This One's for You Helen

Christmas morning Kolton got us up a little before 8:00. We went in to wake Josh up and he told Robert he wanted to sleep. That's my boy! When I went in there he said he was "just kiddin" but from the picture you can see he was half-asleep. Of course Emma slept through her first Christmas morning. The boys liked everything Santa brought and we ate a big breakfast together and then of course Kolton wanted to go to Nanny's to wait for my sister and her kids to get there. The best gift I got was a 3 hour nap I got on Christmas day! I'm pretty sure I fell into a coma.

Christmas evening when my sister got to town we went to my parents house and had round 2 of present opening. Friday we went shopping at the Galleria and Firewheel. Saturday it was shopping at Collin Creek Mall. Sunday was church and another long nap for me and then Sunday night we all went out to eat at Texas Land and Cattle. My sister and her crew left Monday morning and it was so great to chill with the whole family. She only comes down once a year (except this year she made it down 3 times because of Emma). My dad loves having all the grand-kids at his house even if it's only for a few days. Guess I should mention she lives in Topeka, KS which is a 8 hour drive and explains why the whole family comes once a year. 8 hours with 3 kids is a loooooong drive.

Tomorrow we leave for Gladewater and Christmas #3. We get to hang out with Robert's family until Sunday. Saturday I'm driving to Monroe to meet a cousin of mine for more shopping. I've done more shopping in the past week then the whole year combined!! It's a 2 hour drive for me and a 2 hour drive for her from Natchez, MS and we haven't seen each other since last Jan. so it should be a fun day. I should also mention this 2 hour drive is no big deal to her as it is the closest mall there is to Natchez. Can you imagine?!!

I'll add more photos later. For some reason I'm having issues uploading photos tonight. Maybe because I'm too tired!!

O, and I moved Emma to her crib and she woke up several times the first night but was fine last night. She's been sleeping in her bassinet in her room for about a month but it was time to move to the crib. She has also found her fingers. She now likes to suck on the 2 middle fingers of her right hand and plays with her hair with the left....so cute!!!

Merry Christmas from the Watson Family!!

Emma Kate...So cute!

And yes that is Pebbles in the picture.

Wylie Play-offs

The Wylie Pirates are playing for the state championship title Saturday in Houston. Here are a few pictures we took when we went to the last 2 play-off games that were at Texas Stadium.

Pictures !!!!

Here is a picture of Emma and Cindy's baby Ethan who was born 16 hours after Emma!!

Time for an Update

Cindy said she's tired of seeing "Poor Bulee" and that it was time for an update so here goes.....

I can't remember what has happened since I last blogged.

Just kidding.

Sorta of.

So mom and dad put their dog down the Tuesday after my last blog. I was suppose to go with my mom but couldn't (darn the luck). She called me crying when she left the vet's office and Bu is now in doggie heaven. Kolton got in the car that night and asked "so is Bulee dead yet?". He seemed fine when I told him yes but later that night he cried for an hour! He seems fine now and we didn't say anything to Josh. He hasn't asked about the dog so why bring it up?!

I spent quite a bit of time at the office last week because my boss was welcoming her new grandson. Her daughter in law was induced Monday at 4:30 am and had a 9 lb 4 oz, 22 inches long boy at 12:30 am the next day!!! And this wasn't even her first baby. Poor girl.

Friday night was Robert's work party at the Dallas Cowboys Golf Club. It was an ok time. We decided last year was better but we still had fun. Would have had more fun at the after party but we had to get back to the kids. Saturday night was my work party and Robert couldn't go because of the church Christmas musical. My work party is always fun and this year was no exception. Some employees drank a bit too much and gave "speeches"....I on the other hand had to drive myself home and made no speech!! My boss and I decided the next time we need someone to spill their guts we'll serve alcohol!!!!

I have pictures of Emma to upload if I'll ever take the time to download them to my computer!!!

I'm TIRED tonight and COLD. I hate cold weather and wonder how I survived so many Kansas winters growing up. My sister is insane for still living there.

Poor Bulee

My mom and dad are having to put their beagle to sleep tomorrow. He's 10 years old in May and the vet is pretty sure he has cancer. Instead of spending a bunch of money to find out what kind of cancer my parents have decided to go ahead and put him down. Isn't that sad? The dog is a pain but how can you not love him?! He barks a lot, tries to grab food off the table, barks a lot, sleeps with Kolton when he is there, barks a lot, sheds a lot, barks a lot...you get the idea. He's been a great dog but yet not your typical beagle. He doesn't chase anything and the few times he's been locked outside he runs around to the front door and barks to come in! My mom can't bear to go back out to the vet and my dad doesn't really want to either but he promised my sister that one of them would be there so he'll go after work tomorrow. Sigh. I can't believe this is the only picture of Bulee I can find....



On to a more cheery subject.

Over the weekend I had to shop for 2 Christmas parties. Robert's is semi-formal so I had to go find a dress for that. It wasn't as bad of a beating as I thought it would be.

Saturday we took Kolton to the Wylie football game at Texas Stadium again and Wylie won. Next game is in Waco and if they win that they go on to Houston. I wish I could go to the game but it is Saturday at 7:00 and my work party is Saturday at 7:00. We have pictures from the game on our new camera that Robert left at the youth Christmas party last night!


Tomorrow PB leaves for the bootcamp. Robert dropped him off at the recruiting station this afternoon and if all goes as planned he'll be in San Diego tomorrow. Our neighbor down the street is the top enlisted guy at MEPS so he's suppose to call Robert in the morning and will even take a picture of PB being sworn in. Robert and I plan on flying out to his graduation from bootcamp in March. Pray the boy makes it to graduation! (Here is Paul at his junior prom the year we lived with us. He looks so young!)

Emma Kate's Stats

Tomorrow Emma turns 2 months old and today I took her for her 2 month well check. She got 3 shots and 1 oral vaccine. Wish they were all oral...she loved that one and hated the shots. She's had tylenol twice today and seems to be ok. Here are her stats:

Weight: 9 lbs 15 oz--27th percentile
Height: 21 3/4"--23th percentile
Head: 37.2 cm--10th percentile

After her appointment we met up with my mom so she could take Emma to her house while I went to the office to start the month-end marathon at work. I stayed until after 5, picked the boys up and wanted to take them to the holiday train in Wylie. On the way there I talked to my friend Carrie who said the wait was 1 1/2 hours...ugh. We came home instead.

Today Kolton's sugars have been in the 300's all day. I'm hoping he's going through a growing stage and not about to get sick! Time will tell.

Back to Work

It's Monday mid-morning and month end for me at work and I haven't started working yet! I'll get to it eventually and then be mad at myself for having to work late. O well, at least I'm at home today.

Saturday we took Kolton to Texas Stadium to watch the Wylie Pirates in round 3 of the high school football play-offs and they won! It wasn't too cold inside the stadium. I was fine in my coat and didn't even need gloves until almost the end of the game. The next game is Saturday at noon and we may go watch that one too.

We got the tree up and decorated along with the house. I went to Lowe's and got some new stuff for the mantel and now can't decided if I like it. Now if I can just get the boxes that the decorations were in back up into the attic before Christmas is over we'll be in good shape.

Yesterday was church, lunch and Robert went to the Stars hockey game while Josh and I decorated. Tomorrow Josh goes back to school, Emma has her 2-month well check appointment that includes her first set of shots...fun, I have to be at my office and then I have meeting at church since I'm on the Parents Day Out board. May sound important but I have no idea what we actually do. I missed the first meeting due to Emma's arrival.

In the next 3 weeks I have shopping to finish and clothes shopping to do for Christmas parties. Robert's work party is at the Cowboys Country Club and the invite says "semi-formal"...great. My work party is the next night and it isn't "semi-formal" so I have to get 2 outfits one of which I'll probably never wear again!