Other snow pictures

It continued snowing most of the day yesterday; by the end of the day, we around 2 inches, maybe a bit more. Overnight, we accumulated at least another inch. Behold, actual snow that stuck around longer than an hour:

Yesterday afternoon, Husband and Jeric went out and built a small snowman on a big rock in our front yard:

This morning we got the news that church had been cancelled except for the first hour, but we still didn't feel safe to go (it's a 40-minute drive). It's been hovering around 30 degrees all morning, so nothing has melted yet, but my computer says the high for the day is 40, so it might not stick around too much longer! We shall see...

Winter!

The most snow we've had all winter long, and it's all fallen in the last hour or so. It's almost nothing, but Jeric is quite excited! We might have to go out and play a bit later on. This picture is taken looking out my back door toward my landlord's house.

February 2012

Obviously the most exciting thing that happened in February was Rosebud's birth. I found a post I wrote that day but never published and added some pictures to it and back-published it yesterday; it can be found here. And in case you missed it, here is a link to her birth story. (I think it's a pretty good one!)

Here are some other pictures from that month.

Daddy getting Rosebud dressed to go home from the birth center. She was probably 3.5-4 hours old here.  

The next several are from the day Rosebud was born, after we got home.

Snuggling with Grandma. 

Grandpa kisses.  

Cousin Kiera. 

Cousin Lathen. 

Aunt Joni (who was very much not wanting to be pregnant anymore, since BOTH her pregnant relatives had given birth that same day).

Two days old. 

Two days old. 

Two days old, and proof that 9-lb babies don't ever fit in newborn-size clothes (I had been given quite a few N outfits from ladies at church, so I changed her outfit several times a day for the first few days, just so I could say she'd worn them all. Ha.)

Jumping on Mom and Dad's bed (sheets were being washed; he loves the memory foam mattress pad). 

Two days postpartum! And still feeling great :) 

Wrestling. 

And sword-fighting. 

Nene snuggles. (I never recorded this here, somehow, but Jeric wasn't able to say "Granny" when he was younger (under two), so he said Nene [pronounced like "knee-knee"] instead and it stuck.)

Peeking at Papa through one eye.

With Aunt Anna. Four days old. 

Napping. Four days old.

Jeric fell asleep in the car when we were running some errands, so they both took a little nap when we got home.

Sister kisses; Rosebud is 5 days old.

Jeric and Grandma. 

 Six days old and bright-eyed.

Resting on Mommy; 8 days old.

I didn't put her hood over her eyes like that, but I thought it was hilarious when we got home and I saw it. 

Sandwich. 

Propped; 10 days old.

Rosebud and her cousin (in utero here and here). Rosebud was 11 days old, and baby D was 1 day old. (Pardon the hole in my jeans; I was 11 days postpartum and my old ripped play-on-the-floor-with-the-kids jeans were the only ones that fit.) 

Jeric's "tiny snowman" -- the only time all winter that it snowed enough to do even this much.

What Rosebud did while Jeric was playing in the snow. 

In the snow with Papa. 

One of Jeric's Christmas presents last year was the Little People Nativity Set. One day all the people/animal pieces disappeared (the stable and other "scenery" pieces were still on the shelf). It was several days before we found them...in Husband's sock drawer!

And the verdict is...

Kristen had asked if I was feeling one way or the other before the ultrasound. At the very beginning, I was kind-of-sort-of thinking girl, but the further along I got the more I was thinking boy. Husband really really really wanted a boy and kept insisting that that's what it was.

The vote was pretty well split, though. Up until last night it was showing girl slightly ahead, but the final results are 21 for boy and 18 for girl.

Before I tell you what it is, there are more important things...like the baby's health...and I've got good news there! Everything is looking perfectly normal and healthy. The baby is measuring a few days behind schedule, but that's not a big deal.

I've got my ultrasound pictures, but they'll have to wait to be posted later when I can get to a scanner.

So, have I driven you crazy yet? (Some of you probably skipped down to this part to begin with, I'm sure.) Well, looks like we're having a boy! The ultrasound tech said she was sure, but she did have a hard time getting a good picture of it. Anyways, we're pretty excited. Husband is thrilled...he got just what he wanted!

As for names (Jenilee asked), we do have a list of names that we like. We're lucky that we agree about most names. All the names on the list are very traditional, and many are biblical. We probably won't give him a definite name until he's born, though.

Although, there is one definite in this area: If he's born on 5 September, we'll name him after his uncle and his daddy, because that's their birthday, too.



And before I go, I thought you might like to see a picture I took from my balcony today:

Ugh.