Winter Wonderland 2011

This was no storm like "Snowmageddon" 2010, but it did prove for some very good playtime outside!!! However, it did cause the worst traffic havoc in Washington DC history, I do believe. It took me over 9 hours to get home from work on Wednesday afternoon! Let me tell you, that's not fun for a pregnant woman who has to pee every 1/2 hour and had no food or drink with her! So needless to say, I took Thursday and Friday off to spend with the Bug - that is the one drawback to living in the country; the commute is horrible in bad weather! Well, we made up for it on our 2 days off together. We played in the snow, drank hot chocolate, spent some time as a family (it was nice to have all 3 of us home together!) and really enjoyed ourselves. Check out the pictures!!!

They are calling for another storm system to come through this coming week. I say bring it on!!!

Not Much New

Just some good old Daddy Daughter time...


And Daddy and Daughter clowning around!!!

Happy New Year, everyone!

Big Girl on Christmas Night!

Although Quinn potty trained right on time, she never did quite get the overnight holding-it-in thing down. She's been in pull-ups ever since - until about a month ago when she just started either mostly holding it in or occasionally waking up to go potty overnight. She'd wake up in the middle of the night (which NEVER happens) and tell us her pull-up was wet or she'd wake up dry. This was huge!!!

This past week there has been no problem whatsoever - and I told her that I bet Santa would notice she was becoming such a big girl! Well Santa came through, and left her a brand new pack of underwear as a reward. We then opened all of our gifts, and headed to Bill & Suzie's for the evening. When we got home, she went potty one last time and went to bed with her new underwear on - and woke up dry this morning! Mom and Dad are very proud of their not-so-little girl!

I'm a proud girl, and I have my new underwear to show for it!

Big Sister Quinn!

We had the pleasure of telling Quinn is going to be a big sister next summer and she is very excited! Thanks, Pop, for filming while we shared our news with her!

Outdoor Fun

I swear, this video reminds me of something you'd see in a Wile E. Coyote cartoon. Just picture the Roadrunner hiding behind a bush and moving it at will when he needs to change positions... You'll understand after you watch this, I promise!

Seriously?

I swear, I don't know where she gets this from!

Gaver Tree Farm

I love, love, LOVE our new neighborhood! We literally live like a mile down the road from Gaver Tree Farm, where we spent our Saturday afternoon. This place is great! We took a hay ride and picked out pumpkins, jumped on this huge moonbounce "thingy," fed farm animals, ran through a corn maze, and munched on hot pretzels and cheese. It was one of those beautiful Indian Summer days and Quinn and I took full advantage of it.

Pumpkin Picker

The best we could do - not a bad picture!

All sass at the ripe old age of 4...

Check me out, with my new buddy!

We plan on heading back next Saturday evening with several families from our neighborhood. I've never had the pleasure of feeling a sense of community like this since I was 8 years old, living on Taft Road in Michigan. I realize how much "small town life" offers, and am thankful every day that we were able to find this wonderful house in this wonderful town so far away from the Rat Race that is Montgomery County!

YAY US!!!