Baby It's Cold Outside!! Our first snowfall!!

Wow!!! Is it cold outside or what?!?!?! Just last week it was like 75 degrees here in Raymore, we are south of Kansas City, MO. And now it's....maybe 15 degrees....suppose to drop down to maybe 2 degrees overnight. Yesterday it rained, then turned to freezing rain....and today it started snowing!! Which I love!!! I just don't enjoy the ice that is under the snow!!! The news channels down here predict anywhere from 15 inches to 24 inches by tomorrow at noon!!! I can't wait!!! Lucy, our dog, has already been outside to play around in it. I can't wait until tomorrow, Chuck has tomorrow off, so I can go outside with Lucy and kick some snow around with her!!! She Loves it too!!! And she can stand it a little bit longer so she really enjoys it, plus we now have a backyard that is fenced in, so she can run free!!! Last year she was so tiny when we had our first snowfall that she looked like a lil bunny hopping through the 14 inches of snow on the ground. I'll dig up some pictures.

Lucy on Dec. 8th 2005....her first snow romp

Ready to go inside, lil puppies can only handle so much.

Our First snowfall this year.

So yes, winter is here, I just wonder how long the snow will actually stay on the ground, usually it'll melt within 3 days or so, but I think it might last a little bit longer this year. It's also so cold, that I went out to get the mail (we share a big box with the whole block) and it was frozen shut!! So i can't even get our mail, I'll have to try to catch the mailwoman (yes we have a mailwoman) tomorrow so she can just hand it to me.

Our Turkey Day was pretty good. We weren't able to go home this year like we normally do, b/c Chuck had to work the holiday weekend. However my mother and sister came down and spent Wed, Thursday and Friday with Allison and I. Chuck picked up some extra shifts so he only got to see them on Wednesday night and then Turkey Day night for our "lil Thanksgiving Dinner" We had chicken....not turkey. Which is okay. It was just.....different being away from home( mom and dads) this Holiday. Which makes Christmas even more special this year b/c we'll get to see everyone.

On the downside, we received some not so great news about 10 days ago....Chuck grandpa (Gramps) Palmer fell at home and broke some ribs so he's in a "home" is Sioux City (leeds actually) right now trying to get better. He has Ahlzheimers and Parkinsons Disease(spelling) so falling like that and breaking ribs is NOT GOOD!! They will keep him in the home until his ribs heal and to make sure he doesn't get pnemonia. Anyhow, we are praying for a speedy recovery and hoping that he is able to come home soon.

Well that's really all I have for now, Allison is still growing, I'll add a picture of her too!! She's getting more beautiful everyday and is really recognizing my face and her daddy's. She had her first talk on the phone over Thanksgiving...she talked to Grandpa Heisterkamp on Grandma's cell phone....I guess we are starting her young! HEHE!! She is also starting to "talk" she'll respond to your voice...turning her head to look at you, and she'll watch your mouth so carefully and try to copy what you are doing, sounding out the ooos and ahhhs....and whoo whoo. It's so cute! Here's Allison in her "Mrs. Clause" outfit that Grandma Jen bought her....not sure if it will fit her when Christmas finally gets here, so we thought we'd take pictures of her in it before we can't get it over her head. HEHE.

Well again, that's all for now! For those of you getting snow...enjoy it...it makes everything look so beautiful...a winter wonderland......and bundle up....cuz....baby it's cold outside!!!