A visit from Momo and Mop

Momo and Mop came to see us for a few days and we had so much fun! Maddie started off the mornings catching up with the business news with Mop. Then spent the rest of the day enjoying the extra attention. I always love seeing them, but this time their timing was perfect because Miss Maddie has gone on a sleeping strike. She takes little cat naps and wakes up a LOT during the night, so we're exhausted. Momo and Mop babysat while I slept in and took a few naps myself! We were sad to see them go, but the count down is on until our next trip to TX. We'll be down in just a week and a half! YEAH!

Watching TV with Mop

Learning the latest news about our nations housing market.

After her intense business studies, Momo lightened the mood.

Our First "BIG" Snow and the DEMO mode!

Yesterday we were supposed to get our first big snow; they were predicting 1-3" of accumulation but we only ended up with about an 1/8". What a bummer! It was pretty to watch, though, and as a bonus it snowed all day today, too. So in order to properly capture the moment I got Maddie all bundled up in her super cute hat and mittens and stuck her out in the snow, in her car seat with a blanket of course, and started clicking away. Much later when I was playing with my super cool new camera inside, I suddenly realized that it kept saying "Demo Mode." Duh! No camera card! With every other camera I've ever operated, they don't actually let you take pictures without the card. Live and learn. At least this wasn't some super special, one of kind moment we can never get back. So, I stuffed Maddie back into her outdoor wear, made sure we had a card, and tried again! If you look close, you can see the flakes.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Everyone! We got to ring in the New Year with our amazing friends, Jen and Rogelio! They drove all the way from Houston in inclement weather to spend the holiday with us, surely rescuing me from being depressed over our lack of local friends! We had a great time eating, drinking, being merry, and enjoying some seriously competive games! Just in case anyone is keeping count, and I am, that would make Jen and Rogelio visiting us in TN - 3, some other people reading this blog - 0!!

The Group Shot - Counting it Down!

Jen and Maddie counting down to 2010.

Rogelio and Maddie in 2010!

We had little snow around dawn on Saturday. Why were we up at dawn, you ask? John and Rogelio were attemping to go fishing, but as you might guess from the weather, it was a little on the cold side!