Christmas Day

We had a great Christmas. It was so fun with the girls this year. Christmas Eve they were sooo excited to get all ready for Santa to come, we made some cookies for Santa and threw reindeer food out in the snow. Then the girls got in their new jammies I made them. I thought that the jammies really fit their personality this year. After that we each opened one present and the girls opened some flannel sheets we got them. They were so excited about them and had to have them on their bed that night. Lizzy kept saying "Thank you so much for the beautiful sheets, Mom and Dad!" The next morning I heard the girls door open and I was just waiting for ours to open when I noticed the lights in the living room turn on. I ran out there and the little stinkers were already looking at their toys Santa brought. I made them go back to their room so that I could record it. Lizzy got Polly Pockets and Makeup, yes she was in heaven. Nellie got a really cute dolly that talks with a really cute crib, she liked it until she opened her Diego toys and then the dolly was left by the wayside. Her and her Diego, I still think that is hilarious. One of my favorites growing up was the stocking and unstuffing it and getting all the fun little things. Lizzy loved it too, every little thing she pulled out you would have thought was the greatest thing ever. Nellie on the other hand pulled out a piece of candy first and we had to force her to pull the rest of the stuff out because all she wanted to do was eat the candy.

We got the girls robes and they loved them. They think they are so grown up in them.

Lizzy really wanted a scarf for Christmas so Grandma made her one, she loved it.

Grandma made Nellie a scarf too. Notice the chocolate all over her face. Every time we turned around Nellie was eating another piece of candy.

Lizzy playing with her new Leapster game she got from Grammie and Papi. She loved it! Thanks Grammie and Papi!

Nellie got a cool Diego toy from Grammie and Papi and she loved it too. Thanks Grammie and Papi!

Lizzy has been dying to wear her new dress she got from Grandma and Grandpa, Today she did and she looked so beautiful. She loves to dress up. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

Nellie wearing her jaguar coat that she got from Grandma and Grandpa. She said " I love my jaguar coat, it's so warm and soft." Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

The girlies looked so cute today all dressed up. We have sure had a good Christmas season.

Lizzy's Christmas Program & cookie decorating

On Sunday church was cancelled so we had the whole day to have fun together. We decorated some cookies or as Nellie did, put about an inch of frosting on a cookie and licked it off.

After the cookies we headed off to Lizzy's Christmas Program, (gotta love how out here they do all the school activities on Sunday) Lizzy sang her little heart out it was so cute. She did all the actions to every song and of course knew every word while most of the other kids just stood there with blank looks on their faces.

This was Lizzy doing the actions to "I'm getting nothin' for Christmas" She was absolutely hilarious. I recorded it, but from the angle we were sitting the girl next to her kept getting in front of her so we couldn't see her very good. I hate it when that happens. We also have a hard time with settings on our camera and all the pictures that day were pretty blurry. Notice the boy on the left of the picture (gotta love the hairdo, a mohawk and a mullet together)

All the kids told what they wanted for Christmas, and of course when it was Lizzy's turn she had to take the microphone from the teacher so that she could do it herself, she is definitely not shy when it comes to things like that. She is such a sweet and happy girl. I just love my Lizzy!

Christmas Stuff

Can I just say that I am loving this Christmas season. I love it anyway, but this year has been especially fun because the girls have had SO much fun with it. We try to do some sort of activity every night. One of the girls favorites is to turn off the lights and light candles and turn on the Christmas music and dance. They love to dance and LOVE to sing. Lizzy has always loved to sing but Nellie is really starting to pick it up and I just love to hear her darling little voice singing the songs.

We went one family night to get a tree, but the tree farm was closed, so we just went down to the grocery store and picked one up, I thought the girls would be disappointed, but they could care less, all they wanted was to decorate the tree when we got home.

I had made a pumpkin pie and Nellie snuck up onto the counter and dug her fingers into it. It was pretty funny because I did the exact same thing when I was little only it was a whole pie that my mom had to take somewhere the next day.

The little girlies love to help me in the kitchen and they just had to help me stir the caramels. It was pretty hard to stir with three big spoons in the pot but they sure enjoyed it.

We made a gingerbread house and they girls got so excited about it. They got even more excited when they discovered that there was some extra candy they could eat. Even though it was nasty.

Gotta love how Nellie isn't wearing any pants.

We let them stay up the night that Frosty the Snowman came on. We popped some popcorn and they thought it was pretty neat. They loved Frosty and have watched it daily since then. Lizzy wanted to make a snowman too, so that he could come to life.

Daddy and his girlies snuggling and watching a movie. So cute.

I am really going to be sad when Christmas is over. I love this time of year! The one good thing is that when it is over it means Jane will be about here, thank goodness!

Five Years!

Kevy and I celebrated our five year anniversary this past weekend. I can't believe that we have been married that long! In some ways it feels like we just met, the time has gone by so fast, but at the same time it also feels like we have always been together. There have been so many good times and a few difficult ones, but we have grown so much together as a couple and a family these last five years. I really truly don't know how I could live without him. He is the best!

One of the first things I noticed about Kevy was how kind he is. He has the kindest heart of anyone I know and he is so patient too. He would have to be to put up with me. He is so caring and always willing to help me with anything. He is the best dad to our little girls. I was worried that he would be disappointed to have a third girl, but he assured me he isn't and I know that is true, he loves his little girlies so much, and they feel the same way.

Kevy does such a good job supporting our family. He works so hard and never ever complains about anything. I am so proud of him for going to school and working so hard at it. He has learned so much and it is so fun to see how excited he is to have found something that he enjoys so much.

Kevy is so fun to hang out with, I hope he doesn't get sick of me, because I could be with him all the time and never want to be with anyone else, he is just so easy to be around. That was another thing that I first noticed about him, he let me be myself and he made me feel comfortable. I just love him more than I could possibly say and I am still in awe that he picked me! I love you Kevy!

For our Anniversary this year Kevy sent me these beautiful roses! What a sweet guy! A lady that Kevy works with was so amazing and came and watched the girls for us so we could go out. It was weird to spend the day together. We have only gone out one other time since Hawaii and it was only for two hours, so the whole day was awesome. We went Christmas shopping and to lunch and we went and saw Twilight. It was really nice of Kevy to let me go to a girl show, but I think he enjoyed it too. It was such a fun day. We hadn't been able to go out for our Anniversary for the last couple of years, so I am so glad we were able to this year and spend the day together.

Close Call

So I had a close call yesterday. The night before I was having contractions, not too strong but very consistent. They were coming every 5 minutes. I was able to get to sleep and they went away. Well yesterday morning they started again a bit stronger and were 3 -5 minutes apart. I waited all day because I did not want to go in, but around 4 and after more than five hours of contractions I called and they told me to go into the hospital to be monitored. I had to go by myself because we really don't have anyone to watch the girls out here unless it is a total emergency, so I drove down to Salina and they checked me. I thankfully was only dialated to a one, but they wanted to monitor the contractions for a while. After about an hour and they weren't going away they gave me a shot (that hurt like hell, excuse my language) to stop them, that didn't work so they gave me two more. Thankfully the contractions don't seem to be doing too much so that is good. It really sucked to have to go through this all by myself, the bed was majorly uncomfortable and I couldn't move around much because it kept screwing up the monitors. They gave me tons of water to drink because it helps contractions, only problem is a full bladder causes contractions, and I couldn't get up to go to the bathroom without calling the nurse. I had to drive myself home an hour at 10:00 at night, I was feeling really shaky and weird from the shots they gave me, plus I hadn't eaten since lunch. Overall it was not a fun night.

I have to be grateful though because they did get the contractions to stop and they did release me after about four hours, and I am very glad that I didn't have a baby last night. I am not prepared! I need my mom here and I haven't even started my Christmas shopping. I am glad that I am already 3 weeks past the time I had Nellie, so Jane should be much better off, but I really want to get Christmas over with first and enjoy the season and get a little more prepared, plus I just want a big baby that can come home with me and not have to stay in the hospital.

They told me to take it easy today, which is really hard with two crazy monkeys, but I did my best. I am still having contractions today but not as consistent. I think that is just me . I had them a lot at the end when I was pregnant with Lizzy. We shall see if Jane decides to wait until January to come or if she is too impatient like her sister.