the evidence

i'm going to try my best and explain what happened, but just know that it sounds much better in person or over the phone!

It was about 6:45pm monday night and the boys were out in the backyard while I was cleaning up dinner. avery started to cry, so I went and picked her up from the other room and on my way back, i just looked out the backdoor window to check on them. they are standing right at the bottom of the stairs from the backdoor, maybe 3 feet away. I am holding avery in my left arm...... I see luke hit dylan and I immediately bang on the window to get their attention. My hang goes right through the window on the first bang and glass flies everywhere. I say "Oh my gosh!" don't move boys! not even realizing what has just happened to my hand. I look down because I see blood coming from somewhere and I remember thinking....that's something I've never seen before. my skin had peeled back right below my wrist and I was looking at what I thought was my muscle or bone or something! I suddenly feel ill and also feel the need to pass out. I think to myself...no, I can't! i'm holding avery! I pull it together, take a couple deep breaths and realize I need help. I call mark who is on his way home from work in dallas. I'm screaming at him telling him I cut myself, I cut myself!! he keeps saying, "what? I can't understand you!" he finally gets that something has gone wrong and he tells me to call 911. I didn't think I needed an ambulance or anything, but I needed to get to the hospital quick....and maybe an ambulance would be the fastest way?! mark gets off the phone with me, calls his mom who is right down the street and tells her there's an emergency. she arrives within 5 minutes. Now comes the humor.....within these 5 minutes this is what happens...
I call 911, they get my info and I tell them I cut myslef on a glass window and it looks pretty bad. by the way...I am still holding avery. the paramedics on the phone are asking me questions... it went something like this...

911: is the blood squirting out of your arm or is it pouring out?
me: oh it's just pouring out, not squirting, but it's a lot!
me: (yelling) luke and dylan stay away from the glass!!
meanwhile dylan starts screaming and I have no idea why
911: ambyr, I need you to go get a dry cloth
me: o.k.
me: (still yelling) luke! go get a diaper on!
911: ambyr, I need you to go get a dry towel and press firmly on your arm.
me: yes, ok.....

I am still holding avery in my left arm, while holding the phone in my right hand while blood has now covered my arm and is dripping on the carpet.
I have now remembered that dylan is still screaming and realize I need to go calm him down. I go over there, ask him what's wrong and he shows me his finger. there is a dead worm, split in half hanging on dylan's finger and his flipping out because he can't get it off.

me: here dylan, I've got it, it's just a worm. It's dead, it's not gonna get you
dylan: it's not gonna get me?
me: no, are you o.k.?
dylan: yes

911: ambyr! I need you to stop being a mom for a second, go get a dry towel and sit down!

my mother-in-law has now arrived and at the back gate where she can see what's going on.
the old lady (emma lou) that lives behind us apparently heard all the noise and came over to see if everything was o.k.

I see my mother-in-law and I walk over to her and she takes avery from my arms. I finally go get a dry towel as I was instructed 5 minutes ago.

me: o.k., I've got the dry towel and I am pressing firmly on my arm.


the ambulance arrives about 3 minutes later and they check out my arm and wrap me up. they tell me I need to go to the hospital and would I like a ride....well that sounds like fun!
but mark shows up and he ends up taking me to the hospital. we are at the hospital for 3 hours from start to finish...and 14 stitches later.

I guess we can never "stop being a mom" even when there's an emergency!

kung fu accident

just got back from the hospital where i received 14 stiches on my wrist. i can hardly type, but i had to share! after everthing calmed down and i had to tell my story to everyone who asked at the hospital....the story became somewhat humerous, thanks to my husband. he seems to tell everyone that i kung-fu'd the window.  when i have more energy and can type a little better, i'll share what happened.... 

buds

yes, they fight and don't share, and cry sometimes....but all in all they're buds. how could they not be-they are together ALL the time!
.the love to wrestle as of lately....thanks to daddy!
.I always catch luke reading to dylan in their room...so sweet!
.they eat evey meal together
.they sleep in the same room together, and sleep the same amount of time. although dylan sometimes needs a little more so he goes back to bed.
.whenever mark is going somewhere and taking the boys, he NEVER takes one...he always takes them both.
.they swim together
.when luke goes to the potty....dylan watches.
.they're in the same nursery class at church because dylan was afraid of being without luke
.they take baths together
.their car seats are right beside eacother in the back seat of the car.
.they go to the doctor at the same time. It's too bad avery wasn't born a little later, I would have all 3 of them there getting their checkups!

the latest...

here's some pictures of some summer days lately!

the other day when I took my kids to the doctor, it happened to be right when they were supposed to be taking their naps( my kids musy have their naps or they do not love anything around them, and therefore it makes for a cranky household!) So, after the appointment I drove as fast as I could to get home to put them down. When I turn around to get them out of the car, I notice that dylan had put mark's hat on his face and had fallen asleep. I ran in and got my camera only because I thought he looked just like an old man who had fallen asleep watching a cowboy game on thanksgiving!!


These are pictures of a day at happy and pappy's house....it happened to rain once we got in the water to swim, so what better to do than take pictures until the sun came back out!!


I love this one of my dad and avery....so sweet


luke a little upset that we had to get out of the pool:(


trey and avery


yes, this will be a memorable picture.....my little tan boys with white buns!


the boys with their animal goggles on after the rain had stopped:)



I stopped on the side of the road after a photo session last week while the sun was going down and saw this beautiful field of flowers. It was so peaceful...mainly since I had no kids with me! just another hot texas night.

cash.6 months

he's all grown up now!!! not really.....but I always forget how fast the time goes by!! cash is so adorable and has such a sweet personality already!! He was all smiles mostly the whole time!!! Especially when he was with his daddy....

Junie Kay

This was such a fun shoot!! I photographed this little girl when she was a couple weeks old. Now a year later she is as cute as ever ! Isn't this little mexican dress so precious! Thanks america, I had so much fun!!

2 months!

We went to her two month appointment yesterday and what a joy it was. I had my boys with me and my lovely 2 year old was just that....a 2 year old. trying to get into all the cabinets, climbing on the doctor stool and rolling around, climbing on the chair while trying to knock down the beautiful picture on the wall,taking his shoes off, and fighting with his brother. As I am trying to discipline my children and tell them I will give them anything as long as they can sit down and chill, I am holding avery as she is constipated at this time and trying to do her business. I felt like I was in a zoo trying to control my little monkeys. And why do the doctors always take so long to get in there! so avery got her shots and screamed so hard that she was not at all constipated anymore! I was already so tired and sweating and it was only 9am. Here are the results:

weight: 11.2 lbs
height: 23 inches

sleeping beauty...

this week has been rough!! I have started letting avery cry it out.... I did it with my boys and it works miracles once they get it. They learn how to put themselves to sleep. So, the first night was o.k., she finally wore herself out and crashed for a consistant 7 hours and another 3 hours after that. But then the daytime came and that was a whole different story! I don't think she slept all day but maybe 1 hour. Needless to say she slept for 9 hours that night. It's been better at night, but the days are still hard!! this picture isn't from this week, but from when she would fall asleep on my bed in the morning after I fed her. And now we're off to the doctor for her 2 month checkup....and shots:(

cash

I took these pictures at a family gathering we had and thought I would share....I'm actually taking his 6 month pictures here soon:) This is absolutley the perfect age for pictures! They can't run away from you just yet!

bath time

This was the first time I got the camera out and took pictures of baby girl in the tub! She seems to be very interested in everything around her. Whenever she's crying, I can turn on the water and she totally stops crying! She loves the water...she's a girl....we all love to be relaxed & pampered!




this last one was a typical "trying to get your child to smile by making funny movements and noises and once they smile you quickly look through the camera to catch the moment and it's blurry" picture :)

avery's blessing day

What a beautiful day....friends and family all joined us at church for the blessing of little avery. As mark was blessing her, I couldn't hold back the tears. Especially when he mentioned her being a mom someday. I don't remember being this emotional with my boys. There's something about a little girl that melts your heart. I'm so blessed to have such an amazing family:) Her dress was beautiful...it was an off white color with a faded pink sash around her waist.My friend rachel custom made her headband to match her dress exactly. She looked so beautiful.

the 4th..continued

So, here are the pictures courtesy of "happy's" camera.... I wasn't kidding about this slip n slide....it was enormous!! we had our own little Hurrican Harbor right in the backyard:)

dylan-the dare devil...


mark with no tube...


my brother brent


my dad- aka "pappy"who always made it the furthest...off the slide and into the grass


my mom..aka "happy"


happy and my boys


caden with some sweet shades on


happy and nicole my sister in law relaxing in the pool


dylan and happy


my boys!


my brother quentin teaching luke how to swim


quentin making caden laugh


as for the slip and slide...it will only get bigger and better every year!