Bill and Miss (plus two)

Monday, May 18th we took Jacob to Legoland for the first time.  Our plan was to spend two days in San Diego with our family friends, the Csupaks.  Monday we were to go to Legoland and Tuesday we were going to spend at the Wild Animal Park.  Well, plans changed a little, but more on that later. 

We got up early and made our way to Legoland to be there when the park opened.  Bill and I were both very impressed with the park and Jacob had a great time.  There were a couple of rides that he actually rode by himself.  Those were the first rides he's been on by himself and I know from the expression on his face that he truly enjoyed it.  Most of the rides he went on with his daddy because for some reason they wouldn't let pregnant mommies on some of the kiddie rides.  I know daddy and Jacob enjoyed their time together.  Jacob was a GOOD BOY the whole day, even without a nap.  He enjoyed going on the rides and even seeing the minature legoland buildings...those were truly amazing.  He wanted to walk most of the time and was really good about listening to us and holding our hand when he needed to.  I hope the days of strollers are not coming to an end because I don't know how we will deal with one kid out of the stroller and another in the stroller, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there.  We left Legoland when they closed so we were there the WHOLE day.  We checked in at our hotel and rested for a little bit.  I think the parents were more tired than the kids.  Then we were off to dinner.  Jacob was a good boy at dinner too, but didn't want to eat anything.  We should have saw a sign there for what was later to come, but we just thought he was tired and had too many snacks.  Actually come to think of it, he really didn't eat a whole lot the entire day. 

When we got back from dinner, he fell right to sleep.  He slept on his Cars air mattress and was out like a light.  Then at 4:00 in the morning, I heard some wierd noises.  So, I got up to check on Jacob and there he was having another seizure.  Gosh!  here we go again.  This one lasted about 4-5 minutes (I'm not sure how long he was seizing before I heard him, but something tells me I caught it right when it started).  Bill was with him the whole time as I was getting him wet wash cloths to cool him down.  After it ended we put him on the bed and he was still sleeping, and not responding to anything Bill was saying to him...we thought this was a little unusual.  I called his doctor's office exchange and told her what happened and then his hands and feet started to twitch.  She told us we should probably call 911...so there we are 4:30 in the morning calling 911 making a big commotion in the hotel, though I don't think anyone heard anything.  When the paramedics got there, they got Jacob's stats and said he was doing fine.  It was normal for him to be out of it for anywhere from 45-60 minutes after the seizure.  The paramedic felt comfortable leaving him with us at the hotel with no need to go to the hospital.  His temperature was only 100.2 which I though was a little unusual since it was so low, but they didn't think anything of it.  The firefighter asked Jacob to give him a high five and poor little thing, he could barely move his hand to give him the high five.  That scared me, but the firefighter assured us that that was actually normal and he was actually looking really good for just having as seizure.  By the time the paramedics were leaving Jacob had "woken up" and told his daddy "I want to go to Disneyland"  We knew then that he was okay.

We ended up leaving San Diego that morning so that we could watch him at home.  When we got home at 9:30 he had no fever, which again we thought was kind of wierd.  Usually after his seizures it takes a day or so for his fever to break.  We ended up taking him to the doctor and the doctor was a little concerned that his temperature was so low after the seizure.  The doctor ended up ordering an EEG to rule out anyother causes of the seizure. 

It is now Monday (almost a week later) and just two day ago he finally came down with a little runny nose and cough.  This morning his cough was a little worse and he looks so tired, but he's still running around like his typical self.  I hope he is feeling better soon so he can play with his friends again.  And I pray that the EEG shows nothing serious.  I can live with febrile seizures, now that we know what they are.  We don't like to see them, but at least we know it's nothing serious.

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

Jacob is going to be a big brother in late September.  We found out last Thursday that it's another BOY!  I know Jacob is going to be a great big brother and it's going to be so cool seeing the boys play together.  Daddy, Jacob, Nani and Papa all came to the ultrasound to find out the sex of the baby.  Jacob looked at the screen and kept saying "baby"  I don't know if he actually could tell that it was a baby we were looking at or if he just knew that mommy kept saying we were going to see the baby in the morning.  Right before the tech asked us if we wanted to know the sex of the baby I turned and asked Jacob if he thought he was going to have a baby brother or a baby sister and he said "brother" and he was right!

We are excited and I have to admit I'm a little nervous about having another little one running around and even more so now that I know it's a boy.  Jacob is so far really good about the baby, of course, the baby is not here yet!  Everynight before he goes to sleep, Jacob kisses and hugs the baby.  Sometimes he even tickles the baby and then he says "God Bless you baby" and "I love you baby"  It is so cute to see.  I can hardly wait until others can feel the little guy kicking and see Jacob's expression when he feels a kick!

In other Jacob news, he's been a bit moody lately.  I don't know if it's because he senses that there are going to be some big changes in the near future of if it's because he's 2!  He's is also doing some really cute things.  He is VERY independent lately and wants to do everything "all by myself".  He gets in and out of the car all by himself now which is going to be a BIG help in the upcoming months.  He also wants to zip up his own jacket and has gotten pretty good at it.  He's asked to sit on the potty a couple of times, but nothing has come out, but at least he's sitting on it.  The goal would be to have him potty trained before the baby comes, but we'll see about that.  He also runs and gets the extra blow dryer whenever daddy is blow drying his hair.  He will hold the blow dryer up to his head and make the sound of the blow dryer.  He is also putting on deoderant (well not really putting it on) when he sees his daddy doing it, or when he sees the deoderant laying around.  That is hysterical to watch.  Jacob is definitely getting more animated now.  When he hears music he likes he starts dancing to it and thinks he's being really funny. 

At night he HAS to have his two mickey mouses, a elephant he calls dumbo that I got for him at the zoo and a little beanie baby cow that for some reason he calls "horsie" don't know why he thinks it's a horse and no matter how many times we correct him, he still calls it a horse. 

This past weekend he was running around the house with his lawn mower.  I asked him if he wanted to go outside with his daddy and so he took his lawn mower outside and started to "mow" the lawn.  He was doing a good job of staying in straight line and keeping the rows even.  Bill may have some help sooner than he thought :)  Jacob can also drink out of a big boy cup with no lid or straw attached.  He LOVES to drink this way.  I'm not ready for him to drink out of a normal glass all the time, but most of the time he can.  Just not when we're out and about.

We were in Lake Havasu a couple of weekend ago so daddy could ride his motorcycle to Laughlin.  I'll have Bill post his note about that trip.  I think the boys had a good time!

 That's it for now, so until next time...mommy and daddy love you!