Being Sweet like always!

How can you resist these blue eyes?!?

My first cooking lesson....

Sure glad no one has turned on the cook top....that would be some hot buns!

Chillin'

Off to Kemah we go!

Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day Mommy!

Nana and Maddy!

Oh that darn camera mommy!

A sleeping angel!

Ya, I know I am cool!  First swing time!

Watching American idol...they should have sent Scotty home!!!!

Future Ricebird!!!

I know I am a little behind again!!!!  But now you all have a whole bunch of pictures to look at!!!  I also posted some videos over the weekend and they are after this post!  Jack has become quite the little gabber!  Many words of wisdom from our little guy and he seems to have it all figured out......what time he should eat, when to go outside and who should be running for President...so don't miss his video below!  You just might gain some insight!!!  :)  Maddy has 2 more weeks of school left and then her summer schedule will start with lots of trips to Sugar Land for therapy.  She is taking an Aquatic Therapy class on Monday's with Mommy and then two other days of the week she will be getting OT and PT and Grandpa will be taking her to these sessions!  Hopefully she is easy on Grandpa this summer!  Let the summer chapter begin!!!  Bring on the heat!!!!

Nana and Jack at afternoon coffee hour!

Jack sharing his wisdom!!!

WOW, 2 months old already!!!

Daddy and Jack watching Maddy in swim therapy!

Sorting things out with Grandpa!

Sweet siblings!

Helping mommy and Maddy!

What is that?!? LOL!!!

Camera again mom!!!???

Testing out my Bumbo!

Love my swing! Daddy says leg warmers are for girls but I think I look pretty cute in these!

Smile bug!

Daddy and I at the bay!

Happy Boy!

We cannot believe two months has already gone by and Jack is growing like a weed!!! We had his 2 month appt today so the poor guy got his shots. He was not happy but got over it quickly and is now sleeping the chaos away!!! He is still a little trooper for his age! 9 lbs 15oz. 10th percentile but with his reflux he is growing and keeping on weight which is the main thing. He was 22 1/4 long which was the 25% for his length. Dr. said he looks great and is moving like he should! It is funny with your second child how less "careful" per say you are. Madolyn had not even left the house barely at 2 months old and Jack has been on quite a few road trips already. He comes along to Maddy's Dr. appts in Houston, he went to his first movie and saw Rio, has taken in the Rabon Family Reunion 2011, been out to the bay, Grandpa Raymond's 80th birthday party up in Caldwell and even a little shopping with mama and nana! He is just along for the ride and loves to look around wherever we go! I have lots of news on Maddy and plan on updating her caringbridge when I get some time to sit down and sort through all of our new info! She has had a busy last couple weeks seeing her Neurologist and meetings with specialists!!! She is a proud big sister as you can see in the picture above. She has taken quite a liking to her little brother. She knows exactly who baby Jack is and she loves it when he comes to watch her swim in the evenings while she is doing therapy! I think she loves the crowd in the bathroom. The more the merrier for Maddy!!! It seems like she is pretty good at getting us all in their to see what she is doing!!! Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! Love to all!

5 Weeks Old!!!

Happy 4th Birthday Maddy!!!! We love you!!!!

Our First Walk!!!

Holding Mommy's Hand!

Luck O' the Irish!

Sleepy time!

Sporting my Mohawk!

Lovin' my bath time!

Wow how time flies by!!!! Jack is 5 weeks old today! Cannot believe how fast this time off is going! I am going to miss him so much during the day when I go back to work, but I know NaNa will be thoroughly enjoying herself at home with her little Grandson. Maddy will join them for the summer when school is out and then Nana and Grandpa will be busy bee's! Jack is doing great! He is quite the little drama boy! He has a noise for EVERYTHING!!! He squeals, grunts, coos, sighs, tries to get a babble out and can also go into a full out "poor me" cry! He makes us laugh with all of his sounds! And I thought having a girl was drama, I think Jack is trumping that idea! He is still eating like a little piggy and gaining weight each day! He likes to wake mommy up at night usually at 1:30 and 5 a.m. I guess he is getting me ready to go back to work with a 5 a.m. alarm! Whew, I think I am going to need some toothpicks to keep my eyes open for the first couple months back to work! We celebrated Maddy's 4th Birthday over the weekend! Cannot believe 4 years ago my precious little girl was brought into this world. What a four years it has been. I have learned more in the past four years than I have my entire life! She is our inspiration and she keeps us very grounded! We took her to ride the train in Hermann park on Saturday. She loves to ride the train and look around at all the kids playing in the park and the trees and flowers! It was a beautiful day!

2 weeks old!!!!!!

First bath.........Did not go over to well!!!! (2nd Bath was much better!!!)

Much Happier after his bath!!!!

Our Sleepy boy!!!!

Sleeping AGAIN!!!!!

Do I have to wake up????

HELLO!!!!

2 WEEKS OLD!!!!!!

2 WEEKS OLD!!!! AFTER MY BATH I WAS CHILLIN'!

HAPPY BOY!!!

SLEEPY!!!

Okay, so Jack was 2 weeks old yesterday, mama is just getting to posting it a day late!

We had Jack's 2 week appt. yesterday and he is doing great!!! He is now weighing in at 7 lbs 1 oz. which is a couple of ounces over his birth weight and many ounces over his weight when he left the hospital as he lost about 6 ounces from birth. His umbilical cord has already fallen off which makes bath time much easier! He is eating great!!! I feel like all I do all day long is feed this boy! The pediatrician said all of his movements look normal and his muscle tone looks great! Great to hear as we are always wondering in the back of our head if everything is going to be o.k.! Bobby and Maddy have been sick so they have been quarantined to one side of the house as Jack and Mommy are on the other side. Trying to keep all the cold germs to a minimum is difficult but Maddy will be on spring break next week so she will have a break from all the germs that spread at school! We are looking forward to spending spring break watching lots and lots of NCAA Basketball and cheering on our brackets and hopefully bringing home some dinero!!! :) Always wishful thinking!!!! Makes it fun to watch the games when you have something on the line!!! Wishing everyone a wonderful spring break and enjoy the warm sunny weather!!! At least, those of us south of the Mason Dixon Line!!!

Our little man is here!!!!

Getting his sun in front of the window!!!!

Getting ready to leave the hospital!!! YEAH!!!!!

Proud Daddy!!!!



Hi Mommy!!!!

Jack Easton Loehr

2-22-11 @ 7:57 a.m.

6lbs. 15 oz

18 inches

Getting ready to walk back to surgery!!! 2-22-11

We brought our new bundle of joy home on 2-24-11. He is perfect in every way!!!! He is such a great baby and we have enjoyed getting in our new routine! Routine: Less sleep but LOTS OF LOVE!!!!! We had a little scare with his bilirubin count at his Pedi appt Monday. He left the hospital with a 9.3 bili and on Monday it was up to 16.3. His pedi wanted us to get in front of a sunny window right away and give him pedialyte. So with the Doc's orders that is what we did. We went back the next morning for another blood serum check and his levels had dropped to 14.8. He was satisfied with the reduction and said he would not admit us back into the hospital. He wants us continue the "sun tanning" and lots of fluids, which he has picked up nursing quite well if we can keep him awake! So we continue to hope the levels will reduce and he will be checked again on Tuesday of next week at his 2 week appt. He would sleep for longer than 3 hour spans at night but I have to wake him to eat to help keep fluids in him! So much for getting him on a great sleeping schedule! He is quite willing to sleep ALL the time! Maddy has adjusted quite well and has realized there is a new little "being" in the house! She looks over at him when he cries and acts like he fits right in our home! We feel very blessed to have added such a little miracle into our lives and will continue sharing our joys! Lots of Love!!!!