Scooping Out

A drift looking out the front door

When the four wheel drive trucks have a hard time on the street, the snow must be deep. I don't think we will venture out today either.

Merry Christmas!

Outdoor images from our house on Christmas Day

We discovered some really fat bluejays that have been digging around in the backyard

Our kitty even likes Ava's new Santa toy!

Christmas greetings from Lincoln! Yes, we're snowed in again. This is the first Christmas Eve night and Christmas morning ever spent in Lincoln in the 10+ years that I have lived here. Since I had to work Monday-Thursday this week, there was no leaving town early to avoid the storm that was looming. Sure enough the snow started mid day yesterday and was blowing full force by quitting time. Drifts had already started forming on the main arteries of Lincoln. If we left town, we'd be snowed out for days. And our kitty wouldn't have liked that. Needless to say, Christmas is postponed.

Of course, I am blessed to have spent the day with my little immediate family. However, we were minus one. Alexis was not here at all today. She was snowed in Fremont with her dad's family. She was supposed to have met up with us this morning, but the closed highways have prevented that. The blizzard warning remains in effect until tomorrow morning. I will have to say that the snow fall on Christmas Eve was a beautiful site! I don't ever remember a snow fall on Christmas Eve.

I wish I would have been more prepared for this because we could at least have had the fixings for Christmas dinner! Nope! The stores were even closed by the time I got home yesterday. Oh well. Jesus is the reason for the season, right?!

Hope everyone had a blessed Christmas with family!

9 days until Christmas! A is looking forward to Santa coming. We're having a heat wave today - almost 30 degrees!!

The gifts are about half wrapped. I hate the fact that we still have a couple things left to buy. It sure gets dragged out every year no matter how early we start. The coming years will only be harder with the larger family I'm afraid.

Last night we had our Lamaze refresher class. Uncle Nick babysat A while we were there. Before we left A asked where we were going. Chris's reply was that we were going to learn how to get the Baby Cisco out. When we returned home, A promptly asked where is Baby Cisco?? Get him out!! (Sometimes it's a "him" and sometimes it's a "her.") She started pulling up my shirt and appeared to be a little upset that we didn't have the baby. Too funny! Hopefully we'll have this baby in four weeks! Oh, also A went potty at daycare yesterday. That's a first!

P.S. WELCOME HOME CALLA!

The Newest Member of the Family...

Today a new kitty arrived much to Ava's surprise! We adopted him from my boss's family. He came with the name...Pom. Ava likes to say "Pom Pom."

Snowed in!

This picture says it all. (Random car...photo taken at work on Wednesday.) We were slammed with about a foot of snow and huge drifts. School was canceled for 3 days which has not happened before in the 10 years I have lived here. I ended up staying home on Tuesday since work called and "suggested" that I stay home. I think people are afraid of a pregnant lady in her third trimester. Just can never be too careful I guess. People look at you as if a baby is going to come flying out with a mild cough or sneeze. It's pretty funny. I can't wait until next month when I'm waddling around work! The questions just never end! Ha!

Went to the doctor today (after it had been closed for 3 days). Here's a recap of the visit at 33 weeks:

BP 124/76
Random blood sugar - 108
Hemoglobin 12.2 (up from 6 weeks ago - they like to see it above 12 so yay!)
Fundal height - 33-34 cm
Baby heartrate 140-145 and "sounds good"
Only had one day of swelling so far (Thanksgiving weekend - ha)
Next appointment in 1.5 weeks

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow...

Oh the weather outside is frightful...or will be by tomorrow evening I'm afraid! Blizzard watches and warnings are out. A storm system that was almost three states wide to the west/southwest this afternoon is moving straight towards us. On my way home from work I heard on the radio that the snow may be falling an inch an hour around rush hour tomorrow afternoon. Yikes! School was just called off already for tomorrow. Too bad I still have to work!!! Gotta love working in the medical field. =)

I'm just glad it's December and Christmas time. Snow is okay now. Let's go for a white Christmas this year!

P.S. The OB appointment I was supposed to have for tomorrow is delayed since the office closes when the public schools close. How come we don't do that at work?!?! Guess we'll have to wait for the beta strep test until later in the week! Darn.

Our Saturday in a Nut Shell

The morning started off with lots of crying and screaming from our toddler who didn't want to take a bath. And she loves her baths! What happened? Of course she cried so hard she started coughing and then threw up her breakfast and needed another bath. Hate when that happens. Then she wanted lunch an hour earlier with her tummy being empty! Some things just aren't worth fighting about.

Needless to say, things are MUCH better now. Happy children are wonderful to have. Alexis is running on 4 hours of sleep today with her Girl Scout overnighter at Champion's Fun Center last night. So far it's going okay.

Today is going to consist of cleaning, recovering, grocery shopping, online Christmas shopping (the last of it) and, of course, Big 12 championship tonight! It may be a long shot for the Huskers, but we're excited to watch the Texas vs. Nebraska game in the comfort of our own home. Go Big Red!!!

Short & Sweet (but not fun)

I'm sick. For the past few weeks. Yesterday it got worse. Thought I was getting over my virus, but another one started. This time in my head. It's ugly. I think I lost 5 pounds of snot today. Sure glad the weekend is almost here.