Christmas Cookies

I promised Emma we would make cookies when I got home from work today so... here are her creations. If you look closely you will see that no one was watching her with the sprinkles. Oh, and you will notice in the first picture the snow plastered to our slider because it's a blizzard here!

Snow Day?

Well we were supposed to get some huge ice/freezing rain/ snowstorm last night and this morning with 5-12 inches accumulation...didn't happen. We had some sort of freezing drizzle from 3 am until about 8 am and some snow after that, but the roads were still ok enough for school. The 3 schools here within 10 miles of our house were the only 3 schools in a 60-70 mile radius that were open! So Matt went to work and now I get to work tonight until 11:45. I also got my schedule for next week and I have a whopping 33 hours! So my only 2 days off are Monday and Christmas. I did tell them I could work on Matt's days off, so I guess it's my fault. I'm not complaining too much though since hours will be drastically cut the second week in January.

The girls are both doing good. Emma is actually understanding the concept of Santa bringing presents. The only thing she wants is a sucker...if I had only known that before I got her a ton of stuff! I am more excited for Christmas this year because the girls are old enough to maybe enjoy opening presents and playing together Christmas morning. These are a few pictures from the last snow storm we got before Thanksgiving. Isabella looks a little unsure about the whole snowsuit and about the sled, but I assure you all she was squealing while we pulled her on the sled.

15 days til christmas....

Well now that it's almost Christmas I guess I should post a Happy December! It has been an eventful past few weeks. We had Thanksgiving dinner at my grandma's house and then I had to work at 4:30 the next morning. I've basically been working the past few weeks until last weekend.

I went to put Isabella down for her nap and my back decided to stop working. Thankfully I dropped her in her crib and she stayed asleep! I then spent 10 minutes trying to crawl out of her room. Once I made it to the living room I grabbed the phone and called matt to come home since I couldn't stand up. Of course this whole time Emma was afraid and starting to cry because I was sobbing and couldn't get up. A few hours later I was able to stand and take a few steps and Matt took me to the chiropracter. He confirmed what I had suspected I had a severly pinched nerve in my lower back. Now I must say this happened on Friday and it is now Wednesday and I am still in pain. Matt was gone Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday for training so I had to do all the picking up of the girls, so I don't know if that added to me still being in pain, but I am. This has been worse than childbirth!

I have also been trying to get a good picture of the girls for a Christmas card, but I don't know if that's going to happen. Isabella does NOT sit still for longer than 2.3 seconds! On the other hand Emma is very good at posing for pictures now so I do get good pictures of her. So we shall see if I can get a picture together to send out cards before Christmas. I am running out of time now though. Here are a few of the blooper shots. Hope everyone is doing well and getting geared up for the holidays.

Isabella's Birthday Update

We had Ella's 1 year checkup on Friday...She was 22lbs. 9 oz. (75th percentile) and 30 inches (80th percentile). So she is getting big! She is pretty much running now and is very active. She also says: mama, dada, hi, bye, baby and also moos and barks. She continues to be a good baby and only crys when her sister takes her toys away or when she's hungry. This kid could go days without sleeping as long as she has food in her tummy she's happy.

Emma is doing good as well. She puts complete sentences together now and still loves books and reading. Matt took her to see her first movie last week while I was working. I'm happy to report she made it through the whole movie without moving. She also knows most of her colors, letters and can count to about 12.

I'm posting a few pictures here from the party and I'll try and get the rest up today or tomorrow.

Happy Birthday Baby!

Today is Isabella's 1st birthday! She is a very busy girl and will not really hold still for pictures, but here are a few I got today. I'll post another one sometime this weekend with her stats from her doctors appt. and pictures from her party.

Cold, Snowy, Sick and Tired!!

I know....it's a horrible sounding title for this post, but it's the honest truth. First it is freezing cold now and it snowed last night, although it thankfully didn't stick! And thanks to stupid daylight savings time ending Matt and I are both painfully sleep deprived! The girls are waking up at normal time, but that has now become 6:30 am... I have also had a very busy week of working non-stop. Not to mention all us girls got sick while Matt was gone last week at work training.

Ok, so that's enough of that. Isabella turns 1 this week!!! I cannot believe it has been a whole year already. We are having a party this weekend for her and she also has her 1 year checkup on Friday, so I'll post her new stats then.

Trick or Treat

So I guess I'm just a bad mother. I didn't get any pictures of Isabella in her costume and only a couple of Emma before we left for trick or treating. Emma would barely stand still and we only went to a few houses, so not so many pictures. It was also Isabella's bedtime when trick or treating started and she was crabby by the time we got home. So for your viewing pleasure the only good picture of Emma in her costume. I'll try and dress them up in the next few days and get some more pictures. She's a monkey by the way....