And Soon There Will Be More...

Drumroll-The biggest family news of the year is that we will be having a baby-due July 9th. We just told the kids about it this weekend. D gave the cutest sheepish grin and O just kept playing with the puppy. That day, D and I had some cute conversations.

D-"How big is the baby?"
Me-"About this big"-showing him with the distance between my index finger and thumb
D-"What if she was this big, from the wall to the window, you would not be able to carry her" again with the sheepish grin

Me-"Do you want a brother or a sister?"
D-"I want a baby sister. No, it doesn't matter."

As I was putting him to bed that night, "I love you mommy and I love you baby (as he pats my belly gently)."

We have a doppler that we rented to listen to the baby's heartbeat throughout the pregnancy and now that I have shown it to the boys, we listen every night at their request. O has even started talking to my belly without any prompting. It is quite cute.

Christmas Day and our new puppy

So, wasn't this last couple of weeks interesting weather wise? We had more time at home than we were expecting and all got some cabin fever. On Tuesday, we spent a seven hour round trip drive to pick up our xmas puppy for the boys. A drive which under normal conditions should have taken 2 hours. A wonderful friend of ours drove us to get her in the horrible driving conditions. The boys were very cute when they saw her. D said, "Is that for us?" in a very sweet voice. They have enjoyed her, but the puppy training is going to be a challenge for us with no experience. Hopefully we get through it okay. On Christmas day, it took us about an hour to just get across town to my parents house between the chain falling off and the walk back to get it and parking 1/4 mile from their house and walking the rest of the way with all our snow gear on. But, despite the weather, it was a nice christmas and one we won't forget. I'm just happy today that we can easily leave our house again.

And more snow

I keep thinking that I am done with pictures of the snow, but here are some more from today.This is usually O's face after 10 minutes outside. He's ready to come in.
This is D actually standing in the snow. That's how deep the snow really is at our house!
Trying to build a snow fort/tunnel.

Can't Believe The Snow!

I can't believe that I am saying this, but I am actually tired of the snow. When I'm only used to about 1 day of snow at a time usually, over a week seems like forever. While I have lived where there was snow on the ground for 6 months at a time, this area is not as prepared for this type of weather. So, today we will again spend the day at home. Maybe it is good for me to try to learn and relax and enjoy what comes my way!

All Day Project

Today is D's birthday. We have been snowed in for days now, so I decided to give him a present that I had been planning to wait a year or 2 to give to him. But, we all needed something to do. Good idea, right? Wrong. After my husband and I switched back and forth and spent hours on the project that was suppose to entertain the boys instead of causing fights between them and crying, we have finally just finished. Of course, the boys are now sound asleep. Ahhhhhhhh.... To at least make it worthwhile, here is a picture of the lego Ferris wheel that does actually work!

AND snow some more...

I can't believe how much snow we have gotten this week. I think the boys are actually getting bored of the snow. I had to drag them outside today. And, it's suppose to keep coming!




Don't worry, we had the always important hot chocolate after playing in the snow today.

Let It Snow

I waited all day for it to snow and it finally came around 4pm. We played in it for a while, but the wind was awfully chilly!

Sweet Moment