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Snowed in!

It's been over a year, but a thick layer of white powder has covered Raleigh! The snow started falling last night and continued all throughout the night and ALL of today! We have a total of 5-6 inches!!! Last time this happened we were out of school for 3 days...so I'm thinking school will have to be cancelled on Monday...we'll see! Kelsey, Jon and I went out today and played for a short while. Kelsey was extremely overjoyed when we let her out into the front yard. She ran, tasted and even learned how to throw the snow....at ME!!!! We had a fabulous time even though we were only out a total of 10 minutes...it was way too COLD! Thank you Mother Nature!

The Accident!!!

Today is a day that made the books! Kelsey got her first shiner?!?!? Well I think its going to turn into one. You will have to do some visualizing, because I can't find a picture online that matches the doll house that was at daycare...so here we go!
Kelsey was standing on a cot, and the only item near the cot was a doll house kind of like the one below (only the middle room on the top floor was much narrower and kind of shaped like a square bucket). Kelsey, being her curious self, wanted to reach out and touch the house. Instead of stepping down, which she knows how to do, she fell. Her head fell directly into this cube shaped room and she got stuck. Her high pitched scream alerted Ms. J. and after pulling the two sides apart with all her might, Kelsey was able to get her head out.
Kelsey ended up having a large mark across her neck, a puffy eye, and a knot on her forehead. The swelling made it look worse than it really was, but at only one year and a half, she has made it through her first battle wound! What a toughie!

18 Month Check-Up

Another visit to the doc's office...here are Kelsey's results:

Shots: Hep A #1, H1N1 #1, TB Screen -
Weight: 22 lbs. 2 oz. (20%)
Length: 31 1/4 in. (35%)
Head Circumference: 46.7 cm (60%)

Prediction: All brains, short and skinny!

We'll be back in a month for the other H1N1 shot....geez!

The Saga is Almost Over :.(

I have become a super obssessed fanatic of the Twilight series. I really didn't want to read any of these books...I mean vampires...really?!?! But all it took to change my mind was, of course, an Oprah episode with Stephanie Meyer! Her story was inspirational...only proving that anything you put your heart and soul into can become a hit.

So I'm finally on the last book (Breaking Dawn) and am having a GINORMOUS competition amongst the 4th graders (I teach 3rd) to see who can finish it first. Needless to say, I might lock myself in my room the next few days.

My only dilemma now is, who do I want Bella to be with more...Edward or Jacob? Can't she just have them both?!?!?

OnE yEaR aGo!

A lot has changed in a year!!! How time flies...

Just Dance...It'll Be OK!

Someone is getting ready for America's Got Talent!

Now if can just work on that ending!

A Fiesta Grande!

I have to say...I have the best friends ever! We celebrated my birthday on Jan. 9th starting at a restaurant I've always wanted to go to, but never had...On the Border! It was such a gamble making reservations at a restaurant that I'd never even eaten at. Luckily, the food there was awesome (love Mexican food) and the margaritas were even better!!! Here are some pictures of us hanging out at dinner (mind you..this started at 6:30 pm):

Jess and Me

Christine and Callip

Jon and Vannah

Reed....Bryn and Katie....Blake

(their hubbies are leaning away)

Jess and Stacy

Kelly and Kim

Once we had eaten...it was still only 8:00 pm...and who wants to end a party THAT early?!?!! So the boys came up with the idea of going to karaoke night...which was the best idea EVER! We all sang once...or if we're talking about Jon...3 times! Here we are singing our lungs out...even though the best crowd pleaser of the night was Jon singing one of his regulars ;)

Jon

James

Vannah, me, and Kim

Playing Photo Hunt...just like in college!

Miraculously we made it home at around 3:00 am (which Jon and I haven't been able to do in forever). I had a blast and can't wait to do it again....well until the NEXT birthday!

Birthday Wishes...All Answered!

I am so thankful for all my family and friends....and students, who made my birthday so special!!! I am so blessed!