40+ weeks

Well, today is the 26th...which means that my due date has officially come and gone! Our doctor says that Delainey is bound and determined to stay in (no change since my last appointment), which means that we are looking at a C-Section bright and early on Monday morning. So it looks like our little gal's birthday will be August 29th! We will keep everyone posted as best we can.

{here I am in all my 40 week glory}

My mom (Nonni Donna) got here on the 20th and we have been so blessed to have her here. I just feel a little guilty that there is still no baby...so we have been shopping, running errands, and hanging out while we wait for Delainey's arrival. It is so nice to just get to spend time with her and Parker is having an absolute blast! (I am also loving being pampered by my momma while she is here!)

{Parker & Nonni getting in some good snuggle-time while watching a movie...and having a cookie!}

{chowing down some popcorn}

As an early birthday present my parents bought Parker a bike...but we couldn't keep it from him until October, so he has been a bike-riding fool! I can't believe how quickly he picked it up, especially because our kiddo has never had a trike! We were wondering why he was having a little bit of trouble grasping the concept of pushing forward while he was pedaling and not pushing back on the brakes...then we realized that most kiddos have ridden trikes before getting a bike...but ours went right to the real thing. Here is a video of our little guy after just a couple days. He looks so big and I can't believe he is going to be 3 soon!

{our big guy...who does not yet know what to think about becoming a big brother in a couple days}

{wrestling with Daddy!}

what we've been up to

At the end of March my parents came to visit. It was so great to see them and we had a blast! Parker was so excited to see his Nonni and Papa!!! The first night they were here he was so sad to see them leave to go to the hotel and didn't quite understand that they would be back the next day. It broke my heart to see just how much he has missed them. While they were here we were able to just all spend some quality time together and show them around our new home. We even went to the base to show them where Travis works and the park that I always take Parker to...just so that now they can put a picture to what we are always talking about.

before dinner at Toby Keith's

I enjoyed having them here so much and I was sad to see them leave to go home and get back to the reality of being "without family" here in Oklahoma. Before they left we made sure to go to the zoo. The weekend they were here the weather was horrible! It had been so nice leading up to it that we had no idea that it would get so bad...WELCOME TO THE MIDWEST & UNPREDICTABLE WEATHER!

Up until a couple days ago the weather has been so great around here. It has really given us a chance to get out and go for walks.

one of our favorite trails on base

It was even nice enough one day for Parker and Travis to go swimming in our apartment complex pool. The water was freezing...but Travis being the amazing Daddy that he is, went in with our kiddo who was dying to go anyway!

Easter Sunday was a little different around here this year compared to last year. Last year we were at my parent's house surrounded by family and other kiddos for Parker to Easter Egg Hunt with! This year it was just the 3 of us...well...3 1/2 if you count Delainey! We filled some eggs and hid them around the apartment so that Parker wouldn't totally miss out on the fun!
We had a very lazy Sunday and spent most of the day relaxing inside because of the insane rain/thunder storm we were having. Parker had a blast jumping in the puddles outside and was sopping wet when we finally made him come in!

doesn't trav look thrilled to be stuck out in the rain with our little man???

Here are some more recent pregnancy pictures...things are going great with this pregnancy and I couldn't feel better!

Miss Delainey is doing great and moves around more and more every week.

16 1/2 weeks

20 weeks

21 weeks

22 weeks

Ahhh..."Scuba Steve"

Travis and I headed to the Tri-Cities on Monday night because he had a meeting with Benton County Sheriff Taylor (for his Summer Internship) on Tuesday. It was a nice, but very quick, visit. I always love getting to see family, and I especially love getting the cousins together. We have nicknamed my nephew Caleb "Scuba Steve" because he loves to swim, always seems to find a reason to wear goggles, and my mom just got him a goggle and flipper set. It is hilarious! Caleb...or Scuba Steve is so great with both the little boys and I just couldn't resist snapping a picture of him playing with cousin Parker. Such a good big brother and cousin.



While playing in the kitchen with fridge magnets, Drayson handed one to Parker. That is his new thing. He loves to share...pretty good for a 10 month old! It was adorable. Parker was totally fascinated by the magnet and played with it on the floor for at least 30 minutes! That is an extremely long time for a 6 (almost 7) month old!





I was even able to get an okay picture of Nonni with the little guys. So hard to get them both entertained and looking in the same direction.

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my mom's birthday! I know that you really aren't supposed to tell people how old people are...but my mom is 50 today. You would never know it!!! Gotta' love those asian genes! She is absolutely beautiful and such a wonderful mom and nonni (grandma). I could not imagine growing up with a different mother. She is the type of mom that you can go to with ANYTHING and just simply have a good time with. Mom is one of my favorite people to go shopping with, have a drink with (we always try new stuff), talk with about everything, and just lounge around watching sappy movies with! Well...she really is the best mom in the entire world...enough said!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM--I LOVE YOU!

What a lucky mom...2 kiddos pregnant at the same time! My mom and sister were such an amazing support system during my pregnancy and labor. Who better to help you out than your two best friends???

This picture of my mom and Trav cracks me up! My mom is laughing because as they were walking down the aisle, Mom was starting to get "choked up" and instead of comforting her...my super sensitive (I wish you could sense my enourmous amout of sarcasm through the computer) told her to "LOCK IT UP."

I just love this picture of my parents and I. I cannot get over how beautiful my mom looked at my wedding...or how beautiful and young she looks everyday!

Happy 4 Months Parks!

I cannot believe that my baby boy is already 4 months old!
These last 4 months have just flown by...but they were all equally wonderful. Parker is so big now and I can't wait to see how much he weighs and how long he is at his 4 month well-baby appointment on Friday. It seems like we were just bringing him home from the hospital. I remember how nervous I was to bring him home...I was so scared that I was going to do something wrong and that I wouldn't know how to do anything right. At first you are all nervous and concerned about everything...then 4 months goes by and you are able to totally roll with the punches. The words "oh well" are used a lot now! He is doing so many new things now and I can't believe my eyes sometimes.

Some of this past month's accomplishments are:

• finding his feet
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• lifting himself up when on his tummy
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• playing in his new ExerSaucer
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• almost rolling over (he gets all the way on to his side...then can't get any further quite yet)
• sitting up (assisted...he's still a little too small to do it all on his own yet)
• passing a toy from one hand to another
• sleeping 11 hours at night (Mommy & Daddy love this one a lot...but he started sleeping through the night at 6 weeks...so we are not surprised that he is a great sleeper now)
• we tried some rice cereal from a spoon the other night...and he did pretty good!
  
• he is talking so much more now and making all sorts of noises
• mastering the spit bubble-raspberry noise
• his giggle is soooo infectious...it is more like a high-pitched squeal and it is hilarious!
  

A special thanks to my mom...aka Nonni Donna...for coming up this past weekend to babysit while Trav and I went to dinner and a movie.
It was a great break and we loved having you! She also brought up a new ExerSaucer for Parker! It is so cool and has so many fun things for him to play with. It is also nice because he can stand, rather than lay all the time. Thanks Papa Kev-O and Nonni Donna for the huge new toy. Travis affectionally calls it "the monstrosity!" Parks loves his new toy so much! I think he was getting bored with all of his other ones! It was so great to get to spend a whole day with my mom, going shopping and having lunch. I have missed her so much...especially in the last several months. I can't wait for June when we will all be in the same city again! I get to see my family again this coming weekend.

After Parker's appointment on Friday, we are headed to the Tri-Cities then to Yakima on Saturday for my friend Ashley's Baby Shower. We are all so excited to welcome baby Madilyn Joy Jaeger into the world at the end of March! It was fun to be pregnant at the same time as my sister, then my other sister (sorority sister) found out she was pregnant! What a blast! I hope that Madi and Parks will be great friends growing up. I can't wait to see Ash this weekend, it really hasn't been that long since we last got to catch up, but it seems like it!

Just some extra pictures (mostly for my dad who only checks the blog for the pictures, so he probably didn't even read this little blurb!)