snow, again

Derrick came upstairs and said, "I thought it was going to snow tonight." I told him I thought it was later. We put the kids to bed and looked outside to find the ground already covered and it still coming down. It looks like no school again tomorrow. I am not sure we are going to make it to the 100th day of school. The snow is beautiful. When got Hannah up and let her see it. I went out to take these pictures and just stood outside for a few minutes to enjoy the peacefulness of the night. If it wasn't so cold I could have stayed out there longer.

Super Bowl Party

We went to the Keeble's tonight for a Super Bowl Party. We were a little late because the kids were napping, but once we got there we had a good time. The kids all played well and the adults got to watch the game and visit. We knew it was time to go when Hannah had a meltdown because she did not get to clean up the part of the game she wanted to. Thanks Lisa and Jeff for having us over.

a wonderful evening

Tonight Derrick and I went to Tour de Romance. It was nice to visit with friends from church and hear Michael and Hedi O'Brien speak. We had a good time and enjoyed being together. The kids stayed at church and had a good time as well.

she is too big

We are working on writing her name on her Valentine cards for school. I am trying to get her to write her name with a capital H and then lowercase annah. She is doing pretty good. Mrs. Stacy send a note home this week that said there are 22 kids in her class and they would like the kids to write their names on the Valentine cards. We did some last night and some tonight. Tonight we put the stickers on the ones she had finished and we have 12. Woo Hoo we are half way finished. I thought it was funny that she was writing Valentine cards in Halloween pajamas. I am so proud of her for being able to write her name, pretty neatly, on her cards which is a small space. She is growing up too fast. Just a side note, she will be four one month from today. Time is flying!

an early Valentine's

Papa, Uncle Kyle and Christie came to visit this weekend. Uncle Kyle had to go back to the doctor day. Since we will not see them next weekend they brought Valentine's presents with them. Hannah was so excited. Hunter did a pretty good job of opening his present, but Hannah wanted to help him with his card. Thanks Nana and Papa for all of our Valentine's. We wish Nana could have come but she had to work. Hopefully she can come when Uncle Kyle comes back in two weeks.

is this your leg

Hunter crawled under the table and knocked Uncle Kyle's leg over. He stopped for a minute and checked it out. He looks like he is giving it an inspection. It must have looked ok to him.

my nerves can't take this

Hunter is going to be all boy. This morning about 4am I heard him stirring in his bed. I got up to go to the bathroom and then I was going to go check on him. While I was in the bathroom I heard him let out a LOUD cry and Derrick running down the hall. When Derrick got to his room Hunter was in the floor at his door. Yep, he flipped out of his bed!!!! I think we were all in shock. As soon as Derrick picked him up he stopped crying. He was happy to be in the bed with us. We checked him out, asked him to clap his hands, had him follow our fingers, he laughed, looked around, and wanted to play. We talked for a few minutes about taking him to the emergency room. We kept feeling his head and there were no bumps on it. We did not want him to go back to sleep so we kept him up until 5am. I held him and got him back to sleep before I got up to get ready for work. He slept good until we got him up to get ready for daycare. He took his treatment and was ready to play. We still did not have a bump on his head and seemed fine. I told Nana when I dropped him off about our eventful morning and asked her to please call me if he acted different in any way. I called the doctor when they opened at 7:30am. The receptionist was really nice, but I can't say the same for the nurse who called me back. I am going to talk to our doctor when we go back and let her know my feelings about the nurse who called. Anyway, I did not take him in because he was fine. Derrick said it was a miracle that he did not get hurt. I told him it was like Jesus caught him and kept him safe. We are thankful that he did not get hurt. He no longer had bumper pads and his mattress is a low as it goes. Now he can pull up and look out but not over the side of the crib. He sure did give us a scare and we are very thankful that he did not get hurt. Lesson learned: if he can pull up to his knees he can probably pull up to standing, so lowering the bed sooner would have been a great idea.

dentist

Hannah had to go to the dentist this morning. She loves it!! I am glad she does, I think she gets it from me. I wish I could go every month and get my teeth cleaned. Dr. McNutt said that her teeth looked great. She has 10 on top and 10 on bottom. He said the next teeth she would cut are her six year molars. WOW!! Six year molars. I do not want her to be six. I am glad that everything looked good. She still have an under bite, but only on the front four teeth. He said he would not do anything about it until she got her six year molars. He did a fluoride treatment and she did great with it. She was watching Ariel and brushing the alligators teeth when they called us back to talk to Dr. McNutt. Yea for another good dental check up!!

Hunter is 10 months old

Time is flying. In two moths my sweet little buddy will be one year old. He is so much fun. He is VERY busy and keeps me on my toes. I can't even count the things I have dug out of his mouth this week. I do not remember Hannah eating so much stuff. He is still GI Joe crawling, but will get up on all fours and rock. He pulls up on his truck, but only to his knees. If you stand him up he will stay there for a little while. These are some of his many faces. They are all too cute to me.

we made it out

We have been in the house since we got home Thursday from school, other than to play outside for short periods of time. It felt so good to go to dinner and the grocery store tonight. We are all SOOOO happy to have Dad home!!!!! We went to dinner at Blue Coast and then to Kroger to get a few things. Hannah and Hunter were so good. I think they were just as glad to be out of the house as I was. I did not take any pictures of them all morning, what was wrong with me? I did take their picture in Kroger. Hunter wanted so bad to ride by his sissy. We finally let him when we were close to the car. He would have never sat still by her through the whole store. One day I hope he will sit still so I can get groceries. As you can tell from the picture of them with Dad they were very happy to have him home to play with. I was glad he gave them both a bath tonight. My hat is off to single parents, I do not see how they do it. I have managed for the last several days, but it is A LOT easier to have some help. We are out of school again tomorrow, but Hannah may go to school. She thinks she needs to stay home again. It is going to be hard when we do have to go back.