Drummond.

We survived!

We left Thursday at around 1:30 for our 5 hour drive to the UP.  Nervous about how Molly would handle it, but off we went.

She did AMAZING.

Didn't cry at all until we got on the ferry.  It's only a 30 minute drive after that to the cabin.  So thankful!

Then on the way home... didn't make a peep the whole time.  Seriously.

We had fun.. but it was cold.  -10 the morning we left.  Molly stayed inside most of the time, but J and I were able to go for a 25 mile snowmobile ride.

The best thing about DI?  Is that our cell phones won't work :)

Bible Study

We're baaaaaaaack.

It felt so good to be back to Wednesday night.  But this is going to be heavy.  And good.

I may have to make sure I have enough points for a glass of wine every Wednesday from this day out :)

Video Monitor.

This thing is enough to make a girl panic.

Molly goes in a sleep sack that swaddles at night.  She can't get her arms out and sleeps really well because of it.

But lately she's started to move around the crib.  I call it her caterpiller move.  We've never seen it, but she ends up in different positions in the crib than what she started in.

This morning was terrible.  Jonathan wakes up at 6:30 and usually I'm half awake then.  I'll check her in the monitor, roll over and try to get a little bit more rest.

But not today.

Girlfriend was not in the monitor at all.  I ran to the other side of the house with a pit in my stomach.  She, of course, was fine.  She had caterpillered all the way to the corner where we couldn't see her on the monitor.  She was just sleeping away all peaceful like.

I could have used a drink.

I love the monitor, and now I hate the monitor :)

Snow.

Snow is super pretty, but I hate it when it affects my plans.

I had a wonderful night with a few girlfriends planned, and the weather got in the way.  One friend was able to come but the others couldn't make it for various reasons due to the weather.

I had a blast with the one friend, but I cannot wait to reschedule and make time with the group.

Wine is necessary for all of us sometimes :)

Dimmer Switches.

They drive me nuts.  This house is full of them.

Full Force the lights are too bright most of the time... but when they are dimmed the lights make the worst noise ever... just a horrible dull humming noise.

Such is life :)

On another note- I had a wonderful birthday.  Jonathan and I had a dinner of my Dads Eggrolls and my favorite wine with a glass of Tequila Rose for dessert.  We weren't going to do any gifts, but he got us tickets to go to Miranda Lambert and arranged Molly to go to his parents for the night.  A much needed break coming up.  The concert is just in Lansing, but it'll be nice for Molly to spend time with her grandparents.

Birthday

My birthday is tomorrow... no big deal.  Hit the big 3.0. last year so I don't feel like there is much need to really think about this day... Jonathan will be leaving for the weekend, we're not doing gifts anyways... just another day :)

But one thing I do love about birthdays is the cards in the mail.  Often from friends who live out of town, parents and grandparents.  The best thing about them?  Often they come with money!  The Grandparents, not the friends, no pressure :)

But here's my question.  Most of the time I get this money and put it in the bank because it's a check.  Do I end up actually spending the money on myself?  Probably not... it gets lost in the shuffle.

This year I'm going to make an effort to spend my birthday money on me.  It doesn't equal enough to go on a shopping spree in Chicago, but it would cover a nice pair of boots or jeans, or even a coat.  Money that I shouldn't feel guilty about spending... it's for me.  That's the whole intention.

Now to find the time to actually go shopping.....

Back at it or Just starting....

Ok.. here we go.

I'll start blogging.  I mean really blogging.  Facebook is great, Instagram is great.... but I feel like I need a place to be able to really share what's going on in our lives.

I had a friend complain to me that I post too many pictures of my daughter on Facebook.  It makes her feel bad because she hasn't been able to have children of her own yet.  It breaks my heart.  I don't want to be insensitive...but at the same time I want to be able to share what is going on in my life and share this wonderful part of it.

And on the flip side I have friends that ask me to post more pictures because they don't think I do enough :)  Here's one from our last upload... Moose is showing off her really pretty hair :)

Ok... Tomorrow's another day.... More pictures to follow.... more stories about how this little person is ruling my life and how I'll do my best to take control back!  :)