Baby Parks is HERE!!!

While we have been laying low this January, my sister has been toughing it out.

I got a call this morning from Chad, Tiff had the baby early this morning (around 8 ish) after a whirlwind labor process.  They barely made it to the hospital it time, her water broke at home.

Crazy how quickly us Dudley gals have those babies.  

Anyway, we headed to the hospital tonight after church, the kids were so excited to meet their new cousin!

HE'S STINKIN' ADORABLE!

Came in at 8 lbs 8 ozs and 20 inches long.

Perfectly healthy, and I think he looks so much like Tiff.

 Mags LOVED holding him, Colin was pretty shy and hesitant at first...

 Such a cute baby, he made the sweetest little noises when we were there

 I love this pic of Tiff and I - she did great!

 Maggie was showing Baby how to make a silly fishy face!

 Maggie and Colin really wanted to see his feet - but you know how it goes, he's a baby burrito!

We are so proud of you Tiff!

Welcome to the family!

Laying low in January

We love to be home-bodies in winter.

Not much is going on these days, Maggie is battling another ear infection (she just had one right after Christmas and now another one).  She actually came home from school yesterday, told me her ear hurt, asked to go to the doctor to get medicine so she could feel better.  That girl cracks me up.

 Maggie wanted a back rub the other day, she's such a princess...

Oh, and Brian and I started a long-over-due project this morning.

Finally painting our master bedroom.  We are pretty excited with how its turning out, plus, this really reminded us how much we wanted to get rid of the off-white paint that is covering our walls in our house.

The kids did a pretty good job of staying out of our hair so we could paint, and Brian just has a little more rolling to do.  I can't wait to have our bedroom back together (if you know me, you know I hate feeling unorganized!)

It's supposed to be a nice day tomorrow, so we are planning on doing some grilling for dinner.  Can't wait to see some sunshine and play outside with the kids.

Christmas at Memaw's

We finally had Christmas with the Dudley side of the family this past weekend.  The kids, of course, were thrilled to continue to get presents, so they didn't mind waiting until after New Years!

We got some wonderful and thoughtful presents, the kids got some cute clothes, books, toys, movies, and whatever else Memaw could get her hands on.

Tiff and Chad did the Blue Crew gift (a kids club for the KC Royals baseball team) and books, which have been a hit at night.

There was one particular present, a singing chicken, that Memaw got the kids..

slightly annoying, but lots of fun!

 The chicken sings the "chicken dance" and you toss it around, like a hot potato, and then the buzzer goes off randomly to decide the winner.  The chicken is big enough that anyone can catch it and Colin LOVES this thing.  Too bad that song gets stuck in your head really quickly!

 We moved the bounce house upstairs because it was just easier to watch the kids while getting dinner around and such.  The chicken joined in the fun...

And finally, here is a picture of our new sectional, an awesome Christmas present from Memaw.

We have been wanting to increase our seating in our main room for quite some time (pretty much since we've gotten married), but never took the leap.  We finally did and we love it!

Both ends recline, plus more of the sections in the middle also recline.  

We've watched lots of our new movies out there and next on our list..a new rug (one that hasn't been to college with Brian!)

Our first day back at Pre-K has been canceled for tomorrow. 

The temps are going to be well below freezing, with wind chills in the minus 30's.

I definitely don't mind one more day of NOT packing lunches, though :)

Welcome to winter!

2013 year end video

I used the Flipagram app on my phone to create this short 30 second video of some of my favorite pictures from 2013.

I hope you enjoy it!