23 Weeks / Doctor's Appointment

I had a doctor's appointment and it went so well! Thank goodness! Dr. Gordon was amazing, she answered all my questions, explained everything in "english" so i understood what was going on with my body! She checked me and took some samples, and gave me results right away! I still have an infection and it's a bacterial infection. the back pain is from TessLea, she is sitting very low and far back, so i will most likely have back labor yuck but i am happy that i know what is wrong and that my doctor is fixing it! TessLea's heartbeat sounded great! She's still measuring a week bigger but so did Houston. i am not getting my hopes up on having her early, but it would be nice to be at least a week or 2 early. More updates coming soon! Sorry it's been a while!

Happy 4th Anniversary!

Happy 4th Anniversary to Josh and I! 4 years ago i married the love of my life! and 1 year ago i was sealed for time and all eternity to him and my family! I can't wait to spen eternity with my love!

TessLea update

Had a doc appt today. Stupid doc finally called me back after a week and a half of messages. I still have an infection but they don't know what kind of infection. More medicine... Yay...not! It's not a bladder infection, uti, or yeast infection. My back is hurting because I am having Braxton hicks contractions already so I am on watch. I will most likely have back labor which totally sucks. But TessLea is moving like crazy and her heart sounded great and I'm measuring 1 week ahead of schedule! Have another doc appt with a new doc in 2 weeks!

Baby Name

I have had a few people ask me how to pronounce our sweet pea's name, so i thought i'd help you out! Some people think the L.E.A is pronouned Leah, but it isn't it's pronounced Lee. Houston's middle name is Lee after my grandpa lee and everyone else with the middle name lee that is spelled like that. So we didn't want to spell her name TessLee, and my mom is the only one that i know of that has the spelling lea, so we went with Lea because its more feminine in my opinion! So there it is!

TessLea Anne Jarvis

20 weeks! And the Baby is......

here is my 20 weeks picture! I have been starting to feel really huge!

So on wednesday i went into my morning doc appointment and it started off terrible! I had hardly any sleep the night before, and my kids refused to wake up when they were suppose to so i was late dropping them off with my mom and late to my appointment, so i had to sit and wait a while to get called back. Then as soon as i got called they took me to the room, took my vitals and the nurse went to go get the doppler. I have been struggling with bladder infections and i have been hurting for a month and the medicine they have been giving me wasn't working. So the nurse comes back in and lays me down, she puts the doppler to my stomach and she can't find the babies heart beat. I haven't felt the baby move yet for the day and i have been hurting more than usual that morning and i began to panic. i was all alone and i tried really hard not to cry. The nurse told me to stay calm and she would get a different doppler because this one might not be working. So i watched her open a brand new one and put the batteries in it and we tried again, and there was no heart beat. 2 minutes of trying to find it i started crying and i couldn't stop for my life. i tried really hard to stay calm. She said she's go get the doc immediately and he would tell me what to do next. He came in and tried to do the doppler again and he couldn't find it either. He said he was going to get his good friend Pam who is an older nurse who is better at the dopplers then anyone. and he would get an order for a blood test to see if i was miscarrying. Nurse Pam comes in and calmed me down for a minute and said if we can't find the heart beat, we are going to do blood work to see my hormone levels then they were going to send me to an emergency ultrasound to check the baby. i calmed down and i laid back on the table and the minute she touched my belly the beautiful strong heart beat bursted out of the speaker! I was so relieved! Then nurse Pam said "There it is! The little stinker was probably hiding from those other 2, but nobody hides from nurse pam!" i loved her! She made me laugh and feel better where the other 2 were just silent and explained nothing! Anyway so they cancelled the blood work and the emergency ultrasound. But he still had to check my cervix and get a sample to test because of the pain i was having, so from what he could tell, i have an infection but he doesn't know what kind. yay..... it's not a bladder infection though, so i guess that is good depending on how bad this other infection is. So he wrote me ANOTHER prescription for an antibiotic, even though they don't know what it is. So i am still in pain and meds aren't working yet. He finally lets me leave and i am going to be late for my ultrasound appointment to find out what i am having! I was really irritated and mad at this guy, but hurried on my way.

So i get to the ultrasound place, i fill out the paperwork and they finally call me back. I answered the ultrasound tech guy's questions about my family, what we were hoping to have and what my predictions were. he said ok well let's find out! So i am so excited to see the baby and find out what i am having! I have been paciently waiting for a week and a half! The guy gets the computer and everything warmed up and ready to go. he doesn't turn the screen towards me at all, so i could only see the screen so much with my one eye. He took some pictures as he was measuring the head and heart heart, the bladder, kidneys, and all those good things! Then all of a sudden he says, "oh look watch here is the face, see it will open and close it's mouth in a minute" we watched the baby suck on it's hand and squirm around. it was amazing from what i could see anyway. He moved on and showed me the heart pumping, all 4 chambers were working! So good to see that! The he says he wants to show me the face, so he found the head and got the baby to turn and i saw the little skull, he took some more pictures and said, "oh SHE doesn't have enough fat on HER face to get a good picture," i looked at him all excited like he just told me! And then he says, "Well HE or SHE, whatever this baby is!" then he went on showing me the hands, and he says, "There are HIS little hands! There is HER little foot! See SHE is kicking you like crazy! Then there is HIS other leg!" back and forth he went so i am thinking oh he is just being a tease and he'll tell me after the ultrasound is over. He finishes up some of his notes and he goes down the list but never said anything about the sex of the baby! He begins to tell me that he is going to send the recorded video to the doctor and the pictures he took with the report he fills out and my doc will review it and tell me TOMORROW what i am having IF he can determine what i am having, if NOT i CAN"T FIND OUT UNTIL I HAVE THE BABY!!!! I was like, "WHAT?! are you kidding me?! I was mad, and i snapped at him and said, you were just looking at the baby, why can't you just tell me?! and he said again that he would send everything with the report to my doc and he'll tell me within 24 hours! I was mad and argued more then finally gave up! The guy was rude and a big jerk! I came home and cried for an hour! Finally calmed down and called me doctor and asked what was going on, i have never in my life have ever heard of this! He told me that's how they do it here and i will have to wait until friday to find out because he wont be in until then! I said No i want to know now! and he said i could just go to the place where i got the ultrasound and get a copy of the report the next day in the afternoon, so I went home empty handed, no video of the ultrasound, no pictures and no results on the sex no NOTHING! So i went to the ultrasound place the next day and got my copy of the report! I am still very upset about everything, i have been treated like i am an idiot and don't know anything, so i am in the process of finding another doctor.

BUT..... with the good news i DID find out what we are having! The Report says:


we're having a ................

A GIRL!!!!!! Yes that is right! I am having a girl! Finally!!!!! I am so so excited!!!! We all are!

So me and the boys went to the store and bought her a few things already!

I picked out these shoes and some cute onsies to match!

And Braiden picked out this Toy for her!

We are so happy and excited! I was shocked i am having a girl! I thought for sure i was having a boy! I guess i am used to expecting it! Josh is so happy he can't wait! She is going to be so so spoiled! She is the first girl for my parents so she is going to be even more spoiled with them! Josh and my Dad are suckers for little girls! It's going to be so much fun!

As far as names go....... Josh and I have had this name picked out for a while and we finally get to use it! Her name is going to be named after my mom and his mom!

and the name will be......

TessLea Anne Jarvis

Lea is after my mom and Anne is after Josh's mom and of course anyone else on each side of the families with those middle names! haha Sorry for the long story, but i hope you enjoyed reading my experience! It was terrible but i am just happy to know what we are having!!!!

Let the shopping begin!!!!!

AZ Trip August 2011!!!

Ok so these pictures are completely out of order but i will explain the best i can.

Houston the night we got home from az, he was out the minute he hit his pillow!

Houston waiting for airplane to go back home

Josh bowling on our last night in az

Jd bowling for the first time in 2 years!

Nice form babe!

Josh finally got my wedding ring resized so it fits now! it feels so good to have it back on!

i didn't even recognize it! it was all sparkly and pretty

Houston holding my friend julie's little girl bailey

Friday Morning we all went to the Mesa AZ Temple! It was Josh and I's first time going through and it was amazing, there are no words to describe how beautiful!

Andrew Walker, Travis Cook, and JD Jarvis

Me and Josh

Josh and Travis trying to do a cartwheel together

Jd and Josh with all the Grandkids

Houston talking on Uncle Chad's phone at mi amigos

Houston yelling at the kids in the back yard

Houston eating cake

Jd Coming out of the pool in his suit right after he was released as a missionary

Jd jumping in the pool for the first time in 2 years!

Houston on his way to the airport to meet jd for the first time!

on our way to see jd!!!

18 Weeks

So i had a doctors appointment today. It didn't go as well as i expected it to. My ob-gyn catherine browne is no longer with the medical center i go to, because her husband was reassigned to a new area and she moved with him, so i had to see another doctor. His name was Dr. Healy, he looked younger and didn't really act like he knew what he was doing but i shook it off and went on answering his questions about my family, my health and my pregnancy so far. He lays me on my back to hear the babies heart beat and we can't find it. he searched for a good 5 minutes and decided to get another device to see if the one he was using didn't work. he leaves me in the room for about 20 minutes, and finally came back, had to clean off the gel off my belly because it was dry and no good. then he tried again, and he was just under my ribs looking for the baby and couldn't hear anything.... Um.. the baby is below my belly button, not under my ribs! is what i was thinking... finally moves down under my belly button and finds the baby's heart beat! thank goodness! It was 156 so 6 more beats than last month! Then i asked him if i could have an ultra sound to just see the baby and if he happened to see what the babies sex was that would just be a bonus! He said, "well i am not as good as cathrine was so i was just going to order an ultrasound and have a professional do it in the next couple of days." I was thinking, "what kind of OB doesn't know how to do an ultrasound?!" and made me think all the more, maybe he was new at this and just graduated from medical school i don't know but i was not really happy. Then i I said "oh well you can practice on me, i just want to see the baby," and he laughed and repeated that he was going to order an ultrasound, so i told him that i was leaving for arizona tomorrow and won't be back until the 23rd at night time, so he went and checked what day cathrine scheduled me for an ultrasound and it happened to be on the 23rd at 1:15, so i told him i needed to change it, and he said that was fine. So i was really disappointed i didn't get to see the baby today, but i will be able to in a week and a half. and Hopefully this baby will cooperate enough to find out what the sex is! I am dying to know! I do feel like it is a boy, but i am still praying for a girl. We have a girl name picked out but we seriously cannot think about any boy names still! Nothing we come up with feels right. Names josh picks out i don't like and vise versa, so we are struggling with names. if you have any ideas please feel free to help us out! :-) Thanks!

That's all for now! See all of our family in Arizona tomorrow night!!! Yay!! Love y'all!

15 weeks

So i am 15 weeks today and had my first doctor's appointment! We heard teh baby right away and the heartbeat was strong and loud! I have a blatter infection, but i got antibiotics for that! My next appointment is August 15th the day before we leave for az, and i could have a possible ultrasound and might be able to find out what we're having IF we get the ultrasound, but if not, i have another ultrasound appointment on August 24th day after we get back from az and if the baby cooperates we will for sure know what we are having by then! so excited to see what this little angel is going to be! Well that's the update!

Meixcan Boys

Colten sent some fun stuff from mexico, and the boys got cute little shirts! I made them wear them to church and everyone thought they were so adorable! I know Houston can't pass as a cute little mexican boy, but Braiden can because he looks just like his dad with his dark skin and hair! Love these boys!

13 weeks!

13 weeks!

so i am 13 weeks in this picture! I finally got insurance taken care of and my first appointment is July 22nd, on JD's Birthday! I hope his birthday brings us luck! Yesterday i felt the baby move a lot! So we are excited for that because that means the baby is alive and growing! We are very anxious to see what our little Baby Jarvis #3 is! But we won't find out for another 4-6 weeks I am hoping to have an idea before we go to az to surprise everyone! I am very big compared to braiden and houston, but this is #3! I have been feeling well, morning sickness is just a come and go but not every day, only when i smell certain foods. But besides that everything is going great! I am starting to get some energy back, so that's good! Hope everyone is having a great day!

4th of July!

I made my boys tie-dye shirts for 4th of july! it was so much fun! I have never tie-dyed before, but my friend stephanie taught me how and i had a blast! Boys love them too!

and of course i had to paint my toes in 4th of july! we didn't get to watch fire works this year because there was a fire ban because of the forest fires, but we still had a good time! i forgot my camera at home so i didn't get any pictures but we went to a friends house and swam played games and ate food! It was great fun!

15 months!

Houston is 15 months today! Enjoy some pictures!

Houston loves to be next to his mommy, he was ready for his nap, but instead of going in his bed and sleeping, he went in his room and grabbed his pillow and blanket and laid next to me in the living room, it was so adorable!
Houston sleeps with his eyes partially open, it kind of freaks me out a little!

Houston wearing his 3D glasses

Houston is getting so big! He talks a lot more now! he doesn't really say too much, that makes sense but he does talk a lot! He says ma (mom), mama (grandma) dada (dad), babah (bottle/which is actually just milk now because he's off of the bottle! yay!) No (no) poo (poop) i (eye) DD (jd for uncle jd) and WOW (wow). That's all i can't think of at this moment!

Update!

Ok i have been terrible on updating!

First...Belly pictures

I didn't realize i was wearing the same shirt when i took these pictures, but enjoy!

This one i was 7 weeks pregnant

this one i am 10 weeks
Just remember i am on my third, and i know there is a hug difference! At least the baby is growing right?
second... Baby Jarvis #3/Mommy update...
I have had absolutely no energy! This little growing baby is taking everything out of me! I feel like a terrible mother because we don't go anywhere, therefore we don't get dressed for the day, i haven't cleaned because i just am so tired, i don't clean like i should and i haven't done dishes everyday like i should! I am been so moody i feel completely unstable! i am unpredictable! I hate not being in control of my emotions! One minute i am happy go lucky, then next i am bawling my eyes out over who knows what, and the next i am biting someone's head off, and its mostly my poor husband! It's terrible, i think i have cried more than anything. This pregnancy is hard on me! You know how kids get so tired all they do is cry? That's how i feel but i could sleep for a whole day and not feel any better. I almost feel like i am depressed, i don't want to go anywhere or see anyone, i just want to crawl back in bed. But i just have to keep my head up and know heavenly father will help me through this. Besides my crazy hormones wiggin out, everything has been good! I haven't gotten to the doctor yet, still waiting to hear from insurance. Morning sickness is kicking me in my butt this time! But not as bad as i was with Houston, i actually through up with houston, i haven't thrown up at all with this one. i just have a stomach ache like i want to throw up but can't. And nothing i eat tastes good. I crave a lot of food but when i eat it, it doesn't taste good. So i guess 2 good things from that is that i lost weight but nothing too dangerous, and that i know that this baby is still growing inside me and taking all my energy! I am pretty confident that this baby isn't going any where and is growing healthy and strong!
Braiden's update...
Braiden is doing great, i took him into the doctor to get him checked out on his growth because he's such a picky eater, and it actually went better than i thought. He is still on the normal curve according to his charts he is just tiny like his mom! poor kid! Well ever since i took him in, i think having the doctor check his stomach and weigh him, scared him enough to eat more, because he's been eating way better than he was. He does have bad allergies this year, so i have been giving him his allergy medicine when he looks like he needs it. My grandma Jeannie is going to teach him preschool this august or september, he is so so excited for that! He is so smart already i am just greatful i have my grandma a retired kindergarden teacher to teach him and prepare him for school, so he can get a head start! He's been spending a lot of time with my parents and brothers now that school is out. he loves to swim as always and hopefully he will be swimming without floaties by the end of this summer! My dad is teaching him how to swim!
Houston's update...
Houston is getting too big! He is growing up so fast! He talks a lot and very loud! He is dramatic about everything, and he eats like a pig still! He is growing perfectly according to his charts! He has a cows milk allergy right now so we switched him to soy milk and he is doing much better. I took him in yesterday because he had a bad rash again and i couldn't get it to go away, so i got a diaper rash cream called happy hiney! It is freakin awesome! His rash is already gone! As if he never had one! I am so excited! Houston really does have a happy hiney now! it's 10 times better than butt paste! Anyway, we are going to try and get him back on cows milk when he turns 18 months hopefully he will be over it! Houston is getting to be more brave, when we get in the pool he wants to swim by himself, but he just sinks. he doesn't really understand that someone has to hold onto him. but he loves the water and i am so greatful for that because i love the water also! Josh and i love to go to the lake and take the kids swimming! it's a really good family activity!
Josh's update...
Josh is working hard as usual, and has a lot of patience for me! Like i said i have been taking a lot of stupid crap out on him and he just says, "ok amber" "it's ok amber" "things will be ok amber" "calm down amber" He has really changed a lot, because if it were a few years ago we'd be fighting and he'd probably go to a friends house and sleep so he wouldn't have to deal with my crazy hormones! I am so greatful for him! We still have our moments but who doesn't! We always say we are sorry and then we're ok! That's what i love about him too, he is so forgiving and just lets things go as if they didn't happen! He is such a good Dad. He works dark to dark but when he comes home, he still gives the boys his time and plays with them, and i still get time too! I don't know how he does it sometimes! I am greatful we have weekends together. He takes me out every friday or saturday sometimes both and we just have such a great time together! I am so blessed to have him! I guess this isn't much of an update, because everyone knows how wonderful he is!
anyway that is pretty much it that has happened lately! i will try and do better at updating!

Happy Father's Day!!!

Happy Father's Day to all those wonderful Father's out there!

Braiden got up in sacrament and sang his first song for father's day with the primary! He was so cute! I loved it! Father's day was a good day! We had steaks and Josh got a new tool bag with new tools, and a shirt, and his very own family size box of cheese its! He is a happy man! Love you Josh! you are the best husband/father in the world!

Spiritual Experience

So Josh and i had a very spiritual experience we wanted to share with you all and for the records.

Some day in march i had this really strong feeling that there was another baby that was suppose to be coming soon and I needed to talk to Josh about it! It really freaked me out and just thought it was just my hormones and the thought of my baby turning 1 soon! I was so not ready for ANOTHER baby!!! So i ignored it and it just kept nagging at me and nagging at me! Finally after 2 weeks, i could hardly think straight, so i waited until Josh was home and was fed and relaxed, i told him i needed to talk to him, i was very nervous because i knew he was going to think i was crazy and probably freak out. His reaction was what i thought it would be! He said, "what? it is too early! Houston just barely turned 1! that is crazy!" I said back calmly, "I know josh trust me when i say i am really not ready for a baby so soon! I don't want another baby yet! But i just can't shake this feeling, it's been bugging me for 2 weeks and i have been avoiding you because i knew how you were going to react! Will you at least pray about it and make sure you have the same answer please?" he calmed down because i started to cry a little and he began to tell me if this is what was suppose to happen then we will stop preventing pregnancy and let it happen on it's own. he said he would pray about it and let me know.

Well a few days later, josh comes home and he says, "Hey..... so you want another baby?" My response was, "No, but i feel like there is a baby that is suppose to be coming soon, why?" He began to tell me that he had one of those slow days and had time to think about things and he said i was right, he had the same feeling and that we weren't going to try, we were just going to let it happen on it's own, i agreed.

1 month later, i was feeling sick to my stomach, extremely tired and had a lot of fatigue! I just assumed i was over working myself and just needed some rest. The stomach aches started randomly, and i was getting really bad head aches, and thought i maybe had the touch of a stomach bug because its been going around. Well on mother's day i had really bad lower back pain, and felt very sick so we left my mom's i had a really weird feeling to take a pregnancy test, before i went to bed, i remembered not to argue with strong feelings like that, i had to go to the bathroom anyway and had a test on hand anyway, so i took it. I went to get a drink of water to take some tylenol and 3 minutes later went to check the test assuming it'd be negative, it wasn't! I looked at it and almost choked on my water! I sat there and cried for a few minutes to myself. asking myself how i was going to tell josh, IF i should tell josh. then put the test in my back pocket, gave josh a kiss and said "Thank you for the Mother's Day gift, i really wasn't expecting this so soon!" handed him the test and he says, "what is this?!" i told him to read it 2 lines means pregnant!" and he says, "you are lying! where did you get this?!" i laughed and told him i just took it and it is real, and he was speechless. I told him that this was as soon as it get's and asked what we were going to do? and he reminded me we didn't have a lot of money when we had Braiden and we made it, we lived with my parents living pay check to pay check and we had houston and made it just fine. He said this is obviously meant to be and everything will work out just fine, we will be taken care of.

So it is true, I am pregnant with #3! I am very scared but i am putting all of my faith into my heavenly father because he is the only one that knows the plan for us! My main concerns right now is, how am i going to fit 3 car seats in my little honda? it won't work i have tried fitting 3 car seats in there when i was babysitting a friends baby, and it just didn't work! Josh said he is going to try and get me a new car before we go to AZ for thanksgiving. Yes we are no longer going to AZ in december for christmas and new years because i am due JANUARY 13, 2012! So we are coming in November for thanksgiving! Another concern is Houston. he is my baby, he is so attached to me how will he do not being the baby anymore? and having to share me? Where we going to put another baby? I just have to remember that this is meant to be, Houston will be fine with another brother or a sister and he will be so good to the baby and me. And obviously the baby will stay in mine and josh's room for the first 4 months and hopefully we will be into a house by then, or at least a bigger appartment. We shall see, i know everything will work out and fall into place when it is time, but i have to admit, not having a plan and not knowing what's going to happen, and being in control of things makes me nervous and a little crazy at times, but i have my rock (josh) reminding me it will be ok. he just knows everything will be ok! He is my better half and this is why we are so strong, because we help eachother through everything.

Besides that i am feeling pretty good, little sick randomly and emotional, but i feel great! We weren't going to tell anyone until my first appointment, but i went to arizona and people figured it out because i've put on a lot of weight and i'm already showing! First appointment will be coming soon, still trying to figure insurance crap out! I am just over 7 weeks now and will keep you all updated! Wish us luck! we're gonna need it!

the tests