Snow!

It is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas! I love the snow and cold weather, but I don't like the cold without the snow. I just watched a man hit a pole in his van outside my house. That was a couple minutes of entertainment. I know we live in Indiana where it snows every winter, but I still think that I benefited more than most people in snow driving experience because I lived in the country. I lived where the roads are never cleared off and always slick. I lived where you drove with a shovel and a bag of sand in your trunk and always had a coat and a pair of boots in the car. I lived where you would get entertainment out of going to drive in the snow and see who could get to town the fastest. I hear about people who live in town who won't get out when there is 1/2 an inch of snow on the ground. I realize that today's snow has a layer of ice underneath, but still, I lived where you knew how to drive on the snow. Whenever it snows or ices, I generally drive because I am better at driving in it than Caleb is. He just doesn't know that if you start to slide don't turn the steering wheel and don't slam on your brakes. He doesn't have the experience of sliding almost every day until you learned how to manage through it. I don't know, but with Donovan now, I am definitely a bit more cautious.

I feel super-bad for my sister-in-law Dayonna. They just took out their old furnace over the weekend and got a new one ready to go, but the gas company said they would be there on Monday to hook it up. I don't know if they will make it out today or not. I hope so. They have a fireplace, but it is still a bit nippy everywhere else in their house.

I am thinking that we are somewhat settled on some ideas for Christmas. Caleb is going to have Christmas off, and then the weekend, so hopefully we will get to spend time with everyone. I think I might go make some hot chocolate. All this talk of snow and Christmas has really gotten me in the mood. PLUS, I found my FAVORITE Christmas CD. It is called Santa's Top 10 Favorites and it has the best Christmas song ever on it - "It Must Have Been the Mistletoe" on it. Amongst other great ones like White Christmas and Jingle Bell Rock. Now I have to go listen to it... : )

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

I love snow! It flurried a bit last night and this morning and put me in the mood!

Donovan and I have both been fighting a nasty cold. He has had a runny nose/cough for a couple days and I have had a runny nose/sore throat for a couple days, so hopefully we get over this soon. Caleb to this point has stayed well, although I think he may be coming down with a little something. I took Donovan to the doctor this morning for his check-up. He had to get a shot from last month that they were out of and then they just checked him over. He now weighs 16 pounds 10 ounces and he is 26 inches long. My little man is getting so big! I cannot believe that he turned 5 months on Monday. Where does the time go. Speaking of not believing time, it is true that Christmas is this month?! Wow! This year has flown by. I don't think we are doing much for Christmas and I am excited about that. There are a couple options we have and Caleb and I are holding out for the latter option. We will see what happens though!

I put up the Christmas tree and did a few decorations, but I am not going all out this year. I am just not feeling it! Maybe next year when Donovan will be old enough to really enjoy it we will do more. I do like to drive around and see all the Christmas lights though, some of them are really pretty! I think the inflatable things that everyone has in their front yards are a little much though.

Donovan is napping, I finished some housework and am about to go work on some laundry. I am still trying to figure out what to make for dinner tonight. I am just not hungry so it is hard for me to come up with something. We may just do salads and baked potatoes tonight. That sounds pretty good. Caleb and I have decided to eat healthy. Which in turn means that we would like to lose some weight. I am still working on baby weight. Actually, I lost all of Donovan baby weight, but I am still working on Abby's! I am off to get busy, have a great weekend everyone!