Friday, December 18, 2009

IN HONOR OF MY GRANDMA

One thing I remember most about my Grandma Snyder's house at Christmastime is all of the candy she had lying around. She had these glass hollow Christmas trees that she used to fill with M&M's, Reeces Peanut Butter Cups, Nestle & Butterfingers in the shape of bells. I loved that! So I was so excited when I was shopping the day after Christmas last year & found one! It was only like .75 cents so I had to buy it! Nathan of course rolled his eyes because it's not like I need another decoration, & he's a tightwad, & not so much into Christmas or very sentimental so he doesn't understand that kind of stuff. But I don't think he complained when he found it out like this:

In fact, I think he was thankful for it because those M&M's were gone within days. (We all helped eat them - I can't blame it all on Nathan!) Gracie asked who ate all the M&M's & I said "Daddy" (he actually ate the last one & it was found sitting next to his chair) so now every time Cassidy sees it she says "Uh-oh, MM Daddy!" It is so cute!

So, now I have a little something that I can look at & be reminded of my Grandma. She had all of these sweet little traditions, especially at Christmas, that I miss so this is a nice reminder of her!

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

WOW - IT HAS BEEN TOO LONG!

I don't know how many people care but I feel really bad for not keeping this updated! If I think I'm busy now I bet I'll think this was calm in a few months! What - you haven't heard? Gracie & Cassidy have some news for you!



That's right, we are expecting Baby Bale #3 in April. We are very excited & honestly, I'm a little scared - I get overwhelmed with these 2 monkeys running around! The pregnancy has been good so far - I wasn't as sick this time so it was a nice 1st trimester. It has definitely been a different pregnancy so far but I still think we are having another girl. Nathan & I don't mind what we have. A boy would be fun but the idea scares me - I don't know anything about boys!

We have already had the ultrasound & everything looks great. We didn't find out what we are having & surprisingly this time I begged Nathan to let me. I loved not knowing with the other two, but this time it is driving me crazy! Nathan said we could find out if I didn't tell anybody - yeah right!




So we'll see what these next few months bring for us. We are looking forward to sometime around April 23, 2010