The calm after the storm

Now that's had a chance to recover (really?) from the second blizzard, I wanted to take some pictures to remember just how much snow we really got. Although I'm not sure I will forget any time soon.

They are calling for a mere 6 to 12 inches tomorrow night. No problem.

Throwing up the white flag - but who would see it??

So it's miserable. Totally horrible. You know when you look at the local map while watching the news and you see a small band that seems to get hit the hardest and you think ... "oh those poor people, I feel sorry for them". Well we are those people. THIRTY more inches? Really? And wind gusts of 40mph? 83 is totally shut down. Is this even possible? Maybe it's all a bad dream and I will wake up tomorrow to sunny skies, green grass and tulips blooming?

Karen, Holly - you guys ok over there? Even my southern readers? Anyone else miserable?

Blizzard #2

Well we made it through another blizzard. The unofficial measurement at our house was 28 inches. And while we prepare for more snow the middle of this week, here are some pictures from Friday and Saturday.


This was Natalie on Friday night. Child labor laws? What? I didn't see anything .

Saturday morning when I opened our front door. Daisy ran out about 3 steps and then came back in (and drug all the snow with her).

Our cars. It was SO fun to clean them off.

All bundled up and ready to go outside.

We left Danny in the doorway to protect him from the snow that was still coming down.

Greg, Natalie and Wrigs ventured out for a walk. They tried to walk in some old tire tracks where it wasn't as deep. When Natalie decided to be brave and venture outside of them, she fell and couldn't get up. Greg had to hold her up by her hood. Wish I had been there with my camera.

Daisy was trapped in the garage. She eventually just held her breath and ran through it.

Wrigley didn't seem to mind it. Of course he is much taller so he could still get around.

Today we are going to stay in and try to rest our sore muscles. We may need them come Wednesday.

No news is good news

I have nothing new to report, but I do have a cute new pic.

Another snowstorm is on the way. Maybe tomorrow we will have some outside pictures. If I never see another snowflake again it will be too soon, but it's already started and we are under a winter storm watch. I guess Punxsutawney Phil was right. He saw his shadow today so six more weeks of winter.

Baby Laughs

We finally got Danny's giggles on video the other night. He has a cute little laugh. I need to work on recording him and Natalie together. She starts tickling him -- he starts laughing -- which makes her laugh -- which makes him laugh harder. It's a riot.

5 Months

Today Danny is 5 months old. 5 months? Really? I know I say it every month, but time seems like it's flying. On the other hand, I can't believe he's only been with us for 5 months. It just seems like he's been here forever. He babbles nonstop and is constantly putting his hands in his mouth and covered in drool. I've checked for signs of teeth, but see none. I'm sure they will just pop thru one day. He can now also roll over from tummy to back, and then back over to his tummy again. He's a great sleeper with an occasional waking during the night.

This one was taken just as he was getting ready to roll.

And here is Natalie at almost 5 years old. She LOVES her Barbie house. Santa did good this year. She continues to mother Danny and is constantly making him laugh. She loves to help with bathing, picking out clothes and getting diapers. She's an excellent big sister.

And some business to tend to -- in an effort to be fair, I would like to acknowledge that Pittsburgh did beat the Ravens in their last meeting. Unfortunately this wasn't enough and the Steelers have started their winter break early while the Ravens are in Week 2 of the playoffs. I was accused of being one sided by a certain Steeler fan's blog, so hopefully this should clear it up.

Progress

Well, it's been over two weeks since Wrigley joined our family and we're making progress. Daisy now tolerates him and they've even been caught laying side by side. Not spooning yet, but I don't think that is far off.

I caught them playing just a bit. Not quite the way that Buddy and Daisy used to wrestle all the time, but this was a big step.

I was amazed that I was able to get 2 kids AND 2 dogs ALL looking at the camera AT THE SAME TIME!

I wasn't able to get in the picture myself with the dogs, so I settled for just a picture of me with the kids.

p.s. GO RAVENS!