The Joy of Parenting...

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We now live in Spring, Tx. We moved here from seattle about a yearand a half ago. We own our own landscaping bussiness with dave's sister and husband and are doing really well. Dave and I have been married for 6 years, and have a little girl callie who is now 5 years old. Our little boy Parker was born on Sep. 20. We have a perfect little life and we love everything about it!

Monday, August 25, 2008

Our new family portriat...

HAHA.. ok so when i scaned this in i kinda chopped of the top.. so sorry..! Anyway callie drew this today in school, it's her wonderful family! I am sure we can all guess who is who in this picture but if not, let me explain.... dave is the skinny one... then little ole callie, and then ME... I just really needed to point myself out just incase you couldnt see me behind that massive pregnant belly she drew with my belly button..!! HAHAHA


I have a KINDERGARTNER.!?!?!

So today was the first day of school! The pictures are out of order... but the first one is of callie sitting at her spot in school ready to go.

This picture is the night before school picture, she wanted rollers in her hair so it would be pretty.... if you look at the other pictures you can see my daughter is not like me.. her hair is straight as a board even after sleeping in rollers all night long! Can you tell she's excited for school?
Ok if i could get her to smile normal that would be GREAT! But here is what i got right before we walked out to go to school... This morning she was up before we were, pulled the rollers out of her hair and made herself some waffels for breakfest! We must of been in a deep sleep not to hear any of that. I mean she was ready this morning.!

Now as for me being ready, i'm am sad! I havent cried ( yet) Maybe around lunch time when i have no one to eat lunch with i will get really sad. Although i might not be ready for her to be in school for 8 HOURS... she was ready to go and have fun, so i think that made it a little eaiser for me. A couple of weeks ago we didnt think we would be able to get her to go to school, she did not want go, she wanted to stay home with me and the baby. YES, that is another thing... baby is not here yet, but i think these next few days or weeks.. who knows, will be a nice little break before i have another kid at home all day. I still can't believe i have a kindergartner! Am i really that old? Well i'm off to find something to do, maybe i will pack an overnight bag for callie and a hospital bag for me... its about time right? Other then that, i need ideas or fun projects to keep me busy, so if you have any please let me know! Hope everyone is having a great monday, and hope you all have a great week!!!

Sunday, August 24, 2008

The night before school.....

:) So WOW, it's the night before callie starts Kindergarten. She is FINALLY excited about it. Tonight while she was in the bath she asked me to curl her hair for the first day of school ( which mean to her to put sponge rollers in it) So we put some rollers in her hair, and a book, song and prayer, then Off to bed she went, and fell asleep FAST. I can't believe i have to get a Kindergartner up in the morning... do i really have a 5 year old school kid? Dosent seem like she should be that old! Anyway i took some pictures, but i'm gonna wait till i can load the morning ones on the computer to put them up..! Why wait you ask? Because other then clean my house, i will have ABSOLUTLY nothing to do.... what am i going to do with my next days (before baby gets here) of fun field nothing to do..? Well See........

Monday, August 18, 2008

Snake # 3

UGH..... dave was outside this morning and i go out to take his lunch to him for work and i see him over there in the front yard beating the crap out of something and he tells me it was ANOTHER coral snake.... can we say I HATE SNAKES.. and neer had a problem with snakes till i moved down south... So therefore I HATE TEXAS..! Have a great day.!

Thursday, August 7, 2008

I HATE TEXAS... and Snakes

EWWWW...... I HATE TEXAS and I HATE SNAKES.!!! As i am sure most of you know when we first moved here a little over a year ago, we found two of these suckers in OUR HOUSE! This is a coral snake. One of the most deadliest snakes around this area! And two of these were in my house last year..... yes i then begged and pleaded with dave to move back to seattle, i mean i was in tears over this problem we had. We then (not very found of cats) got two cats, we figured the cats are snakes natural enemy so if they got into our house again then cats would find them and kill them, I do however have somewhat of a love for animals, but bygolly if the snake bit the cat and killed it, i take that anyday over callie or our baby comming up on a snake and getting bit. :)
Anyway NO this snake was not in my house today, BUT i was doing dishes this morning and i looked out side to see THIS snake on my pool step, ( just so you know i was on the phone with my neighbor this morning on her way to work as this was happening) So i started freaking out, i couldnt just let it get away, so heidi my neighbor then called her husband who was home...BUT DID NOT ANSWER the phone. So here i go, 8 months and some pregnant out with a big ole shovel to kill the snake...! Yes i should of got a picture of that.. HAHA So here i go outside with my shovel and start trying to kill the snake... Meaning i was trying to chop its head off!! When this was going on here is callie standing at the door opening and closing it, YELLING "MOMMA CUT IT'S HEAD OFF... KILL IT MOMMA KILL IT!! I had my own cheerleading section going, all the while i am still on the phone with my neighbor heidi, me screaming as this is going on..! CRAZZINESS i tell ya! So off i go inside leaving the snake where it was, i wasnt going to touch it after i hacked it to death. So a few minutes later my neighbors husband calls me and wants to know if he can help, Oh yes i told him to please come a dispose of this nasty worthless ugly deadly creature! (can we tell i don't like these things) So he comes and does that for me..! THANKS CAMRON! Oh yeah to end the story i went back inside to do some more dishes and look up again all paranoid like i am going to see another one.... I mean come on two times in a day that would soooo not happen right.! WRONG, i look up and i see another one....! Man i freaked out, and then yes i could type it all but i wont.. the story of this one is pretty much the same as the first but without me on the phone.! UGH..... I HATE TEXAS AND SNAKES!!!!!!!

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Callie's B-day and Baby Shower

My mom made this sign for the baby to put on the hospital door, and then to bring home and go into his room! I think she did an awesome job. I wish i could come up with stuff like this. ( Now dave has to stick with the name parker, i think alot of people would be mad if he went and changed this baby's name like he did with callie's.. haha)


Presents from the baby shower... and my wonderful sister n law made that diaper cake. How Cute is that!
No i did not make the cake but i did design it!
The other neighbor baby.. Creighton. He is a funny little boy!

My neighbors who gave me the baby shower! And me all blown up!
Baby blessing outfit my mother got me..! SOOO cute!
Opening presents with a straight face..! Crazy girl!

Her friends and cousins, i have no idea where she gets this face from.!
Callie's presents minus the walker and carseat.. :)
My sisiter and 2 of her girls MiMi and callie

Ok Sorry these pictures are WAY out of order....!

Wow, i really am horrible at blogging these past couple of months. So in a quick review callie has now Turned 5!!!!! I can't believe how fast time really does go. She was funny at her party, all she wanted to do was open her presents all day long.... i mean she begged us to open presents. So we finally let her open them and guess what!!!? She did not have a reaction to any of them, she just would open one look at it and put it to the side all straight faced! We all just laughed because she wanted to open them so bad and was so excited, she got everything she wanted, why didnt she act like she was excited when she DID open them, Oh well.! She loves all of them and hasnt stopped playing with them since.

Then on that same day was my baby shower. We had alot of fun, and the baby shower was really really nice. I have everything i need and more now. I had family and friends all come down for both parties. My neighbors are soooooo awesome for giving me a baby shower ( i never had one with callie, so it was my first) They did a great job and i couldnt ask for better neighbors. Ok so now on to the pictures, but please just remember i am a few weeks aways from having a baby and i am really bloated and all... ok ok lets just face it, i've never been skinny, so here we are boys and girls!