Paisalicious skates!

 This is one of Paislee's new nicknames.. She is WAY into the Pinkalicious book series right now so she absolutely loves when we call her Paisalicious. In fact, I notice Jayson and I have all sorts of new names for Paislee.  She responds to any and all of them. Goof Mongoose, Munk and Paisalicious are the most commonly used ones.. I guess I didn't realize how weird they are until typing them out... Poor child has such strange parents...

Over a month ago Paislee started waking up with dry diapers at night which is a HUGE deal for us.  I had no idea how in the heck to potty train her through the night and over night she did it herself! Where did you come from child of mine!? Gosh I love her! To help keep her motivated we have planned fun little things for her to do if she continues to keep her panties dry throughout the night.  The other day, in honor of one of her favorite pinkalicious books

we planned a trip with the family to the ice skating rink!

Paislee had so much fun! (minus the fact she was freezing, poor child has a very forgetful mom these days.  I mean seriously, ice skating and no coat, gloves or hat? Go me..)

Probably not the smartest thing to do when you are pregnant might I add... See this little boy

Don't worry, i'm not a creep, I didn't take that picture! I found it on the internet so I could show you what I used the entire time we were ice skating... I looked pretty handicap with my "walker", but I have seriously bad balance to begin with, so adding a belly to the mix REALLY affected my ice skating skills...I used it for the safety of my unborn child (I just wish we had gotten a picture of me using it, pretty funny!)

Here you see me pictured with my loving family, minus my walker. Literally the second I let go of it to take this picture I FULL ON fell  ("full on" means as ungraceful as you can possibly get) right smack on my back and tail bone.  Luckily it wasn't my stomach right?? I wish it had been caught on film so bad. The mental image just kills me. Pregnant woman lets go of her "walker" to snap a family photo and BAM! She hits the ice! I was pretty sore the next day to say the least.... I'm just glad I had my pregnant belly to blame my lack of balance on because we all know I probably would have fallen regardless...

Now, every time we read "Pinkalicious, pink around the rink" when we get to the page where Pinkalicious falls while ice skating Paislee says, "Look Mom! She fell just like you!" She will never forget that...

Cutest skates I've ever seen! I never even knew they could come so small!   It's so fun how little activities such as ice skating is so much more fun when you have a kid of your own.  Watching them experience new things really is so rewarding as a parent!

The pregger days

 I am just over 21 weeks and I can't believe I am already half way there! Holy smokers! It feels good to be out of the rough and into the "feeling normal" stage.  Boy this little sister was not near as easy on me first trimester as Paislee was (does this mean we are in for a doosey with this chica?) Since I failed to blog about any of the pregnancy fun, here is a re-hash

First Trimester:
Some things I NEVER experienced when pregnant with Paislee but have experienced full force this time around..
1. Nausea! Never felt nauseous once with Paislee!

2. CANNOT handle meat or the smell thereof... I seriously felt like a vegetarian...with Pais I craved greasy burgers and loved any meat I could get my hands on.

3. Could only really enjoy eating fruit or a salad (what the heck? where did Kylee go?)

4. Tired X 10 (Every girl is way tired first trimester, but compared to last time...whoa)

5. Hungry X 10 (with Pais I remember having to eat every few hours to settle my stomach, this time around I swear it was like every hour I had to eat)

6. ZITS!!! In strange places I swear you shouldn't get zits... Earlobes, behind my ears and random spots on my body where I have NEVER had zits before...weird

7. I would feel okay for the most part during the day, but once 5:00 hit it was like, goodbye world! I would have to leave Jayson with Paislee to fend for themselves for dinner while I spent most of the night in bed sick until I would fall asleep. Thank heavens for a husband who was more than happy to take over mommy duty for a few months and do it with a positive and happy heart :) I love that guy!

8. ITCHY shins....what the heck again?

9. Crying during State Farm commercials and other totally ridiculous things... I remember being emotional, but not to this extent! haha

These are just a few I can think of.  You would think after being pregnant once before your body would react in the same way... Which is why everyone assumed this silly little girl was a BOY! Jayson never doubted from day one that it wasn't a girl... He loves that his fatherly intuition was more on than my motherly intuition because I thought she was a boy for sure...

I didn't start showing quite as quickly this time around. Everyone told me you start to show alot sooner with your second baby, but I think I must be carrying her differently or something.. The crazy thing is, after looking at my belly pics from last time I'm smaller now than I was when I was pregnant with Paislee. You can tell by the belly pics bellow that I'm carrying her differently..

          

The weird thing is, some days I wake up and my belly is completely gone! It's like some days she goes into hiding somewhere or something...haha For instance, the picture above was taken Saturday.  This picture was taken the following day..

I'm sure one of these days I'll pop out and stay out for good.. The great news is, the baby is measuring exactly on her due date and everything is growing normally.  That is all I really care about!

I started feeling "Little Sister"(which is what we call her around the house)  at 14 weeks (exact week I felt Paislee too).  Surprisingly Jayson was able to feel her move by 18 weeks which was a whole two weeks earlier this time!  Paislee got to feel Little Sister kick for the first time around 19-20 weeks.  She puts her head onto my belly and says, "Mom! I can hear her! She is laughing!" She talks about her all of the time and how excited she is for her to "come out". haha Jayson hates that she says that instead of "be born", but hey! She's right! haha

I'm so happy to be in my second trimester, although it's still not quite as easy as it was with Paislee, I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to be pregnant.  I still love every second of pregnancy (even if it isn't always blissful).  I'm so thankful and know this is an incredible blessing in our lives.  I just can't wait to kiss those cheeks!  Half way there! Boo yeah Grandma!

Freshles!

One of my favorite things in the universe is getting to spend time with my girlfriends (aka Freshles).. I LOVE THEM!  One of my best friends, Nicole, got home from her mission to Ecuador this past week.  I sure missed her buns.  Our other close friend Allison is having a baby boy in the next couple of months so we threw her a baby shower/dinner at El Matador.

This also ended up being a farewell dinner for my "Spishal" friend Sam.  She moves to Colorado tomorrow and I am so so sad.  I'm going to miss her SO much. As one friend comes home, one friend leaves.... Glad we were able to all get together before she leaves!

"Girl talk"

This was last month at our friend Christmas luncheon I failed to blog about (it was a blast!)... I am so grateful to have these cute girls apart of my life.  Couldn't ask for a better group of girlfriends!

I'm Pregnant....

I know I haven't posted much about pregnancy since the big exciting announcement.  I'm still pregnant folks, in case you were wondering...and SO SO happy to be!  I'm 18 weeks and feeling fabulous (for the most part)! This pregnancy has been COMPLETELY different than my pregnancy with Paislee.  I'll go into details about that in a later post.  In case you haven't heard (since I have failed so awfully at blogging) we found out  at 14 weeks that Paislee gets to have this....

A LITTLE SISSY!!!!!

We are SO SO thrilled! The age difference between these two little girls is almost the exact same age difference between my little sister and I.  I couldn't be more happy that Paislee gets to have a close sister and get to have some of the same experiences I got to growing up with a little sissy of my own.

There is something about a mother/daughter bond that is unexplainable... I look at pictures of my mom with us girls and it makes me so giddy (okay, okay, AND emotional) that I get to be a mother to two beautiful girls.  What a huge blessing!

Paislee was a summer baby and so is this little gal. Could that be more perfect?! All the new clothes you have to buy for a growing child each season gets pricey so it will be nice to get to pull out Paislee's cute clothes she only got to wear for short periods of time and to be able to buy new clothes for baby girl #2 not because she has NOTHING that fits, but because I see something cute and want it, even if it isn't always practical...haha

I have dreams of buying bunk beds for the girls to share a room one day, watching them dress up and put make-up on each other, making up dances together, playing games and entertaining each other with their crazy imaginations, going to watch them in dance recitals and all the other fun things Hill and I did together growing up.. I'm sure sports like softball will be included into the mix and many other fun things as well. I CAN'T WAIT!

We are thrilled and can't believe we are already almost half way there! Now it's onto picking the name....We already have a couple solid names we are thinking about, I'll be sure to let you know when we decide :) Stay tuned for the details on this pregnancy and maybe even a picture or two of my growing bellay!

Yay for Christmas!

Christmas this year was an absolute blast! Nothing beats the pj's we get Christmas eve from both of our parents.  Our "elf" pj's this year from my mom were totally awesome.  They are THE MOST comfortable things you have ever experienced on your body...seriously..

Our classic christmas eve family photo

The grand girls with Aunt Tess in her santa suit Jayson and I got her for her christmas pj's so she didn't feel left out..haha

Oompa Loompa

Waking Paislee up Christmas morning was so fun.  I couldn't wait another second in bed so we got the video camera and woke her up around 7:30.. The second we said, "Santa came to our house!" she sat up and said, "Santa came!?" and ran out of her room so fast.  She grasped the concept this year which made it so fun.  The first thing she said was, "Santa ate my cookies!"

After opening gifts I walked past Paislee's room and I heard, "Mommy, I'm sad" I walked in and asked Paislee why she was so sad. She continued on to say, "Santa ate all of my cookies...I'm so sad" haha, she definitely is my daughter... All these new fun toys and she is concerned about not having anymore cookies. 

We got ready and went to papa and lanny's house where they surprised the girls with their new four wheelers! It is so funny to see these two cruise around the house on these..

We spent the rest of the day enjoying a wonderful sacrament meeting and spending time with Jaysons family.  Our families are so generous and we are so grateful to be able to see both families on such a special holiday.

After 7 stops of visiting grandparents and family we ended the night at Matt & Rach's to celebrate Kambree's 3rd birthday! We were definitely exhausted by the end of the day and decided that was the last Christmas we would try to visit ALL the grandparents and families in one day.  We will stick with just our immediate family (both sides) in years to come...

Overall we couldn't have asked for a better Christmas holiday.  So sad it is over, but we are looking forward to this new year and all the fun, new things we have in store for our family.

The fun continues!

We had so many fun family parties to go to this month, which is what makes December so great.  You get to see your family, LOTS! I wondered how Paislee would do with Santa this year.. I figured she would probably cry since she is pretty timid around new people at first, but she did great!

I'm pretty sure Jayson's mom's side of the family has THE BEST Santa and Mrs. Claus EVER! They bring pictures of them at the north pole and when Santa gives each child their gift, Mrs. Claus reads in her special book about how that child has been this last year... He's the real deal people...

Paislee listening intently to Santa's stories

She asked Santa for a new baby and puzzles... I hope her wish lists stays this easy till she goes away to college...haha

We made sure to fit in all the festive things and traditions you do in December.. I think our gingerbread house making this year we spent 80% of the time eating the house instead of trying to make it look pretty.

Worked out perfectly that we got to watch Kambree and Molly the night we decided to do this :)

At our house through the month of December we have a mischevious elf named Ernnie who plays funny tricks and watches to make sure Paislee is being a good girl and staying on the nice list. He is so sneaky and quick so we can NEVER catch him (thanks Ceryl for the cute idea/tradition).  Paislee thought it was hilarious that Ernnie turned her bath water RED!

What a fun way to remind Pais to be a good girl and I have loved seeing how she has reacted to some of the silly tricks Ernnie has played on our family this month! We all can't wait for Ernnie to come next year!



Okay, its time...

Alright alright, I think I should probably blog about our December since January is almost halfway over... Blogging has lost its excitment for me which has made it hard to get around to doing it. I need to do better for the sake of the blog book/journal...

First of December we got a little snow... Didn't know we wouldn't see it again for over a month..

Pais helped dad shovel and he helped her make her first snow man ever!

She was VERY attached to this snowman.... Everyday she wanted to look outside to make sure he was still there, and anytime we left the house or came home she made sure to say hello or goodbye to him. 

Another night, earlier in the month we took trax for the very first time! Paislee was SO excited to go on the train.  We went to dinner at the Lion House and to see the lights with the entire family.  It was super fun!

Pais and sissy in their matching coats!