Spanner Christmas Gathering

So last night the Festivities began. Christmas has officially begun. The Spanner Clan got together for our annual Prime Rib dinner followed by a white elephant gift exchange. It was a blast...We held it early this year so more people could attend. This year we had it at Uncle Buck and Aunt Mary's house. Patrick was home from Eastern, but Meghan and Sean had to work so they were stuck in Portland, and Greatly missed. Also, Erica and Lilly were able to make it! Shane had to stay in Pullman though, he also has to work on Christmas Eve.
It was so much fun watching Addisyn and Lilly play. They are going to be such good friends as they grow up! They were able to take part in the gift exchange. If you ask me I think they came out with the best gifts, they got Mr. Potato Head Buddies! They entertained the family all night. As, usual though the girls always stayed close to there Papa and Nana. They truly are the apple of their eye.
At the end of the night after we had had desert and we were all sitting around, and some of the women were helping to get everything cleaned up, Addisyn was able to get some time in the spotlight. She showed off all her new tricks.
She performed for Aunt Mary in the kitchen as she danced with Grandma Great, sang the Itsy Bitsy Spider with Nana, and showed off her newest trick Crossing her fingers.

Dance Team is Over...

Well, after six long weeks, I am done. Though I really enjoyed the girls this year, I enjoy that extra few hours of sleep every morning. Waking up at 4:45am to get all ready for an hour of practice at 6:30am is too much work! This year our girls only had four competitions and then the Southridge Dance Festival. We lost our first two comps., then we came back and beat Carmichael, and tied with Chief Jo's A team. All-in-all our girls rocked. I am not 100% sure I am going to do it next year. It will be third year, but my assistant coach is going off to UofW, so if you know a someone that dances and wants to coach a group of hormonal middleschoolers, let me know.

Emergency Room Trip

Ou family had quite the scare the other night.  Harper was just napping in her swing and I noticed that she had stopped breathing.  She had turned a dark shade of purple, and was as stiff as a board.  I was doing everything I could to get her to breath, as Alex called 911.  A minute and a half later she began to cry.  We got to spend a few hours in the emergency room that night.  I am so grateful for all the people that called and came don to the emergency that night.  I was such a mess, I don't know if she would be here if I hadn't looked over at her.  I am also grateful for Jeff Kinney, Alan Davis, and brother Webber who rushed to give Harper a blessing, it helped to put my worries to rest.  The doctors informed Alex and I that what happened to Harper is very common in babies under seven months old.  Harper had a case of Acid Reflux.  As adults or children when this happens, we cough, but in young babies their response it to tighten up and close their airway, so they dont get mucis in their lungs.  They said she should have started breathing on her own between 30 and 90 seconds, but I am sure that she was not going to take a breath without my help.  I wish I had known that this was something that happened to babies, it would have helped me stay a little more calm, but not completely.  But I am blessed to still have her today and treasure every smile.  Harper still has more to do on earth.

Our Family Album

 

Our Family has been busy this last month, starting with our beautiful edition Harper.  She joined our lives bright and early October the 14th, 2007.  She weighed in at a hearty 8 pounds 1 ounce.  Our other joy Addisyn wasn't sure about her new sister, but by the time she came home she couldn't take her eyes off her.  About a week after we brought her home, I was sitting in the living room with the girls, Alex was at school, I turned to do something, not a moment later I heard Harper make a little noise and I turned around to find that Addisyn had taken her out of her carseat clear across the room.  

This past Sunday the 11th, we were able to have Harper blessed by her Papa Anderson.  It was beautiful.  We had family present, Shane, Erica, and Lilly, were missed.  I guess they had a good enough excuse, Shane is hard at work, going to School full time in Pullman, in the Pharmacy program.  I am way proud of him.

The only things that are keeping me busy now are writing a million thank you notes for Babyshower gifts, trying to finish up Harper's baby announcement (quite the undertaking), and I decided to coach the Enterprise Dance Team again.  It started two weeks after I had Harper...wow!  I begin my day at 4:45 in the morning, getting myself ready and the baby fed, and then off to practice by 6:15 am.  The only way I survive is knowing that I get a daily nap at 1:30 pm and I have a paycheck waiting for me at the end of the tunnel in 5 more weeks.