As I sit here trying to figure out what to blog about today ... it came to me perhaps I should share some things on my "to do" list for 2009.
At Mommy & Me Gym yesterday Griffin was able to play with our dear friends Patrick and Matthew. It was so nice to spend time with them and Ms. Kristen. I'm hoping we will be able to see much more of them in 2009!
Stay healthy and get healthier. Take better care of myself. For me this means to move more. And to eat more veggies and fruit. Also, I would LOVE to be able to shop in the non-plus size section of a store for clothing.
Spend as much quality time with my family as possible.
Be the best wife and mommy that I can be.
Nurture those friendships that mean a lot to me.
Scrapbook more for myself.
Blog Daily ... just because I love doing it so much.
Create more.
Purge our house of unused, unwanted items.
Paint the rooms in our house that need it ... and decorate them!
I'm sure there are many, many more I can add to this list ... these are just things that popped into my mind as I sit here and type!
Happy New Year's Eve Everyone ...
We had a wonderful Christmas week. I'm so grateful for everything we were able to experience, the gifts we received and the family and friends we were able to spend time with.
My mother-in-law Bett will be leaving us today. We'll miss her when she returns home. We've had a great visit! I still can't believe she finished painting our living room walls for us. And, we also hung the curtains back up. It feels like a "real" living room again.
The name of my post today is "Perfection" ... well, that's the name of this game Griffin is playing. When we were in Florida in November, a family friend at Bett's Thanksgiving party had this game and he loved it.
Santa Claus remembered how much he enjoyed it, so he decided Griffin would like to have one for Christmas. Boy, was he right! We've been playing this game over and over since Christmas morning. It's great fun for little ones and fun for adults too!
I'm working on a new look for my blog. I'm not so sure about the pink. I'm not a really a "pink" person ... don't get me wrong I like pink, but I'm not a girly-girl ... so I'm thinking the pink might be a bit much. Would you care to share your opinion about the pink?
This is a little video of some of the snow tubing fun we had at Wintergreen.
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Wow ... this is one word that would sum up our Christmas. It was pretty awesome!
This is a picture of Griffin entering the living room and discovering Santa Claus had been here overnight. He was so happy!
He first discovered his Thomas the Train table ... with new track and two new trains!
And then he discovered the Thomas Splash Mountain Railroad set! Santa actually thought the Splash Mountain set would fit on the table ... but it didn't ... so he had to leave it in two seperate areas of the living room.
There were lots and lots of presents to open ... and he enjoyed each and everyone of them. Thank you Santa, Grandma, Pop, Nana, Mommy and Daddy for all of the gifts!
Grandma got in on the gift opening ...
As did Mommy. Can you tell my face is swollen? I went to the dermatologist on Tuesday and he froze about ten spots on my arms and two from my face. That's why my face is swollen because one of them is right under my eye. Probably not a good idea to have this done right before Christmas pictures were taken, but really the only time I could get it done.
And Daddy enjoyed opening his gifts too ...
And does anyone recall the blog post I made about Santa possibly bringing Griffin one of these child size John Deere Gators? Well, Santa didn't have to bring one! Our good friend/neighbor Grayson decided it was time he shared the JD Gator with another little boy that would enjoy it because he had outgrown it. So, Grayson gave his to Griffin! What a nice friend!
It truly was a wonderful Christmas ...
Dermatologist Update:
Okay ... so, I thought it might be a good idea to explain why I had to go to the dermatologist. Back at my annual check up in November, my gynecologist recommended I go to a dermatologist to have some spots looked at on my arms and face. I had some raised spots, some flaky spots, some dark brown spots and a spot at the bend of my arm that raised concern. I'll be honest, for over a month I have been stressing about this appointment. I was afraid he was going to tell me I had cancer. I thought of every reason in the world to cancel this appointment. I did go and all but one of the spots that I had a concern about was either sun damage or an age spot. The one at the bend of my arm is actually a hemangeoma that is not a concern. He froze the other spots and they look pretty bad, but they do not hurt. Hopefully they will heal and be gone within a couple of weeks.
