Baby, it's cold outside! (Part 2)

We played outside this morning with our neighbors. ME insisted on wearing her hat that SuSu got her and her ladybug boots...I love it! We live in a cul-de-sac on a hill, so perfect sledding conditions. But Shane provided a safer option for ME...the sidewalk to their house.

Since it really just iced with a dusting of snow last night, we couldn't have a big snowball fight or build a snowman. But we still managed to have fun.

Look closely at ME's hand...you'll see a very tiny snowball!

Baby, it's cold outside! (Part 1)

We got iced in yesterday, which sadly means another day is tacked onto the end of my school calendar. But I got to live my dream and stay at home with the kids for a day! The 3 of us had a great day of first watching Daddy slide down to his car in the driveway, then laying around and playing. We, of course, played outside once Drew got home, too. Here are some pix to recap how much I enjoyed my day off with my kids...

ME loves to share her sippy cup with Ben...

...and watching Dora with him...

...and kissing on him.

Benjamin got to "play" in the snow. Does this remind you of a picture from 2 years ago? Click here to look at ME's 1st picture in the snow from March 2008.

Dixie even played in the snow. She loved running around in it!

ME loved running around in it, too. I'm surprised that I even got a picture of her face!

ME's 1st trip to the dentist

I can't believe that ME is old enough to be going to the dentist now! Drew and ME practiced opening their mouths and sticking out their tounges all last weekend to get her pumped up for the dentist. When I took her on Tuesday, she was so excited about the idea of going (also maybe because I have been so excited about it). Sadly, we had to wait for an hour, but she had fun playing with everything in the waiting room, watching Annie, and watching cars drive by. When the hygenist in pink scrubs came to get us, ME was so excited and pulled me up and said, "Let's go, Mommy. Follow pink." Then we sat down in the chair and everything was good because the hygenist said she was going to get her a Dora toothbrush. But then this strange man (the dentist) came to look inside of her mouth and she did not like that! She tried so hard to keep her mouth shut. But we got a good report and some good prizes to take home. I just hope that she doesn't grow up to fear the dentist like her Dandy did as a kid.

Can we go back to the waiting room please?

OK, it wasn't that bad! I got a Dora toothbrush, a Pooh sticker, and a "Certificate of Bravery".

We've got our honkytonk in our badonkydonks

Drew and I have been very fortunate to attend some of the best concerts and shows in LR thanks to his work. Last week, he got tickets to the Trace Adkins/Martina McBride concert and said I could go...as long as he didn't have to! So I rounded up some of my girlfriends for a fun night out and probably the best seats ever! We sat on the 6th row right by the stage.

Kerri, Me, Ashley Lauren, Karen, Anna Carol

We were so close, that I think we could've had a conversation with her and Trace.

I'm in love with another boy

I'm always laid back...
...or trying to tell you about something with noises or just by crying.

Drew always makes fun of me because I practically developed a crush on any boy that ever smiled at me or remembered my name when I was younger. Well, I have totally given into that again with my son. Oh, I'm so lucky to see the most beautiful smile every morning and night with his sweet dimples! It takes me so long to get him ready in the morning because I find myself just staring at him and his smile while he's on the changing table. And, yes, one of his happiest places is the changing pad just like ME's was.

At 3 months old, Benjamin's still not doing much except for eating, sleeping, pooping, then repeat. What a life! But he is starting to really follow moving things with his eyes and trying to reach out and grab things. He can hold things pretty tightly and loves to follow Mary Elizabeth with his eyes or try to break his neck so he can keep his eye on her. Other than that, he's still my "little" cuddle bunny at 14 lbs, in a size 2 diaper, and wearing 3-6 months clothes. He's getting over his first cold, which is so horrible since you can't give babies anything. And he has already had his first set of dreadlocks. I'm not used to having to really comb baby hair considering that ME didn't have any as a baby and she doesn't have one wave in her hair now so we still really don't have to comb through hers. But I guess I skipped one night of combing his hair and the back of his hair beaded up. Don't worry, I promise I'm not neglecting him since he's the 2nd child. I'm the 2nd child, so I'm really trying to avoid the "2nd child" syndrome. :)

This was ME's idea of helping me take his 3-month-old picture. I tried taking their Christmas pictures with these stuffed animals and she thought they needed them again. Benjamin thought differently!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

Benjamin got to see his first "snow" last week. He didn't think too much of it. Ha! I put snow in quotes because it was a very quick snow. This was ME's first time to get to play in it, though. It was too fun to hear her scream in excitement everytime she caught a snowflake.

ME catching snowflakes with her tongue.

The kids even got to play on Monday at VeVe's house. Surprisingly, the schools were closed due to the powder that you see in the background. Luckily mine wasn't so I won't have to make it up at end of the year!

Happy 20-10!

Although we didn't get to ring in the new year with ME and Benjamin, I think this picture of Ben shows that they had just as good of a time as we did on Petit Jean Mtn. by a campfire.

Seeing this sweet sibling love tells me that this just might be a great year! I hope that all of y'all have a great year, too!