My Sweet Tyler

Last Monday, Tyler picked up a flat iron and recieved 2nd and 3rd degree burns on his palm and four fingers on his left land. It has been a nightmare to watch him struggle with the pain. We are going to the burn clinic in Lubbock again on Thursday and should have a better idea then about if/when he will need skin grafting and surgery. We have also been in contact with Shriners in Galveston (the closest Shriners to us that treats burns) about possibly transferring his care there. Please keep our sweet baby in your prayers.

Day #1 about 2 hours after it happened. Finally passed out at the ER once the pain meds kicked in



Day #3


Day #7-white=bad unless it's dead skin and none of the white in this pic is dead skin.

Back online

A little over a month ago, I dropped my laptop and the screen shattered on the inside. We finally have it up and working again....yay!

We've had lots of things happening at our house the last month. The biggest news is that Erick got a new job and is now home every day! We haven't all lived under the same roof full time for two years. It is really nice not feeling like a single mother anymore.

Other good news......I got my acceptance letter to NMSU today! I am so excited to be going back to school. I took a break just before Caden was diagnosed with autism. And then a few months later, Cierra was diagnosed with epilepsy and then we moved to Roswell and then I got pregnant with Tyler and had the pregnancy from hell and here we are 2 1/2 years later and I am finally getting back to it. Hopefully, we have a mellow few years so that I can finally get my degree. Ha! Funny joke. But, hopefully I can juggle it all.

We have our tree up and are excited for Christmas. Erick is working 6am-6pm on the 24th, 25th, and 26th so Christmas is going to be a little different this year, but we will make it work.

Tyler is just as naughty as can be. He is such a rambunctious little boy. He is so strong-willed and isn't shy about it. He throws tantrum after tantrum all day long because he is constantly being told "no" or "don't touch" or "no biting" and so on. He is perfectly content however if we just let him wander around the house in his diaper, doing as he pleases. I have never had a baby bite as much as Tyler does. He bites everything he can get his little teeth close to. Thankfully, that's not me so much anymore because he is FINALLY weaned! It was such a battle, but we have been done for about three weeks now :) Tyler has also recently discovered his nostrils and his belly button and he can usually be found with his finger in one or the other or both.

A little bit of this, a little bit of that

1. Caden informed me today that cuddling makes him feel orange.

2. A couple nights ago, Tyler puked, peed, and puked again on the living room floor in a span of three minutes.

3. I'm pretty sure that Job and I are related.

4. We have a house full of toys and fun things to do and yet Tyler insists on playing in the garbage can ALL. DAY. LONG.

5. We've been in Carlsbad almost 7 weeks and I still have a few boxes to unpack. Truthfully, they're probably going to be sitting there for a while longer.

6. I *think* that our baby factory might be closed for good. These kids have been giving me a run for my money lately.

7. Tyler has an aversion to most yellow and orange foods.

8. I got asked to leave the pediatrician's office a couple weeks ago because we follow an alternate vaccine schedule. I have never been treated so rude in my life. I have a son who stopped talking and regressed into his own little world after receiving his 12-month shots, so we space out the vaccines a little bit. I know, I know. I'm a rebel.

9. I scared Kenzie half to death the other night with a video that I showed her on Youtube and now she can't sleep. That's what you call great parenting right there.

10. We found a new neurologist for Cierra, but he's all the way in Albuquerque. It is going to a long drive back and forth to appointments. Her first appt is November 29th.

The deer-1, Erick's car-0

Halloween in Carlsbad

It was a typical Sullivan family Halloween here in Carlsbad. We bought Caden three different costumes and they were all "wrong" for various reasons. He ended up wearing a costume that we borrowed from Karen and the other three costumes were packed away in hopes of being used next year. Last year we only got Caden one costume and he wore it everywhere, everyday. Except on Halloween. He refused to wear it and went trick-or-treating in his regular clothes. Oh Caden.

We went trunk-or-treating at the church on Wednesday night, downtown trick-or-treating on Friday night, and regular trick-or-treating on Saturday night. Kenzie only dressed up for the ward party and went as the corpse bride. Cierra was the red queen and dressed up for a halloween party, trunk-or-treating, and downtown trick-or-treating. She was so sick of getting the make-up on that she went trick-or-treating in her regular clothes on Halloween. My kids are a bunch of weirdos. Tyler was the cutest little cow ever. We only dressed him up for the ward party. There was no way I was wrestling him into that thing more than once.

All in all a success.


*Two random bits of information-orange kit kats are gross and it is really funny that everyone here thinks that Carlsbad has a downtown.

Spiderman's Orientation

Caden and Cierra were playing the other day and Caden told Cierra that he wanted to marry Spiderman. Cierra told him that he couldn't because Spiderman is a boy. That wasn't enough of an answer for Caden, so Cierra kindly explained to Caden what gay means. Caden's response? "I sure hope Spiderman is gay."

Caden's first day of school in Utah

Caden started back at the same preschool that he went to last year before we moved. He only went there for a few weeks, but he loved it. Teacher Janice is a great teacher and he adored her and made so much progress in her class. He got to ride the bus this year and was so excited about. Then after two weeks, he refused to ride the bus anymore because it was too long. I though that he meant the bus ride was too long, but nope, the actual bus was too long and it bugged him. Yeah, that's my boy. So here are a few pics. He didn't want any pictures taken, so this is how they turned out.