Oh What a Beautiful Day

Last week we got nearly a foot of snow on Monday, but by the weekend we had one of those unexpectedly warm days, getting to 60 degrees by 10 am! What a great early spring day to be outside. Just a reminder that spring is really just around the corner. We had some projects to work on that day, but we managed to get all four of us out for a bike ride just after breakfast as well as a long walk later in the evening. I enjoy the winter, but only if there's lots of snow. If we're not going to have any good storms it might as well be warm so we can play outside!


No coat, but Abi still needed her mittens to fill her sprinkling can with with what was left of the snow. It didn't take long for it to melt.


Two days earlier you would have seen our snow-family right behind JD.

Firewood

Abi discovered an exciting new playground today. Actually it's a playground that just keeps getting larger and larger with all the wood that keeps coming! She determined that one side was the ladder and the other side was the "slide". Thankfully she had her boots and snowpants on considering how wet the wood was.

Newest Cousin

Here he is, now one month old, Jesse Matthias. Contrary to our beliefs, he wasn't named after any of the family's occupations (see Jan 12).

Just a little bit of a size difference, but I'm sure it won't last for long.

Uncle Matt, Aunt Joann, Jesse, JD and Abi.
(No JD, Jesse's head is not a new drum to bang on)

movin' -n- cruisin'

JD loves his first set of wheels! He scoots around very quickly now. He's starting to briefly stand by himself for a few seconds and likes to stand up holding on to something. He was sick all last week and yesterday it seemed like he suddenly snapped out of the sickness and back into being a happy, active, crazy baby! Not to mention he is thankfully sleeping through the night again.

Hooray!!

A new little cousin to Abi and JD was born very early this morning at 4:24am. A 7lb 7oz precious boy suprized us by coming close to two weeks before his due date, but we are glad we don't have to wait for him any longer! No name for him yet...maybe Mason, Timber, Merle Earl??? We'll see. Congrats Matt and Joann!

Snowy Day

The best part about playing in the snow is eating the pile of it that you're sitting on!