Arctic Blast

Winter has begun for us! We were in shorts on Wednesday as the weather was in the upper 70's. Well this morning we dropped to 30 degrees! We had snow falling all day. I took the girls out after I picked up Page from school. Emma wasn't thrilled with being out there, but Page was pretty excited. The first thing she asked was "where are the snow balls?" I thought that was so funny! She then picked up some of the snow and told me "this tastes just like ice!" We were only outside for about 5 minutes because Emma was pulling off her gloves and pulling at her coat.

The New Kitchen

Nonna and Poppy got the girls a new kitchen for the playroom. The are having a lot of fun playing with the new set. We had to rearrange the play room in order to fit the kitchen it is so big!

Apple Pie

Here are the girls making apple pie with my mom. Page is waiting for a paper towel to clean her hands and Emma is thrilled to have her hands dirty!

Happy Thanksgiving

My next door neighbor left this in our mailbox yesterday and it made me smile, so I thought I would share it with all of you. I hope everyone has a wonderful and thankful Thanksgiving Day!

'Twas the night before Thanksgiving, I just couldn't sleep
I tried counting backwards, I tried counting sheep.
The leftovers beckoned - the dark meat and white
But I fought the temptation with al of my might
Tossing and turning with anticipation
The thought of a snack became infatuation.
So, I raced to the kitchen, flung open the door
And gazed at the fridge, full of goodies galore.
I gobbled up turkey and buttered potatoes,
Pickles and carrots, beans and tomatoes.
I felt myself swelling so plump and so round,
'Til all of a sudden I rose off the ground.
I crashed through the ceiling, floating into the sky
With a mouth full of pudding and a handful of pie.
But, I managed to yell as I soared past the trees...
Happy eating to all - pass the cranberries please.
May your stuffing be tasty, may your turkey be plump,
May your potatoes and gravy have nary a lump,
May your yams be delicious, may your pies take the prize,
May your Thanksgiving dinner stay off of your thighs,
May your Thanksgiving be blessed!

Major Book Fetish

Okay, the real story.

Two weeks ago I decided to go down to a local computer store to pick up a few titles from the clearance section. While checking out several $0.99 books rang up as $0.10 items. When I went home I told Kerri, "Getting some books, even if they cost me $0.10 a piece and are out of date, is still a great investment." So, Sunday rolled around and I returned with family in tow. I filled up a grocery cart with, what I later learned to be 41 books, and headed to check out. At the check out the floor manager came up to me and said, "I've approved it with my manager, we're just going to give these to you. We're throwing them away tonight." Over $1,500 worth of books for the price of gas to the store.

The other Steele...Will

We are Still Here

I haven't been posting because all of our pictures are on a computer that we can not get hooked up to the internet! What a frustration. If Time Warner Cable ever moves to your area let me be the first to recommend satellite television. We are working on getting the Kodak software on Will's computer, but even that is a nightmare and my husband works with computers al day long! So, when that task gets fixed, I have tons of pictures to share.

I have been undergoing some blood tests and have an answer to my recurrent miscarriages, 4 total now. I have a rare blood disorder called PSD. My body is not making enough of Protein S which causes me to develop blood clots. Very small ones but big enough to cause problems for the babies. Some people are asymptomatic but others can start developing problems as early as in utero! I will be seeing a hematologist to discuss this more, but any of you nurses or nurses husbands who happen to be doctors, i.e. Adam, please feel free to tell me what you know. There is very little information out there.

We now have all of the parts to finish Page's princess room! Poppy paintedher room pink while they were visiting and hung some border, but we ran out an have been waiting fo rit to come in. She loves her room so much that she frequently tells us in the morning that different people or animals have come into her room at night to pray with her and to tell her how pretty her princess room is. It is hysterical to hear and see her tell these stories. She uses a lot of hand motions to really elaborate the point. The most common animals are water buffaloes and owls. (The water buffalo comes from a silly song on Veggie Tales, it is not completely random.) Also, everyone that comes to the house is invited by Page into her princess room to see how pretty it is. Upon entering she does some ballerina moves and twirls around until she falls on her bottom. (She only refers to her room as the "princess" room.)

A Little Late

Emma's 1 year portraits came in a lttle late. We had them taken while we were in Baton Rouge our last visit. Here are two of the portraits. Sorry for the big white spaces, I don't really know how to use our scanner and Will is still working!