Snow Day

The Alleluia Chorus was running through my mind as I saw that schools were closed for snow today. What a blessing. The snow is beautiful and no matter what stress I am feeling, I watch the snow fall and feel peaceful. Of course, when it gets dirty and slushy, the feeling is lost, but those times when the snow is lightly falling and the world is quiet and the trees are covered- I just LOVE IT!!!
We are waiting for the heating guy to come. Something i wrong with our outside unit (only 2 years old) so the guy that installed it is coming out. Pray that it is something small.



I am going to go open the blinds and watch- the babe is asleep and for the next few minutes, my world is peaceful.

Back to work

I have to go back to work tomorrow. Reality bites. I knew this day would come, just not so quickly. I know M will be in the best hands, her dad's and g-mom's, but mine are better! I am anxious over being able to juggle everything and work. Luckily, summer is coming in a few months. Pray for me- tomorrow is going to be hard. It will be nice to be a teacher again, see the kids. I do miss seeing my friends and it will be great to be around them again. I am going to try to be positive- I am grateful that I have a job, when so many do not. It will just be tough, leaving my little girlfriend.

More pics

Big Brother J loves his sister. He is here giving her a "nose kiss". I will have to show him this in a few years when they are fighting. :)
Finally, J and Paul demolished the gingerbread house. They pretended to be eating big chunks of it.

Sweet Miss M in her pink bear suit from Aunt Julie. Isn't she precious?????

Look who found her reflection?

Here are my beautiful babies. Makes a momma's heart melt. :)

J decided to have a beach party inside the other day when it was freezing out. He even made the sun. He is very imaginative and makes things out of paper.

Ick

The GI Virus has hit my house. It is so nasty. J had it Thursday, Paul has it now. I am Clorox-wiping, hot-water- washing and Lysol-ing everything. Please pray that me and Little Miss M avoid this horrid sickness. I HATE cleaning up bodily fluids. I cannot stop gagging. ew......

Q-Tip Picking

I needed a laugh this week and today I got it. While Miss M was sleeping, I got a shower. After my shower, like usual, I reached under the sink to get a Q-Tip to clean my ears. Pretty typical, right? Well, I stick the thing in my ear and it pokes me. I take it out and look, and both ends have no cotton on them. Hmmmm, I thought, maybe a faulty Q-Tip. So, I grab the next one and what do you know, same thing! So I look under the sink carefully and there are about 10 Q-Tips w/o cotton. Then, I notice a little pile of cotton sitting next to the Q-Tip box. Mice you ask? Nope! Little boy! Upon asking him, he admitted he was picking off the cotton on the Q-Tips while mom and dad slept. Fortunately, there is nothing under there that could hurt him and he is pretty good about that stuff, so I am not worried that he ingested something bad. Apparently I should have never bought him any gifts for Christmas, just a box of Q-Tips of his very own. Pick away my boy! We had a chat about being under the sink and agreed that there would be no more Q-Tip picking unless I gave him permission. Who would have ever thought that I would have ever said those words?

The New Prayer

J and I always sing our own family version of the "Now I Lay Me" prayer before bed each night. My family sang it growing up and so I passed it down to J. Well tonight before bed, I told him to cover up because it was going to be cold tonight and he asked if it would snow. I said that I didn't think it would but only Jesus can make it snow. We discussed it a bit more and I said , ok, lets sing our prayer. He then proceeded to tell me that he had a "new" prayer that night that only he knew. Here it is.....
"Dear Jesus. Please let it snow. I really want to build a snow fort and a snow man. Please, let it snow. I have been a good boy. Thanks. From J."

Sweet huh? The boy wants snow that badly.

I want it too, only when I am working... :)

Prayer Request

Everyone has problems in their lives, I know that. A couple of my family members are having some problems right now that I don't feel the need to discuss but I would just like to ask you to pray for strength for them. I feeling a bit overwhelmed, carrying the weight of my own life and the weight of people I love and care about. I know that prayer works so in your prayers today, just say a generic prayer for peace and strength to the people in my family. Thanks.

One month ( updated)

My pretty girl is one month old today. Time flies, eh? Little Miss M weighs 8 lb 14 oz and is 20 1/4 inches long.

Its a POO!

Thanks for all of the advice! I went on the Internet too and they all agreed with your advice that it will happen. She just went, after NOTHING yesterday. She has been so stinky and gassy that I knew she HAD to poo soon! Anyhow, I am feeling better and I am sure M is too! :)

Advice

I am nursing M. She has had very little poo in the past 48 hours....just a smidgin'.....She is VERY gassy....I thought she might be constipated and then read up on the subject and it is said that nursed babies don't get constipated.....Anyone nursed and had a baby who didn't poo much? She is pushing hard and just producing gas. Lots of it. When she is sleeping she is peaceful, but awake she is uncomfortable. Let me know if any of you have experienced this.

11 views???

Ok- Usually I have 2 views on my blog a day at the most. Yesterday, there were 11!!! Who are you? I know some of you, Judy, Kristin, Chelle, Becky....Anyone else wanna tell me who you are? Ther is one from Germany- The only person I know in Germany is Logan and I didn't know he had my blog info......
BTW- Chelle- You have me blocked from your blog......Ahem......I know you said you don't keep it up but I feel bad being "uninvited"..... ;)

The latest

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while.....Life is a bit chaotic.....

J is doing well. He needs to go back to school for several reasons. One, He is smothering me and being very demanding. I understand that he is needing attention so we are trying to give him extra TLC but GOODNESS.....there is only so much I can do. Second, J needs his routine back. He thrives on routine- always has. He needs to have his friends around and his teacher. Thank God he goes back tomorrow. My good friend took him the other day to play with her daughter. It was good for both of us.

M is doing well too. She is quite an eater so she is waking up every 3-4 hours to devour her meals. I think she has grown, but everyone else says she looks the same. I think I am right as I spend the most time with her. She is a grunter/squeaker/boo-boo maker. Makes lots of little noises- very un-lady-like! he-he She is grunting as I type! She is so precious. I love how she looks up at me with her little eyes like "Hey! I know you!" She goes to the doc next week to check her weight. Can you believe she will be a month old soon?

The hubby has strep. He is miserable. It is difficult to try to help him when I am caring for 2 children.

I am hanging in. I am tired but dealing. It is hard to not to be able to keep up with the house. My laundry pile is a mile high and the place is a wreck. Toys everywhere. My control-freak self is dying to hire an house cleaner just to get the floors done and the clothes folded but my frugal self says that no, those things can wait.

J loves his sister but likes to get in her face. It is driving me crazy. There is a time and place for that, you know? This picture is precious though. I know he loves her.

BTW- my "niece" (Richelle- is that what you are? Jesse is my nephew- so are you a niece in law???) is working on making a beautiful announcement to mail out about M and it will double as my Christmas card. Sorry- it is too expensive to mail out both. So those of you waiting on the Christmas card, sorry-:)