Yum, Yum...cheese curls

This is Arianna's favorite snack, cheese curls...just watch the progression:

Just plain tired...

So, I'm not one to usually complain, but I am so stinkin' tired lately. Jason has been super busy lately and Arianna is sick (again). So, she's up all night...meaning I'm up all night. However, in light of this negativity (is that a word?!) I've been thinking of all the things I should be thankful for. So, I've made a list. If you have things you want to add, go for it.
1. My health and my families over all health. Yes, Arianna has an ear infection, but it could be so much worse. I'm thankful that it's curable, and not fatal.
2. My job -- I know that my job is a major cause of my stress (teaching 120 8th graders...how can that be stressful?!) but I"m still thankful. I work with wonderful people, and I"m blessed to have a job in this economy.
3. My family. All of which are wonderful. We are able to lean on one another when we need to and we are there for each other. It's just a huge source of comfort.
4. My friends. All of whom I can call up at any given moment, vent out my frustrations and have their response is "I'm praying for you" and I know that they mean it.

So, thanks for listening (or reading) all my thoughts. Don't worry, I'll get pictures posted soon. Hope you're all doing well.

Sick, again

Yes, Arianna is sick again. On Saturday she was kind of clingy, but I just thought that it was because it was the weekend and I'm with her all day. On Sunday morning, she woke up with a fever (101). So, Tylenol to the rescue. All day, as soon as the medication wore off, her fever would spike. The highest it ever got was 102. Today I took her in to the doctor and she has a double ear infection (yes, another one!) and her tonsils are infected. Which would explain her not eating. The doctor said her throat was probably really sore and gave me some more antibiotics. We go back March 11 for a re-check and hopefully we'll get a referral to an ENT. I'll keep you posted. I'm off to de-germ my house.

President's Day Fun

I had Monday off of school because of President's Day. So, Arianna and I had such fun. First, we went and visited daddy at work...actually we brought him lunch because he "forgot" his. Then, we went to visit Grandma just down the hall and Arianna LOVES Grandma's room because it has a piano. She especially likes it when Grandma plays for her. After our visit to daddy's work we went home and Arianna took a 3 hour nap (that's a record). When she woke up she was in such a good mood she allowed me to play with her hair. This is what happened. God knew what He was doing giving me a little girl. They are just so stinkin' cute! The second one, you really can't see the pig tails, but I thought it was so cute, it needed to be published.

Snow day fun

Things are going well. The other day during one of our many snow days, I made a huge pot of soup. We invited my parents and my grandma over for dinner. It was so fun. I love the fact that Arianna gets to know my grandma. Here is a picture of my dad and grandma reading Arianna a book

Another fun thing we did on our snow day was take Arianna to the local mall where there is a large play area. She LOVED playing on everything. We thought it would really tire her out so she would take a good nap for us...and if she took a good nap, we could nap too (hidden agenda to all parents!) Obviously, it did it's trick...

Lately, Arianna has loved watching Micky Mouse Clubhouse on TV. She really only likes the last minute with the song "Hot Dog, Hot Dog, Hot Diggity Dog" and she dances around the living room...this is what I could catch on video

so sleepy...

Yesterday was my first day back to daycare in quite a while. Arianna had not been to daycare since January 30th...with vacations and snow days it's been a long time since she's seen her friends at daycare. She was so exicted to get there yesterday, it was like I wasn't even there. Miss Kathy told me that she played all morning long and did not stop. She got very tuckered out...this is what happened at lunch. I thought these pictures were very funny. Hopefully you enjoy them too. We just got our new camera, so I'll be posting new pictures soon.

AHHHH

So, Arianna has been up for the last two nights...finally I decided that she needed to see the doctor. Guess what...you're right. Double ear infection AGAIN! So, she's on some stronger medications, we have to go back in 3 weeks to talk about a referral to the ENT. Actually we've been kind of lucky with the timing of this sickness, both Jason and I have had snow days. There is so much stinkin' snow. I hate snow. The only good thing about snow...eventually it melts. As you can tell, I'm a little crabby. No sleep and lots of snow. So, I'm asking for prayers. Pray that Arianna starts to feel better on this medication. Pray that we can get a referral to an ENT and that if she needs tubes, it can be done quickly so she can stop having ear infections. Hope you're all doing well and sleeping! :)

Finally, pictures!

Sorry this has taken so long. Our camera keeps dying. I did mangae to get a few pictures and videos. Hope you enjoy! Arianna has taken a liking to dressing up. She tries to put my shoes and jewelry on. She also loves wearing Jason's hat. It's so cute. And, there's a picture of her, butt up on the air showing off her GAP sweats. I just thought...holy cow, I wish I were that flexible...



On to videos. We've been working on her animal sounds. She usually can do cow, kitty, doggie, snake and monkey. She also knows where her eyes are. However, this is IMPOSSIBLE to catch on tape. I did mangage to get a few.

This next video is of her laughing. She is super tickleish...is that a word?! Anyway, her laughter makes me laugh, hopefully it will bring a smile to your face as well.