jeremiah had his 18mo checkup on friday. we had a very busy day so sorry that i didn’t post about it sooner.
he is exactly at 50% for height (32in), weight(26lbs) and head circumference.
she said developmentally he is doing perfectly, if not ahead a little bit. she said he should say in between 12 and 15 words, and he says about 40 or so, so he’s doing really great there. she watched him as he put megablocks together, and watched him play with dinosaurs (btw we looked for some dinosaurs to buy him afterwards, but couldn’t find a good selection. we thought we could find a package of them somewhere, but walmart sells them one piece at a time, and they weren’t even as big as we wanted! any suggestions?) and said he was going great.
he got a shot. jerry held his arms as the nurse held his legs. he was very upset and offended and acted as if he’d been stabbed. poor baby. i was so glad jerry was there, because jeremiah is one strong little guy!
i asked about checking him for diabetes, because he drinks sooooo much water and his diapers are very wet in short amounts of time. she said if we felt comfortable with it, use my blood monitor and get a sample. it should be between 80 and 100, and to call with the numbers on monday. well, we haven’t had the guts to do it yet! but i know it will be better than a real blood draw from the hospital, so we need to do it today. thankfully i now have the kind you can do it on the hand or arm, so it won’t hurt him as badly.
i totally forgot about the little patch of bumps he has on the back of his arm, because i’d honestly thought it went away. but i saw it yesterday. it kind of looks like poison ivy, but he’s had it over a month, and he has never acted like it itches, or that he even notices it at all. ?? should i take him back to have it looked at? i don’t think i will, but it’s strange.
we also went to my parents for a little while. as we were leaving, my mom asked if i had my bag packed yet. no, i don’t. she said i need to pack it. lol. ok, why mom?
when i got home, i opened the gifts from my ‘online baby shower’ even tho only jen and carol were on to tell about it. i got some really nice things!!! (fyi the shower was from my friends on the baby board. :D) when i get the pics taken i will post them, as well as the gift list.
well i am waiting for my pizza to arrive and i am soooo hungry. ugh. i hate it when i miss a snack…i’m really not supposed to miss snacks at all, but sometimes i lose track of the time and don’t feel hungry until it’s too late for my snack. does that make sense? if i ate something now, the carbs would count toward my lunch’s carbs…and man when you’re having pizza, you really can’t afford to use up your carbs needlessly! lol. so i just hope it gets here sooooooon.
i have a feeling i’m forgetting to post something again, but i need to go! hugs and blessings! have a happy SONday!
OH i forgot to mention - on thursday, i was up 1/2 a lb, so that brings me to 188 total. what is that since i’ve been pregnant? i think i started at 176, didn’t i? i’ll have to look. anyway, not bad, since all weightgain now is either water or josiah’s!

guess who konked out as soon as his cute little head hit his matress? you got it! how nice for me, who needs to post, check out a few reads, clean up the kitchen and get to bed. btw isn’t it amazing how a kitchen is never clean? as soon as you clean it, it’s a mess again. just like laundry. it’s never ending. sigh.
why is jeremiah so tired, you ask? well, while i was at my appt (details, what few there are, to follow) my mom watched jeremiah, and she decided to take him shopping. he was a very good boy and had fun (who wouldn’t have fun when gramma is buying you toys?!) but it wore him out to begin with. then after we ate dinner, we played with his new sand toys in his sand box and that REALLY wore him out. add to that the small fit he had to throw upon coming inside (i think he thinks it’s a requirement to throw a coming inside fit, or i will think he doesn’t like being outside anymore ;)) and you have one very sleepy boy.
as for the NST and appt, things went fine. i was kind of annoyed at the nurse who hooked me up to the nst machine, because she loaded the paper wrong, so the first 10 minutes i was on it were wasted. sigh. i was VERY uncomfortable during this NST too. they had me lie on my side, and i actually started feeling lightheaded and nauseous for some reason. josiah was doing great tho. who knows what it was. they said he looked perfect and sent me to the dr. i was seen in about 20 minutes after my NST, so i was thankful about that! no cervical check was done, but i asked when he will do them. he said if i have even more pressure (um, MORE?!!) and more cramps and contractions, he will do it next week. otherwise the week after. i guess it’s fine with me, since they are painful to me, even tho i would like to know where i stand cm-wise. i can wait tho. he reminded me that at this point, if josiah decides to come on his own, they will let it happen. (i was talking to cheryl today and she mentioned 36 weeks was when eli was born…that’s just so hard to believe!!) they ‘registered’ me to a room for the 16th at 630am. he said you have to reserve your room like a hotel or else you might not get one. lol. okaaay. then set next week’s appt up and came home. nothing big!
weight: 187.5.
ok i don’t know who all has been getting errors logging in, but errors have been showing up like crazy in the admin section, ever since we set up the gallery. so you can still view it off here, but it’s not working when it’s integrated yet. jerry has tomorrow off, but i think it’s going to be a busy day, so i don’t know when he’ll get around to it. so just use http://www.blessedmama.com/gallery for now. and DO NOT share that link. it doesn’t have a password gate up yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i have some preggo pics i need to get up and also some pics of kc and jeremiah. they probably won’t be done today tho.
i think that’s it for now.
btw i have been wanting to write a post about my sister and the boys, but i am at a loss what to say since things are so crazy over there. just know they are gaining weight, but still need MAJOR prayer. can i leave it at that for now?
God bless and thanks for all your prayers!!!!

this will be quick. i hope. i am so annoyed with the gallery. i’m sure you’ve tried to view it and have had problems. don’t ask me what is going on because i don’t know. you can view it at http://www.blessedmama.com/gallery just fine, but i want it integrated in here. SIGH. when jerry has a chance to work on it, it will all be better. i am clueless what to do and i think i am making things worse!

i’m 36 weeks today. 3 weeks until my baby’s birth! EEEK!!!! i can NOT wait to meet you josiah!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NST and appt tomorrow. he’ll probably do a cervix check. ugh. i hate those! but i’d like to know what i’m at right now.

someone parked in front of our mailbox today. so the mailman went right by. isn’t that RUDE? who parks in front of a person’s mailbox in the middle of the day???? i left a note on their car, asking them not to do it in the future. hehe. the cranky preggo woman strikes again…

jeremiah is hopefully learning that mama is the one who calls the shots around here. he has been making messes by pulling things out (of cabinets, buckets, etc) and then runs away and leaves a mess. no more. i make him sit down and put the things away. he throws a fit. i tell him that’s fine if he’s upset, but he IS going to pick them up and put them away. i follow him into the other room and lead him back to the mess, and repeat it. i had to give him a few swats too, but eventually he put things away. happened twice today, at two different areas. both times ended with lots of clapping and hoorays, and hugs of course. that boy knows he’s loved, that’s for sure. i discipline BECAUSE i love him and don’t want him to be rotten and disobedient. i know fits of anger and frustration are normal with his age (heck, with any age to be honest…i have them myself) but the issue still must be addressed that a mess was made and it needs to be cleaned. both times he started out mad as anything with me because he was done with what he wanted to do, so he wanted to get away, not put away. but i am trying to teach him something about consistency and about rules. if you get something out, you put it away. i think he’s old enough. and both times ended with him clapping and coming to get a hug from me, big smile on his face. no hard feelings mama. i know you love me. same here, little man, same here.

well i have bad heartburn and need to take something, then clean up the kitchen before i head to an early bedtime. i am in desparate need of an early bedtime, let me tell you. i have been bad lately and not going to bed on time, and i am really paying for it!!!

of pee, you say? yes. we are breaking down and letting jeremiah potty train.
the other night, he pulled off a totally dry diaper and promptly peed on the floor. i brought out the potty, and told him when he needs to go pee-pee, he needs to tell me. he repeated ‘pee-pee’ very well, but he still won’t tell me when he needs to pee. he will pee in his diaper, then go sit on the potty. lol. but it is hilarious when he’s actually trying to pee - because he REALLY is trying to pee. he will push his belly in and out, and make noises (um i think he’s heard me constipated a few too many times LOL) and just try with all his might to get some pee out. so far, nothing. but i have told him we will have a grand hooray party when he gets his first dribble in the potty!
i really didn’t want to start potty training until after josiah was born, as usually kids regress when a new child comes along. but since it’s HIS decision more than ours, i figured it should be fine. and we aren’t rushing him or pushing him with it; we’re just seeing how it goes.

you will be happy to know i’m working on the gallery! woohoo! you will soon be able to view tons of pics, all on this site! i’m hoping it will be worth the effort. and hopefully this will be the LAST gallery script we have to work with! we have been through so many, and i am so tired of uploading pictures!

i am soooo uncomfortable. it had to be 100 degrees yesterday. and the humidity - ugh! i’m glad i can just stay inside with the a/c on full blast. i wish we could go outside and play, but i’m not risking jeremiah or me having heat stroke! i am also uncomfortable with all the pressure and pain. i really can’t walk around much. my leg joints really hurt, and all over down there is just sooooo sore. but it won’t be long, people! it won’t be long!

i’m really wondering if jeremiah is hitting some sort of pre-terrible twos thing. or if he’s just not feeling well. he has always been strong-willed, but lately he’s been throwing fits and disobeying more. a lot of it i wonder if he’s just realizing that a major life change is about to happen. or maybe he senses that i am unable to handle him as well and is taking advantage of that. i don’t know, but even tho i’m not feeling well, i’ve been working on cracking down harder on discipline to make sure he doesn’t think rules don’t apply any more.

anyway i am going to work on the gallery some more! hugs and God bless!!!

i had my appointment and ultrasound today. he is definitely still a boy! this makes me feel warm and cozy inside. lol. josiah is measuring EXACTLY at 35weeks 2days. talk about a literal child. he’s 5lbs 14oz (EDITED). he is in perfect position. it was hard for her to get any good face pics because his head was down so low. lol. the only thing she said was my amniotic fluid was a TINY bit low and i needed to drink more water, especially in this heat. it was so neat to see him again, even tho he was so big he wasn’t very easy to see! he is a cuuuuute boy.
i got the strep b test taken at the appt, and my mom asked about the 10th, as we’d planned. he still didn’t have a real answer for us! he pretty much made it sound like the 16th was the day he’d chosen, so that was the day. she even asked about the fact that he said TWO WEEKS early originally, and the tenth was exactly two weeks early, but he didn’t back down. sigh. i left pretty annoyed at the whole office…they scheduled next week’s NST for 150 thursday, and the appointment for 415 thursday. does that make ANY SENSE to the mothers out there? what kind of logic goes into something like that? the schedule girl said that ideally, they will try to squeeze me in to see the dr after the NST. i said, promise? and she said she can’t guarantee anything. GRRRRR.
but honestly, unless he decides to come on his own early, the 16th is the best time for jerry, so we’ll stick with it. it’s just inconvenient for my dad and my sister in law, because of school. my sil is a teacher and my dad is a school busdriver, as i mentioned. he already got a sub tho.
jeremiah was HORRIBLE in the office. let’s just leave it at that. he was NOT himself at all. but he got compliments on his cuteness. the ultrasound girl said he looked way older than 18mo, and asked how tall he was. i have no clue since next week is his 18mo checkup. i told her his new haircut has made him look older.

God bless and have a wonderful weekend everyone!

ETA: the notification thing is NOT working. so until we find one that does work, you’ll have to check in on me. lol.

today we took jeremiah to get his first ‘real’ haircut. my dad or i have cut it like 8x so far, but we wanted him to have something different, and more even. we went to cookie cutters. they have fun-shaped chairs, and tvs with vcrs in front of the chairs. our lady put blue’s clues (one of his favorites) in, and he was happy as a clam. then the movie ran out before she’d even begun cutting (not smart to not rewind your kid movies!). then we went to the adult chair, and papa held him. she also gave him a sucker (i know, it’s not like he gets them every day or anything!) and he was happy once again. i got a few pics which i will upload to flickr soon.
anyway, it turned out cute. he looks SO different. so grown up!
we went to the park after and he played until he was sweating. i will also put those pics up.
i know there are so many things that i want to say, but my mind is so fuddled lately. very foggy. it’s like i can’t get a proper sentence out or something.
jeremiah loves my belly. which he calls baby. he gave it a hug and kiss yesterday.
he says piggies clearly for toes now. lol. it’s a hoot.
he says weeeee now, compliments of the park today!
tonight he wanted grampa. only he was calling him dada. ? jerry was right there, and he said i’m right here bud, and jeremiah looked all over the room for grampa. jerry asked if he wanted us to go see grampa, and jeremiah said PLEAAASE?? oh it about broke our hearts! it was already after 8 when this happened, so there was no way we could go see them. he just got spoiled last week with seeing them almost every day while they were on vacation.

i’m 35 weeks today. wow time is flying. can you believe how close josiah’s birth is?!? i found out that school will be back in session on the 16th. my dad is a school bus driver. i’m hoping he can get it off. of course, my mom is going to the u/s and appt on friday, and she wants to talk doc into inducing on the 10th. LOL. so we’ll see how that goes.

i worked on a new layout header today, but it was lost. :/ that is SO annoying. i will make a new one again soon. it was using a pic from today - jerry took a cool shot of me holding jeremiah on the swing, and you can see the clouds really big behind us.

i received two packages today. one was from my secret stork…like a secret santa thing, from a message board i’m on. it had lots of nice goodies in it! i will post the pic of that on flickr too later. the other package was some maternity clothes i bought from a mom on another board i go to. [i admit it now, i am message board junkie. i think i’m a regular at 5 or 6 lol.] i will post a pic of those too. PLUS (drumroll) i will include a few 35 week preggo pics, including a 35 week comparison pic. i know, you guys just can’t wait. you want me to get on with it already right?

i guess i should go work on that, eh?

God bless!

ETA: FLICKR PICS. check them all out. the ones of jeremiah in swimming trunks were from two weekends ago when we went swimming in my parents’ hotel pool.
the ones of him outside are from monday, his 18mo bday, and the first day he played in the backyard with the new fence.

oh, jerry added a function to the my account page that you can turn notifications on. it’s supposed to notify you when i post. i would like to know if it works!

i just found out that jerry will not have time off from one of his jobs. this should not be news to me, as he took his vacation time earlier in the year. at the time, we were thinking he’d have a new job by now. obviously that’s not the case!
so as it stands, he has TWO WEEKS vacation to use from fedex, but only one day to use from the nursing home.
as it works out, the 16th falls on the day before his day off, and he has the following weekend off. SO he can request tuesday the 16th as his vacation day, he has wednesday the 17th off already, and then thursday the 18th and friday the 19th off as unpaid days. then he’ll have the weekend off.
so i guess what i’m saying is, that where before i wanted josiah to come a little earlier, now i want him to come RIGHT ON the 16th, otherwise jerry’s schedule will be RUINED. so please pray that either we find out on friday that he is mature and big enough to be induced earlier, or that he will hold out til the 16th.
ugh. and i thought his being induced would be easier, not harder…

ETA: in the grand scheme of things, this is no biggie. jerry’s work would accomodate him if josiah’s arrival date changes. i am just hormonal and i could NOT believe that i forgot he didn’t have a week off from the nursing home.

but honestly, there are many worse things that could happen, and i’m thankful my husband has two jobs and he is such a hard working father and husband. he cares so much for us.

ETA: my mom and jerry will be with me in the delivery room. my dad will be taking care of jeremiah at home probably.

Everlasting Love Story

After Years of Waiting, Praying and
Dreaming…

The Characters:

Jennifer Ann Case: a college sophomore at Grace College, Winona Lake, IN. 21 years old, she had never had a boyfriend before. She guarded her heart carefully most of the time, but was the over-sensitive type. She thought she was “in love” all too often. However, she knew that when she found the “one”, she would know, and that he would be her forever love. She knew that there could be only one, because for her, a relationship wasn’t just some thing to play with. She was starting to ask God if He meant for her to be single, and she was just starting to accept that idea. She was actually reading Josh Harris’ book I Kissed Dating Goodbye, which is a good book, by the way.

Jerry Thomas Gigowski: a college sophomore at Grace College, Winona Lake, IN. 24 years old, he had been in many relationships before, most of them bad. He tended to end up with girls who were very needy and often abusive. He guarded his heart because of his past hurts. He was beginning to think that real love was only in fiction stories. He decided to focus his attention on the Lord, instead of worrying about women for once.

If you hadn’t guessed, Jenn and Jerry attended Grace
College together, although they didn’t meet right away. When Jerry and Jenn
first met at a musical production (Aside: The musical was Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado, which coincidentally was EXCELLENT, and in which Jenn and Jerry’s later best friend and BEST MAN Daniel had a small part in), Jenn thought he liked her room mate Kacy, so she didn’t think much about him. (Aside: She remembers how odd it seemed that he was standing at a musical production with a backpack slung over his shoulder.) Of course the attraction was there (Aside: How could it not be?!), but neither Jenn nor Jerry thought anything would come of it.

However, a few months later, after summer break, upon seeing eachother again, there was an instant attraction, and even more than that - it was indescribeable yet undeniable (Aside: Is the author attempting a country song here? I digress…). The two were fast friends, as if each had known the other forever. There was a closeness and feeling that neither could explain or describe.

Jenn knew she was falling in love with Jerry, and knew it was different than the other times, and Jerry knew the
same, but he was slower to admit it. Since he had been hurt before, he didn’t want to move too quickly.

They talked freely and comfortably on the phone for hours every night. They were a bit shy in person for a while, because it was all so new and different, especially for Jenn, who always had problems expressing herself in person around men she liked.

But despite her floundering and shyness, Jerry finally asked her out, to her extreme delight.

Their first official date was Homecoming at Grace College, October 17, 1997. He brought her 6 roses. (Aside: Later, he confided in her that he didn’t want to scare her with a dozen, but one wasn’t enough, so he chose half a dozen!)

She was beautiful, and he was handsome. The night was nice, but since the whole relationship was sort of up in the air, (Aside: Were they friends, or were they more? How was one to know?) there was more nervousness and insecurity than there was enjoyment.

After the ‘date’, they talked on the phone even more, getting more and more sure of the others’ feelings. There was an understood agreement that if the two would begin dating, it would be for a lifetime, because both wanted a real,

committed relationship with eachother, standing on the Lord.

On November first, Jerry made it ‘official’ by saying the most adorably romantic things to Jenn, (Aside: These things shall remain nameless, since they were so very sweet and special to the two.) and they knew they would be together
forever.

Things weren’t perfect for the two, but no relationship is. They still knew that they were in it forever, no matter what.

The Beautiful Wedding Was Exactly a Year After The First Date!

Click the picture to see our wedding story and pictures!!

First of all, I would like to remind you that being a Christian does not make ANYONE perfect. Christians are still human, we still sin, we still fall down and get back up again. The only difference is, we have Christ in our lives so we are not alone, and we strive to follow Him as best we can. BUT WE STILL FAIL. If you are coming here to look at me as an example, please don’t. I fail often, and have made many mistakes. But I love the Lord with all my heart, and try to please Him.

I have been a Christian for a long time. I grew up in a Christian family, and learned of Jesus from the time I was a baby.

The Lord has given me soooooo much in my life! I would be nothing and have nothing without His blessings.

I am what is called a “Grace Dispensationalist”. I myself am still learning that this is what you call what I’ve always believed! I will be updating this page when I have more time to go into detail. For now, I am posting various thoughts, along with the Statement of faith from Grace Online. I agree with almost everything they said, and didn’t post what I disagree with.

The following is what I believe regarding the Bible and Christianity:

1. THE BIBLE: The Bible is the word of God. “Given by inspiration of God” it is not the product of human imagination or creativity. (II Timothy 3:16) I believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God, perfect and true in every aspect.
2. GOD & JESUS: The Godhead eternally exists in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. I believe in the trinity. God is a triune being as he has made us to be also: Soul, body & spirit. (Genesis 1:26) Jesus Christ is God manifest in the flesh; the image of the invisible God. (John 1:1-18) I believe Jesus is the physical presence of the invisible God and is therefore God incarnate. (John 1:1) I believe the gospel of Christ, that is: that Jesus was born of a virgin (Mary), lived a sinless life, suffered on the cross (in place) for me, died on the cross for the sins of thw world, was buried, rose again on third day, fulfilling the prophecies concerning the Messiah, was visible for forty days (teaching the disciples), and then ascended into heaven where He sits on the right hand of God interceding for the saints (Believers).
3. SIN: All men are sinners by nature and are unable to save themselves from the debt and penalty of their sins by anything they can do. (Romans 1:18-3:20)
4. SALVATION: I believe to become a Christian, a believer, (to be saved) you must accept the gift of His death and ressurection. We are saved by His grace, through faith, not by what we do, so none of us can claim responsibility for our salvation. God, out of His great love for us, has provided complete redemption through Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection in our place. He offers to justify anyone freely by His grace through faith in Christ as one’s all-sufficient Savior. (Romans 3:21-26) Faith in Christ is the issue of trusting exclusively in His redemptive work on the cross for one’s acceptance with God and not in any of one’s own works of any kind. This act of faith is the decision of one’s own will in response to the gospel of Christ. The purpose of God in election declares that it is the plan of God to provide salvation for all men, but in accordance with men’s own free will, to save those that believe.
5. ETERNAL SECURITY: I believe that salvation is eternal (I am eternally secure in my salvation) and that nothing I do can ever revoke my salvation (John 3:16, 1 John 5:11-13, 1 Peter 3:18). Salvation is not something that can be lost or given back at anytime, no matter what! (John 6:40, John 10:28-29) Eternally secure salvation is the possession of all who trust the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior. (Romans 5:1-21)
6. JUDGMENT: Everlasting punishment is the lot of all those who know not God and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. (II Thessalonians 1:7-9)
7. THE UNIQUE APOSTLESHIP OF PAUL: The present dispensation of the grace of God was a “mystery,” not made known before, but God kept it hid in Himself until He raised up the apostle Paul. To Paul God committed the revelation of “the mystery of Christ.” Until God raised up Paul, His program and dealings with Israel were in effect. (Romans 16:25-27; Ephesians 2:11-3:12; Colossians 1:24-27)
8. THE CHURCH, THE BODY OF CHRIST: The church the body of Christ being formed in this dispensation of grace is distinct from the nation of Israel and God’s program with them. The church is not the subject of prophecy nor the fulfiller of Israel’s promises and covenants. (Romans 11:1-36)
9. THE RAPTURE: This dispensation of grace will end with the rapture of the body of Christ. I believe when Christ returns, it will be to Rapture His Church (those who are believers), and following will be the Tribulation. It will be followed by the resumption of God’s program and dealings with Israel, including the Lord’s day of wrath and the kingdom reign of Christ on this earth. (I Thessalonians 4:13-5:10; II Thessalonians 2:1-17) Being a believer entitles me to a right in the Lord’s eternal Kingdom, which is His new heaven.
10. BAPTISMS: Of all the different kinds of baptisms spoken about in the Bible, only one is of any importance to God, or has any application, in this present dispensation of His grace. That baptism is the one God Himself performs when the Spirit of God baptizes the believer “into Jesus Christ” at the moment of salvation, so identifying the believer with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection. Water baptisms in particular are “rudiments of the world” that functioned in accordance with the elementary purification, separation, and identification teachings of the Law Covenant, and as such were a natural part of God’s program and dealings with Israel. As described in I Corinthians 1, at the beginning of this dispensation of grace in connection with testifying to Israel outside of their land, the Apostle Paul used water baptisms on certain occasions as a sign to unbelieving Israel. With the exception of this limited use, water baptisms have no role or function in this present dispensation of grace.

To become a Christian yourself, please Read number 4 again. If you would like some prayer and/or advice, feel free to email me.

i can’t believe my baby is a year and a half. i just cannot. how is it possible?

some of you will remember this picture…it’s the one jerry posted, under the headline: HE’S HERE! on january 18, 2004.


i did a little editing with the new software again.

oh he is still that precious little baby to me. last night when i was rocking him, i was asking him if he was still mama’s baby boy, and he just stared at me. i sometimes wonder what he’s thinking behind those big beautiful eyes. i imagine he’s confused, with me always calling josiah ‘baby’ and calling him ‘big boy’ so much more lately. sigh. no matter what, he will always be my precious baby boy. nothing will ever change that!

i will be updating this post later, with stuff jeremiah is able to do at 18 months, and also hopefully a new updated photo of him. i need to get ready for my appt. with the diabetes dr right now.

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well i have been back for a few hours, of course, but haven’t had the chance to post until now. i think i will save the 18mo milestones and pics for tomorrow, as i’m too tired right now.

i just wanted to say the dr changed several things again, and also gave me a new glucose monitor - one that i can test with my hand, not my finger! woohoo! so hopefully that will make my fingers happy. and i gained 2 lbs in 2 weeks, so that is great, because it’s all josiah’s weight!

jeremiah is now calling his gramma ‘ama’ and his grampa ‘boba’. who knows why. also, he called jerry ‘papa’ today instead of just ‘dada’! YAY!!!!!!

God bless.