What a difference a week makes!

So it's been about a week since it's snowed here. Actually last week it DID snow here. Yesterday we were invited to a picnic at the Arboretum with some of the neighborhood gals. There were about 6 of us who went. It was a great impromptu get together and we've discussed making it a standing Tuesday event to get the kids together (and socialize as mommies, too).

Of the 6 of us, 2 have recent babies and older sibs, 3 of us are pg with #2, and one is done with kiddos for now. This is a great support group for us mommies who are starting all over again with a newborn.

We were actually able to fly a kite!! The weather was AWESOME!! Here's D and I in action; you can really see my baby bump popping out!




The Valentine's party was pretty cute, not a whole lot to do, but they did have a bouncehouse which kept D busy. He also made Daddy a valentine's card and was so proud of himself! I should really take a photo of it for my Project Life book.

Mommy has Bunco tonight so Dominic and Daddy will have a guy's night tonight. I'm so glad they get to spend some time together, just the boys. Maybe they will work on sister's closet some more. They're really close to finishing, they just have to nail in the shelves and get the rods up. Then I can start hanging up all those tiny little clothes and the reality of a little girl may start to sink in finally.

Rushed to make a post

So, Dominic has been sleeping for a little over an hour and I'm now on what I call "borrowed time" - the magical time in which he could wake at any moment. I am always assured a good hour nap, any moment over is simply due to the stars' alignment.

Here are some photos from the snow storm we had last week. Blogger is finally being nice again and letting me post pictures.







This week is a BUSY week for us. We have something on the calendar everyday this week. Monday we have a Valentine's party with the neighborhood group, Tuesday is a playdate, Wednesday we are meeting S and B at the mall, Thursday we have a Meetup charity event and Friday is another playdate! Phew!!

I have some photos of little sister's room but they will have to wait; I want to put together a storyboard of these as the room progresses!

Well, that was my fast recap! Off to nibble on the chocolate chip cookies we made earlier!!

February snow days

We've been holed up inside for 5 days now. First we had a tremendous ice storm blow through that paralyzed the city, then the lowest temps we've seen in a very long time (15 degrees???). Friday we got 5" of snow piled up atop the icy roads and still we stayed inside. It was too cold to play outside for longer than 10 minutes at a time.

This morning we've got a bit of a reprieve: we managed to stay outside in the elements for a good hour with Dad and Annabelle, making two snowmen, a family of snow angels (complete with one for baby sister) and got some fresh air in our lungs! What fun!!

The batteries to the camera died but I did manage to capture some photos from over the course of the 5 day hibernation. At the moment blogger is not allowing me to upload photos so I'll have to try again later.

I've also got pictures of the baby's room and how we are preparing for her arrival.