My Reindeer

We had our first Christmas (of many) at Nathan's aunt's house this weekend. They decorated cookies, played, opened presents, and got to wear some cool reindeer antlers.

Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Fun!!!

A couple of Saturdays ago, Nana (Nathan's mom) took the girls to get their Christmas presents. She took them to the American Girl store. If you have a daughter, I recommend you going. It was so cool! Overwhelming, but sooooo cool!! The girls got to pick out a doll for Nana to take home and wrap for Christmas. Regan picked out Felicity. Kennedy's doll that she wanted was retired (Samantha), so she picked out a baby. Then, we headed off for lunch at the Olive Garden. It was a great day with the girls (and little man). :) Friday was the girls last day of school before the Christmas break. They celebrated the day with "Holiday" Parties. Here are just a few pictures of the great time that each of them had.

Kennedy's class did a book exchange. Kennedy ended up with "If You Take a Mouse to the Movies". (For all of you reading this saying that the title needs to be underlined instead of in quotes, I know this. I don't have that option on this screen.) Kennedy decorating her gingerbread house. She ate more candy than she put on the house. :)After all of the fun holiday parties at school we headed off to go to the Gaylord to see the Grinch Ice Sculptor. After the 3 hour trip, that should have only been 45 minutes, we paid an arm and a leg to get the girls in to see the Grinch and then go look at the sculptors. They had a blast.

The drive home only took 30-40 minutes. Go figure!!

What have we been up to?

Well, that's a good question...or shall I say, what haven't we been up to? :) At the beginning of November Kennedy had their school's annual fundraiser, The Husky Fun Run! The girls, my niece, and Mims, Nana, and myself walked in the fun run. (Mims was taking the picture)I have been working on finishing up my classes (A&P II and Microcomputer Applications-fancy word for computer class). I think I will have an A for both classes. I have filled out my nursing application. I just have to wait on my transcript from this semester to send it in. (Everyone take a minute right now and say a prayer for me to be accepted this year [August 2010 start date] if it's God's will).

Kennedy had her Thanksgiving feast. The kids were so cute! Some dressed up like pilgrims and others were Indians. They were precious!! They came into the room singing a cute song! I just wanted to eat them up! :)

While Regan didn't get to have a Thanksgiving feast, they did study about this holiday. She made a totum pole. We used the totum pole and Kennedy's Indian headdress as our Thanksgiving centerpieces.

Nana's work had a huge Christmas party. She invited us all up there to visit Santa. (I really think it was to show off her beautiful granchildren.) :) Debbie's picture is the best...Grant's eyes are actually open and all the kids are looking at the camera. Here is the picture of Santa with my kiddos.

Yesterday we went for Grant's 2 month check up! TWO months already! Time does fly! He is smiling A LOT, which I just love! His birth weight was 6lbs. 14oz. and he was 20 inches long. Now he weights 10 1/2 pounds and is 23 inches long. Yay! I have a growing boy! His little thighs are getting thick like muscle thick. His hair is turning more strawberry blond, which I LOVE, and his eyes are getting lighter and lighter blue. I think they will stay blue because of that. (I hope so anyway.) I will probably have to beat the girls away with a stick....unless his big sisters get to them first! :)And last, but not least, I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year! I pray that 2010 is such a blessed year of prosperity, health, peace, joy, and love!

Merry Christmas!

Life With Three

I love every minute of it!! It is sometimes stressful, but for the most part I am enjoying it more than I ever have. I realize that we are truly blessed to be able to have these three healthy children. I am finding a way to juggle school, homework, laundry, being a mom, etc. It is a juggle to say the least, but we are adjusting. :)

This blog I am going to play catch up. I have not blogged since he got here, and that was a short one. We have been out and about doing all kinds of things. People say, "You're so good (to get out)." I say, no, I'm just really stupid, but have no choice. Ha! :) So, here we go:

The week after we brought Grant home my mom and Nathan's mom took the girls to see Mary Poppins the musical. They absolutely LOVED it!! They took their umbrellas that Mims brought them from New York. It was a very special treat to get to go. :)

That Friday night we had our annual Sunday School Halloween party. There was a bonfire, hayride, pumpkin decorating, making candy apples, and lots of food!! It was quite a good time!! Then, the next week Kennedy had her very first school field trip. I was not able to chaperon (due to the fact of Grant :)), but I did meet them at the pumpkin patch. This year the pumpkin patch had a maze, they got to pick a pumpkin, there was a story teller, a "pumpkin theatre", and snacks. Our church does an annual Family Fall Festival. We have been going ever since the girls were little, little. :) So, we got Nathan's sister Cobie and we headed off. I say every year that we should skip the Texas State Fair, save our money, and just go ride the rides (which are the State Fair rides) for $5. :) Maybe next year. They even have State Fair food out there. How good is that for $5?!?!? School Fundraiser...enough said!! :) Every year Regan's school have one annual fundraiser. It is their Walk-A-Thon. It is so neat. They open the morning with a parade. The high school drum line came and so did some of the drill team. It was so cool. Then, after the parade they do a school-wide picture. Then, throughout the day there are many activities (walk, games, talks about nutrition and exercise, lunch in the hallway!!) :) It was so fun!!

Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggidy dog!!! :) That is what I will always sing in my head every time I think about this Halloween. We went trick-or-treating around our neighborhood, and then all of our family came over and hung out. It was quite fun. Regan was an angel, Kennedy was Snow White, and Grant was a hot dog. They were all so precious. (Grant only lasted in his costume long enough for me to take a picture.) Good times!!

Grant Canon Purnell

Grant arrived on Friday, October 9th at 10:37am. He weighed 6lbs. 14oz. and was 20 inches long. He has a full head of blond hair!! He is absolutely adorable!! Here are just a few pictures of him and his proud sisters.

7.0

I had my last dr. appointment yesterday. Yay!! Everything looks good!! I am dilated to a 4. He weighs 7.0lbs!! :)

We have to be at the hospital at 6am. My dr. that when I get there I am going to get everything hooked up, including my epidural. :) Then, around 8am she is going to come in and break my water. It won't be long after that and he'll be here. I can't wait!!

Please continue to pray for everything to go smoothly (epidural, delivery, both of us after delivery).

Thank you to everyone who has thought/prayed about us this week! I have felt it all. My stress level has not been as bad as I thought. (That might be different tonight when I'm trying to go to sleep.) :)

Have a great day! I'll post pictures when I can!

Well, it's been a crazy few days. I was in class on Tuesday and thought my water had broken. It stopped once I got home, so I didn't think anything of it. A friend of mine suggested that I call my dr. (this was Wednesday night). So, Thursday I called my dr. and she sent me to the hospital to get checked out. No water breakage, but I was dilated to a 3. I had my actual doctor appointment on Friday. She did an exam and I was still a 3. She was on call for the weekend, so that made me feel better. She didn't want to send me to the hospital then because she wanted to make sure his lungs were developed. I agreed because I don't want him out of my sight once he gets here. :) So, we went to the football game on Friday night, came home, and about 10:50 my contractions started. They were 10 minutes apart. I called my dr. at 1:30 in the am. She said when they become 5 minutes apart call her back. So, at 3:30am they got to where they were only 5 minutes apart. I called her and she told me to go on down to the hospital. We get down there and I have about two more contractions and they STOP!!!!! I was so mad. I had been up ALL NIGHT LONG! They have me walk around for an hour and recheck me. No progress, so they sent me home! :( Nice false alarm. I was so pumped to see him!

We get home and Regan is saying her ear hurts. Nathan (after being up since 3:30am) takes her to the dr. She has tonsillitis!! Great! Just what we all need the week before we have a baby!

So, Friday is the day! I have to be there at 6am on Friday morning! I am so ready! Y'all just say lots of prayers to get me through the week (pray specifically that the week will fly by) and Friday (for a healthy baby boy, healthy mom, and an easy delivery).

Girls' Night

On Friday several girls from high school got together to just catch up and have a jewelry show. It was so fun!! We had a great time and lots of great laughs!! We will have to do it again really soon!

2 WEEKS!!!

Praise Jesus! We only have two weeks until we get to meet this little guy. :) Just please say a lot of prayers for my sanity, and tell Satan to get out of my head with horrible thoughts!

I had a dr. appt. today. Grant weighs 5.9lbs. Yea!! I think he will be the smallest actually. We'll see. Everything looks great!

The girls are so ready to see him. They don't understand too much of the whole "2 weeks" thing, so we have to tell them according to something that is going to happen. So, now it is "it will be after we go to the State Fair". What a way to mark the birthday! :)

Grandparent's Week

Last week at Regan's school was Grandparent's Week. Regan got to have several visitors. My grandparents (Mema and Papa) came up to see her and eat lunch with her. Then, on Friday my dad (Sug) and Nana came up there along with Nathan's mom (Nana). She loved every minute of it!! Thank you all for coming!