I have had my snow-fix . . . for the year!

So today I was reminded why I don't like snow.: (I can't say I hate it, but I do strongly dislike it.) 1. So far this winter, I found out 3 of my shoes, the main three I wear, have holes in them or the soles are coming off . . . how do I know that? Because the snow crept in to tell me. 2. I also have had those bitter days of January where you don't wear earrings because your ear instantly freezes if you do. 3. I also have been reminded of why I don't like the cold because my already fat body just looks humoungous . . . if that's how you spell that! 4. Today, I was reminded all over again why I stay INDOORS during this season! Trying to be a "good" mom, I asked my sweet little girl if she would like to go outside and maybe we would go sledding down our hill in our front yard . . . yeah! That was fun. 30 minutes later, that just included trying to get dressed and realizing that Abby's gloves were in the van (that was with daddy at the church), we made it outside. The snow that has not been walked through in our front yard was up to my knee . . . I had to carry her. The sled's handles were broken, and I couldn't find string to tie to it so I could at least pull her around. We braved it out to the middle of the yard and I put her on the sled. I then realized I would not be able to get on. I gave her a push, she fell off into the snow and was half buried in it and at that point, SCREAMING! Remember she had no gloves and I wasn't planning on being out long enough for her hands to get cold and I wasn't going to let her play with the snow . . . sigh, that was stupid! So now, the "sweet" child is freezing, her face was covered with snow and her hands were incredibly cold, AND the sled barely moved because I didn't realize that snow that has been coming for weeks and has not been packed down is not the best sledding material. So amidst her cries I got her calmed down and asked her if she wanted to make a snowman. I tried to make one little ball, but I had no gloves on because I had given them to her and I can't stand the cold even less than she can! So the snowman is still out in the yard and needs some major assembly. Then I realized I had to stand up, but remember I'm fat and I have had 3 months of inactivity because I was on bed rest before he was born and then had some complications after he was born, plus the surgery and the snow pants that were meant for men so they don't fit right. At first I honestly thought I wasn't going to be able to get up. I had on Joshua's snow suit that fits wrong and so I was tripping and falling, but as you can tell, thankfully, I made it out of the snow (I will spare you the gruesome details). We walked around the wonderfully cleaned driveway and then Abby decided to come in because, seriously, that was boring! We came in and made snow cream! Because what do fat people do to enjoy the snow? Make Snow Cream and enjoy everyone elses snowmen! Maybe next year!

Awesome Pictures . . . are coming!

So, I crashed my husband's laptop . . . one of my biggest fears and he is such a loving, kind, and understanding man that it wasn't bad at all . . . not that I'm going to be doing anything to his computer again for a LONG time. Well, his computer is still crashed . . . I don't know that it is crashed completely, we can still get pictures off and get on things and use word and stuff like that but if you try to log on to anything online it won't let you, so no e-mail, blogspotting, etc. basically all the stuff we use the computer for. But the saddest part is that I have really awesome pictures . . . at least they are awesome for someone who can't even consider themselves at amatuer photographer level, but they are pictures, ones I'm sure the grandparents would really like! They are all on the other computer and to put them on this computer, would probably throw this old thing into shock so . . . until then, you just get to hear my random thoughts! Aren't you lucky?
Seriously, I have a short, kinda funny story. My daughter via little children she knows in the nursery has learned some great words. For awhile there she had a favorite cuss word that someone had taught her. THAT was embarrasing but we finally broke her of that. Now she likes to say, "Shup-pup" aka "shut up". It's not very funny. I know some of you parents who are done with this "wonderful" (as I roll my eyes) learning years may give a slight smile but seriously it is not funny. . . which brings me to why I was saying all that about words, her new words is "searsislee" I was rushing around trying to do stuff, you know important mommy stuff that keeps you busy from dawn till night and manages to make it look like you did nothing at all, all day long, anyways. She was trying to get my attention and I wasn't being got and then all of the sudden I hear: "Searsislee, mommy, searsislee" She said it about 3 times before I caught it and I have to say it was one of the cuter things she has said. Every once in awhile my child does things that make me stop and think, "Where did she get that?" and then I realize it is something I do without even realizing it! "Seriously", things are definately more CAUGHT than TAUGHT, now if she can just catch that saying "shup-pup" is not acceptable!

So Sweet . . .

Abby has got to be the sweetest girl alive. She has been such a good big sister. It was amazing to see how she transformed from this cute little baby to a big sister toddler, literally overnight. We brought Andrew home and after she realized he was here to stay she grew up. Sometimes I miss my baby girl, but I am looking forward to real communication, complete with full sentences and being potty trained, (which if any of you older wiser people out there have any suggestions, let me know, my e-mail is shmilym@juno.com). I just love this picture of her. I didn't tell her to do that, she just did it on her own and have you noticed we have pictures of her smiling! She knows what cheese means! I am very excited about . . . now if we can just make the smile natural! Well, i just wanted to post this picture! I know I have it in color on here but I liked it so much sepia toned, I thought I would put it up again! Aren't children great? I'm so glad God has given us two great kids! I can tell you, it didn't come from me, it must have been Joshua! We are truly blessed!

Some Family Christmas Pictures

This is one of my favorite pictures. We had such a great Christmas! We opened presents on Christmas Eve. By this time abby really enjoyed the whole presents thing. She would open a present, then have to play with it before she went on to another. On Christmas day we relaxed, watched movies, ate lots of food, played games and just enjoyed one another! It was a lot of fun. Abby played and played with all her new stuff! It was good day!

Abby and her Birthday Presents

We had so much fun on her birthday. Some of her favorite gifts were the cheapest ones. She loved the shoes. The plastic clompy ones that she constantly slipped on the floor with and the house shoes from her Mamaw and Papaw. It was fun watching her figure out what presents are. She is so cute!

Abby's Birthday Cake

Abby was very scared of the candles on her cake. Just two days before this I had a candle going on the end-table . . . it's been awhile since I did that I forgot that a curious two year old might want to investigate. She stuck her finger IN the flame, OUCH! It didn't really burn her, it did blacken her finger and make her extremely cautious about fire after that, even fire on her cake. Her dad had to convince her to get close to it and as you can see she got a big high five for being so brave!

Abby welcoming Andrew into the house

It was really neat the way it worked out for Abby to see Andrew in the house for the first time. When Abby came home Andrew had already been home for a day. He was in the bedroom in his cradle. She came in and saw me and talked to me and then looked at the computer and realized the background was a picture of a baby and it wasn't her! She talked about the baby and I told her it was Andrew, then she went on and talked about other things. A few minutes later Andrew started crying. Abby said, "Oooh, Baby" and pointed at the screen. Then Andrew started crying again so she looked for him and we let her find him. After she found him she was very excited. I think she thinks he is her own personal baby doll. She loves to kiss him and "houg" him. She is always asking to "hold him" and if you leave him down, she likes to pick him up, even if he is not crying and she likes to try and bring him to you . . . that gets scarry when she pulls him down off the bed . . . or brings him folded in half down the hallway, but I have had several people tell me babies are a lot more resiliant than we think and they bounce really well . . . let's hope we don't have to find out!