Halloween 2012

We carved pumpkins at my moms house with my family and my best friends familythe day before Halloween! I carved a minion and it was the favorite! of course! just kidding! Josh helped the boys carve their pumpkins, and Houston wanted McQueen and Braiden wanted a ninja turtle, but unfortuneately Braiden's pumpkin was rotten on one side and his ninja eyes fell apart. then i helped Houston carve TessLea's pumpkin after he stabbed it to death. For halloween we went and trick or treated in the neighborhood we will be moving into! We got to meet most of our new neighbors and the kids had a blast trick or treating! Josh decided not to dress up this year but he walked around on his springy stilts and some people wanted to get their pictures with him, it was pretty funny! Me and Tess were Minnie Mouse, I borrowed my friends outfit last minute. Braiden was a ninja and Houston Mickey Mouse! I tried and tried to convince Braiden to be Goofy or Donald Duck to match Houston TessLea and I but he refused! He wanted to be an "Inja" is what he calls it! Funny Boy! Anyway we had a fun Halloween, and hope you all had a great one too!

Jarvis kids fall pictures 2012

I took the kids to the Montgomery library today and took their pictures! We needed to get outdoors to run around and play. Also connected to the library is a historical memorial that cute little pioneer looking wagons and wooden houses so I took most of their pictures there! They turned out so cute even after I edited them! Here's just a few! Houston got ornery after a few pictures so you don't see any with him and Tess. And if you see the bruise on his head, we'll let's just say, boys! And my kids have something wrong when it comes to beds! First Tess fractures her skull on my bed then 2 weeks later Houston trips on a toy in his room face first into his metal bunk bed! Goodness me! People are going to start thinking I'm beating my children!!

Quick little update on Tess, we took her in for a follow up on Monday last week and her lump of fluid looked like it was spreading, the pediatrician looked at it and I was right it was spreading. it was 3cm and went to 6cm. We repeated the X-rays to make sure they didn't miss anything, and the came back the same as the week before. So no new damage. They said the fluid might be settling. But they did say if they don't see an improvement they will probably put her in a helmet. Hopefully not. But if the poor girl does have to wear one i will make it cute for her! haha! Anyway, we do another follow up and repeat X-rays tomorrow at 2. Hopefully good news. The fluid seems to be shrinking but I feel a hole there. So I don't know! She still her happy little smiley self. Doesn't effect her at all. But I do have to say she is more sensitive to every little bump. I don't know if she's just milking it or if her head really does her. Her whiney cry and hurt cry sound a lot alike! Dang girls! She also gets her 9-10 month check up and shots 😕 poor girl is going to be picked on tomorrow! This is why The Lord has made moms strong! So we can be strong for our children! Well there's the update! Everyone else is great and excited for Halloween and to come to az for Christmas and my cousins wedding! We'll get to az the Saturday before Christmas december 22nd, and leave Sunday jan 6th! So excited! Ok I blabbed enough! Halloween update will come soon!!

 

TessLea's boo boo

TessLea was playing in my bed one day and I turned my back for a second to grab a diaper and she fell off! I felt so horrible! She cried for about 15 minutes then was fine. I checked her head and gave her some medicine in case she got a headache. Didn't think much about it. She's been fine and acting like her normal happy self. Then almost a week later my brother Justin was holding her. He noticed there was a bump on the side of her head and it was full of fluid! It was as round as a baseball! There was no bruising at all and didn't seem to bother her. I do her hair everyday and never noticed it, which made me feel worse! I called the Doc the next morning and they got her in immediately. They checked her out and said they needed to do X-rays. So we got those done, the guy doing them was such a jerk to me. I was already a mess and his rudeness made me feel worse. Tess screamed through the whole thing, and that made me cry! We waited in the hall for results for about 20 minutes. Then they said the X-rays showed something but they needed a ct scan to make sure what it was. So again more torture but this time I got to stand next to Tess and hold her feet still as the nicer gentleman held her arms and head still. Tess was freaking out, cried so hard she started to fall asleep. I cried some more, I hate seeing my kids hurt scared or sad! Breaks my heart! She was a trooper, finally fell asleep in my arms as we waited for the results at the pediatricians office. They finally called us back and said she has a skull fracture. It is a crack about 3cm big. It wasn't depressed meaning the crack isn't going towards the brain. That was good news. They are checking her head again on Monday. We have to watch her and be careful with her poor little head. They will do the check up then repeat the X-rays and ct scan in 2 weeks to make sure she's healing good. Tess has been so good, she had a little swelling in her ears but they don't seem to be bothering her now. Her pediatrician said I shouldn't beat myself up, accidents happen, and with these kinds of fractures, the swelling doesn't show up until about a week later. That made me feel better for not noticing right away. You honestly can't see the bump unless you are looking for it because her head is so round! Houston watched a movie with her when we got back. he was so sweet and careful with her! Tess is still her happy smiling little self just with a boo boo on her head! But it is getting better, I've noticed it is shrinking! Thank goodness! We appreciate all the prayers and positive thoughts!

5th anniversary to destin Florida

Josh and I went to Destin Florida for our 5th anniversary! We had so much fun! We drove 10 hours to get there! We went over Louisiana's 23 mile long bridge! It is the 3rd longest completed bridge in the world! Then we over the Mississippi river which was pretty gross looking but the bridge was huge! We went in an under ocean water tunnel in Alabama! It was awesome! Then we arrived in florida!! We went to the beach and played in the white sand! Looked just like snow!! Then we went on a kayak onto the ocean! Then we went and rented a jet ski and had a blast riding the waves on the ocean! Then we did some shopping and went snorkeling! It was a nice get away! It was a fun adventure for the books!!