The Proof

Here is the official ultrsound pictures showing us that we indeed have a little girl coming!!

The Reveal!

After the appointment, and after the secret delivery to the bakery, I busied myself with getting things ready for the party. I made a variety of appitizers including little smokies, spinach dip and bread, tortillas pinwheels with salsa, ham and pickle roll ups, ham and pepperoncini pepper roll ups, ham and dilly bean rollups, pink lemonade, blue raspberry lemonade and an assortment of pink and blue candies. It turned out pretty cute. As guest arrived they signed their name on a page designating if they thought the baby was going to be a boy or a girl. The list was quite a bit longer for a girl! After everyone had had something to eat and we were sure all that were going to be there were there we handed out the cupcakes to everyone with specific instructions not to bite into it yet. We made sure everyone had one and then on the count of three we all took a bit to reveal the gender! It was so exciting and the anticipation about killed me. I took a huge bite to make sure that I got into the middle to see the filling. IT WAS PINK!!! I let out the biggest scream of excitement!! I was absolutely thrilled!! I had been having feelings that it was a little girl, but I wasn't sure if that was wishful thinking because I did want another little girl or of I was having motherly instincts. I tried to tell myself too, not to be disappointed if it was blue, but I was so happy that it was pink!!! It was one of the funnest parties we have had and without a doubt probably the most memorable. I wish I had done something like that with the other kids. Paige was very excited to learn that she would be getting a sister and Parker said, "I don't care the next one will be a boy" ummm NO! there will not be a next one Parker! Paige was sure the we were going to continue our pattern Boy(Matt), Girl(Erika), Boy(Parker), Girl(Paige), Boy(Paxten), Girl(.....). And we are so happy that she was right. We can't wait to meet our new little girl and to welcome into our family. Yes, she will have a "P" name. We actually already have it picked out, we have for a few years, we just need to agree on a middle name!!

Gender Reveal Party

Because I knew this is our last baby, I wanted to do something fun a special to celebrate. Gender reveal parties are becoming quite popular and I wanted to join in on that trend. I sent out these cute invitations to a few of our close family and friends and couldn't wait until we would find out if we are going to have another little boy or girl in our family.

Valentines Day Fun

I am so far behind in the blogging department that I almost don't know where to start. I am sure I will miss some of the things that I originally thought about posting, but here are the highlights.

I wanted to do something fun for the kids on Valentines Day, because it is usually a holiday for adults, but I wanted to make sure my kids knew that they were loved and cared about. I decided to do all meals with a Valentines theme. For breakfast we had pink waffles and pink (strawberry milk)

The kids all got a goody bag with a few fun things from Matt and I, along with some treats. They also got a few little things from Grandma Yancey. Paige got an adorable dress with hearts on it. She loved it and wore it to preschool that morning.

 

 

I made the kids a special Valentines lunch as well. Parker took a lunch to school that day and he got a heart peanut butter sandwhich, red jello, hear cheese slices, heart strawberries, a red squeeze-it, and a hear shaped cookie.

 

Paige and Paxten (and Mya) got pink macaroni and cheese, strawberries, red jello, and a red squeeze-it and for dessert a heart shaped sugar cookie with pink frosting.

then to top off our special day, we had a heart shaped pepperoni pizza, salad, cantalope, sparkling cider and strawberry shortcake for dinner. It was a fun day and I think the kids really enjoyed it. We stayed home and watched a movie and had a fun time as a family.