Thanksgiving and Other Happenings

Since I haven't posted for awhile, here's an update on what's been going on.

Scott is working three weeks straight. He started the 13th and will finally get a day off on the 4th of December. Since he was working Cheyenne and I went out to my parents' for Thanksgiving. We enjoyed a delicious lunch with all of my siblings, my parents, my grandparents and uncle. We enjoyed the meal and socialization. We played some games later in the afternoon and evening. When it was just us kids and mom and dad we played MAD GAB. I was laughing so hard I could hardly breathe!

Friday morning we decided to get up and head to Hutch to try and catch some of the good deals. We weren't crazy like some people who got there at 4 am but did get there at 7:30 am. Scott decided to go with us because he was talking 4 hours off that evening for when his brother and mom showed up and go into work at 9 pm. We found some good deals at Wal-Mart and Target and then headed to Lowe's to get my mom a new washer. She ended up with a new washer and dryer! We dropped Scott off at the house so he could take a nap and then headed out to my parents' house to drop off the washer and dryer. On our way home Scott's mom called and said the roads were terrible and there were lots of people in the ditch outside of Goodland and they were going to wait until the morning to come down. Scott and his brother were a little disappointed. We visited with Dustin and Ashley until Scott went to work and then Cheyenne and I went to bed shortly after that. Getting up at 5 am was a little early!

Saturday, Mable made it about noon and we waited for Scott to wake up and then we prepared our Thanksgiving meal. We bought a turkey fryer when we were in Hutch and Scott and Dustin fried the turkey. It was all very hummy! We went to McPherson later Saturday evening to see Scott's grandparents and family.

Sunday everyone headed home and Scott went to work and Cheyenne and I were left to find something to do. There was plenty of laundry to be done! Then we headed to bed early.

I had a doctor appointment Tuesday. Everything looks good. I have 8 weeks left. I have been having more back pain and it takes awhile for me to get comfortable in bed or sitting down. I'm not complaining too much though because at least I'm not as swollen and don't have high blood pressure like I did with Cheyenne. I hope I don't get to that point either.

That takes us to today. Now I'm caught up. Nothing exciting happening today. Hopefully I will do better about posting the next few weeks.

Scared

Cheyenne had a scare today. She had taken a shower with me and then I filled the tub for her to play while I got ready. The shower curtain was still closed while she was playing in there so I couldn't really see her. All of a sudden she started crying. It was a scared cry. She had pooped! It was floating and she didn't know what it was! This was the first time she had ever done that. It was kind of funny but she was so scared. Her crying woke Scott up and he asked what the matter was. She was still scared when I was cleaning it up (which wasn't very pleasant). She will probably hate me when she is older for telling this story but I just had to share it. At least I don't have any pictures for you!

Taking pictures

Cheyenne has learned how to turn my camera on and take pictures. The pictures aren't usually really anything but she likes pushing the buttons. When I take belly pictures I set the camera on the arm of the chair and set the timer. Cheyenne tries to set it there and then take a few steps back and say "CHEESE". Last night I set the timer for her and she pushed the button and actually got herself in the picture!

Here are a couple pictures she took last night.

Any idea what this is a picture of?

It's the speaker on the bottom of the tv. She was trying to set the camera there to take a picture but had the camera turned the wrong way! We turned it around and she got in the picture!

After the pictures we had a little incident. Notice she is in just a diaper? She was turning the camera off and had it up against her belly and when the lens went in, the skin around her belly button got stuck in it! I tried to turn it back on so it would come out but it didn't so we had to kind of pull it out. It left a little pinch mark on her belly. I felt bad for her because I'm sure it hurt but it was kind of funny. I looked to see if she took a picture with it at her belly but she didn't so I don't have one to share with this story.

Warm Weather

This weekend has been beautiful so we spent some time outside.

We went out to the Fall Bazaar at Celebration Center to see Santa and she got a sucker. Can you see the sticky all over her face? She didn't like Santa but she took the sucker from him!

Cheyenne riding her bike.

She can't quite pedal yet she just pushes with her feet. It's a Barbie bike and it has a button that makes Barbie talk to you. She really likes to push that.

Babysitting

I posted awhile back that I had been babysitting at the rec on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, here's a little update. When I first started babysitting it was just Cheyenne and Brody. Then there were a few other kids. We were at about 7 or 8 for awhile and that was a lot! Friday I had the most kids I've ever had...15! The oldest one being maybe 5 and the youngest one 4 months! They are all good kids. They've come to understand what they can and can't do and know that when I say no they can't do something. The hour goes by pretty fast with that many kids! I usually don't have any problems until one of newly potty trained kids has to go to the bathroom and needs assistance. Then they all follow us into the bathroom. I usually have one of the infants in my hand while trying to keep track of the rest of them. I think that maybe we're going to have to have 2 people in the childcare room on these mornings, just for potty breaks! I enjoy watching the kids and it has taught Cheyenne to share and get along with other children.

Cheyenne watching some of the kids play.

One of the girls wanted me to take her picture.

The babies.

The kids playing.

Long, Curly Hair

Most of you see Cheyenne with her curly shoulder length hair. Well, when it's wet it's a lot longer! You have to see it when it's completely wet to see how long it actually is. It doesn't take too long for it to curl.

You can kind of see how long it is floating behind her in the bathtub.

It was already starting to curl here but you can see that it is pretty long!

Here it is all dried and curly. A lot shorter!

I had to add this picture just because of the look she was giving me!

10 Weeks Remaining

Today I am 30 weeks pregnant. These 30 weeks have gone by quickly! Only 10 to go! I remember when I hit 30 weeks with Cheyenne and it didn't seem like very long after that that she was born. She was early at 38 weeks and 4 days. We'll see when this one comes! With both pregnancies I have kept track of my weight every week. My weeks start on Tuesdays so every Tuesday I record it. I am the same weight at 30 weeks with this one as I was with Cheyenne! The only thing is that I started 10 pounds heavier with this one! That part isn't good but the fact that I haven't gained as much weight up to this point with this child is good. Hopefully the next several weeks I don't gain a lot of weight like with Cheyenne. With her it was a lot of water weight and I had a lot of swelling. I'm hoping that I am more active this time and can avoid that. Having a one and a half year old to chase around keeps you moving! Just thought I would use this milestone to share some belly pictures.

This is my first belly picture at 10 weeks.

And this is me today at 30 weeks!

A little closer

Here is a picture from Cheyenne at 31 weeks. (Crazy that I'm wearing the same shirt!)

Can anyone tell if there is a difference in the way I am carrying the two?

Baby Kisses

Cheyenne likes to give the baby (my belly) kisses. I haven't had my camera when she does it but my phone was nearby. She only kisses my belly with my shirt up and always says Muah! Here are a couple pictures of her giving her little brother or sister kisses their first kisses!

This one was several weeks ago.

MUAH!

Potty

Tonight Cheyenne went potty in the big girl potty!

She had a poopy diaper and I changed her and told her to go in the bathroom so we could take a bath. When she got in there I said sit on the potty and she did while I started the bath water and when she stood up she had gone! It was so exciting! She was clapping! I had her help me empty the training stool into the big stool and then she flushed it! We'll see where we go from here!

Fall Back

When the time changes in the fall you are supposed to get an extra hour of sleep. That doesn't happen when you have kids! I woke up early yesterday morning because my back hurt and I couldn't get comfortable. I decided to take a shower to hopefully relax. Cheyenne was up at the usual time, 7:15, which is now 6:15. I had kind of forgotten that the time changed since I hadn't changed the clock in the bedroom the night before. Needless to say we had plenty of time to get ready for church. I guess we used our extra hour to get ready rather than sleep!

This morning Cheyenne was up at 7:00. This would have been a good sleep in until 8:00 the old time. I could have slept another hour though! I guess it will take us awhile to get used to it.

Happy Halloween!

My mom and Staci came into town yesterday evening and we took Cheyenne trick-or-treating. We just went to some friends and family's houses and to the trails. The local businesses set up tables and hand out candy and treats along the nature trail at Celebration Center. This was the first time I had been out there. It's nice to be able to hit a lot of places in one stop. There was a long line at the trails though and it took us a while to get through it so we missed some houses because I had to get back to work. We did see some more family and friends at the trails though.

This was Cheyenne on Sunday at the trail for the PAT pumpkin patch

Getting ready to go trick-or-treating.

The antennas don't stay up

Cheyenne and Jonathan

We went and saw Scott after I got off work and she crashed before we even made it home. She didn't even wake up when I took her in the house. All that trick-or-treating wore her out!

STATE CHAMPIONS!

We are the Champions! We are the Champions! Quivira Heights defeated defending state champions Centralia in the semi-finals this morning, 23-25, 25-9, 25-21. That meant we were playing in the finals! We were playing Wheatland-Grinnell again. We defeated them this time 25-22, 25-14. We are the Champions!

Cheyenne cheering on the t-birds!

Staci during warm-ups.

Katherine digging the ball

Blocking

Bailea hitting the ball.

Team introductions before the finals.

Amanda hitting.

Brittany, Desa and Katherine ready to receive.

1A State Champions!

Team Picture

The "whole" team!

CONGRATULATIONS 1A STATE CHAMPIONS!

QUIVIRA HEIGHTS THUNDERBIRDS!

Final Four

Quivira Heights played Claflin in the first match of pool play at the 1A state tournament in Hays and won 25-10, 25-17. Their next match they defeated Linn 25-10, 25-17. The outcome of the next match wasn't so pretty. We lost to Wheatland-Grinnell 22-25, 18-25. We still came out #2 in our pool and play Centralia (39-2) at 10:00 Saturday morning. Centralia is who QH lost to in the Championship last year. Wheatland-Grinnell and Hoxie are the other 2 teams in the final four. Good Luck Lady Thunderbirds!

We left at 6:15 this morning. This was Cheyenne on the way there!

Brittany setting in the game against Claflin.

Brittany serving.

Sarah blocking.

My Man

1. Who is your man? Scott

2. How long have you been married? 3 years, 1 month

3. How long dated? 6 years 3 months before getting engaged, engaged for 9 months

4. How old is your man? 27

5. Who eats more? It depends...lately me!

6. Who said "I love you" first? He did

7. Who is taller? Scott by 8 inches

8. Who sings better? Scott

9. Who is smarter? Scott...I got better grades though

10. Whose temper is worse? Scott

11. Who does the laundry? Me

12. Who takes out the garbage? We both do

13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me

14. Who pays the bills? I do

15. Who is better with the computer? I think I am

16. Who mows the lawn? Scott

17. Who cooks dinner? Me, unless we're cooking on the grill and then Scott does it.

18. Who drives when you are together? Scott

19. Who pays when you go out? Scott

20. Who is most stubborn? Scott

21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Me

22. Whose parents do you see the most? Mine, they are only 15 minutes away and his are 4 hours

23. Who kissed who first? He kissed me first when he asked me out

24. Who asked who out? He asked me out at Arlen's 10 years ago!

25. Who proposed? Scott, under the mistletoe at my parents house Christmas Eve 2003

26. Who is more sensitive? Me

27. Who has more friends? Probably Scott but we share a lot of friends

28. Who has more siblings? He does if you count his step siblings, he has 6 all together. I have 3

29. Who wears the pants in the family? Scott

I'd tag my friends but no one but Staci keeps up on there blogs!

First Fire

This morning when we woke up our house was freezing. We hadn't turned on our heater yet. Scott decided to start a fire in the fireplace. Cheyenne was pretty intrigued by it.

Scott and Cheyenne enjoying the fire.

Cheyenne excited about the fireplace.

The warm fire was already putting Scott to sleep.

State Bound

Quivira Heights played in the Southwest Sub-State at Pratt-Skyline yesterday. In the first round of the bracket we played Rolla and won 25-14, 25-8. Then it was on to the finals against Pratt-Skyline. We defeated them 25-23, 22-25, 26-24. In the third game of the match we were down 17-24. We came back and scored 9 straight points to win sub-state and qualify for the state tournament next weekend in Hays. Coming back and winning was awesome!

UNBELIEVABLE!

The girls doing their clap and cheer before starting play against Rolla.

Digging the ball against Rolla.

Play against Pratt-Skyline.

Zoe and Cheyenne cheering for the QH T-birds! (Pratty-Skyline is also the Thunderbirds and their colors are navy, columbia and white)

Sub-State Champions!

#1 Fans!

We stayed and watched the first match of the other sub-state at Pratt with Claflin and Greensburg. Claflin came out on top in that match. I have a friend that coaches Claflin and she texted me last night that they also won their sub-state and will be playing at state. So we'll see Claflin again. Looking online we noticed that St. John (who our regular season losses were to) also won their 2A sub-state. It shows a lot for how difficult our league is when these three team, QH, Claflin and St. John all make it to state! That's actually pretty awesome!