Dora LIVE

Jeremiah and Momma went to Pittsburgh on the 22nd of March to see the Dora LIVE show.
We had a lot of fun! Jeremiah got to see Dora and all her friends and even got to see Diego and baby Jaguar. We weren't allowed to take pictures during the performance so the few pics here are ones I snapped really fast during the shows break. Jeremiah still talks about the show and the things he saw. It was well worth the money and driving in downtown Pittsburgh. :)

The Stage

Momma and Jeremiah

Jeremiah with his new Diego and Baby Jaguar stuffed animals

Jeremiah right before the show started...not knowing what to expect.

He loved it once he saw Dora AKA his girlfriend

Shots and Rashes

Eli is now almost 11 weeks old. He had his 2 month check up the other week and weighted in at 10 lbs 2 oz. He got his shots which was hard on me. Not so much getting the actual shots, but the aftermath. Jeremiah never seemed to have a bad time with soreness after his shots. Eli did. He pretty much screamed in pain any time you move or touched him for about 24 hours after he got his shots. And I do mean screamed! Not just a "I'm mad and don't feel good" cry...but an all out 'I'm in extreme pain and it's not going away" type cry. It broke my heart cause I couldn't do much to help him. Thank God that's over...even if it's just for a few months. They also found out he has something called Tracheomalacia (sp?) which basically means his trachea is underdeveloped and that's why he chokes a lot while eating and he makes grunting or squeaking sounds when he breaths sometimes. He has a very mild version of this and will grow out of it by around 18 months. So basically all we have to do is thicken his feedings with Rice Cereal.

I've also been giving him some formula along with the breast milk I've been pumping because I'm not making as much milk as he wants to eat. It didn't take long before we could tell that Eli has a reaction to milk based formula. He had a rash all over his face that would come and go...and got worse not long after he got the formula.

Eli's formula induced rash.

After we switched to Soy formula things cleared up in no time.

Jeremiah is still being an awesome big brother and even tries to play with Eli now...even though all Eli does is sit there and smile at him. Still it's cute to see Jeremiah interact with his little brother. Tomorrow I'm taking Jeremiah to Pittsburgh to see the Dora and Diego Live show. He LOVES Dora the Explorer and Go Diego Go. So I'm sure I'll have more photos to post soon.

Stir Crazy

With the it being so cold out it's been hard to keep Jeremiah from going a bit stir cray. So for the past few weeks I've been trying to get him out to do something fun at least once a week. Last week we went to Chuck E Cheese with Nana. Today Gram went with us to the bowling alley. Jeremiah had lots of fun at both places. As much as I love to see him having fun, I can not wait till it's nice out and we can go on some "outdoor adventures".

Here is Jeremiah bowling

And at Chuck E Cheese

A pic of the three of us in one of those drawing photo booths at Chuck E Cheese

Just wanted to let you all know we had Tony Urban come and take some pictures of the family at the house. He's going to come back and take some more of us once things green up and get nice outside. He put up a slide show of some of the pictures he took. You can check them out at http://www.tonyurbanstudios.com/ then click "Read my photo blog". We should be right up at the top since he just took our photos yesterday. If for some reason the slide show doesn't come up for you just try refreshing the page and that should work. Hope you enjoy.

Time flys when your having fun

Well life at the Foster house hold is kinda laid back right now. With the weather only being in the teens, the boys and I often hang out in the basement where the nice warm wood burner is. Personally I'm getting tired of winter and can't wait for Jeremiah to be able to run and play outdoors again. Before long Eli will be crawling around outside as well. Eli has just started to really smile a lot and coo a bit within the last week or so. I can't believe he's already 8 weeks old..and that his brother will be turning 3 in just a little over 2 months! Were did that time go?
Although I enjoy every minute with my boys and look forward to watching them grow and change...it's kinda sad in a way too. They don't stay babies long enough. I know Eli is still a baby, but I can't believe how much he's changed in grown in just the 8 weeks he's been here. He's already lost the "newborn" look and is starting to fill out. Guess that means it's time to try again for a little girl. ;)

Hallelujah

Well today was Sunday and even though Eric was working I got the kids up and out the house for church this morning. It's funny how God can convict you so easily. In all honesty while I was trying to get myself and 2 little ones ready and at church on time I was thinking to myself that this was pretty much going to be a waste of my time and effort. I thought for sure that I would spend 2 hours trying to get us all ready and out the door only to end up sitting in the nursery the whole time because Jeremiah wouldn't want to stay up there with out me. Well not only did he stay up in the nursery without me, but God really used him to bless me (and convict me at the same time). He stayed in the service during Praise and Worship which he normally does cause he loves to clap and dance around to the music. We started off by singing Hallelujah, The Lord Almighty Reigns. You know the song that goes.....Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah The Lord reigns Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah The Lord almighty reigns He has shown His awesome power He has triumphed mightily He's the victor over darkness and the grave He has broken chains that bound us He has set the prisoner free By His own great mercy we are saved.

So anyway as I was holding Eli and watching Jeremiah clap, standing next to my mother-in-law...every time after we would say Hallelujah for the third time Jeremiah would yell out as loud as he could "Ha ya you ya" aka hallelujah. At first it tickled me cause I thought he was just trying to sing along with us, but even after the songs changed and we sang 3 or 4 more song (which didn't even have the word Hallelujah in them) he would still yell out "Ha ya you ya" ever minute or so until we were done signing.
The more I saw him say it...it was honestly like he was praising the Lord. He got no laughs or praise from me or my mother-in-law for saying that. So I know he wasn't saying it just because he saw or knew we thought it was funny...but I really think my precious little gift from God was praising the Lord in his own way.
And here I had been complaining in my own mind earlier about how this was just going to be a waste of time on my part....The Lord showed me that even if all I do is sit in the nursery for the whole service...still I need to go because it not just about me. My son...even at the tender age of 2 is being fed God's love by seeing and experiencing going to church. I can't express the warmth it brought to my heart to see Jeremiah clapping and praising the Lord today in church. He wasn't just mimicking others...he was truly praising the Lord I feel. As a mother...what could be better then seeing your child love and praise Jesus???