Blizzard!

We've been under a blizzard warning all day! They estimate that up to a foot of new snow has fallen today- to add to to the 10 or 11 inches that was already on the ground! Brad shoveled our walk twice today to give Baggins a place to go potty (our house being an undesirable location for such behavior) and the snow had drifted in places up to about 3 feet! They say the temps may fall below zero tonight with wind chills between 10 and 30 below!

We're always up for company! :)

Since the weather was so repressive today, we spent the day holed up in our nice warm house with a fire in the fireplace. I think I would go stir crazy if every day were like this, but every once in awhile it's nice to just stay in. We feasted on a turkey we had leftover from the pre-Thanksgiving sales and took lots of pictures just for the fun of it.

Brad made this fun video so that you can see some of what little Carolyn has been up to lately. She's got so much to say now!


Yesterday while we were having exploration time in the hall, she discovered the vent and had a grand old time making noise with her fingers on it like a harp.
Here she is today- glad to be nice and toasty warm inside!
She's been making this face a lot lately because her bottom two teeth are coming in more and she feels the need to check them out with her tongue.

Speaking of teething, the first of Carolyn's top teeth is coming in and seems to be causing her considerable discomfort. So we have been trying to soothe the pain a bit and today I tried to give Carolyn frozen banana spears... she wasn't a huge fan at first, but later decided they weren't so bad.
We have been having all kinds of trouble with solid food lately because it seems that after the first bite or two, Carolyn wants no part of eating unless she can be the one to hold the spoon! Of course she's not yet coordinated enough to successfully feed herself- but we hate to squash her independent spirit, so each meal is pretty much a big mess. :)