Snow Days

Well, again we are caught in record breaking snow. This time, it was only 12 inches. The girls did much better this time than Christmas. Gracie loved touching the snow and trying to make snowballs. I think the footwear made all the difference. We bought them rain boots to wear so their feet wouldn't get wet. They will be perfect in the spring to have the girls wear to get in and out of daycare.

Because they are my children, they love shoes. That is something that I take after my grandma. She and I love shoes and love to shoe shop together. At 85 she is still loves to shop, it just is now at a slower pace. Any way, back to my children and their love affair with shoes. The girls always notice when we get them a new pair and are really excited. When it's time to put shoes on, they stop whatever they are doing and back up to sit on my lap to put them on.

Update on the girls

I thought I would dedicate this entry to how the girls are growing. They amaze us every day. It's so fun to watch them together and separate. They are constantly doing funny and amazing things.

Item number one: Clothing and accessories. The girls love clothes and shoes in different ways. They both love wearing shoes! When we put shoes on Gracie, she tap dances all over the house. She tap dances out the door. Lizzie loves textures. She is constantly loving on towels, socks, anything she can get. The girls love their purses. Both girls will put stuff in the purses and then carry them around. They also love mommy's purse. Tonight while Wes was at a Stars game, I was in the kitchen getting dinner ready and the girls were quite. It turns out they found mom's purse and were pulling everything out!

Item number two: Eating. We have started using plates and spoons at meal time. It's a challenge to make sure that the plates stay on the table and not in the girls laps or heads! They are getting better every day.

Item number three: Talking and actions. The girls are saying more and more every day. They say banana, momma, dadda, Molly, dog, cat, book, bye-bye, hi, uh-oh, stop, no (and shake their heads), stop, milk, etc. Both girls are taking turns testing mom and dad. First it was Gracie, when we told her no she would do it anyway. Lizzie would get on to her too. Now it's Lizzie. At least they have the courtesy to not do it at the same time.

The girls love kissing. They love to blow kisses. When I pick them up from daycare, they blow kisses to their teachers. They love to kiss mom, dad and sister. Tonight, Gracie was kissing Lizzie and making Lizzie laugh hysterically.

Item number four: Making sister laugh. Each girl loves to make her sister laugh. They will "talk" to each other and laugh. They will bring each other toys or milk when the other is crying. Sometimes, they will cry only because sister is crying. They have such a unique bond that always bring tears to my eyes. Something that always makes me think of my sister and miss her because she is far away.

They are our little miracles and we love them dearly!

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....