I really suck at updating this blog! Geez!!! I will do much better now that I've got more time on my hands. A LOT has gone on since the previous blog entry. I'll try to go in order from past to present!
We had a great holiday season 2008/beginning of 2009. There were a lot of parties, family gatherings, presents, and smiles to be had by all. We brought in 2009 with John & Michelle at Mr. Anderson's house - he threw a fantastic party & we are so grateful they added us in on the fun! January was pretty tame - Sug turned 50! February was a decently busy month for Jared & I - we went to San Antonio to celebrate Michelle's birthday with John, Michelle, Kyle & Lynelle. Overall, a super fun weekend and so fun to hang out in my old hometown (well, Jared's too). Later in Feb, Jared & I went up to Kansas to surprise Dustin for his 30th birthday party and had WAY too much fun at the fabulous party Pat planned! Haleigh stayed at home so mommy & daddy could party the weekend away with daddy's family. On Feb 12, we celebrated the one year mark of Haleigh's surgery! She got her own special little cake to enjoy for the occasion! Dad took Haleigh to the petting zoo at the Rodeo and had her picture taken on the Longhorn! Super cute Pods & Haleigh date - it's their new tradition. :-)
March & April 2009 were crazy busy months for us. We had Rodeo Houston CookOff, Taylor Swift, UCP Crawfish Boil, Guitar Hero marathon with John, Michelle & Michelle's little brother, and a crawfish boil at my aunt & uncle's house with us, John & Michelle, Kyle, Derek, Dani & Adam, Nia, Ida & Will.
May was pretty calm - we ventured to Austin for Mother's Day and were able to swing by Johnny Finn's for my friend Heather's birthday. I hadn't seen her in a while & she had never met Jared so it was a long time coming! Dad & Aimee took us to a Rocket's playoff game where dad wore an obnoxious red pimp suit & hat and we met Chamillionaire (the rapper).
June 2009 was another busy month for us - Dad turned 50! His surprise party was a MASSIVE success & he and Aimee left for LA the next morning for the final game of the Rockets/Lakers series. Shortly after, we met Jared's parents and brother & sister in law and kids in Lakeway for a week long vacation! Jared's parents rented a house so we spent the weekend lounging by the pool, drinking and catching up. We had the Ramirez and Cervantes families over for lunch one day & it was so great to catch up with everyone. Haleigh got to throw out the first pitch at the Astros game with my Dad on his actual 50th birthday - cutest little girl to ever throw out a first pitch! She even had on her Astros cheerleading outfit on!
July/August 2009. Mom rented a house on Lake Travis for a week so Mom, Jared, Haleigh, myself, Kimmie and Josh headed out for a week of fun...or a week of a house with a broken AC! While we made lemons out of lemonade, it was hot as sin in that house! We played at the pool a lot, grilled, and partied white trash style (blow up pool, cigars, ice chest full of beer next to the pool). So much fun though! Back at home in The Woodlands, summer nights were full of us sitting outside with our neighbors drinking & catching up on the latest cul de sac gossip! H fell in love with playing in the blow up pool - she'll be crushed when she can't play with one this year :-( Mom bought a lakehouse on Lake Travis that we're all in love with! Mid August, we had a fun cousins night out to celebrate Lynelle's birthday in the front of The Woodlands. Craziness ensued, but it was most definitely a great night!
September - BEST month ever (my birthday month!!!!). Lots of time at the lakehouse - pool time, getting the house all set up, learning whats around Lakeway, etc. For my 26th (ugh am I REALLY that old!?!??) birthday, we went to the Texas/ Texas Tech football game in Austin with Kyle. We met up with Derek, Marc, and David at the tailgate & all had a lil too much fun. Such a fun night!
October - We went upto Austin for a night to hang out with our friends, Dani & Adam, who were in town from San Francisco for the UT/Colorado football game. We had a great dinner at Trudy's (home of my most favorite drink in the world, THE Mexican Martini) and were joined by an old friend, Casey. After dinner, we did the old school 6th St. deal and were joined by Leslie (long lost friend) - forgot how much fun 6th was with that group! Came home the next night to celebrate Haleigh's 2nd birthday but small fry was sick. We had the standard fondue dinner for Jared's birthday. My cousin, Jack, got married to Kate and we were able to go celebrate with them! Jared had to leave town for a family emergency for Halloween, so Uncle Johnny & Aunt Shelly were really the only people to see H in her Halloween outfit - she was a punk rock princess and a super cute one at that! They gave her pretty much half of their candy stock! Later in the evening, Will & Ida came over to keep H & I company!
November - we celebrated "Thanksmas" with Jared's family when we went up in late November. H had an awesome time playing with her cousins, Evey & Lex, and the parental units had a great time catching up , toddys in hand, while the grandparents watched the kids! Evey went on her first Harley ride with Grandad (which is a SUPER big deal in the Streeter/Griffith family) and had a huge smile on her face the entire time, from what I'm told! We were able to spend some time with Grandma & Grandpa Shaw as well as Leo, Janie & Matt.
December - KIMMIE ROO GRADUATED COLLEGE!!!!! My little sis graduated from LCU in December and had a big girl job lined up BEFORE graduation (a huge deal w/the economy these days). We all trucked it up to Lubbock to see Roo graduate. Christmas was spent at the lakehouse with Mom, Kimmie, Josh & the 3 of us. H got a super cool pink push tricycle that she's obsessed with! We had a belated Christmas with Dad & Aimee when we got back from Austin at their house - def a nice & relaxing night!
January 2010 - welp, we started out this year by going to visit Dani & Adam in LA for the 2010 National Championship game. We won't talk about the game, but we had a fantastic trip out to LA - Dani & Adam are always such amazing hosts! We met up with Mrs. Best and one of her friends as well as my friends Justin & Ryan and Ryan's brother in law Mark. Haleigh started school late January :-( Little girl all grown up... She had a rough first few days but over all she did very well adjusting. I started working for my dad & uncle the same time H started school. Late Jan consisted of a super fun cousins night at our house - got out of hand, but those are some of the most fun nights!
February - Haleigh was sick most of February with the "crud". Aimee turned 40!!! We had Rodeo CookOff, and that's about it.
March - Haleigh & Dad had their annual trip to the Rodeo Petting Zoo. H was a little pissy when I left but she was with Pods so it was all good. She came home with a super cute puppy pillow that's her new obsession & new member of her entourage! We went to Austin and had a "family" day at the zoo followed by lunch at Carlos & Charlies - INSANE how much difference a year can make when it comes to the lake levels. The lake looks amazing & I cannot wait for summer!
April - Grandma & Grandpa Shaw celebrated 50 years of marriage on Apr 1!!! So happy for them :-) Evey's birthday was Monday and today is Kimmie Roo's birthday! Busy month for us here! Tomorrow is H's last day of school & I'm honestly torn on our decision to pull her out so early. We will be spending a lot of time in Austin this summer and super busy with getting everything ready for Kimmie's wedding so we're pulling her. I feel terrible because she's just now adjusted to the class, her teacher, her friends in her class and the schedule. And I'm now taking that away from her. She loves her teacher, Ms. April, and the teacher who she sometimes has, Ms. Thomas. The school has been amazingly accomidating to us and has been so great to Haleigh. We were lucky to get this for H's first school experience! I'm starting to regret pulling her so early...who knows. Maybe I'll cave and keep her in for a few more weeks so I can get more things done around the house. In other news....we're about to put our house on the market! This house has been a good (well, decent) first house for us but it's time to move on. Who knows where we'll go or how long it'll take for us to sell, but we want to move on from this place.
The next few months are crazy busy for us...Kimmie has wedding showers and a bachelorette party and then a WEDDING!!!! Jared is going to Kansas alone next weekend. Morgan & Jeffrey are getting married in July. Aquapalooza in July as well.
I'm off to run errands but will update the snapfish account tonight and post the link tonight or tomorrow!
xoxo,
jess
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Thursday, December 11, 2008
An AWESOME Update
Well, today was our follow up appointment with Dr. Jea, Haleigh's neurologist. We had an MRI on December 2, and got our results today. We got the "all clear" for now, and even better news...Dr. Jea is so impressed with Haleigh's progress that he has decided to move our MRI's from every 4 months to every 6 months. That is awesome news for us because Jared and I hate having to put Haleigh through the torture of getting an IV - it's hell for her.
Someone upstairs must really love us because she has been doing so well lately. She's walking (almost running now), talking, and loving life. Haleigh is an amazing child and we truly are blessed. I don't think we could be any luckier.
I'll post pictures on Sunday. There are a lot I need to update so check back Monday.
much love,
jess
Someone upstairs must really love us because she has been doing so well lately. She's walking (almost running now), talking, and loving life. Haleigh is an amazing child and we truly are blessed. I don't think we could be any luckier.
I'll post pictures on Sunday. There are a lot I need to update so check back Monday.
much love,
jess
Friday, November 21, 2008
A Belated Update...
Again, so much has gone on since the last post.
We had Haleigh's first birthday party, and it was so much fun. The weather was perfect, we had her friends and family over, and the day was just great. Haleigh got lots of amazing toys, clothes, books, and is still getting used to all of the new things around the house.
Jared had his 26th birthday, and we celebrated with a big family dinner at Melting Pot. Great food and conversation was had by all! He really is an old man ;-)
We met some more of our neighbors, and hopefully we'll meet more during the holidays.
On a sad note, my Mimi passed away this past Sunday. It's been a rough few days. Haleigh and Jared have been such troopers - we are staying with my dad & Aimee and their house, and they are doing everything they can to help Mommy get through this.
We are looking forward to the holidays, but they are going to be insanely busy. I will update the website with more pictures this weekend.
love to all,
jess
We had Haleigh's first birthday party, and it was so much fun. The weather was perfect, we had her friends and family over, and the day was just great. Haleigh got lots of amazing toys, clothes, books, and is still getting used to all of the new things around the house.
Jared had his 26th birthday, and we celebrated with a big family dinner at Melting Pot. Great food and conversation was had by all! He really is an old man ;-)
We met some more of our neighbors, and hopefully we'll meet more during the holidays.
On a sad note, my Mimi passed away this past Sunday. It's been a rough few days. Haleigh and Jared have been such troopers - we are staying with my dad & Aimee and their house, and they are doing everything they can to help Mommy get through this.
We are looking forward to the holidays, but they are going to be insanely busy. I will update the website with more pictures this weekend.
love to all,
jess
Monday, October 13, 2008
So much has happened....
Since the last time I updated this.
We had Hurricane Ike roll through here...My 25th birthday, Haleigh's first birthday, Jared & I went to Dallas for the UT/OU football game, and this week we have Jared's 26th birthday and Haleigh's party.
Hurricane Ike was awful. We stated here at home in The Woodlands, and decided to wait out the storm. The rain started about midnight, then came the howling winds, and then came a big dose of my anxiety! About 4:30am, Jared, Haleigh and I came downstairs and camped out in our little closet in the living room. Haleigh thought it was playtime, so she was playing with the radio antenna and flash lights. She finally fell asleep after lots of rocking, but it was not very comfortable in there. We came out of the storm perfectly. Some branches fell off of the trees in the back, we need to replace some roof shingles and fence posts, but other than that, we are golden. We were without power for two weeks, and we are so grateful for the Weber family for letting us camp out at their house while waiting for power.
Haleigh had her One Year check-up today with her primary care doctor. Dr. Hill is quite impressed with Miss Priss, and we'll go back in three months from now. She is doing well on her height and weight, and we are off of formula :-) Haleigh has three teeth - two on the bottom and one up top. She looks pretty silly with just one up top, but we still love her. She's eating so much "big girl food" now, and she's a great eater. Haleigh is willing to try most anything, as long as it's on a spoon being served to her.
We have pictures uploaded, so email me at jessandjared@gmail.com if you want the link to our picture website.
Happy Monday!
love
jess
We had Hurricane Ike roll through here...My 25th birthday, Haleigh's first birthday, Jared & I went to Dallas for the UT/OU football game, and this week we have Jared's 26th birthday and Haleigh's party.
Hurricane Ike was awful. We stated here at home in The Woodlands, and decided to wait out the storm. The rain started about midnight, then came the howling winds, and then came a big dose of my anxiety! About 4:30am, Jared, Haleigh and I came downstairs and camped out in our little closet in the living room. Haleigh thought it was playtime, so she was playing with the radio antenna and flash lights. She finally fell asleep after lots of rocking, but it was not very comfortable in there. We came out of the storm perfectly. Some branches fell off of the trees in the back, we need to replace some roof shingles and fence posts, but other than that, we are golden. We were without power for two weeks, and we are so grateful for the Weber family for letting us camp out at their house while waiting for power.
Haleigh had her One Year check-up today with her primary care doctor. Dr. Hill is quite impressed with Miss Priss, and we'll go back in three months from now. She is doing well on her height and weight, and we are off of formula :-) Haleigh has three teeth - two on the bottom and one up top. She looks pretty silly with just one up top, but we still love her. She's eating so much "big girl food" now, and she's a great eater. Haleigh is willing to try most anything, as long as it's on a spoon being served to her.
We have pictures uploaded, so email me at jessandjared@gmail.com if you want the link to our picture website.
Happy Monday!
love
jess
Saturday, August 16, 2008
New pictures!
Well, once again I've slacked off and not posted for a while. I'm attaching new pictures of Haleigh, the last ones were updated today.
Haleigh had her 2nd post-op MRI on August 1st. We had to go in and meet with her oncologist, Dr. Okcu, and we got the all clear. Dr. Okcu is pleased with Haleigh's progress, and we even get to move her MRI's from every 3 months to every 4 months. Little victories like this are awesome!
Haleigh is pulling up on everything in sight, crawling so fast, and very curious about everything around her. She loves to read books and is obsessed with looking at trees. We've been enjoying the gymnastics part of the Olympics, so maybe one day she'll be a gymnast!
No new teeth yet...still just 2. Hopefully we'll have some soon :-)
more later.
love
jess, jared & haleigh
http://www2.snapfish.com/share/p=210161218931475127/l=420264056/g=33526050/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB
Haleigh had her 2nd post-op MRI on August 1st. We had to go in and meet with her oncologist, Dr. Okcu, and we got the all clear. Dr. Okcu is pleased with Haleigh's progress, and we even get to move her MRI's from every 3 months to every 4 months. Little victories like this are awesome!
Haleigh is pulling up on everything in sight, crawling so fast, and very curious about everything around her. She loves to read books and is obsessed with looking at trees. We've been enjoying the gymnastics part of the Olympics, so maybe one day she'll be a gymnast!
No new teeth yet...still just 2. Hopefully we'll have some soon :-)
more later.
love
jess, jared & haleigh
http://www2.snapfish.com/share/p=210161218931475127/l=420264056/g=33526050/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Adding to yesterday's post...
Haleigh is growing like a weed, and her personality is developing so very quickly. She is quite sassy, and has increadibly expressive eyes.
We're almost done with her room decorating, so I will be uploading pictures of that when it's done.
that's about it. everyone here is great, haleigh is perfect, and our life is pretty easy!
take care
love
jess
We're almost done with her room decorating, so I will be uploading pictures of that when it's done.
that's about it. everyone here is great, haleigh is perfect, and our life is pretty easy!
take care
love
jess
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
We have a crawler!!! AND teeth!!!
Big news from the Griffith household...Haleigh has started crawling and popped out 2 teeth for us :-) She's been practicing her crawling like crazy, and is going to be speedy gonzales before we know it!
Her middle bottom two teeth have broken the surface, and you can see them coming in!
Here are some pictures from Father's Day at the Weber house, Haleigh crawling, and just other randoms! Small Fry just woke up so I promise I will update more later tonight or tomorrow!
http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=224685114/a=33526050/t_=33526050
love
jess
Her middle bottom two teeth have broken the surface, and you can see them coming in!
Here are some pictures from Father's Day at the Weber house, Haleigh crawling, and just other randoms! Small Fry just woke up so I promise I will update more later tonight or tomorrow!
http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=224685114/a=33526050/t_=33526050
love
jess
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
We're Back!!!
I've got to get better at updating this blog...I promised myself I would, so I'm going to make a real effort to update more frequently.
Things here have been relatively calm around here, but about to get insanely hectic in the coming weeks. Haleigh had her 6month check up with Dr. Hill not too long ago. She is coming in at 95% of height and 25% of weight for her age group. Miss Priss got her shots, and we were good to go! She was super fussy that day, but slept like a champ.
Haleigh is talking up a storm, rolling over, and stretching her body in any possible way to get something she wants off of the floor. We're even eating in a big girl high chair with baby foods :-) Haleigh LOVES the bananas and applesauce, we're still working on peaches and sweet potatoes. She's done an awesome job of not making too big of a mess while eating.
She's getting used to seeing Aunt Mi & Uncle Johnny (John & Michelle Anderson) weekly, and Uncle Johnny is finally coming around to holding her. He still calls her "champ", so we'll have to work on that. Baby steps, though!
The lil Griffith family has a big summer ahead of us. Haleigh will FINALLY take her first plane ride this weekend. We're going up to Kansas for a wedding on Saturday, then heading home on Sunday. The following weekend, we'll be in Austin for another wedding, and then my dad (Roy) is taking Jared & I to Florida to watch the shuttle launch, and then the big shabang... My mom (Kathi) is taking Jared & I to Mexico! and Haleigh will be staying in Kansas for the week. We get back from Mexico and then head to Austin for July 4th weekend, and then it's back to our boring old life.
Here are some recent pictures of Miss Priss. Hopefully the link works! I'll take a lot of pictures with Haleigh all dressed up this weekend and post them early next week!
http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=224264623/a=33526050/t_=33526050
more later.
much love
jess
Things here have been relatively calm around here, but about to get insanely hectic in the coming weeks. Haleigh had her 6month check up with Dr. Hill not too long ago. She is coming in at 95% of height and 25% of weight for her age group. Miss Priss got her shots, and we were good to go! She was super fussy that day, but slept like a champ.
Haleigh is talking up a storm, rolling over, and stretching her body in any possible way to get something she wants off of the floor. We're even eating in a big girl high chair with baby foods :-) Haleigh LOVES the bananas and applesauce, we're still working on peaches and sweet potatoes. She's done an awesome job of not making too big of a mess while eating.
She's getting used to seeing Aunt Mi & Uncle Johnny (John & Michelle Anderson) weekly, and Uncle Johnny is finally coming around to holding her. He still calls her "champ", so we'll have to work on that. Baby steps, though!
The lil Griffith family has a big summer ahead of us. Haleigh will FINALLY take her first plane ride this weekend. We're going up to Kansas for a wedding on Saturday, then heading home on Sunday. The following weekend, we'll be in Austin for another wedding, and then my dad (Roy) is taking Jared & I to Florida to watch the shuttle launch, and then the big shabang... My mom (Kathi) is taking Jared & I to Mexico! and Haleigh will be staying in Kansas for the week. We get back from Mexico and then head to Austin for July 4th weekend, and then it's back to our boring old life.
Here are some recent pictures of Miss Priss. Hopefully the link works! I'll take a lot of pictures with Haleigh all dressed up this weekend and post them early next week!
http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=224264623/a=33526050/t_=33526050
more later.
much love
jess
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Better late than never....
Haleigh's MRI came back and Dr. Jea has given us the "all clear" for the time being!!!!
We go back in to see Dr. Jea for our technical 3 month check up, and after that we won't see him until August.
Haleigh's room is coming along, more quickly than the rest of the house, and I will be posting pictures as soon as it's complete!
much love
jess
We go back in to see Dr. Jea for our technical 3 month check up, and after that we won't see him until August.
Haleigh's room is coming along, more quickly than the rest of the house, and I will be posting pictures as soon as it's complete!
much love
jess
Friday, April 4, 2008
Pictures & MRI
Well, a lot has been going on in this little Griffith household lately. We have been living in a construction site, basically. There are rooms left half unpainted, with all of the paint and accessories all over the floor. Boxes galore in the kitchen - some unpacked, others just opened to get one item out and then left. And laundry piles like I've never seen. I do laundry daily, and there is still SO much left to do. Oh well. It's OUR house. And we want to take the time to make it perfect for us.
As I type this, I'm uploading pictures of the house, running the washing machine & dishwasher, listening to Haleigh talk to her froggy toy, and waiting on Mr. DirecTv. Who knows how long he's going to take! Miss Priss has done amazingly well through all of this - she's such an awesome lil baby!!!
Her first MRI since we left Texas Children's was yesterday. It was scheduled for Tuesday, but we had a little time issue. Driving to the Med Center from The Woodlands is COMPLETELY different from driving in from the Heights...Needless to say, after a few choice words to some of the less than brilliant people that were working, we were rescheduled for Thursday. We went in, got there 40 minutes early, and got all of the questions asked of us by the staff before we got called back (which I love - less BS in the back, faster to get her to MRI). Once we got called back, the nurse came in and said they were going to put in her IV. Now, most of you know that Haleigh has inherited Griffith veins - pretty much impossible to find - thanks for that one, Griffith ladies ;-). This nurse was awesome - one prick, and the IV was in. Haleigh was comforted by Sugar for that part as I do not do needles very well. Anyway...Haleigh got called down early (very rare!), and once they gave her the anastesia, she was out in about 10 seconds - no lie! When we went back to see her in recovery, she was awake & having some yummy pedialite. She was not as drunk of a baby as she was last time, but still pretty funny to watch.
I call in at 10am to get results, so I will post them as soon as I get them.
Here are the pictures from moving days, crawfish boil, Haleigh's first Easter, and Uncle Johnny holding Haleigh Bug for the first time ever!!!
http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=223844729/a=33526050/t_=33526050
More later.
much love,
Jess
As I type this, I'm uploading pictures of the house, running the washing machine & dishwasher, listening to Haleigh talk to her froggy toy, and waiting on Mr. DirecTv. Who knows how long he's going to take! Miss Priss has done amazingly well through all of this - she's such an awesome lil baby!!!
Her first MRI since we left Texas Children's was yesterday. It was scheduled for Tuesday, but we had a little time issue. Driving to the Med Center from The Woodlands is COMPLETELY different from driving in from the Heights...Needless to say, after a few choice words to some of the less than brilliant people that were working, we were rescheduled for Thursday. We went in, got there 40 minutes early, and got all of the questions asked of us by the staff before we got called back (which I love - less BS in the back, faster to get her to MRI). Once we got called back, the nurse came in and said they were going to put in her IV. Now, most of you know that Haleigh has inherited Griffith veins - pretty much impossible to find - thanks for that one, Griffith ladies ;-). This nurse was awesome - one prick, and the IV was in. Haleigh was comforted by Sugar for that part as I do not do needles very well. Anyway...Haleigh got called down early (very rare!), and once they gave her the anastesia, she was out in about 10 seconds - no lie! When we went back to see her in recovery, she was awake & having some yummy pedialite. She was not as drunk of a baby as she was last time, but still pretty funny to watch.
I call in at 10am to get results, so I will post them as soon as I get them.
Here are the pictures from moving days, crawfish boil, Haleigh's first Easter, and Uncle Johnny holding Haleigh Bug for the first time ever!!!
http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=223844729/a=33526050/t_=33526050
More later.
much love,
Jess
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The New House!
Well, after a long weekend, we are somewhat settled into the new house in The Woodlands. Jared & I are going on virtually no sleep, attempting to get as much done in every waking hour possible. We are still lacking a fridge, sink faucet, disposal, working dishwasher, and all of our furniture from the apartment. Jared & his dad moved all of the boxes from the apartment over on Friday, and we've attempted to unpack some...I'm hesitant to unpack before we clean up after the lady that lived here before us.
I got some great pictures this weekend, and will upload them to the website soon.
Hope all is well.
love
jess & jared
I got some great pictures this weekend, and will upload them to the website soon.
Hope all is well.
love
jess & jared
Thursday, March 13, 2008
First Post-Op Check Up with Dr. Jea
So, Haleigh had her first post op check up today. We met with Dr. Jea (the neurosurgeon) and Dr. Okcu (the oncologist). There were a few scheduling problems (boys really shouldn't be left to this stuff!), but thankfully we made both of our appointments.
Dr. Jea said that Haleigh looked great, her incision was healing nicely, and her soft spot felt normal. He suggested that we bumped up the first MRI from 3 months post op to 6 weeks post op, so they'll be calling us tomorrow to schedule this. At that appointment, we'll also check the level of her medicine to see if it's still the correct level.
Dr. Okcu said the same thing - that Haleigh looked great and he was glad to see her in such good spirits. Dr. Okcu's office was in the cancer center, and it was quite a big awakening. I was pretty nervous sitting in there, and praying to God that we'd never have to put Haleigh what those kids were going through. I feel completely awful for these children, but they all looked like they were in such great spirits, so I just slapped a smile on my face for them.
All in all, it was an OK day. Haleigh has had a fever today, has been throwing up a bit more than normal, and I'm just a little stressed out. Oh well...things could be MUCH worse.
Off to cook dinner, do laundry, pack, and entertain the baby & husband!
More later.
Much love,
Jess
Dr. Jea said that Haleigh looked great, her incision was healing nicely, and her soft spot felt normal. He suggested that we bumped up the first MRI from 3 months post op to 6 weeks post op, so they'll be calling us tomorrow to schedule this. At that appointment, we'll also check the level of her medicine to see if it's still the correct level.
Dr. Okcu said the same thing - that Haleigh looked great and he was glad to see her in such good spirits. Dr. Okcu's office was in the cancer center, and it was quite a big awakening. I was pretty nervous sitting in there, and praying to God that we'd never have to put Haleigh what those kids were going through. I feel completely awful for these children, but they all looked like they were in such great spirits, so I just slapped a smile on my face for them.
All in all, it was an OK day. Haleigh has had a fever today, has been throwing up a bit more than normal, and I'm just a little stressed out. Oh well...things could be MUCH worse.
Off to cook dinner, do laundry, pack, and entertain the baby & husband!
More later.
Much love,
Jess
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
New Pictures.
I've added some new pictures to Haleigh's snapfish account. They're pretty cute!
Hope all is well.
http://www2.snapfish.com/share/p=254131202923796237/l=348584997/g=33526050/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB
Hope all is well.
http://www2.snapfish.com/share/p=254131202923796237/l=348584997/g=33526050/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Four Month Check-Up Today!
We ventured out to The Woodlands today for Haleigh's four month appointment today. While the doctor was late, Haleigh did amazingly well with the shots. Jared & I were expecting her to gain quite a bit of weight since she ate so much in the hospital (due to the steroids), but she's actually still listed as 25% on the charts. She came in at 12lbs 14ozs, and was 25 1/2 " long (75%). Her head is right in the middle, so that's good news.
Dr. Hill was pretty surprised to hear about Haleigh's last week (our primary care doctor, Dr. Hill was out of town while our adventure was going on), but glad to see that she was doing so well.
It's been an insanely long day, starting at 7am and Haleigh just now taking a nap with her daddy. We are hoping and praying that Haleigh gets back into her old sleep routine soon - her daddy & I aren't faring so well with such little sleep.
Off to go cook dinner...just wanted to update everyone on her 4 month check up!
Hope all is well.
Much love,
Jess & Jared
Dr. Hill was pretty surprised to hear about Haleigh's last week (our primary care doctor, Dr. Hill was out of town while our adventure was going on), but glad to see that she was doing so well.
It's been an insanely long day, starting at 7am and Haleigh just now taking a nap with her daddy. We are hoping and praying that Haleigh gets back into her old sleep routine soon - her daddy & I aren't faring so well with such little sleep.
Off to go cook dinner...just wanted to update everyone on her 4 month check up!
Hope all is well.
Much love,
Jess & Jared
Monday, February 18, 2008
Home again, home again.
We're home and settled. Well, somewhat. We came home and I realized just how much crap needed to be done here - dishes, laundry, cleaning the house for the week, going to the grocery store...
Haleigh took a 2 hour nap during our lunch, and then napped with her daddy for about 2 and a half hours this afternoon. Hopefully that sleeping pattern will continue through the night. I desperately need the sleep - Jared, on the other hand, has snuck in naps and got a break tonight so he's good to go.
It's pretty overwhelming being home. It's insane to think that a week ago we were praying over our little girl before bed, preparing to send her off to surgery. And now she's home with us, ready to play just like nothing happened.
The plan is for me to get LOTS of housework and laundry done tonight so we're ready to go for the week. We have Haleigh's Valentine's we still need to send out - oops! Kinda got a little distracted.
Gonna go play with the baby, then more laundry, and lots & lots of thank you notes! I don't anticipate getting any sleep for a while!
More later.
Much love,
Jess
Haleigh took a 2 hour nap during our lunch, and then napped with her daddy for about 2 and a half hours this afternoon. Hopefully that sleeping pattern will continue through the night. I desperately need the sleep - Jared, on the other hand, has snuck in naps and got a break tonight so he's good to go.
It's pretty overwhelming being home. It's insane to think that a week ago we were praying over our little girl before bed, preparing to send her off to surgery. And now she's home with us, ready to play just like nothing happened.
The plan is for me to get LOTS of housework and laundry done tonight so we're ready to go for the week. We have Haleigh's Valentine's we still need to send out - oops! Kinda got a little distracted.
Gonna go play with the baby, then more laundry, and lots & lots of thank you notes! I don't anticipate getting any sleep for a while!
More later.
Much love,
Jess
Officially Discharged!!!
THE LAST POST FROM THE HOSPITAL!!!!
Well, after yet another night of VERY little sleep, Dr. Jea came in this morning around 7 to tell us that we were going home today and we'd see him in a couple of weeks for a check up. Woo hoo! Officially discharged!!! Definately a huge step for Haleigh, just a little nervous on how we're going to do if 2-3 hours of sleep continues.
Haleigh is just like her momma - it takes a lot of meds to knock her out. Everyone said that the tylenol with codine (sp?) would knock her out, but not so...maybe for like an hour or so, but then she's up again and ready to play. Although we are running way past empty, we are so grateful that our little girl is so eager to play with us at all hours of the day.
I think Miss Priss will be gaining like 15lbs from this trip - she's been eating 4ozs every hour and half for the past 2 days...She normally eats every 3-4 hours, so it'll be interesting to see how much weight she gains. She goes in for her 4month check up& immunizations on Feb 20th, so we'll know the answer to that then!
I have some more pictures that my Mom took and I'll upload them this evening and post them for all to see. We'll be taking more pictures of our miracle baby and posting them on the snapfish account. I'll repost the link to that everytime I post new pictures so you won't have to search through all of these posts for it.
Thank you to everyone for every ounce of support. Jared, Haleigh & I couldn't have gone through this without every bit of it. We will never be able to repay everyone for the prayers, calls, emails, texts, notes, gifts, flowers, and visits. All we can say is thank you.
More later.
Much Love,
Jess & Jared
P.S. Haleigh says "I really am a rock star baby, Aunt Pat. I have a rock star scar!"
Well, after yet another night of VERY little sleep, Dr. Jea came in this morning around 7 to tell us that we were going home today and we'd see him in a couple of weeks for a check up. Woo hoo! Officially discharged!!! Definately a huge step for Haleigh, just a little nervous on how we're going to do if 2-3 hours of sleep continues.
Haleigh is just like her momma - it takes a lot of meds to knock her out. Everyone said that the tylenol with codine (sp?) would knock her out, but not so...maybe for like an hour or so, but then she's up again and ready to play. Although we are running way past empty, we are so grateful that our little girl is so eager to play with us at all hours of the day.
I think Miss Priss will be gaining like 15lbs from this trip - she's been eating 4ozs every hour and half for the past 2 days...She normally eats every 3-4 hours, so it'll be interesting to see how much weight she gains. She goes in for her 4month check up& immunizations on Feb 20th, so we'll know the answer to that then!
I have some more pictures that my Mom took and I'll upload them this evening and post them for all to see. We'll be taking more pictures of our miracle baby and posting them on the snapfish account. I'll repost the link to that everytime I post new pictures so you won't have to search through all of these posts for it.
Thank you to everyone for every ounce of support. Jared, Haleigh & I couldn't have gone through this without every bit of it. We will never be able to repay everyone for the prayers, calls, emails, texts, notes, gifts, flowers, and visits. All we can say is thank you.
More later.
Much Love,
Jess & Jared
P.S. Haleigh says "I really am a rock star baby, Aunt Pat. I have a rock star scar!"
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Almost home.
Today is off to a very relaxing start! Woo hoo :-)
Haleigh is currently on a walk with mom, Jared has taken a load of stuff back home so we don't have 10 suitcases of junk to take home tomorrow, and I am here trying to clean up the room, updating the blog, and looking at the fabulous Sunday ads to figure out what treasures we need to buy. I've also spent way too much time doing word searches and crossword puzzles.
While at lunch with Pods today, we missed Gates & Linda's visit, but they brought Haleigh an adorable pink lion - it's the pink lion she almost got the other day from her daddy! We'll have to make a trip upto CSK soon so Mrs. Linda can see the precious lil baby!
Some people have asked a few good questions...One from Mrs. Janice Brown asking mom, "How many people do you think prayed for Haleigh?" The answer to that is pretty hard - we had KSBJ (the Christian radio station in town) ask its listeners for prayers, Lakewood Church, Second Baptist, Spring Woodlands Church, Kingwood Church of Christ, Memorial Drive, Pleasant Valley, and I could keep going and going...The prayer chain seems endless, and we are eternally grateful for each and every one of the prayers.
The other question...Are we going to update this blog once we go home? The answer is YES! Not only does this give me something to do, we also have a busy few months to keep everyone posted on. Plus, we'll have all of her MRI check ups to update everyone on.
The nurse came in this morning about 8 asking what the plan for today was...she said it was in the doctors orders to let us "lay low" in preperation of going home. Basically that means that the nurse has only come in to drop off the meds, but the PCA (nurse assistant) has come in and checked up on us every hour to make sure we're still doing OK. Everyone here has been amazing and it will be pretty wierd to go home where it's just Jared, Haleigh & I. We are thrilled to go home, just praying that Haleigh goes back to her pre-surgery routine soon (it's perfectly fine if she doesn't for a while, we just want her sleeping a little more than she has been getting).
Last night was another long night - Haleigh waking every 2-3 hours to eat and play. It makes us so sad that our little girl can't sleep through the night, we just hope she isn't in too much pain.
We're going to go walk outside - it's too gorgeous to be spent cooped up in a hospital room!
Have a great Sunday!
More later.
Much Love,
Jess & Jared
Haleigh is currently on a walk with mom, Jared has taken a load of stuff back home so we don't have 10 suitcases of junk to take home tomorrow, and I am here trying to clean up the room, updating the blog, and looking at the fabulous Sunday ads to figure out what treasures we need to buy. I've also spent way too much time doing word searches and crossword puzzles.
While at lunch with Pods today, we missed Gates & Linda's visit, but they brought Haleigh an adorable pink lion - it's the pink lion she almost got the other day from her daddy! We'll have to make a trip upto CSK soon so Mrs. Linda can see the precious lil baby!
Some people have asked a few good questions...One from Mrs. Janice Brown asking mom, "How many people do you think prayed for Haleigh?" The answer to that is pretty hard - we had KSBJ (the Christian radio station in town) ask its listeners for prayers, Lakewood Church, Second Baptist, Spring Woodlands Church, Kingwood Church of Christ, Memorial Drive, Pleasant Valley, and I could keep going and going...The prayer chain seems endless, and we are eternally grateful for each and every one of the prayers.
The other question...Are we going to update this blog once we go home? The answer is YES! Not only does this give me something to do, we also have a busy few months to keep everyone posted on. Plus, we'll have all of her MRI check ups to update everyone on.
The nurse came in this morning about 8 asking what the plan for today was...she said it was in the doctors orders to let us "lay low" in preperation of going home. Basically that means that the nurse has only come in to drop off the meds, but the PCA (nurse assistant) has come in and checked up on us every hour to make sure we're still doing OK. Everyone here has been amazing and it will be pretty wierd to go home where it's just Jared, Haleigh & I. We are thrilled to go home, just praying that Haleigh goes back to her pre-surgery routine soon (it's perfectly fine if she doesn't for a while, we just want her sleeping a little more than she has been getting).
Last night was another long night - Haleigh waking every 2-3 hours to eat and play. It makes us so sad that our little girl can't sleep through the night, we just hope she isn't in too much pain.
We're going to go walk outside - it's too gorgeous to be spent cooped up in a hospital room!
Have a great Sunday!
More later.
Much Love,
Jess & Jared
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Saturday Morning...
Jared & I slept through Dr. Jea coming in this morning...but he looked at Haleigh's head and everything still looks great! He switched her meds from IV to oral in preperation to go home. We miss a lot of things about home, but there are also some ways we are not ready to venture home.
I don't think we'll speak to the doctor again today, and he'll be gone tomorrow, but she's doing so well so he's not too concerned about missing her for a day. I anticipate today to be full of visitors (the room is packed now), so we'll all be exhausted by the end of the day and ready to go to bed!
We'll try to take some pictures and update them soon. I'm anxious to show everyone how great her scar looks (it's not gross at all - trust me!). Gotta go entertain!
More later.
Much love,
Jess & Jared
I don't think we'll speak to the doctor again today, and he'll be gone tomorrow, but she's doing so well so he's not too concerned about missing her for a day. I anticipate today to be full of visitors (the room is packed now), so we'll all be exhausted by the end of the day and ready to go to bed!
We'll try to take some pictures and update them soon. I'm anxious to show everyone how great her scar looks (it's not gross at all - trust me!). Gotta go entertain!
More later.
Much love,
Jess & Jared
Friday, February 15, 2008
TGIF!!!
Not that it really matters to us, but it's the weekend! I hope everyone has a great weekend :-)
Haleigh's had a busy day full of visitors. She didn't get much sleep in, but oh well. We'll deal with that later.
Cheryl came to visit us again today and brought us some celebratory champagne! We're celebrating how well Haleigh did in surgery, how she is cancer free!!!!, and how she is rebounding so quick! Cheers! (I kinda wish Cousin Evey was here so she could cheers us, too.)
We had a good day as far as Haleigh returning to normal, so to speak. She smiled a lot more today than in previous days, and giggled when her daddy was changing her diaper. After the diaper changing, she stayed in the crip and giggled and played with her daddy and I. She's a pretty cute kid!
Dr. Jea came back in again this afternoon to check up on her, and he is still impressed with her recovery. He said that he'd be out on Sunday, but if everything was the same, we could go home then. I'm not so sure I feel comfortable just yet going home with a baby that just had brain surgery. We'll have to see how the weekend goes.
She's doing amazingly well overall, and we cannot wait to see our little princess grow up and recover fully. She is our "angel baby", and she has proved this to us on more than one occassion!
Once again, thanks for all of the support and have a great weekend.
More later.
Much love,
Jess & Jared
Haleigh's had a busy day full of visitors. She didn't get much sleep in, but oh well. We'll deal with that later.
Cheryl came to visit us again today and brought us some celebratory champagne! We're celebrating how well Haleigh did in surgery, how she is cancer free!!!!, and how she is rebounding so quick! Cheers! (I kinda wish Cousin Evey was here so she could cheers us, too.)
We had a good day as far as Haleigh returning to normal, so to speak. She smiled a lot more today than in previous days, and giggled when her daddy was changing her diaper. After the diaper changing, she stayed in the crip and giggled and played with her daddy and I. She's a pretty cute kid!
Dr. Jea came back in again this afternoon to check up on her, and he is still impressed with her recovery. He said that he'd be out on Sunday, but if everything was the same, we could go home then. I'm not so sure I feel comfortable just yet going home with a baby that just had brain surgery. We'll have to see how the weekend goes.
She's doing amazingly well overall, and we cannot wait to see our little princess grow up and recover fully. She is our "angel baby", and she has proved this to us on more than one occassion!
Once again, thanks for all of the support and have a great weekend.
More later.
Much love,
Jess & Jared
Happy Friday!
Haleigh didn't have such a great night. Once we got in the room, she didn't want to go to sleep. I had a serious headache, so I layed down. Haleigh's AWESOME daddy stayed up with her, rocking her pretty much constantly. She had maybe 3 hours of sleep last night, and so did we. It's going to be a long day today.
This morning, Dr. Jea came in to see Miss Priss. We were told we can start bathing her like we normally would, even shampooing her hair! I might be a little too nervous to do this just yet, but we are definately thrilled he's so happy with her progress. Maybe she'll get a bath today - I'll leave the hair washing to the nurses while I can!
Haleigh is understandibly still in pain. She only has an order for Tylenol for pain, but we spoke to the doctor and finally got some Tylenol with Codine. Haleigh is about to pass out, and her daddy & I would LOVE to pass out. But Grammy & Grandad are on their way, so we will stay awake.
More later.
Much love,
Jess & Jared
This morning, Dr. Jea came in to see Miss Priss. We were told we can start bathing her like we normally would, even shampooing her hair! I might be a little too nervous to do this just yet, but we are definately thrilled he's so happy with her progress. Maybe she'll get a bath today - I'll leave the hair washing to the nurses while I can!
Haleigh is understandibly still in pain. She only has an order for Tylenol for pain, but we spoke to the doctor and finally got some Tylenol with Codine. Haleigh is about to pass out, and her daddy & I would LOVE to pass out. But Grammy & Grandad are on their way, so we will stay awake.
More later.
Much love,
Jess & Jared
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