Our First Trip to the ER!

Well Saturday was an exciting day! If you can call going to the ER exciting! Jeremiah has been battling a cold and cough. I went to work on Saturday and my Mom, Dad, Aunt Cammie and my grandparents (you think Jeremiah was in heaven with all those people to care for him! haha!) watch Jeremiah for me. Mom and my grandmother (we call her Nonny) said that Jeremiah's cough was getting worse and was going into his chest, so we gave him some cough medicine, but that didn't help. By the time I to their house after work Jeremiah was wheezing really bad, so I called the nurse on call and she listened to his breathing and she told me to take him to the ER right away! So that's what we did, packed up and ran to CMC to have Jeremiah checked out! Talk about scary! They gave Jeremiah a nebulizer treatment and his wheezing improved. They said that his cough had settled into his chest, which was causing the wheezing, and that he may just have some kind of virus that's going around! Whew! At least that's all it was! So, needless to say it was around 12am when we got home and Jeremiah threw up in the car on the way home, so I was up even later cleaning up that!! I had to take Jeremiah to the Doctor yesterday because he needed a follow up with his Pediatrician and because his cough didn't sound any better, even though we've been doing the nebulizer treatments. The doctor said that Jeremiah has an ear infection! AARRGGG!!!! The infection came from all the congestion that was built up in his head! So, now he's on antibiotics and cold medicine AND the nebulizer treatments! Boy! That sure is a lot to do! But at least it's under control now! A HUGE praise is that we have medical insurance now!! So our insurance should cover all costs!! What a blessing!!! Here are some pictures of Jeremiah's first ER visit! When we left the hospital Jeremiah was waving bye-bye and blowing kisses to all the nurses and doctors! It was so cute!

Here is Jeremiah and Oma in the waiting room playing. He doesn't really look sick does he?!

I had to wear this thing on my toe so the doctors could measure my breathing! I did not like that!

Do you like my new gown and socks? Haha!

Here I am getting my treatments!

A Letter, A Phone Call and A Picture!

Hey y'all!! Today marks the one week day that Rich has been gone! It's been a tough week having to deal with that, but not so bad because of the family and friends surrounding us with love and prayers! I have received a couple of phone calls from Rich which was a surprise because I wasn't expecting to hear from him so soon!! It was the best 3 minutes.........ever!! I got my first letter from him today! (I don't have his address yet, but I'll get it out as soon as I get it!) He sounds tired, and that was a few days ago! He's got much more ahead of him! He did ask for prayer for his right foot, it seems to be hurting him in some way, so please pray that it will heal and he won't have any other problems with it! I've been busy this past weekend! Whew I'm glad it's over though! Only for it to start again with Thanksgiving! Over the weekend I went to my brother's house and hung out with my sister-in-law and my nephew! Boy, did those two boys (Jeremiah and Sammy)have a blast playing with each other! Sometimes I wondered who had more fun, Jeremiah, Sammy or my brother, Andy! HAHA!! Here are a couple of pictures from my weekend! I hope that everyone has a good Thanksgiving!

Uncle Andy and my cousin Sammy and me playing with the big bouncy ball!!

We had fun pushing each other around in the Tonka truck!

This one I just thought was funny! Do you think Jeremiah has fun playing at home?? This is what my living room looks like most of the day! Enjoy! :)

Dishes

Who likes to do dishes?
It's only with wishes
That they would disappear!
I clean them up, only for them to re-appear!
Every time I turn around,
There's the sound!
The dishes waiting to be done!
Why can't I run?
Where's my Mr. Clean?
Can't he get them done?
Oh well, they must be done
For a Mother's job is never done!

We Love You!

Today was Rich's last day here. I don't know any other details other than that he will be in a hotel tonight and get up really early tomorrow and...........be in Ft Sill, OK by tomorrow night! We maily just hung around the house today soking up the precious moments and memories, and did some last minute errands. I want to thank y'all for all your prayers! We can sure feel them! Here are a couple of pictures from our day!


The Army of 3!

Can I help Daddy?
I love you Daddy!
High Five!
I'm gonna miss you Daddy!
This is Rich with the Army Recuiter, SSG O'Berry

I ask that you continue to keep us in your prayers! I will probably not hear from Rich for a couple of weeks, so pray that the Lord's Peace will be with me and Rich. Pray that Jeremiah will cope with it all, he had such a hard time when Rich left, he was clinging so hard to him. Pray also for our house, that the right person will come at the right time! Thanks again! We love all of you and appreciate your prayers and support!

Alabama Trip

Wow! Has this week been fun for us!! We packed up on Tuesday morning and headed to the wonderful world of Oz!! (Ozark, AL) We made one last trip down there to see Rich's family before he leaves next week (can you believe it, next week!). We were there longer than we usually visit for, so it was really nice to see the family for a little bit longer. I know Rich enjoyed seeing his family, as we don't get to see them very often! Jeremiah just LOVED his cousins!! He has 4 of them down there!! The youngest, Peter, is only 1 and is bigger than Jeremiah!! They get along so well, they were talking to each other in their baby language all day!! It was so cute, it was like they could understand each other!! Jeremiah HAD to do everything the big boys were doing!! If one was on the swing, he had to be swinging in the other one, if one was riding his bike, guess who had to have Daddy push him on the bike! Yep! You guessed it, Jeremiah!! He couldn't miss anything!! Jeremiah had so much fun on Halloween. Jeremiah was Elmo!! Or as he calls him "Melmo'! Too cute! He even had Elmo slippers!! Rich's parents church threw a Fall Festival, so we went there! Jeremiah loved the big bouncy slide!! And Daddy did too!!

Me and Daddy bouncing! It was lots of fun! I don't know who had more fun, Daddy or Jeremiah!

Me and Daddy going down the big slide!! Can we do it again Daddy!?!?!

Since I was too little to throw the ball, I just walked right up to it and put the balls in!

We also went to Uncle Tim's (Rich's brother) church's Fall Festival!! Tim is the youth minister there. Boy was that a busy night! Jeremaih had so much fun! He was worn out by the time we got home!! He almost won the costume contest!! He was the runner-up! But he did win some cookies on the cookie walk with Daddy!

Me and my cousin Powers playing in the ball pit for little kids!

Jeremiah had a big FIRST down in Alabama!!! He got his first haircut!! Bye-bye curls!! I almost cried!! I teard up a couple of times! Jeremiah was so good while Aunt Hope cut his hair! Now he doesn't look like a little boy, he looks like a little man. He looks just like Rich, so we have been calling him 'Little Rich'!

Before!

Bye-bye curls! After!!

What handsome men I have!! :) :)

I know this was a long post, but there was a lot to tell!! Hope you enjoyed reading!