Dear Jessa,
What an exciting month October has been! Where do I even start?
On the 11th of October Daddy and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary, that day Aunt Sarah flew in from Indiana to come spend the week with you! The next day, Grandma joined Sarah and Daddy and I took our first Vacation... almost ever! We flew to Cancun Mexico and you had a blast hanging out with Grandma and A.Sarah. I hear you guys went to the Fall Festival in Summerwood, took a train ride at Old McDonald farm, you had your first snow cone, and you also took your first official steps! They claim it was towards the t.v. because "Moves Like Jagger" was playing by Adam Levine. HA! Anyway, Grandma, and A. Sarah said you were the best little girl they could have asked for, and you never even cried... unless they weren't playing with you! Thank you for being so good, it made our trip so much better knowing you were loving the attention! Daddy and I returned almost 6 days later and you broke my heart because I ran up to you in the airport and you didn't smile and didn't want to be held by me. In fact you didn't even smile until we got home and daddy and I were doing everything we could to make you crack a smile! We said sad goodbyes to them both, and soon we were trying to get back on our little schedule, switch you to whole milk and put the finalizing touch on your 1st birthday party! During the week I tried switching you over to whole milk, you weren't having it. I've never experience you so cuddly. If I wasn't holding you I would try to put you down and you would throw yourself on the floor and scream bloody murder. At first I thought, you thought I was going to leave you again, then I started realizing this happened every time I would put milk into your sippy cup. We haven't figured out what we should do since milk is hurting your tummy, so you are back on formula for the time being.
On the 27th, Uncle Zac and Aunt Jaime flew in, and on the 28th we celebrated your 1st birthday, which just so happened to be the coldest day of the year so far! We took a trip down to Galveston despite the cold weather, did some shopping, eating and picture taking and when we returned to our house Grandma and Grandpa were there waiting for us! We took you out for a snow cone (you had wedding cake flavor since it was the closest thing to birthday cake.) You sure do love snow cones!!! It was a really fun day, but the most fun was the next day when we had your big party!!! There were about 30 people that came to celebrate your first year with us! We had pizza, fruit salsa, veggies, garlic bread and CUPCAKES! Cupcakes was the theme of your party along with pink and purple, and it turned out better than I could have asked for! You got a bunch of cool toys and you LOVED LOVED LOVED your giant cupcake I made you! It was such a fun 1st birthday for you!!
I can't believe you are one year old already! You are such a wonderful little girl and make me smile everyday! You are still super independent, will walk to someone if they are cheering for you but having no interest otherwise, and you still get super excited every time you see a "dog dog!" You FINALLY said "ma,ma" this month! Your words are no up to Da-Da, Ma-Ma, and Dog-Dog. If someone asks you a question you usually response with "ya" it's hilarious!!! You often hold conversations with yourself and my most favorite thing about you is you laugh all the time! You sound like you are telling yourself jokes and then will chuckle after you are done, it's about the cutest thing in the whole world! You are super ticklish and that usually provides a good laugh as well!
What a wonderful year this has been!! I'm so excited to watch you continue to grow into a girl, a teen and finally a woman. You are so beautiful!
Love you more than words can describe!
-Mommy
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Vacation
Are you a good vacationer? I'm sucking at this! I don't know how to air still and enjoy not having a thing to worry about. I'm feeling like we are wasting time just sitting around, but isn't that what you do on vacation "relax?" we are laying outside on our patio this is absolutely amazing, it's not raining anymore but everything is soaked. Nicks reading a book and I'm trying to enjoy being still and I'm totally sucking at it!
Afterall, I do chase a non stop kid around all day, let's face it, I'm used to go go go all day long. I'm feeling so blessed to be here, so thankful that I'm finally experience vacation with my husband, I just wish my mind and body would settle down for a few days. I'm trying to enjoy the stillness, we will see where that takes me.
Afterall, I do chase a non stop kid around all day, let's face it, I'm used to go go go all day long. I'm feeling so blessed to be here, so thankful that I'm finally experience vacation with my husband, I just wish my mind and body would settle down for a few days. I'm trying to enjoy the stillness, we will see where that takes me.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Vacation!!!
As Nick and I prepare to head to Cancun in 2 days, I'm starting to feel the guilt of leaving Jessa. I realize that she will not remember this trip, and I could ask for two better people to come love on her... but it's only been the 3 of us, well her whole entire life. Sure we have had visits but the longest she has been left with someone other than Nick or I, is 7 hours. Not 6 days...
Nick and I truly need this, and that's what I just keep telling myself. We have had a rough past year, but we have pushed through and hopefully after this little get-a-way, just the two of us, we will come back restored, refreshed and ready to be even more awesome parents.
Pray for all 5 of us.
Me
Nick
Jessa
Mom
& Sarah.
This WILL be a good week for all! :)
Nick and I truly need this, and that's what I just keep telling myself. We have had a rough past year, but we have pushed through and hopefully after this little get-a-way, just the two of us, we will come back restored, refreshed and ready to be even more awesome parents.
Pray for all 5 of us.
Me
Nick
Jessa
Mom
& Sarah.
This WILL be a good week for all! :)
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Need vs. Want
I need to write! That's it. I NEED to write. This blog needs to be of use. I absolutely love writing Jessa letters every month, but I started this blog for more than just a post of month. I want to be really honest, not care about who reads this and just let it all out. A lot easier said than done...
Maybe some other time.
Maybe some other time.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Double 1's
Sweet Girl,
11 months old, TODAY! You are getting so big, and prettier every single day. Your hair has taken off, and is starting to grow and become a beautiful shade of very light brown. Your eyes are offically the exact same color as mine, and this month we have gotten probably close to 10 comments on how much we look alike. My reply is usually "guess I have to claim her huh?" Then I smile, squeeze you so tight, give you a big smooch and thank God that you are indeed my child and he choose ME to be your mom. What a special blessing!
This month was an interesting one. I feel like I should have addressed this letter to you, "Dear Poopy Pants." This month I got my first taste as what it feels like to be a mom and do this you DEFINITELY don't want to do, and you thought only happened on t.v. or to other people. I'm so happy to tell you though, we made it through and are both alive and healthy! You caught a bug from either, Church, MOPS or the Gym. Either way, it had been awhile since you had a solid poo. After two weeeks and realizing this wasn't just going to go away with time, I took you to the doctor. The doc put you on probiotics and also suggested we use a special formula for a couple of days. Both of these things took a while to settle in, and in the meanwhile I spent every single morning doing a load of your laundry, and pretty much just hosing you off. One morning I decided I would out smart you! I set me alarm so I would wake up before you, go into your room and wake you up so you didn't have time to poo before I could get to you. This plan was so brilliant! I had succeed without having to do a single item of laundry!! I figured as long as I watched you and as soon as you pooped in the morning I would just change you right away and would avoid any mess. I was pretty much on cloud 9, and was getting ready to go to the gym since I had though we were on the up swing! As I was patting myself on the back on how smart I was, I noticed you standing in your pack and play making your "poo face." I waited for a moment until I thought you were done, danced over to you because I was the smartest mom in the world thinking I'd go change you and that would be it, off to the gym! SO, I go and pick you up under the arms take two giant steps to the doorway, toss you over my hip with my arm supporting your butt........
That was all it took! Alittle pressure to the behind and a volcanic explosion went off landing all down my clean gym clothes, 1/2 on my bedroom carpet, 1/2 on the tile floor (which ended up splashing up to the closet door) and of course all over you front. back. sides. You name it, it was EVERYWHERE! I did what every logical mom would do in this situation. I froze and wondered if I had just encountered a nightmare of if this was in fact real life, and just really happened. That's when the smell hit me and I realize this was indeed real life and I should probably figure out what to do next. Well, Jessa! You got your first sink bath that day. You were a bit too small for my bathroom sink but we made it work and you even got soaped up with Bath and Body Works "Fresh Picked Apples" antibacterial soap. It probably didn't help your bleeding diaper rash that you bathed with such a harsh soap, but a girls got to do what a girls got to do. I stripped down, got you cleaned up, clothed and put you in your jumper to play while I got to work. So after trying to bypass doing a load of poopy laundry that day, I not only got to do that load of laundry but I also got to scrub the carpet, mop the tile and clean my entire bathroom. :) I should probably tell you that even after all this, I still love you! hahaha
Moving on. WE WENT TO THE ZOO 2 days ago!
It was our first family outing that we had planned specifically for you. We had been watching Animal Planet all week and you were just going nuts over all the different animals. You had been in a funking mood the day we went, and it didn't help that daddy and I had a few errands to run before we got there so you were a bit sleepy. We saw pretty much every animal, but it was so hot they weren't really moving around much. We got to fed a giraffe, that was so neat! And you got to pet a goat which you loved alot! Other than that you liked looking at the Sea Lions, and the Elephants but I think you were just kind of scared of them. You got to be only glass apart from some a orangutan which was really fun for you. You didn't seem to have as much fun as I expected you too, but daddy and I sure enjoyed taking you there and can't wait to take you back when it gets cooler!
You haven't changed a whole lot this month compared with last month. You did get another tooth on the bottom making your total 3 on bottom and 4 on top. Dad and I had no idea it was even coming in, and BAM one day I was like "what is in her mouth?" Yep, it was another tooth! :)
You are not quite yet standing on your own, but have tired a few times. You can hold two toys in your hands and stand up resting your belly against something. I really hope you are walking before Daddy and I take our vacation, but I'm doubting that will happen. You seem just fine and dandy with crawling!
I can't quite explain your fascination with dogs, but it is just so cute and so funny. Anytime you see a dog on t.v. you yell "dog, dog." Sometimes it's more clear than others, but you sure do love your dogs! Any type too, you don't care. Often I take you over to the neighbors to pet Duke. You are so smitten by him. I hope you never loose this fascination you have. Here is just a very small example of what you do when you see a dog. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldIfXxTSbWU
This month you figured out all on your own how to make "fish lips." It's hilarious! I don't know how you learned it, but you think it's funny and you will do it now if someone does it back to you. You just make me so happy!
Janell and Frank visited this month. Mommy and Daddy got to go to a Purdue Football game while you played with Sara Skelton all day. It was a good time over all, and you took your first trip to Galveston. Not much to see there but it was fun!
The last thing I will tell you about this month is that you are absolutely crazed with playing with the remote controls. Earlier in the month you found the remote and somehow turned on Barney. You loved it instantly! I have since recorded a few shows and we turn it on occasionally, but I just thought that was funny because it caught your attention and that was one of my favorite shows growing up! You aren't too much interested in the t.v. but we'll see how that turns out later.
I can't believe that I'm almost done planning your very 1st birthday party! It's cupcake themed and should turn out really well. Grandma/Grandpa and Uncle Zac and Aunt Jaime will all be here to celebrate, along with some of your friends and mommy and daddy's friends. It should be really fun. We are taking a picture for your invitation tomorrow! :) Hopefully that goes well! Next month you get to look forward to spending a week with Aunt Sarah and Grandma because Daddy and I are going on vacation! We will miss you tons, but I think we will all be very refreshed when we come home!
Keep growing, Keep smiling, Keep Laughing and Keep Learning. You are so beautiful!
Love you more than you will ever realize,
Mom
11 months old, TODAY! You are getting so big, and prettier every single day. Your hair has taken off, and is starting to grow and become a beautiful shade of very light brown. Your eyes are offically the exact same color as mine, and this month we have gotten probably close to 10 comments on how much we look alike. My reply is usually "guess I have to claim her huh?" Then I smile, squeeze you so tight, give you a big smooch and thank God that you are indeed my child and he choose ME to be your mom. What a special blessing!
This month was an interesting one. I feel like I should have addressed this letter to you, "Dear Poopy Pants." This month I got my first taste as what it feels like to be a mom and do this you DEFINITELY don't want to do, and you thought only happened on t.v. or to other people. I'm so happy to tell you though, we made it through and are both alive and healthy! You caught a bug from either, Church, MOPS or the Gym. Either way, it had been awhile since you had a solid poo. After two weeeks and realizing this wasn't just going to go away with time, I took you to the doctor. The doc put you on probiotics and also suggested we use a special formula for a couple of days. Both of these things took a while to settle in, and in the meanwhile I spent every single morning doing a load of your laundry, and pretty much just hosing you off. One morning I decided I would out smart you! I set me alarm so I would wake up before you, go into your room and wake you up so you didn't have time to poo before I could get to you. This plan was so brilliant! I had succeed without having to do a single item of laundry!! I figured as long as I watched you and as soon as you pooped in the morning I would just change you right away and would avoid any mess. I was pretty much on cloud 9, and was getting ready to go to the gym since I had though we were on the up swing! As I was patting myself on the back on how smart I was, I noticed you standing in your pack and play making your "poo face." I waited for a moment until I thought you were done, danced over to you because I was the smartest mom in the world thinking I'd go change you and that would be it, off to the gym! SO, I go and pick you up under the arms take two giant steps to the doorway, toss you over my hip with my arm supporting your butt........
That was all it took! Alittle pressure to the behind and a volcanic explosion went off landing all down my clean gym clothes, 1/2 on my bedroom carpet, 1/2 on the tile floor (which ended up splashing up to the closet door) and of course all over you front. back. sides. You name it, it was EVERYWHERE! I did what every logical mom would do in this situation. I froze and wondered if I had just encountered a nightmare of if this was in fact real life, and just really happened. That's when the smell hit me and I realize this was indeed real life and I should probably figure out what to do next. Well, Jessa! You got your first sink bath that day. You were a bit too small for my bathroom sink but we made it work and you even got soaped up with Bath and Body Works "Fresh Picked Apples" antibacterial soap. It probably didn't help your bleeding diaper rash that you bathed with such a harsh soap, but a girls got to do what a girls got to do. I stripped down, got you cleaned up, clothed and put you in your jumper to play while I got to work. So after trying to bypass doing a load of poopy laundry that day, I not only got to do that load of laundry but I also got to scrub the carpet, mop the tile and clean my entire bathroom. :) I should probably tell you that even after all this, I still love you! hahaha
Moving on. WE WENT TO THE ZOO 2 days ago!
You are not quite yet standing on your own, but have tired a few times. You can hold two toys in your hands and stand up resting your belly against something. I really hope you are walking before Daddy and I take our vacation, but I'm doubting that will happen. You seem just fine and dandy with crawling!
I can't quite explain your fascination with dogs, but it is just so cute and so funny. Anytime you see a dog on t.v. you yell "dog, dog." Sometimes it's more clear than others, but you sure do love your dogs! Any type too, you don't care. Often I take you over to the neighbors to pet Duke. You are so smitten by him. I hope you never loose this fascination you have. Here is just a very small example of what you do when you see a dog. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldIfXxTSbWU
This month you figured out all on your own how to make "fish lips." It's hilarious! I don't know how you learned it, but you think it's funny and you will do it now if someone does it back to you. You just make me so happy!
Janell and Frank visited this month. Mommy and Daddy got to go to a Purdue Football game while you played with Sara Skelton all day. It was a good time over all, and you took your first trip to Galveston. Not much to see there but it was fun!
The last thing I will tell you about this month is that you are absolutely crazed with playing with the remote controls. Earlier in the month you found the remote and somehow turned on Barney. You loved it instantly! I have since recorded a few shows and we turn it on occasionally, but I just thought that was funny because it caught your attention and that was one of my favorite shows growing up! You aren't too much interested in the t.v. but we'll see how that turns out later.
I can't believe that I'm almost done planning your very 1st birthday party! It's cupcake themed and should turn out really well. Grandma/Grandpa and Uncle Zac and Aunt Jaime will all be here to celebrate, along with some of your friends and mommy and daddy's friends. It should be really fun. We are taking a picture for your invitation tomorrow! :) Hopefully that goes well! Next month you get to look forward to spending a week with Aunt Sarah and Grandma because Daddy and I are going on vacation! We will miss you tons, but I think we will all be very refreshed when we come home!
Keep growing, Keep smiling, Keep Laughing and Keep Learning. You are so beautiful!
Love you more than you will ever realize,
Mom
Thursday, September 1, 2011
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9...10!!!!!
Sweet Girl,
I was putting you to bed tonight looking around your room realizing that when Daddy and I (but mostly I) decorated we had no idea if you were going to be a boy or a girl. You've spent 10 whole months with us already! It seems like we ALWAYS knew you were going to be our "Jessa." The name fits you so perfectly, and I can't in any way imagine life if you would have come out "Jace." I am so thankful for you and all that makes you female!
I'm not sure of what else I can say in this 10th letter than, you are basically the easiest kid I've ever met. (Time for alittle mama bragging rights, even though Mama ain't got nothing to do with this side of your personality.) You have slept through the night since you were basically 3 months old. You hardly ever cry, but when you do I know something is wrong. You put yourself to sleep for naps and bedtime and if you aren't tired you will just play in your crib until you are ready to fall asleep. You are so go with the flow and have only made a scene ONCE in public, and that was when you were about 4 months old. We take you to restaurants and you not only love trying new foods but you sit in your highchair and hardly ever say a peep. You have never made a face or refused a food to eat. You will play for hours and hours by yourself without me entertaining you. (Today you played with a plastic measuring cup and 1 block for about 20 mins.) You are on a perfectly set routine that you came up with, but if we need to go off of it a little bit you can handle it (now.) You are friendly with our friends... and of course YOU ARE RIDICULOUSLY CUTE! :) I think that's enough bragging for now, wow!
God has made you into such a perfect little being and I thank Him everyday for allowing me to be your mom! I have been more blessed than I ever felt possible by becoming your mom! Thank you for being MY child!
So Jessalynn... What has this month brought us?
You have been a lot less sick! Not completely but better after taking your allergy medicine you have stopped scratching at your face AND you have been talking non-stop. Da-Da is by far your favorite word and you tend to use it for alot of things... except when you see a dog. Then it turns to Dog-Dog! You are mildly obsessed... ok that may be an understatement! Whenever you see a dog on t.v or in person you go crazy. You clap your hands, you squeal as loud as you can and you just go nuts. I don't know why we haven't captured this on video yet, but it is extremely adorable! Dad and I were talking the other day that if we got you a dog we don't think you would be as excited when you saw them... so we aren't going to get one.. EVER! :) However, your love for dogs has brought Dad and I to become very excited to bring you to the ZOO. It will be our first outing specifically FOR YOU! We are so excited, but are going to wait till it cools down a bit!
This month it has been 100* about everyday! We are breaking records for it being so hot, which has caused us to be inside ALOT and spend way too much money shopping ;) Shopping may be one of your favorite activities, while it's fun for now I am hoping it doesn't stay that way forever! :)
Also this month we took you to your first Astros/Baseball game ever. You loved it. Lots of excitement everywhere and every time the crowd would cheer you would light up both arms and cheer too. You make my heart so happy!
You are crawling ALL OVER THE PLACE! You are into everything, thankfully you haven't figured out how to open the cabinets... yet! You're favorite place in the house is in mommy and daddy's bathroom on our green rug. One day I was watching you play while cleaning the kitchen and when I looked over the stink I couldn't find you. I looked in your room, looked in my room... No Jessa. Finally I see you out of the corner of my eye just sitting on the green bathroom Rug sucking your thumb and you gave me the biggest smile ever! You are intrigued with the laundry room as well, but we try and keep the door shut. One of your favorite things to do is stand up by mommy's book shelf and pull off the books. You pull one off and then sit and flip through it. I'm not sure why you don't try and tear the pages out, you just like to look at the pictures. That book shelf can keep you occupied for a LONG TIME!
You have learned to RUN in your walker. It sort of looks like you are ice skating. YOu will run real fast and then glide, and run real fast and glide. I am so thankful for the set up of our house that allows you such a fun space to play in your walker.
I've started planning your birthday! It's going to be Cupcake themed. I'm pretty excited and found an outfit that I think is adorable! Basically, it's a ruffle butt outfit. YAY!
I'm not sure much else has changed with you this month, you weigh 19.1lbs and are 28in long. You are in the 50%ile for everything :) You have started eating alot more table food and are enjoying chewing with your 4, going on 6 teeth!!!! WOW! (2 bottom, and your two top left teeth, your two top right and trying to make an appearance.)
Thank you for being so much fun, thank you for going places with me with out a fuss. Thank you for loving dogs so much, and thank you for just being you. You bring so much joy to my life!!
Love, MA-MA! NOT DA-DA!! ;)
I was putting you to bed tonight looking around your room realizing that when Daddy and I (but mostly I) decorated we had no idea if you were going to be a boy or a girl. You've spent 10 whole months with us already! It seems like we ALWAYS knew you were going to be our "Jessa." The name fits you so perfectly, and I can't in any way imagine life if you would have come out "Jace." I am so thankful for you and all that makes you female!
I'm not sure of what else I can say in this 10th letter than, you are basically the easiest kid I've ever met. (Time for alittle mama bragging rights, even though Mama ain't got nothing to do with this side of your personality.) You have slept through the night since you were basically 3 months old. You hardly ever cry, but when you do I know something is wrong. You put yourself to sleep for naps and bedtime and if you aren't tired you will just play in your crib until you are ready to fall asleep. You are so go with the flow and have only made a scene ONCE in public, and that was when you were about 4 months old. We take you to restaurants and you not only love trying new foods but you sit in your highchair and hardly ever say a peep. You have never made a face or refused a food to eat. You will play for hours and hours by yourself without me entertaining you. (Today you played with a plastic measuring cup and 1 block for about 20 mins.) You are on a perfectly set routine that you came up with, but if we need to go off of it a little bit you can handle it (now.) You are friendly with our friends... and of course YOU ARE RIDICULOUSLY CUTE! :) I think that's enough bragging for now, wow!
God has made you into such a perfect little being and I thank Him everyday for allowing me to be your mom! I have been more blessed than I ever felt possible by becoming your mom! Thank you for being MY child!
So Jessalynn... What has this month brought us?
You have been a lot less sick! Not completely but better after taking your allergy medicine you have stopped scratching at your face AND you have been talking non-stop. Da-Da is by far your favorite word and you tend to use it for alot of things... except when you see a dog. Then it turns to Dog-Dog! You are mildly obsessed... ok that may be an understatement! Whenever you see a dog on t.v or in person you go crazy. You clap your hands, you squeal as loud as you can and you just go nuts. I don't know why we haven't captured this on video yet, but it is extremely adorable! Dad and I were talking the other day that if we got you a dog we don't think you would be as excited when you saw them... so we aren't going to get one.. EVER! :) However, your love for dogs has brought Dad and I to become very excited to bring you to the ZOO. It will be our first outing specifically FOR YOU! We are so excited, but are going to wait till it cools down a bit!
This month it has been 100* about everyday! We are breaking records for it being so hot, which has caused us to be inside ALOT and spend way too much money shopping ;) Shopping may be one of your favorite activities, while it's fun for now I am hoping it doesn't stay that way forever! :)
Also this month we took you to your first Astros/Baseball game ever. You loved it. Lots of excitement everywhere and every time the crowd would cheer you would light up both arms and cheer too. You make my heart so happy!
You are crawling ALL OVER THE PLACE! You are into everything, thankfully you haven't figured out how to open the cabinets... yet! You're favorite place in the house is in mommy and daddy's bathroom on our green rug. One day I was watching you play while cleaning the kitchen and when I looked over the stink I couldn't find you. I looked in your room, looked in my room... No Jessa. Finally I see you out of the corner of my eye just sitting on the green bathroom Rug sucking your thumb and you gave me the biggest smile ever! You are intrigued with the laundry room as well, but we try and keep the door shut. One of your favorite things to do is stand up by mommy's book shelf and pull off the books. You pull one off and then sit and flip through it. I'm not sure why you don't try and tear the pages out, you just like to look at the pictures. That book shelf can keep you occupied for a LONG TIME!
You have learned to RUN in your walker. It sort of looks like you are ice skating. YOu will run real fast and then glide, and run real fast and glide. I am so thankful for the set up of our house that allows you such a fun space to play in your walker.
I've started planning your birthday! It's going to be Cupcake themed. I'm pretty excited and found an outfit that I think is adorable! Basically, it's a ruffle butt outfit. YAY!
I'm not sure much else has changed with you this month, you weigh 19.1lbs and are 28in long. You are in the 50%ile for everything :) You have started eating alot more table food and are enjoying chewing with your 4, going on 6 teeth!!!! WOW! (2 bottom, and your two top left teeth, your two top right and trying to make an appearance.)
Thank you for being so much fun, thank you for going places with me with out a fuss. Thank you for loving dogs so much, and thank you for just being you. You bring so much joy to my life!!
Love, MA-MA! NOT DA-DA!! ;)
Friday, August 26, 2011
If your ever really lonely and in need of some major attention...
Just lock your keys, along with your child in your car on a 100*+ in Houston. 2 cop cars, an ambulance, a HUGE firetruck, and a tow truck all came to rescue little Jessa from the inside of the car and make me feel like the biggest idiot on the planet! Do I dare explain how this happened?
Let's start from the beginning... I purchased a car in Indiana and then moved to Texas. I believe between Nick and I we are the ONLY people that live in Houston without tinted windows... but tinted windows really has nothing to do with the story. ANYWAY, because I am from up North and it's a good idea to warm your car up before you drive in the winter I was blessed with an automatic start on my remote. Since I don't have to use it in the winter, I use it (everyday) in the summer to start the air going. Especially because Jessa is still rear faced in her car seat. It gets pretty awful. Anyway, we were leaving and I didn't have my keys in my hand so there was no point of pre-starting the car before I had to get in. I unlocked sat in the back seat and was like WHOA! So, I decided to turn on the air (by remote) while I buckled Jessa in. Here is the kicker... You have to press the lock button in order to use the remote start (so you can't just randomly start your car up if the button gets pressed in your pocket.) It's sort of like a secret code ;) ANYWAY, So I pressed lock on my remote then held the start button down and WALL-A! AIR! I buckle Jessa up, she is screaming and apparently HATES her new "Cadillac" car seat as I call it. I'm distracted because I think something is hitting her wrong because she is crying so hard I make sure nothing is wrong, tell her to suck it up all while feeling AWFUL because I haven't heard her cry like this in a long time, then I tell her we will be home soon, get out of the car shut the back down, put my hand on the front door and start saying some choice words! I immediately call Nick (he's in class) I text him and tell him "I NEED YOU NOW!!" Wouldn't you like getting that text message??? He tells me to call a lock smith, I decide 911 is the better option. Anyway, like 10 mins later after a really awkward phone call talking to the fire department dispatcher the car shuts off. THEN I PANIC! Isn't that what mom's do best?? It was awful, I think I stood there hyperventilating sure that Jessa was going to pass out, even though the air was just on full blast for 10 mins. She is still screaming bloody murder with alligator tears running down her face. It was... bad! The 1st cop shows up, followed by the tow truck. I never realized how easy it is to break into a car. That guy had that car opened in less than 5 mins! After I thank him 100,000,000,000 times I get his business card and tell him I will send him some money because I didn't have any cash. Then comes the fire truck, then another police car, and last but not least the ambulance. I have to talk to each of them, tell them it's ok that my child is STILL SCREAMING! "She's just tired" I say. I'm looking like bad mom of the year. Noone is understanding how my car is running and the keys are not in the ignition, that part was actually sort of humorous. What wasn't humorous was the fact that the lady police woman gave me the dirtiest look after seeing a dirty diaper in my back seat! (pun intended) I had changed Jessa in the Target parking lot right before we had ventured to Walgreens. Sorry lady, she smelled!
To end the story, Jessa screamed the whole way home, we got stopped in construction which added 10 mins on to our drive, and then finally she passed out.
What a day. I'm not sure why I just took the time to write that whole story down. Maybe it makes me feel better that possibly someone out there is reading this and laughing because something similar has happened to them.
The day can only go up from here. Happy Friday, right???
Let's start from the beginning... I purchased a car in Indiana and then moved to Texas. I believe between Nick and I we are the ONLY people that live in Houston without tinted windows... but tinted windows really has nothing to do with the story. ANYWAY, because I am from up North and it's a good idea to warm your car up before you drive in the winter I was blessed with an automatic start on my remote. Since I don't have to use it in the winter, I use it (everyday) in the summer to start the air going. Especially because Jessa is still rear faced in her car seat. It gets pretty awful. Anyway, we were leaving and I didn't have my keys in my hand so there was no point of pre-starting the car before I had to get in. I unlocked sat in the back seat and was like WHOA! So, I decided to turn on the air (by remote) while I buckled Jessa in. Here is the kicker... You have to press the lock button in order to use the remote start (so you can't just randomly start your car up if the button gets pressed in your pocket.) It's sort of like a secret code ;) ANYWAY, So I pressed lock on my remote then held the start button down and WALL-A! AIR! I buckle Jessa up, she is screaming and apparently HATES her new "Cadillac" car seat as I call it. I'm distracted because I think something is hitting her wrong because she is crying so hard I make sure nothing is wrong, tell her to suck it up all while feeling AWFUL because I haven't heard her cry like this in a long time, then I tell her we will be home soon, get out of the car shut the back down, put my hand on the front door and start saying some choice words! I immediately call Nick (he's in class) I text him and tell him "I NEED YOU NOW!!" Wouldn't you like getting that text message??? He tells me to call a lock smith, I decide 911 is the better option. Anyway, like 10 mins later after a really awkward phone call talking to the fire department dispatcher the car shuts off. THEN I PANIC! Isn't that what mom's do best?? It was awful, I think I stood there hyperventilating sure that Jessa was going to pass out, even though the air was just on full blast for 10 mins. She is still screaming bloody murder with alligator tears running down her face. It was... bad! The 1st cop shows up, followed by the tow truck. I never realized how easy it is to break into a car. That guy had that car opened in less than 5 mins! After I thank him 100,000,000,000 times I get his business card and tell him I will send him some money because I didn't have any cash. Then comes the fire truck, then another police car, and last but not least the ambulance. I have to talk to each of them, tell them it's ok that my child is STILL SCREAMING! "She's just tired" I say. I'm looking like bad mom of the year. Noone is understanding how my car is running and the keys are not in the ignition, that part was actually sort of humorous. What wasn't humorous was the fact that the lady police woman gave me the dirtiest look after seeing a dirty diaper in my back seat! (pun intended) I had changed Jessa in the Target parking lot right before we had ventured to Walgreens. Sorry lady, she smelled!
To end the story, Jessa screamed the whole way home, we got stopped in construction which added 10 mins on to our drive, and then finally she passed out.
What a day. I'm not sure why I just took the time to write that whole story down. Maybe it makes me feel better that possibly someone out there is reading this and laughing because something similar has happened to them.
The day can only go up from here. Happy Friday, right???
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