snow days

since when do i live up north?

well, apparently i do.

we've had so much snow this month. we had some last month, but not as much as this month.

i don't even know how many snow days there have been.

not for me, of course. but for the county.

no no no. colleges don't let out for now. not unless it's a blizzard.

the first week of addison's mdo after christmas was cancelled because of snow.

and she didn't have it yesterday either. and schools are out today, too.

goodness!!

but, of course, i'm going to school today.

can't wait to get my wellies to wear in the snow! but i'm sure it won't snow after i get them. that's just how it works, right?

snow day

i was kind of doubtful that we were actually going to get any snow, but we did! addison was supposed to have her first day of MDO yesterday, but that was cancelled. i kind of figured it would be because they cancel school with the drop of the smallest snowflake. the county was even out again today! luck ducks.

we went to bed sunday night (pretty late, i might add) with no snow, and woke up with about an inch (maybe an inch and a half. i don't know).

and of course we had to play in it!!

after we had breakfast, we got suited up. we don't get much snow so i don't have much snow gear. addison has a pair of snow boots and a snowsuit that my mom got her at a yard sale, so she was set. i just wore some long johns under my jeans and my old uggs and i did alright. i think i may ask for a pair of hunter boots for my birthday (which is less than a month away!!), and those will be good in the snow.

ok, back to yesterday...



addison loved it. i didn't doubt that she would. remember last year? ya, she threw a fit when she had to go inside last year. she didn't this year though, thankfully!


we tried the disc, but she wasn't a fan of it when she was on it by herself. i ended up having to ride it with her while my mom pulled us along (which was pretty funny).




my mom got on the disc with addison, too!


she even made a snow angel. she wasn't a big fan of it though. she didn't like laying down.



she was pretty tired after about 30 minutes and she told us she was "all done". she was even helped take the disc inside. so cute!



and then i snapped some pictures of the snow. you knew i would :)

it's my birthday eve!

guess what today is!!!

it's my birthday eve!

which means my birthday is tomorrow!!

i'm so excited!!!

i have class tomorrow, and a test. and my lab, and a quiz. i'm hoping to go get my new license between my test and lab. hopefully i'll have time!!

oh, and john mayer is in 2 days! i can't wait! hopefully i'll remember to take some pics at the concert!

on another note, we're under a winter storm warning. great! more snow. memphis got 7 inches this morning. we'll see if we actually get any. i'm still hoping i have class (crazy, i know!). but i want to get this test over with and i want to go get my new license.

just in case it does snow, i made chris run by the grocery on the way home to get a few things. i'm not really concerned about us having food, but i just want to have stuff for addison. i can eat whatever. but addison is kind of picky!!

my birthday is tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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

well, the weather-people were right this time! we got a lot of snow yesterday!

it started snowing around 10 yesterday morning and really didn't stop until late last night.

chris had to work yesterday, but came home early due to the weather getting bad. after addison had lunch, we took her outside so she could see the snow. we didn't really bundle her up because she was outside for maybe 5 minutes. we weren't going to stay out very long.

chris tried to teach her how to eat snow, but she wasn't really catching on.

when we brought her back inside, she threw the biggest fit ever. seriously. she was screaming, crying, and kicking. she went to the door, stood up, looked outside, and cried. she wanted to go back out in the snow. it was like the wagon obsession all over again.

this morning we woke up to a lot of snow. well, maybe not a lot, but it was a lot for us. it doesn't really snow much here.

anyway, we bundled addison up and prepared to go play in the snow. she was excited and ready!

she looked like a puff ball outside. i didn't really want to put her in the thing chris got her because she couldn't really sit up in that. so i put her in this snowsuit my mom got her a while ago.

we tried to make her crawl around, but she just sat there.

of course i took some pictures of the snow covered street and everything outside...

so, addison's shoes started coming off while we were outside. we decided to were going to take her inside and change her into the thing chris got her, since it had feet and she wouldn't need shoes.

you know how i said she threw a fit when we brought her inside? see for yourself...

she wasn't upset to be going back out in the snow. she was upset that she was taken away from the snow. i laugh so hard when i see this picture.

chris gave addison some kisses in the snow...

another picture of the tree and snow...

chris thought it would be a good idea to take addison on a wagon ride. she had a lot of fun riding in the snow.

she cried and cried when i finally took her inside. poor girl. at least i won't really have to deal with it much since we don't get snow very often! but we sure do enjoy it when we get it!

addison's ready!

last night, when i came home from the gym, this is what i found...

i laughed so hard when i saw addison in this snowsuit. chris stopped by children's place on his way home from work and picked it up.

as you know, we're expecting a good amount of snow today. it's already been snowing the majority of the morning and it's starting to stick in some places.

chris wanted addison to be ready to go play in the snow, so he got her a snowsuit.

doesn't it remind you of ralphie's brother in a christmas story?

hopefully we'll get enough snow to take addison out and play in it. and there will be lots of pictures taken if we do go play in it!

wagon ride

before i start, i wanted to tell you about something super exciting. gussy is doing a giveaway day today, and i'm giving something away! check it out here, and also check out all the other awesome things she's giving away!

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have i shared the story of addison's wagon with you before?

if i have, just skip this. but if you haven't heard the story, read this...

well, it all began a few weeks before addison's 1st birthday. chris and i decided to get addison a wagon for her birthday (my mom helped with the idea). i took addison to target one day to get one, and it wouldn't fit in the shopping cart. so we left wagon-less. chris and i went back together and were able to get it.

fast forward a few weeks to addison's birthday party. if you recall from this post, addison was riding in her wagon on her birthday.

start wagon obsession.

i kept the wagon in our dining room, because it's pretty much our room for stuff that we don't have a home for. addison didn't really know it was in there, but soon discovered it. she would crawl in there almost every day and sit by it because she wanted to go on a ride. since it was cold outside, chris and i would just pull her around the house. and she loved it. she would cry when we took her out. not a good sign.

sometimes, though, i didn't want to take her for a wagon ride. i mean, 3 wagon rides in one day is a little much. don't you think?

well addison didn't think it was too much. she would crawl in there and i would pick her up and take her away from it and she would just cry. and cry and cry and cry.

pitiful addison.

it got to the point that she was just crawling in there constantly. i would pick her up, she would cry, i would put her down in the living room with her toys, and she would just crawl back in the dining room to her wagon.

repeat. repeat. repeat.

one day i decided i had had enough.

addison had crawled in the dining room, i picked her up, she cried, and once she was sitting in the living room, i made a run for it. i ran into the dining room and wheeled the wagon into the garage. it was actually kind of difficult.

and addison followed me the whole way...

...crying.

poor baby.

but that was it. she would crawl into the dining room looking for it, but it wasn't there. soon, she didn't even look for it.

fast forward to saturday.

my mom came over and it was so nice outside. we decided it would be a great day to take addison for a wagon ride. it would be the first ride she had gone on since i banned the wagon to the garage.

she was so excited when we put her in.

what a happy baby. she enjoyed the whole ride. i mean, who wouldn't enjoy being pulled around in a wagon?

these last 2 pictures were my favorites. but there's a glare/spot on addison's face. don't know how that happened :(

when we took her out, she didn't cry. yay! addison has overcome her wagon obsession.

although we had a great morning on saturday, wagon ride included, addison wasn't so hot that afternoon.

we were all ready to go to my mom's just to hang out and addison broke down. she just cried. i don't know why, but she just wouldn't stop crying. she wanted to be held. she didn't want to be held. she didn't know what she wanted.

so, we just decided to stay home that afternoon.

i tried playing with her but she didn't want that. i finally gave her a teething ring and that made her happy...

...for a while. but then it was back to fussy baby.

i don't think she's teething, but i think the cold teething ring just caught her attention. she decided she wanted to try and walk with her cart while holding her teething ring.

kind of dangerous.

we made it through the fussy phase that day, and she took a nice nap. she woke up a happy baby again.

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you know how i said saturday it was really nice? well, it was. it was 58* i think.

and guess what...

...it's snowing today! weird.

just thought i'd share that!

snow day!!

it wasn't actually a snow day. or what i consider a snow day. a snow day to me is not having to go to school. and today is saturday, so there wasn't school to begin with.

all the kids in our area got a 4 day weekend. lucky! hopefully it'll snow some after i start classes, and i'll have some snow days :)

we didn't take addison out to play in snow this time. she isn't walking, and she would just sit in it and get all wet. and we didn't really have enough to play in. if the snow actually starts to stick and we get more, we'll take her to play in it. chris is off tomorrow, so we can have a fun snow play day!

it has been snowing all day. i was really surprised. i thought it was only going to snow yesterday. but none of it has been sticking, so it hasn't done much.

i ventured out of the house today. not far. just on the front porch. and i was still in my pjs. and i was barefoot. maybe not the best idea. but i really wanted to get some pictures of the snow. i had taken a few with my phone, but i wanted some with the good camera. so here they are!

this is our tree out front. it split soon after we moved into our house and half of it fell on our neighbors fence. it didn't do much damage. we were very lucky. so this is just the half of the tree that's still there...

this is just the rest of our front yard and some of the driveway. chris actually had to be at work really early this morning, and he left while it was still dark. i was worried about the road conditions, but he said it was fine. our street doesn't get much traffic, and the snow stayed. there was in ice patch towards the end of our street, and yesterday i saw a car hit that spot and lose control. they were able to gain control back and were fine. i'm glad i saw that, though, because i was about to leave to go to my mom's. so i pretty much just coasted down our street. better safe than sorry!

here you can really see the split tree. and some of chris's georgia flag at the top, if you look close...

and here's our backyard. tybee goes pretty crazy in the snow. he had to get in the picture. he was in mid sprint, if you can't tell...

and the side view...

tomorrow morning addison and i are going to breakfast at my grandmother's. hopefully the roads will be ok. i'm ok driving on the interstate because it's cleared up. but getting to the interstate kind of scares me. i'm sure it'll be fine!

check back tomorrow for some possible addison in the snow pictures!

hope everyone is staying warm!