Our trip to MISSISSIPPI

FIRST STOP: Uncle Buddy's house


Jonas is standing on top of Jason shortly after we arrived..... now who is the boss of this situation?? That's what I thought!


Uncle Buddy meets Reese. We made her a pallet on top of the kitchen table. She loved all the attention!







SECOND STOP: Mamaw Dorothy's house

This is my grandmother who is 86 years old and loves to play dominoe's with her girlfriends!


The boys resting before getting on the road again!


Mamaw has just got her hair done and is lookin' real cute!


THIRD STOP: The White's house


This is Laura, one of Jason's sisters, giving Reese lots of sugar!


Jason's brother, Robert, loving on Jonas.


Grandpa Gary with the boys.



Jason's mom, Grandma Doreen, with Reese at the wedding reception. Reese threw a fit and then sacked out in her car-seat for the rest of the party.


Jason & his mom.


I love this pic of all smiles! Jonas didn't quite get the smile idea!


LAST STOP: The Robert's

Amanda with Reese. Thank you so much for taking care of my babies when I couldn't see on Saturday. You did a great job and will make great parents too :)
By the way..... Reese scratched my cornea on Friday, but didn't think much about it until I woke up in the middle of the night and could barely open my eyes to nurse Reese. When I got up Saturday morning, my eyes would not open for more than a few seconds and kept watering as if I was looking right at the sun. I went to the doc and had a cornea abrasion and got some eye drops along with a patch. It was a night-mare for a few hours, but was much better by Saturday evening. Of course this would happen and make our trip even more fun and exciting :)


Jonas peeking out the door at Amanda & Eric's.

Jonas & Sadie

My Aunt Deb came to see Reese and me and she brought her little girl-dog Sadie! I love to play with Sadie because she is just my size. Here I am trying to get in Sadie's crate, but I barely fit. And then here we are looking out the window watching the squirrels play. Thank you Aunt Deb for hanging out with me and reading me books! You did a great job with Reese too. I love for you & Su-Su to spend time with me together. You make a great team! Here I am with Su-Su too and she is reading me one of my fav books..... The Very Busy Bugs. I love you both very much! You really helped my mommy out this wkend and while she was at work. Hugs, Jonas

I get new ears!

We think we have the answer to our hearing issue with Jonas! We went to Arkansas Children's Hospital today for a hearing screen and speech eval. The first part of his hearing screen was to find out how much fluid he has on his ears. He didn't mind his left ear being tested, but cried during the right ear and apparently the machine doesn't work when a child is crying. The audiologist was able to see that both ear-drums are retracted, which is caused from chronic fluid or ear infections (to my knowledge). The right ear is worse which makes sense why Jonas didn't want it touched.
The next part we all three (jason, jonas, and me) went into a sound booth where Jonas turned his head towards different sounds in the booth. There were light up toys that made noise and the audiologist also said his name on the left and right sides. The first set of names and noises were a tad bit louder than normal and Jonas reacted to all the sounds. The next set was at normal conversation level and he didn't look to his right side when she called his name. I was sitting behind Jonas and could hear the lady's voice just fine. She was calling his name over and over through the right speaker and he didn't turn his head. Tears streamed down my face realizing that he could not hear well in the R ear.
After that, the audiologist canceled our speech eval since Jonas apparently was not hearing well, and made us an appt with the ENT clinic for an ear eval. She got us in quickly and we met with a doctor. He said Jonas's ears actually looked decent as far as fluid goes, but could see where the ear-drum was "retracted and thick".... apparently signs of chronic fluid on ears. He wanted to get an X-ray to check his adenoids, so we went there next. Doc told us that Jonas's adenoids were "100% obstructed and HUGE". The next decision was choosing a surgery date to put in tubes and take out adenoids.
SO, the big day is August 9. He will be under general sedation and the procedure lasts 20-30 minutes. Our doc has been doing this for 27 years, so we are extremely confident with his work.
By the way, Jonas did great today with our 4hr doc visits, waiting in the waiting rooms, and playing with all the toys. He seemed to really enjoy the attention and playing with everything he got his hands on.
We look forward to Jonas hearing clearly and imitating sounds and words!!!!

Spa-ghetti Head

A big thanks to Su-Su and Aunt Deb for watching the kids today so Jason & I could go to the waterpark! We love you very much! Thank you for helping out with bathing, feeding, holding, rocking, and loving us!

my momma dreams in dots!

My Salon Haircut

Sitting on the chair getting ready, eating my cheese puff. The cheese puff "was" a good distraction!



Not knowing a thing....... just eating away!



The horror has begun. What is this man doing to me with this big cape??
(I love Mark's face in this pic.)



A little better now that mommy is holding me.



Did I say that I hate this??



Come on Mom.... the cheese puff is no longer working and I am ready to go!



The finished product and not having a clue what happened besides knowing that it scared me!



One tired kiddo!

What's New

Jonas had his 18mth well check-up visit on Wed and everything was good. He got his last shot for now and will get his next set at 4yo. That seems far away, but as fast as time flies, it will be here soon. I can't remember his stats but he weighed something in the 26 lb range and is within the 34" range in height. Jonas has his hearing screen and speech eval next Tuesday, July 3 at Arkansas Children's Hospital. Jonas is basically saying one word, UH-OH, but mimics what you say except any other person would not be able to tell what he says besides us. I am anxious to get the results and have our little man talking!!!

Just look at the swirl on the back of Reese's head. She has several cow-licks and this seems to be the biggest one. Looks like a lil tornado wrapped around her head.

Reese is 3mths today!

Reese has just started putting things in her mouth this week. If her outfit can reach her mouth, she is usually sucking on it before the day is over. If she can't get her outfit in there, she puts her blanket. She is cooing more and smiling really big for us and her toys. She is still eating every 3-4 hrs and that includes night-time too. She loves to nurse but has finally got the bottle down too. She takes the original NUK nipple that is just like her paci. Here are some pics that I took this morning!

yo, yo, yo....

It's Father's Day!!
We love you very much daddy, poppa, pops, and grandpa white!

Already lovin' the Java....

Lozada Crew update

We have company in town this weekend. Jason's father and step-mom are here, aka Nana & Pops. Here is Pops holding Reese. He sure does have the magic touch in calming her down... just like her Poppa. She loves the boys already!


Jonas in my closet as I was trying to get ready Saturday night. We are headed to PF Chang's, a family fav! He got new sandals on Friday and is in a size 7. We really can't believe how fast our lil man is growing.


Here is our new floor that Jason & his dad put down this weekend. We are finally carpet free! This was our only room with carpet and we were so excited to put down these wood floors. Thanks for helping out Pops.

As far as bottles with Reese, she did take the original NUK nipple given by her Nana, sitting in her bouncy on Friday night. It was 2 oz and we are not sure if it was a fluke or not. We did attempt the bottle again tonight, and it was NOT successful. We are going to keep trying every day until she gets used to it. If I am holding her, she will not take the bottle at all. It helps if she is sitting in her bouncy with no touch.

We still have not heard from Children's about a hearing screen for Jonas. I am contacting them on Monday to find out more.

I also return to work on Tuesday and am very excited about it. I will be even more thrilled when our baby girl takes a bottle. Will keep you guys posted!

J & R

Jonas has been under the weather this wkend and early this week. We think his molars are coming in but not sure. He has had fever off and on several days with one vomiting episode and not playing. He lounged on the couch Monday for 5 hours straight. Today (Tuesday) he seems normal again, but that is how yesterday started too. I found him lying on the floor in a pile of clothes that he found in our bedroom yesterday. He's such a cutie!




Jonas loved his mobile when he was little and Reese has finally started showing interest in it as well. Jonas took a peek at her and the mobile, and I was able to capture it. This is Jonas's crib and I put the mobile back in it for him because he STILL loves watching it. He turns it on every morning when he wakes up.

update on the babes

Reese had her 2 mth visit to the doc yesterday. She is doing good but still has colic. Our doc says we have 4 more wks until the colic stage ends. Thank goodness we can see light at the end of the tunnel. She actually has started improving on this and we have been giving her Maalox.... so maybe that is helping too. Her stats: 14lbs 4oz, 23.5 in.

Jonas will be getting a hearing test and speech eval sometime soon. I am supposed to get the appt time/date today. He is not saying any words except "uh-oh" but jabbers ALL the time. He tries to mimic sound, but it comes out strange. I didn't want to wait any longer, so we are having this checked out to see what the problem is with his speech or if it is his ears.