Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!  I hope everyone had a great day yesterday.  We had a very nice day with my parents and sister.  The kids really enjoyed all the fun new things they got, and Peyton got to experience her very first snow.  We got about 3 inches of the white stuff before it stopped falling late yesterday afternoon.  Justin had to go back to work today but was able to sleep in this morning and go into work a little later thanks to the snow.  Texas doesn't exactly have to deal with this very often so we depend mostly on the sun to help make driving conditions better.  It has already started to melt today but by tomorrow with a high of 50 degrees in the forecast the snow will be a distant memory by tomorrow night. 
 
Christmas eve day since my parents were in town we had the opportunity to go out and get some family pictures.  I was so excited with how everything went and we got some great shots of the four of us.  We even got one with everyone looking at the camera!  I have put off getting our family picture taken for a while now and I think its because I was scared.  I kept thinking that the whole process would be to difficult for Jack to handle.  Would we be able to get Jack to sit still and/or look would he even look at the camera.  Would we spend the entire session chasing after him or would he have a meltdown...I could go on but will spare you my crazy mothering woes.  I still haven't gotten over all my fears when it comes to hiring a professional photographer for a family photo shoot, but I am very happy at how our armature session went.  We have a really good camera and with all the technology available I have been able to play around with our pictures and I think they look pretty good :-)
 
Today we got out of the house for a quick trip to Wal-Mart (the one with a McDonald's inside) and me, Jack and Stacey had some lunch and picked up a few random items, while my mother stayed at home with Peyton so she could nap.  We also did a little cookie decorating with Peyton this afternoon which she had a blast doing.  I am trying to pump myself up for tomorrow because it is day one of Potty Train.  I have been  preparing myself by talking with Jack's teachers and ABA therapist who has set up a very specific plan for us to follow so I am trying to remain positive.  I will be sure to keep everyone posted on his progress.  I hope everyone has a great rest of the week!