So, how are ya?

What a week. Holy crap. I kind of feel like I might have been run over by a truck. And it's not over by a long shot.

So, I will start by saying that last Saturday it snowed so hard I couldn't even see Carisa's house....right across the street. It was a literal blizzard. Here is a picture of our back yard during some of the lighter snowfall.

I love this picture of Vanessa looking out at the snow. The girls wanted to go play in it so bad. Which leads me to my next topic......Natalie and Vanessa have both been battling some pretty nasty colds. Natalie's is almost gone, but Nessa just can't shake hers. She is still all stuffed up and so she can't suck on a bottle or her pacifier so that means very little sleep. For both of us.

Because Natalie was sick we couldn't have the Roat Christmas over here. I was pretty disappointed. I had been looking forward to maybe starting a tradition of the family Christmas at our house. I guess that will have to wait until next year. Santa did visit us on Christmas Eve which would have been great, but Natalie hid behind a chair and Vanessa did this...

After we stopped torturing our kids with the magic of Christmas they opened their matching jammies and their books (our Christmas Eve tradition).

Vanessa woke up first on Christmas morning. I couldn't get her back to sleep so we went in and got Natalie up. She still was feeling icky so her enthusiasm was down, but we managed to get her up with the promise that Santa had been there. Santa brought Ness a little stage. She loves it. She dances and "sings" along.

Santa left Natalie a pink V-Smile and four games. She really likes it...and so do I!

All in all, it was a really nice Christmas. I would have preferred the girls to be well, but you can't really plan that stuff, huh? We still had fun and gave each other good stuff. Larry spoiled the shit out of me. He spent WAY more then we agreed on. I didn't know whether to be grateful or mad. I decided on grateful. I got the most beautiful diamond earrings (I've never had REAL diamond earrings) and an MP3 player with all the accessories. Just what I wanted!!!!! I guess he does listen to me after all!

We then had less then a week to recoup and get ready for my baby girl to turn 4! 4!!!!! Can you believe it? I can't. She is such a big girl. Saturday Larry, the girls and I went to Applebees for lunch with a gift card we had. Ignore the trash and dirty dishes in front of us in this picture. It occurs to me now we should have taken pictures before we ate.

On Sunday we had Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Lesley, Nana, and Papa over for a day-of-her-birthday party. She will have a bigger one on the 5th with her friends and family. She got another V-Smile game, sparkly pink princess shoes, and a ton of Barbie furniture. She loved it all. Especially the cake!

Last night was a nice New Year's Eve. The four of us just stayed home. With the girls still trying to get over being sick and me being insanely tired we just wanted to do a lot of nothing. So we did. Both girls were up to ring in 2008, but not by plan. It just happened that Natalie couldn't go to sleep at all and Vanessa woke up at about 11:45. So we all went to the back door, watched the fireworks people were shooting off, and kissed each other at midnight. Even though it was not exciting and some of us were a little cranky (me), we decided it was the best New Years Eve ever. This will be our first year with a complete family. And I guess that within itself is reason to celebrate.

So, happy New Year!!! I hope everyone is happy and well. And I promise I will post again soon (so quit bugging me Mom! ha ha)!