10 on Tuesday

I hope I can make 10 today!  I haven't really picked up the camera this past week because I've been so busy with other things.  But we had snow yesterday and I managed to snap a few....

1.  Boy did we ever have snow.  About 4 inches of it.  Of course Miss C thought Santa was going to come again.  We rarely get snow in these parts of town, but it's managed to snow 3 or 4 times this year.  Each time I dread the old, "is Santa coming today?!" question.  She gets so excited, I just hate to burst her bubble.  By the way, she's been telling me that she's going to ask Santa for roller skates next year.  I guess Santa forgot this year.  What was Santa thinking?!  Well this mama just couldn't let my little buddy be disappointed anymore and decided she needed her roller skates.  She got them today during an outing at Toys R Us and hasn't taken them off since.

2.  And the snow pictures

They tolerated it much more than last time.  It still took Little J awhile to warm up to it.

3.  We were out in the snow at 7:30 that morning building a frosty the snowman.  Here is Miss C having her own little conversation with him.

Finally, giving him a hug

She kept checking on him all day yesterday and today making sure he didn't melt.  I think it's supposed to really warm up tomorrow, so we'll probably have to say goodbye to him.  Let's hope we don't see snow again until next winter!

4.  Little J has been saying Miss C's name (instead of just calling her sissy).  He pronounces it exactly the way she pronounced her name when she was first learning to say it.  It's not the easiest one for kids to learn.  So it's funny that they mispronounce it the same way.

5.  So I've been proofing the newborn session I did with my friend the other day.  Usually I try to go through all the photographs and jot down my favorites and then go back and edit those favorites.  When I came across this photo, I thought it was kind of cool because this little one loves to stretch and kick up those feet all the time.  It wasn't one of my favorites right off the bat, but I'd figured I proof it anyway because I kind of liked it.  

While I was taking the pictures, my friend and I would talk about random things.  For some reason, we started talking about how mom's feel when they have babies and how it's not always love at first sight (and how no one ever tells you that is totally normal).  That happened with my kids.  It took some time before I really felt the bond with them.  My friend shared that it was almost immediate with this little one because while they were in the hospital there was a little scare with the baby's blood sugar.  Miss R couldn't regulate it on her own in the beginning and ended up having to stay an extra night in the hospital.  My friend said that having something like this happen to your child really kicks in that maternal bond.

So while I was proofing this picture, I happen to notice that if you look closely you can see two little prick marks on her heels (click on the pic if you really want to inspect it!).  I just love how this photograph represents something so special.  Now it's one of my favorites :)

6.  And I think I'll end here.  Here's my 52 Weeks photo.  Not the best, I'll admit.  But hey, it was 7:30 in the morning and I barely had time for one cup of coffee before the kids dragged us outside.  So cut me a little slack, will ya?