SNOW much fun!

For Meghan's birthday party, we took a small group of her friends to Snow Mountain. Stone Mountain Park turned a portion of their park into a winter haven for kids. The girls enjoyed snow tubing, snowman building, snowball target practice, and sledding. It was loads of fun!

One crazy crew...

Renee, Lauren, Allie, Aubrey, Hannah, Alex, and Meghan

Kevin and Andy give the girls a BIG push!
Snow angels...

Snow tubing! This was probably the most fun for the girls. After a fairly long line up the "mountain," the girls tubed down an "enormous" hill! This is Meghan at the end of her ride...

Going up the "mountain," we were able to ride a conveyer belt. These girls don't look like they're having fun, do they?

The girls, as well as Kevin, Andy and I, had an absolute ball!

15 Months Old... Enough Said!

Recently, I've found myself saying, "He's 15 months," an awful lot. That's really all I have to say.

Why does he think it's funny to run away from me as fast as he can the second I put him down in a public place? Because he's 15 months old.

Why does he find it necessary to feed Sampson half of every meal?

Because he's 15 months old.

Why does he find it amusing to hide the remote control in any piece of pottery he can find around the house?

Because he's 15 months old.

Why does he enjoy getting into the pantry to find a bag of chips, take them into the office, open the bag, pour the bag all over the floor and proceed to snack on the chips?

Because he's 15 months old.

Cooper is 15 months old. Enough said.

The Best Valentine Ever

Eight years ago today, Kevin and I were blessed with the best Valentine ever... Meghan! She was actually due on Valentine's Day, and I was scheduled to be induced on that day. Not for any other reason than the fact that my doctor was headed on vacation the next day, and I wanted him to deliver her. Meghan obviously wanted to be a Valentine's baby, as I went into labor naturally early that morning. We arrived at the hospital at 5:30 AM. I was already dilated to 6 cm, so they gave me my epideral. (After some harsh words from Kevin. The car ride to the hospital was not a pleasant one, as I was having contractions every three minutes.) The epideral slowed me down, and actually allowed me to take a quick power nap. Around 11:45 AM, my nurse told me to start pushing. I pushed two times, and she then shouted, "Stop!" Meghan was ready, but my doctor was in the next room performing a c-section. He arrived about 10 minutes later, I gave one more good push, and Meghan was born at 12:05 PM. She weighed 7 lbs, 5 ounces and was 20 inches long.

My pregnancy was easy, the birth was easy, and Meghan has been a pretty easy kid ever since.

Happy birthday, Meghan! You make our world a better place. We love you!

This is actually the 2nd birthday celebration of three. The first was at school yesterday. For today, her actual birthday, Meghan had a friend sleep over. Here, we celebrated with a Dairy Queen ice cream cake.

(Notice Cooper... he must be having flashbacks of his own birthday party!)

Meghan's third birthday celebration will be next weekend with a group of friends. We are headed to Snow Mountain. (Stone Mountain... with snow for snow tubing, snowman building, and snowball fights... every Georgia kids' winter dream!) I will be sure to post pictures from that one!