Happy New Year to all our family and friends.  Piper, Aaron and I had a quiet evening at home watching movies and giving Piper a late night bath after she gagged and spit up all over herself.  Now that's a party.

Silly baby loves her bath!

 Piper's new jammies from Trisha.  Now

we have a "Little China Doll".

We hope everyone has a happy and healthy new year.

Piper Discovers the Stairs...

After dinner we let Piper chase the cat around.  Ash wanted nothing to do with her and darted up the stairs.  Piper went right up after him, she had never attempted the stairs before.  I had Parker run to get the camera, she was very proud of herself. (Sorry, trying to figure out how to turn the video.)

Piper is also loving her dinosaur from Papa, except she gets a little upset when she runs out of room.

Finally finished cleaning today and removing all evidence of Christmas, I must say I am glad it is over.  Now the count down to "Living in a van down by the river" can begin. 61 days and counting.

In an effort to stop annoying people on Face Book....

I have decided that I shall start using my blog to "bore" you with all my posts, pictures, and videos of Piper.  I have a feeling that people on Face Book are probably sick of hearing about how many teeth she has and how she is doing with her cold.  So, here goes.

Piper has six teeth, waiting on 7 and 8 to come in.  Her cold seems to be getting better yet she just wants to be held all the time.  Ha ha!

I finally got a video of her singing we me.  My voice is hideous, but it cracks me up.  Enjoy.

And her is Piper playing with the baby doll her Great Grandma Yates got her for Christmas.

Introducing...

Wow, a lot has happened since I last posted.  It's amazing how time flies.

Our big news is the birth of Piper Kate on February 26, she was 6 lbs 7 1/2 ounces and 18 3/4 inches long.  She is our "surprise" baby and she is such a blessing.  I just can't believe that her "big" brothers will be 21 this month and 14 in August.

So my goal is to keep my blog up to date so everyone can see pictures of our beautiful little girl and share the news of our family.  And yes, I'm hoping to get to knit again sometime soon.  Just not sure when, all my time is devoted to Piper related events.  But for now, here are a few pictures and I'll post more information and pictures soon.

p.s.  Lola flew to Oregon this past winter to live with Grandma Nancy and Loyd. She is a very happy dog and livining like a princess.

Just Don't Ask...

We started moving in to the new house Mid-February and I started having horrible heart burn at night.  So bad I couldn't sit still and I kept telling Aaron and Parker I was gonna die.  On the fourth evening it was so terrible I called Aaron at work and told him I was going to the ER.  Called Trisha and thank God, she came right over and took me to the E.R.  Pain was so bad and I felt so sick they put an IV in and gave me morphine and anti-nausea meds.  Wow, that worked.  It was my freaking gall bladder.  So they put me in an ambulance to go to the main hospital for more tests.  Passed a stone.

Now, many women say that nothing is worse than having a baby.  Bull CRAP!  Try passing a gall stone.  I wanted to die.  (Wanted to die again today when the bill from the ambulance company came)  Needless to say, it felt like an alien was ripping it's way out of my stomach.  Now, I have had a c-section, and a normal delivery that resulted in a broken pelvic bone.  The broken pelvic bone also made me wish for death but not the delivery.  Gall stone passing sucks, the pain was so intense, luckily it didn't last more than a few hours but oh man, was it bad!

Anyway, a week and a half later I was in Yale and had the alien (my gall bladder) removed.  YEAH.  Only problem was I had an allergic reaction to the glue they used on the incisions.  Luckily it was laproscopic.  Now I'm almost two weeks post-op and feeling pretty good.  Still have to take it easy and not lift or do too much.

Then, this Past Saturday, Aaron and Parker were in a car accident.  Some idiot decided to stop in the middle of the road for no reason right before the entrance to the freeway.  Luckily they were only going 15 mph and were not hurt, but his poor car got smooshed on the front drivers side.  So now it's at the repair shop.  I've learned not to ask "What else..."
We are all excited because Patrick gets here tomorrow evening.  He coming home to spend spring break with us.  I can't wait, it feels like forever since he's been home.

Still need to take pictures of the new house, maybe I'll get that done this weekend.