Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Snow Day!

So apparently I needed to put a post up.

We had a big snow last week. Not a super huge snow, but big enough to put the city in gridlock. Magy went to pick-up Jacob from the babysitter and me from the metro at 4 PM and we got home at about 8. The babysitter is 2.7 miles from our house and the metro stop is on the way. And we never did actually make it to our house. We had to leave the car in the lot of a park and walk the rest of the way home because traffic was gridlocked on our street. That was about half a mile with me trying to keep Jacob clutched inside my jacket and him screaming at the top of his lungs and crying. It was snowing like mad and by the time we got home my little nose hairs were caking up with snowflakes.

Not a fun drive home. (I may have shouted a few choice words during that little walk too.)

And then the power went out from 9PM to 3AM.

Welcome to DC!!! We woke up the next morning and I began the walk back to find the car and try to get it home. I shoveled snow and ice for 3 hours Thursday morning trying to get the car home and getting our sidewalks cleaned up. But the baby was OK. He didn't seem phased the next day. We took him out around lunch and shot some pictures of him in his new snow suit that he got from Grammy and Grampa. Here's some pics of our front yard the morning after and some fun pics with Jacob. He'll never know what what kind of hell we went though this week. It's probably for the best!

He is walking a lot now, but couldn't get his legs in the snow. So he just scampered everywhere on his hands and knees.

Don't drink and drive

You might spill your milk! This is a little car that Grammy got a few weeks ago. A little walk is a great way to get him mellowed out a little.

He had his 9 month appointment last week and was 22 lbs, 3 oz and 30.5" long. He's about a pound heavier and a half inch longer than I was at that age. He's gonna be big! Also, he's got 6 teeth now - 4 on top and 2 on the bottom. And we think he might have some more coming in somewhere because his drooling has really ramped up in the last few days.

Open the Door, Get on the floor

Everybody walk the Dinosaur!

He's not walking yet, but he sure is trying.

You gnome it's Halloween

Just a little garden gnome family ready for some trick or treats!

Fall Fun

We've had a fun couple of weeks in Coweta. Last week we went to the County Fair and he got to check out the livestock.

He enjoyed the pigs.

But the sheep, mmmm, not so much.

This week Coweta is having its annual Fall Festival. Last night was wristband night (apparently "the" night to go) and he got to ride his first carnival ride. He had a good time on the Merry Go Round.

Aside from that, he's changed a lot too in the last few weeks. He's got two bottom front teeth and is starting to eat like a little person.

He likes his rice mum mums quite a bit.

and being lazy on the couch with dad

And he's mobile now too. The kid is crawling EVERYWHERE. The same day that he started crawling all over the place he also pulled himself up in his crib.

It's been an eventful two weeks. Everyday few days now he's doing something new. He'll probably be waling before too long!

Go Horns!

judging by the score it looks like the Horns need a little support right now