New year, new endeavors....

Our family is growing by two feet!!!! In September we will welcome a new baby to our home. Madeleine is a very excited big sis - to be! She was able to see the baby's heartbeat on the ultrasound and has taken to talking to the baby everyday.


The pictures from this month and the snow will look eerily family to last month. Yet again, Oklahoma has been hit by a major winter storm. We took on a couple inches of ice and about 6 inches of snow. To our friends up north this doesn't sound impressive, but when you live someplace they never see snow, it poses quite a problem. Luckily in round two they have figured out a better plan for clearing main roads. Unfortunately that doesn't include my neighborhood. We were iced/ snowed in a good 5 days, but finally ventured out today. There are some pretty impressive icicles that pose a deadly threat if you walk under them. This go round Madeleine was able to go out and enjoy the snow. As for Jolie, she has missed the snow since we left Connecticut.


We had to say goodbye to the DellPenta matriarch earlier this month. Grandma Rita will be missed, but will live on through the lives of her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. I have so many wonderful memories of visiting with them in New York. She always had a smile and warm hello (unless she got the answering machine). We will miss her but we know she is with God and watching over us and blessing our family always.

Christmas Break

As if tornadoes and earthquakes weren't enough, Oklahoma decided to add another disasterous event to the list- a blizzard! We received about 8 hours straight of snow and blowing winds of 40-50 miles an hour. I have made a note to myself that next year there will be no prayers for a white Christmas. After all, a white Christmas isn't all its cracked up to be when you plan a drive from Oklahoma City to Houston on Christmas Day.

Keeping warm during the Blizzard '09!
Madd and I set out on the road for what turned out to be the worst road trip of my life. After an hour of driving, Madd and I had made it about 30 miles from home only to have Madd inform me "I have Daddy's keys"!! I wanted to scream. We went home, dropped off the keys and started out again. The roads went from pretty good to horribly bad quite quickly because Oklahoma apparently does not own and cannot borrow a snow plow. I did learn to drive in winter weather during our tour in New England, but I guess it helps if the state is prepared for 14 inches of snow. We did make it to Houston after about 10 1/2 hours in the car.


We behaved ourselves all year and Santa made a stop to our house on Christmas Eve- blizzard and all.


Our time with family at home in Texas was wonderful. We had three other "rounds" of Christmas with some really great gifts.


I love this picture of my sweet girl- She loves some Tiffany's already! She really is a girl after my own heart.


We enjoyed seeing how much Jameson has grown and cuddling with him to so much!

Maddie had so much fun playing with her cousin Blake at Nanny Trudi's house. Nanny's house is always full of playtime and snacks that mommy won't let her have.

I hope everyone's holiday was also fun and family-packed! Have a great month, friends.
HUGS!