Update on Baby Jereme

Happy Thanksgiving
I wanted to post Jereme will have surgery in the morning at 7:30 to correct his defect. Today was long and without turkey, pumpkin pie, or sweet potatoes. I did have a Philly steak and cheese sub with onion rings. I shouldn't complain, I did get to hold baby Jereme and sing to him and see him stare at his mommy for the first time. It was amazing, he knew who Sarah was as soon as he saw her. I can't wait to post the great pictures I took today. Please keep baby Jereme, Ryan, and Sarah in your thoughts tomorrow

Jamee

Please pray for my family

Tomorrow, when you are sitting around your dinner table, please pray for my family. My brother Ryan and Sarah were blessed with a beautiful baby boy today. Jereme Russell Higginbotham was born at 12:59 pm. He weighed 7.2 lbs is 20 inches long. To look at him, he is perfect, but inside he has a problem. Baby Jereme was sent to Children's Hospital in STL quickly after he was born due to a defect with his colon. Sarah is still in Mattoon, unable to be released from the hospital until tomorrow. So, tonight I sit in a hotel room with my scared brother and mother, thinking about what I am thankful for.
I am thankful for my husband who is home with my kids. I am thankful for my 2 healthy children who give me joy everyday. I am thankful for my mother and grandmother who give me strength. I am thankful for my brother who is becoming a father before my eyes. I am thankful for the rest of my family and friends for their support.
Baby Jereme will most likely have surgery on Friday. The physicians believe the surgery will be a success and Jereme will make a full recovery. During this time, please think of my family and pray for them.
Jamee

Baby Higginbotham

My new nephew is on his way, Sarah J. is dialated and 50 percent thinned. I am extremely excited, can't wait to meet him and see if he looks like my bro. I also can't wait to see my brother as a dad, wierd. I know he will be a great. First babies change everything and as much as I have told them, they can't get it untill they are in that place.

Just catch'n up

I had decided not to blog anymore, just be a blog stocker. I am busy and I don't have a lot of extra time right now. But, I have found over the last 4 weeks, I really miss the blogging. I don't feel like I get to talk to friends very often, everyone's lives are hectic right now. I feel like blogging gives me a way to stay in touch with everyone. So, moral of the story, I am trying to catch up. Please forgive me, my goal is to post once a week.




Halloween, Emily was a witch (her idea) and Hayden was anything I could find in his closet. The story is, I bought him a really cute monkey costume but he had a growth spurt and grew out of the damn thing before the "big show". Being crafty and cheap, I tried to cut out the feet so it would fit, but it ended up looking ridiculous. 30 minutes before trick o' treat, I decided to scratch the monkey costume and find something in the house to dress him as. He ended up being a farmer/cowboy, lame I know. Emily made up for it.

Emily's birthday, she is getting ready to get on the bus for Pre-K.

Random picture of Emily posing, she does a "thumbs up" with almost picture now.

Hayden trying on monkey slippers. They are truly fitting, because he is a monkey. He has figured out how to climb out of his crib, how to climb on top of the counter tops and Emily's dresser. I am just waiting for him to fall and crack his collar bone, its inevitable. What am I suppose to do, put him in a bubble? Emily told me the other day we need to call him "spider" because he can climb up anything.

Hank, Emily, and Hayden getting ready to go swimming.

We took the kids to Indy for Emily's birthday. Note to anyone with an 18 month old and a 4 year old, just wait to do any over night trip. For one, the Holiday/water park in Indy was horrible, we ended up in 2 different rooms because of faulty door locks and then we kept having other guests come into our room, thinking it was theirs. Next, there was a dilemma with the sleeping situation. The cribs in the hotel were super small and Hayden didn't want to sleep with us in the same room. So, we decided next trip, we will be getting adjoining rooms or we will not go. In all, the kids had a great time at the zoo, it's as nice as everyone says. Plus, we ended up with free tickets to the children's museum because of all the room crap. I think our next trip will be a day trip.

In a nutshell, this is what has been going on over the past 6 weeks. Again, I hope everyone hasn't wrote me off and erased my site from their favorites. I really enjoy conversing with everyone.