Adventures with Twinkle

We had a new member join our family this holiday season! We woke up November 27 to find our kitchen decked out in holiday decor!! A present from Santa was on the table along with doughnuts, hot coco and some Christmas crafts! Inside the present was a book called "The Elf on the Shelf" it explained that we had an elf that we could name and that would report back to Santa every night. The next morning we would have to find his new hiding place. ( our Elf hid in high places, you can't touch him or he looses his Christmas magic) Maddie wanted to name him "twinkle, twinkle little star", so we shortened it to Twinkle. The girls had so much fun finding him each morning and whispering their Christmas wishes to him.

New year ...new password

Well my blog kicked me off for a while but I have worked out the kinks and I'm back on to blog about the crazy life in the Player house. My goal this time is to make this more of a journal with pictures. I am horrible at keeping a family history so hopefully this will help! That being said let the new year begin!!!

Christmas Pictures

Here are some really cute pictures that my talented sister in law took. We love you Aunt Becky!!

You better watch out, You better not cry,
You better not pout I'm telling you whySanta Clause is comming to town!!

Maliya and Maddie... Sisters by chance, friends by choice

New pictures Finally!!

I know I've been bad about blogging! When you have a fussy baby there is not alot of free time. and if i do get any free time I'm spending it with Maliya or trying to catch up on some much needed sleep!! So here are some pictures from the last few months. We are all doing great and Maddie is growing like crazy she is already 13 lbs 8oz. She loves to smile eat and eat, but most of all she loves being held and rocked all day! Matt still loves his job ( and luckily still has a job). The house is coming along and we hope to be framing the top level soon! Life with 2 girls is crazy and emotional but I love it!!

Maliya and Maddie

Just a few pictures of our girls! I can't believe we have two beautiful little girls. Maddie is such a sweet little addition to our family. She is a really good baby and loves to eat, eat, EAT! She is still getting the hang of sleeping at night, but it's not too bad :) Maliya is adjusting well to her new role as big sister and tells Maddie that she will protect her. She loves to hold her, kiss her and "help" change her diapers. Still... it's a big change for her to get use to. Matthew is completely consumed by his girls. After work he spends every second with them till bed time. ( work is going great, really long days but love the days off). We feel so blessed to have such a perfect little family. Every day I hold Maddie I get a little sad knowing she won't be little for long. I really try to appreciate and treasure every moment I have with her. They just grow up too fast :( Maliya is living proof! Maddie has such a sweet and calming spirit about her, she just makes me melt.

Maddie Christine Player

This is Tifani (Kristen's sis in law) posting for her and Matt. Kristen delivered a very healthy 8 lb 2oz baby girl on 9-13-08. she was 19in long and is adorable. kristen and baby are doing very well and Maliya just loves her new baby sister. Here are a few photos that I took when I took Maliya to see them at the hospital.

BIG News!!

Well for those of you who don't know Matthew has a new job. After 9 years with the bank he is moving on! He was just tired of the same old sales, sales, sales!!! He got a really good job working at Free Port. He works at the Morenci mine in the power tower he is a controls operator manager. He has to monitor the power, and water in Morenci and go out and get readings and stuff. He just started this week and is really enjoying it. He gets along with all the guys and he gets to work with one of his best friends Andrew. Another big plus is Andrew's dad is his manager and is in Matt's words "the coolest".He works 7 days in a row 12 hour shifts and then has 7 days off. So far they have let him come home early most days but still pay him for the 12 hours so BONUS!!We are really looking forward to having more time with our dad! One of the biggest changes is he went from shirt and tie to hard hat, safety glasses, steel toe boots and a vest. (that's him in the pic.) I love seeing him come home from work with some dirt on his pants.

Also our house is FINALLY started!! After a year of planing and jumping hoops we are now officially building. We are very excited and love being able to walk over and see what is being done. They said we could be in our house in 8 months, we will see? We just feel so relived that things are happening.

In other news Matt and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary on Monday! We went out to dinner and rented a movie. We wanted to drive to Tucson and do dinner but with the baby so close we decided not to chance it! Can I just say I love my husband and I think he is the best. Aslo I am going to be induced on the 18th. The Dr. said I could have done it the 11th but I want to see if I can go into labor on my own. But if she hasn't come by the 18th I will be induced, babies have a mind of their own :) To sum it all up our life is good, really good (from the movie Nacho). Hope to be posting baby pictures soon!