Life is changing.....

We are starting week three of Wes going back to work. So far the girls have spent about 4 days of the 11 actually at school. The first week Grandma and Papa came for a couple of days and stayed with the girls and then last week we had 2 sick days and a day off.

However, the girls are adjusting nicely. Wes was able to drop them off without crying (the girls I mean) and we were able to pick up two happy girls. The only issue we have is the girls are not sleeping at school as long as they probably need to. On the weekends they will take 3 hour naps and at school they take an hour. Hopefully, they will start napping better.

Inventive toys

We still never tire of the cardboard box. We have had it since before Christmas and it's still a favorite. The other fun thing we like to do is put clean diapers on our heads. Gracie found a little swimmer so we made a hat out of it!

While daddy's away

It's been a long week here for the Potters. Wes was offered a job last Friday and he took it. Which is great! The only problem is that they wanted him to start by traveling this past Monday to New Orleans to see a client and install the product.

So, that means a week for me of working full time and taking care of the girls by myself. It's been a long week. I had to start the girls back in daycare by myself with pick up and drop off. The girls have done well with only a little crankiness. I don't think they have gotten use to sleeping at the daycare yet and they miss their daddy. He has been taking care of them for most of their lives. It's been rough but we got through it!

This is a picture from the final family Christmas for 2009. Every year for my dad's side of the family we stay in a hotel and just hang out. The room had a closet with a sliding mirrored door. The girls discovered it and thought it was fun to play hide and seek.

Our Christmas was very busy for two weeks. The girls and I each got sick. That part wasn't fun. We did have a great time and hated to leave. We are now home and trying to settle back in.

Three down, one to go

We'll we have had three Christmases and have one to go. We have celebrated with the immediate family, my extended family on my mom's side and extended family on the Potter side. We just have the Cox family Christmas to go.

Last night, we had two sets of great-grandparents at my mom's house to visit with the girls. It was really fun to have all those people here! However, Gracie has been feeling a little under the weather. Hopefully, she'll feel better soon.

Lastly, something exciting happened to the family. We found my mom's WSJ article. She was quoted about the snow storm. Check out the article....

White Christmas

This is the second time in a month that the girls have seen snow. Very unusual for our little Texans. We are in Oklahoma for Christmas and are in the worst snow storm since 2000. They are calling it Blizzard 09. It started snowing Christmas Eve in the morning.

Anyway, the girls loved the falling snow. However, this morning when we took them out and put them in the snow, they hated it! They both cried. I brought Gracie in but Lizzie wanted to stay outside with daddy. She wanted to be held the whole time.

Their second Christmas was good. They loved their presents and loved watching their cousins open theirs. It was nice to spend the day with family!

Pictures with Santa didn't go so well.......

We had hoped it would go a little better than this......