I can't believe it's been so long since I've blogged!! Things have defenitely gotten harder as the twins have gotten older! It's amazing that they're both sleeping now so that I can do this! I will do a blog of each kiddo and catch up....Jackson has had an eventful month!! Jack was in the hospital for 2 nights last week, very scary!! He started showing signs of being sick around Ava's bday and then on Tuesday we got a call from his teacher that he fell asleep at school! He hasn't taken a nap since he was 2 so this was very out of character for him! Also, his eyes and face were swollen which we thought was from an allergic reaction to this Buzz Lightyear shampoo he had gotten in his eyes but now know that had nothing to do with it! You can actually see that his face was swollen in the pic of him and Alexa taken the night before he was admitted into the hospital! When Jeff took him to the pedetrician he started throwing up all over the office and his lips had completely scabbed over! We now know that was from dehydration! After 2 long days in the hospital we found out he had Mono, so glad it's over. He is doing much better, his face swelling is down and the rash from the fever he got on his face is almost gone. The doc says he might be tired and cranky for the next 3-4wks!! JAck is normally a VERY sweet kid and seemed to be fine the last couple days!
With that said, Jack and Ava have been fighting a lot lately! Sometimes, it's just plain funny becasue sadly Ava knows just how to push Jacks buttons! Jackson has got to be the BEST Big Brother out there! I've never known of another kid that handles his brothers and sisters so well. He has never been jealous, even when we brought Ava home! He loves Johnny and Alexa so much and they smile everytime he comes around! The house was def not the same without Jackson. He brings laughter to the house! Someone said to me recently to "really love the kids, show them what REAL love feels like" I've thought about this everyday since and maybe that's why there was never any jealousy with any of the kids? I feel this is something we've done well, especially Jeff, we try desperetly to divide the "love" equally! It's challenging sometimes! There are days we catch ourselves; Jeff with Alexa and Jackson and me with Johnny and Ava which is because Johnny and Ava are def. the challenging ones so we have to work on that!
