A Busy Week!!

Payton is starting softball soon so Karl wanted to take her to get a glove. There were a lot to choose from but not many small enough for her. We found one and brought it home, only for Karl to go online to a special "softball site" and order her a better one. I think Karl is way more into this than Payton is at this point ;) He was like a kid in the candy store! A bat too?


Paige found the helmets! She was so busy in the store, finding balls, hula hoops, and hiding in clothing racks! She was full of it!

That afternoon was SuperBowl and Karl's Uncle's 50 th Birthday! Karl's Aunt threw him a surprise party at a restaurant in Pleasanton.

Paige and Payton had so much fun playing with their Aunties and Cousins all day!

Monday Payton got to work on her secret Valentine! Each child drew a name and had to make a gift that they thought their secret Valentine would like. Payton got a little boy, all we knew was he liked video games and his favorite colors were black and red.

She chose a treasure box to paint and made him a necklace with his name on it.
Paige wanted to paint too, just like Big Sis!

On Wednesday Payton wore her Pajamas for Not quite Night day.

I think these froggy jammies are the cutest thing!
My mom's friend gave them to the girls for Christmas!

At school they got to "do their makeup" (she needs a few more lessons on application and I will have to break it to her that less is more;)

They got to pretend to shave, and made a yummy breakfast of pancakes and sausage!

Payton finished her secret Valentine and had to turn it in on Thursday. They exchanged on Valentines Day! Payton was really proud of her gift and was very concerned about who drew her name!

Thursday was Paige's second Birthday! (more on that in a separate post)

Friday was the 100th day of school! Payton's class had a party to celebrate!

The children had the option to make a project using 100 somethings. Since it was such a busy week, we painted 100 polka dots on her nails, and counted out 100 -100 confetti's (I don't know why I had "100" confetti's on hand but I did!)

Friday evening Payton had her first softball practice! I think she did great and had a lot of fun with the other girls! Her team name is the Pixies, their sponsor is the Pixie Stix! I love it! Oh and the best part, their colors are hot pink and black! ;)

Paige played catch with Daddy while Sissy practiced

Go Sissy!

It was a busy week, I am glad its over. I will post soon on Paige's Birthday and the girls Birthday party!

24 weeks

24 Weeks!

Weight Gain: 19 lbs (yikes!)
Maternity Clothes: A mix of Maternity and regular
Size of Baby: about a lb and a half
Gender: Boy! Parker Anthony
Movement: All the time! I love it! So does Karl and the girls! I think Parker will be a early riser like Daddy, he always starts kicking at 5 am!
Sleep: Still Good, I have been sleeping hard lately and falling asleep early.
What I miss: Being able to bend over, and of course Caffeine!
Cravings: SWEETS! Cookies, Candy, anything sweet!!

I had my 24 week check up and everything looked great! Measuring right on track and strong steady heartbeat was heard! I will do my Glucose test next week and meet with the Dr in 4 weeks to discuss delivery plan! We are going away to the cabin for the long weekend to enjoy some down time and take the girls to the snow, after that I want to get to work on Parker's room and registering for boy stuff and a new car seat, I feel like time if flying!!

19 Weeks (a week late)

19 weeks!

Weight Gain: 9 lbs

Maternity Clothes: No not yet! My mom got me a few Maternity T's that I have been wearing but everything else is regular.

Size of Baby: approx 8 oz according to our last US

Gender: BOY! Parker Anthony

Movement: I am feeling more and more flutters but nothing Karl can feel from the outside.

Sleep: Most nights well, as long as both girls sleep well! I am having to sleep on my left side and elevate my leg (varicose veins) which is not the most comfortable.

What I miss: Not much, maybe CAFFEINE! I am allowed one soda/coffee a day
Cravings: Sweet Cereal (lucky charms, captain crunch) & Mexican (still)

Happy 5th Birthday Payton!

My baby girl is 5! Where are the years going!? We could not be more proud of the amazing girl she has become, a wonderful big sister, a loving and helpful daughter, and just a sweet girl!
We made cupcakes for Payton's class! Funfetti with pink and purple frosting! We recently saw Tangled so that was the "theme"!

I snuck up to Payton's class to help her celebrate!

Payton and her girls!
She stood in front of the whole class while they sang her Happy Birthday!

Yum!

That night we had a little dinner party with the Grandparents and Uncle. Payton and Karl went to pick out her cake the night before, this is the one she chose!

Paige couldn't wait to stick her finger in it!

She got the Pillow Pet from Grandma A! Now all Paige wants is a Duck Pillow Pet! Good thing Grandma found one online and her Birthday is not too far off!

A new outfit for her American Girl Doll

Payton saw a Snow White cleaning set in a insert in the DVD. I thought it was going to be hard to find but Luckily Toys R us had it. Ah, my daughter, asking for a cleaning set for her 5th Birthday, so proud! hah!

She got right to work and told me she would be my cleaning lady! Just wondering why they dont make kids vacuums that really work, that would be nice!

Karl made Payton her special Birthday dinner. She requested the menu consist of Lemon chicken, Green Beans and Cesar salad! That's my girl! (Last year is was breakfast for dinner, I think this was a step up!)

Blowing out all five candles!

After the cake and ice cream hit her belly she passed out on the couch! It was a very exciting day for her!! She had a fun day with friends and family and got many thoughtful cards and calls! She is a very lucky girl!

And I just had to share this, this is what Paige woke up looking like in the morning! We call her the Porcupine and Payton the Lion because they always wake up with crazy hair!

It's a Boy!

The Tuesday before Christmas Karl and I went to Adorable 3D Baby in Danville to find out if we were having a little boy or another Little girl! I told Karl's Aunt I had some last minute shopping to do and and asked if she could watch the girls for a few hours! No one knew we were even going to find out because we wanted to surprise them on Christmas! When we arrived at the appointment there was one couple ahead of us, you could hear them in the room oohing and ahhing over their baby. The wife came out (beautiful familiar looking blonde) and the husband just barely had his head out the door, I mean I think all Karl saw was his ear lobe and then he went back in for something and Karl goes " That's Kyle Boller! He is the back up quarter back for the Raiders and played for Cal!" I said what, how do you know that you didn't even see him, I said why don't you ask him if he plays football? Karl isn't like that so he didn't. They both came out again and were so friendly, chatting with us about how far along we were, told us they were having a girl..and off they went. As soon as they went out the door Karl and i started discussing who they were, the tech overheard us and confirmed Karl was right! Carrie Prejean and Kyle Bollard!

It was now our turn! I was so excited! The room was so beautiful and relaxing, like being in a hotel room.

She got started and we quickly saw our baby up on the big TV. After about two seconds the tech looked at me like, "do you see it?" I thought I saw it but I wanted to hear it from her mouth, after blankly staring at her she finally said "Its a BOY!" I lost it! Then I said wait are you sure, like 100% sure? She then showed us our little guy moving around and came back to "his goods" about 5 times! She then said I am 150% sure and I would not tell you otherwise! Karl and I could not be more excited to be having a little boy! His name will be Parker Anthony, we have always liked Parker, there were a few other names we liked but have close friends who got to them first ;) His middle name is after Karl, his father, and his grandfather's middle name. Kind of a tradition for the oldest boy in the family's middle name to be Anthony. Luckily I love the way it sounds! Cant wait to meet our little guy! I know it will be a whole new ball game after having my two girls!

Have You Ever had one of those Weeks?

I have to start by saying a BIG Thank you to my AMAZING Mom, who helped me and Karl out a great deal in so many ways this week! I don't know what I would do without her!

Monday
We had our "BIG" Ultrasound with Kaiser to check on the baby's progress, they take several measurements, etc. The appointment was at 12:30 so I left work a little early, did my water prep (ugh!) and got there around 12:20. I had called at 11 am to ask if they were on time and if I should do my water prep as scheduled. They never said "yes we are on time" but they told me to go ahead with my scheduled water prep times, which to me meant, they were on time! So when I checked in I said, are you guys on time, because I already have to go pee! She said Oh I think so, you should be her first patient when she returns from lunch. (This is one of the best parts) Then she hands me a Dixie cup and says, "well if you really have to pee try to just let out this much (and points to the middle of the Dixie cup). Bahhahahaha, was my reaction, then I quickly asked her if she had ever tried "cutting it off" once the flood gates opened! So they sent me into a internal waiting room where Karl met me shortly after. I soon saw the US tech walk down the hall and go into the US room. Great I thought! She is back from lunch, let's get in there are see out little guy! Two seconds later she walks out with her purse and her lunch box.....um wait a minute, I thought I would be her first patient when she returned from lunch, why is she just leaving for lunch? She grabbed my paper work and said " I am running about an hour behind, feel free to go grab some lunch and come back around 1:30". Wait what! So the first thing I did was PEE, then Karl and I went to the mall across the street and bought Parker a little something for his room. The Ultrasound was fun, Parker was alllll over the place (my fault I had my one soda for the day with lunch and he was enjoying it too)! The tech kept saying she was chasing him around and was having a hard time getting good pictures of everything she needed. She did confirm he was still a BOY, yay! and got us some cute profile shots to give to the girls!

Tuesday

Paige had not been sleeping well and was not her perky self. She had been scratching at her ear which usually mean, ear infection! I got her a mid morning appointment and my Mom was able to take her in while I was at work. She had a ear infection in one ear and the other ear was on the verge so she was sent home with antibiotics. Tuesday is my late day so when I got off at 4:30 and looked at my phone it had several missed calls and a few messages, none of the numbers I recognized. First message was from my NP telling me she had the results from the US and to give her a call back. Second call was from the Stage Two US dept in Oakland wanting to set up a second US. This did not freak me out as I had to go back for more pictures for Paige just because they were not all clear. When I called to make the apt I spoke to a genetics counselor who proceeded to tell me they thought something was wrong with Parker's brain because it was not measuring right, and that they also thought that he might have a cleft lip. Once she said the word Brain the rest just sounded like blah blah blah. The soonest apt we could get was Thursday afternoon. I held it together for a minute and told my work I could not work Thursday afternoon, got back in the car and LOST it!

Wednesday

Paige woke up at about 12:30 am wed morning. When I got her back to sleep, I myself could not go back to sleep, SO many thoughts going through my head. As I lay there I started to feel worse and worse, by 4:30 am I was barfing along with other things. My first thought was I had just worried myself sick! 6am rolled around, both girls were up and Karl was trying to get out the door and I started in barfing again. My mom came over a.s.a.p. to help get Payton ready for school and to take care of Paige. I was still convinced I was worried sick until I started to get super achy and warm. Paige had gotten a short flu on New Years Eve so maybe that is what I got also. I was in bed all day and did not feel much better until about 6 o'clock when I was finally able to hold down some toast. Karl got the girls a bath and ready for bed and when he came out he said, I'm not feeling so hot. Uh Oh. I knew it must be bad because Karl NEVER gets sick, I'm not exaggerating. By 9 when we were getting in bed Karl was hugging the toilet. I got in bed and then thought, I bet Payton is going to start soon... so I went and put a towel next to her in bed.

Thursday

12:30 am, Payton started puking, despite my efforts to put the towel next to her, she missed it, hah! I tried... Poor thing was up almost every hour and between her getting up to get sick Paige was getting up, just because I think she heard all the commotion. It was a sleepless night! Karl stayed home and was miserable all day so my Mom came over again to help out. She was so nice and did all our laundry and changed all the sheets! I kept thinking about Parker and our 2:30 appointment. I was going no matter what, even if I had to go by myself with a barf bag. Luckily Karl was strong and went with me. Oakland US was amazing. No wait to go in and after she was done taking many more pictures, the Dr came right in to read it all and take a few more pictures. Despite being petrified they were getting some awfully cute pictures of Parker ;) When the Dr came in she immediately said whoever made the first US apt (one of the nurses) scheduled it 2 weeks early which can make it difficult to see everything they want to during the US, and then she told us he looked perfect! Everything was normal! Nothing abnormal with the brain, we saw first hand his cute little lips, and he is weighing and measuring right on track for 18 weeks! Thank you GOD! I held it together until we started to leave and then Karl put his arm around me and said "what a relief" and I lost it, again. So many different thoughts went through my head over those two days, and although I was relieved I could still feel this ball of tension in my body that I could not just let go! We immediately called our family and the few friends I had told (who I thank for their Prayers for Parker) and told them the great news! As soon as we got home Karl went back to bed and I just Vegged with my beautiful girls!

Friday
Today has been a calm relaxing day. Karl woke up like a new man and was up and off to work, I stayed home as Payton still had her fever and although my stomach felt better I was totally weak and wiped out, mentally and physically! It is 2:00, I'm still in my PJ's along with the girls and I wouldn't have ended this crazy week any other way!

I still have a It's a Boy post and a Christmas post that I am finishing up, Blogging has been the last thing on my mind this week ;)