Happy Easter

Easter was absolutely wonderful. We had such a great long weekend and did so many fun things.

On Friday, we took Owen to the Miami Seaquarium. He had a blast. I'm not sure if the animals or the music that they played during each show was his favorite! :)







On Saturday, Owen participated in his first Easter egg hunt. It was so much fun! He definitely had the most eggs... and he needs to be thanking this sweet little girl who refused to put eggs in her basket and instead insisted on placing them all in Owen's. It was so stinkin' cute. :) We also took Owen to meet the Easter Bunny. He LOVED the Easter Bunny... as long as he was NOT sitting on his lap!! So we basically waited an hour in line to have him giggle and be silly while watching the bunny... and then have him scream and cry when it was finally his turn to sit on the bunny's lap!! Oh well... the picture we got will give us many laughs for years to come. :)






On Sunday, Owen and Tyson got their Easter baskets. We went to an Easter brunch in Boca. The Easter Bunny was there and once again Owen showed what a TOUGH boy he is... as long as the bunny didn't try to hold him! He loved pointing and poking the Easter Bunny... but that bunny better not even think about getting TOO close. :) After brunch, we went to church. The service was amazing. That night we headed to Chuck's parents house for dinner.








It was such a wonderful, long weekend. And though it's fun to give our child an Easter basket, take him to an Easter egg hunt and visit the Easter Bunny... we'll never forget the real significance behind this very special day.

Until next time...

The Jerolomans :)

On The Go!

I'm on the go, and there is no stopping me!!




Owen started walking a few weeks ago. He is very proud of himself and so is his Mama! :)

Prayers Answered

Let me first start this post by thanking all of our family and friends who prayed for us. Friday, April 1st, was a dreaded day for our family. Owen and Tyson were both having surgery. My mom came down for the weekend to help us out - thank goodness for her! We were a nervous wreck, especially for Tyson... BUT our day went better than we could have ever expected!

The day started at 5 a.m. Chuck, Owen and I headed out to West Boca for Owen's eye surgery. We had to be there by 6 a.m. Owen didn't even know what to do with himself... if you know him, you know he is a sleeper (great for mommy and daddy!)!! So, despite him being a little cranky since we woke him up super early, overall he was great. The whole entire thing only took two hours. And during recovery, he got to try his first popsicle ever. He loved it :)

So, since we were in and out in two hours, we called my mom to tell her to meet us with Tyson, our dog. She was going to be the one to take him to the vet for his surgery because we thought we'd still be in Boca with Owen. We were so happy we'd be able to see him before he had the procedure done. We were warned that this was an invasive surgery that takes a 15 day recovery... and for the first two days he would need to be kept in a very quiet place as he would be in a great deal of pain. He also needed to stay overnight at the vet. So knowing all of this, we were very upset for him and nervous. Again, if you know us, you know that Tyson is a MAJOR part of our life and has been for 7 1/2 years.

Anyways, let me get to the amazing part of this whole day - Four hours after dropping Tyson off, I got a phone call from the vet. Initially, I was scared to death when I first heard her voice because I knew she shouldn't be calling for at least another few hours... so of course I thought something must have gone wrong. BUT, to my surprise, she told me that following some routine procedures before the actually surgery, they decided against the surgery!! They said the medicine started to actually work and they could see improvement!! So,she decided that she would instead put him on perscription food and he'll be checked every two months for I guess the rest of his life as this condition can be life threatening. However, just knowing that there has been improvement (without surgery) was such wonderful news to hear.

PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED!!!!!! :)

Here are some pictures from this day...







And so our weekend ended up being a fun one...







Blog again soon,
The Jerolomans :)

A Little Birthday Celebration!!

My BABY is ONE!!! Where in the world did the past year go?!? I knew when Owen started smiling like crazy at just 3 weeks old that we were were going to be blessed with a very happy baby. He has brought us so much joy in the past year. Owen has grown into such a joyful, kind-hearted and sweet one year old. We are so very blessed.

To celebrate our little man turning one we had a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse themed birthday party with some of our family members. It was loads of fun and Owen got presents galore! Here are some pictures of his very special day! :)













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Oh, and I didn't forget that I was going to update on the months from January - March. So here goes (briefly):

My cousin, Brittany, got married!



Chuck and I took a trip to The Keys... our first vacation away from Owen. We had a blast, and it was definitely nice to enjoy just being "us" for a few days. Don't get me wrong though, the little man was brought up in conversation at least every 30 minutes. :) Here are some pictures from our time in Key West and at Hawk's Cay.












Well, I'll blog again soon! Thanks for reading!