Snow and other random stuff

This is Meredith in her new Princess nightgown that she got for her birthday! She LOVES it and has worn it nearly non-stop the last two days. She HAS taken it off to put on warm clothes so she could go outside to play in the snow.

This morning we awoke to a beautiful landscape of SNOW! REALLY! We haven't had a good snow for several years, so we are all quite excited around here. The girls have been out sledding and enjoying the sunshine. (Sun and Snow--no better combination, well, except for sun and sand maybe!)

We went to Mississippi this past weekend to see our friends and to go to the youth rally at their church. The youth rally is really just the excuse to go see them! :-) We celebrated Jenna's 15th birthday while we were there and Meredith's 4th birthday was the day after we got back. We haven't actually had birthday cake yet--that's coming on Sunday when all the grandparents come over to celebrate. Hard to believe Jenna is 15! Time goes way to fast!

I've decided that I'm not a very good blogger! Once a month isn't working very well. I feel like I should "catch you up" on my life, but there's really too much to say to do that--so then I don't write at all! :-)

I went to the ENT Doc today and was diagnosed with LPR Reflux. This is a type of acid reflux that effects the throat and voice box/vocal chords. I've had a scratchy throat and voice since I lost my voice completely back in Oct. And I have a granuloma on my vocal chords. Treatment--acid reducers, and from what I'm reading online, possibly vocal rest. The Doc didn't say I HAD to have vocal rest, but it keeps coming up in my research, so I"m thinking that it would probably be a good thing for me to do, but I'm also thinking that vocal rest will be pretty hard for me! How can Matthew understand that Mommy won't talk to him???? And singing--Singing is such a big part of my life! It's what I do when I am happy, when I am sad, when I'm lonely, when I'm excited, when I'm filled with thanksgiving--All the time! So much of the time, it's my communication with God! This could prove to be rather difficult.

Until next time--whenever that might be.....