arm and it's only a few weeks in a cast!

Jackson is 9 Months!

Jackson is now 9 months old! I can't believe how quickly time is going. At his 9  month well check he weighed in at 21 pounds and is 28 3/4 inches long! Big boy! He is hitting all of his milestones. He is crawling around like crazy, just not on his knees! We all it the inch worm crawl, he uses his forearms to pull himself around. And man can he do it fast! He is sitting up all on his own and it won't be long before he is pulling up on stuff. He tries, he just hasn't figured it out yet. He still only has his two bottom teeth, but the top two are almost through the gums.  He is a champ at eating! He is taking 5 bottles a day and they are usually 6oz bottles. He loves his baby food and is starting to eat table food, which he LOVES! He is a great sleeper, easily sleeping 12 hours at night. He is also still napping twice a day, once around 10 am and then another 1 hour nap around 3. He loves to laugh and he really loves his big sister!

We love you Jackson and we can't wait to see what the next month brings!

Easter Egg Fun!

We kept up the tradition of coloring Easter eggs this year on good Friday! It was so much fun! Madison did such a great job this year we let her use the adult dyes. She did fantastic and really got into it. Jack decided he didn't want anything to do with it and would rather sleep! Such a great night with family and friends!