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I'm a professional student, professor, wife, aunt, sister, sister-in-law and daughter. I'm also mom to the amazing Megan and joyful Rachel.

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Friday, December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas!

We went to Christmas Eve service at church.

Came home, made pizza and opened some presents.
She loves her doggie!

And her food...she's very much into "cooking"

Christmas Morning she opened a few more presents
We took opened presents over 3 days. It's a good thing she took FOREVER each time! But last year she was not interested at all...so we're making progress!
Oh, and she got a new Elm* DVD...but she wouldn't open it! So about an hour after we started opening presents (and us asking her a million times if she was ready to open her last present), I opened the end of the paper so we could "peek" inside...then she was interested in opening it. Silly girl!

And since there was snow on Christmas..I thought we should head out and play in it. It wasn't sticky at all, so making a miniature snowman was out of the question (although a good plan!).

It's a White Christmas!

It snowed here last night and was cold enough that it stayed overnight!
So we headed out in the snow...
(good thing the hat & gloves arrived on Wed!)

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Just some pics

Megan decided that drinking from straws are really cool now. I'm not sure what changed, because we've tried a number of times before.

Well, what is another use for a straw? A phone, of course!

Santa & Widget at story time at a local mall. Megan was MESMERIZED! Right now Santa rates up there with Elmo.

"See, look Mom! I can drive with my feet!"

Monday, December 14, 2009

Catching Up

While I've been pretty good about posting pics, I've not been so good at taking time to blog about the "stuff" happening around here. Let's see what I can come up with...quickly. It's almost time to go get Megan from school...

Speaking of school...Megan L-O-V-E-S school! She has great teachers this year and she is just flourishing! She's starting to play with the other kids (or so I'm told) and she's beginning to talk at school (if she's one-on-one with her teachers). If she could go to school every day, she would love it!

Megan is growing up so much. Potty training is going so well. I can't tell you the last time she had a potty accident (poop is a different topic entirely, but she's doing pretty well over all). I had bought a package of pull ups to wear when we go out. We did the first few times we went out, but she's never had an accident when we are out, so I've not bothered now. Of course, we don't have to drive too far, yet. I'm sure when we take our next road trip, she'll wear them, just in case!

Megan's love with Elm0 has only grown! Oh my gosh...we have 2 dvds with him in it. Every waking moment she asks to watch Elm0. every. waking. moment. I typically restrict her to watch them once a day. It's bad enough that I wake up in the middle of the night with those stupid songs stuck in my head. It about drives me crazy!!!

Speaking of waking up...Megan is doing well with sleep. DH & I split the night sleeping with her (so each of us get some sleep!). This morning, for instance, she was dozing in and out from 3:20 until close to 4am. It was like she was having bad dreams, crying out, yelling, and swinging her arms. It just breaks my heart not knowing what's going on in her little mind. But, she's sleeping around 10 hrs every night. We may be on the verge of her giving up naps (I'm hoping NOT!) as she's having hard time going to sleep at nap time some days lately. We're going to continue with them for as long as absolutely possible!

Megan loves to sing! Her favorite song right now is what she calls "sticks". It's "The Lord's Army" and it's the song her class at school got to play sticks with in their Thanksgiving program. She also loves "My God is so Big" and "Jesus Loves Me". She's starting to sing to different songs, now, too. In fact, DH likes to sing "Good night, Sweetheart" and she loves to sing it with him...and tries to beat him to the "du-du-doo" parts. It's too funny! And incredibly sweet!

Well, that's what comes to mind right now...

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Our week in Pictures

Megan making "tea" in Dad's Dt Mt Dew can
Who doesn't want tea in a soda can?


Megan helping me make homemade pizza.
A first, actually.

Such a big girl! She wanted to wear a ring, so I pulled out a pinkie ring I have. It kind of fits, actually. She only wore it for the pictures.

Megan loves to "take pik-shur" with her camera.
She thinks she's taking MY picture! Well, that IS how the camera looks to her when you take her picture!

Words to Live By

James 1:12 - Anyone who meets a testing challenge head-on and manages to stick it out is mighty fortunate. For such persons loyally in love with God, the reward is life and more life. (MSG)