I meant to update the blog about our Christmas earlier but we were so busy with family and doing fun stuff!
My mom and Dale got here the Saturday before Christmas so we hung out pretty much every doing a lot of nothing leading up to the holiday. Christmas morning Hilary and Scott came down and we opened gifts with our mom and Dale. My dad and Gail came over for dinner that night too.
Lindsay flew in Saturday morning and we opened gifts with Dad and Gail that afternoon.
We all received too many good gifts and Parker had fun opening his gifts!
I actually didn't take hardly any photos on Christmas or any of the days we celebrated...oops. So this is all we've got! Either way, we had fun and enjoyed seeing everyone!
Parker had a great first Christmas! I have an assortment of pictures and videos from today but they are in no particular order
Trying to sneak into the presents early today!
He loves his new drum!
2nd nap of the day
playing with his badger
couldn't make it through all his presents...he was worn out!
got enough shoes?
loves his new glow worm!
chewing presents open
Zoe wanted in on the action!
Having tons of fun!
not sure if grandpa is more excited about Parker's loot
paparazzi much?
spoiled on his first Christmas
so many toys but he loved this hanger
and he loved tissue paper
future BFFs
My family spoiled Parker just a bit! He received several books, outfits, pajamas, a drum, a workbench, couple stuffed toys, Vtech book, two crawl and go toys, and lots of other great gifts. We have Christmas with Clint's family on Saturday...hopefully they don't go too overboard! Merry Christmas!
Likes: clicking his tongue, playing games when out in his stroller, tickles
Dislikes: being tired
What's new int he Last Week: you can clearly see his little tooth, he is getting oh so close to crawling (he gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth), he can roll and turn like no other
Having fun wrapping presents!
talking with daddy
waiting for his balloon rattle at Grandpa's Christmas party
Week 24 falls on Christmas! So far Clint & I (and obviously the baby) have been very spoiled by our families and friends! We have received many gifts (lots of cute clothes and many other other gifts). We are so grateful and appreciative for everything :)
Sleep: I have been getting up easier (on time) during the week, which has been really hard this year! Over the weekend I normally wake up between 6-8 which stinks! I usually can't fall back asleep but I like to play on my phone until I'm wide awake or Clint wakes up :)
Body Changes: Nothing has changed from last week. I am very glad that I have really only gained weight in my belly and not any where else!
Food: I haven't had any food cravings that last more than a day and definitely not anything strange! A few days I really wanted a cheeseburger and a couple days I really wanted a cinnamon roll!
Symptoms: Other than feeling hungry a lot and having a big belly, you might not realize I am pregnant from my lack of symptoms.
Movement: Out little baby boy is definitely a wild baby! I am now feeling movement all through the day! I can't wait for Clint to actually get to feel it!
Things We Bought/Did: Last Saturday we had our big gender reveal so we were busy planning that and I am really glad we had the party! I had a lot of fun that day!! Here are a few of the things we have received over the last week:
My in-laws bought a wagon for us/the baby for Christmas! I love it!!!
My friends Amy & George got us this cute chalkboard!
Lindsay bought us a different baby carrier! We already received a sling for me to use but this carrier can be carried in front or on the back and can be used up to 40 pounds. Clint is so excited ;)
Clint's aunt gave us this piggy bank! We passed it around at his Christmas after opening it! Gotta start saving for that college fund!
Clint's parent's also got us these cute owl bookends!
Today we had our gender reveal party! We went with a red and green theme because it is almost Christmas. I found several treats that I thought I would try from Pinterest. Most turned out really well! I forgot the take pictures of everything before it started getting eaten (I was running a little late!) so here are some pictures from later of a few of the items:
Christmas Tree and Stocking Rice Krispie Treats
Gingerbread Reindeer Cookies
Smores
Stuffed Peppers - made by the mother-in-law
Candy Cane Punch - picture from Pinterest because it was all gone!
Fun Candy Cane paper straws to go with the Candy Cane Punch
Fried Pickles - made by the husband! Picture from Pinterest because these were gone fast!
Funfetti Cupcakes - iced by my stepmom
I also made Peanut Butter fudge but I forgot to get it our of the fridge! We also had some fruit and veggies, brownies, my mom's special ranch flavored-oyster crackers, chips and salsa & queso, meatballs, and a few other random things. LOTS of good food!!
My printer was giving me lots of issues today so I had to have my mom handmake the voting cards. Originally I wanted to use a Polaroid camera to have people cast their votes but you can't find 600 film anymore and the new Polaroid camera's film is really small. So my mom searched around and found a Polaroid POGO printer that prints 2x3 pictures that are stickers! You hook your camera up to it with a USB cord OR you can use your cell phone enabled with BlueTooth! So everyone cast their votes and it was tied 14 for boy and 14 for girls!
Zoe's picture was placed on the board after the reveal so her vote wasn't counted :)
To do the reveal, we blew up balloons and filled our skylights and then covered them with Styrofoam wrapped in wrapping paper. We then tied a string to one end and pulled the string. We have two skylights so we both had one to pull.
We double wrapped the green paper one because it was kind of thin (which is why it doesn't look as pretty). Unfortunately, Clint's board didn't work out. The string came through the board (because he didn't tape it on the other side like I suggested ;) Red balloons would mean girl and green balloons would mean a boy. Here is a video of the big reveal!
So we are having a BOY in April!
For those that were able to share in our big reveal - thanks so much for coming!! Also thanks to my family that helped out!! We are so excited and can't believe that we will meet our little boy in about 16 weeks!!
