Spencer's Post for Alicia & Jesse

Greetings - Alicia's blog set-up differs from ours and I'm having a hard time figuring it out.  At any rate, she's still at Logan Regional Hospital and asked me to post a few of photos and give the brief relevant facts.  McKel was born on Friday, December 10, at around 5:52 p.m.  She weighed a whopping 8 lbs. 15 oz. and measured 21 inches long.  She and mom are doing well.  The first couple of shots are from immediately after delivery.  Mom, dad, and baby are shown a few minutes later once the baby was cleaned and bundled up.

Avril's Pics Have Arrived...

And could she be any cuter?

 

This is Avril at 21 months old exactly.  Nov 24th, 2010.  Soon to be a big sister!  How soon?  Nobody knows!  This cutie pie is very loved.  She'll be an awesome big sis!

Any Guesses?

I just wanted to do a quick post for fun to see when people think our Baby Girl Yarger #2 will arrive.  Yes, she remains nameless.  Jesse and I cannot seem to agree on a name at all.  He even posted a reward on his facebook status for $20 if you can come up with a name that we both like and decide to use.  Its been a dilemma for the past 9 months and now we're running out of time!

Anyway, post comments with your guesses for an Estimated Time of Arrival, Birth Weight, and Length.

P.S.  Avril was born 2 days early, weighing 8 lbs 3 oz and 21 inches long, just in case you'd like to use this info to help you with your guess.
Baby Girl Yarger #2 due date:  December 9th

Thanks for playing!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

This Turkey Day was spent up at our Grandma and Grandpa Parkinson's (Spencer and Joyce) house and it could not have been tastier.  Mmmm!  We were planning on having it at my parents' house but my dad (the other Spencer) came down with some kind of flu bug and was very sick :(
My dad's sister, Nancy Muncy and her whole clan drove up from California.  This was a special treat, especially for Avril because she took an immediate liking to Lizzie, the youngest girl (age 11).  All week long, while the Muncy's have been here, Avril has been constantly asking to play with Lizzie.  A very pregnant Mommy was also very appreciative of Avril's new playmate so she could get some things done and rest a little.

Avril and Lizzie playing with the dollies at Grandma's house downstairs.  It was pure heaven for Avril!

I forgot to take pictures of the food, but my mom did take a picture of her delicious marshmallow yam dish.  This is a favorite of mine.  We also got to have Jesse's dad come and eat with us.  Good times!  Bottom right:  Nancy, Gayle, and Grandma P. working in the kitchen.

People here are just relaxing after the delicious meal.  Bottom right:  the Muncy family, minus Stephanie who is currently serving a mission.  It was so great to be around family and fill up on yumminess on Thanksgiving Day.  We are so blessed to have such wonderful families.

 Made me smile :)

Maternity Pics

Well, I had maternity pics taken with Avril so its only fair that I show Baby Girl Yarger #2 what mommy looked like with her in my tummy as well.  These pics were taken with just 15 days left until her due date.  In other words, Mommy is about ready to pop!  Can't wait to meet our new little angel any day now...

Avril gave Mommy's tummy a kiss.  So sweet :)

Family Pics

Here are some of the faves:

 

Happy Holidays!  Love, the Yarger Family :)

Avril at 21 Months

Today was picture day!  We went to the photo studio to have some pics taken of Avril.  She is now exactly 21 months old... just 3 months shy of being 2, which is a good age to be a big sis we think!  I will post some pics from the photo session when we get our order back, but until then, I still have plenty of cute Avril pics to post!
We also took some family pics of our little family, before it expands to become a not so little family :)  We wanted to make them Fall photos but Mother Nature had different plans for us, so we took snow pics instead.  Our talented photographer was Grandma Gayle.  Thanks Mom!  Love you...

 These are some shots of Avril playing at the playland, all dolled up before her photo session.  So cute!

Looking adorable once again at Nana and Papa's house before Nana took our family pics

This is the puppet we used to try to get Avril to smile for the camera.  She giggles and introduces herself to puppet girl, gives her a hug, and then proceeds to give her a great big kiss right in the mouth!  Not sure how successful our smile for the camera technique was...

Uncle JJ stops by for a visit

And doesn't it look fantastic?

Avril wanted to blow dry her hair...

Sis and Bro pose for a photo.

Avril thought she'd accompany us with her piano

Hmm... should I play Twinkle Twinkle or Old MacDonald?

She found a horsey to play with.  Avril loves horseys!

Playing with toys in Mommy's old bedroom at Nana and Papa's house

And after a long day of photo taking and playing, Avril sits down to watch some Elmo's World, while holding her very own Elmo.  She is kinda obsessed. You can see she watches very intently.  We love you Avril!  Happy 21 months!  What a joy Avril is  :)