Well. he survived!

Ray has officially survived his first (but certainly not last!) child vomiting epidemic. He handled it VERY well (And by very well, I  mean he didn't join in on the fun!) Carly must have taken a round of food poisoning somewhere, because she complained her tummy was hurting all day yesterday. She was a good girl anyway, and went miniature golfing with us, and then to lunch. But a stop in Babys R Us, she became cranky and wanted to just sit in a rocking chair. On the way home, she ended up being sick in the car, so I pulled over to clean her up. Ray pulled over and joined us, but admitted he was only there as comfort, and was trying not to look! But, he did well. He forfeited his spot on the bed so Carly could sleep in bed with me, and he help me clean her car seat and the van. He also ran and got her ice chips every time she called for them... I think this little girl has got him wrapped around her tiny fingers!
Carly is feeling much better today, and just inhaled lunch because she was so hungry. I think Ray is kind of realizing that this was just a prelude of what is to come!

The Last Gym Class

So last month saw the end of the gymnastics class that Carly was going to for the last year. She absolutely loved it and we kind of hated seeing them close (though Jacie and I will not miss the drive home from after right at 5:15 at all). Since it was the last performance, we decided it was a good time to break out the camera again and record it for everyone. She absolutely loved it and I think really enjoyed showing everyone what she could do. It sounds like she wants to find a tap class now instead of another gym but we will see. The video is around 98mb so it will take a little bit to download but definitely worth the wait!
And yes I will get the video from Christmas morning posted also.
Carly's Last Gym Class

Quick Update!

Ray was supposed to post some Christmas stuff, but apparently he has forgotten! I just reminded him, so hopefully he will have some time to get to it soon.
Carly had a wonderful Christmas. She is probably the most spoiled child I have ever met! She is now counting down the months until her birthday again, hehe. She is also counting down the days until the baby is here. She asked Ray the other day if she could rock him in his rocking bed (We looked at some bassinets with her a few days ago) and asked if she could sing to him. She is also helping my little sister, Jordan, make him a blanket. Carly loves referring to herself as "The Big Sister," and I think will do a pretty good job at it. We enrolled her in a Sibling Class at our hospital for May, which will show her how to hold the baby, help feed him, and etc. We also enrolled Ray and I into a similar class but for parents. I figured I can use the refresher and Ray... well, Ray is nervous as he can be. Hopefully this eases him a tad.
We had our anatomy ultrasound today. She says the baby is measuring perfectly, and weighing in at 9 oz. Almost to a pound! He was moving so much that she had trouble getting the measurements at first. She did confirm that, yes, he still is a boy. Although when she went to check that part he flashed it for about 2 second and then crossed his legs Indian style. She got another shot at the end and said he is definitely a boy! He also seems to have all his parts- the heart is fully developed, the umbilical cord is great, and he has all his body parts. Seems we are on time with a due date of June 10th. I'm feeling good for the most part, gained only 4 pounds (At almost 20 weeks, I am so proud of myself!) but still don't look anymore pregnant than I ever did. I have had a rough week, finally nausea has found me, and made me a little incapacitated for a few days. I am starting to feel better, and the doctor gave me some medicine to try and curb it. Ray has been taking care of me all week while I was bed ridden, and did a really good job of it! He also took care of Carly, getting her dressed, fed, off to school and back. He is definitely a good daddy to that kid!
I will pester him some more about the Christmas video/pictures when he is done working. And also, I will get the new ultrasound pictures scanned. Our doctor only gave us two, but we will get them up anyway!

Busy Christmas Week

Well we are coming down to the wire on our first Christmas together. Carly is super excited about Santa coming this week. Every time I ask her who is coming she says "Ho ho ho... Santa" in a whisper. She is really looking forward to making cookies for him Thursday and then getting to open the presents on Friday morning. We are looking forward to wrapping them and at this point it will probably only be on the presents for like 36 hours. But it will all be worth it. I am certain we will be video taping it since one of Jacie's presents to me was a video camera (which works great and I love it... Thanks Baby!). Speaking of the video camera, I got to open it early in honor of Carly's Christmas Program at school with her kindergarten class. It was great watching her sing and dance to Jingle Bell Rock. If you don't believe me (and I know that you actually do but that is not the point), you can check out the video here. It is about 18MB to download but I am working on trying to get a streaming version uploaded.
In other news, we have a former Christmas surprise (love you honey!). We had intended to wait until Christmas Day to tell people but Jacie caved to the peer pressure at the DMV and started telling people. We were going to alternate between saying girl and boy every time someone asked but it didn't quite work out that way. But we have told most people but it is still good to say that we are officially expecting a baby boy in June. It is even better with (2D and 3D ultrasound) pictures!

A foot!

Correctly referred to as Skeletor Face

His Back as he decides not to play any more

Boy Confirmation 1

Boy Confirmation 2

His side profile

For most of the 3D pictures he decided to hide. Like this one

Starting to come around

Just kidding!

She did manage to get one of his face in 3D

I think Jacie is still a little paranoid that the ultrasound lady might have gotten it wrong but everyone that has seen it seems to be pretty certain it's a boy. We have our "official" (we did this one separately to have some Christmas news) appointment on the 13th so it will just be double confirmation then I am sure.

Christmas with the DMV

Well, working at the DMV sure has it's drama attached, and the yearly Christmas Party is no exception. My first party working there was 2006, which was a blast. Then 2007 was really bad, and because the people from the Carson City office have 1000 and we only have 100, they tend to exclude us. The 2007 party resulted in turf war and drama. Reno DMV wasn't invited to the 2008 party, ha. Our new director who took over earlier this year made sure this party wouldn't be a bust, and that Reno was included. It was held at the Peppermill Casino (Same place we wished everyone could have stayed for the wedding) and was a lot nicer than years past (It's usually held at the Silver Legacy.) All season long people at work have been calling it the "Prom for Adults," and once we got in, Ray realized why. He dressed up all handsome-like (And with a tie to his utter dismay!) and I did my best to not look 8 months pregnant instead of almost 4. The evening consisted of our table getting pretty sloshed, and hooting things during the raffles (I, of course, don't need alcohol to participate!) We had a good dinner, danced, and just talked with a bunch of good people. The worst part of the DMV is the job itself- definitely not the people. Even my supervisors were getting crazy on the dance floor! We were there until about 10:30/11:00 pm and then drove home in a horrible blizzard. We probably passed 3 or 4 accidents on the interstate during the way. I'm sure Ray has mentioned, we have gotten almost 3 feet of snow in the past 2 weeks. We have so many people from California transplanted here, it makes for terrible road conditions.
Today we picked up Carly from her dad's and then went to take pictures for our Christmas Cards. My little sisters boyfriend is an aspiring photographer and does and awesome job, especially getting the moments you didn't know where there. During the session, Carly and my little sister, Jordan, engaged in a snowball fight, and Carly would run up to about 1 foot away from her before throwing it. The fight ended when Jordan accidentally got the Princess in the face, and started some tears. Carly really wanted to build a snowman, but our snow was so cold at first it wasn't sticking, so we will try to do that tomorrow and take some pictures. When Carly got home tonight, she realized the tree had presents under it, (Thanks Grandma Dawn, and Grandpa Tony!) And she asked about 3 times if she could open them.
We will be mailing out Christmas Cards and presents this week to everyone, so watch the mail later on! We have a baby appointment this Thursday, but it doesn't sound like anything too exciting. The big ultrasound is scheduled for January 13th, but any child of ours is bound to be difficult and either turn away or cross their legs! Hopefully one of us will be updating with some more snow pictures later on this week!

Carly's Birthday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Prep!

So, I suppose you could say that Carly didn't really have a birthDAY, she had more of a... BirthWEEK. Her birthday party with her friends was on Sunday the 22nd, Dinner with all of us was Wednesday the 25th, and then we did some little birthday things on her ACTUAL birthday, the 26th. Her birthday party was at a place called Coconut Bowl, where they have a huge play structure for children. She had a few friends and all in all had a blast! Then on the 25th we went to Texas Roadhouse for her birthday. She loves that place because it's loud and they yell "YEEHAW!" a lot. They also yell it to the birthday girl, which she enjoyed but I missed pictures because it was so cute. Thanksgiving was held in our house, and we did all the cooking, it was us three, my mother and my little sister, Jordan. It went well, and Carly opened the rest of her presents. She has had a nasty sinus infection for a week now, and has been a little cranky. But, all in all I think she had a good birthday!

She spent the weekend with her dad, so Ray and I took the opportunity to go shopping for Christmas supplies. Ray rappelled from the house and hung up Christmas lights in the freezing wind, and he did an excellent job! Carly came home yesterday and so we went to get a tree today. Ray trimmed it all nice with his shiny new saw, and we decorated it. The cats LOVE it, and think it's their Christmas present!

All in all, it was a busy weekend. Hopefully Carly is up for school tomorrow, but judging by how she is feeling, I'm gonna say she will want to stay home tomorrow. Hopefully she kicks this nasty illness soon There are more pictures of her party, and Ray being a daredevil here. Carly is now yelling weird things at the cat, so that might be a sign she is ready to go to bed!

Jacie

And Baby makes four

So we had our first ultrasound today and we were able to get a great picture from it. I think we were both surprised how much we could see that looked like a baby. I am not sure what exactly I thought I would see but Jacie was thinking it would just kind of a blob on the screen from the others she has seen. We were both pretty excited to see a head, heartbeat, arms, and legs! As the doctor said, there is definitely something going on in there! While we won't know for sure until around mid-January, Jacie has taken to call the baby "he" since he was squirming around so much and not really working with us at first for the ultrasound. One inch long today, only 10 pounds to go honey until he is born   :p.

Ray