Let's Play Pass the Cold!

So the cold season is here and in full force already. I hate colds! Not that most people like them, but I truly loathe them. I would rather get the stomach flu (Okay maybe not) than a cold with a runny nose. I am one of those lucky people that when I get sick, I usually only get a little sick (minor aches, minor sore throat and a full blown runny nose) but I am sick for about a week or 2. But I am not so sick that I can't function on a day to day basis. My husband on the other hand is truly blessed with when he gets sick, he gets really sick and has to take a day off of work, but after 24 or 48 hours he is in perfect health again.

Well now that we have a little one we are playing the game "Pass the Cold". The end of September, both Mike and I got colds and we stayed home from work (I wasn't working, but he was) and as much as we tried Little Peanut got it too. Her first cold ever. Stuffy nose and congestion, she was over it in a week, I had it for 2, and the cough for 3. Now here it is again. Her first week in daycare and she gets a cold from one of the kids or workers, I should have expected it, but didn't think it would happen so fast. And try as I might, after her sneezing on me all weekend long I am now run down with the cold.

Luckily it's just a sore throat, a little feeling of being run down and a headache and that's it. She is now over her cold already (so I think she is more like her father than me, thank goodness) but I have it. So I am HOPING and praying that I don't give it to Mike, or pass it back to Gabby and play this game all over again. Not a game I want to keep playing.

I'm Grateful for....

I was driving to work the other day - Tuesday and there was fresh ice on all the trees and it was gorgeous! I wish I had my camera so I could have stopped to take a picture of it. But this morning it was sort of the same, except just foggy. But for some reason I got this grateful feeling that came over me. I am not sure what it was, but it made me want to write some things down.

I am Grateful for....

   My husband! Who cleans up the tuna pan from last night's dinner because it was going to make me yack if I did it....Who loves me even though I feel like crap right now and feel that I look like crap right now...Who tells me I am beautiful despite the ever growing acne on my face and funny walk I have when I sit on the couch too long because my back hurts :)

   My wonderful Puppy! Who drives me crazy when she only has to go outside once during the day, but 7 times within 4 hours at night (Because she wants to find the mouse living outside our house). Who almost got away this morning because she wanted to chase a squirrel in our neighbors yard in a tree. Who sits next to me at night and keeps me warm when Mike is working. Who tries to eat my yarn from the project I am working on for peanut.

   My awesome group of Friends and Family! Who are super excited for us for this little life we are bringing into the world. For my Cousin Jenny who is excited for us, even though she is going through her own struggles right now (I LOVE YOU!).

   My Job..which I am lucky to have, although sometimes I wish I could just become a stay at home Mom.

   My Little Peanut - Who although he/she is only the size of a quarter right now has already filled my heart with so much love that I am not sure if it can fit anymore. And who I am super excited to meet and while I am super nervous about becoming a mom, I can't wait for the next 7 months to get over with so I can meet this little one.

There is plenty more - I am grateful for my relationship with my husband and how over the past few years it's only gotten stronger...and we are better people and have a better relationship and right now I am the happiest in my life that I have ever been.

What is everyone else grateful for?

P.S. I didn't take this picture, this was taken in St. Paul by someone on the internet :)

Our First Big Snow Fall

Today was our first big snowfall of the year....and it came very very late. We got a few inches in October, but nothing major. Tonight it took me 1/2 hour to get home from work - doesn't sound like a lot of extra time, but it was double. I was pretty lucky, as was Mike, most people had a 1 to 2 + hour drive home. 

Thank Goodness we live close to work. To the left is a picture of Mac out in the yard playing in the snow. She loves this time of year and I am sure she is excited that the snow is finally here!!

Little Peanut, I can't wait for you to see the snow next year. While I hate driving in it, and I don't like the cold all that much, I really love how the snow looks in on the lawn. How the yards look. It's so peaceful and pretty to watch the snow come down and brings back so many memories growing up.