A Wish Come True

Today my wish came true.  It's snowing!!  I was sure that is was going to be like the last few times we had snow and melt before it hit the ground, but when the Mr opened the door to leave for work, he told me that is was snowing.  I went to look and sure enough it was.

Still though, I was skeptical that it would last long.  We've had "snow" three times already.  None of it stuck to the ground.  So, I went about my business.  Moo kept asking if we could look out and see the snow.  I finally caved in, curious myself to see if was in fact still snowing.  I didn't want to get my hopes up.  So, to the front the door we went.  And......

Looks like it's sticking folks!!  We haven't looked outside since I took this picture, but I'm hoping we have nice amount on the ground in the morning.  On a sad note the Mr might be stuck at work. :(   At least he'll be safe.  I don't want him out there slipping and sliding on the roads.  This snow was just what I needed today to cheer me up after getting some potentially bad news.  I'll wait until I have more information and share that story at a later day, but let's just say I've learned a valuable lesson.

Are you getting snow in your area?

Let It Snow

I know that I've been missing in action a little bit, but you guys know life happens.  I've been spending time with the kids and keeping a closer eye on JJ.  He's back to terrorizing the tree and almost knocked the star off yesterday.  Plus, he's gotten the grand idea that the wall makes a much better canvas for his scribblings than paper does.  Thank goodness for those Magic Erasers!

I've also been working on my novel.  I actually scrapped the first draft.  Crazy I know since I had been working on it since before this past summer.  However, I just wasn't feeling it.  But I'm really happy with what I've written recently and can't wait to have it finished.

Source: Microsoft ClipArt

And when I haven't been busy, I've been outside checking for snow clouds.  Yes, I'm dreaming of a white Christmas.  I'm a winter baby.  I'm totally obsessed with snow.  I've been checking out snow pics from some other bloggers and hoping that we'll be lucky and get some this year.

JJ is finally old enough to out in it and have some fun.  Winter just isn't complete without a light dusting those magical white flakes.  So, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that my wish will be heard.  If it doesn't snow for Christmas or birthday, I'll settle for a New Year's flurry.

Are you dreaming of a White Christmas?

Our Christmas Recap

Happy Holidays!  I hope that everyone has a blessed and very merry Christmas this past weekend.  Moo and I have been enjoying some time with the family these last few days.  It feels great to be surrounded by my siblings, my mom and extended family members.  Anyways, our Christmas was fantastic even though it did get a little rocky midway Christmas day.

Christmas morning, I actually had to wake Moo up to open her gifts.  Out of all the mornings to get up early she  decided to not make Christmas morning one of them. LOL.  I was so sure that she would be the first one up because she enjoyed poking holes and unwrapping the gifts under the tree all these past weeks.  Once up she had a blast ripping off the wrapping paper and seeing her gifts.

Her favorite by far was her Leap Frog laptop.  She is forever trying to type or dig with mine.  Now we can sit on the couch together and work.  Of course, she'll be working on learning the rest of her colors, shapes and alphabet while I work on establishing and expanding YUMMommy into a brand.  I'm really happy that all her toys have an educational/learning feature to them.  I believe that kids learn better through playing when they are this age.

Plus, I'm teaching her that learning can be fun.  I want her to develop a passion for education while she's still not in school.  Waiting until she starts school to get her interested in learning would be a great disservice for her.  It would also be a bit irresponsible on my behalf as her parent.

Things were going smoothly until the hubs and I got into a blow out over a situation we'd already discussed.  So, he ended up skipping the trip down to my mom's house.  Of course, I was sad and a little disappointed about it but to be honest I didn't really care.  I was determined to have a great Christmas and Moo was going to have a great Christmas too.  And we did!!

Although, it would have been nice to have him here to see Moo open her gifts, have dinner with us and cart our gifts back to our house; it didn't put a damper on anyone's mood that he didn't come.  I'm learning that I can't make a grown person put aside their craziness and enjoy the important things in life.  He chose to miss out on this day.  I apologized for flying off the handle like I did (one of us should have kept our cool) but he wasn't trying to hear it.  

Moving on, I spent the rest of the my Christmas laughing and dining with my loved ones.  I took well over a hundred photos of everyone opening gifts, Moo playing with my niece and us having a great time in the snow!!  I was excited that I got some awesome appliances to add to my kitchen.  I'm really starting to up my cooking game and experiment with different recipes.

In fact, you all can look forward to some future cooking posts in 2011.  The day after Christmas we woke up to find the yard and cars all covered in a blanket of snow!!  I got my White Christmas Winter Wonderland after all.  Moo had a great time making snow angels and throwing snow balls.  Hard to believe how much she has grown up on me.

And yesterday, our snow started to melt and the roads cleared up enough for us to venture out and collect as well as deliver the rest of our gifts to my aunts.  They love seeing Moo and are super excited about soon having a new addition to the family.  After we chilled out with them for a while, headed back out to do some shopping.  We ended up almost finishing our shopping for Christmas 2011!!  Yes, we think ahead here.

Anyways, what was the best part of your Christmas weekend?  And did you remember to upload some holiday pics to our Facebook page?

Thankful Thursday

It's Thursday and around here that means it's time for my weekly Thankful Thursday post.  Let's get started...  This Thursday, I am thankful that my husband has not had to travel off to work in any snow or frozen rain.  Yes, even though I am keeping my fingers crossed for some, I would prefer that it snows on his days off.

I am also thankful that after much frustration the last of Moo's gifts have arrived and are wrapped under the tree.  Now if I could just get her to leave them alone.  She can't wait to start ripping them open.  I'm just glad that she is at the age where she is kinda getting thewhole Christmas thing.

I am thankful that I have found a new OB/GYN and will have my first appointment with them next week.  Plus, the hubby gets to find out what we're having after Christmas.  He is just so impatient.  I wanted it to be a surprise but I know he can't keep a secret. I don't really have a preference.  A healthy baby with ten fingers & toes all in the right place is good enough for me.

And last but not least, I am thankful that I am up to 65 GFC followers.  I know that may not sound like a lot but for me knowing that 65 of you out there actually give a crap about what I write is very exciting!!  It means that I am touching people through my words and experiences.  I have made some amazing friends through this blog and hope to meet them all in person at some point.

So, what are you thankful for this Thursday?  Don't forget to upload your Christmas tree or Christmas decoration pics to our Facebook page.  Not a fan? Just click on the widget in the right sidebar.

9 more days until Christmas.

Wishful Wednesday

I'm back with another addition of Wishful Wednesday.  And this Wednesday the only thing on my wish list is SNOW!!!  Yes, you read write, I want snow.  I know some of you are thinking that I'm crazy, but I'm a winter baby and I've been crazy about snow ever since it snowed on my birthday when I was in Pre-K.  I thought it was a good luck sign from God.

Plus, snow is just so beautiful.  It's fun to look at and play in. And if I had a horse and sleigh, I love to bundle up and go on ride down by the country side.  The little bit of snow we did get Sunday night didn't last because it wasn't cold enough the next morning.  However, the weather lady says we'll get a mixture of snow and rain tomorrow and a flurry on Sunday.  Can't wait.

Oh, check out some of these awesome blog hops I am across this morning.  Remember, we only have

10 Days until Christmas!!