What's new with us?

Well, Zakry had some tests done to find out what's causing the wheezing. He had a sweat test to test for Cystic Fibrosis and that was negative. He also had an upper GI. That showed he does have acid reflux and also that his stomach does not empty as quickly as it should, which that with the acid reflux, could be blocking his airways, resulting in wheezing. So i'm glad we possibly found the cause and praying that the treatment helps. The treatment is Prevacid and I am reducing his bottles down to 4 ounces at a time, every two hours and adding cereal to his bottles. Hopefully this will help him not get too full and it will settle well. So far, so good. Still some wheezing, but I haven't started the prevacid yet, because the pharmacy hasn't got it filled yet.
For now, I do have to continue giving him breathing treatments (pulmicort) but hopefully we can stop those in the next month or so.
As far as everything else goes, though, Zakry is getting SOOO cute and big. He's sitting up very well now on his own and he's so happy most of the time. He's saying MaMa and Dada and he gets slap happy at night and starts laughing about everything. It's quite funny. He's more than I could have EVER asked for in a baby boy. He's definitely a mama's boy and I love him sooooo very much. I wouldn't mind if he stayed 7 months old forever.
Morgan...she's doing great also and she's a typical 2 year old. Very very smart and bossy. But she's as cute as ever and I do not wish her to get much older either. If only I could keep them this age forever. :)
That's all for now.

Quote of the day:

Actual conversation

Morgan: "Mommy, I wanna go to school"
Mommy: "Sorry, chick, you gotta wait a few years"
Morgan: ..."I not a chicky, I morgan"

LOL

Quote of the day:

We were on a walk and there is a pretty nice size ditch with a small creek running through it. Morgan said "Mommy, look, water!....We need a boat!! Where's the boat!!??"

Quote of the day:

"Look, mommy, I love that house, it's sooo cool!...Mommy can we make a house?....I love building" - She is her daddy's daughter!

Quote of the day:

Poppie was laying on the couch in pain from some medical testing he had done and he was moaning and then he got up and said he was going to the bathroom. Morgan proceeded to lay down in his spot on the couch and imitated Poppie, saying
"It hurts, it hurts...I need to go potty, I mean go to the bathroom"
Morgan certaintly pays attention to everything we're doing, for sure.

Zakry is sleeping like a charm!

For the past 2 nights neither child has woke up at all. Zakry has slept 12 hour straight for the past two nights. Before that he was waking anywhere from 1 to 3 times a night still!Since I stopped propping a bottle in Zakry's mouth and letting him cry it out to go to sleep, he's been the best baby ever! Zakry was a HORRIBLE baby for the first 3.5 months and he got a little better after that, but now for about the last 2 weeks, other than having a little sickness/ear infection, he has been INCREDIBLE! I mean the best baby ever. Very rarely cries. He's learned to jump in his jumperoo and play with toys some. He's so much happier now! I really wanted to enjoy his baby days since he may be our last baby but I haven't really been able to enjoy him until now. Now he could just stay this size forever (but don't you know, he'll grow faster than ever now!)And Morgan is just way too smart! She's as cute as ever but sooooo honry lately! She's learned to put her new shoes on by herself without help and has been doing that like crazy.This morning she came to me and said Mommy, it's 8o'clock. And I looked at the clock and sure enough it really was 8:02. I have no idea how she knew this. I think she was just saying it...but it scared me a little that she is really that smart! LoL...she's only 2!

Morgan walked to the neighbors to play!

I know this sounds like an everyday average thing, but it felt so weird seeing my baby girl walking down to the neighbors to play. She crossed over 3 backyards to get to her little friends' down the street.
Of course we watched her the whole way and made sure she was in plain sight. Then we gathered Zakry in the stroller and walked down to get her about 10 minutes later or so. I know that the future will hold lots and lots of playing with the neighbors and running around from house to house on our little street, but it was just a surreal moment today. Bitter/sweet! :( :)

As for Zakry he's seeming to be happier and happier with every passing day. Jumping away in his jumperoo and enjoying life, finally! He's sleeping like a perfect little baby lately, only waking up once or twice in the night and going back to sleep without a peep after being fed. As long as I lay him in his crib, even naps have become quite the breeze. He goes pretty much right to sleep if he is truly tired.

Rob is going to switch jobs. Sounds crazy to be quitting a job in these economic times, but he has an offer that he really believes will be best for him and our finances. I am all for him doing whatever makes him happier and at peace.
His current job is a 90 mile drive one way and has completely exhausted him. The job he's going to be switching to is only 60 miles away but he will be carpooling with either 3 or 4 other guys who live in our area. So this will save us about $400 a month! That sounds great to me!
But what's even better than that is that he'll be with his best friend and some other guys that he worked with when he very first started working construction, 10 years ago. He's very very excited about this new endeavor and I believe that God has it all worked out, knowing Rob needs a change!