Birthday Boy!!!

A few pictures from Cole's birthday--be prepared for an overload! Monday, we had his friend and family party and then on his actual birthday, we wanted to spend time with just us. Although it did not turn out the way we had originally planned, I still think he loved it if you can't tell from the pictures--he was a little excited most of the day. He was spoiled rotten and LOVED being able to turn four, but for some reason, did not want to turn four until he went to bed that night. We kept asking him how old he was all day and he kept saying he was not four yet...finally, when he went to bed, he turned FOUR years old. Love that kid.

I am so glad we had a birthday party with friends and family the night before his actual birthday. We went to Backyard Adventures and had a Safari Party! It was so fun and he loved it... although Cole does not enjoy being the center of attention. He tends to stick out his tongue when he gets shy--kinda cute! (You can see it in most pictures if you look hard enough!) The only people he wanted to even come to his party were Colie, Paigie and Rylie... no one else, even grandma and grandpa. He decided to change his mind when he figured out that he would get more presents if more people came. He was spoiled rotten and loved every minute of it! Thank you to those of you who came and made his birthday so special... sometimes we worry about him being a little left behind with a new baby and Jake being sick. But I think the evening turned out great and was just what he needed to feel special!!!

So, as of right now, the tube is out of Jakes' nose. It fell out Thursay at 4:00 in the morning...he threw it up. Me and Jeff were able to get it back down him (seriously, I don't know what that hospital was thinking...NO one should have to do that to your kid--it felt like we were torturing him.) We lowered the dose the next night, by half, and he threw it up again at 4:00 in the morning. Although this time, we were not around to put it back in. Me and Jeff came to Tahoe for the weekend and dropped the boys off at grandma and grandpa's. I don't blame them for not wanting to stick that thing back in, it is too traumatizing. We were going to drive back since we are only 30 minutes away, but contacted our doctor and bless her heart she said to just leave it out since he is eating better. Our doctor is GREAT!! She has tried so hard to keep this process as simple as possible and will not do anything unless absolutley necessary. She will call on a regular basis just to make sure we are okay. It has made us feel so well cared for and grateful for the care we have recieved so far.

(Jakers does NOT want that tube back in and keeps saying, "I'll do whatever you want me to do...I'll eat and eat but do not put it back!" And he has kept his word so far. We will see what they decide on Tuesday.)