Poor Madison!

So Madison is now 14 months old! This past Sunday, in the middle of the night, we ended up in the ER with Madison due to her having a horrific cough. We were there for about 4 hours, and she had several tests done. She had to have blood drawn, a cathetar to get a urine sample, and chest xrays to figure out why she's coughing. The came to the conclusion that she just had a viral infection, so she was given a shot of steroids and sent home with antibiotics for a UTI.

Well, on Monday we ended up taking her back into the ER because her breathing was concering. It was very rapid and she was retracting to where we could see her ribs. Her heart was also racing extremely fast. When we got to the ER the dr immediatly started her on breathing treatments, and ordered another xray. The xray showed about the same cloudiness, but just a little bit more. We found that her stats were low, and her heartrate was racing still. She ended up getting another IV with fluids, because she refused eating or drinking anything that day. The dr told us that she was forsure staying the night, because she didn't feel comfortable with her oxygen levels.

After being there for a few hours and no change in her condition the Dr consulted with the Pediatritians and they said that it would be best to have her in ICU for closer monitoring. Well that hospital doesn't have a peds ICU. So, Madison was transferred, by amubulance, to a bigger hospital with a PICU. We got to the hospital and things were finally starting to look better. She was finally keeping up her oxygen levels and we were expecting her to go home this morning (Tuesday). The dr said that he wanted to keep her another night to make sure that she gets the breathing treatments that she needs.

Today has been a much better day. Her lungs are sounding much better so her breathing treatments switched from every 2 hours to every 4. She's also not requiring any IV fluids, just medicine, becuase she's finally eating and drinking again. Hopefully since she seems to be doing so well, and hasn't had a fever in 24 hours that she'll be getting sent home tomorrow.

Thanks to everyone who's been thinking about her and praying for her. It means a lot to us! :)

Summer!!

Well.... In May, Madison turned 1 year old! We threw her a party on the 21st, and it went really well. She finally started crawling at the beginning of April (10 months old), but has yet to start walking. Madison is one stubborn child, but you gotta love her!

From April until now, she has had 5 ear infections, and we suspect that she will need tubes in her ears in the near future. She's growing up so fast, and talking all the time. We can't make out everything she says, but she thinks she can talk! :)

I am still working at Portrait Innovations. I am thinking of starting my own photography business some time in either the late summer or early fall of this year. I'm extremely excited to finally be working all for myself and controlling my work schedule 100%. Jon is currently working at McDonalds, and is trying to find a second job so that I can be a stay-at-home mom.

We're planning on taking a week long vacay back home to Denver the end of August. Other then that I don't have much more to say, so until next time, here's some updated pictures of the family! :)

Wow! 8 months old!

It's been a verryy long time since I've posted! Sorryyy!

Anyways, Madison will be 8 months old in 4 days! She's growing up so fast and getting so big! She's still not crawling yet, but she's discovered that that's not necessary! She prefers to roll to her destination. She's a pro-roller! She gets into anything and everything! On December 13th her first tooth showed up! And, 1 week later, the second one right next to it showed up! So far those are the only two but she's still teething bad, so we think soon! We decided with the neurosurgeon that a cranial helmet isn't needed to correct her head shape. It used to be extremely flat in the back but now it seems to be correcting itself - thank goodness! She is such a happy and healthy baby, and everyday I feel blessed to have her in my life!

Jon is a stay-at-home dad (a.k.a Mr. Mom) at the moment, but looking for work. I work as a photographer at Portrait Innovations. I recently was switched from full-time to part-time which has allowed me to take a CNA (Certified Nursing Assisstant) course at the college! I will be done at the end of February and testing at the end of March. Hopefully soon after testing I will be able to find a job in either a hospital or physician's office! In the class, we have clinicals at a nursing facility, focusing on caring for the elderly. I however would prefer to work more in the area I hope to work in in the future, Labor and Delivery! I'm planning on continuing with credit courses this fall and become and RN, and eventually a NP (Nurse Practitioner).

We did move again into a 2bdrm townhome! It's so much easier having Madison in her own room!! We love it here and plan to stay for a couple of years, mostly because we don't want to move just yet again! :)

Well, that's it for now! I will definitely try to keep y'all updated more!

Settled In!

So we finally moved out of my parents house into an apartment! We absolutely love it! Sadly the day after we signed the lease Jon was laid-off from his job. We'll be fine it will just be rough until he can find another job.

Madison will be 4 months old in 12 days! She's getting so big, so fast! She's learning so much. She's pretty much sitting up supported now, but falls over sometimes. :) She's still having a little trouble getting the rolling over down, however she's so close! We have her "4 month" checkup on October 1st and I will let you know more then but I figured its been a while since the last post I better key everyone in!! :)

Madison is 2 1/2 months old!

Well my sister came down this past weekend, and brought Cody to meet is only cousin! We had a blast with them. We spent Monday in Galveston, or rather in the car most of the day! But we had fun with Madison at her first time at the beach (and actually getting in the water!). We hope that we can see them more often so Cody can grow up with Madison. However we won't be able to make it in September with my parents, we're shooting for either Christmas time or Spring Break!

So an update on Madison!! She's about 13 pounds now!! She's getting big so fast! She's starting to lift her head up more when we do tummy time, which is amazing! :) She's all smiles now!! She's still a pretty fussy baby, but it has impoved a whole lot in the past few weeks! She is still doing really good at sleeping thru the night. We usually put her to bed at 11 and she wakes up any where from 630 to 8 which is nice for us! Her physical therapy is going perfect! We've only needed to take her to 1 appointment. They showed us how to do the exercises at home, and they seem to be helping. We're suppose to do them 2x a day, however it makes her very un happy and we've been doing them about 1x a day. Somedays we skip tho :( Not on purpose just because we forget. But it seems to me that if we do it like we're suppose to that it should be corrected in about 2 weeks! We're still planning on taking her to the neuro surgeon to make sure we don't need further treatment for her head shape! :)

Next week on August 20th we'll finally be moving out! We got at place not too far from my parents house in Kingwood! If you want our new address, message me on facebook (www.facebook.com/jennifermohammed09). In the next week or so, Jonathon is going to be enlisting in the Navy (the Air Force is still an option but the Navy is more then likely going to be the choice). We're so excited to finally be getting out on our own and starting a new chapter in our lives!!

Madison will be 3 months old on August 25th!! I'll update you again soon! :)

Madison - 2 months old!

Miss Madison is 2 months and 1 week old!! We took her to her 2 month check up on Wednesday (7.28.10) and she got all her shots and everything. The Dr. also informed us that she will need to go to physical therapy to correct a problem in her neck. The neck muscle on the left side of her neck either developed wrong or just developed too short. She said that it most likely happened when I was pregnant with her. Because of this she tilts her head to the left almost constantly. She will hold it straight sometimes but will never tilt it to the right. Because of the tilt her head is not only flat on the back (which is kind of normal from babies sleeping on their backs) but it's also flat on the side. This has caused some asymmetry in her face. So to correct that we have to take her to a neuro surgeon. The Dr said that in worst case scenarios that she would have to wear a helmet to re-shape her head. The flatness is pretty minimal, Jon and I can barely tell unless we look really hard. She also said that since we caught it this early that it should be easy to fix! Madison has her first physical therapy appointment on Wednesday, so wish us luck!!

A couple days before her 2 month checkup we had to take her to the Dr for throwing/spitting up more then normal. He said she probably has acid reflux, and so he prescribed her some medicine, and it seems to help. Other then all of that she's healthy as can be. She weighs 12.1 lbs now and is 23 in. tall!! She's growing up so fast already!! She's starting to giggle some and smiling up a storm!!

As you know Jon found a job at NTB (National Tire and Battery), he's doing very well there, working full time. I also went back to work part time and get to spend most of my time home with the baby! :) Jon and I, however, have decided for Jon to join the military. The #1 choice is the Air Force and the #2 choice is the Navy. All he has to do is get back in shape and study hard for the ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery). The Air Force is a lot harder to get into then the Navy, but I'm confident that he can do it! We'll keep you updated on the progress he makes to enlisting! :)

Update!!

Madison is now 6 and 1/2 weeks old and is already a little diva. She's a very high maintenance baby, and super spoiled. But oh well, that's what we expected! She's growing so fast! Jonathon and I can't believe that 2 months old is almost here! We celebrated her very first 4th of July this year with Jon's family! We had a blast, and I'm sure she did too, sleeping the whole time! :)





Jonathon found the job at NTB! Although it took them quite a while to call back he finally got the call today to do the paperwork. So, tomorrow he'll find out when he starts. Also, he got a call yesterday from H-E-B for an interview today. It went very well so now instead of him getting one job, he found 2! He's planning on trying to work both because he feels it's important that I be a stay-at-home mom! I would love to be able to stay home with Maddi, however I am returning to work in a couple weeks at least until we know for sure that these jobs are going to work out. If I do end up leaving my job, it will probably only be a temporary thing until Madison gets older and we can put her in day care!

I am trying to set up classes at University of Phoenix as soon as I can. I'm just waiting on my financial aide to get sorted out then I will be starting online courses very soon! I plan on getting my associates degree in nursing, then I can find me a temp nursing job while I work on my bachelors degree, and then eventually one day my masters!! Jon wants to start school soon too however he's being very indecisive as to what he wants to do. (:

Madison goes in for her 2 month checkup here shortly, we'll keep you posted on how that goes! :)