A Bit O' Blizzard

I guess this little spring blizzard we're having is somewhat unexpected. The forcast called for snow, but I wasn't expecting this! When we got up this morning there was only a small amount of snow...but then it started snowing really hard and we easily got 3" in an hour. It's continued snowing pretty hard all morning and lately the wind picked up too so it's pretty nasty out! Greg had gone to work, but after getting Caroline fed and dressed for daycare, I had decided it wasn't worth trying to go out in this mess so I was going to stay home (today was supposed to be a work day for me). I called her daycare to say we wouldn't be coming and it turns out that they decided to close - so today's her first snow day! Later on, my company sent out a message urging everyone to go home ASAP. And Greg's on his way home now...his company decided to close down at noon. I think there's about 9" on our patio table right now, though I'm not about to bust out a ruler to check for sure. I think the first thing Greg will do when he gets home is shovel the driveway. And then I'm sure we'll need to do another pass later on. This storm is supposed to last until tomorrow morning. I'm lighting the pilot on the gas fireplace in the living room just in case we'd lose power! Luckily, when we do lose power around here it's not usually for more than a few hours.

Here's a picture I took about an hour ago. The pile on the table has grown even more since then! I have some pretty purple flowers and grape hyacinths near the patio that are under that snow somewhere. I do hope they survive!

In stark constrast to the weather here today, we had a wonderful weekend with temperatures of almost 80 degrees! So we took the wee one out for a walk both days. We put her in her Belle Baby Carrier, which she has grown into recently, and she enjoyed being able to face out and look around. This picture was from Saturday...it actually started to sprinkle so we cut our walk short. But not before we were able to go over to our little playground here in our neighborhood and do some swinging! On Sunday we went for a longer walk around the lake and Caroline happily drooled all over the carrier as she took in the scenery.

Here is a breakfast burp over the weekend. I love these strawberry PJs! And see the quilt behind me on the couch? Caroline LOVES to stare at the star that you see there with the orange flowers, and there's one beside it with little kids on it. It's hilarious how much she likes looking at them. Every time she eats she laughs at the quilt. She just smiles and coos and babbles at them...it's very silly. She really likes looking at things with interesting patterns these days.

Here's Caroline hanging out with her moose toy while mom makes pancakes on Sunday. Grandma Mary got her this outfit from Gymboree (the pants are a Target add-on since it was cold), and it just so happens that I already had the matching socks for this outfit! They're striped like the shirt. Go figure. Gotta love Gymboree clearance sales!

And last but not least, here is a video of Caroline having some tummy time. She's getting so strong! Just a couple of weeks ago she struggled with getting her head off the ground when she was on her stomach, and now she can not only hold up her head, but push up with her arms too! Last week she rolled over at daycare...from her back to her belly. And yesterday when I had her on her tummy she rolled over to her back! She just dropped that shoulder and rolled on over. Greg missed it of course because he was at work, and she hasn't done it since, but I think she will soon. She's making quick progress! I took a couple of videos of her this morning on her tummy...hoping that in one she might roll over and I could capture it on video! But no such luck...