Presenting... LIzzie Valet Parker

Daddy and his little girl Lizzie

This post goes out to my husband. He is the most amazing husband a girl could ever ask for. He stood by me though little contractions and HUGE contractions, and is always there to help me out. I love you so much David. Lizzie and I are so bless to have such a great husband and dad. You make each and everyday a blessing... thank you for everything! The nurses at the hospital were so proud of him, and wished every father/husband would be as dedicated as he was.

BABY LIZZIE VALET IS HERE!!!

Tuesday Nov. 27th we went to our last appointment with Dr. Basu. She said I needed to be induced since I was producing too much protein in my urine, and that it was too hard on the baby. We went to Labor and Delivery and they only had 1 bed left so they sent us to L&D observation where I would be able to start the whole process of being induced. By 4pm I was able to get out of bed and start walking around the hospital. We starting to feel the contractions at 5pm. By 6 pm we were up and walking again trying to get the contractions to become more intense . We were admitted at 7pm to Labor and Delivery and then the fun began. The cheerleaders and coaches arrived and we started the Lizzie arrival party. By 2am we were dilated to a 5, but she wasn't processing down the birth canal, by 8 am she was still not making any more progress so they broke my water and was hoping their was not going to be any complications. 9am rolled around she still was not making much progress and I was put on oxygen since her heartbeat was dropping a little. I was so nervous that I was going to need a C-section so I had David give her a pep-talk and by 10 am we were dilated to a 7 and during contractions we were dilated to an 8 to 9. They had us wait to push and have her slide down the birth canal a little more and by noon we were ready to push. After 18 pushed Lizzie made her from heaven to Riverside,CA. She was born at 12:39 in the afternoon weighing 8 lbs. 6 ounces and 21 inches long. She has brought so much happiness to our family. We hope you all will meet our little girl soon. Thanks for all the support.... Here are some pictures of our little girl.

(1st pic. David,Marsha and me getting ready to be admitted into Labor and Delivery, 2nd pic. right after she was born look at her little dimple, 3rd pic. Her first photo shoot at the hospital, 4th pic. Sierra and her new favorite cousin Lizzie, and last but not least Gigi, my mom, Sierra, and Lizzie.)

More pictures and fun facts about Lizzie will be posted soon...

FHE @ The Parkers

Just like every week we all get together and spend time as a family. This week is a special week since it is Marla's birthday and HOPEFULLY.. Lizzie will grace us with her presence. After a yummy dinner each family decorated their gingerbread houses... Here are a couple of pictures to show you how much fun we all have together as a family.

Here is Marla building the Ontko's gingerbread house

Here is David building our gingerbread house. Our house came together really well

Here is Parker adding more frosting to the gingerbread house

Here are the Danielson's building their house and having such a great time

Marla and Josh trying to keep their house together...

The house we are going to put a bid on...

So David and I have been looking at buying a house. We have been searching different areas and we found this house that we love. It was built in 2000, 4 bedrooms and 3 baths, and an amazing price... We will keep you updated on our find.

Our Trip to Oceanside

For our wedding we were given a week stay down in Oceanside for our 1 year anniversary. Well we finally used it and had a great time. We stayed at the Blue Whale Resort down on North Strand right on the beach. The weather was beautiful and the waves were amazing...
These are our footprints as we walked down the beach. The water was quite chilly, but we had a great time exploring the beach for flat rocks that David could use to skip on the water...
If you look in the distance you can see the pier and Ruby's. On Friday, David and I walked down to the pier and had dinner. We could not have asked for better weather while we were there. I like to pose with the whale what can I say???
David and I walked down to the Jetty. This is where David asked me to marry him... I know he is the cutest :)
This picture was taken from the exact spot of where we got engaged. Time sure flies by fast.. I can't believe we have been married over a year now... The time we spent together in Oceanside was a dream come true.. Thanks Kathy for the condo

Belly Shots!!!

Here are some pictures our friend Amy took of David and I and our big belly!! I can't believe Lizzie is almost here... HOORAY!!!!

A Night at the Maserati Museum

Having your camera go dead, and not knowing where your battery charger is blogging has been slim to none, but after much searching through boxes in the garage and storage (since that is where most of our belonging are) David and I found the charger so we could start blogging again... HOORAY!!! Well last night we were invited to a party at the Riverside Maserati Museum. We saw so many amazing cars... we had a great time karaoking with friends, and drooling over the cars.

Karaoke Night

Karaoke Night!!!! David and Ryan getting down with their bad selfs... and Liz rockin' her air guitar. What more could you ask for?

Pirate Pumpkin Time!

Our Halloween Costumes

This Halloween I was trying to think of something to be besides a huge pumpkin. So I thought being trees would be the next best thing. It camouflages the belly and the costume is super colorful... You know you wish you thought of it.
Here is a picture of David and Ryan showing off their tree costumes.

This picture depicts all of the trees from the San Bernardino Mountains. David is representing the trees from Big Bear, Katrina is representing the trees from Crestline, and poor Ryan is representing all of the trees that burn in Running Springs. We thought that our representation fit well with all of the fires that have been burning throughout Southern California.

Happy Halloween!!!

Elder Parker serving the firefighters

Here is a picture that was taken of our favorite missionary Elder Parker by the Riverside Stake Cyberspace News. Elder Parker, Church members, and some missionaries in the San Bernardino California Mission helped prepare 700 sandwiches on Tuesday for the firefighters at the Lake Arrowhead central command station. Danny stated in his email to his family how thankful he was for the service he was able to give to the people of the San Bernardino Mountains. Danny we are so proud of you!!!

Vern and Marsha Shaking it!!

Star in Your Own JibJab! It's Free!

The Parkers know how to Dance!!

Star in Your Own JibJab! It's Free!

Update on the fire!!

As of today, residences of Crestline were able to return to their homes. Gigi, Steve, and the kids are heading home today, but Steve said that the fire looks closer than when they evacuated on Monday. Dad and Mom Evans were excited to hear that when they return from Arkansas that they will be able to go home. Our cousin Danny Parker is serving a mission for our church here in San Bernardino and has loved serving the people that have been evacuated.