Jenna's Baptism!

Today, Sunday, November 1st (All Saints Day), was Jenna's baptism. It was a very special day, as she became a child of God and was baptized into the family of Christ. It was extra special to see our little girl wearing the same baptismal gown that my sisters and I all wore when we were baptized. It is quite an old gown (30 years old), but still looks beautiful!! We had about 40 friends and family back at our house for a delicious lunch after church. It was great to see and visit with everyone. The kids played really well downstairs, which sure helped on a "no nap day". Thank you to all who helped us celebrate Jenna's baptism!

It was a very busy week preparing for Halloween and Jenna's baptism. Thankfully we had a few nice days too, so we were able to get outside and play at the close neighbourhood park! All week, Colby was very excited about his costume and told everyone that he was going to be a cow and that cows say "moo"! Jenna dressed up as a caterpillar and was the cutest caterpillar in town!! We got the kids dressed up after dinner and Gerry took Colby out to a few neighbor's houses. Then I took him out to a few more houses before we headed to Auntie Colleen and Uncle Greg's house for a visit. Finally, we headed to my parents' house and met my sisters, brothers-in-law, and the kids there. It was great to see my niece and nephews in their costumes too... and we attempted to get a good picture of all 5 grandchildren at Halloween 2009. Easier said than done!! LOL! Anyway, they all looked absolutely adorable!!

This was a bit of a stressful week with Jenna fighting a virus of some sort. While she has been very "mucusy" since birth, I was beginning to become more concerned this week, as she was quite "rattly" in her chest and was breathing a bit quicker. Luckily, my doctor saw her right away and said there is definitely some congestion there. She sent us to the Stony Plain ER for an O2 saturation reading. Everything was fine there with about 99% O2 sat. The doctor wanted to do a few more tests just to make sure it was nothing more. He ordered a chest x-ray on her. Mommy cried a little bit seeing Jenna in this terrible-looking contraption to keep her still and sitting straight up for the x-rays. Thankfully it didn't take too long and she was out of it. The results indicated an abnormal chest x-ray and some "lung markings". The radiologist's report said there is some inflammation on one of Jenna's lungs. So the ER doctor recommended we start feeding her less formula at each feeding (down to 3 oz. and just more often if needed) as he things she is aspirating (some milk is going into her lungs). She had some ventilin at the hospital to try and clear her airways in hopes that it would help release and clear out some phlegm and stuff in there. Whew... 5 hours later, we were able to go home and get a prescription for a puffer (to clear airways at home too). Hopefully she'll be on the mend soon... I think she's already doing much better since Friday morning and hasn't been as "rattly" as she was a few days ago. It's always terrible to see your kids sick... although besides sounding terrible, she looked fine and was just a bit more irritable and fussy. No more hospital visits with my kids, please!!!

Tomorrow Jenna and I have our 6-week checkups! I can't believe my baby girl is 6 weeks old already. While she's growing like crazy and getting bigger, I can't believe how quickly the time is going. I suppose it goes pretty fast when I couldn't do much for the first while and was dependent on so many other people!! I'll keep you posted on how our checkups go tomorrow. Enjoy the week ahead, everyone!

Lesley
xoxo