I didn't even believe it with my own eyes....

I am telling you I didn't believe my eyes when I saw it the first time either. Everyone of you told me that miracles happen when they turn one...they start to do things out of the blue..
Well I now have my proof. here it is...prepare yourself. I never thought a year ago that we would be doing this three days after his one year birthday.

then on tuesday evening Adrian and I went to get our dinner in the kitchen and when we entered the livingroom we both stopped in our tracks when we saw this. I had no idea how he did it...but he was standing there. Up until this point he was barely army crawling, but now since we traveled to mn this is what we do...enjoy the video below.
I didn't get to him with the camera til the third time he did it so he was a little tired and started out army crawling but then picked himself up to hands and knees and then oh what the heck we will just pull up on the hardest thing papa and nana have...a tiled fire place. Papa promised he wasn't going to go bang...but he proved him wrong.

in the news also, we have two white bumps on our lower jaw...we will see, they have disappeared before, but we have rosey cheeks and a wicked cough with congestion to go with these two bumps. wish us luck, he is still sleeping really well.

Jackson's 1st birthday Party

From here:

to here in ONE YEAR

It was wonderful to celebrate with our friends. I spent alot of time thinking about what began a year ago today and it brings tears to my eyes to see how far our little guy has come in a year. He has amazed us all including the doctors this last year.



a bean bag toss...(corn hole) tourney....we went with cupcakes...instead of cake...it was fun to decorate them with little ones all over them. and much easier to handle outside.

check this out. we didn't put any in our mouth but we sure smashed it on our tray and had a lot of fun making a mess. gotta say we didn't expect much more. it was cute. thank you to all who celebrated with us in spirit from far away and have sent us encouragement and support over the last year. it is so much easier to stay upbeat about it all when you know you have your friends and family there to support you and lift you up in prayer. I am sure this next week will be emotional as we remember all that we have been through over the last year.

thanks again everyone....thanks for celebrating with us.

Riley update.....

After lots of playing in the office mirrors, lots of funny songs, books and peekaboo, we survived our two days, and 6 appointments at Riley.
we were a little scared on thursday that everyone was going to be disappointed with his weight gain, but fortunately he didn't grown in height which gave him some catch up in weight and everyone was actually for the first time ok with his weight to height ratio. that was a pleasant first. We however had to do some extra blood work to check into why he wasn't growing in length the way he should be. this could be due to alot of different reasons. Blood work will tell next week. they drew 6 viles of blood so we will have lots of results, from Renal and Endocrinology. We talked with his kidney doc about the possibility of growth hormone shots (not because I want to give him a shot a day, but because it might help him). She was tentative due to the side effects being slowing of his thyroid and hip problems, both which we already have issues with. So she is going to research it and discuss it with his other doctors.

in regards to feeding and nutrition we got some answers to some questions and some new foods to try orally...including puffy cheetos, who would have ever guessed that would be on my babies new one year old diet. Will see if he likes those. I know his papa vince and his mama like cheetos. we will see if it runs in his genes. :) over all she was happy with his gain and there were no changes to his formula or diet.

then we saw Urology. they are testing his bladder fuction, watching the renal reflux, and the mechanics of his single kidney. So we had a half hour of tests and then we met with the doc. we were hoping to see a change in the bladder function, spasms and reflux, due to the untethering of his spinal cord, however the results showed little to no improvement. what does this mean you ask? well, a few months back we got put on on detrol, that was to control bladder spasms, but it caused the severe constipation and enemas he got back in January and we stopped the medicine in hopes that the surgery on his spine would help. We now have to go back on the medicine, most likely if it works for a lifetime or he could grow out of the "overactive bladder". the other options are pretty severe so we are praying that we can make the medicine work. the overactive part in conjunction with his renal reflux puts a greater risk on his kidney. not only daily with the idea that your pee in waste/toxins from the body, but especially if there is a urinary or bladder infection of any kind or of any size.

So all in all we had 1 bad news appointment out of 5. I think that is a good trip all in all. it is one more medicine to ingest and another challenge to get his stools regulated once we add this new medicine. but like all the other challenge we take this one on head on with the help of God. We are starting to journal his intakes and outtakes again to help with reporting to the doctors. WE have learned in the last year that sometimes a little more work everyday pays off in the end. We also got to see my cousin and her baby Brice while we were there...aren't they both soo cute.

thank you in advance for all of the prayers for these appointments and over then last year. Can you believe it has been a year? WOW. what a journey we have all taken. You all have been such a support and encouragement so far. I can't wait to share what God has in store for our family over the next year to come.

Happy Birthday Little Jackson, two days Early.

Happy anniversary to US.....thank you Adrian

three years ago today I was hooping it up at our reception with family and friends celebrating the biggest commitment I had made in my life. Giving up my independence and joining with my husband Adrian. This year has taught me so much about my relationship, my faith and my commitment to my hubby. This year has reassured me that I made the best choice I possibly could have. When times have been tough, he has been my shoulder to lean on; when I haven't had the words; he knew exactly what I was thinking; when I just needed someone to cry out to GOd for me he did; and When I didn't have the heart to ask the tough question, he was right there holding my hand asking for me. God new we would compliment each other when he brought us together.

I remember during the sermon at our wedding three years ago, Myron spoke of the road ahead of us and the ups and downs we would have and used a YOYO as his special gift. I don't think he truely knew how prophetic his words were going to be or maybe I didn't. But our last year has proved that his words were truly inspired. As if we needed proof, :) He reminded us to keep God in the center and to put our faith in Him and we could make it through all the ups and downs. That YOYO has gotten alot of work going up and down in our last year, but God has only strengthened us through it all. I am sure we have ALOT more ups and downs to come in the future, but I know that with my Husband by my side and God in control we can make it through anything.(You know our life has been changed when I have no pictures of the two of us from the last year saved on my computer. OOOPPPSS.)

Thank you Adrian for an amazing year and all the support and encouragment you have been to me. When I don't have enough faith, energy, sleep, *anything* you have it for me and for that I am grateful.

multiple color changes and and my decorating husband

so a few post back I was telling you that ET had not entered our home, but there were things brewing in our home. I am here to show you the results: I know I said it was going to be green, and I tried but the color I liked didn't go with the rest of the home. I am pumped about how it looks.
this is the new sliding shade we got for the patio window, I love it it is so natural made out of bamboo and let just enough light in ...also these are the thrift store chairs I found love them...not sure if I am going to still paint them or not. what do you think, I was going to go black...I am not sure, either way the table has to be painted or maybe not let me know your imput. this is the work of my fabulous husband...i wanted a family picture wall and I got it..all black frames except the shrock painting on top not sure if I will leave that or paint it yet either. then I can't not leave you with an adorable picture of my baby....here he is sport in the colors of our favorite baseball team. the ......can you guess????
have a great week.....

Jackson's one year photo shoot....

we did Jackson's one year photo shoot over again,
since we are not in a cast we thought it would be fun.
we did a fall look, and it taught me to things.
1. can't plan ahead with clothes for a preemie...he is still in 6 month
clothes and some 9 months but not these jeans they would have fallen off if he was standing

2. never turn your back on your child when they are on an elevated surface, even for a second.
never the less we got some cute shots prior to the incident.

we also had to share that we took Jackson swimming for the first time and we have a fish on our hands. HE loves the water.
Hates the floaty thing...it is just two restricting. He wants to move and shake.

Momma's weekend AWAY!!!

So last week I got a call from my friend Anne from Fort Wayne...

"hi, I was calling to see if you needed a weekend away?", anne

"why what were you thinking?", nichole

"Alex and the kids are going to be gone and I am going to be home alone...i was thinking farmer's market and horse back riding and catching up. "- anne

"I am in, let me talk to Adrian and I will call you back."- Nichole

let's just say Friday at about 5 pm I was headed to fort wayne. Arrived about 7 pm. To the most delicious dinner ever. Grilled pizza dough pita style with cheese, corn, peppers and onions in side the dough then grilled on the grill...oooooohhhhh. then stuffed with grilled portebella's and chicken, tomatoes and a sour cream sauce. Can I say YUMMMMOOOOO!!!! it was delicious. we hung out on a beautiful night, looked at her amazing day lillies, and landscaping as you guys know... i am on a landscaping kick lately. SO I am interested in seeing everyones. we watched a movie and went to bed.

on saturday we woke up at 6 am, I know, I know.,...not a good thing to not sleep in with out a baby, but there were farmer's markets to make it too..we took in two and can I say one was amazing. the Bar Street Market...I would call it a food and craft market.

I got this.................

Isn't it CUTE....it is from the lizzy anne clothing company out of Fort Wayne. you are all in luck..She has an etsy shop and she makes purses and clothes. the little girl clothes were so adorable...it was a good thing that I have a boy and she doesn't. her etsy shop is www.elleshanklin.etsy.com
she is such a sweet lady too. and amazing talent. check her out.

We also got delish bread for lunch. mmmmmm...

then we went to this day lily place. I thought there were maybe like three colors of day lilys, yellow, gold and an orangish color...cuz that is pretty much what you see everywhere. this lady had at least an acre..full of day lily gardens and I have never seen so many color combos. and she sold them for 5 dollars a peice and guaruntees them. She was amazing lady that gets her happies from cross breading day lilies...she was so funny. and I got this amazing flower.

so now I have three in the front of our house and like six in the back...I just have know Idea what colors they are...since i got them from an amazing family the TOTH's...who were brace yourself....destroying a flower garden.. I know sad...but just think what the newly created landscaping will look like here at the Schrock's . I can't wait to see what will bloom in the next two years.

Back to my weekend.... later for dinner we went to a local place and had dinner with Anne's mom and then enjoyed the evening relaxing. I gotta tell you I was so excited to sleep in I was excited to go to bed.

Sunday morning:
I gotta say my BLADDER had other ideas, other than sleeping. I had to pee sooo bad at 7 am I had to get out of bed, walk down stairs and go to the bathroom...so by then I had walked past the coffee pot and I was awake. so I was up for the day. we read the newspaper...Anne did, I looked at the ads. then decided to ride horses. they have two and a new baby horse. well its been wheened. but it is still cute, or so I thought she was. then she decided I was a horse and tried to nip my shoulder. gotta say I was shaking and freaked out. Being trampled by a horse is not the way I would like to go. So after anne saved me, I got up the nerve to brush, then hop on and I rode. it was fun....scary....and out of control, for me not the horse....all at the same time. But it was cool too. Thanks Honey...I had fun. (honey's the horse, you never know if she might be reading the blog). Then we cleaned up, at some lunch, picked zuchinni out of the garden, some onions, and then headed over to Anne's mom's to get some green beans and then I headed home about 3 pm to find this:


isn't he cute. he over the last week has started...army crawling and pushing up to his arms and feet...with his cute little butt in the air. He also pulls up on your fingers to stand. it is so much more adventure in the Schrock household. Our baby is almost one...it is crazy. I had a fun weekend, but I missed my boys and I was happy to see them both. Have a great week eveyone.