A trip to the ER

Oh my goodness, Jacob gave Bill and I a big scare this afternoon.  Here's the whole story...

This morning Nani came over to take Jacob to spend some time with him since she had not seen him in a while (because we were in San Francisco last week).  Anyway, Bill and I were happy to let Jacob spend some time with his Nani and Papa.  We ended up getting invited to our friend's house to watch the Laker game.  So we picked up Jacob from my parent's house so he could go with us to play with his friend Christian.  While at my mom's she mentioned that he felt a little warm.  I didn't really think too much of it because I thought he was teething...classic signs of Jacob teething, gnawing on everything in sight, a clear runny nose and a bit of a temperature.  So we went to our friends and he was having a great time playing with his friend.  After about an hour of playing, Bill picked him up and said that he felt really warm.  We asked our friends to get a thermometer so we could check his temperature.  There were only about a minute or so left in the half or quarter, I don't remember which, so we said just to wait until the break...well...in the mean time, Jacob was sitting on the floor in front of Bill, Christian was sitting in front of me and they were playing with some toys.  All of a sudden, Jacob falls back.  The fall looked really strange to me and I said something to Bill about the fall.  Bill said that he threw himself back, which is not unusual for Jacob, but he only does that when he's upset, and he was having a good time playing with Christian.  Bill moved his legs to pick him up and his voice changed...I'm not exactly sure what he said, but the next thing I knew was he was holding Jacob and Jacob's eyes were moving in a very unusual way.  Then he began to shake in Bill's arms.  Bill said "he's seizing"  I told him to lay him on the ground and for someone to call 911.  I think that was the only good thing I did for the next 5-8 minutes.  Bill thought he hit his head as he threw himself back and that thats what was causing the seizure.  As soon as I saw Jacob laying on the ground convulsing, I left the room, almost not knowing what to do.  I heard my friend on the phone with 911.  She asked me a couple of questions, I don't know what now, I think I answered her with the right answers and then I saw her stairs, dropped to my knees and prayed for my baby.  I prayed that God would be with him and stop him from convulsing and that everything would be okay.  I stood up and went back into the room with my baby and Bill.  Christina was still on the phone with the 911 operator who told her to have us take off his clothes and start putting cold cloths on him.  I got a towel from the kitchen, wet it and started putting it on Jacob.  He was still seizing at this point.  One of their friends, Mike, kept brining me new cold towels for Jacob.  The whole time Jacob was convulsing, Bill and I were talking to him letting him know that we were there and that he would be okay, but honestly I didn't know what was going on.  I remember asking God to stop him from shaking and I think at one point I told Jacob to stop shaking (like he could really control what was going on, but I was desperate at that point).  We think the seizure lasted between 3 and 5 minutes, but it felt like FOREVER.  I remember just thinking that he needed to stop because in my mind the longer the seizure, the worse it would be.  He finally stopped and we layed him on his side.  He was definitely not coherent.  His eyes were open then closed and he just layed there breathing kind of funny.  The paramedics arrived a couple of minutes later and I really don't know what they were doing to him.  I just sat there rubbing my baby's arm telling him he was okay and that mommy and daddy were there.  Bill was right there with him too, touching him and talking to him.  I can't believe how calm he was through the whole ordeal.  They told us that he would need to go to the hospital and that it was best for him to go in the ambulance, just in case he had another seizure.  I went in the ambulance with Jacob and Bill followed behind.   He called both our parents on the way to the hospital and when we arrived, my parents were already there!  On the way to the hopsital Jacob was still not himself.  he refused his pacifier a couple of times and he wasn't moving much.  I was getting a little nervous about his lack of movement in his arms, but he eventually moved them and made me feel a lot better.  When we arrived at the hospital, he was a little more alert, but I could tell he was still not 100%.  They gave him some tylenol and motrin and the doctor came to see him.  She said the seizure was a febrile seizure, caused by a spike in his temperature and that it was probably a result of Roseola.  We will see in a few days if he breaks out in a rash.  He had a temperature of 102.8 at the hospital and felt really warm.  His daddy was holding him and he ended up falling asleep in his arms while the doctor explained everything to us.  We were released soon after and told to simply treat his temperature with tylenol and motrin.  As we were leaving Jacob woke up when Bill gave him to me so he could go get the car. We walked outside and he saw an ambulance, pointed to it and said "truck"  It was then that I felt a lot better, my baby was back to normal.  Nani and Papa were waiting outside for us and he got excited when he saw them.  On the way home from the hospital, he was tired but when he saw a bike drive by, he pointed and said "bike."  Yep, back to normal.  When we got home he ate lots of animal crackers, not wanting anything else we put in front of him.  His temperature felt like it was going down.  He fell asleep at about 7pm and he is still asleep (he even slept through 2 rectal temperature readings!)  Right now it's 11:30pm.  When I last checked his temperature he didn't have one.  He is sleeping in our bed tonight so we can keep an eye on him and feel his temp throughout the night.  I don't want that temperature to get high again.  I NEVER want to experience that again!

Bill and I agree that this is the worst thing we've ever been through.  I still can't get that picture out of my head of him laying on the floor having the seizure.  I tear up everytime I picture it, which unfortunately right now is often.  I thank God that my baby is okay now.  I do not want to have to experience that again!  so our little angel sleeps right now and I pray that he has a good night's rest and is 100% better in the morning.  so until next time...mommy and daddy love you (and will be checking your temperature often for the next day!)

we'll write about our trip to San Francisco and post the pictures sometime later this week

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A trip to the ER

Oh my goodness, Jacob gave Bill and I a big scare this afternoon.  Here's the whole story...

This morning Nani came over to take Jacob to spend some time with him since she had not seen him in a while (because we were in San Francisco last week).  Anyway, Bill and I were happy to let Jacob spend some time with his Nani and Papa.  We ended up getting invited to our friend's house to watch the Laker game.  So we picked up Jacob from my parent's house so he could go with us to play with his friend Christian.  While at my mom's she mentioned that he felt a little warm.  I didn't really think too much of it because I thought he was teething...classic signs of Jacob teething, gnawing on everything in sight, a clear runny nose and a bit of a temperature.  So we went to our friends and he was having a great time playing with his friend.  After about an hour of playing, Bill picked him up and said that he felt really warm.  We asked our friends to get a thermometer so we could check his temperature.  There were only about a minute or so left in the half or quarter, I don't remember which, so we said just to wait until the break...well...in the mean time, Jacob was sitting on the floor in front of Bill, Christian was sitting in front of me and they were playing with some toys.  All of a sudden, Jacob falls back.  The fall looked really strange to me and I said something to Bill about the fall.  Bill said that he threw himself back, which is not unusual for Jacob, but he only does that when he's upset, and he was having a good time playing with Christian.  Bill moved his legs to pick him up and his voice changed...I'm not exactly sure what he said, but the next thing I knew was he was holding Jacob and Jacob's eyes were moving in a very unusual way.  Then he began to shake in Bill's arms.  Bill said "he's seizing"  I told him to lay him on the ground and for someone to call 911.  I think that was the only good thing I did for the next 5-8 minutes.  Bill thought he hit his head as he threw himself back and that thats what was causing the seizure.  As soon as I saw Jacob laying on the ground convulsing, I left the room, almost not knowing what to do.  I heard my friend on the phone with 911.  She asked me a couple of questions, I don't know what now, I think I answered her with the right answers and then I saw her stairs, dropped to my knees and prayed for my baby.  I prayed that God would be with him and stop him from convulsing and that everything would be okay.  I stood up and went back into the room with my baby and Bill.  Christina was still on the phone with the 911 operator who told her to have us take off his clothes and start putting cold cloths on him.  I got a towel from the kitchen, wet it and started putting it on Jacob.  He was still seizing at this point.  One of their friends, Mike, kept brining me new cold towels for Jacob.  The whole time Jacob was convulsing, Bill and I were talking to him letting him know that we were there and that he would be okay, but honestly I didn't know what was going on.  I remember asking God to stop him from shaking and I think at one point I told Jacob to stop shaking (like he could really control what was going on, but I was desperate at that point).  We think the seizure lasted between 3 and 5 minutes, but it felt like FOREVER.  I remember just thinking that he needed to stop because in my mind the longer the seizure, the worse it would be.  He finally stopped and we layed him on his side.  He was definitely not coherent.  His eyes were open then closed and he just layed there breathing kind of funny.  The paramedics arrived a couple of minutes later and I really don't know what they were doing to him.  I just sat there rubbing my baby's arm telling him he was okay and that mommy and daddy were there.  Bill was right there with him too, touching him and talking to him.  I can't believe how calm he was through the whole ordeal.  They told us that he would need to go to the hospital and that it was best for him to go in the ambulance, just in case he had another seizure.  I went in the ambulance with Jacob and Bill followed behind.   He called both our parents on the way to the hospital and when we arrived, my parents were already there!  On the way to the hopsital Jacob was still not himself.  he refused his pacifier a couple of times and he wasn't moving much.  I was getting a little nervous about his lack of movement in his arms, but he eventually moved them and made me feel a lot better.  When we arrived at the hospital, he was a little more alert, but I could tell he was still not 100%.  They gave him some tylenol and motrin and the doctor came to see him.  She said the seizure was a febrile seizure, caused by a spike in his temperature and that it was probably a result of Roseola.  We will see in a few days if he breaks out in a rash.  He had a temperature of 102.8 at the hospital and felt really warm.  His daddy was holding him and he ended up falling asleep in his arms while the doctor explained everything to us.  We were released soon after and told to simply treat his temperature with tylenol and motrin.  As we were leaving Jacob woke up when Bill gave him to me so he could go get the car. We walked outside and he saw an ambulance, pointed to it and said "truck"  It was then that I felt a lot better, my baby was back to normal.  Nani and Papa were waiting outside for us and he got excited when he saw them.  On the way home from the hospital, he was tired but when he saw a bike drive by, he pointed and said "bike."  Yep, back to normal.  When we got home he ate lots of animal crackers, not wanting anything else we put in front of him.  His temperature felt like it was going down.  He fell asleep at about 7pm and he is still asleep (he even slept through 2 rectal temperature readings!)  Right now it's 11:30pm.  When I last checked his temperature he didn't have one.  He is sleeping in our bed tonight so we can keep an eye on him and feel his temp throughout the night.  I don't want that temperature to get high again.  I NEVER want to experience that again!

Bill and I agree that this is the worst thing we've ever been through.  I still can't get that picture out of my head of him laying on the floor having the seizure.  I tear up everytime I picture it, which unfortunately right now is often.  I thank God that my baby is okay now.  I do not want to have to experience that again!  so our little angel sleeps right now and I pray that he has a good night's rest and is 100% better in the morning.  so until next time...mommy and daddy love you (and will be checking your temperature often for the next day!)

we'll write about our trip to San Francisco and post the pictures sometime later this week

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Jacob's first kiss

Jacob had a late start this morning.  He didn't wake up until about 7:15 which is really late for him.  He didn't go to sleep last night until 8:45...maybe that has something to do with it.  We started our day by going to church.  Jacob is getting more comfortable with going to Sunday School.  The teachers say he's getting better each week.  He especially likes it when they have time outside.  He usually cries when we drop him off and then again when he sees us coming to pick him up...I just hope he's not crying the whole time.  We did resort to sending him with his pacifier, just to give the teacher a break!

This evening after dinner we went to the park again.  It was finally cool outside and the playground is in the shade.  He had a good time running around with his truck, bouncing on the bridge with daddy and then with mommy and going down the slide with each of us.  I have to admit, we had a good time too...I love going down the slide and racing him! While at the park he met a little "friend" named Aubrey, a 2 1/2 year old cutie.  They played with the truck together and then toward the end of our visit they started to go down the slide together.  I must say Aubrey was a little aggressive because she grabbed Jacob's hand and they went to the top of the slide together (holding hands!) It was adorable.  They did that a few more times and then it was time for us to go home.  Aubrey said she wanted to kiss Jacob goodbye!  WHAT!?!?!?!?  Before I knew it, she was puckering up and laying one on him.  I didn't manage to get the actual kiss on camera, but I did get the puckering up part.  Jacob's response?  He gave her a high five....typical boy!  I'm sure Jacob will be looking out for Aubrey the next time we are at the park!  You can check out our pictures to see more of the two of them together and some video clips too!  It really was too cute!

So until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

0 comments - Posted by Missy Roberts at 8:10 PM - Categories: About Jake

First outing at the Beach

Today was HOT, so we decided to take a drive to Newport to walk around.  Nani and Papa came with us.  The plan was to just walk along the bike path for about an hour, have some snacks then come home.  So we packed everything up and headed out.  After a lot of traffic and difficulty finding a parking space, we finally made it to the bike path.  Papa had the stroller and he kept going straight to the water.  Of course, I did not bring Jacob's swim trunks or water diaper because in my head we weren't going into the water...but plans changed.  We ended up taking Jacob into the water to "get his feet wet."  Little did we know that he would LOVE THE WATER and kept wanting to run into the waves.  We really had to keep and eye and hand on him the whole time.  He soon realized how to stomp in the water to make little splashes.  He didn't really know what to feel when he stood in the water and the wave returned to the ocean...a couple of times it almost knocked in over...actually I think it did once and his face got all full of sand, but he loved it.(if you look really close at the picture of him sitting in the sand below you can see the sand on his forehead still!)  We spent quite a bit of time letting him play in the water, of course his shorts got all wet, so we ended up taking them off and let him run around in his diaper, play in the sand, flirt with a little girl and then it was time to go.  He had a blast.  Daddy hosed him off at the showers and then we had snack time as Jacob people watched.  He loved seeing all the bicycles ride by and all the doggies being walked.  It was well past his nap time but he was wide eyed and bushy tailed!  Then we took our walk down the path toward the pier.  Of course we stopped for and ice cream and Jacob got out of the stroller to chase the birds and feed them cheerios.  Then we walked down the pier and back to the car.  About halfway back to the car he FINALLY fell asleep...this was at about 3pm!  The lastest he's ever fallen asleep for a nap!  He had such a great time though.  He was so adorable to watch in the water...running into the waves as much as we would let him.  We got lots of photos and video of the event.  I think he's going to end up being a little surfer...he loved the water.  We all had a great time at the beach and I'm sure we will have to go back often!  Nani and Papa were glad they went to experience Jacob's first time in the water.  I think they had a good time too!

We got home and by then he was already awake from his short nap.  He went immediately into the bathtub to get all the sand off of him and his hair! 

Later Chip and Cooper came over and then daddy took Jacob with them to go look at Harleys.  I'm not sure what exactly happened there, but the jist of it was that they went to go look at the bikes, Jacob looked at and touched all the bikes, and then the four boys went to dinner!  Really, how cute is that, two daddies and two sons out for dinner.  Apparently both little boys did really well the whole time (I'm not so sure about the big boys though :) ).  Jacob actually ate all of his meal.  When my boys got home Jacob was all smiles and daddy told me all about their adventure.  Jacob was so wound up from today that he didn't fall asleep until about 8:45!  CRAZY KID.  Tomorrow has to be a less eventful day for him...maybe just church and then kicking it at home!

so until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

0 comments - Posted by Missy Roberts at 9:01 PM - Categories: About Jake

This Week in the Life of Jacob

Wow, we had a busy week, it seems.  Monday, Auntie Erin and Aiden came over to play.  They met us at the park for our morning workout.  After the mommies got their workout in the boys played at the park for about an hour.  We thought that they would fall asleep on the way home FOR SURE!  Boy were we WRONG!  They were both up until about 12:30 and even then Jacob did NOT want to take a nap. We ended up taking him with us to get drive thru lunch and he FINALLY fell asleep in the car on the way home but only slept for 45 minutes, waking up way before Aiden.  I guess Jacob did not want to miss the action of the visitors.  He was not a happy camper that day, but ended up being better by the late afternoon. 

Monday night Jacob did a pretty good job sleeping through the night.  He cried a little, but I let him soothe himself back to sleep and it seemed to work fairly well!  Tuesday afternoon I took Jacob to Borders with his friend Christian (and Christina).  The boys had a GREAT time "reading" all the books in the childrens section, playing with the puppets, and messing up all their CDs and DVDs.  I'm sure the employees were glad to see us go!  We were good mommies and cleaned up after our boys.  We didn't realize it, but we were at the store for well over an hour and a half!  Whatever, as long as Jacob had a good time and was happy, so was I!

Tuesday night, Jacob slept through the ENTIRE night without even wimpering!  When he woke up at 6, Bill and I looked up at eachother and said "did he really sleep through the entire night?!?!?"  He took at nap at about 12 and slept for 2 1/2 hours!  I started not to feel well and ended up taking a nap with him.  When he finally woke up we were going downstairs to get something to eat, but when we reached the bottom of the stairs we say WATER all throughout the downstairs family room and nook!  I picked up Jacob to get a better look and realized that half the water in the fishtank was now on our hardwood floors!  I had to interrupt Bill from his meeting so he could take a look.  Jacob and I ended up going to get the water vac from my parents while Bill stayed behind to mop up what he could while we were gone.  What a mess!  To top it all off, by the time we got back to the house I was really not feeling well and realized I had a temperature of almost 102!  so Jacob and I stayed upstairs while daddy cleaned up everything...poor daddy!  Of all days for Jacob to take a long nap.  Oh well, what happens, happens!

Thursday we didn't go to workout because mommy was still a little under the weather, but we did make it out for playtime at the park.  Jacob had fun playing with his friends at the park as usual. 

Friday after daddy got done with work we went to dinner and then we went to play at the park.  Jacob was so excited to go to the park with his daddy.  They ran around, swung on the swings, went down the slide and watched a little boy crash on his little car over and over again.  Jacob LOVED watching the little boy crash, he belly laughed each time he crashed, so of course the little boy kept doing it to entertain Jacob of course!

This entire week Jacob has been going to bed at around 8pm which is about 30 minutes later than normal. We are fine with it because he has been taking at least 2 hour naps everyday but we were hoping he would sleep in a little later than 6am, but no such luck :(  He has pretty much fallen asleep watching some basketball game every night this week...pathethic I know and as the mommy, I should say NO to this, but he is so cute sitting next to his daddy watching the basketball games saying "oh" each time someone makes a basket.  It really is exciting for him to watch the games...it's almost as if he actually knows what is going on.

so until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

0 comments - Posted by Missy Roberts at 8:33 PM - Categories: About Jake

end of the week stuff!

Jacob is just as active as ever.  I don't think the boy knows what sitting down and relaxing means.  He ALWAYS wants to be moving, running, climbing or whatever. 

Last Thursday we went to Stroller Strides, but it was sprinkling pretty hard and looked like it was going to rain, so Miss Kelly cancelled class.  I really didn't want to take Jacob home, mainly because that would have been a full day for him to be inside the house and that would not have been good.  So, Christina, Christian, Jacob and I went to Wild Kingdom a place where they have a bunch of bounce houses inside this big warehouse.  Jacob doesn't really like to "jump" too much, but there is a big area for the kids to run around and play with other toys.  Daddy met us there for a little fun.  They boys had a great time running around and jumping.  After about an hour of play in one room the opened up another room where they had a basketball hoop and Jacob went crazy.  Then we went in this bounce house that had a basketball hoop inside it and Jacob and daddy played basketball for a long time in there while mommy jumped in the house!  I may have missed my workout that day, but I sure did get a good workout jumping around...I was perspiring by the end of our time there.

On Friday after our workout class and play time at the park Jacob and I joined Brixie Lee (Jacob's new girlfriend) and her mommy for some frozen yogurt.  Malaya and her mommy met us there and the kids had a GREAT time running around the yogurt place.  I think this was the first time ever that Jacob was the only boy there.  So he was able to have ice cream with two pretty girls!  they were so cute chasing eachother around the place.  I felt bad for the workers there...they had to endure the screaming babies!  Jacob took a good nap...I imagine he was dreaming about his "date" with TWO pretty girls.  Later that afternoon/evening we met Grandma and Grandpa at Macaroni Grill to celebrate Grandpa's birthday.  Jacob was a good boy at the restaurant and drew lots of pretty pictures on the table for his Grandpa.  he also drew a very pretty picture on his Grandpa's birthday card. 

Friday night, Jacob did not sleep well at all, and neither did mommy or daddy.  So Saturday morning when I woke up early for my meeting, I was not a happy camper.  After the meeting I picked up Jacob to go to workout.  nani joined us and had a good time working out with Jacob.  After some playtime at the park we went home for a short nap and then went shopping with Nani.  We had to cut the shopping short to get home to watch the UCLA basketball game...only to watch them lose to Memphis in the final four game!  UGH...Jacob was not happy about that. At night, he was sitting on the couch with daddy watching the other college basketball game and ended up falling asleep on the couch watching the game...a typical male!  The good thing was he slept ALL NIGHT!!!!!  Not one peep out of him the enitre night!

Sunday morning Jacob woke up at 6, we all got ready early, went to get coffee/tea at Coffee Bean and Jacob played around with his truck in the store.  Luckily there was no one else in there because he was making his truck crash off the chairs and stuff.  He may be little, but he sure can make a lot of noise!  Then we were off to church.  He went to "Sunday school" again.  He cried when we dropped him off, but when we picked him up they said he was great and especially had a great time when they took them outside...I'm sure he loved that part a lot.  After church we went with Chris and Leanne to lunch.  We haven't seen them in a long time and Jacob was a good boy, even though we cut into his nap time by about 1 1/2 hours!  He came home and slept for 2 hours!  On the way home we saw a man riding a scooter down a steep hill and crash.  Bill stopped the car to make sure he was okay.  He was fine, but I think he either broke or dislocated his wrist becasue his wrist was swelling up, but he could move it.  Anyway, we felt like we were good samaratins today stopping to help the guy.

So that's been our end of the week.  Tomorrow Auntie Erin and Aiden are coming over to play.  We haven't seem them in a couple of months so we're excited to get the boys together.  So until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

0 comments - Posted by Missy Roberts at 8:17 PM - Categories: About Jake

"Horton Hears A Who"

This afternoon some mommies and kids from stroller strides decided to go to the movies to see Dr. Suess' Horton Hears A Who.  I was hesititant about taking Jacob, but then figured, if he's really bad then we'll just leave.  There were four kids there, Jacob, Christian, Brixie Lee, and Malaya.  They all had their booster seats and snacks.  Jacob had some milk, apple juice, goldfish and veggie booty.  He was ready to watch the movie.  He sat next to his best bud, Christian.  He actually did really well for about 30 minutes.  He sat there watching the movie and snacking on his snacks.  It was kind of scary to see how good he was at watching the movie and eating...he looked just like a grown-up chowing on popcorn at the movies.  After about 30 minutes he was "done" he wanted out of his seat and then was on and off my lap for about 15 minutes.  Then he wanted to walk around.  So he was walking up and down the aisle, pointing out each little light on the floor.  Then we ventured outside the theater into the lobby.  Brixie Lee was out there playing running around so he joined her.  They "played" the car arcade for awhile and then it was time to go back into the theater to watch the end.  He did pretty well for the end of the movie. 

While mommy made dinner tonight, daddy and Jacob were running around playing and being boys.  He is really becoming more and more attached to his daddy.  They really love each other.  As the evening progressed, Jacob got hold of his stuffed basketball and decided to make it a pillow.  Daddy had to capture that moment.

Jacob has been doing okay at night the last couple of nights.  Two nights ago he only woke up once and last night he woke up 2 or 3 times...can't remember.  But all he needed each of those times was for me to get his Paci that fell on the floor.  I have to come up with some device that will keep that paci from slipping through the slits of the crib, but I don't want to put the bumpers back up.  Maybe I can invent something and make millions of dollars then daddy can stay home with Jacob too!  hehe

Alright, time to rest up for tomorrow.  So until next time...mommy and daddy love you!

0 comments - Posted by Missy Roberts at 8:28 PM - Categories: About Jake