Three Jones: December 2007

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Is anyone still reading this blog? November!

Five weeks without a post. I'm so disappointed in myself. What can I say? Life with a 15 month old is busy! Let's reflect, since the last post, we had Halloween - Jacob was a monkey and a cute one! The next weekend (Nov 3-4), we went to Wilmington for the weekend to visit family since I had a Friday mediation down that way. Then, the following weekend, Nov 9-12, Jeff and I attended a Charity Ball on Friday night, drove to Charlotte on Saturday morning (3 hours), went to a Panthers game on Sunday, drove back home on Monday. My mom watched Jacob Friday to Monday for us. We had a great time. Nov 17-18, I can't even remember what we did, but Jeff's birthday was that Monday. We probably ran errands and checked out the new Super Walmart that opened down the street on Nov. 14. Then, it was a short week and Thanksgiving. Back to Wilmington. My grandma (dad's mom) and my dad's brother were here. We had Turkey with my dad and family. Then, Jacob swam with his Grandpa in Grandpa's pool! He loves swimming! Friday, we went to see Jeff's mom and did some shopping. Saturday, we went to a birthday party for Caitlin who was 2. Sunday, we went back to my dad's and drove back to Holly Springs. Throughout Thanksgiving weekend, Jacob was completely off his usual napping schedule, but he was such a good boy. On that Friday, he slept a total of 45 minutes in the car for his only nap all day. Not something you want to do all the time, but he really is a laid back, go with the flow child.

Whew! This weekend, we've been to: Kid2Kid, BJ's Wholesale, Target, Kohl's, Panera, Harris Teeter, Super Wal-mart and Food Lion. And, we managed to get the tree up and the interior decorated! Jacob was such a little trooper. He is the best child!! I hope he stays that way.

I'm in shock it is December already. Christmas is in 22 days. We are taking an entire week out of that and going to Disney. Considering "Christmas" will "start" for us on the 22nd with our trip to Wilmington, and a week in Florida, that really leaves us more like 12 days to prepare. Finish Christmas shopping (I finally did start this weekend!) Wrap gifts. Get Christmas cards in the mail. And that's not even including all the busy stuff at work going on! What were we thinking to take a vacation a week to two weeks before Christmas? I've got serious vacation anxiety!

I'll try to find the time to post lots of pictures from the adventures in November!

A little about Jacob

Jacob was born on 8/1/06 at 2:27 a.m, weighing 6 lbs., 9 oz. and 19.75 inches in length. He had a little surprise for us. He had a heart defect known as D-Transposition of the Great Arteries. Fortunately, we live close to one of the best places in the world to fix a broken heart and Jacob had his first helicopter ride at only three hours old to Duke U. Medical Center. After an echocardiogram, he was formally diagnosed with TGA, and a balloon septostomy was performed to put a hole between the atria of his heart to allow the oxygenated blood to mix with the non-oxygenated blood. After recovering for several days, he had open heart surgery - the Arterial Switch Operation on August 7, 2006 by Dr. Jaggers. Following a week's stay in the PICU and some issues with a collapsed lung, he was moved to the pediatric floor. We stayed there another 3-4 days and Jacob was released on August 16, 2006. This blog will chronicle Jacob's day to day activities, as well as his follow ups for his heart condition. I wish I would have started it months ago, but better late than never!