Move

Matt got a PS3 Move game system for Christmas and we have been having fun as a family playing video games. Parker is pretty good at one in particular called Kung Fu Rider. It is about an Asian man and woman trying to get away from the Mafia and they ride office chairs thru the city to escape. Parker gets really into the game moving the controller all over the place and is usually sticking his tongue out while he is playing. He is pretty entertaining to watch!

I am Daddy

Last night Matt and I were watching tv and Parker came out into the living room with Matt's clothes on and proclaimed, "I am Daddy!" It was pretty funny, he had on Matt's sweat pants, shoes, and coat. Then Paige wanted to be mommy and put on my shoes and then she ran back to the bedroom and put on one of my shirts, shoes, and by mistake Matt's pants. Sometimes the kids make me laugh so hard. Where do they come up with these things!!

Just Like Grandpa

We our bad parents...we let out kids drink soda. And they love it!! I have to monitor the amount they drink or that is all they will drink. Right now at our house we have Diet Pepsi (that was what was on sale) and that just happens to be the soda choice of my dad, Grandpa Yancey. They kids each had a soda the other day and were drinking it and I had to get a picture. "Just like Grandpa" Paige is funny too when she drinks soda, after she takes a drink she puts it down and says, "I Like pop" it is too cute!!

34 Weeks

I went to the doctor on Monday...and I actually saw the doctor. That was quite a miracle in itself. I have had bad luck this time around when it comes to getting in with Dr. Leavitt. I have now only seen him twice this entire pregnancy. Two other times he had to leave for emergency c-sections and wasn't going to be back in the office and the other time he was home sick. So I was excited to keep my appointment with him for a change. Although he has a great P.A and he has taken good care of me the rest of the time, I was just glad to visit with the doctor since he will be the one doing the surgery and delivering the baby. I was lucky that I got to see him too because after waiting in the room for 45 minutes I wondered if they had forgotten about me. I was about to poke my head out the door and see if they had when the doctor came in and said he just got back from delivering a baby. So lucky me that I didn't have to reschedule!!

Anyways, Monday I was 34 weeks and I am feeling alright. I am bigger than I have ever been (weight wise) and am hating that. So my body is really hurting from the extra pounds. I haven't been able to sleep good lately, my lower back has been sore and I have been getting heartburn in the evenings and through the night. So I know I must be getting close to the end. My appointment was good, I was measuring 37 weeks instead of 34 so next appt on the 24th I get to have an ultrasound to check the size of the baby! Yay for an ultrasound!! The doctor also checked my blood count to see if I was anemic so they could put me on iron if I needed it before delivery. The test came back fine other than I had elevated platelets and white blood cells. Which usually indicates an infection of some sorts, which I have no symptoms of signs of. I was just on an antibiotic for the same thing 3 weeks ago, so I don't think anything is wrong. Good news!! The doctor had me schedule my c-section with hospital so I am on the books officially. D-day is Tuesday February 15th at 7:30 A.M! I will be 39 weeks and a day that day and will be more than ready to have the baby here. That is less than 5 weeks away! Can't hardly wait. Now the doctor did tell me if I went into labor on my own before then they would go ahead and do the c-section when I started labor, but if not then I will have to wait until the 15th. So we will see what happens. We are still unsure of a boy name....the ongoing debate between Matt and I. We might just have to wait and see if we even need a boy name!

First Tooth Gone

About 2 weeks ago Parker told me he had a loose tooth. I was kind of shocked because I thought he was still a little bit young to be loosing teeth. I hoped that he hadn't knocked it loosened it himself. So I didn't really think much about it. About a week later he came to me and said mom their is something in my mouth. I looked inside and low and behold there was another tooth behind the front one that was already coming in. So I guess he is big enough to loose a tooth if there is already another one there to replace it. So I told him to start wiggling the old tooth so that it will fall out. We have been bugging him every day to wiggle his tooth. 2 nights ago I felt his tooth again to see if it was looser and it boy was it!! I was just about ready to fall out. Matt wiggled it a little and the Parker said, "dad, just pull it out." So that is exactly what he did. He grabbed a tissue and put it over the tooth and yanked once and out the tooth came. It is a tiny little tooth. Not much to it really, but still my baby's first tooth!!! Glad it came out after we had family pictures!! He put the tooth under his pillow and got a whole dollar from the tooth fairy for the baby tooth. Boy was he excited and can't keep from smiling to show off his missing tooth!

Christmas Day

Matt got stuck with the short end of the stick this year when it came to holidays. He ended up having to work Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Years Day. So we were bummed about that, but managed to make things work. Luckily he only had to work until 3 so the entire day wasn't gone. He was lucky enough to have a good friend offer to come in for him in the morning for an hour on Christmas while we did our gift opening. That still meant pretty early to get up. We had to wake the kids at 7 so that Matt could be to work by 8. (the magic isn't quite the same when you, the parent, have to wake up the kids to tell them Santa came) They were excited when they came into the living room and saw that Santa did come and that he did eat his cookies and milk. Parker was axious and dug right into his stocking. Paige was still waking up and not quite sure what was going on. Santa brought each of them a pillow pet (I know Paige got 2 ladybugs... what a coincidence!) Parker got a turtle one. They both got a disney book with stickers, a watercolor paint book, toothbrush, and treats. Paige also got a 6 pack of Barbie Princesses, some hair stuff, and socks. Parker got a Star Wars helmet, star wars figure and socks as well. Matt got me 2 new kitchen rugs that are gel pads and feel so good on my feet !! He also got me the Twilight movie Eclipse. I got Matt new hair clippers, socks, cologne, extension cord and the PS3 move system. Parker also got a lot of new clothes, a nerf sword, 15 in 1 game set, dart board & a movie. Paige got 3 or 4 new outfits, a new movie, hat and gloves, dora bounce ball and a dora couch. We all got new sweaters from Old Navy as well. Everyone was spoiled and got more than they needed. It was a great morning.

Matt went off to work, (with hesitation, he wanted to play with his new game) and the kids and I went to my mom's for breakfast/brunch. We had pancakes, sausage, bacon, hash browns, eggs, juice and milk. It was yummy. In the afternoon we went to Matt's Uncle Kendall's house and hung out for a while and had lunch. After Matt got off work he came out and then we went to his Dad's house and the kids once again opened some gifts. Big Brother got some clothes, star wars figures, zhuzhu pet,a bow and arrow, a big sticker book and a huge look and find book. Little Sister got new clothes, a puppy toy with clothes, a night light, another barbie and a color poster. I got money for my kindle and a tag blanket for the new baby. Matt got an affliction shirt. We had fun with his family and by the evening we were all ready to come home and go to bed...at least I was, the kids wanted to play with all their new stuff. We all had a very Merry Christmas and hope you did as well!!

Christmas Eve

Me opening a gift from my mom - a decorative post with seasonal interchangeable signs.

Parker with all his stuff including: a gun, robot, tool bench, church clothes & shoes, new jammies and Christmas book, new shirt/pants, toy story 8 in 1 game set, Iron Man ornament, 2 new movies, double ended light saber, 2 lego sets, a magnetic toy set and a Sword and Sheild that Grandpa made for him.

Me with everything I got including: a Gift Certificate for a pedicure, winter snow boots, candle warmer with 2 different scents, 3 scrapbook binders, sheet protectors, tall brown boots, gift card to scrapbook store, scrapbook set with paper/album/pens/scissors/embelishements, seasonal post, winnie the pooh ornament, 2 scrapbook paper packs, amazon gift card, 6ft table, Bath and Body lotions, Bamboo Pampered Chef salad bowl and tongs and a set of lids for some bowls I have.
Parker with his gun

Paige with her Pink Barbie Car and Dora Microphone

Paige with all her stuff including: New jammies and christmas book, dora backpack, dora doll, dora microphone, dress up clothes and container to put them in, Belle barbie, swim suit barbie, 2 sets of Barbie clothes, salon chair and accessories, 3 pair of shoes (pink, brown, black), 3 new dresses, lady bug pillow pet, cinderella ornament, 2 new movies.

Matt with his loot: Steaks, microfiber garage towels, golf balls, golfing snowman ornament, gift cards to cal-ranch, itunes, 5 guys, the movies, a harley shirt, ipod nano, and a relica of the new step bars he will be getting for his truck-they were on back order. He alson got a grinder and a shelf for the garage.

Grandpa and his new Harley stuff

Paige trying out some of her new dress up clothes

Big Brother opening some gifts



Little Sister opening gifts

The living room before we began opening gifts

We have a tradition of going to my parents on Christmas Eve and playing games, having dinner, and opening a few presents. This year my Sister only had her step-son on Christmas Eve so we opted to do the whole celebration that evening. We got together about 3:00 and played on the wii for about and hour. Then we had a great dinner of Prime Rib, baked potatoes, olive garden salad and rolls. For dessert we had cheesecake. It was delicious and hit the spot. After dinner and cleanup we gathered together and the kids helped sort out Christmas gifts into piles. It seemed like it took us forever to divvy out all the gifts. We each had a substantial pile when we were ready to begin. My kids knew exactly what to do and both of them immediately got started unwrapping. Little Sister was on a roll, she opened her first gift, looked at it and got excited for a second then moved right on to the next gift. She just would unwrap a gift, put it in her pile and move to the next gift. So I didn't get to see a lot of what everyone else was opening because I was helping her. It was a little chaotic, but everyone got spoiled and had a good time. Big Brother was especially excited when he opened a gift from Grandpa that was an air soft BB gun! After that gift he didn't seem to care what else he got, he stopped opening and began assembling his gun, getting in ready to shoot.(it makes a sound when he pulls the trigger and I don't think he even knows it is a real gun, we will keep that a secret for a while until he is bigger!) He did manage to unwrap a robot from my mom and he was pretty excited about that as well and took time to open that box and play with the robot before opening any other gifts.

I tried to get a picture of us all with everything we got, but it didn't happen. There was too much going on way too many fun new things to play with. We had a good night and enjoyed the time spent with our family. Ready for the next day. The kids were professional unwrappers by now!!