House On Hold

It has been a busy week. We worked some more around the house to get everything ready to put the house on the market. Unfortunately there are a few things that have been put on hold due to unexpected circumstances. I took the babies in for a doctor's appointment on Tuesday and found that Anniston had an ear infection while the other two just had some congestion. No big deal. Anniston was put on an antibiotic and, as for the other two, nothing we could do but to let it run its course. Just a lot of runny noses, including me. Jason somehow avoided it all. However, on Wednesday night, I noticed Collin was breathing very hard and fast (you could see his chest retracting). I called the doctor emergency line and they suggested I take him to the emergency room. They gave him a breathing treatment and took a chest x-ray that showed Collin just had a viral infection. No pneumonia which was great news. Due to Collin's labored breathing, they admitted him overnight. They would give him breathing treatments through the night starting out every 2 hours. They were expecting to have them spread out to every 4 hours by the next day. That didn't happen until Friday night so Collin had a 3 night stay at the hospital. It was rather strange for me to be taking care of only one baby. Collin & I (Mom) got to spend some quality time together. The doctors loved him. He was a very happy, cooperative patient. I would have to say that Collin got rather spoiled in those 3 days. He is having to get use to sharing the attention with his sisters now that he is finally home. Grandma Bum bought Collin a bear and a balloon. He loved to stare at the balloon. It was the only thing that I could get him content with so that I could get something to eat. His Gigi and Aunt Stephanie got to come and love on him a ton. He enjoyed them very much. He smiled a ton.
The pediatrician thinks a couple of the babies may be teething. Their gums were a little swollen. Collin has tried on several occasions to put his whole fist in his mouth (so sad:-(). The babies are still doing the same kinds of things they have been. They are still cooing, rolling over from tummy to back, lifting their heads up at 90 degrees. Their little personalities continue to form.
Grandma and Grandpa Bum were over this evening and we had to say goodbye to them for 16 days. They are going on a cruise. This trip is well deserved. They have been a tremendous help. We will miss them a ton.
I believe that is all for now.
Thanks again for your support and encouragement. 

Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.
JKABC

House Cleaning & House Hunting

Just wanted to update you all on what has been happening at the Bumgardner house over the past few weeks. The babies have been appointment-free. They had their 4 month checkup which I updated you on in the last blog. I still need to schedule an appointment for them to get one of the shots that wasn't in at the time of their appointment. The babies have been very healthy lately. That is always good. We have been attending church the past few weeks. We have been sitting in the balcony and last week for baby day we sat in the back with them. We haven't taken them to the nursery yet. We want to make sure that RSV season is definitely over.
It has been so fun to see the babies' personalities come out. They all have been doing a lot of cooing. They all have turned over several times. Anniston can bear weight on her legs. Sometimes when we are trying to burp her she wants to stand up to burp or so it seems. They smile a ton and are becoming very playful. It is too cute. Daddy and I got a little sad a few nights ago as we reflected on a picture book that Jason's mom put together for us while I was in the hospital. We talked about how big they were getting and how fast. I cried and let's just say that I ended up sleeping with the picture book. It is a bitter sweet thing to see your babies grow up.
Jason & I have also decided to put our house on the market. We feel it is time to make the move so I have been busy getting the house ready to show. The plan is to have it on the market by some time next week. Please pray for us as we look for the right house and for our house to sell at the right time also so that we don't have to move twice.
We have also been dreading Grandma & Grandpa Bum leaving on a well deserved vacation. They will be gone for 16 days starting on May 25th and it has been nice to have them around to help. They have been wonderful.
I also got to celebrate my first mother's day with my babies actually outside of the womb. I consider this to be my 2nd mother's day. Jason helped the babies make their fingerprints and footprints in clay. Too sweet.
I think that is about all for now. I will update with some new pictures hopefully tomorrow. You will have to check them out.
Thanks so much for all of your prayers and encouragement.

JKABC