Jack: 1 month

I really can't believe Jack is 1 month. It seems like we were just in the hospital just last week. It amazes me how you can fall so deeply in love with someone before you ever lay eyes on them....and then that it is possible to fall deeper in love when you hold them in your arms. Jack is such a blessing!

Christmas

Christmas was a success this year. Our celebration started about 2 weeks before Christmas while Jimmy was still at home. Santa agreed to make a special trip to the kids so Daddy could be home for everything. Thank you Santa....we couldn't imagine doing it with Daddy home!!

Kamryn's gifts from Santa

Jack's gifts from Santa

Santa ate the cookies!!



Kamryn and Jack

precious moments

These days, however tiring and crazy, are the most precious days, as a mother, I will get. Children are most definitely God's gift to us. My prayer is that I can raise, mold, and shape these two gifts in a way that would be pleasing to God. 

To share some of our quiet and precious moments...

Kamryn's Christmas Program

Kamryn had her Christmas program at school on Friday. Everyone did so good! I wish that I would have played around with the lighting on my camera before the program started because the pictures didn't turn out to well.

I was so proud of these precious kids!

Hello World!

Jack Parker made his grand arrival November 27, 2011. We thought that we had his birthday planned out for December 1, 2011 but Jack had plans of his own. Friday and Saturday were busy shopping days for me. Saturday night, I settled in on the couch with Kamryn for a movie....I was exhausted! I rested for maybe 10 minutes before my water broke. I thought "Oh no...not tonight...tonight is NOT the night... Jimmy is at work...it's raining cats and dogs...I need to clean the house tomorrow...JIMMY IS AT WORK...TONIGHT IS NOT THE NIGHT. Period. Needless to say, I had no say so. I called my mom freaking out a little. She told me to call Jimmy so he could get a flight home and to call the doctor to tell them we were coming in. When I told him it was time, Jimmy freaked out a little and rushed off the phone to book the first available flight. After I made the phone calls and finished packing up our bags, my dad was at my house to take Kamryn and my mom was there to take me.

As we made our way to Jackson, I still wasn't convinced we were having a baby....until the contractions started about 20 minutes into the drive. Jimmy's flight was scheduled to arrive in Jackson at 9:15 am Sunday. Jack arrived at 6:46 am. My mom was with me, bless her! I don't know what I would do without her.

Daddy didn't make it....talking to Jimmy on the phone while holding his son while he was stuck in Houston waiting on his flight was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.

Kamryn was IN LOVE!

Daddy's here!

Bittersweet meeting

Thanks Tanda and Daddy for the cute wreath.

Sweet boy

Going home!

Big sister couldn't wait to hold her little brother

The next morning....first thing she wanted to do was hold her baby Jack!

Sweet Dreams

Door hanger

Sweet Brother and Sister

Kamryn's 3rd Birthday Party

Kamryn chose a Snow White birthday party this year complete with "Dopey Dogs", "Sneezy's Cheesy Cheetos", "Happy's Ham & Cheese Sandwiches", and "Doc's Dwarf Sized Pizza". We rented her a princess bounce house and she really enjoyed her day! 

Blowing out her candles

she loves a bounce house

3 years old

Mama and Daddy bought the big girl a bike

Grandaddy made her a toy box with her name on it

Happy Birthday Kamryn

Our sweet girl turns 3 today. It warms my heart to see the kind and beautiful little girl she is becoming but it breaks my heart to know that she is growing up and is no longer my little baby girl. I just wish I could stop the clock.

We had her birthday party a few weeks ago. She had a blast! (I still need to post those pictures.) Today when we woke up, we sang the birthday girl "happy birthday" and gave her her very own PSP (aka Leapster), ate birthday cake for breakfast, and spent the day in our PJs.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAMRYN! WE LOVE YOU MORE AND MORE!

LOVE,

MAMA, DADDY AND JACK

Jack Parker

We thought we had his arrival all planned out but he sure had a surprise for us!

Jack Parker Aguilar

Sunday, November 27, 2011 at 6:46am

Weight: 8 pounds 8 ounces

Length: 20 1/2 inches

Jack is such a sweet little baby. He is very much a blessing to our family! We are all in love! Especially Miss. Kamryn! He is "her baby Jack"...she wants to constantly hold him and take care of him....she is such a good big sister!

I will post more on his big arrival soon.

Sweet Dreams

This sweet little girl fell asleep watching her favorite movie- "Toy Story". You know that means she was tired!

I love this little girl more than words can begin to express.

Oh, Christmas Tree!

The tree has been up for about a week now. There are even presents under it!

~38 Weeks~

38 weeks….only one more week to go!

Baby Jack should really be plumping up now…weighing about 7 pounds and about 20 inches long (the size of a watermelon).

He now has a firm grasp. I can’t wait to feel his little hand hold my finger for the first time! His organs should be matured and ready for life outside the womb. At this point, he is working on last minute details like shedding the skin-protecting vernix and lanugo, producing more surfactant (a substance that prevents the air sacs in his lungs from sticking to one another once he starts to breathe), continuing to add fat, and fine-tuning his brain and nervous system.

I go back to the doctor tomorrow for another check at progress. We have had NO PROGRESS so far…which is perfect for us because we don’t want Jack to make his big arrival until his Daddy gets home from work. If we start to show progress or actually go into labor we will do our very best to get Jimmy home from San Antonio in time. It will break my heart and his too if he doesn’t get here in time. But, I’m trying not to think about that….just praying, praying and trying to think positive that Jack will stay put until his scheduled date of 12/1.

Decorating

We have started (and pretty much completed) our Christmas decorating. Kamryn has been such a big helper!