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.

Baby Update

I went to the doctor today and she said everything looks good, I am progressing, not as quickly as I'd like, but things are moving. I am scheduled to be induced on the 26th at 1am if I don't go into labor on my own before. At this point I am guessing she won't come on her own, but you never know. So it's looking like our Thanksgiving will be in the hospital. My doctor said she is going to try to get me discharged on the 27th, but it depends what time the baby is born. Also how quickly the baby's doctor can get in to she her.
I asked the doctor how big she thought she would be, in fear of a 9 pounder, and she doesn't think as big as Annabelle, more like 7 1/2 maybe 8lbs. I'm curious, I can't wait.
Also she still doesn't have a definite name, it'll be one of the three, we are just going to wait until she is born.

Fall Pictures

I have been trying to get these pictures up for weeks but uploading them has not been an easy task. I finally got these pictures up and have been trying to get more uploaded but for some reason it just isn't working. So I'll try again later in another post.

John's Mom and Dad went with us to Oak Glen to take pictures. These ones turned out great! It's our flying monkey!

My pretty princess posing for the camera.

There are more pictures and I will try to get them up soon, if it'll work. Anybody else having problems uploading pictures?

The Baby Formally Known As Mylee

We have decided to change the name of our little one, to what is the big question. Well I guess I should say we are probably changing her name , if we can ever agree on one. I have been contemplating it for a couple months and only brought it up to John about a month ago. And still no luck. He was suppose to agree on a name by my birthday and it's now just about over and still no name. So I decided to ask for some feed back to pass on to him. We did agree on a middle name, actually John picked it out, he wanted it for a first name but it is way to popular for me, so I agreed to it as a middle, it's Elizabeth. The names I like are...

Krisalynn Elizabeth (means follower of Christ)
Kalista Elizabeth (means most beautiful) and considering
Felicity Elizabeth (means happiness, one who is successful)

So if anyone would like to voice their opinion and help us decide, or help me talk John into it, post a comment or send an email. I'd love to hear what you think.


Also keep checking the blog for what we decide and also for pictures. I was going to post some tonight but it was taking to long and I didn't feel like waiting.

Dress up

So lately Annabelle has been very into dressing up. She has a princess dress I just don't have a picture of her in it yet. She likes to put on Daddy's socks and Mommy's shirts, and she just loves her sunglasses. She has at least 5 pairs but currently 2 are lost and one is at her Grandmas house so she is down to her 2 least favorite pairs. She is also very into singing and dancing right now. Anything she can find that resembles a microphone she uses it to sing into. She has even used the spout in the bath tub a couple times to sing into. I wish I could have gotten that one on video. Her dancing and singing into the water spout in the tub would have been a great one to show her when she is a teenager. In this picture John had put his hat on and she went to her toy box and found her hat and glasses and put them on just like Daddy.
She also loves her babies, stroller and baby bottles. She is gonna be such a good big sister!
I got her some play jewelry that she just loves, in fact she played with it so much we are now, like her sunglasses, missing like half of it.
Annabelle enjoying her Popsicle

Baby Mylee's Ultrasound

Last night John and Annabelle came with me to get an ultrasound. I have now had quite a few of them done and every time I am totally amazed by it! God is so awesome and we are so blessed to have another little girl. So we did pick out a name, it's Mylee Elizabeth. We compromised, Mylee was my second, maybe third choice for a first name and Elizabeth was John's first choice for a first name. So we put the two together and we think it is a beautiful name with a great meaning. So here are some pictures of Mylee, at the end I put some of Annabelle's to compare.Mylee was being quite the little stinker, she kept her hands up at her face most of the time. She also did a lot of yawning and sticking her tongue out at us.
Here is Mylee's tongue, we have like five different pictures of her with her tongue out.

First two are Mylee Second two are Annabelle

Annabelle

We think Mylee looks a lot like Annabelle did in her ultrasound pictures, we can't wait to meet her and see what she looks like.

Annabelle did pretty good, she liked watching the baby on the big TV. I think she understands as much as her little brain is capable of. When we got home we put the DVD in of the ultrasound and she was very excited and sat on my lap and kept saying "baby!" She also took her play camera and lifted my shirt and put her camera on my tummy and said "baby!"

All of us can't wait to meet the newest member of our family.

My Little Artist

Annabelle loves to color! She is always asking to color with her crayons and coloring book, and she decorates our bathtub daily with her bath crayons. So I decided to get her some paints. I got water colors (which is what she is using here) and finger paints. She really enjoyed the water colors, so much she decided to taste them. She was a bit obsessive about her rinse water, I had to change it at least 5 times, as well as getting the paint on her hands. I went through 3 paper towels wiping her hands off before she was finished, although she didn't seem to mind it being on her face or in her ear. We might have to wait a little longer before trying the finger paints.

Baby News!

IT'S A GIRL!!

I had my ultrasound today and the tech said she is pretty sure it's a girl. This little one is very active, I think maybe more than Annabelle was at this time! She put on a show for us today, she was constantly moving, she did some flips, twists, she stuck her tounge out a couple time and was even drinking the amniotic fluid. It was amazing to feel her moving and be able to see her. I am totally blown away, God is so amazing!

And more wonderful news, John took his contractors lisence test today and passed! I am so proud of him and his dedication! As my dad would say "today is a red letter day!"

Busy Little Bee

Once again it's been a while since my last post. She is a very busy little bee! The little free time I get these days usually goes to things other than computer time.

We are all doing pretty good, we are trying to battle off a nasty cold/flu bug that has been going around.

Annabelle has been busy playing, growing and learning new things. She is quite the comedian, she loves to laugh and make others laugh.

John has been super busy with work and trying to study for his contractors license.

And I have been keeping busy watching Annabelle and growing her sibling (which we hopefully will find out what we are having tomorrow). Here are some pictures of Miss Belle waring her Daddy's hat.
I'm telling you, she just thinks she is hilarious! And if you start laughing with her it gets her going even more. It's great! I love that about her, we are always laughing.
Her cousins Logan got a little bike for his birthday and she was so into it I looked around and found a good deal on a little bike just right for her. She loves it!

Since it gets so hot here, I got Annabelle a little mat that fills with water and sprinkles out. At first I thought maybe she didn't like it but after a few minutes she figured out a creative way to stay cool.
She also used it as a drinking fountain

She was playing in her room the other day and was unusually quiet. So of course I go to check on her and I found her in her old swing, very relaxed, swaying back and forth. She did always love her swing.

So keep checking the blog this week, I'll hopefully find out what we are having tomorrow at my ultrasound appointment. I'll try to post it tomorrow or the next day.

Little Miss Naughty

I know it's been a while since my last post again. The older Annabelle gets the harder it seems to get free time. Plus I haven't been feeling well, I have had morning sickness that seemed to last most of the day. I think it has finally past though. I have been feeling so much better the last week. I had my first doctor appointment the end of April. They did an ultrasound so we got to see the baby. It was crazy to see this tiny little baby moving already, I was only 9 weeks! So the doc said everything looked good, my next appointment is at the end of May. Now to Miss Annabelle. So her cousin Logan turned 2 the beginning of May and I think she decided she was going to as well, at least take the attitude part. She has been such a little stinker lately. She actually just stomped her foot at me and gave me a mean face because I told her not to touch the keyboard. She also started hitting (me mostly), throwing tantrums and telling me no. So needless to say she has discovered timeouts which right now seem to be the only thing that some what works.
In these pictures she has no shirt on because she colored on it with a pen, and she has crazy hair because she took her pony tail out for like the 10th time that day. So I just let her be since it was almost time for bath. She also thought it would be fun to stand on her push car like she does on Logan's scooter.

So big! (She didn't know that I was holding the car still)
I got Annabelle some bath crayons, she loves them. She gets to color all over the tub, and it wipes off so easy she can even help clean up.
Annabelle helped daddy wash his truck while mommy cooked dinner. Good thing it was a hot day because she was soaked!

Annabelle loves her daddy's sugar cereals. Especially Captain Crunch with Crunch Berries. She is such a big girl she even eats them in milk with a spoon. This is what happened when she tried to pick up her bowl and realized it was stuck (suctioned), so she pulled harder until she got it unstuck. Milk and cereal went all over!
The bowl was a few feet further as well as more milk and cereal. So I don't use that bowl anymore and it hasn't rained Captain Crunch since.