Our Little Hippie

Back in the day Jack was big fan of tye-dye...and when we saw this onesie at Buy Buy Baby he thought Jentry had to have it. Well we bought one and have waited about 3 months for Jentry to finally fit in it...today was the day that we debuted her tye-dye onesie...it was too cute with her bell bottom jeans, she's a real hippie...she just needs some dreads and birks! Enjoy...

Taking out the toys

For Jentry's 1st Birthday Mimi and Pop bought her a new toybox with her name on it. She spends a lot of time standing at it taking things out! Her daddy caught her in the box and took these cute pictures.
Mimi and Pop...thanks for giving us a place to put Jentry's toys...now if we could just teach her how to get them back into the toy box when she is done playing with them...we will work on that for her next birthday!

Biggest and Littlest Colts Fans

I took this super cute picture of the Biggest Colts fan in our house...holding his favorite Little Colts fan! On Blue Friday as well as Super Bowl Sunday we all decked out in our Colts gear...including Jentry! This is the end of her bling Colts outfit that Mimi gave us before Jentry was ever born! She has worn the heck out of it, but now it is time to retire her blue outfit. We already have a Colts cheerleader outfit along with a pink onesie for next season! We are ready to follow our home team all the way to the Super Bowl again :)

On the way

I promise to post pics of the princess this coming week...this past week was wayyyyy too hectic to post let alone post with pictures!

Now that Princess Jentry is on the way to recovery we hope to be back to normal at the Burns house this week! With that being said new pictures can be included in my posts this coming week...that is if I have time to post. Being out of my classroom 3 days straight will make Monday more manic than usual! Not to mention I'm not sure what we are doing in any of my classes tomorrow...nor do I have any copies or anything else ready! ARGH! Guess I better get my butt outta bed early and head to work to figure it all out! There isn't much I can do from here!

As for something new...we are working on getting Jentry to drink out of a sippy cup...however she absolutely refuses to do so. I don't know what to do...all I know is that in 17 days she is supposed to be weaned from a bottle and that doesn't look like it is going to happen...ugh...that might be my 1st failure as a parent...actually it will be my 2nd! I wanted her pacifier gone at 6 months, then 9 months, then Dr. Miller said to wait till a year...so that is quickly approaching and I'm a little nervous about taking away the green soothie pacifier Jentry loves so well...but I'm not waiting any longer...hopefully it will be a smooth transition! Pray for us :)

Too many titles

This post could have lots of titles...


Title #1: Crying over spilled milk...
Some people may say that I've done a lot of crying over spilled milk the last few days. However to those people I would say "you must never have had a child in the hospital on oxygen, receiving fluids via IV, with leads on their chest to watch their heart rate and breathing, for 60 hours." It is a sight that I've had to see 2 times in Jentry's short 11 months. It is a sight that I hope I never have to see again for as long as she lives.


Title #2: Thank you...
Jack and I would like to thank all of you who prayed for our Jentry (and us too) the past few days. We both know the power of prayer does wonders...and we believe that your prayers along with ours helped Jentry to get better.


Title #3: It feels good...
It feels so good to be at home. I can't wait to sleep in my own bed tonight. I know Jentry is much happier now that we are back at her castle...she has taken 2 naps in her crib, played a little, ate some food and now is sound asleep. I know I'm happy that I don't have to sleep in a uncomfortable recliner next to the metal crib Jentry was in. I'm happy that we don't have to spend our night listening to monitors going off or all of the sounds outside of Jentry's hospital room. It will be a nice quiet night here at home. I know Jack is happy to be sleeping in a bed that is not a uncomfortable couch and is long enough so his legs don't hang off the end. Now don't get us wrong, it was so nice to be able to stay at the hospital with Jentry, but I must say the accommodations are not the most comfortable!

Title #4: My rock
I must say that I am the luckiest woman on the face of this earth. I could not have picked a better man to marry or to be the father to our child. He was a very steady rock for both Jentry and I this past week. I know I've said this before...but he is wonderful and he keeps me in check when I fall off the wagon...that happens when your little one is in the hospital. He let me cry on his shoulder quite often this past week...it was a lot like when Jentry was in the NICU. It felt like DeJaVu...however this time we were able to stay in her room 24/7 with her. I know Jentry thinks her Dada is the best and she spent lots of time on his lap while she was in the hospital. He sat and held her for many hours the past few days. We are very lucky that he has a wonderful employer and that he was able to take the time off to be at the hospital with Jentry and I. I don't know how I would have made it through this ordeal without him. Thank you Jack for being a solid rock for Jentry and I. We both love you more than you know!

See...there are many titles this post could have had...but to sum it all up, we are very happy that Jentry is feeling well enough to be at home and we appreciate all the prayers that were said for our family this week.

A little better

That is Jentry is feeling a little better. We are still at CN and as far as we know we are waiting on Jentry to breathe on her own without the aid of oxygen (she did this for a few hours tonight but they had to put her back on the oxygen to sleep), she needs to have slower breath rates, and she needs to eat more. She was doing much better eating today. She isn't in the mood for "solid food" (that is baby food in a jar!) but she was willing to drink formula and watered down apple juice.

I wasn't a fan of juice...but when your baby needs to eat in order to get out of the hospital you will do whatever it takes...even if that means giving her some juice!

Jentry is doing better...she was standing in her crib tonight smiling...that is more like the Jentry we know and love...however this mama will tell you that she is DEFINITELY not herself...she is still wanting lots of cuddles on the lap of Jack or myself...however she does prefer to be in the lap of her daddy! She also has a cough that seems to be productive...this is good and means that she is working the gunk out of her lungs.

Right now she is sleeping peacefully and this is wonderful. It looks like tonight could be her first good night of sleep this week. We hope for that. Her little body needs the rest!

All for tonight. I will try to update after we talk to the Dr. tomorrow morning...we are hoping and praying that we get discharged tomorrow...but only time will tell.

One Worried Mama

I only have a few minutes...I just ran home to shower and I need to get back to my sweet Jentry...but I wanted to let you know that she was admitted to the Peds unit at CN hospital last night. The Dr. told us that she has pneumonia and will be there through the day today and possibly tomorrow too. Jentry is on oxygen, IV fluids, antibiotic, and hooked up to a heart/breathing monitor.

In order to come home she needs to be breathing on her own (not labored), taking in fluids (she has taken in about 5 oz today from a bottle) and her fever needs to break...it was 105.1 this morning.

Please pray for our baby girl. It is terribly hard for Jack and I to see her hooked up to all of these machines...so I guess pray for sanity for him and I too.

If I get a chance later, I will post any updates...but this is the info we have for now.