Thanksgiving 2008 and the Start of Christmas

My little princess standing in front of the Christmas tree before we headed to church. It is really nice right now because for some reason she likes taking pictures. I think I have taken sooo many over the course of her life that she is used to it by now. :) Below are a lot of pictures from the past couple weeks. My computer has been really slow and we finally got it back working tonight. I figured I should update the blog because I have a feeling the second addition to our family will be coming really soon! Last Monday when I went to the doctor my cervix was 50% effaced and I was dialated to a 2. I go the the doctor again tomorrow so hopefully I will hear some good news.

Payten loves her new cupcake dress. She has to like her clothes or there is NO way she will put it on....unless I put my foot down and let her know that I am the boss and she is going to wear what I tell her to wear until she is 18 years old. haha Anyway...funny story. Last week Payten was eating a cookie or something sweet that I had made and as she finished she stood up in her chair, rubbed her belly and said, "delicious" with a huge smile on her face. I cracked up laughing. She says the funniest things.

Where is Payten??? I don't know...but I think I might have a pretty good guess!!!

There she is! And of course she has the cat trapped in there with her. The whole time Matt and I are decorating the tree she wants her and the cat in the box. You can tell that Nala wasn't so thrilled about the whole locked in a tiny space with a crazy three year old thing! haha

Thanksgiving was really fun this year! We had three couple friends over around noon for lunch and the guys played Wii afterwards while the girls sat around the desserts and talked about babies and all that fun stuff. It was a stressful morning for me trying to cook everything and keep the house picked up but was well worth it. I was pretty nervous b/c I have never cooked a turkey, made homemade dressing or homemade rolls. I must say it all turned out really yummy! That night we took Payten to the movies with Brad, Erin, Charli and Avery. She LOVED it! We took the kids to see the Disney movie, Bolt. (About a dog) We got home around 9pm and she crashed. She was worn out from playing ALL day long. It was a wonderful day spent with great friends.

Kitty Nala cannot control herself and stay out of the babies bed. I haven't washed the sheet yet because I know the second I wash it and make the bed she will jump up and get her furr all over everything. She has decided that the babies bed is her favorite place to take a nap. She still sleeps with us every night but during the day you will always find her fast alsleep keeping the babies bed nice and warm. Poor Nala doesn't realize that in 1.5 weeks this will no longer be happening. :)

Payten, Charlie and Avery pretending that they are eating ice cream cones.......which are made out of Play Dough. The girls played non stop and the house was a complete disaster at the end of the day. They destroyed every room in the house. Thank heavens Erin and the guys helped pick everything up.

Here are the girls pretending to be babies. Erin and I couldn't find them and found them in the babies room. We walked in and they were saying, "ga ga goo goo". They were pretty cute!

Here is Payten the morning of her first school Thanksgiving Party. She was extremely excited because Mommy and Daddy were both coming to her party. The party didn't start until 11am so I went and dropped her off like I usually do every Tuesday and Thursday. She found her teacher and said, "Miss Gaynel, guess what? She said my Daddy is coming to my party!" She was so excited to let her teacher know that her Daddy was coming. When Matt and I walked in the room later on she came running and screaming over to us. It made her so happy that we were there. It is so precious that she loves us that much! :)

Here is Payten's best friend, Claire. They love each other and it shows. Payten's teacher says that they are inseperable for most of the day. Whenever it's reading time on the big rug she says you will always find them together.

Payten's Thanksgiving wreath she made at school. Each hand reads what she is thankful for. She is thankful for hearts, baby dolls, butterflies and her blankets. The things that are special to a three year old. :)

This cracks me up!!!!!!! I was in tears when I read this. (Funny tears) She made this place mat at school and if you read this you will know that she really did say all this. A couple weeks ago our good friends had a little girl named Perri. Well Payten is obsessed with the name Perri. She names everything Perri.....her dolls, the cat, and she says she is having a sister named Perri. Anyway this placemat is so dear to my heart!!! She is such a funny girl with a huge imagination.

Payten thought she was a really big girl thie other night after her bath because she got to wear her towel just like mommy does. She enjoyed looking at herself in the mirror. :)