sweet home

Baby C has learned how to reach into her crib and grab her pacifier (because usually I'm good about only letting her have it at bedtime). She loves her "ba" and her baby!

Now that we have a teenage mutant ninja turtle living here I can sleep at night feeling much safer.

Yesterday when I got the phone call at 9:45 am telling me that school was closing at 11:30 (which means 10:30 for B) I was totally bitter. It wasn't even snowing and I had a million things to get done. Having 3 kids tag along doesn't help. But in the end, it did snow quite a bit. (maybe 2-3 inches but that's a major snow storm here in the south). The roads never got bad yesterday but people were still driving 10 mph and panicking about the snow.

Cate watching Lewis throw snowballs at her. Can you see him?
She finally persuaded me to take her out. She can barely walk as it is, the snow pants were not helping. But she had a good attitude and that's what really counts.

A was mostly in love with the little snow islands on the leaves in the gutter. They are pretty cute.
My favorite part is when the wind hasn't blown and there is still snow on the tree branches.
Snowman with lemon eyes, broccoli nose and green onion mouth. And they are having a good time, they just look like they hate it. Well, maybe the baby isn't loving being attacked by Rooney (next door neighbor dog and Georgia's bff)
Hooray for snow!! And it's still there so maybe we can sneak in some more play time this morning before it's all gone. (and when I say we I mean they :) I'll stay inside the warm house because I like warm)

This year for A's birthday instead of having a party she decided to go over to the American Girl store in Georgia and eat at the restaurant with her dolls. I thought that not having a big party would save time, effort, and money but boy was I wrong! It turned into an overnight stay near the mall because the only reservation (reservation?!?!?!!?to eat breakfast at a doll store!?!?!) available was a 9am "brunch". Instead of leaving at 5am we decided to drive over Friday afternoon and make a trip out of it. Even though it was rainy and cold we had a great time. A was in heaven in that store, it took her hours and hours to decide what she was going to buy. Ultimately, she decided on an outfit for Kit and one for Ruthie as well as the matching pjs for her and Kit.

Baby C got a ride on the luggage. She didn't like it.
We were there when it opened! Front row Joe! But I think Ruthie's hair is in her eyes. Help a girl out.
A kept saying "this is so fancy and grown up!" The dolls really enjoyed their chocolate chip muffins.
For the grand finale they brought out a cute little (or should I say HUGE) ice cream for her and sang happy birthday. She was beyond thrilled.
All in all, a successful trip!
We had a great time and if you have a daughter who is into American Girl at all I highly recommend it. The experience was so fun because she was so into it.
If you don't have a daughter who is into American Girl then just ignore that piece of advice or get her a doll asap.
**(On the way home we stopped at the home storage center and bought some wheat, oats, and pinto beans so now you know where to go in the event of an emergency!!)**

**(Oh, and if you were wondering, my eyes are doing a ton better today. the steroid ointment the eye doctor prescribed is working wonders but I can only use it for a few days at a time...thanks for the kind words)

And the only reason I am putting this out there for the whole wide world to see is because maybe someone will happen to know someone who had this issue once and they can tell me what in tar-nation is going on because no one can figure it out.
But I'm going to the ophthalmologist tomorrow and I'm looking for some serious answers.
Hopefully they'll say "no problem" and fix me right up. Because my pcp loaded me up on drugs that didn't help.
The steroid ointment helped with the skin, but it just comes back and I can't put it on my eyes.
For now it's just vaseline 10 times a day and super hero eye masks!
I'm getting tired of making people's eyes water just looking at me.
(it looks worse in real life. i promise. you can ask lewis. i'm not lying to get friends :) )
I've been dealing with itchy, bumpy dry skin for a while now with no answers and now my eyes continue to get worse each day. Especially the left one but the right one is pretty nasty too. Hard, dark, bumpy, itchy skin and now some sweet swelling to add to the fun.
Is my nose that crooked in real life?