She's Here

Well our baby girl, Paige Nila Christiansen, finally arrived and we are so excited. She was born on April 12th at 10:32 p.m. weighing 6 lbs, 4 oz. We had a long hard day and she finally came by a c-section. But we are all doing well and so glad that she is here safely. We had to stay in the hospital a little longer than usual due to me having a really high white blood count and her having a little bit of jaundice. But we were able to come home on Wednesdaythe 16th as a family. I just wanted to update this blog and add a little picture. I will write more a little later in the week when things have settled down. Pictured are Mommy and baby a few days after we got home, and Daddy and baby right after delivery.

Spring is in the air

The weather had been nice here for about a week and we were all enjoying it. Parker loves to be outside and is so excited to start golfing. Well I took him out a few times when the weather seemed to be a little warmer and he loved it. Then of course it had to happen, it snowed!!! Just when we think Spring is around the corner the nasty snow has to come back and ruin it. It has been cold, wet, and muddy now for almost a week. I am happy that the snow didn't last and has already melted, but those days were hard to be inside after Parker had had so much fun outside. We can't wait for true spring weather to get here.
I have a doctors appointment later today, I only have 6 weeks left in this pregancy and I can hardly wait to have her here and to not be pregnant anymore. I have been experiencing some heartburn lately and it isn't so great. Just one of the joys or being pregnant I guess. I think I have been driving Matt crazy lately because I am going thru that "nesting" phase and I want to get so many things done around the house before the baby is born. He doesn't think we need to rush about doing them. I don't think he realizes that 6 weeks will go by fast and I don't think he realizes that I want to get them done now so I have the energy. Who knows how I will feel at 38 weeks, or even if I will go that long. So I guess I have to keep bugging him about it.
Golf season officially starts next week here and Matt can hardly stand it. I know that he will be out on the course every chance he gets. I can't complain too much, at least he is getting fresh air and some excercise. I am hoping that he will be able to take Parker more often this year and allow me some down time, somewhat. He is getting a season pass this year again. He has convinced me that he should take advantage of the fact that he is a student and gets a discount otherwise the pass would cost more. I guess he goes enough in the first 2 months to pay for the pass anyways so I guess it is worth it. What a boring birthday surprise. Every year he knows that is what he is getting. At least I know he will use it!!
Parker is almost 2 1/2 and still not potty trained. I decided that I couldn't handle trying to potty train him while being so pregnant. That on top of the fact that Parker can't communicate well enough to tell us when he has to go or be able to pull his pants on and off. I guess we will have to start working on that soon after the baby is born. I don't want 2 in diapers for very long. It gets too expensive. Wish me luck!!!

Wrestling is over!

Matt just returned from state wrestling in Boise this weekend, which means that wrestling season is officially over!! I am really excited to have my husband back around and Parker is even more thrilled to have daddy around more to play with. I am sure glad that this baby won't be here for a couple months so we can get things ready for her arrival. I am about to the point where I would like her to be here, but I know she needs a few more weeks. I am hoping to give the house a "spring cleaning" before she gets here. I have sure had a fun time buying and looking at girl stuff. It is so different than shopping for boys things.
We must be a pretty boring family, because I have found it pretty difficult to find things to say in our blog that aren't boring. I hope that once spring arrives we will be out and about more often doing things that are more fun. Parker is really getting to the point where he has had enough of being indoors and wants to play outside. About a week ago it seemed like it was warmer outside than it had been and I asked him if he wanted to go for a walk. I was thinking a walk around the block would be enough to get some of his energy out. Well we ended up walking about 7 or 8 blocks to grandma Y's work. I was cold and tired by the time we got there and so was Parker. Good thing she was about to get off and was able to give us a ride home. I haven't been the role model pregnant woman and haven't been regularly excersising, boy how easliy it is to get out of shape. I am really going to have to kick it into high gear after the baby is born.

January Blues

I can't believe it has been this long since I last posted something. After the holidays life doesn't seem quite as busy, but the days sure go by fast. I only have 90 days left in this pregnancy and I can hardly wait. I am already tired of being pregnant and I still have the worst three months left. I think it will go by pretty fast and I am looking forward to having the baby in the spring. Matt has been super busy this month with wrestling on top of school and work. Parker and I have hardly seen him this month with him gone almost every weekend for tournaments. We are counting down the days until wrestling season is over and we have some family time again. Parker is sure a little mess maker. As soon as I finish cleaning a room there he is right behind me making another mess. I sometimes feel like I don't accomplish anything some days, because my house looks like a tornando came through. I am hoping this is just a phase and that soon he will learn to help me clean up. It has been bitter cold her the last few weeks. I do not like the wind chill factor, it sure has an effect on how cold it feels. We are aching for nicer weather to be outside and play for a while. We have got some cabin fever!!!

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!!