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.