Never thought I would ever be, a busy mom chasing after three…

My first wedding! If you want to see some more of the pics go to my photography blog!
photosbymaria.blogspot.com

So I have been promising pictures of my tree and here they are. Again I don't feel like these pictures even remotely do justice to my beautiful tree but that is alright I guess. We are leaving tomorrow for my families house. But I have to say I will miss our beautiful house at Christmas. It really has been such a fun time for our little family. Every time Abby sees the Christmas tree it is like the first time and I love the wonder and amazement that she shows each time she sees it. Every time someone comes over she takes them around to each area of the house to show them our decorations. She is such a sweetheart. She thinks that by saying "ABBA" (Abacadabra!) She controls our lights being turned on and off. It is really quite funny! The other day at our ward Christmas party Santa brought bags of peanuts for everyone. So when ever you ask her what Santa is bringing her she says "Peanuts!" and she is really quite excited about it! If only I could restrict myself to just buying her peanuts!!!!
We went to see the lights on temple square last night and it was just so beautiful. One of Abby's favorite things to talk about are temples. She loves to look at them and it was just great so take her to the Salt Lake temple and tell her that she is going to be married there someday.
I guess I am just trying to say that Christmas has become so different to me as I have gotten older. Having a little girl to teach about Christmas has really changed my perception of it a lot. Trying to teach her about all the traditions, while still making sure she knows what Christmas is really about is definitely a project. But seeing Christmas through a child's eyes is so much fun.
In other news, I know everyone is wondering what is going on with our infertility stuff. I went to the doctor yesterday and it was the best experience ever. She was absolutely certain that we would be able to get pregnant again, and very soon. She was so understanding, and knew just what to say to make me feel better. She is honestly the first person that I have talked to that truly understood what I was struggling with, and knew how to help me. I am very hopeful, mostly because she was soooo confident, that what we are going to be doing will work. And we will be blessed with another baby. At the end of our visit she gave me a hug and just told me that I didn't need to worry anymore. I was of course an emotional mess, but it just felt so good to feel understood. Even though everything with the other doctor was kind of a mess, I know that it happened for a reason, and that the timing of us going to this doctor was perfect. We were able to be diagnosed by a doctor practically for free, without having to go through with all the extensive treatments we had planned. Now we have a much less evasive plan and someone who is committed to helping me get pregnant. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. I know they have been heard!

I got this from another friends blog. It is exactly how my life is so I thought I would share it with you.

Recently, I was diagnosed with C. A. A. D. D. - Child Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

This is how it manifests:

I decide to do the laundry. As I start toward the laundry room, I notice that there are cheerios all over the floor and my car keys are in the cereal bowl. I decide to pick up the cheerios before I do the laundry. I lay my car keys down on the counter, put the cheerios in the trash can under the counter, and notice that the trash can is full. So, I decide to take out the trash. But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the trash I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one check left, my extra checks are in my desk in the office/playroom, so I go to my desk where I find a sippy cup full of juice.

I'm going to look for my checks, but first I decide I should put sippy cup in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the sippy cup, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye --they need to be watered.

I set the sippy cup on the counter, and I discover baby wipes that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back in the bathroom, but first I'm going to water the flowers.

I set the wipes back down, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote, one of the kids left it on the kitchen table. I realize that after school when they go to watch TV, I will be looking for the remote as they fight over who lost it, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.

I splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back down, get some paper towels and wipe up the spill.

Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do. At the end of the day: the laundry isn't washed, the bills aren't paid, there is a warm cup of juice sitting on the counter, the flowers aren't watered, there is still only one check in my checkbook, I can't find the remote, I can't find the wipes, and I don' t remember what I did with the car keys.

Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail. Do me a favor, will you? Forward this message, because I don't remember to whom it has been sent. Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming.

It snowed like crazy this weekend! I honestly haven't seen snow like this in a long time. We spent all morning playing in it! It was so much fun. I had to cancel two photo shoots because of it so I thought abby and I could have our own snow photo shoot!