Look Who's 6 Months

      Cole is 6 month old! The Dr said at his check up that he is looking great. He said with him holding his head up so well we can start feeding him some baby food. It sure is crazy how time flies!

August Fun!

    We've been enjoying a lot of football. 

    My mom and I were able to go to the parade of homes. It was fun to see the beautiful homes and get some great decorating ideas.

   We were able to have a friend get together with some of Mark's childhood friend. Dan was in town from Virginia. It also doubled as Mark's 20 year High School Reunion. We didn't make it to Mark's so it was fun to at least be able to kind of celebrate with some friends. Here to the Class of 94'.

 It was so fun to get all our kids together and share old stories.

 We were also able to go to my Mom's side of the family reunion. The JENSEN reunion. It was so fun to see everyone. Here are just a couple of the pictures that I took.

He is still working on tummy time!

Cole got a new toy. He was WAY excited!

Neurosurgeon Appointment

    We just got home and are happy to let you know that the appointment went well.  The plan is still to watch his head.  We have an appointment to go back in a month. We are still watching for symptoms and will head right in to get check out, if we notice any. We did feel like the Drs are more on the same page as we are. We are grateful for all the prayers that have been given on our behalf. We have felt the Lord comfort over the last couple days.

Appointment on Monday

    The SB coordinator called and set up an appointment for us to meet with the Neurosurgeon this coming Monday. I'll keep you posted after the appointment.

Update on Cole

   Sorry about not updating sooner. It's been busy around here.  Friday at clinic we were feeling really good the Dr's all seem to be pleased with how well Cole is doing. Then the last 5 minutes the SB coordinator came in and said that we needed to meet with the neurosurgeon in two weeks,( I was thinking it was to measure his head to keep a close eye on it) because he would be able to set up the surgery. We were surprised to say the least and VERY frustrated. Here we just had a good visit with Dr.s telling us things are looking good and then to hear this I was very confused to what they saying to what they were planning. Mark and I both feel VERY strongly that we will not do a surgery unless it is needed, especially brain surgery. 

The talk lately is that Cole looks a lot like Gabe when he was a baby. So we got out the baby books and started comparing. What do you think?

   

   Aunt Shanna and Uncle Zac are in town this week. Cole was very excited to meet them for the first time.

Sunday we got together with Mark's side of the family. We had a great time telling the kids stories of when Mark and his siblings were younger.

  Cole has began to really enjoy his toys. He loves to sit in his swing and hit and grab the rings.

At SB Clinic on Friday the PT told us that it would be good for Cole, in helping him sit up and hold his head, if we got him a Bumbo chair. It is a work out for him, so we only put him in for 5-10 minutes at a time. But we can already see an improvement in his head control.

Today we went and got a ultrasound on Cole's bladder and kidneys. When we were at SB Clinic they noticed that we hadn't had one yet. Which they normally get to have a baseline to go off of. Everything looked good, minus a couple of light spots on his kidneys. Which the Dr said that it could be a sign of kidney stones or just fat. He thought because Cole has shown no other signs of bladder problems that is was most likely fat. But it was good to know and watch for future ultrasounds.