Silly boy. :)

Christmas is coming, and so is Bridger's birthday!! I have everything done for Christmas (except one thing that Wal Mart messed up...) anyway, since school has ended and Christmas is pretty much finished up I have been working on Bridger's party and it is turning out SO cute! I was trying to decide if we should have two parties for him, one up here for family and one in Hurricane for family but we have decided to just do one in Hurricane. It's just too crazy and he won't care anyway. But I have put together a lot of cute ideas that I am working on...I think I want to stay busy so I won't realize that my baby boy is going to be ONE. ah. It's like I can't fully comprehend it or something. Doesn't it seem like when your family consisted of just you and your spouse or even when you were just dating, time didn't go as fast? And then once you have a baby it like shoots in to fast forward mode and you feel like your going to wake up the next morning and be 80 and a grandma??? (Ok, that's a small exaggeration, but it does feel like that sometimes.) It's funny, for some reason people think that young mom's forget to savor every moment, and maybe most do...I don't know, but I try to enjoy and imprint every smile, every "mama" and "dada" and "nanana" in my mind, I try to really feel my feelings about being a mom and wife. I love every thing he does, even when he throws fits (although I don't let him see that), I try to soak up every new milestone, every new tooth, every slobbery kiss, every time I nurse him, every time he calls for me standing up in his crib with a smile on his face after a good nap, that cute little diaper butt!, his tiny little toes and dimples everywhere, his chubby fingers and such kissable cheeks...his fuzzy bed hair, his huge beautiful eyes...I wish I could take these memories out of my mind and record them on a dvd to watch over and over and over and over again. It is the silly little things that he does that I don't want to forget too, like the one that happened today. He got up from his nap and I thought he was chillin with his dad, and his dad thought he was chillin with me...so, while I am sewing I call, "Honey, what's Bridger doing?" (since guys like go in to their little zone out box sometimes...ha ha) and he's like...shoot. (Good thing I asked...) And he starts looking around the house...he wasn't anywhere!! I was starting to freak out, and Jeremy goes upstairs to look around and he opens Bridger's nursery door and Bridger was just sitting in there being really really quiet and smiled at him with this big, mischievious grin when he came in. It was absolutely adorable! Ha ha. He was being so quiet...he seriously is the smartest kid. He climbed up the stairs, went to his room and hid in there from us until we came to find him! Little stinker. Then we realized he had a dirty diaper...ha ha maybe it was supposed to be a hint...? I don't know. He sure keeps us on our toes though. I love it. :) We bought a few 3+ toys for him for Christmas that will hopefully keep him entertained for any amount of time...Tonight Jeremy and Bridger were playing "castles" with some blocks that we bought a few days ago. Jeremy was King Dad, Bridger was just knocking everything over so he was named Bridgerzilla and they were having a blast! King Dad: "You will never destroy this castle, you will never knock it down!" Bridgerzilla: Crazily swinging his arms everywhere destroys castle. While giggling. It was so cute to watch, I love my boys so so so so so so much. My family and the Gospel is everything to me. :)

Quote of the day: "You make me feel loserific."-Jeremy, bahahahaha (he was just kidding, I'm not that mean).

Here are some pictures. :)

These first pictures are the ones that we put on our Christmas card...

 That grin just literally melts my heart. I just want to just squeeze him. He is so yummy.

 He looks like he is thinking, "seriously mom? You just dressed me up and put lights on me and you want me to smile???" Yes, I did son. He's quite stubborn, like his father.

   Bahaha I love his face in this one. :)

Yes, that is a camera lens protector...it was the only way I could get him to lay on the blanket! Stinker.

 One of his most favorite things to do. :)

 Got tired of that and wants to take a bath ha ha, silly boy. Look at those adorable baby legs! I love how he stands on the very tips of his toes so he can see things, his little tiny feet. ha ha. :)

 Ok, see that tongue sticking out in concentration?? Jeremy and I both do that!! I don't know if that got passed down through genetics or what...anyway, I found him here slapping the keyboard of my laptop and having the time of his life, his face was all lit up from the screen and he was so excited (he never gets to touch the computer so he did this when I was in the other room) it was funny. :)

 Our family pictures...we were a little disappointed in how they turned out but they still look pretty good. :)

Us! :)

My side of the family. :)

Why??

This is on my mind right now, and I needed somewhere to write it, so here it goes: Why do people get angry at and make fun of people who are trying to better themselves? I don't get it. You would think they would be happy for them, and I don't know, maybe say "good job!" or something...even if they didn't say anything, can't they just keep their guilt and thoughts to themselves? As many of you know (probably all of you) Jeremy is in the National Guard and works at Camp Williams, he works with a lot of really good guys, but Jeremy is just really different than a lot of them. He loves his job, but it is hard, especially because he deals with a lot of swearing and dirty talk all day from what he is doing (I can't really say...cause I am not aloud...ha ha) anyway, the other guys use what they do all day as an excuse to swear or watch movies that "shouldn't" be up to their par saying that, "we do this all day, why does it matter if I do/watch/say stuff?" Jeremy tells them that just because they do it for work doesn't mean he is going to go and "seek that kind of stuff out." He just gets really annoyed because they are always teasing him about stuff, because he doesn't just give in and lower his standards (most of the guys are LDS too, but don't really act like it). They literally tease him about everything...talking to his wife before he buys things, reading scriptures at work...only watching PG movies...and just about everything else an LDS person in the world trying to better themselves tries to do, for that matter, people don't even have to be LDS to better themselves (obviously) ANY person trying to better themselves might do these things. These guys really are awesome and their teasing isn't "mean" it's just a little too much and he gets tired of it. Yesterday they were trying to decide on a movie for the Christmas party today, Jeremy said, "I don't want to watch anything with violence, swearing, or sex." And all the guys just basically laughed...and guess what, today he texts me and says that they were watching some comedy show that was dirty and he can't even come home from the party, so he told me he was going to take a nap. I feel so bad. It's like he tries and tries and tries and people just won't leave him alone. He has even been called self-righteous by a family member, and I could tell that it really upset him (that person doesn't even understand him at all...). Why when people are trying to better themselves, do people believe they are just trying to think they are better than everyone else??? What do you do? Lower your standards to fit in with the rest of the world so they don't think you're better than them? Trying to be better everyday is a personal matter, it's not about trying to be better than your friends, coworkers, and family members. My theory is that those who get mad at people for things like this just feel guilty because they know they should be doing those things too?? Maybe. I have no idea. If anyone has any insight, please share. I'm frustrated. :p I do know though, that he is a great example, and he has had so many opportunities through the army to help people and do a lot of good, it makes me happy to know that he isn't just good for show, he is doing his best everyday even when it's hard to do the right things...it shows to me his true strength and his dedication to the Gospel. :) I guess it's the hard times that make your true self show...I sure love him. :)

My dancin' baby. :)

Oh my gosh. I haven't blogged in forever. I am always all "mad" (not really mad, but more like...dangit!) when my fellow bloggers don't blog, and then I remember how awful I am at writing on a regular basis so I can't really be that sad. Anyway, Bridger started dancing about a month ago and I absolutely love it! He swings his arms everywhere and bounces. Anyway, a couple weeks ago I was washing dishes and we have this drawer that Bridger loves to play in. loves. Let me say that again. loves. He could like sleep in there. He was playing in there and pulling everything out, just babbling to himself, I turned around to check on him and he was in the drawer! Bahaha! He is so adorable! By the look on his face you could tell he was like, "isn't this what these are for??" and he was just having a blast. So I yelled for Jeremy to grab the camera and he started recording...I was going to post the video but it wasn't uploading so...maybe later?? I don't know. Anyway, he stood up in the drawer (without holding on to anything) when Jeremy started beat boxing and he started bouncing in there and dancing, it was so funny, then he started to fall out and I caught him. I will try to post it again later. You have to see it. :)

Bridger is 11 months old...and his 1st birthday is coming up fast! This year has just flown by, it's still crazy to me that last year at this time I was 8.5 months pregnant with him! I sure love our little guy, he's like my little buddy, we just chill at home together and watch Blue's Clues while we make lots of messes-it's a blast. :) I love his personality, he is so silly, so smart, and so darn cute. He has also started "talking" on the phone, he puts the phone like almost on his back and starts jabbering in his little made up language which usually consists of a few mamama's a couple of dadada's and a lot of NANANANANA's. Yes, he does yell at people sometimes all the time. :) He is SO close to walking, I already know he can do it, he could have been walking since 10 months, but he is extremely cautious. This week I started taking one hand and walking around the house with him, he is getting much more confident and has been taking a few steps a day on his own, I think it's helping him to see that, "hey, I can do this!" He has been sleeping better too, about two weeks ago he started sleeping from 7 or 7:30 at night until about 3-4:30 in the morning which is about 8 hours straight! He even went 9 & 10 hours a couple of nights. We put a humidifier in his bedroom and I think that really helped. Now if only Jeremy and I could get to bed before 1 AM... :p We're workin on it. He has also started eating better. If you don't personally know Bridger, then I just need to tell you that he is and always has been (and probably always will be) a very particular baby. very. very. very. I was getting so frustrated because I would put him in his high chair and immediately he would start screaming, then I would try to feed him and he would like squeeze his adorable little baby lips together and wave his hands around all crazy until the food flew off the spoon. He wasn't eating anything except breastmilk, so one day I was like, "maybe he just wants to do it by himself..." so, at 10 months old I gave him his own spoon and his very own bowl with a little dot of food in it and vwalah! He has been eating awesome ever since. :) He puts a bite (more like a messy lick) in his mouth, then I get a turn and that's how it works. He also drinks out of the cup by himself, I guess I should add that not only is he particular but he is very independant too. I am amazed that he can pretty much feed himself already. I can't complain though, I love who he is and who he is going to be, I feel like with his personality he will be able to accomplish a lot and be able to do great things throughout his life. I found a quote that I absolutely adore and I want to put it up in his room...

NO ONE ELSE will ever know the strength of my LOVE for you

After all, you're the ONLY ONE who knows what my HEART

sounds like from the inside.

I sure love my little guy. :') 

On a more funny note (as it usually is with Jeremy...) I accidently bought a ton of super cute baby clothes from Old Navy and when I showed Jeremy, with a confused/sad look on his face he said, "Bridger has better clothes than I do..." bahahahahaha. I LOVE my husband. So much. I laugh everyday because of him. :) He is hilarious. I need to write more about him, he is the love of my eternity and I am SO grateful that we found each other. He works really hard for our little family and even though he is not perfect, he's perfect for me. :)

This semester is coming to an end, and then next semester I am taking 18-this is not a mistake, I really meant to write 18, upper division classes to graduate. I hope it goes okay... :)

 I would just like to add this little thought in...I've been learning lately that Heavenly Father is always reaching His hand out to us...we just have to reach back to Him, He is always there. I have heard this before and I have always known it but it touched me in a different way, when Christ suffered for us, He not only suffered for our sins, He suffered for all of the negative feelings and hard times in our lives as well. He knows how it feels when you have a big decision and don't know what to do, He knows how it feels to be scared, He knows how it feels to have your feelings hurt or to be sad, He knows how it feels to be stressed. He knows. And He suffered for those things, so that we don't have to. Sometimes He is the only one who can help, and He will, if we ask Him.

I am not sure why I felt like I needed to write that, but if it doesn't touch anyone else, at least it reminded me. :)

7...8...9...10... :)

It is getting harder...and harder...and harder to take Bridger's pictures! The little stinker won't stay on the blanket long enough for me to get one of him smiling. He has so much energy and always has somewhere to be...besides taking pictures. :) Anyway, here are his 7, 8, 9, and 10 month pictures...

 7 months...I love this one...

8 months...after trying and trying to get a picture of him laying down, I was just happy to get one with the fabric in it...he wouldn't cooperate...

9 months...he wasn't all that happy that morning ha ha, as you can see. He's just chill.

10 months and 4 days old...that's today. :) What a cutie.

So why I am I so paranoid about getting a picture of him on a piece of fabric every month you may be wondering. Well, I picked out 12 pieces of fabric to make a quilt with, every month I am using a piece of that soon-to-be quilt to take a picture marking the milestone of his next month, at twelve months I will take all that fabric and I am making a quilt for him to "remember" his first year with. I am hoping to get it done by his first birthday party so I can base his party around it...um, yes, I am already planning his party ha ha. :) I know what I am going to do, I just need to finalize some details and start workin on it. I am still having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that he really is going to be ONE in only two months...it feels like I just had him...I love him. :) forever.

At 10 months Bridger has almost four teeth, his two front bottom ones are pretty much all the way in, the right-middle top one poked through about two days ago, and the left-middle top one poked through yesterday! He loves grilled cheese, rice rusks, chicken, cooked carrots, and baby snacks of all kinds. His favorite toys and places to play are the bathroom (yuck.), the pantry, he loves cell phones, he loves to watch the washer and dryer (we have front loaders), car keys, remote controls, paper of any kind and a lot of other things ha ha. He loves to play the piano with his daddy and absolutely LOVES his baths, while the water is pouring in the tub he stands up at the side and bounces and squeals until he gets in, then he splashes and crawls around like crazy, it's so cute. :) He took his first step a day or two before he turned 10 months, and hasn't done it again but he loves walking around with his walker toy. He hardly cries at all when I put him in his crib to sleep, as long as he has nursed first. That's a huge milestone for our little family...we are still working on sleeping longer at night, he goes to sleep at about 7 and sleeps until 1 or 2 (when he's not teething...) which is about 6-7 hours, it's not too bad, but I think maybe he could go longer. :) He loves to play ball with us, we pass it back and forth, and he can drink out of a cup by himself now. He doesn't feed himself yet, but he is learning to put the spoon in his mouth, which is pretty good, I am not too worried about it ha ha. When we have sat down and played with him he has matched up a circle block and put it in the "circle spot" or the square block in the "square spot" and put in a puzzle piece. Which could have been coincidence...except he did it twice...and then kept trying to do it again. So we will see...anyway, daylight savings totally messed up our wonderful schedule. I guess it's not totally messed up, everything is just an hour different, so instead of him going to bed at 7:30 or 8 he goes to sleep at 7 (which is pushin it) and wakes up at the crack of dawn!! BAH!! This is what's killing me...6 AM everyone. yep. Every morning so far. He used to get up around 7 or 7:30...now it's six. help! I force him to cuddle with me for like an hour and try to feed him to sleep again (ha ha I am terrible...) but it just doesn't work dangit. Oh well.  

Along with plan and get this party & quilt ready (by January), I am finishing up this semester of school, still have to sew a bridesmaids dress for my friends wedding in January, and still get to be a mom. :) Things are usually pretty crazy in the Jarvis household. I love it love it love it. (maybe if I say it enough I will start to believe it... ;) ) ha ha.



1st Halloween! :)

So Bridger had his very 1st Halloween (although, I think Jeremy and I had more fun than he did...) We all dressed up as pirates, and I am proud to say that I actually sewed (is sewed a word??) mine and Bridger's vests and belts...well, half of mine. Ha ha, I ran out of bobbin thread and couldn't figure out how to rethread it...so...that was the end of the sewing experience and I went with a half-frayed and half-unsewn belt. :) I couldn't decide if I looked more like a hooker or a pirate though.. :s ha ha! Maybe a mixture? I don't know, who cares. Anyway, Jeremy grew out his beard and mustache and Bridger did too (I LOVED that he had a cute little mustache and goatee) Bridger also got his ear pierced. (not). Good thing he's a boy because he would not leave that dang earing alone! He finally forgot about it and kept it on, along with his little bandana but it took some serious distraction. sheesh. We took him trick-or-treating down in Hurricane with my parents and my sister Jen's family (we couldn't really go alone with a 9 month old you know??) He had a cute little pumpkin bucket that Bridger *cough*Jeremy*cough* used to get candy in...we really did do it for Bridger. (not. again. Bridger didn't even get one piece.) Oh yeah, we also carved Bridger's 1st pumpkin. :) It was fun, it has two little teeth, just like Bridger. ha ha. :) Jeremy cut the top off and we let Bridger play in it, he was pretty hesitant at first because usually he doesn't just get to get dirty and make a mess, plus, it was super slimy and weird. I had to like push his little hand around in it to get him to play with it, he ended up liking the part we cut off the top better than the actual pumkin and just played with it til it was time for a bath! :)

 No, I did not string pumpkin all over him because he wouldn't play in it...*cough*

This is our first picture of him standing up! We finally caught him! :)

Cute. :)

A little grossed out.

We ALWAYS make and decorate Halloween cookies. :) I love it.

Us as pirates, yes, Bridger has facial hair, and yes, that is Jeremy's real chest hair. He is so sexy. I always tell him that real men have hair. He calls himself Wolverine...maybe that's what he can be next year...? Anyway, moving on...

I don't know what's going on here, I think maybe Jeremy is cleaning his teeth? ha ha.

But there's Bridger's finished pumpkin. :)

One more thing...Bridger took his first step yesterday!!! :) He has been so close...for like a month. Yep. Maybe even a month and a half. He stands up alone all the time-when he forgets that he's standing by himself, but when he remembers he sits down immediately. (I am afraid that he has gotten my "thinking too hard" genes) Anyway, Jeremy came home from work and he was standing with one hand holding on to my leg while I was sitting down, Jeremy was like "come to daddy...come here buddy, come to daddy..." and Bridger started walking toward him (still with one hand holding my leg) then...HE LET GO!! :) He took his first step toward his daddy, then he got scared, but he still took that first step! :) I love my boys. So much. They are the best ever. Seriously. Bridger turns 10 months on November 4th...double digit months! :)) :(( I am enjoying this 9 month stage as long as I can. Time goes too fast...I was talking with my sister Marisa about when Bridger was first born, basically, he was like the most demanding baby of all time (besides me, which is where he got it), he was so demanding that Jeremy didn't want any more kids. He was very fussy and very high-maintenance and I used to get so emotionally worn out that by the end of the day that I would be in tears. It was hard. I think that period of time helps me appreciate how good he is now, I always loved him no matter what but it's nice to be able to enjoy his little personality now. As he got older he started to calm down, around four months he was able to communicate better and started to learn to move more and since then he has been such an awesome little baby! I truly believe that he was just frustrated those first few months, he is really smart and from the moment he was born he was alert, looking around, and holding his head up. He always had to be held facing outward like he couldn't miss anything. Once he could start to sit up and babble he got so happy! He is so good. He has SO much personality and is so silly sometimes, I love it. We love him so much, I can't even describe my feelings, but I sure love being his mommy. :)

P.s.-We took family pictures a couple weeks ago and as soon as I get them I will post them, I can't wait to see how they turned out! :)



Knee scope.

Jeremy had to have a knee scope done (because of a basketball injury) on Thursday this last week, it was kinda scary since neither of us have had surgery before. We had to be at the surgical center at 5:30 AM. That's sooo early...and we were there until about 8. He got out of surgery around 7 and they called me in to sit with him while the anesthesia wore off, so I grabbed Bridger (who was being a stinker...) and headed back to see him. Before the surgery he was pretty worried about how he would act afterward, becuase people at work were telling him all these crazy stories. But can I just say that Jeremy with anesthesia in his system is hilarious?? He was just laughing and saying random things...and laughing some more...he would drink a little juice, laugh a little, and then say that he didn't feel wierd at all, that he was normal. bahahahaha! I was just like...mmhmmm...and smiling while he was saying gibberish and laughing to me. Awhile later the doctor came in and said he had "good news & bad news" you should have seen Jeremy's face ha ha. They couldn't find anything wrong with his knee. He had gotten an MRI a few weeks earlier that had shown a hole in some cartilage or something and after double checking his entire knee in surgery they couldn't find it. So...all he said was that he had to go to physical therapy and see if it got better, the good news was that he said Jeremy has a really good knee that has a lot of years left on it. We don't feel that it was a waste though, because at least now we know that it's okay. His recovery has been pretty quick, the first couple days were a little rough but he's up and limping around on it and he only took percocet once! (he didn't like it because it made him feel wierd & dizzy) He took the bandage off today and we found out that they had made three incisions instead of just one which was quite the suprise...overall, it has been a pretty crazy & stressful experience...I just hope his knee gets back to normal soon!

Bridger said buh-bye for the first time today and has started clapping his hands. :) He is so darn cute. He is also standing on his own a lot more than before but is still really cautious about it. He also likes to climb up the stairs...all the time! He is definitely throwing us for a loop on the whole eating deal. He only wants breastmilk, baby cheetos and puffs. Nothing else. I've tried toast, crackers, peas, baby food...he wants none of it. And when he does eat it, he chokes on it and scares the crap out of me. I have to watch him so close because he tries to shove too much in his mouth...he's like his dad. ha ha boys are funny. ;p Anyway, he can fit an entire cheeto in his mouth...that's kind of a lot for a little baby...he also has not been sleeping hardly at all unless he sleeps with us. Yes, he still sleeps with us.-this is not available for comment ha ha...we have tried CIO more than once & it doesn't work...plus...it kills me every time and makes him not take naps at all. I don't know what to do. Being a parent is the hardest thing I have ever done, but just like they say, it is the most rewarding thing I have ever been a part of too! My love far outweighs the frustrating feelings that come sometimes. :)

By the way-our ward finally split!!! Hurray!! Our ward has been way over capacity for over two years and they finally split it. I. am. so. glad. Every week was like stake conference...and you know what that means. You have to get there like 30 minutes early-at least! to get a soft seat. With a 9 month old, every minute makes a difference and 30 minutes just about killed us. We are in the new ward so we will get new callings and have a new bishop, I really feel like this will be a great change. :)

Catch up.

This post will be long...as usual ha ha. :) I don't think I could write a short one if I tried. Anyway, I totally missed an eight month post for Bridger, and now he's 9 months old! Geez. Since I last posted on him he has learned to crawl SUPER fast, stands and crawls up on everything, can crawl up and down stairs, has eaten a lot of new foods (his favorite snacks are baby cheetos ha ha) and is saying da da! He loves touch and feel books...actually, he loves books in general. He has gotten so silly lately and I just love his cute little personality, he is always playing little games with me and loves to be chased, it's adorable. :) He is a little bundle of pure energy, has the cutest rolls and dimples, adorable smiles and huge beautiful eyes that he can get anything he wants with. I am constantly on the move, but I am really grateful that I can stay home with him...I love him. :)

We also went on vacation, we went on a Western Carribean cruise for 7 days that was absolutely amazing, and MUCH needed. I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked to but that's alright, at least I got some! So we flew down to Miami the Friday before last and stayed overnight, then boarded the ship Saturday, we had a couple of sea days where we got to relax and tan, the other three days we stopped in Cozumel Mexico and toured the Mayan ruins on the beach, Grand Cayman and swam in bathtub clear (and bathtub temp.) ocean water, and Ocho Rios Jamaica. It was SO hot. everywhere. There was 100% humidity so we were constantly soaked! Our favorite place was Grand Cayman because the beach was sssoooo nice. The sand is so fine that it feels like flour, it's crazy, and the water is like heaven. Bridger loved it! You could see right down to the bottom and in the really deep water it's just a really deep deep pretty blue. When we got back to Miami on Saturday we went to the everglades and went on an air boat ride, it was a blast! There were alligators in the water right next to us...kinda creepy...we also saw an alligator show and Jeremy got a picture with a baby alligator called "Snappy." He wasn't going to, but I made him...and then he was glad I made him because he thought it was cool ha ha. :) He also tried alligator and shark. He is quite the adventurer...Everyone on the cruise loved Bridger. I am not used to people giving him so much attention because where we live everyone has like four kids, I forget that outside of Utah people don't get to see babies as much. They would play and talk with him and tell us how cute he is and we would have to stop everywhere so people could talk to him on our way to places...he would just soak it up, it was funny, especially on the elevators.
This is kinda sad...and it was a little embarrassing but American Airlines broke the stroller we brought with us and wouldn't reimburse us (L.A.M.E.) and we didn't have time to get a new one before we left so we used that little three wheeled stroller all week long! ha ha, I have to admit that it was better to have a three wheeled stroller than NO stroller though. It looked hilarious, if I had seen someone pushing that stroller I probably would have laughed in my head at them. Everytime we used it I was laughing because it looked ridiculous. By the way, Bridger did awesome on the flights! I was so proud of him.

Pictures from our trip...but I have to get the mayan ruin pics from my parents (we forgot our camera that day :s)...

This is as the ship was leaving Miami. :)

 My cute boy. :)

 Leaving Miami...

 My parents swimming in Grand Cayman.

 My boys in Grand Cayman...I miss that water...

 Bridger didn't quite know what to think about the sand at first, but pretty soon he was lovin it so much he was tryin to eat it!

 This is what we did for relaxing on sea days...

 Bridger lovin the sand!

 Bridger & Grandpa

Me trying to get Bridger to play in the sand. :) 

My boys again. :)

 Us on the port in Jamaica. :) It was HOT.

 The cruise ship we were on...

 Jamaica...

 Jamaica again...

 My brave husband and Snappy. :)

 My parents on the air boat in the Everglades in Florida. It was really cool flying over the grass/water and seeing alligators. :)

 One of the alligators that was in the water with our boat...kinda creepy!!

 We were walking along an OPEN trail and one of the guys pulled this gator out of the water right in front of us! It was like hissing and stuff...I was scared ha ha, he had to kick it in the face like four times to get him back in the water...then he sat there and watched us still. :SSSSS! This one was 13 feet long. That's huge for an alligator.

 Jeremy trying "gator bites" for the first time...he said it tasted like fish/chicken...

This is what happens when Bridger helps mommy pack...most everything gets pulled out and put back in at least twice. :)

C.R.A.Z.Y.!

Life in general has been a crazy tornado the past couple of weeks. School started and wabbaam. We were like, instantly stressed, it's weird. Jeremy get's up at 5 in the morning to go to work, works for 10 hours and gets home by 3:30. Then he does PT, showers, I finish up dinner and we eat, then one of us bathes Bridger and gets him ready for bed while the other tries to clean up our mess of a house. By the time Bridger is asleep and things are cleaned up it's 8:30 and we finally sit down to do homework...but we only have an hour and a half because the day starts over again at 5 AM and we have to get some sleep. And now, to add just a little more stress to that, I have to volunteer for 45 hours at this Crisis Respite Nursery for my undergraduate apprenticeship, which is a good opportunity but not at a good time if you know what I mean. I have never left Bridger for more than like and hour or two, and tonight I left him for five hours so I could volunteer...I guess he didn't do so well with the separation, poor baby. Jeremy said he was just crying and saying "maaammaamamamma..." waiting for me, he looked so sad when I got home, and looked at me like, "where were you mom!?" when he saw me, I felt bad. :S  I feel like I can't even take a breath. I hope it gets a little less stressful, I would really enjoy some chillaxing with my little family once in a while. :) Usually the first few weeks of a semester are a little rough and things start to be routine so it smooths over a little, I hope we can have some sanity back soon!! I have so many pictures and videos to post...but they will have to wait. :( Well, times up, it's 10, talk to you later blog...and any bloggers who read this. :) Hopefully you are not as stressed as I am, but if you are, feel better knowing that you are not alone. :)

Bridger is a little over 7.5 months old now and my baby is on the go! He can crawl so fast! He also started pulling himself up onto things and standing a little over two weeks ago...so I thought I could have some "practice" walking sessions with him (I know, I'm a nerd) but...I was like "come to mommy..." over and over and I could tell he was nervous but wanted to come to me, so he let go with one hand, then I grabbed his other hand and halfway to me, I let go and he stood by himself for like 2 seconds!!!!!! Holy cow!! My big boy. :) He also cut tooth #2 yesterday! ...Only 18 more to go... :(

Anyway, I've been down in Hurricane for the past week, I head home tomorrow to pick my love up at the airport...I. Can. Not. Wait. My heart gets all fluttery just thinking about finally seeing him after two weeks! I missed him. a lot. As bad as I want to go home to pick Jeremy up, I have a hard time leaving Hurricane and my parents, our little family just LOVES being down hereThe only bummer is that school starts on Monday. :P I'm hoping and praying that this semester is not as hard as last semester. If I could do it over again, would I have still gone to school with a brand new baby?? To tell you the truth, I don't know. Now that I look back, I'm glad I just did it and got it over with, but I'm not going to lie, it was hard. One class almost killed me, and I literally almost dropped out of school because of it-add a fussy, colicky, high-maintenance newborn to that= very stressed out new mom and student! It was a learning experience, that's for sure, but I think I've become at least a little better because of it. :)

So, you know how Jeremy got to go to Puerto Rico for two weeks for work (cough*vacation*cough) well, I wanted to go. bad. So we made a little compromise and he said he would take me somewhere for our anniversary in a month. :) I just want some time with my husband away from home (it's different, you know?) He's always wanted to go on a cruise, so we researched and researched and found a cruise for an awesome deal! We invited my parents to come along, they love cruises and we love hanging out with them (Plus, they can help out with Bridger ha ha. ;) don't tell them I said that...) so they are coming too. It's a carribean cruise that leaves from Miami for seven days, I hope Bridger does okay on the flights... :) But I think it will be fun!

One more thing...

Just a little tidbit from my head as of late...I heard a quote somewhere about how the closer we are to God, the more He will help us see what we can fix in ourselves. I really like that (of course, I didn't describe it as well, but you get what it means right?) I had never thought about things in that light before...so, that led to these thoughts...in my personal opinion, I think one of the hardest gifts to develop, or have?, be blessed with?, is the ability to be happy for other people, no matter what. For example, if someone gets something I've wanted or wished for, whether it be a job, a car, a pregnancy, a vacation, an award, or whatever else you could think of...I want to be able to sincerely say "congratulations!" or "how awesome, good job!" without feeling jealous or sad or sorry for myself. (I hope this is understandable...trying to write my feelings out shows me just how confusing I really am... :s poor Jeremy...) Have you ever gotten really excited about something you get to do and want to tell someone and they totally crush your excitement and make you feel bad because you know even though they don't say it out loud they feel sorry for themselves? Well, I have. It sucks. I want to be the kind of person that no matter what the person wants to tell me, they can leave feeling more happy. I think this is one of the hardest but really important gifts a person could have, if you have been blessed with it then that's awesome, maybe not everyone has to work on this, but I do. Anyway, that's what I've been thinking of lately, hopefully someone understands...ha ha :)

Indio. :)

Our vacation FINALLY came! Holy cow. I must say that we were in extreme need of one. It was a blast, and Bridger did awesome in the car, I am so proud of him. :) Anyway, we just basically spent our time swimming, tanning and chilling...or making food. :) We had four families in two 3 bedroom condos (it was a little squishy) and every family had to take care of like four meals throughout the week or something like that. I didn't get too many pictures unfortunately but I got a few that are really cute. Oh yeah! While we were there Bridger cut his first tooth!! He was being so so crabby for like three days, he was clingy (only wanted me 100% of the time) and fussy...then he cut that tooth and he was all happy and ready to play, I wanted to party. Woot woot!!

So what else is going on with the Jarvis family??? We have A/C again!!! That whole A/C experience was a nightmare. There really are so many dishonest companies out there, I had no idea. I called the first people to come out and repair it and they left saying we needed a new one and quoted us $3700.-freak out moment. We might not know anything about air conditioners, but did they think we wouldn't get more estimates??? come on now. We aren't that stupid, seriously. We had three more companies come out and they all said we needed a new one and gave us estimates ranging from $2100-3000.-we still weren't happy. So my mom asked around and got a referral and we hire these guys for $75/hr to come check it out. Come to find out, our air conditioner is  just fine. yep. It was all electrical. There were just a couple of (easily seen) wires that were melted, so they fixed it, installed a larger electrical wire, and vwalah! Cold house. :) I gladly paid them $450 and sent them on their merry way, knowing that if I ever need them they will honestly fix my air conditioner. But can you believe that those other companies did that? I wonder how many other people are getting lied to. It's so sad, especially because a lot of people can't just fork out thousands of dollars, you know?

We found out last month that Jeremy's work is sending some of their translators to Puerto Rico to attend a "spanish immersion" course for two weeks. I. am. so. jealous. I like want him to take me in his suitcase or something. I begged and cried and pleaded with him to let me come down for even a couple of days, but he just doesn't think it makes sense to spend all that money for a plane ticket and only stay there for a day or two...I guess it makes sense but I'm still sad. :( They only have to go to school for like 3-4 hrs a day and the rest will be basically vacation. literally. :p He asked the people in charge and they said if any spouses come they can only stay for a couple days or it defeats the purpose of the "immersion" part of the course. I really don't like being away from my other half...who does??? But I will survive. Who knows, maybe we will get to go somewhere for our anniversary... :) Anyway, he leaves early Sunday morning and won't be back until the 27th, my parents are coming to stay with me for the first week (they're going to education week up here) then I'm going down to Hurricane for the second week-I hhhaaaatttteeee being alone at night, I get scared way too easy. I love having time with my parents because I want Bridger to love love love them. :)

Bridger still isn't sleeping through the night, I really don't know what to do. I'm doing everything I can to avoid CIO but I'm running out of ideas. He sleeps in his crib for like 4 hours at the most, then wakes up every 1-2 hrs after that...for no reason. I KNOW he's not hungry, or cold, or hot. So what do I do??? Parenting can be so hard sometimes, but I would never trade it for anything. It all pays off when I see him learn to do things like crawl roll over, or hold his arms out to me, or kiss me, or learn how to put his binky in his mouth. Even though those things might not be the HUGE milestones (I guess crawling is) but I get so so happy and just feel this pure joy and love for him when I look at him. I feel so thankful to be blessed with this sweet little boy! I actually don't think I mentioned on here that, yes, Bridger is officially crawling, although I think he'd rather just walk from the looks of things...he gradually got it over a matter of a couple weeks but last week, at the very beginning of 7 months he really got the hang of it. It's so fun to watch how he thinks about things and to watch him play, I love it. :)

School starts in like two weeks, right when Jeremy get's back. I really hope this semester is not too crazy! I only have this semester and one more until I get my BS in Psychology and I really can't wait. Sometimes I think I might want to go to grad school, and sometimes I think that thinking was crazy. :S We'll see I guess...maybe when my kids are older I can go back to school or something. Anyway, here are some pictures from vacation and the last couple of weeks...

 It is hilarious to watch these two little boys together, they're so funny. Bridger is on the left and Calum (his cousing) is on the right. They both are pretty much completely opposite in every way, but they play together so cute. In this picture and the one below, Bridger found Calum's toes and thought they were pretty delicious, Calum liked it so he was smiling and chillin and kept pointing his toes and putting his little foot in Bridger's face. So cute! ha ha silly boys.

 I couldn't find a normal one of Jeremy (he was being a picture turd this day) so that's why he's doing that with his face ha ha.

6 months. :)



Here's my baby at 6 months old...

He's getting so big... :)

Well, Bridger is half a year old. I feel like I got stuck in October of last year...still waiting for my baby to come in January, it's wierd. Now he's a whoppin 6 months!! At his doctor's appointment he weighed 17 pounds 11 ounces (that's a lot!! especially when I have to carry his carseat around) and was 26.5 inches tall. :) He started sitting up right before he turned six months and really loves it. Also, as I said in my last post, he has starting eating solid food...except that now he won't open his mouth to eat it! I had to like force the spoon in there and it wasn't really working. He's just a little smarty pants and decided to go on a solid food strike so I would let him do it himself...so, I figured out that if I put the food on his spoon and give the spoon to him, he will eat. :) He is so independent already...he also doesn't really prefer a bottle or sippy cup and won't drink a significant amount from either one, but if I help him with a regular cup then he will drink all day long. How crazy is that???? A 6 month old drinking from a regular cup? What the crap. Anyway, the day I went out to take his pictures it was soooo hot (we were in Hurricane at the time) and he wasn't wanting to give me his cute smiles, so I got lot's of serious Bridger pics. I was getting so frustrated with both of my boys because they were being stubborn about everything, anyway, here are some of them...

Yes, that is spit up on his chin, but this picture was way too cute to pass up.

I love his little ears. I just eat them up every single day. mmmm.



I love this one so much that I might just put it on my wall. :)

He's just tastin some grass, I love that face.

If you know any of the Jarvis's then you know that he is definitely one of the family with this look. Seriously. He does it exactly like his daddy. 

These next few are just some random pics...

He sure loves his grandma. :)

Bridger was mowing the lawn with grandma and seemed to love it! It was so cute, I couldn't stop laughing. :)

 His first taste of grass...I think the texture was pretty interesting from the look on his face.

I just found him sitting like this and thought it was cute how his hands are just resting on his legs...just chillin' ha ha. :) He's a pro at sitting up now.

While we were down there we made delicious strawberry jam. Since then I think I have eaten at least 105 PB & J sandwiches. mm. I could eat them every single day. :)