Parker's Bday, 1st science project, and a laugh...

HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY PARKER!!!

The train birthday cake, of course!

I'm finally getting around to posting Parker's birthday pictures. His birthday just happened to fall on the same week that I was in the ER and ended up on bed rest. So the poor kid didn't get to have much of a birthday celebration. We had planned to go bowling as a family, but I couldn't go and Brett DID NOT want to take all 3 kids alone. Which, who can blame him...I wouldn't either! But Brett was very sweet and did MAKE cupcakes for all of Parker's class!! Parker was so excited to have his dad bring cupcakes into class on the Friday before his birthday!!! Hopefully that made up a little for having to miss bowling. His birthday was actually on a Sunday, so we had cake on that day. And then Brett took Parker and Addie to see "Under Dog" in the theatre the next afternoon. They both came home saying their favorite part was during the bloopers when he said, "Have no fear, Underwear is here!" :o) They thought that was so funny--and we're still hearing about it!! So Parker ended up having a very elongated birthday celebration--which I really don't think he minded one bit!

Brett didn't want to wrap the presents, and I couldn't. So we decided to just put them all under a blanket and let Parker grab one at a time. He LOVED it!! This may be the beginning of a new birthday tradition at our house! :o)

The presents:

A scooter (thanks Aunt BA and Uncle Lance!), a new lego set, and a new geo trax train!!!

Parker also got to do his first real school project in his 2nd grade class. He was supposed to demonstrate something that he's good at. Parker LOVES science, so we decided to let him make a volcano and have him demonstrate how to make the lava come out. He also insisted on adding his lego men and trees to bottom so that they could get killed by the lava...typical boy!!
And his class LOVED it!!! They don't do ANY science in 2nd grade here. They actually don't do science until like the 4th and 5th grades--kind of odd! So none of them have really experienced anything related to science. Its kind of sad because that is Parker's favorite part of school. So the kids thought Parker's volcano was pretty neat! His teacher loved it as well...and even told him he can do a science project in class ANYTIME!! She said they didn't have any time left for questions because Parker was so excited and just kept talking about his volcano. Parker was so happy about it, and I'm just glad that he had such a good experience with his first class project! He told me, "It went so good, Mom...and it all thanks to you and dad for helping me!"

Now for the laugh...and its a good one!

Parker lost another tooth recently. That makes 3 total. Since I was confined to bed once again by my doctor, I couldn't get up to make sure the Tooth Fairy came. Brett had to go to work, but decided he could come home around midnight to check on the Tooth Fairy. When he got home he left all the lights off so he wouldn't wake anyone up. The next morning before school, Brett came running into our bedroom yelling, "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh!" I started getting worried that something was really wrong! Then Parker comes in holding a 500 Peso bill ($10) in his hand saying, "Look what the Tooth Fairy left me!!!" I looked at Brett and he was completely shocked that the Tooth Fairy had given Parker THAT much money! Meanwhile, Parker was ecstatic and already planning what he was going to buy!! Apparently the Tooth Fairy can't see well in the dark and mistook a 500 Peso bill ($10) for 50 Pesos ($1)! I don't think the Tooth Fairy can afford to make that kind of mistake again!! :o)

okay, okay.....

I realize that I haven't posted for a month...haven't even put Parker's bday pics up yet. What kind of mom am I?! Sheesh! Thanks Jocelyn, for the kick in the pants!! :o) I have a GOOD excuse though....really!

The Truth:
I've been feeling a little-- (more like A LOT) like I got hit by a bus (or a jeepney for those of you in the Philippines)!! At my last appointment my doc gave me permission to get out a little....by going to the swimming pool and to 1 hour of church on Sunday. HOORAY! I can't tell you how excited I was to finally get out of the house!!

The Problem:
I haven't been able to do any of those things because I just feel so darn yucky. I am convinced this is NOT the normal pregnancy yuck..but everyone keeps telling me otherwise. Even though I've had permission to be up and doing things...I've pretty much just been in bed feeling miserable. Whenever I tell Lily my stomach feels yucky, she says "It's okay, I'm here Mom!" She takes care of me! And when I REALLY feel yucky she tickles me or makes funny faces and says, "I make you happy, Mom?!? Your tummy not hurt now?" That is why Heavenly Father gave me her.....to make me happy!!! I can't help but smile when Lily's here taking care of me!!! :o)

A minor setback:
So the last few days I have felt EXTRA yucky. And I've been having some BAD contractions (yes, I am only 3 months...scary!) with some bleeding. So my doc wanted to see me right away and make sure the baby wasn't detaching more. We met her at the hospital and did another ultrasound. The good news: The baby is completely fine...quite rambunctious for this early actually. My doc says, "Either this baby wants to control your life, or it just likes to see me a lot!" :o) Have I mentioned that I LOVE my doctor!?! She canceled ALL her appointments yesterday (except for seeing me) because she had a high risk woman in labor and wanted to stay with her! That would NEVER happen in the U.S. I'm in really good hands if something does go wrong!! Anyway, back to the bad news: I am stuck in bed AGAIN for at least the rest of this week. Can I just scream?! Agghhh!!! Not that I probably won't be there anyway because of feeling just plain yucky all the time...but there is something about being FORCED into it that is NOT so appealing. And did I mention there's a bazaar on Monday??? Hello...its a "ber" month too!!

Note for those of you NOT in the Philippines: They start celebrating Christmas here as soon as we hit the "ber" months....SeptemBER, OctoBER, etc. Christmas music is already playing everywhere and Christmas trees are for sale...and it's not even close to Halloween yet! Crazy, I know! But they LOVE Christmas here....one month just isn't enough for them!!

So the bazaar will have TONS of Christmas stuff! And there is some stuff I REALLY want to get. I had to miss the last one...I CAN'T miss this one too! Its the highlight of my month. Maybe I really will have to just rent a wheelchair!!!

Oh, and one other thing that I don't think I've mentioned yet: I am not immune to Rubella. I just had a shot after Lily....had the same problem with her. I had to stay home from church for 2 months because there was a chicken pox outbreak in our ward--and that was in Texas! So I've got that to worry about too...which is another reason I haven't been to church yet. They just put 4 wards in our little tiny building and there are people everywhere...many of whom are squatters (no homes). So I'm extremely worried about this whole Rubella thing...it is a third world country after all!! My doc said to stay away from crowds. Ha! That's laughable here!!

Welcome to my CRAZY life!!!