Friday Footlong Fun

Macie got her first subway sub today! Before now she just got little bites off of mine, but it has gotten to the point where I am getting to eat less than half of my food, so I thought I would get her her own. And my little Buddah ate the whole thing!! Of course, it was a mini, but still, that's quite a bit for such a little girl!

She also showed Grandma and me the proper way to eat a subway sandwich. pull out the cheese and meat, and eat those first, shoving as much as you can into your mouth. Then, after smearing mayonaise all over the counter, your face and anything else you can get your hands on,
you move onto the bread! It was pretty cute, but not as much fun to clean up!

Debbie, Macie's daycare provider, took the day off today, so the original plan was for Mace to come to work with me. But I have had the flu for the past few days and just wasn't able to make it into the church today, so instead we have been bumming around at home. Normally naptime is at 1, but she slept in until almost ten today, so I'm a little worried that I'm not going to be able to get her to take one, and I need one pretty bad!!

We are anxiously waiting for uncle Leeballs to get to town. He could have left yesterday morning before all the snow (and ice down there) hit, but, since he's a stubborn, silly, college student :), he waited until today to head back. And, of course, the roads down there are covered with ice, so that should be a fun little drive for him. Either way, I can't wait to see him, but Macie's not quite as fond of him! For some reason he terrifies her and she really wants nothing to do with him at all when he's home. Hopefully that will change eventually, because i'd like a recent picture of him holding her where she's not screaming her head off!

It's snow cold!

Well, Macie got her first chance to really play in the snow! Last year she was just too little, although I did bundle her up and lay her down in it once to get some pictures. So, yesterday I decided it was the perfect day for her first time playing around in the snow. I had her all bundled up, and the poor girl could hardly walk, she looked like the little boy in A Christmas Story. I got her outside and set her down, ready for her to eat some snow and laugh her head off like most little kids do (don't they?), but insetad she started screaming and crying. I guess she is not a fan of the snow either! However, when I took out my camera, because honestly her throwing a fit was pretty precious and I wanted proof of it, she cheered right up. She sure does love having her pictures taken!

After trying to get her to play for a while, and finally giving up, because I don't really like the cold either, we went inside to play with Great-Grandma and -Grandpa Bierman. She found out that she is pretty spoiled over there as well, so I'm sure we will be making plenty of visits!

That's all that is really going on in our lives right now. I've had a terrible cold for the past couple weeks and just caught the flu tonight, lucky me, so I'm going to attempt to get some rest now, although there's no way that will happen until macie goes to bed... Gotta love being a single mom!

Fresh Start

Ok, so this is my second attempt at a blog. The first one didn't take. lol. Actually, I was doing fairly well, but then my computer broke, and then I got busy, and after that, well I didn't really feel like blogging about my pathetic life at the time! But now things are looking up and Macie and I are going into 2009 with a fresh start (well, hopefully, still waiting for the d to be final), so I thought we would give this blogging business another shot. Hopefully the second time fares better than the first!

We are busy getting ready for Christmas, of course. We have a little two foot tree because my mother, bless her heart, thought that if we had a full-sized tree, Macie would pull it down on top of herself. Are you rolling your eyes? Because I did. So, I went to Kmart and got a little Martha Stewart two foot tree and a strand of 100 lights. Kari didn't think you could put 100 lights on a two foot tree, but I don't think she realized who she was dealing with. So Macie and I decorated the tree- well I decorated, she danced around to "All I Want for Christmas is You" and "Santa Baby". So far I haven't had any trouble keeping her out of the presents or away from the ornaments, which proves my point that my mom is crazy. :) love you mom! Also, if you take a look under the tree, I think it is evident that Christmas has now become 'Macie Day', because her gifts outnumber everyone elses by at least 4 to 1.

Macie now gets to join the divorced kids club and enjoy about a hundered different Christmases, just like Lee and I did growing up. We have our Christmas with my mom, Lee, John and his boys on Sunday, then we'll have Christmas with Lee, my dad, Teri and the girls on Christmas Eve. Christmas Day she has Christmas with her dad and the Gum's, and then he has her the weekend after so who knows what her plans will be. Just wait until the re-marriages start (if they ever do, not sure if either one of us believes in marriage anymore!!).

Anyway, we hope you have a safe and fun Christmas and New Year's this year!