I Can't Believe the Time is Flying by...........

As we were sitting on the couch tonight we were watching our baby who will be 1 year old a month from today! Time is flying by and she is growing up too fast. Jolie took three steps in a row yesterday, but NOT in front of me of course. Mom, Dad, and Jake got to witness the milestone. She is trying to use a spoon on her own. She LOVES music, clapping, and dancing. We have got to video that future talent. ;) Ha ha!

Jaker Man

I decided I would blog about our little man and let you know what is going on in our crazy life right now. It started the weekend before the first day of school. He ran a low grade fever and complained of his throat hurting. He held his neck kinda of funny,but we just thought his allergies were really acting up like the rest of ours. The fever only hung around one day! So, off he went to school and acted pretty much "normal". :) I would notice every once in awhile that he was still holding his neck at an odd angle, but still not too concerned. He was still practicing soccer, going to school, running, jumping,and very active. Well, this Thursday night we were reading our bedtime books and I was watching him. I asked him if his neck was still bothering him and he said, "Yes,sometimes". So, I asked him to look down, around, and then up. OH BOY, at what I saw!!!! He had a HUGE knot on his "Adam's apple". I called Jason and asked him to please come home from Bible Study.Then, I called my mom to please stay with the girls. We took him to the hospital and waited FOREVER to be told we needed to see a ENT the next morning! Oh well, I could not have slept a wink not having someone look at it that night. So, I took Jake the next morning to an ENT. We had never seen this Dr before and ours was off on Fridays. Dr. L was nice and did good with Jake. He asked ALOT of questions...one being when did we first notice this on his neck. Umm...I felt like screaming we are not neglectful parents who have waited months or longer to bring our baby into the Dr!!! But, I kindly stated the fact that last night was the first sighting of the mass. Anyway, he explained that this is a cyst that Jake has had since he was in the womb and just now got infected. Here is a link explaining thyroglossal cysts better. He will have to have surgery to remove it. :( Jake is on a very strong antibiotic to clear up the infection. It is in capsule form. Which Jake HATES taking pills!!! So, I they told me you can break them open and pour them into applesauce or something like that. I decided to pour into his favorite yogurt. He was screaming "Oh Oh, this tastes AWFUL!!! Oh Oh, this tastes nasty....." Can you see the picture? I am sure this never happens to anyone else right? Poor baby has to take this awful tasting medicine three times a day. The next time came around and I asked if he wanted applesauce this time or yogurt again. He first screamed "NO, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT MEDICINE AGAIN!!!!!" Then, I so calmly said it is either that or swallow the big pill your choice. Guess what he did on the 1st try...yep swallowed that big thing right down. I could not believe it!! Now we are in the waiting stages to see what is next. We go back to Dr. L next Friday and they will do a Cat scan or a sonogram. Then, they will schedule the surgery. Please pray that it will be a quick recovery and things will go smoothly for our little guy.

Quietness

Quietness is overrated. I think. Umm...maybe not. School started today and it is pretty quiet around my house. I still have a sweet 10 and 1/2 month old to keep me busy, but it is quiet. Jolie is contently playing with her toys and grinning from ear to ear. Maybe this is because no one is trying to play with her by putting their face in hers or taking toys away to "show" her how to play with them. No screaming, loud laughing, T.V. blaring, DS music playing....going on today at our house. Just quietness! Yes, school did start and we had two nervous kids. That is what they both told us on the way to school this morning. We took Jaelynn first to her class. She is usually very outgoing, but not so much today. She will be fine! That is what I keep saying anyway. Jake never has liked change and today was no different. He did ok though. Here are pictures of our two very cute schoolers today.

*Jaelynn 2nd Grade*

*Jake 1st Grade*Jolie enjoying the quietness. :)

Today is a special day for two reasons....

1st of all today is my beautiful, wonderful, very talented, caring, giving, etc....Mom's birthday! If you do not know my Momma I am so sorry. She is all those things and more. She makes our family what it is today.

Happy birthday Momma! We love you!!!!!

*2nd of all it is Miss Jolie's 10 month birthday. *

Here is a picture of Jolie's favorite facial expression right now.

Look at these cute little pigtails she wore today for the first time. Cute huh?

Jaelynn and Jake used to love playing with the kitchen. I cleaned it up and now look who likes playing with it too.

Here is a list of things she is keeping us busy with right now:

*she loves EATING!!!! She eats everything we eat, even asparagus. I am telling you this child is NOT picky.

*she is a cruising everywhere. My goodness she is SO fast crawling. Jason nicknamed her "Scooter".

*she pulls up and gets from thing to thing.

*she can stand up by herself in the middle of the floor, but not constantly.

*she has taken a step two different times.

*anything goes in her mouth and I mean ANYTHING!!!!

*is infatuated with outlets and light switches.

*laughs and smiles all the time (very rarely cries,but yes of course it does happen).

*she weighs 15lbs 13 1/2oz which is only 4% for her age. (They did blood work to make sure she is getting all the nutrients from me. Since, I am still nursing.)

*she is 28in which is 58% for her age. (Tall and skinny like her daddy)

*she waves to say hi and bye.

*she has a few phrases and words she is saying...."hi dere", what tat?", "all done (with the sign)", momma, dada, jaja, and something for my mom.

*she loves drinking from a straw.

*she loves her blankie.

*she is getting her two canine teeth. You can see the white really good on one and almost on the other. So, that will make 6 teeth.

Well, I think that is about it for now. We are so blessed to see this silly girl with such a great personality blossom everyday.

Yesteryear and The Rangers

Jaelynn was asked to be a maiden in a court for the Yesteryear celebration this past weekend. It was a family friend or honestly we would not have done it. The only way Jaelynn agreed to this whole get up is if she could walk across the stage with somebody she knew. So, they paired her with Cade, who is a close family friend also. We ended up having a great time. Three nights of flowers from Cade. Isn't that SWEET? Jaelynn loved them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then, on Sunday night we got 1/2 price Ranger tickets for the big kids and us. We left Jolie for the 1st time with my parents. (I did good...ahem, I mean she did good.)

Finally the Wedding Post

Let me start by saying if you want to go back and read how we started dating you can read it here. Also, I am almost a month behind. :(

July 5,1997
Our Wedding Day
I love this man, Michael Jason Carlile. We have been married 12 years now. I love him more now than I ever dreamed possible on our wedding day. We truly have become one. I know you hear people say they get butterflies when they see their mate...I truly frequently still do! Jason is such a godly father to our children, a wonderful provider, protector, caretaker, handyman, etc.... He is the one that I will love spending everyday with until we grow old and wrinkly. :) Thank you Jason for a wonderful, sometimes bumpy,but most of all blessed 12 years of being married to you! With all my love, Jennifer

4th of July in Lubbock

Jason's dad, Randy, and his step mom, Kathy, live in Lubbock. We decided since Jason's dad would not be able to come to us this summer we would take the kids to them. Also, Jason's brother, Brent, enlisted in the Army. He will be leaving in the fall sometime. So, we wanted to see him before he left for boot camp. We broke up the trip and stayed with Jason's brother Todd who lives in Ft. Worth on the way there and on the way back. The kids did so good riding in the car. We were very proud of them!!!

We finally made it to Lubbock. Now we were ready to swim.Grandy- We are so glad to see you!Jolie's 1st paradeIs that good baby?

Climb buddy climb....Jaelynn did not make it very far. :)

The kids really enjoyed sparklers this year. Since we were in Lubbock where you can see for miles and miles. We could see fireworks 20 miles away. It was very pretty coming from all directions. The kids enjoyed it more this year because it wasn't so loud. ;) This was our last night with Grandy and Grandmom. It was fun and we were glad we got go visit them at their house.

We got to travel back to Ft Worth on our anniversary.

( I will post about our anniversary later.) When we got to Ft. Worth we took them swimming with Uncle Todd and cousin Matt. They had a big time all together. When, we got back to Todd's house they took a BIG bubble bath.

Then, we woke up Monday and visited the Ft. Worth zoo. It was beautiful and very different than our home zoo.

Real bats.A Kangaroo

Three cute "monkeys"

It is always nice to go places, but I always love the feel of home!!!!