Ronan's appt with his specialist

First of all, I apologize for the lack of blogging lately. I have been using my spare time to spring clean. My house was really taking a beating and felt the need to do some deep cleaning. I feel SO much better having done that :)

I have been enjoying some beautiful Oregon weather lately. Ronan, myself and Hazel (our puppy) have been taking daily walks. Ronan has started actually paying attention and looking around during the walks. He especially enjoys watching Hazel chase after her ball. All the pics I took were on my phone, I will have to upload them.

Ronan also has been grabing and shaking his toys around! Bringing them up to his mouth and licking and slobering all over them :)

But back to the main reason for the post. His appointment. I really liked the specialist. Very informative. He was encouraged to see how healthy Ronan looked, and was sure that atleast his left side would correct it'self. The right side may need surgery, but we won't know that for awhile. He said that it is so rare for a circumsized infant to get a uti like he did. He would've bet his life (if Ronan had been his patient) that if he were circumsized he would have NO problem with UTI's and Ronan would have proved him wrong. Most likely it's a genetic thing, so the odds of the rest of our children having this reflux stuff is 40% likely. It's something we will be able to look for though, even in my 20 week ultrasound when I get pregnant with my next.
I think the Lord may have spared me learning through an u/s though. I am pretty sure that if they told me something looked "off" with his kidneys I would've freaked out. Now I will know that if it's funky it's due to the reflux.

In July he will have another u/s to check the kidneys. Hopefully all will look beautiful. We were also given the go ahead to decrease his dosing of the antibiotics a little, so that was encouraging. He also thought highly of me using the probiotics! So all in all it was good. Just pray that it resolves itself and he won't need the surgery.

In a week Ronan will be taking his first plane ride to Nevada! We are going to visit his grandparents. Then in a month he will be taking a second trip all the way to Texas for his uncle's wedding :) In which I will be singing- I really need to rehearse some more.

Speaking of the wedding, I still need to find a dress. I have shed some more pounds and am really starting to tone up! WOO HOO!!

EASTER IS THIS SUNDAY!!! Praise God for his son Jesus, my hero!! Thanks to him I have been forgiven and will join him in Heaven when God calls me home. I am so thankful he was willing to go through such heart ache, and physical pain for me... for us. I pray that all my dear friends, and readers out there know the love God has for you, and are able to rejoice in such an amazing gift. And if you haven't know the love of God yet, I pray you would find it in Jesus!!!! It is..... amazing.

I am also getting back into the women's Bible study at church. I finally feel ready with Ronan, I think he will be fine. Hopefully he will be a good boy and not be too noisey.

Okay, this is long. Hope everyone has a fantastic Easter!

Grandma and Grandpa visited!

It was a good weekend! My husband's parents (whom I aboslutely love to death) visited for a couple of days. They hadn't seen Ronan since he was about 2 weeks old!!! It was so much fun for them to see the changes. I tried to attach the video of their visit, but each time I try, it just says, "uploading video" for hours!!! grrr it worked on FB! oh well Ronan slept 7 hours STRAIGHT LAST NIGHT!!! I couldn't believe it! I won't expect it EVERY night, but will feel blessed when it does happen. I found this great probiotic powder that is refrigerated and is specially designed for ages 0-5 years of age!!! I wish I had seen it sooner! Now I just put half a tsp of the powder in his bottle at night, about a couple hours after his new antibiotic, which I love SO much better. They aren't bright pink, so they don't stain his clothes- and they smell SO much better. It's grape flavored and Ronan seems to tolerate it much better. I can't remember if I mentioned on here or not, but the fertility clinic that I went to is opening another branch a LOT closer to us! We are so excited! It would take us about an hour to get to the clinic before. It wasn't SO bad, and was worth it for the excellent care, but this one will be right next to the hosipital I delivered at! Only 15 minutes away! YAY!!! We've discussed when we would want to start trying for our next child, and I am thinking around December, when Ronan will be 1 year old. I figure it will probably take a couple months- hopfully not too much longer now that we found something that works with my body. Only the Lord knows. I DO know that I would love to also adopt a child. I really feel like God has been slowly preparing our hearts, and our home to love and care for children that are our flesh and blood, but also children that need to be saved from less fortunate situations. I was so proud of my hubby the other day. He came home from work and told me about a co worker who accidently got his gf pregnant- She wants to abort. Brian went on to tell him how amazing having a child is, and that there are so many people who would love to take care of her child. He wasn't so sure about the idea of adoption, so Brian told him that WE would adopt their baby in a heart beat. We know and understand the value of a life, and he wouldn't feel right unless he let her know that she had options. I don't know if anything will come of it- Only God knows- but atleast THEY know there are options, and if God so chooses, we WILL keep our word and love and care for that baby. I have been feeling so much more... alive lately. I have been getting back into the word (my Bible) and praying so much more! I was really feeling like I was in a rut for awhile. I don't feel like I am completely out yet- I just feel alot better. It's so hard- I feel like I get so caught up in taking care of Ronan, i forget about my spirtual life. God deserves more than that. God, you are so good. Please forgive my laziness. I am going to try harder to show your love. Please USE me Lord. I would hate to think that my life has been for nothing. USE ME, help me to love others. I pray that they would see, just by LOOKING at me that you are in control of my life. I pray that you will give me oportunities to tell others about your love, that they may also be saved and feel the love you have for them. Thank you Lord. Thank you for every breath you allow me. Thank you for keeping my family safe. I praise you for all the blessings you've allowed us. We are so unworthy. Please continue to give Brian strength as he works these two jobs. I pray that our loan modification would be finished at the end of this month- as the government has told us it would. I also pray that Brian gets this new job. His interview went really well, and I just hope and pray that it is your will that he finally get a management position. We will love and trust with whatever happens. I am just so proud of my husband, Lord, all of his hard work. I just pray you would bless his SOCKS OFF!!! He is so good to us. Please keep Ronan safe. I pray that the Kidney reflux would right itself, and that his body continues growing stronger and healthier everyday. As Easter approaches, I pray you would remind us of the great sacrafice you made for us... Thank you for Jesus. He is our real true HERO. I Love you Lord, Amen

Ronan 3 months

Ronan is 3 months old today! the outfit i took his pics in was given to him by his grandpa! so cute. it's funny because his grandpa is KNOWN for wearing his red plaid shirts and jeans hehe
it's all going by so fast! i have forgotten what it feels like to be 'on top' of things.... i find myself in a constant game of catch up! oh well, it's all worth it. i would rather spend my days loving and cuddling my boy, meeting his needs, than cleaning and organizing lol, though i DO enjoy a clean, organized home.... priorities.




in other news, the hubs and i celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary a couple days ago at a bed & breakfast in Astoria... a story of it's own lol- we wont even go there yet. On our way home we visited the beach, it was gorgeous, but the wind was much too chilly, and as you can see Ronan was a bit grumpy haha

My Father in Heaven,
thank you for this child you've given me. so much love i have that i never knew was there... i can now better understand your love for us. please forgive me when i get so wrapped up in the silly things of this world... you are my everything, i owe you my all! I trust my life to you God, and even more importantly, my son.s life, because he is also yours, and you love him even more than i do.... which must be a LOOOOT.
help me be your light in this world.
amen