Addison loves snow!

John took the video so some of it is a little rocky. Hope you enjoy! Addison sure did!

It Snowed!!!!

I cannot believe it!! The weatherman was actually right!! It Snowed! It has not snowed as long as John and I have known each other. So, of course, we took Addison to play in it!! She loved it!! We had trouble getting her to come in even though her hands were sort of frostbitten. We are not prepared in the McPhillips Household for snow. I was the only one who had gloves. John ended up wearing work gloves to build the snowman. 

Our Snowman!

John hitting me with a snowball( Yes, he is in his pajama pants!)

I Did It!!

I finally figured out how to load video on here!! So here is a little clip of the girls this morning!

Right Here Waiting...

John brought it my attention that he doesn't like my posts that don't give him at least a full paragraph of praise and admiration. As you can tell, my husband is a modest person. Aside from his apparent Richard Marx obsession, he really is an awesome guy. Here are some of the reasons that I love him, or I may love him in spite of all of these reasons. I'm not quite sure yet. 

1) He LOVES Alabama football. More than me. His Crimson Tide is number 1 in his heart. Most evenings are spent on message boards. I learned very early on in our relationship not to talk during clips in ESPN. You will get shushed. 

2) He knows more about cars than the people selling them. Seriously. It bothers him that the people selling the cars don't know every single thing that is included in a certain package. He really loves BMW's though.

3) He knows anything and everything about home theatre and home audio equipment. ( I am starting to notice a pattern about John and his obsessions, I mean, interests.)

4) He is a HUGE gossip. More so than most women.

5) He loves to cruise as a vacation and would probably go on at least once a year if I liked it. Which I don't. 

6) He is very dependable. 

7) He hates when people don't return his phone calls in a reasonable amount of time. 

8) He is very punctual and doesn't like it when people are late.

9) He hates to read books and doesn't understand why I like it so much.

10) He loves movies. Sometimes, he even likes a chick flick. 

11) He loves Chinese food and mexican. 

12) He worries about his weight. 

13) He gave himself the nickname Philly-fied in college. 

14) His sense of humor rivals a 12 year old boy. Fart jokes are his very favorite.  No wonder he gets along with my nephews so well.

15) He hates the sand but loves going to the beach.

16) I think he would  crawl over hot coals for his daughters.

17) He loves Apple products.

18) He can nap like a cat.

19) He is a people person.

20) He is very protective of my girlfriends.

21) I think he would have a Star Wars bedroom if he could.

22) He has fabulous legs. 

23) He goes to bed early, and will opening fall asleep on people's couches if we are over there too late.

24) He was Paul Finebaum's Top 5 caller of the year. And he is actually very proud of it. 

25) He spoils me entirely too much, but you will NEVER hear me complain.

Here's to you Philly!! An entire post all to yourself! Don't say I don't love you!

Oh Apple, You are Clever!

Sarah and I had a much needed girls night out on Tuesday. Did we go club hopping, you might ask? Perhaps, just a night out with some cocktails and good conversation? Guess again! Our nerdy selves went to the Apple Store in Huntsville to go to an iPhoto workshop. Any of you who know me, know I am a Mac advocate. I sing it's praises everywhere! It never ceases to amaze me. I am always learning something new. Since the new iLife just came out, there were several new updates to the software. Sam was our very helpful Mac Genius. He taught us lots of new things. Sarah took two pages worth of notes to prove it. 

After the iPhoto class, they were going to do an iMovie class, which I really wanted to do, but Sarah wanted to eat. She also had some questions about getting her website up and running, so she was referred to the manager, who also has websites. Kris, a very nice boy did a mini-iMovie class for me. I am in love with iMovie. It is the greatest invention. EVER. Anyway, I kept overhearing little snippets of Sarah's conversation with the Manager. Since I cannot remember his name, we'll call him Matt. Well, Matt apparently has several online businesses. He was talking about how well advertised some domains are and informed Sarah that if she ever googled kegerator that his site would be one of the top three to pop up. Umm... I will get right on that! You never know when you'll need a good kegerator for your next work party, or in Sarah's case, breast feeding support group. 

To end the night, we ate at PF Changs, which was delicious. I devoured my Kung Pao Chicken, since I am giving up meat for Lent. It was delicious. Oh, I will miss you, Kung Pao Chicken. We will meet again soon, so you can burn my taste buds off with your spicy-ness. 

Not Me! Monday

First off,  I would like to talk about The Oscars. Hugh. Jackman. Did. The. BEST. Opening. Act. EVER!! I actually enjoyed the Oscars this year. Not because I actually saw any of the movies or heard of them, but because it was entertaining and not drab. Was Beyonce lipsyncing? Honestly, that was BAD! And Daniel Craig, I know you might be James Bond and all, and you are quite the piece of eye candy, but you are not one with the telePrompter. Were you mad to be at the Oscars? Or do you just not have a personality? You might want to work on that, though. That's all I'm sayin'. Of course, we know I am here to talk fashion on the Red Carpet. Didn't you get that memo? The one about me being the fashion police? No? Well, I am. Kate Winslet look fabulous as usual, except for her hair. I'm not sure what was up with that. Halle Berry was beautiful as always. I'm not really sure what was up with Jennifer Anniston's braid, but she looked pretty too. I refuse to talk about Angelina Jolie, except that, I wish she would cover up her tatoos. They make me nauseous. Anne Hathaway always knows how to work a red carpet. But my very favorite was Marissa Tomei(spelling?). Her dress was absolutely gorgeous!!! Her her was fabulous. She looked radiant. Even if she didn't win. Now, some bad ones that stick out in my mind are Sophia Loren and Jessica Biel. Sophia, I loved the belt thing going on, but fringe? On your sleeves? No Thanks. Mark that down as a don't. Jessica, it looked like you had a paper sack as a top. Not a good look. 

Anyway, I am taking a note from Sarah and going to do a Not Me! Monday. These things certainly did not take place in my household this week.

1. I certainly did not fight my 2 year old daughter over her princess trash can on Wednesday when John and I were deathly ill. Not Me!

2. And I certainly did not fight John over going to the doctor because we couldn't stop throwing up and I did not vomit in the doctor's office while she was taking my blood pressure. Not Me!

3. I have NEVER uttered the phrase, "Addison, please stop straddling Trixie, she is a dog, not a horse." Not Me!

4. I did not strap Claire in her carseat and drive around for 30 minutes before a shower on Saturday so she would fall asleep. Not Me!

5. And last, but not least, I did not ask Addison, "Please don't put Cinderella in the microwave, I don't think she will appreciate it." Not ME!!

Have a good Monday, y'all. 

And It Begins...

I have just encountered my first of many fights over clothes. My little Addison INSISTED on dressing herself. Thank goodness, she isn't insisting on picking out the clothes, just putting them on. She has never done that before. So, we started with the pants. Seems easy enough. WRONG!! It was a lot of crying and screaming,"NO!", tantrums and shoving hands away.

 And Addison was worse. She wasn't grasping the concept of " You put your leg in one at a time through the big hole at the top." It was either both legs in one hole, or she was trying to go in through the feet holes. Anyway, she only hit her head once in one of her famous, throw-the-head-back tantrums. 

Then, it was on to the shirt. The first shirt was one with a hood. I quickly decided that that shirt probably wasn't the best to start with and switched the just a plain t-shirt. The arms only came out of the neck hole 3 times. YEA!! The shirt is on backwards, but even some battles are too big for me. She was going to attempt socks, but quickly handed those over, because, Hey, I guess she figured her work was done. Or maybe it's because she has the attention span of, well,a two-year-old. 

Anyway, I feel that there are many a long mornings ahead of me.