Still Cooking . . .

So on one hand being pregnant is a good thing because he's still baking and has more a chance of being completely done but on the other hand, I'm done with this pregnancy thing! Staying up all night because you can't sleep because not only do your feet itch but now your entire body is not my idea of fun! Plus, an almost two year old does not appreciate the fact that her mommy is exhausted or maybe she does because she takes that opportunity to get into EVERYTHING and make terribly big messes for such a tiny girl! I spend what little time I'm able to cleaning up and when Joshua comes home it looks like I have done nothing ALL day because all I did was clean up one mess after another from her! Still I love her and wouldn't trade her for anything, even a clean house! Things are going well here. We have TONS of snow and that is not an exaggeration, if you were to pile it all up and weigh it I'm sure it would weigh tons. I think Joshua told me it was about 12 to 14 inches. We are expecting yet still more the coming week! I think every day we are supposed to get a little bit. I'm glad to report that I don't hate snow as much as I did as a teenager . . . I still don't like parts of it but being a little more grown up there are parts that I can appreciate and enjoy. I enjoy watching my husband play in it with the teens. I enjoy watching my daughter love it and just want to walk in it. I enjoy looking at it. Once day if I ever learn how to draw or paint I'm sure I would enjoy painting the many different hues you see of snow. If I was a better photographer I would enjoy taking pictures of it but my pictures would never do this beautiful snow justice so it's better to just enjoy it and not try to capture it and ruin it. Of course, I don't enjoy getting it in my shoes. I don't enjoy driving in it just becasue I'm terrified of getting in a wreck in the only working, registered vehicle we own. I don't enjoy the prospect of months and months of it. I do have to say that last year I thought the snow would NEVER leave and I thought it was going to be July 4 and we would be doing fireworks in the snow! Honestly, it seemed to last forever last year but it also seemed to take a long time to get here this year. I just hope it doesn't melt and we have a brown Christmas, which ironically here in Michigan is known to happen. I also hope there is not a snow storm when it's time to go to the hospital. Well, I will try to get some pictures of Abby in the snow with her adorable little pink marshmellowing looking snow suit on which, Praise the Lord, I got a yard sale. It was a matching set, pants and coat seperate for $2 which I bartered down to $1. I know, I shouldn't have $2 for a brand new snow suit and coat is a STEAL but I can't help myself. If I don't even think the person will go down, I STILL have to ask becasue the answer is automatically no unless I ask! I do love yard saling. I have to say, I'm not very jealous of my mom and the heat, her living in Arizona, but I would the year round yard saling opportunities! That would be awesome! Like I've said before if God ever sent us to a country where you barter for your stuff I would be thrilled . . . as long as I could speak the language well enough to do that! It's just fun to think of getting a deal, on top of a deal! Well, enough of my I-can't-sleep-so-I'm-rambling-on-and-on dialoge. I'm going to go because I'm sure I've put you to sleep and I will try to get some pictures of Abby in the snow because I know the Grandparents will enjoy that more than a picture of the snow! That way you can see how high it is up on her! Good bye for now!