50 Toes

My 50 toes.

Successful Evening Out

Not without the kids, too early to leave little man, but we went out to eat for Father's Day as a family of 7 with no incidents for the first time.  It really wasn't bad.  All were in a good mood, ate well and we went home.  Of course, Brian picked Ryan's (buffet is always his choice), so when they can eat immediately there are always few complaints.  Jaemin ate like a pig!  He ate almost a whole jar of applesauce, some sweet potatoes from the bar and at least half a yeast roll.  He was leaning back in his high chair towards the end.  I believe he was stuffed.  Chelsi even ate well.  That was a first.  She even tried fried shrimp.  Kaelin was in heaven with ice cream with M&Ms and sprinkles.  We got stared at the whole time was the only bad part.  You're never sure why people are staring, they just are.  One older couple, right in front of me, stared 60% of the time they were there and they arrived the same time we did.  Another couple stopped by while I had taken one of the girls to the restroom to tell Brian we were blessed.  She told him she told all young couples with children that.  It was nice to be told we were young.  :)  We're not feeling so young right now.  I think Jaemin aged us quite a bit.  :)

We came home and I took all 5 of the kids swimming until bedtime.  They thoroughly enjoyed the evening!  But, we were all dog tired come 9:30 after the showers.

Now, Brian gets to go fishing with some other dads as their Father's Day gifts.  An evening all to themselves.  I think all 3 would prefer this over anything we could buy them.

Lisa

New pictures

Dad's going to get some family pics sometime, probably birthday too??  Anyways, I was afraid the kids would all grow out of the coordinating clothes they happen to already have, so we went to the backyard for some quick pictures.  I mainly wanted to replace the collage I had on the living room wall from when Chelsi came home.  I didn't want the focal point of the wall missing a very important person.  ;)

Doing better

Still no allergy test results...at least not the full set.  The basics came back with very little, but I'm waiting for the fruits so I can talk to an allergiest about him.  Surely we'll get the full results soon.  For now, he's done better with no more major reactions.  We're still transitioning him to milk based formula.  Korea said he was allergic to milk, but we're guessing it's more lactose intolerence since it wasn't a reaction.  So, we're now at half and half soy/milk based-lactose free.  He's doing well with it so far.  We got Jaemin into the doctor Friday too.  His cold had turned into a sinus infection and he just couldn't take anymore and neither could I.  Then, Brian and I caught his cold too and we could totally see why he was grumpy.  Our throats and heads were killing us.  Jaemin got some antibiotics though, and is now doing great!  He's back to his old happy self.  He laughs a lot and looks for me when he's upset.  If he bumps his head, gets tired or grandma/grandpa has him and he's done with that he looks for me and I, of course, just scoop him right up!

He seems to be attaching really well and I love my little man.  He's such a sweetie and a little love bug.  He snuggles right up when he gets tired.  He even fell asleep in my arms at M's shower Sunday and did so well.  I just let him sleep right there.  No point in putting him down.  It's going to be hard going back to work.  It always is.  So wish I didn't have to.  I hate that we need the money and health insurance, but you gotta have both, especially with 5 kids.  He's such a little angel baby.

Lisa

Bloodwork done

We don't have the results yet and may not for a couple of days, but we've had Jaemin's blood drawn.  I know when they couldn't get blood from Chelsi I gave up and never went back, but hers was just being precautionary.  I wasn't worried when the doctor asked that we get blood drawn to check for iron, lead and CBC.  I figured, no rush.  But, when he started to show more allergies to berries we couldn't hold off.  We decided to get enough drawn to do it all at once.  That's a lot of blood.  Blood for the allergies alone is a lot.  The first arm they tried the vein just kept rolling.  Then, the second arm rolled too, but she managed to move the needle and get the vein.  They started filling vials as quickly as they could.  hey were a little shorter in each vial than they had hoped, but they were going to put his birth date on the vials and let the lab know that they really need to try to get all the results we need off the blood he already gave so we don't have to put him through this again.  We're praying they can make it work.

I don't remember what all they're testing for, but they're testing for everything they have a panel for.  All the regulars, plus extra fruits.  It's hard to keep his ear clear at this point from the last reaction, so we don't want to risk giving him any other food he can't handle.  I'm praying he's not allergic to too much or anything too difficult to eliminate from the diet.  That will be difficult with 5 kids.  Praying he's okay.  Hopefully, they call soon so we can just know.

Momma loves you little man.

Lisa

Teething...

yikes!  Jaemin was doing so well with it.  He broke his first through on Saturday.  Then, I could feel the next one trying to come through beside it by Sunday.  He was doing so well.  He wasn't really drooling and wasn't too upset.  Today it all hit.  He's been so grouchy.  Even holding him was doing no good by this afternoon, which isn't like him at all.  No bottle, no food.  He didn't want anything.  I finally gave him a little tylenol and about 1/2 hour later he was fine.  And he's been drooling like crazy this afternoon.  His chin is constantly wet!

Hopefully, tomorrow's better.

Lisa

Update on Us this Week

We've all been doing well.  And, yes, this blog will be inundated with Jaemin pics for awhile.  He's just so darn cute!  Tonight was his first night at church and he did well.  No real tantrum, just some talking.  :)  Kae had a friend down to play Friday and they were truly in girl mode with secrets and lounging and all that.  Chelsi's been adjusting better than expected to being ousted from her position as baby so suddenly.  The first few days she was pretty loud for her, but she now creeps around the house if she thinks the baby is sleeping and keeps rubbing his hair very gently saying "he's so cute". I think she likes him. Honestly, it's starting to feel like he's been here forever and we haven't missed a day.  He's only been home a week and while the first few were beyond rough he is really bonding.  He holds tight to me and is SO excited when I walk back into a room.  He likes me to wear him while I do dishes like Chelsi did.  But, he can be independent too, or he's trying to find it anyways.  He's such a sweet, loving little man.  He's even getting better about bedtime.  I go into his room, turn on Mozart and he knows.  He lays his head down on my shoulder and relaxes.  Sometimes he doesn't, but it's usually within minutes.  Tonight I even put him in bed semi-awake and he just went to sleep.  He only wakes once or twice and it's not been terrible.  We are truly blessed with such a sweet surprise.

Here's Jaemin trying to get to his hiding spot.  Yes, apparently, my rocker needs a dusting underneath.





Bye Bye



Daddy and me.



This is the only way I like to sleep....arms and legs free and on my side.



Here Kae with M.....girls.  They're wearing each other's shoes too.  Sheesh!