Sunday, January 25, 2009

The Rest of January...

Here I go again... trying to catch up on our blog. I know it would be much easier to do it incrementally, but I haven't been successful with that approach lately. We had another incredible Maine winter - lots and lots of snow! We got outside to sled and ski as much as possible, and we also enjoyed about five snow days!

In late January, we made our annual trek down to camp in the winter. Due to some construction happening down at the lake, the top half of the road was actually plowed. We lucked out, because the second half of the trek was a real trudge.

Leah had lots of fun sledding down, as did Erik skiing! For the trip up, Erik skied with Leah in a pack, which we figured was fair as I was already carrying the other two!

All looked great at camp, and visiting on such a chilly day had us imagining how much fun it will be to return during much warmer summer days with the whole gang!


Here is Leah helping to make Powerful Pancakes to start off one of our snow days together. She absolutely loves to help out in the kitchen, whether it is setting the table, cooking, or washing dishes (really playing at the sink...)!

Finally, here is a photo of my growing belly. The photo was taken on January 21st and I was 23.5 weeks along.


Saturday, January 10, 2009

A Musical Birthday Bash

Leah had lots of fun with so many of her buddies at her Musical Birthday Bash!
Ring Around the Rosie and a parade (with drums, maracas, a triangle, etc.) through the living room, hallway, kitchen and dining room were our attempts at "organized events." It was pretty funny with 2 year olds!

Along with a variety of other snacks, we celebrated with chocolate cupcakes and carrot cupcakes. Yummy!

We also covered the dining room floor with paper for coloring. It served as a catch-all for crumbs, too! Payson and Leah were pretty goofy together - jumping all around and copying each other. I love Leah's adoring look in this photo.

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Oh Boy, Oh Boy!!!

As many of you know, our little family is growing at quite a rate. On November 6, 2008 we learned that we are expecting not one, but TWO babies in April or May!!! Just before we left for the holidays, on December 18, 2008, we learned that Leah and I are going to be totally outnumbered - two boys are on the way! For whatever reason, they call them Baby 1 and Baby 2 (instead of A and B) these days. Anyway, here are some stats:

Baby 1 - on my left side, currently head down, and first out (if I can avoid a C-section)
13 ounces as of 1/2/09

Baby 2 - on my right side, currently breech (but still with lots of room to move around)
1 pound and 1 ounce as of 1/2/09

Here are some profile images of the little guys.

Baby 1 (above)
Baby 2 (below)