6 Month Update and Stuff

The boys are 6 months old! Going in reverse order on the July going-ons. On Thursday we took Jordan to the nose/throat/ear doc (forget what they're called) to get his throat looked at. When he coughs, sounds like a goose...kind of a croup type cough. Hes not sick and doesn't seem bad...just playing it safe. Doc said it didn't seem like anything, but he can't see past the vocal chords. In order to do so would mean putting Jordan under and sticking a little camera down his throat. Don't think its anything to worry about and feel like putting him under isn't worth the risk. Jordan next goes to the doc on Monday to get his eyes (tear ducts) looked at. Poor guys hasn't gotten over his blocked tear ducts. They been pretty goopie since we left the hospital.

Sorry...this looks like its going to be another long post. On Monday we took the boys to their 6 month check up. Jordan weighed in at 16 lbs 3 oz and Jeremy tipped the scale at 19 lbs 2 oz! After a quick look over it was time for their shots. This time the boys got their shots at the exact same time. So no one had to go 2nd and listen to his brother's cries and realize something wasn't kosher and he should probably bail. Like before the shots were a shock at first and after a quick cry it was all over. Best of all, boys did NOT get sick after going to the doc...first time in their life!! They did get a fever and felt pretty cruddy from the shots for a day, but they did great.

And...one last entry...last weekend we had the Mills/Chisums over for a cookout. Grilled some chicken and ribs. I botched the chicken and pulled it off the grill too soon. I was worried about burning it because last time the grill was dirty and there was an extra grease fire going that cooked the chicken too fast. This time was worried about them burning and they weren't cooked to perfection. The ribs were delici-oh-so! Highlight though was just hanging out...Holly and Cin played with the boys in the pool and everyone else got into throwing themselves down the Slip n Slide. *Note to self, do not attempt sliding down the ramp on your knees again.

So here is a photo album for the month of July that has random pics of the boys and the cookout last week: PHOTO ALBUM

Make sure you check out the series of pics at #62! Jordan discovers himself in the mirror in the new exersaucer Jessica lent us. Holly got great shots of him admiring himself.

Oh I lied...one more thing. Last month the boys started eating solid foods. So much fun. Jeremy loves it. Jordan REALLY loves avocado and bananas, but not much of anything else. He does like the kids cereal (kinda looks like the grain pieces in lucky charms) and Kix cereal. Jeremy pretty much likes it all and opens his mouth wide for food. Here is an album of the boys eating: PHOTO ALBUM

And finally, we leave you with a video of their very first time eating solids and some other shots. Bye!

Shots for Jeremy, Jordan Sicky-Poo

The boys had their 2 month check-up and immunization shots appointment yesterday. Turned in to a really loooong day. The night before Holly and the boys went to my football game (we won 26-0 and are 3-0) and it seemed like Jordan started getting sick there at the field. By the time we got home he had a pretty bad sounding cough. So at the visit yesterday, Jordan got looked at first. Turns out he has bronchiolitis. Little guy is a trooper though. They gave him a breathing treatment with a nebulizer. I'd never heard of this futuristic device, but Holly has used it plenty of times in her great nanny adventures. Jordan toughed it out despite his pathetic wheezing and ugly sounding cough. He just sat there and let momma put the breathing mask on him and breathed. So with Jordan being Sicky-Poo, we had to skip on his shots.

Jeremy was looking good though. Nothing but similes and after a long wait for Jordan to get checked and then more waiting for the nurse to come back with the shots, it was finally time. First he got some stuff he got to take orally, it is supposed to taste pretty sweet, but he didn't seem to care to much for it. The next 3 were shot shots...with long needles. Jeremy was doing good and then...POKE...POKE...POKE! The nurse was really fast with the jabs and the injections and it was over in seconds. Jeremy cried out as soon as they jabbed him, but stopped really fast after the last needle and was like, "Oh, thats it? Cool man." Jeremy did get a fever from the shots later that evening, but he is doing really good.

So here are the boys vitals, percentiles in ( )s...
Jeremy: 13lb 0oz (75%) - 23.5 in (50%)
Jordan: 10lb 13oz (20%) - 23.0 in (35%)

After the docs, we drove around to go pick up our own nebulizer, then to Walgreens for the meds for the nebulizer, picked up lunch and went home. Both guys did really good last night and slept all night except for feeding time. Jordan still doesn't have a fever and hopefully won't get one. We got some more pics of him on his new nebulizer complete with a dinosaur mask. Will try and post those and other pics tonight.