Our week

adjusting to the time change

my little "helpers"

Help!

First haircut with us

He loves his caterpillar. Isn't he handsome in orange?

Somebody gave us this bed this weekend and they enjoyed playing in it w/out the mattress. It makes a good playpen.

First of all, my grandmother fell about a week ago and is suspected to have had a couple of strokes. She was 69 lbs, blind and mostly deaf, but surprisingly strong. After this fall, she has not recovered and is not eating, drinking or doing much besides sleeping. She was suspected to die over the weekend, but she is still hanging on. The hospice crisis team is with her 24/7 as well as my dad and other family members that live near her in San Diego. We have been trying to figure out how and if it is wise to go there. I can't imagine missing her funeral and celebration of her life, yet I can not take our boys around others if they are contagious at all.

Tomorrow is the boys' next doctor's appointment. Josiah's skin is 95% better. It has healed and is so soft. He just has scars and a few bad patches. His congestion/coughing is gone and overall is feeling so much better. He does have terrible diapers and a sore raw bottom - poor guy. Hopefully soon we can figure out if it is the medicine, milk or parasites that is causing that. He eats like a champ, but purposefully gags himself on the medicine and makes himself vomit so now we try to put it in his food. Jeremiah's congestion and eye infections are better, but his skin seems worse. He is covered in small pimples and clusters of bumps that he itches constantly. We gave him a scabies treatment, so it should not be that. He ran a fever and could not keep anything down except for water and pedialite for 1 and 1/2 days after that scabies treatment, so I am afraid to repeat the treatment. This guy eats tons too.

Most of the week, they have been sleeping 10-12 hours at night! The prescription benedryl that we gave them at night for itching (also makes them drowsy) I think helped them get on schedule. Another huge praise is that Josiah literally changed from screaming in the bath, to giggling, splashing and going wild. He loves it now!

Jeremiah is the happiest, most talkative, bouncing baby. He is such a joy and so easy. Josiah is much harder, but he has attached well to me and gives me countless slobbery kisses on the mouth. He still fusses and flails a lot, but when he is happy, he is SO happy. I just try to hold him tight through the screaming and flailing, which is actually quite painful on my pregnant belly and exhausting physically, but after 5 minutes or so he quits and melts into my arms. Josiah makes noises and babbles more every day! He also loves it outside and LOVES to toss the basketball . They both love the stroller, so when we are out of ideas we either put them in the stroller or bathtub :).

I am amazed that they have really only been home for 1 week. The changes in health and personality are amazing and answers to prayer from many. Thank you!