Are we scarring our son??

Joshua says to me in the car today, "Mom, I don't think I want to be an adult. It's a lot of hard work. I don't think I'm up for that challenge."

Hmm, think we tell him often enough that being an adult is challenging?

Christian the Lion

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Sunkist Fun!

Zachary never ceases to amaze us! Tonight he got a can of Diet Sunkist out of the pantry and was carrying it around pretending to drink it. Then he tried to pull open the tab. While he was carrying it around the kitchen pretending to drink it, he let out a belch like only a true Hess can! His daddy was quite proud, talk about timing. Might it be a coincidence that he FINALLY learned to drink out of a straw today too? Maybe he wants a straw with his can of Sunkist! I think maybe we need to drink more water in our house!

Time for the annual 4H Fair

It's that time of year again. I was at the fair briefly today while taking Joshua for a class. It was long enough to give me the cravings for funnel cakes, lemon shakeups. We are taking the boys tomorrow night for wrist band night. Aunt Kelly is coming with us to enjoy the fun! When Zachary and I were walking around today, we saw two sows with a litter of piglets, too cute! Zachary also discovered he really likes bunnies. He would giggle and giggle when he saw them. What a fun time of year!

Endoscopy results are in!

The follow up GI dr appt went well today. Basically the biopsies were negative. The pH probe study showed that while he refluxes, it is not excessive. It also shows that he has very few episodes of acid reflux, showing that the prevacid is doing it's job. It does show that the few (of course it was a good day with reflux symptoms) reflux symptoms we had were 50% related to episodes of reflux. Dr. Bax said that this is impressive. Usually they are happy to see 20% of symptoms associated with reflux. My statement, "So what does all this mean?" Basically that his reflux isn't bad enough to need a nissen surgery. But that we can confirm his coughing/choking/hoarseness episodes are directly related to the reflux. So we continue doing what we're doing for the next 6-12 months and then reevaluate.

Another beautiful baby earning his wings

Tonight another family is suffering the heartache of the loss of a child. A family who I've had the utmost honor of caring for in the hospital is currently removing their 3 week old infant son from life support and turning him over into the Lord's arms. My heart breaks for them as they make this decision and say goodbye forever.

I had the honor of allowing the parents to give the baby his first bath and mom changed her first diaper. Pictures were taken, laughs occurred, and tears were shed. No parent should have to change their baby's diaper while he is hooked to life support fighting to survive.

Please keep them in your prayers. I will be traveling back home to the Fort Wayne area for a funeral again soon, please give me the strenghth to keep doing what I do.

Wiggles Mania

Have you ever been so sick of hearing something that you literally think your head will explode if you hear it even one more time? Zachary has become addicted to the Wiggles. Gotta love DVR because it allows us to have 30 episodes recorded and not own a single Wiggles DVD. Mom, Dad, Joshua, and probably even the dog know every song and sing along to them, it's addicting. Daddy comes home from work complaining that he was singing, "Where's Jeff" while walking up and down the aisles at work. We have gone wiggles bonkers!

I do need to buy a Wiggles DVD for our trip to Disney World because I think Zachary will go through serious withdrawl without it.

Sprinkler fun!

Oh my. Zachary had his first experience with the sprinkler tonight. He used to hate the feel of grass on his body, but was running all over the yard laughing tonight. Joshua has always been freaked out to get water sprayed in his eyes. While big brother was asking for his goggles, Zachary was bending over to put his face in the sprinkler. Such a difference between my two boys! Wish the camera would have been working, I would have had great pictures. Maybe next time.