From snow to Ice...

The Seattle area has never seen an ice storm like this. I was snowing/frozen rain to ice balls (different than hail,) all day. Over 100,000 people are without power because of down trees due to the weight of the ice on the branches. Luckily we still have power, and have Andrew's dad here for the night because he lost power at his house.

the back of my car (every car looks like this all the way around!)


Our beautiful Japanese maple all iced over


a lone spider web strand, looks like one of those pop-beads I played with as a little girl!


The trees on our street and nice and small!

SNOWMAGEDON 2012

(video's at the bottom of this post)

~Round 1, we just got a dusting and black ice; enough to cancel school. Only to have a day similar to a sunny spring day; can you say disappointing and frustrated.

~Abbey's first snow!


~and why have a hot tub if you can't go in it during a snow storm!


~waiting for the next snow storm



~Round 2
School was called off before 5pm the night before, without a single snowflake in the air. The projection was record snow fall in the entire western Washington region. we could see anywhere from 3-12 inches of snow. Before Andrew and I went to bed we noticed what looked more like rain covering the street and cars. We were awaken to 3 inches and two very excited boys! Our snow total is 5 inchs, that may not seem like much, but 1: we are very close to the water and 2: we are very close to sea level. So for us to get any snow is a miracle!

the kiddos:


one of our peony pots:


Eric's snow ball:


Enjoying my kiddos in the snow:


Our little snow bear:




Sledding:


Triangle park in Milton!





Abbey's first sledding


the boys sledding


Andrew sled-boarding?

Two video's!

This video is Abbey saying "up" more, but it's not very clear! (Sunday)


This video you can hear her clearly say "up" at 39-40 seconds! (Monday)
Abbey came down with a cold late Sunday night, so she looks sickly~

Friendship Award...

Eric came home from school on monday, and thanks to a dear neighbor brought him home from the bus because Abbey was still napping. Eric walked in the door saying "Mom, we have lunch on wednesday with the principle, your suppose to come." In my head I thought "What have you done now?!?" Well, it wasn't what i thought! Eric along with 2 other students in his class were awarded the "Friendship Award!"
It's amazing what a few months can do; some of you know that the school Eric was slotted to attended was over crowed and needed to move 27 students to a whole new school (4 days into the school year.) Eric was one of those students, and he wasn't happy about it. We had a rough couple weeks and had a meeting with his teacher. We all got on the same page and set goals for Eric, and I started helping in the class every other week!
Flash forward to today... I learned he was given the award from his teacher for going above and beyond, to show kindness in the class room and on the play ground! We are very proud to have a little man who cares about others! Eric has always had a great gift at being a good friend!



After lunch I was invited to stay for Eric's recess... Here's what he did! He even beat me at a four square game!

something other than Baabaa...

Stories and proof...

Every night Abbey hears this story and as you can see watching the video she loves it! It happens every night, and yes you read it right every night!




And as I said in and earlier post, I said that Abbey was caught standing but I wasn't quick enough for the camera... Well, not any longer! Insert evil laugh here...

9 months...

Updated: 1/3/12
~WEIGHT: 19.1 lbs (65%) 26 1/2 inchs

~Your sleeping through the night! Bed time is 7:45 (asleep by 8pm) and you wake up around 7am ish (depends on the day!)Even though the last two weeks you have been waking up around 10pm screaming.

~You are down to 4 bottles a day 5-6oz each

~You eat 3 solid meals

~You finally got your first tooth two day ago!

~You are wearing size 3 diaper’s

~You are wearing 6-12m clothing in most brands, but in others your in 12-18m clothing

~You are pulling yourself up on your knees, it's cute to see you peeking over the rails of your crib!

~You have pulled yourself up to standing just once, and just as mommy went to take a picture you sat down!

~You celebrated your first Christmas and New Years. Christmas was all about the lights and the tree for you. New Years you slept.

~You love to talk

~Your smile is infectious

~Your personality has really started to "pop," you are just so sweet!

~Every where we go we are stopped and everyone just cant stop saying “she’s so beautiful!”