Happy Thanksgiving

From our celebration to yours

Day 27: What's in a name?

Definitely not in the one week time limit, but just a little bit before Thanksgiving. I guess I wasn't kidding after all. But we finally discerned our little one's name.

Ian Cooper Bower

Day 10: Baby Boy Bower

Wow! 4 days of just being Mommy! Just Jadon, Dad, Mom & Baby Boy Bower. Yes, we are still waiting on God to reveal a name to us, but we feel we are making progress, so I predict by Thanksgiving we should have something. (Just Kidding - Will's deadline was 1 week!)

Jadon is learning to be the big brother and how to appropriately love his baby brother at this delicate stage! His favorite thing is to make sure that his baby brother has his pacifier at all times. Of course, only after it has been taste tested by his big brother! We are learning how to teach and foster gentleness from Jadon towards his little brother. A steep learning curve, but we are getting there. Jadon is also learning to be more consistent in telling mommy & daddy when he needs a diaper change. Of course it tends to coincide with every diaper change that baby brother gets, but only once or twice has Jadon been dry and still wanted his diaper changed! We are praying that this will translate into good potty training soon!

Jadon is using a spoon relatively well now and gaining good control of his language, he actually repeated "I love you" to me today! When we are out and about he points and names all the exciting buses, planes, trucks, dogs, motorcycles... I'm sure I am forgetting some. Of course he has great control of his muscular ability - running, jumping, climbing, hanging, even somersaults! He is one constant jet stream of motion! He has a lot of books that he enjoys looking through, but the only one he calls by name is his Bible. His Bible has lots of pictures of animals in it that he really gets excited about. There is the naming of the animals in the Garden of Eden, Noahs Ark, the horse's in pharaohs army, Daniel in the Lions Den, Jesus on a donkey, and many more. Mom even created a song about the animals on Noah's Ark to the tune of "Ol McDonald had a Farm" and every time Jadon wants to hear it he sings "EE II OO".

Dad is back to work and I am enjoying and savoring every exhausting moment with my two little ones!

Day 6: Baby Boy Bower

The first few hours of this day were spent in the Pediatric ER at Emanuel Hospital. Mom and Dad were very concerned with a new paroxysmal crying pattern that appeared to be in response to pain as we were all trying to get some sleep. Baby Boy went home in the morning and we followed up with his pediatrician later this same morning. The blessing out of the lack of sleep and another night of needle pokes, is that Baby Boy's blood work is all within normal limits and he does not have to take any more antibiotics! He continues to feed well and hopefully his stool will be less runny without the antibiotics on board! Praise God that it is Day Light Savings tonight!

And some wonder why we have not had the mental energy to settle on a name......