Wednesday, December 31, 2008

All things snow...

As promised here is all things snow. This post takes up through just before the Christmas Festivities. I'm running a couple weeks behind. Hopefully the real Christmas post will be ready at the end of this week. But back to... "all things snow"!

10 inches of heavy snow...
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So we all bundled up and went out to shovel!
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I love the hat and scarf combo he has on. LOVE IT.
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blizzard much?...before
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After
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I drug him around in the sled. He didnt much like it when he tipped over...
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The boy loves to eat snow.
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He had to pull the car out for a test drive and do a winter maintenance on it.
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Bonus: He LOVES to sweep. or "weep" as he calls it.
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Next Up All Things SLEDDING!!!!!

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

All things Christmas

Our Tree Search
One week late (cuz we were in Atlanta) on a cold Sunday morning we set out to find the perfect tree. Tall, soft needles, and shapely were the orders for the day. So bundled in out winter warmest we set out to Trim Pines Farm in Holly.

We rode the hay wagon to the very back of the field in search of the perfect almost 9 foot fir tree. We searched and searched (much to daddy's dismay) for the perfect tree, but alas, there was none to be found. We did find time to play in the snow and tried to make a snow angel. We ate snow, only the new white kind, cuz Jonah loves eating snow.

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After much searching we finally found the perfect tree. 8.5 feet tall, soft, and curvy in all the right places. Daddy showed Jonah how to properly cut down a tree with a hand saw.

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Oops oh well, tilt you head.

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Family pic by our tree. Her name is Persphone.

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Here's Persephone getting all wrapped up for the ride home. Kinda looks like the machine is pooping out a Christmas tree.

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Warming up in the barn post tree hunt with hot cocoa, hot cider, donuts, and cookies.

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Again, tilt your head.
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And here she is all decorated, however now she is more of a cheryl. I've highlighted a few of my favorite ornaments.
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Jonah's First Christmas Ornament.
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Our first Christmas together ornament.
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The new gold and red poinsetta's that really pop on the tree.
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Jonah's favorite ornament. He loves to push the button and hear linus recite the Christmas story from Luke 2.
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Our African Angel from the year Nathan and I were in South Africa for Christmas.
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Jonah and Santa...

This is our first attempt at a santa picture. This is the santa at the village of Rochester.
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After Santa outside his glass dome.
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Santa Attempt 2 at Jonah's school. Started our freaked and ended with getting just close enough to give Santa a high 5, but no closer. Thanks Jen for taking the family pics!
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Making Christmas Cookies
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Jonah's Christmas special at School
They did a special Christmas around the world theme this year. Jonah's room was Australia....G'day mate! Jonah attends a Montessori school in Fenton. I LOVE his teachers, they are all so special and love jonah so much.
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Bonus...who dun it?
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I think I know...
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Up Next... All Things Snow.

I hope you enjoyed this long overdue long picture-full post.

Merry Christmas!

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Confessions...

I do not like to cook.

Sometimes I like going to work and dropping Jonah off at school.

I can never remember the date I got married...or the year.

Sometimes I let Jonah win...ok maybe a little more than sometimes.

I get stressed out about clutter and frequently throw away things out of frustration, then later find I needed them.

I still don't know my left from my right. Thank God my wedding ring is Always on my left hand.

I've been really bad about filling out Jonah's baby book.

I hate driving...detest it. I drive maybe 2-3 times per month if I have to.

I've made the same new years resolutions for the past 5 years.

Now you all know...I feel better. :-)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

better late than never?

So life has been a whirlwind of activity lately and blogging has fallen to the wayside. Here is my small attempt to rectify that. Jonah turned 18 mos. He had his appointment on 12/3. He read "O" magazine while in the waiting room. He's so big he had to use the big boy scale. He's 28 lbs and 33 inches - 75% weight and 95% height. His usual doctor was out so we had a "sub" that completely wigged him out, plus he got 2 shots. ya. not pretty. But before the dr. came in I got some good pics.

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18 Month Jonah Update:

says - I throw away.
says - I do it.
says - Nooooo! (to everything)
did - threw first fit on the floor of the grocery store
does - hits mommy alot - working on that one.
does - kisses mommy after hitting her...mommy gets kissed alot.
naps - 1/day
loves - gogurt, mandarin oranges, mini m&m's
ate - first taco bell at Cole's 6th birthday

I am loving 18 months, all of it.

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Cole wanted to eat at Taco Bell and bowl for his 6th birthday day celebration. It was Jonah's first time bowling. Even though he wasnt going to bowl, I rented him shoes because they had his size. They were pretty cute. We had so much fun!! I love bumper bowling!

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He's growing so handsome, my brother.

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In an effort to keep up with the digital scrapbooking I'm going to TRY to scrap the pics before I post them. We'll see how long I can keep that up. I'll be home tomorrow with Jonah. I plan to make cookies and decorate gingerbread houses and trains with him. So...

Even though I don't have to get up at 5:30 for work, Jonah probably won't sleep past 7 so I'm off to bed. I have a busy day ahead with my boy.