Diamond Boogies

Those of you who spend any time around Annabelle know she has a new fascination with picking her nose. Or maybe it's just her thing she does when she's bored, or being shy, or just trying to be funny. Who knows, but needless to say her finger is in her nose a lot throughout the day. So I have a couple of funny stories that have to do with her picking her nose.

The other day I was nursing the baby and Annabelle, as usual, had her finger in her nose. A few minutes later she came up to me saying, "Oh no! A boogie!" And of course I had put the tissues up on the table earlier because she was helping herself to them and quickly emptying the box, and I picked up and threw away all the loose tissues. I also shut the bathroom door because she has been getting into trouble in there. So I had no where to send her to get something to wipe it on. So because I didn't want to interrupt Krisalynn's meal I told her to just flick it off. I needed to vacuum anyways. So she did, in fact she thought it was hilarious. So for the rest of the day whenever she put her finger in her nose she said "I flick it off!" And if you ask her she will still say it for you. Isn't that horrible! I taught my daughter to flick her boogies!

And her other boogie story happened while she was talking to her Maga and Papa on the phone. Lately she has been wanting to talk on the phone, and she actually talks some. The other night John had to go up north for work and stay the night so they were talking but the phone cut out. She was very upset and wanted to call him back, so we compromised and called her Maga and Papa instead. So I called and put the speaker phone on, she talked for a little bit and then stopped. My dad asked if she was done, she said "No! Not yet!" I told my Dad she was busy picking her nose. He asked her if she was digging for treasure and she answered "No, diamonds!".

I have no idea where or how she came up with that. The only thing I can think of where she might have come up with diamonds is in Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, one of her favorite songs. Who knows, you never know what goes on in the mind of a 2 year old.

Family Pictures

Our friend Veronica took our first family pictures with our newest addition and she did such a wonderful job! Thanks again Veronica, the family LOVED the pictures we gave them for Christmas. This is my favorite picture of Krisalynn, she looks so sweet and peaceful.

Our early Christmas present!

I love this picture too! Annabelle was very excited to hold her baby sissy all by herself.

Awww my beautiful girls!

I'll be posting Christmas pictures in the next day or so, John is off work this week so I should be able to spend some time working on the blog. Also if anyone wants copies of the pictures let me know, I can email or send them. Hope everyone had a blessed Christmas!

Krisalynn Elizabeth

I'm sure most of you have already heard about Krisalynn's arrival, but just in case here is the info. I started having consistent contractions early in the morning on 11/22, I timed them all morning and they kept getting closer. So I called John to let him know since he had to work out in Hemet that Saturday and then called the nurse. She suggested I go in and get checked out, so off we went a little before noon. After monitoring me for a couple hours the gave me the option to go home and wait a bit or they could admit me and the doctor would break my water. So obviously we decided to stay, I was very ready to have her. They moved me to a labor room around 4pm, broke my water shortly after and Krisalynn was born at 10:37 pm. She weighed 8lbs 1oz and was 19inches. To mine and the doctors surprise she came very quickly, no more than 10 min of pushing. She came out sunny side up, facing the doctor instead of the floor, John later told me it scared him because her face was purple when she came out. But she was just fine and beautiful!

Krisalynn did have complications later. She was running a low fever, her heart rate was high, her breathing was fast and she was having blue spells when she cried. This worried her nurse and doctor so they ran lots of tests and xrays and after two and a half extra days in the hospital she was released, just in time for Thanksgiving. The nursing staff was so wonderful and did everything they could to let me stay with Krisalynn. They were such a blessing, I don't know what I would have done if I had to leave her. It ended up that she had fluid in her lungs and thankfully a couple days of antibiotics cleared it up. So we had an extra special Thanksgiving this year with plenty to be thankful for.