the injury report

Corrie's new 'do, and a bite mark on her cheek from Children's Church. I guess a girl was trying to help her put away her nap mat.. and Corrie thought she was trying to take it away?
I also got a black eye playing basketball this weekend, so we kind of match.

the 'after' picture

Now, off to the neighborhood snowball fight :)

Christmas time

Corrie wanted to wrap herself the other night. We had some USP student council people over and she played in the box that our t-shirts came in..
Last night was the USP staff holiday party. The air/wind chill must've been under 20! She discovered peanut M&Ms :) and got to unwrap whit-elephant presents.

Today we played outside in the snow - snow shovel rides, snow angels, and of course eating it. Video to come later. Tonight we need to finish the tree. It's up, but just has lights - no ornaments yet. Carrie's fam was supposed to be here today, but they had to turn around because of the roads :( Happy birthday, Tod!
Carrie's nesting, I think, with her bag packed and asking me to haul the bassinet upstairs :) She had an appointment Fri. morning and she's dilated 1cm, everything normal. She even got a tour of the place.

We're listening to a nice Christmas playlist at http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/mini.cgi?membername=planetmike&tm=4860

by the numbers

Our move went well, and we're settling in and unpacking.

Trees transplanted: 5
Things that didn't fit up the stairs: 1
Trips up and down the stairs: 42
Leaves to play in: 3,928
Leaves yet to fall: 7,301
Choc. chip oatmeal cookies made: 48
Days since I've really shaved: Unknown

Below: Oliver playing in the leaves, and Corrie playing in the hole left by transplanting a Dogwood.

house, update

We put an official offer on this one:Hopefully my posting it on the blog isn't jinxing them.
Stay tuned!