I didn't realize how exhausted I was yesterday until we sat down in the living room at 7pm... I thought I was going to pass out. Jeff said let's go down stairs for an hour... I could not get up, and definitely couldn't carry one of the kids down there. We put the kids to bed, and I went to bed too. And good thing I did. Steph was up from 2am-4am. Garfield bothered us from 4am-430am, and of course Jess woke up at 7am, and I had to get my butt going at 730am, Steph was getting up and SIL was coming over at 8am.

Enjoyed the visit with SIL. She made carmel and chocolate covered pretzels with Jessica. I took lots of cute pics, of course. They are to die for. You take a big pretzel stick (make a snake out of carmel) and wrap it around the pretzel. Dip it in chocolate. (she built a pretzel holder, so the pretzels can stand up right to dry) and then dip it again. They got fancy at the end with red & pink chocolate... drizzling it on top. I love them. SIL made them at christmastime. I just thought, oh... chocolate covered pretzels... but when you bite in and taste the carmel, mmmmmm.

The kids had fun with Daddy out in the snow before dinner. Jon gets frustrated he can't grab much with his gloves, and can't walk in deep snow. But they had fun. I leaned out the back door and took a few pics, but it was snowing so hard, you see lots of the snow falling in the picture.

Today went by fast. I didn't get what I wanted to get done, but there is always tomorrow! I woke up with sore arms and chest, and couldn't imagine why. I forgot I was lifting Steph up in the air a million times making her laugh. I'd stop once in a while to wipe her face... I didn't want drool all over me, hahaha. She was laughing and laughing.

Lately she's been staying awake from 4pm to 8pm (lots of stimulation needed, but with two older siblings, that isn't a problem). You'd think that would help her sleep longer. I gave her tylenol & orajel tonight... maybe that's the problem, who knows. It's all a guessing game!

We got tons of fruit baby food from his Mom for christmas. So I told Jeff to buy veggies today. He comes home with turkey & veg., chicken & veg., etc. Hello, she's 5 months... not 9 months, it's not time for meats yet. So, hopefully the roads aren't bad tomorrow, and we can go get some carrots, peas, green beans, squash, sweet potato... I didn't know I had to spell it out to him, but I guess I do!!!!!