Does anyone else, like me, have weeks on end when things are just horribly "off"?  Our family was without power for 4 days one week due to the ice storm that roared through the Midwest, without Internet service for a couple of weeks due to something going bad in our phone line, and then a few days before Christmas, I got sick--and I'm still struggling to recover.  The kids have been catching it one by one as well.  Everything is behind and backed up.  My "new year" didn't ring in as happily as I had hoped!!  But I suppose it's not as bad as it could be!!!

Our news....

     I am officially a grandma!!!  Baby Silas was born on December 20th at 3:47am.  He weighed in at 7 lbs 5 oz and measured out at 19 inches.  Stevie and Hannah couldn't be happier!!!  In a few weeks they will be moving back here for  a while (6 months to a year) and I will be able to hold him in my arms and welcome him into our crazy family.  The little girls will be in baby heaven.  Everyone is very excited.

1 day old

I had decided not to make New Year's resolutions this year but I do hope to be able to blog more often than I have been able to these last few months.