Blizzard of 2009!

So we are DEEP in snow! Its crazy!!!! I love snow, cause it means you get to stay in, eat what you want, stay in your pjs all day and watch movies (Christmas movies to be exact). What a special Christmas we are turning out to have. White Christmas with my lil family of four!

Today we woke up to 3 inches of snow on the ground. It was awesome! Both girls are sick, snotty noses, gigi has a bad cough, and fevers. Lovely! I did make it out this morning with Gigi while Lorelei was sleeping. We didnt last long before her button nose was running something terrible.

We are supposed to get 20 inches before this is over.

Here are some pictures of Georgia outside this morning. I will update with photos of the girls later.

Who Knew?????

So, I got an email from a friend the other day telling me about how much her little boy is loving preschool and I started to wonder that maybe Gigi is missing out. She doesnt go to daycare (which Im very happy about) I love the fact that Gigi gets to stay at home with family. But I fear that she misses some much needed peer socialization. She has friends, dont get me wrong, but they are friends I chose for her since they are my friends children. I just feel that she needs the chance to hang out with friends and I feel like she will have a ton of fun. Gigi is a very outgoing and fun child. She just loves other people.
So, more to the point...I started researching some local preschools. When I got on their websites they said that their open houses start in JANUARY! for the next year! WHAT??? I was thinking, like Late spring or something. Good thing I checked! So we are on the list for a tour of a place down the street and another one right down the road. Im extremely excited but also a little anxious. Georgia is my special baby. Dont yell at me and tell me thats not fair to Lorelei, obviously both my girls are special but Gigi is my baby that I feared would never get this chance. The baby that I was told would not be "normal", the baby I was told I should terminate, the baby I was told would most definitely have some sort of syndrome and I feared would never go to school, or walk, or have friends or get married. Everything this child does will throw me into sobs of tears. Tears of joy! We proved those doctors wrong, didnt we baby! So when she walked, I cried, When she talked, I cried and now that she is just perfect, I cry (alot when I think of what we have all been through). So when she goes to her first day of school I will prob have to take off work cause I will be a mess. A happy mess, but a mess nonetheless.
So back to the point...Im pretty sure we will choose Hope Preschool which is right down our street. This way, we can put the baby in the stroller and literally walk to pick her up from school. Plus everyone raves about this school. So we go in Jan to tour it and talk with the teachers. Im just thrilled. She is going to have so much fun and I just know she will grow, emotionally and mentally with this. Im excited to buy her a little bookbag (do they have those in preschool?) and "school clothes" and for her to have her first little "best friend" (tom said it HAS to be a girl. haha). ekkkkkkkkkkkk i cant contain myself!!!!!!!!!! stay tuned for more on this. :)

Christmas is in the air!

This is one of my absolute favorite time of year! Snow is on the ground (ok maybe not yet but it may be coming soon!), people are busy busy and doing a ton of shopping and viewing of Christmas decorations. I love Christmas carols and lights on trees and big gawdy looking blow up snowmen in the yards. Its all just GREAT. I especially love watching the magic of Christmas through a childs eyes. Having my old Children has made this holiday much more enjoyable. Georgia loves it as much as I do. She gets super excited to see people have put their lights up and loves to tell everyone what we got them. She loves Santa and had a great time seeing him at the Mall and telling him, "My baby name Lorelei".
Obviously we have not forgotten what this holiday season is truely about. Church is seen differently by Tom and I. He likes going to Church and while I dont mind going, I don't feel I have to go to Church in order to have a relationship with God. You may not agree with me or my beliefs (which believe it or not arent that much different then most peoples) but it works for me. Both our children are baptized Catholic (which my family wasnt too thrilled about) b.c it was important for Tom. Which Im ok with. Its not that I dont believe you should be baptized I just think it should be left up to the individual. I dont believe someone should impose their beliefs on someone else child or not. I'm still a spiritual person just dont feel it needs to be so structured. I hope I dont sound like a devil child. haha
I love God. I believe in Jesus. I dont know bible stories but I do believe in a higher power. THERE does that work. haha So, Georgia and Lorelei know what Christmas is really about. They know that a baby was born and that this baby saved ALL the children. (How much do you expect an almost 3 year old to understand haha)
We did take the girls to Toms chruch the other day and both did very well. I thought for sure Gigi would yell out at her granddad (Big Mike) since he was an Usher or that Lorelei would scream in the middle of it. But neither did it and I was very proud of them.
We recently went to a farm in Middleburg and cut down our own Christmas tree. (dont get me started on the bugs ew) here are some pictures for you to enjoy!