Finally, a Snow Day!

We had a couple of ice days in North Texas, but with February coming to an end, I was afraid we weren't going to receive any snow, and Keira would not have a chance to play in it for the first time. At least not for another year. But 2 days before March began, the snow finally started to fall! And it was beautiful! It started falling around 9am, while we were at work, and I was worried it would stop falling before I had a chance to pick up the kids, or that it wasn't going to stick and they wouldn't have a chance to play in it first. But it fell all day and I am so happy I decided to pack my camera in my work bag, just in case. I love these pictures...

After we got home...Keira loves changing everyone's diaper (everyone from her baby, her Gloworm, and Princess Sofia...even Buzz Lightyear poops!)

Thanks for the snow! Now, let's get ready for Spring!!!

Merry Christmas!

We had a great Christmas this year! Dylan was actually into it and completely loved opening all of his presents and playing with his toys (and tossing aside the clothes). We don't really do much on Christmas Eve until we leave for church. After mass we head over to the Outback Steakhouse in Lewisville for dinner before going back home to make some cookies for Santa. It's our little tradition and we love it.

Our Christmas Eve picture...I'm surprised we actually got a good one!

Christmas morning!!!

After opening presents and watching "The Christmas Story" like 5 times, Keith started working on making Grandma Mitchell's recipe for sausage and meatballs...and they were delicious!!! And by 1pm it started snowing! It had been forecasted for a while and I was so excited it actually did...my first White Christmas!

When it first started...

...the snow weighed Snoopy down and he couldn't keep his head up :-/

So excited!

Definitely a memorable Christmas :-)

The next day Keith's parents and Stacey came up for Christmas #3 and Dylan loved opening more presents!

He LOVED this Thomas!

Christmas mess! The more the better ;-)

LOVE my new Kelly Moore camera bag!

Papa playing trains with Dylan...

We had a great Christmas with Keith's family but it was unfortunately cut short. PawPaw, Rodger's dad, passed away early this morning and we are all sending our thoughts and prayers to him and his family to help them heal during this difficult time.

Keith is heading down to Buna on Tuesday for the funeral (I shouldn't be traveling for 5 hours in the car, 30 weeks pregnant with my sciatic pain...plus taking a toddler to a funeral probably isn't a great idea either), so he's trying to get as much painted in the nursery as he can since we'll need to move the furniture into her room because Dylan's new furniture is being delivered on Tuesday. It's finally starting to come together!

Snow Days with Dylan

We are on our 4th Snow Day! We have been home since Tuesday due to an ice storm that hit and then 6 inches of snow that came down last night. Keith and I have had so much fun being able to stay home with Dylan and even more fun getting to play in the snow with him again. We’ve had so much play time and are getting a lot of good crawling practice in...hopefully soon! We hope to get out of the house tomorrow!

Snow Day and Valentine’s Day!

Happy Valentine’s Day!!! What a crazy couple of days! Last Sunday Keith and I went to Target and bought the dresser and changing table for the nursery. He’s already put them together and are stored in the guest bedroom, until we begin putting the whole nursery together. We ordered the glider/ottoman and that will hopefully be here tomorrow. Grandma & Grandpa Simmons bought us the crib/mattress and that will be here in March!

 

On Thursday Keith flew out of town to his convention in San Antonio and that was the day Mother Nature (or Jack Frost) decided to bless us with a record-breaking 11.5 inches of snow! It was amazing, it literally snowed all day and night! Unfortunately Keith wasn’t home to play in the snow and build a snowman with me, but I still enjoyed it. And to make things better, we didn’t have school on Friday, so 3-day weekend! Luckily he was able to come home today so I don’t have to be alone for Valentine’s Day. For his present I got him a couple of trombone and UNT onesies for the baby...I wonder which one will be his take-home outfit???

Baby Marshall has been very active lately. I don’t think he likes it when I put my hands or arms on my stomach, so he makes it a point to push them away when it bothers him. He also seems to favor my right side...so many times I’ll look down at my stomach and see my right side bulging out as opposed to my left side, so I assume he’s just hanging out on that side. At times like that I wish I could see what he’s doing in there...