Our First Week

It has already almost been a week since I had our new baby girl, Whitney. We are all settling in great. Annabelle is a great big sissy! She loves to help with the baby and I can't be happier with how soft she is with her. A lot and a little has happened so I'm putting it in one. You'll see Belle wearing some funny bloomers. They are actually 3 month old bottoms to an outfit. I was pulling out the old girl cloths to fine some for Whitney when Belle needed to help. She just put them on and liked it. She still loves her pony Winny. Whitney got her first bath at home. And like most babies she hated it, but I was fast. Yesterday was our first day out of the house. We went over to grandparent Parker's house. Belle got in to grandma's stash of sample lipsticks and decided to try them on. She is a little obsessed with chap sticks! I guess she thought she'd take the next step to lipstick! Later that night she helped grandma make brownies. Of course she couldn't wait to lick the spoon and bowl. Over all we are all settling in fine!

Whitney Gayle Parker

We are now home from the hospital with our new bundle of joy! Whitney Gayle Parker was born on Monday January 24 at 3:39p.m. She weight in at 8 lbs. 11 oz. and 19 inches long. She looks like a petite thing compared to what we remember about Annabelle. We go to the doctor's tomorrow and I'll post more things. I'll also post more info on how my delivery went too. But here are a few photo's of Whitney!

Funny Willy!

Everyone know of wet Willy's but Belle has invented a new thing. She loves to stick her fingers in her ears. She loves to hear how things sound different. It's funny she'll not move her head just her eyes. Blake and I will whisper in her ear "Annabelle" and she thinks it's the funniest thing ever. So the other morning I need to clean out her ears. She did great letting me. I thought she would freak out and not let me but she just sat there and let me do both. But of course she had to do it too. So I gave her her own to try. She got them both in her ears and just left them. It was so funny. She'll get all happy and proud of herself she'll go nuts. She likes to get up and "dance" or jump-jump. She is just the funniest thing at times!



I've Gone Crazy!! She LOVES her books!

18-19 Months

Annabelle had her 18 months check up on December 29. And I know I'm just putting it up but a lot has been going on the last few weeks. She is growing great! We never have any big concerns to talk with the Doctor about. She's still in the process of being potty trained. She'll now tell us when she needs to go but when she gets there it takes her a little longer to get it all out. But we are still working on it and in no rush. I see that she's learning something new every day. She loves books! We always read to her at night before bed and then in the morning she'll grab those books and want to read them right when she wakes up. I hope she has a thirst for knowledge and books. She is talking so well! She'll always ask "Where's ....?" She'll through in there Aunt Lori, Momo, Josie or Jojo, Ogie, Papa, and anyone else that she loves and learned over the holiday! Her list is long so she'll go though it and ask about EVERYONE!! But she's great. She listens really well to (at times). She's been a big help to me. It's hard for me to pick up things so if i ask her to get it nine times out on ten she will. We know to say "Please" for things and now we got down "Thanks You" when someone does it. I am so proud of our little booger-butt! (That's just a nickname I've given her. She's always had allergies like me so her nose will periodically run - hence the name) She did get her first flu shot this visit and now I think that's why her nose is running like crazy. She's great with letting me blow it. I've taught her to "blow" and I'll wipe it. I'll tell her to "Take a breath" then we'll "blow again" and wipe it and we are done! If I don't tell her to breathe she would keep holding her breath and freak out like i was suffocating her. But now I can say lets blow your nose and she'll come right over and let me. I think she knows her nose is running and does not like it.

Height: 32.5 inches (50-75%)

Weight: 22 lbs. 14 oz. (25-50%)
Head: 46.25 inches (50%)

We just got a bath. Now we're eating grapes before nap time!

Look how long and curly her hair is! So beautiful!

37 Weeks

I am now 37 weeks. I go to the Doctor ever week now up 'till I have it. I went in on Monday all excited that I'd be having this baby like next week. But that's not the case. I had been really hurting the last few days prior to my visit, so I was ready to get this thing out. But I wasn't even dilated any. Blake and I decided to go ahead and wait to be induced. I'd like to have it come on it's own but Belle really didn't. She started, then stopped. I had to eventually be put on Patocin to start my contractions up again. I hope though that the baby will come sooner then later. I'm able to rest more now that the holiday's are over and I'm not running as much. That helps me to not over due it. We did get to have a sonogram of the baby to see how it's growing. It was not cooperating with us. It was flat on it's back! It took the nurse a while to find it's femur bone to get a good measurement. We got to see it's face but not much of anything else. I wonder if it's going to have a head of hair like Belle? Well I guess we'll all have to wait and see! The baby has definitely ran out of room. Whenever it moves it's now an uncomfortable, slightly painful feeling. I love the feeling don't get me wrong, but at times I'll get up and my ribs will hurt 'cuz it's all up in them! My induction date is January 23 at midnight. I go next Monday and if anything changes ya'll will be the first to know!

BIG MAMA!!

Fiesta Party

Last Tuesday we had a fiesta party for Aunt Lori. She left yesterday for a new job in Honduras. We had so much fun at the party. It was a Mexican theme. We had enchilada's, homemade tamale, chips and salsa, and good cold margaritas. Aunt Peggy picked these glow sticks up earlier in the week and all the kids loved them. Luckily we got enough for everyone to have their own. But not only did the kids have fun you can see that the adults had fun too. I was taking a photo of Peggy, Terry, Lori, and Debbie. Debbie had no idea that Terry was taking a little cat nap on Peggy! When she was told it was so funny! They're all goof balls! Oh and yes someone had to sport the sombrero! Thanks Monica! We tried to put it on Belle but I could never get a good enough shot. But Mo and Belle looked great under it. We all will miss Lori. I know she will love it. (I hope she loves it!) We are all hooked up with Facebook and we all got Skype accounts so we can still chat. I just pray that this time she'll stay with her guards and try to not get mugged!