Love this time of year!

Today is one of the greatest days of the year....SNOW DAY! You read correctly. Today is a snow day. Today is one of the greatest perks to being a teacher. I'd be lying if I wasn't just as, or more excited than my students at the possibility of today being a snow day. I am spending today hanging with my two favorite people in the whole world, boxing up our stuff, and searching for the lost ipad :( 

Our big move into our new house is next Saturday! We close on the house Monday. Monday night, you'll find us painting our house. We will not be wasting any time between closing and moving day. So if you find yourself free on Saturday, December 14 and want to do some heavy lifting, let me know. We would love the extra help :) 

We've done lots of shopping for the house for necessities. Ted seems to think this one is a necessity. What do you think? 

Jackson is 9 months old!!! It is absolutely crazy how fast this year has gone. I felt like the first several weeks of his life were the longest weeks of my life. And now here I am, 9 months later. Crazy!! It definitely feels surreal. It feels like it was a dream or someone else was going through it. Anyway, he's 9 months old and on the move! He's crawling (not army crawling) all over the place!! One minute he's in the living room. The next minute, he's stuck in between chairs under the dining room table. He also has two bottom teeth that have popped through. He got teeth much earlier than Lucy. Her teeth did not come in until 11 months. His arrived a few months earlier. 

We spent our Thanksgiving in Athens with my family. We had so much fun! We ate, and played, and ate, and played some more, and shopped, and ate even more. It was more about the quality time with family than anything else. This year has taught us how very precious life is and how very important your loved ones are. We are not taking any of that granted. We are very thankful!! 

Addie, Lucy, & Gaga made a Thanksgiving wreath 

We finally have a kids table for Thanksgiving dinner :) 

Lucy with Aunt Teri and her cousin Quinnie...and of course 

Phil in the background photo-bombing

Addie and Jackson playing

Lucy and Quinnie, with a little photo-bombing Jackson in the background. 

I'm starting to think my family loves doing this :) 

On the way home from Athens, we met my family in Columbus at the zoo for Wild Lights. They were really good. The kids were all bundled up looking at Christmas lights and the animals. Lucy cried on the way out because she wanted to see "more animals". Maybe crying is an understatement. Ok. She screamed all the way out for "MORE ANIMALS!!!" 

Group shot

Hard to believe that Christmas will be here in a few short weeks. I hope you've got all/most of your shopping done. We're trying to get ours finished before we move. Not quite sure that's going to happen. 2013 will come to a close and we'll welcome 2014 with open arms! 

We wish you the Merriest Christmas 

and the Happiest New Year!! 

Lots of Love, 

Ted, Amanda, Lucy, & Jackson Schwieterman