Horses, Tigers & Croup, OH MY!!!

It has been a very crazy past couple of weeks. Stephanie had her busy season which again proved to be extremely difficult. The hardest thing about it for her wasn't the work, but it was not seeing Jace enough. Now that her schedule is back to normal, Jace is a happy kid and loves having mommy back!



This is one of our favorite outfits for Jace, I think you can see why...



Adding to the craziness of the tough week was Jace catching croup. Saturday night, April 5th, I put Jace down to bed at around 7:30. At 9:20, he woke up screaming, coughing (deeply like a seal), crying and was having a difficult time breathing. I tried to comfort him, but to no avail. I then called the nurse on duty at Children's Hospital and left a voicemail. While getting Jace out of his sleep gear and changing him to get him ready for a ER visit, the nurse called back, listened to him cough and told me it was croup. It turns out that croup is a couple of viruses that hit a baby, making it difficult for babies to breathe, causing panic. The nurse advised that I go into the bathroom, turn on a hot shower, let it steam up and then take Jace in there. As soon as I did that, he started breathing normal again and was ready to go to sleep. It was comforting that he felt better so quickly. Poor Stephanie had to hear about it on the way home from work (at midnight), so it was a tough night for us all. We are glad to say that Jace kicked it a few days later and was back to his happy-go-lucky self again!

Monday, April 7th, Jace had his 4 month doc appointment. The little man has grown so much and is now 26 inches long, weighing in at 15 pounds, 6 ounces. The doc said that he was doing really well (and then Jace proceeded to get 3 shots!).

Now, onto more pictures of Jace!



In between all of the smiles and naps, Jace does have a meltdown once in a while... Just to prove it, take a look at this beauty of a pic:



A few weeks ago, we purchased a bouncy horse for Jace. We figured he needed to start learning how to ride so that Grandpa Ron and Grandma Marcia can get him out on the real horses. His first go around he wasn't quite sure what to make of it:

The next time we saddled up the little pony and got Jace on, it was a totally different experience!

As for the house, it is really coming a long. The roof was delivered late last week and on Monday or Tuesday, we should have the house totally dried in with a roof. That is a big step. We have also ordered windows and are about ready to pick out our garage doors. In just a few weeks we should hopefully have those items in so that our house will be secure! This is so exciting.