Christmas

We had a wonderful holiday here at our house. We all got spoiled and enjoyed every minute of it. We celebrated on Christmas Eve at my parents house so that Charyn could be there. Parker hadn't had a nap all day and finally fell asleep at 6 in the evening. I didn't want him sleeping long because then he wouldn't sleep thru the night. When we woke him up to open presents he was not a happy boy. It took him a while unwrapping a few presents to finally wake up. I think both Matt and I got everything and more that was on our Christmas lists.
On Christmas day we opened some gifts from "Santa" and enjoyed a brunch at my parents house. After that we went to Matt's mom's house for a little while and visited with her. Then we went to Matt's aunt's house and all his cousins and aunts and uncles were there. We do an annual white elephant gift exchange. You are supposed to bring a gift for everyone praticipating. So for us 1 girl gift and 1 boy gift (The kids do their own exchange drawing names). I thought it would be hilarious to regift the present Matt ended up with last year, a Chia Pet. There were a few hot items that kept on getting passed around, but when the Chia Pet got opened, no one wanted to trade with that. It was pretty funny. After a great time there we went to Matt's dad and stepmom's house and yet a again got spoiled. We sure had a great time spending the day with family and loved ones. It is such a fun time of year to really celebrate what is important in our lives!!!

It's a girl!!!!!

We went to the doctor a few weeks ago and got some wonderful news!!! We are having baby girl!! I am so excited I can hardly stand it. I was starting to feel a little out numbered around here and now this baby will even things out! I can't wait to find some cute girly things with lace and ruffles and flowers. It will be totally different than having a boy and I am excited that we will get to experience both. I think Matt is pretty excited too, but of course he doesn't show it like I do.
We are still busy getting last minute things ready for Christmas. I can't believe it is only a week away. I am can't wait to be together as a family and to celebrate this wonderful time of year together. Parker will have a great time and can say HoHOHo when we talk about Santa Clause. I am still waiting for enough snow to fall to take Parker out and drag him around the yard in his sled and to build a snowman. Hopefully we will have a white Christmas. Happy Holidays to you all!!

Ginger bread house

Last week Parker and I went to my mom's house and Parker made his first gingerbread house. Well I guess he helped me and my mom make it. He wasn't as into it as I thought he would be. I guess he is still a little bit too young. But he sure enjoyed eating the candy as we were making it. I have a picture of the house, but when I went to download it from the disk, the disk was blank. Thanks to WalMart. So hopefully I can get it fixed and posted soon.