Jaspers First Hair Cut & your warning...

Well I started this blog sometime last year to try to keep in touch with our friends. I did not do a good job of it mostly because we are so busy with therapy and other doctors appointments. I need to use it now. Now I am going to use it to vent out all of the poo that comes our way. Not all of what we go through is poo, but here lately we are swimming in it. I know and fully realize that there are many others that have it WAY worse that we do, but at the same time this is all very new to us. So if you choose to read it, be prepared. If you know me at all, you will know that I live a in a world of blunt honesty and a poorly working filter. So.. read at your own risk.

So my goal in all of this is to meet and connect with other CP parents and to also have a venue to keep all of our friends and family informed. So... here it goes.

I am sure this is one of my favorite pictures of all time (well so far).

So for all of you that don't know us, this is my son Jasper. Recently he was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. It stinks and it makes me pretty mad, but in the giant scope of things, I know that we can do it. He is such a strong little dude, so if he can do it, I know I can. I am trying to get myself to be better at keeping up this blog so I can get through all of this with out loosing it. Up until last Friday we were expecting our second child. We found out on Thursday that Jasper does have the PVL, and on Friday we lost the baby. Boy, was that ever a stinker of a week. How in the heck did we make it through that week?? I keep checking the mail for the Publishers Clearinghouse check, but it is never there. I will keep checking, just in case.

Of course I am going and have been for the past 17 months of .. Why us?? Why our child?? Why did I lose my baby? Are we being tested?? What are we supposed to do so that things go better for us?? I could go on with a million other questions, but as I am sure you can see it gets pretty tiring. Well at this doing I could type forever, but instead I think I will go to sleep. I have to have something to gripe about tomorrow, right?

This is Misti at Square Hair. She is AWESOME. She is the Thompson Family stylist. Let me know if you need her#!

Much love...
Tessa Lou