Finally... My snow day!

It was a day full of "snow drama". Everything was cancelled, and people seemed to spend the majority of the day digging themsleves out.
I loved every minute of it.

So it seems after living in Michigan for 4 years you get a little spoiled with all that snow.
I have been missing snow sooo bad, and was absolutely THRILLED when we got piled on. In the end, I think we ended up with 10-11 inches.
Woo Hoo!

Bundled up, and ready to brave the snow

He had fallen, and couldn't get up.. and what does mommy do?
Well, snaps a picture, of course!

My snowman that I built without any support from either of my guys. Chip was just sure that it could not be done (the snow was too powdery) and proceeded to constantly remind me of this while he sat on the porch and watched. And Keegan... well, he just wasn't interested.
But through it all, I prevailed.

You might notice that Keegan is not very happy in any of these pictures. He had sort of this love/hate relationship with the snow. He'd love it, then hate it, then love it, then hate it. I just happened to snap all the pictures in the "hating" moments. :)

So now that I've received my snow "fix", I'm over it and ready for warmth

19 weeks

I'm finally starting to "feel" pregnant. For the longest time, I always seemed to forget. But I am reaching that point where there is no escaping it. I've tried to explain to Keegan that there is a baby in mommy's tummy, but his little mind has come to the conclusion that everyone has a baby in their tummy, including him... hmm... I'm scratching my head on how to clarify this :0)

Baby Bump!

Well... Here I am, 16 weeks and growing!

Emmanuel... God with us!

So it seems I've been caught up in this Christmas whirlwind along with everyone else. I've been so busy I barely have time to eat (which I seem to want to do all the time these days), yet alone blog. But things are slowing down. I've bought my last gift, & I've only got a couple more to wrap.

I'm actually able focus on the real reason behind all this hustle bustle.

Jesus

And the fact that He came to this stinky smelly earth (as the kids in my Christmas program so eloquently put it) For us!

For Me!

Now that's a reason to celebrate!

This & That..

So this is our tree. I found this tree in the attic when we moved here, and figured I might as well give it a try. It was in horrible shape, most of the branches were broken off and limply hanging there. So I armed myself with wire and tape and a lot of patience. Many hours later, after lots of piecing and rigging this is the finished result. It may not be perfect, but since my two favorite guys helped me decorate it, it's perfect enough for me!

If you were to visit our house on any given day, this is what you might find. Keegan found this bowl in my tupperware cabinet and was just tickled to find that it fit perfectly on his head. So now I periodically find him running around for long periods of time with his "red hat". Oh well, at least he has his own sense of style, right?

Keegan is just thrilled that he found this great new product for his hair... a.k.a - mashed potatoes!

I'm a little behind on this one... but anyway, this is Chip's family at Thanksgiving. Bennett proposed to the lovely Jennifer just two days after this picture... I couldn't be happier about this. I'm just SO excited about this wedding!

The kiddos with Papaw.

Keegan and Kyla enjoying an episode of Boz, the favorite green bear next door!

A Good Day

I had an ultrasound today. Everything went great! She found a heartbeat, which was a huge relief to me (once you can detect a heartbeat your chance of a miscarriage go down by a lot). Anyway, I'm only ten weeks along and I already look like I swallowed a miniature basketball, not sure what's going on with that. So today's been a good day, I'm actually allowing myself to get excited about this new little person.

Confessions...

- I have blogger background ADD... I can't stick with one for very long.... I just cant!

- Due to feeling very crummy as of late, I have put my child in front of Boz & Barney more than I
ever have.... just horrible!

- I'm finding myself getting horribly addicted to facebook.... not that I'm on all day or anything, I
just have this overwhelming urge to just check it periodically.... what's with that?

- I only have two Christmas presents bought... and I have no desire to buy more. No desire to
shop! What is wrong with me!?!

- I've been waiting until the last possible second to start dinner lately.... after all, maybe this is
the day Chip will suggest we eat out........ how's that for lazy.