Baby it's cold outside...

So it's about this point every winter when I start to really (and I mean REALLY) get tired of the cold. It's currently 18 degrees. It's been snowing every other day. And the snow is now all dirty and piled up, sidewalks are icy, and it's just bitter, bitter cold out there.

Megan and I went for a walk last week as one of the storms was blowing in--it wasn't snowing but it was chilly (as you can tell from her little red nose). Don't worry, I had her all bundled. And we walked down to campus so we could thaw halfway through before we walked back home.Despite all of our inside time, Megan is a pretty happy kid. And she still adores bath time. In dreaming of warmer weather to come (and in preparation for our cruise/move to Houston), we bought Megan this swimsuit last week. Isn't it the cutest suit you've ever seen? I'm so excited to see her in it (although since baby suits pretty much only come in 12 mo. size, it will probably be a little big on her).

Discoveries

Megan is discovering new things everyday. Like toys and how to grab them (although she misses about 90 percent of the time)
the best ways to snuggle with daddy
how mom is crazy and takes pictures of her in hats and outfits that say "cutie"

and today--how it feels to get 5 shots (3 in the left leg and 2 in the right) in about 6 seconds. While I'm grateful she'll be protected from all of those diseases, it was still SO sad to have her look up at me screaming while the nurse was poking her legs. She's having a good day all in all. She's been quite smiley. And of course, she's gotten tylenol just for good measure. Hopefully she has a good night...

Oh Happy Day

What a glorious morning it is--Megan is happy and Amber is even happier! Why, you may ask??? Because last night, Megan went to bed at 10:30, fussed for about 10 minutes at 11:30 until she got a diaper change and a warmer blanket, and then SLEPT STRAIGHT THROUGH UNTIL 6:15 THIS MORNING!!! That was almost 7 hours of uninterrupted sleep for Amber!! WOO HOO!! I hope this is a new tradition! And with all that extra sleep, I can do things like update my blog! Maybe I'll even write our Christmas 2007 letter...

New Year's Day 2008

Megan and Uncle Ben enjoying some football...
Megan celebrated her first New Year's Eve by going to bed at 9:15 pm! But don't worry--always the party animal, Megan promptly woke Amber up at 1:30 am to get in a late celebration...

Christmas Eve and Christmas

Megan conked out waiting for Santa to arrive. (*note the very tiny spike of hair behind the bows--see her hair IS growing)
Here is the whole fam on Christmas morning (can you tell Tyler woke us up at 6 am???)
We had a wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas with Amber's family. We had a fancy dinner and the grandkids acted out the Christmas story from Luke 2 for Christmas Eve. Megan got to play a lead role--Baby Jesus!
On Christmas, we got up early, opened gifts, headed to Shad's house to check out their presents, and then spent the night at Jamie's house for a "family reunion". Amber and Dan came in second at the family reunion's Rook tournament--a very, very close second...in fact, we basically came in first except that Jamie and Trent must have cheated (it was at THEIR house and THEY win? sounds like cheating to me)