White Elephant Party 2010

We had our January White Elephant Party. The Bagozzi's won this year for their Hulk Hogan Cake Pan - which Fred ended up with - we'll be having some fun parties this year with that cake pan. Thanks to all who came. And if you missed it, we'll do it again next January. Here's the trophy the Fred and I made (thanks to Deanna for the Elephant).

Christmas

We had a great Christmas this year. We had Fred's family over for Christmas Eve, Mabel got to see Santa Christmas morning, we spent time with my family on Christmas day, we had plenty of food, fun, gifts, and relaxing time. But the best part of all was that we found out that we are getting a new member of our family. Lanae got engaged to Matthew Cobabe. We are so excited for them, and we are excited to welcome Matthew into our family. They are getting married March 6th, 2010 - what a great year to get married! See pictures of the girls on their blogs.

Hello From California

Yes, this is our House in California. We never get snow like this -- it was a lot of fun.

Tired girls

Mabel:

Hattie:

Welcome Hattie

We are excited to welcome our little Hattie Laura Allen home. She was born on October 29th at 4:13 am after 21 hours of labor. She weighed about 9 pounds 10 1/2 ounces and measured about 23 inches long. We are very excited for her to join our family. Mabel loves her new little baby sister.

9 Months Pregnant

Well, today is October 25th and this is me. For any of you who remember, my due date is October 22nd. Yes, once again, I am overdue with no signs of labor in sight. I think that may just be my lot. I think that maybe my body just doesn't go into labor. So inducement here we come...again. Wednesday I will be induced so with any luck, we will have an October 28th baby, without the luck, it will be October 29th. Mabel took 2 days so we will see. This baby is a big one. The doctor guessed 9 1/2 pounds a few days ago. An ultrasound showed 8 pounds 11 ounces. Either way, with another week of waiting, this baby is going to be a big one. I feel like she is getting bigger everyday. Luckily, I've managed to only gain 14 pounds so far this pregnancy, but that is just because I was so overweight to start with so a bunch of my weight just redistributed itself to my belly. And boy is my belly huge. I know I am bigger this time around. It doesn't even seem to look that big in this picture. I swear I am so much bigger in person. Anyway, hopefully in a week, I will be able to post some pictures of our new little girl and everything will be much better.

Grandma "LoLo's" Book signing

Grandma LoLo had a book signing at the Borders in Folsom on Saturday. We went and visited. She sold out of her Princess Party Book in an hour and a half. It is such an adorable book, I'm not suprised. Mabel dressed up like a princess for the occasion.