Snow

We have some snow here today and it's lots of fun to see. Yesterday we got just a dusting but Amina wanted to go out and play in the snow as soon as she saw the snow was falling. After her nap yesterday there was enough of a dusting that she could grab handfuls of snow to eat. she enjoyed playing pushes without me for a little while while I was feeding Elijah and I think she was finding all the 'clean' snow she could to eat most of the time she was out there. Then today the snow started falling hard while we were at a friend's house. We were excited to get home to play in it, but it had mostly stopped by the time we got home. But again this afternoon Amina went out to play for a little while and made a snow angel with the grass showing through. She's dying to make a snowman so I really hope we get a bit more snow tonight so I can help her with at least a small snowman tomorrow. Tonight she came in from playing in the snow and asked me "mommy, is it winter?" I said, yes it is. And she responded with "I really really like winter a lot". Her favorite tv show right now is Caillou, and we can watch several episodes on Netflix online. Her favorite episode is Caillou's winter fun where he gets to do all kinds of things in the snow. Its rare that we even have a dusting of snow, so we are thrilled with the half an inch she got to play in tonight!

On my own...

Today is the first time I've been out of the house without Elijah since he was born. I'm currently sitting at Starbucks sipping a caramel macchiato and munching on a molasses cookie while typing on my iPad. Also in the agenda for this first trip out of the house alone all year is a library stop and a quicker grocery store stop. Wahoo... The wild and crazy things that i chose to do sans children today. :) though i will admit it is MUCH faster to run in and out of the stores alone! And I'm still not sure how I will fit two kids and groceries in the cart when I do have to shop with both of them with me. I may have to stick to Fred Meyers for those instances for a while as Amina can go play in playland while I shop. First time out of the house alone this year has now been documented. :)

6 weeks

Elijah Robert was born 6 weeks and 2 days ago… and this is the first chance I’ve had to sit at the computer for more than 5 minutes when I was awake enough to upload pictures or write anything.  I haven’t even been doing anything but reading other peoples posts on facebook.  Pretty much if I can’t do it on my itouch with one hand while I’m half awake and nursing I haven’t done it!  But I love these moments with my rapidly growing newborn and I don’t want to forget them! So I am going to try to post a picture or a thought or a little observation more frequently on here.  :)

Last week Elijah started smiling at Doug, Amina, and I.  It just melts my heart when I walk over and say hello to him and his eyes brighten and a big smile emerges on his adorable face.  I’m so in love! He’s been cooing and talking to us a lot too.  Tonight Doug was holding Elijah and ‘teaching him to talk’. He’d say “Can you say oooo” and Elijah responded with the cutest sound 'oooo’.  Of course once we broke out the camera and tried to capture it on film he proved to be camera shy.  These days with such a young baby and a delightful but attention seeking toddler are very busy, with hardly a moment to shower, let alone think of doing something else for myself.  But the moments I sit and hold my little man and enjoy his smiles and coos are like little glimpses of heaven.