-13

Thats the temp this morning.....and it rained ice all night long. Can you believe we have school today? I seriously cant. I wish we lived in Miami!

Carson Cader

Here he is.....little Carson Cader. My baby brother and his wife brought this tiny bundle of joy into all of our lives on December 8th. He weighed in at 8lbs 2oz and 21 3/4 inches. He is absolutely perfect and I am so proud of both of them. I promise to cuddle, kiss and spoil him with everything that his Mom and Dad wont let him have or do. I will also have tons of great stories for him about his Daddy when he gets a little older. His Uncle and cousins are busy trying to figure out who he looks like and are aching for the day that he is a little older and can join in with all of the high jinx that boys get into. In the mean time I am counting the days down to go home and meet him. Welcome to this world baby boy.....it's a great one.
My Mom proud Grandma for the third time. If we keep this up we will have our own football team when its all said and done.




Carson rocking his Georgia Tech gear......maybe one day he will be a hell of an engineer



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BRRRRRR

It's freezing here. OMG I cant even find words to describe it. It's the type of cold weather that one only thinks that exists in cartoons...you know what I am talking....you have all seen the animated cartoon walk outside and instantly freeze and fall to pieces. That's life here in the lovely state of Illinois. I still find it surreal that we are here. I wonder when we leave what I will say about this time in my life....I know one of the phrases I will say is "IT WAS COLD". Right now it is 23 and snowing. Last year the snow was so amazing. I thought that it was so pretty and to tell you the truth it just dazzled me to bits when it started to gently fall...when it started coming down hard I was like a kid in a candy store just waiting to have the chance to go outside....today I am dreading the shoveling that will have to be done in the morning. If anyone can bottle up some sunny heat please send it my way....

Have I Mentioned.....

....how hard it is to go back to work after having 5 days off to laze around and do absolutely nothing but hang out with your family and friends. When the alarm went off this morning I wanted to smash it with a sledgehammer. Especially since it snowed all day yesterday and through the night. It has been snowing all day today as well. I am no longer enthralled by the soft, white, sparkly blanket that covers the ground and just about everything else....nope, not at all it just means more slush and ice to deal with after the sun goes away. I believe that I am a southerner at heart....I was born on a tropical island you know....this whole cold thing does not agree with me at all.

Another thing I was not prepared for is the fact that it is December 1st already!!!! OMG I have so much to do and so very little time. We have birthday and Christmas parties galore not to mention the usual day to day occurrences. But looking to the bright side I should be an Aunt again in about 7 days.

Well I better run and try to get at least a couple of things crossed off of my to-do list.