Just laying low...

Well we have had a very quite past couple weeks and it looks like normal life takes place again this week :( sooo not looking forward to it! But on a side note - i get to start watching my 3 week old nephew tomorrow! I will post LOTS of pictures for sure! he is sooo cute! We finally got christmas all cleaned up yesterday and Jared has just been enjoying all the great treasures he got :) I hope everyone else had a great christmas!

long time no post!

well all has been well around here - just loveing the snow and trying to stay warm... Jared has been doing really well - learning new words and copying about everything we do! he has been alot of fun - here are some pictures of my little snow monkey - enjoy!

Nothing new really....

well there is really nothing new to share, which i suppose is a good thing? We saw the dr today for a re-check on the UTI so we will hear about that in a couple days... other then that jared has just been haveing fun playing around being a baby... We are going to put the tree up tomorrow - so i am sure he will have fun watching the lights blink on it!

Jareds first fishing trip!

well brandon had the day off today so we loaded up in the truck and went fishing! oh my goodness - i dont think i would have ever thought of myself as the type to say i needed something like a fishing trip lol but i just love the woods and being alone with my husband and now jared too - he was so happy and just loved it - we played in the mud and got all dirty, caught nothing - but had a BLAST!! we drove up really tall moutains just to look - couldnt have asked for more. i will add a few pictures of our day -

also tomorrow jared goes in for a renal ultrasound at 9:45 am and then the dr at 1:20 - we will problebly be staying at the hospital for a few days... i will let everyone know as soon as i hear something

Well Jared is 1 now!

here are some pictures - it was a long day - but i will tell ya what, we are feeling so blessed by the people who came and shared this awesome day with us! i got all teary eyed singing happy birthday to him - just everything about this past year made me more greatfull for today and that we were there with him. anyway enough about that here are the pics!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A VERY SPECIAL BOY!

Well today is Jareds 1st birthday - and i can truly say that raising him has been a blessing to myself -i love to watch him learn and change - and discover the WORLD - i feel proud that i can say i am his mama right now - i wouldnt have it any other way - he is so special to me and i hope that he knows that, and on another note i hope he has the BEST 1st birthday ever! he deserves it! i will post pics later... Heres to my boy!

Staying home today!

We are haveing a PJ day here at our house - Jared and I both have colds - his being much worse then mine... poor baby - his eyes are all puffy and nose is compleatly plugged... I hope it will pass compleatly before his birthday sunday! I just can not belive he is going to be 1! He is such and good boy - and I can not wait to throw him the best first birthday party ever!

Here are some pictures of breakfast time - please excuse the christmas PJs lol - we are breaking them in early

A few costume pictures :)

I will blog more tomorrow, I am getting ready to go out tonight for the first time since we got Jared! I am super nervious about being gone for the evening but he will do good I am sure... First we are going to the Ram for dinner, he will stay with my sis in law for a couple hours while we are gone then when we get back Brandon is staying home with Jared while he is SLEEPING lol and the girls and I are going to Blondies for some karokie! It will be a fun way to celebrate my birthday :) but in the mean time here are some pictures of my little monkey -

sorry for no update!

ok I am bad I know lol I didnt update! well turns out Jared had a UTI! he has been haveing a really hard time with it too - it has been 6 days and we have had NO improvment! we are going back to the dr tomorrow... hopeing a change in meds clears it up. But on another note Jared is really getting around good these days with the crawling, although backwards he gets were he needs to go lol... Anyway I will be sure to post some of our pics from Halloween/my birthday :) cant wait!

super long night!

well we had a really long night last night... Jared has been running a fever of about 104! called the night nurse and she said it was ok to stay home unless it got to 105 and that it was problebly a ear infection... so at 8 am i will be calling the dr and makeing a apt for him... we already have apt at 2:30 with PT and i do not have there number to call and cancel! opps lol... i will let you know what the Dr. says when we get home.

not much here

well it has accually been a slow week! well kinda, we got to deal with everything on the phone this week and only had to go to the dr once this week! Jared is growing really fast, he weighs 17 pounds now! we are all excited for his first birthday comeing up - jared and i made a trip to toys r us yesterday to see what he might like for his birthday, he had fun - and so did i :) i will try and get some pictures today and i will post them... have a great sunday!

Jareds first football game!

so we went to Codys football game tonight, we havent gotten to go to them which i hate, but jared has just had to many apts... so i thought i would share a few pictures & a couple from a pumpkin patch trip. Enjoy!

Bad day to be a baby!

Well Jared had to get 5 yes FIVE shots today! He is very sad to say the least... Last time he got shots he had a fever for 4 days... hopeing that doesnt happen again!

Shots!

Jared is getting his shots today :( hopefully he does ok... little guy sure goes through alot lately... anyway just wanted to let you all know... have a great day - and Carissa & Anna get better!

Home at last!

Awe man it is good to be home, i really missed brandon this trip... it is really hard to be away from him and the pups... anyway our visit up to DCH went well, there was a few disasters along the way, and a few blessings as well... we did the 3-D CT on tuesday and they put Jared to sleep for it - but everything went really smooth... so we went and check into the hotel that OHP provided for us - let me just say disaster!!! when i pulled up to the motel i just had a bad feeling. I got inside and it was sooooo gross!!! there was poo in the toilet and pee on the floor, there was burn holes on the bed... it was bad, i knew that Jared and i couldnt stay there... i tried my best cause i was feeling a little snobby about leaveing cause i should be greatfull for somthing that was free right? HA well i was talking to my dad who just always seems to know the right stuff to say, but in like 2 minutes he had a another hotel booked for me and everything! he is quite amazing if i say so myself! anyway so Jared and i headed over the river to the other hotel... it was perfect - at this point i felt very spoiled lol... we got all settled in and headed next door for some dinner and came back and went to bed... awesome end of the day. ok so day two : we got up and ate a yummy breakfast at the hotel and checked out - when I checked out they told me there would be no charges for the hotel room - that they had cancelled the charges! they did that for Jared! so that was compleatly awesome :) then came the flat tire... but i got that fixed and we headed to the hospital... a day compleatly full of dr visits ! we were going from dr to dr with no break for 8 hours!!!!!!!! but at the end of it we went and visited some of the friends we had made while in the hospital for jareds spinal surgery... Rissa isnt doing so well... she is problebly going to have to have another surgery tomorrow :( i hope not! anyway we are home and ready for bed... have a good night everyone!

Tomorrow...

Well tomorrow is going to be a long day for baby Jared. We start the day by getting a 3-D CT so they will put him to sleep for this... so after the CT is done will will be in recovery for a few hours. Then we are getting a hotel somewere around the hospital (dorenbechers) and staying up there because wednesday he has several apts through out the day... it will be a long two days but hopefully we will learn alot from it.

Today was pointless!!

Well we left the house at 7 am and got home at 7 pm... way to long of a day for a quick apt lol but Kelly came along and we ate a super yummy lunch - but I am tired! really not much to report cause all they did was check his feet really... but I did stop at Gymboree and got Jared the cutest little dress up outfit for his first birthday pictures! I cant wait! Anyway I am outta here I am beat~

What's in store for tomorrow!

Well tomorrow is going to be a very looooong day for Jared! first we start our day at Schriners to see Dr. Aonia... he is the one who did Jareds foot surgery back in June. This will be the first time he has seen Jared since the casts came off! Then following that we head next door to Doernbecher's to see a spine DR. I am not quite sure what that apt will be cause the neurosurgan took care of his spine lol... but I think that what Jared had done with his spine had more to do with his brain?? I dont know! I am so tired of not knowing... I feel like we are always told when to be were and not really why... Any way I have a feeling that tomorrow is for the extra bone in his neck... We will see. I will update you guys when I get home, Kelly is going with us tomorrow (Jareds caseworker) She is driveing and we all know how good of a passanger I make (lol ya right!) but she is nice, so it will be fun to have someone to chat with for the day (the loooong day!) Hope Jared is in a good mood!

Whew! When will it end lol

ok so last night DBC told me to take Jared to the ER because he was vomiting his meds and not pooping - so we sat at the Dallas ER for 4 hours! and it was a total waist of time, he did nothing for us! Dr. Seldon is calling in a differnt med today and if that doesnt work then we will be makeing a trip to D... other then that he has been pretty good - we have our apt with the dr that did surgery on his legs and with the spine dr on thursday so I hope that he is feeling well by then! Keep Anna in your thoughts today, she is haveing her plasma transfusion today and needs everything to go well so she isnt missing much school! Anyway I am off to enjoy Jareds nap time by cleaning my bathroom :)

Long night!

Well we have had a little set back with Jared... he is super consitpated! Yuck I know but still none the less I have tried everything in my power and nothing has worked ... I have called the Dr. but havent received a call back yet... well he is fussing so I am off - but start thinking good thoughts for him!

Here are some pictures of some friends we made - They are compleatly amazing and strong. They really comforted Jared when he wasnt feeling well & for that i am very greatful.