We are very excited about celebrating Jacoby's birthday this week. I can't believe he's going to be 4 years old! We are bringing dinosaur-themed treats to his preschool class and then have a fun trip to the Museum of Nature and Science planned for this coming weekend. I've been working my fool dinosaur tail off this weekend getting birthday preparations ready and some tidying up done for upcoming visitors. Luckily, I have today off so I had plenty of time and am very excited about our upcoming birthdays.
The boys enjoyed a fun Valentine's Day at school this week despite coming down with colds. I brought cookies to decorate with Jacoby's class, and that was a really fun time. All of his preschool-mates are bright, inquisitive, and very funny. We had a good time and they loved the frosting and decorating candies!
The boys seemed to recover quickly from their germs, but Morgan went downhill again this weekend, so he and I ran in to see our pediatrician today. The poor kid has a double-ear infection (or elephants in his ears, as she says) and pink eye! So, he's going on medicine to take care of all of that. His germs didn't stop him from full-on flirting with the pediatrician, and as we were leaving she asked if she could "rent" Morgan. (: Oh, and the other major news from this is that he weighs a whopping 30 pounds now, just 10 pounds shy of Jacoby!
Justin took Jacoby up skiing at Winter Park yesterday. They put in nearly a full day and Jacoby got to go all the way to the top of the mountain on the Eskimo lift and ski down all of the green runs. Justin said he's definitely improving, is starting to snow-plow, and has a great time. Morgan and I enjoyed time together, but it was clear that he missed his brother and was not keen on being left behind.
We got Jacoby scheduled for a feeding and development evaluation with an Occupational Therapist at Children's Hospital in mid-March. The feeding evaluation is part of his treatment for EE, as many of those kids have difficulty with swallowing, choking, and food impaction. We don't necessarily see this with Jacoby, but a trained eye might be able to spot something that we're missing. The developmental eval will be to look at some things that his preschool teachers are concerned about and to make sure he's not behind in anything as sometimes is the case with kiddos who have chronic illness. The very bright side right now is that Jacoby seems to be feeling exceptionally well. He's got lots of energy and his stamina for physical activity seems to have increased a whole lot. We're very thankful for this and for signs of healing and getting better.
This is Jacoby's friend A. She likes to steal kisses. (:
Busy decorating his cookies
Soaking up some Vitamin D and playing on the bridge at the lake
Hanging out under the bridge
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