Mommy's Cute Cookie

Winter is Wonderful

A time for spotting bright colors in a faded out world.

And snuggling in bed cause just the thought of going outside makes you cold. :)

This winter has been my favorite so far. :) I love to bundle up my baby. I love to snuggle him to keep warm. I love to see how he changes every day. I love that this is his first winter, first Christmas, first everything!

On Monday the girls (and one little boy) got together for some holiday fun! We decided to have a cookie party to kick of Christmas week! Jet was so excited.

We're having a WHAT PARTY?!?!

(Do you see the drool?! lol.)

Okay - I got my bib on!

Papi likes to hold Jet up so we can only see Jet and not him - like a baby puppet show. lol. It's pretty funny actually.

Jet got a hold of some pizza crust and was CRAZY about it. The little guy hates all baby food and cereals but pizza crust...that's apparently great stuff. lol. He never actually swallowed any - just chewed on it for a while and squealed like a piggy if you tried to take it from him! haha.

Jet says "hey! I thought we were going to make cookies? What are we all standing around here for?"

Jet trying to measure his nose.

Now THAT'S what I'm talking about! Gimme that!

Jet got a hold on a cookie ball before I saw him and squished it then put it back! There was sugar on his mouth when I looked down from taking the picture! What a sneak! I had to scoot back from the table but he STILL reached for them! I think it's time to leave the cookie scene little man. :)

And here's his squished cookie. lol.

Aunt Kay is a cookie baking machine! lol.

Peanut Butter Blossoms

Sugar Cookies

Double Chocolate Chip

YUM!

The End!

Is that an Elf?

So maybe he wasn't propped up on a shelf...

But I'm pretty sure I saw an elf...

He was cheery and bright from his head to his feet.

So whoever he was - he sure made my day sweet!

A Happy Visit

So I wake up from my morning sleep...

And over my crib I take a peep...

There's someone I haven't seen in a while,

so I give my best flirtatious smile...

WAIT! I KNOW THAT PRETTY FACE!

I CAN'T BELIEVE WE"RE IN THE SAME PLACE!

She's in my room! I'm not sure how!?

Bunny - I need to chew on you now.

It's AUNT KAY!!!! SHE'S COME FOR A STAY!

This will be a great HOLIDAY!

No I'm not trying to lick you...this is how I shake hands Aunt Kay ... it's how they do it in Europe. I promise it's very cultured.

Watch I'll do it to bunny...

See? It's perfectly accepted around here.

Hey wait just a minute! What are you doing to my cheeks?!

You're one of THOSE aunts?! :) lol

That's funny!!!

Welcome Home Aunt Kay!

Home is a good place to be. :)

Jet's Story

On the left of our blog you may notice I have added a picture link to what I am calling "Jet's Story." It is simply a separate blog page where I typed up the story of finding out about Jet's diagnosis and how "Our Little Miracle" came to be. I've wanted to put it all together in one place for myself and David for a while now. And I also wanted an easier way for those who are just meeting Jet or just finding our blog to go back and read about his amazing story. :) For those who are not familiar with what happened or want to read more details you can visit that site and read Jet's Story by clicking on the picture or this link here.

No more Doctors please!

Yes that is what my poor baby Jet would say I'm sure. Yesterday we went to have his staples and stitches removed from the shunt surgery. After 2 weeks the areas around his incisions were starting to get irritated by the staples/stitches so I was very ready for them to be GONE! Jet did great but (poor baby) it was NOT fun and lots of tears were involved. :( However - those tears were short-lived compared to today's 6 month check up. Yes it's a little late but we had to reschedule because of the shunt surgery 2 weeks ago. So today Jet went in and got 4 shots (including both flu shots) and 1 oral vaccine. I was expecting this and I think we would have done fine with only that to deal with - but we were thrown off by an unexpected and unpleasant experience. So this may sound weird but apparently 2 weeks of sponge bathing wasn't keeping Jet's ears clean enough - that and maybe he's just one of those babies who produces an odd amount of earwax - but his ears were to mucked up to see inside - do you see where this is going - so that had to clean them. And not just a little q-tip or something - there was scraping, some solution sprayed in there, then some sort of water-pick spray thing, then more rubbing with some tool, and lots and lots and lots of SCREAMING. :( From what I can tell it wasn't really hurting him - he's just still edgy from yesterday's staple-pulling where the doctor had to hold his head down by force and now today was a little of the same forceful - pinning of the baby and he DID NOT LIKE IT one bit. He was so red and sweaty and just as soon as I'd think we were done and I'd pick him up to comfort him they'd have me lay him down again and do the whole thing again! This was all BEFORE the shots! So you can imagine that after 30min or so of complete baby freak-out Mommy was starting to loose it too. The tears were just about to spill over (me) when they finally stopped. Phew. Deep sigh. But we still had to get him dressed (cry again) and into the carseat (cry again) before Michelle (thank you so much for going with me Michelle and Katie!) could feed him a nice bottle on the way home. Mommy was a mess. Baby was a mess. Now it's time for a calm afternoon (baby is asleep) and hopefully the vaccines won't bother him too much over the next week or so. I feel so awful putting him through two days of doctor drama but it's over now! And hopefully we won't have to go back for a month or so (when his neuro check-up is). So pray my little boy sleeps well today and tonight and that he won't develop a complex about the doctor's office....if it's not already too late. :) To end with - here are some pics of my sweet boy when he was happy with me 2 days ago.

Are you a foot?

Are you a hand?

Do you know me?

ALRIGHT!!!!

Sorry...inside joke with Aunt Kayleigh. :)