this just in: snow.

Yep, it's true!  On the way to church yesterday it was flurrying a little bit and Matt and I had maybe a 10 minute conversation about how mild this winter has been in the snow/ice department.  It's been darn cold, don't get me wrong, but no major snow to speak of.  Well....we spoke way too soon.  While we were in church, it continued to snow, not flurry, but snow.  We only had like an inch or something, but a major weather system moved in today and it's supposed to snow all night tonight and tomorrow.  The snow now is so peaceful.  The dark of night, stillness of cars on the road......just snowing.  It's like a quiet concert or something.  

The sad thing is....Matt is leaving town.  He has left town for a night or two before for a press check, but now there is Graham and I've always had to work in the past.  Usually we have many things to do and places to go, but not tomorrow.  See the city is cool in that they don't plow our streets.  We have to wait for it to melt or for enough cars to go by to make tire lines.  So my car will be snowed in and we would be all alone all.day.long.  So, I'm hoping that tons of cars go by tomorrow morning and make tire lines so that I can go play at my parents for the day and spend the night.  We'll see how that goes.  Until then, Graham and I will just snuggle and talk about how much we're missing Matt.

Maybe if we're lucky, we can get a good picture of Graham in the snow.....

30 Rock

is my new favorite show....i watched them endlessly while on maternity leave.  Thank you TV on DVD.  Feel free to surprise me with the gift of my own copy.  

from thursday's show:

"did you know that Janis Joplin speed walked everywhere and was afraid of toilets?" -Frank

"can I replace it with a wheel like Rosie from the Jetson's?"-Tracy  "I imagine so, but then you'd have to register as a motor vehicle" -Dr. Spaceman

"you are a lion, take what's yours" -Jack

"Now that you have your cool Six Sigma friends, I can go back to the lake and make bracelets with the fat kids" -Liz

"Lemmon....like a waitress" -Jack

15 weeks

My little baby is 15 weeks old today!  On one hand, I feel like he was born last week, but I also feel like he's always been with us.  He is changing every day (I say that all the time)...but it's true!  He is mr. smiley...all the time.  We are enjoying his always growing sound vocabulary...and his increasing knowledge of his own volume.  We also love his super expressive eyebrows!  He loves to sit and be held facing out these days so that he can watch all that is going on around him.  We notice him watching us as we move around the room and really zero in on his hands.  They are his favorite toy by far...I think he's not going to be satisfied until he gets both hands totally in there.  He is also quite stiff.  I call him my little lego man.  We have to almost bend him so that he'll sit down...he'd rather stand in our laps.  His favorite game (other than mastering chewing his hands) is to jump in our laps.  He gets the biggest grin on his face and actually jumps with his legs as we're bouncing him up and down.

I started back working 2 weeks ago....and it was so hard!  I cried the whole night and morning as I was getting ready.  But praise the Lord, He is so good.....my company was able to let me work part time!  I truly enjoy my job and my co-workers, but I enjoy my baby more!  He has adjusted to drinking from a bottle after a few *less* than perfect days with Mimi and Nana.  I know they enjoy their time with him (they each have him one day a week) and as he continues to grow, he'll love his days away from me!

Also, thanks to Gammy, my dad's mom, for the adorable blanket that Graham is laying on.  She made blankets for all of my brothers and so I was so excited for Graham to receive one!  When he does tummy time, he just stares at those little faces, it's so cute!  We miss you Gammy and can't wait to come visit you!

Our Covenant Child

Graham was baptised on the 11th.  We are so thankful for our Covenant God who welcomes our children into His covenant of Grace.  We pray that Graham will seek Him and honor Him as the Lord of his life at an early age.  Until then, we seek His guidance to live as parents who model a life serving our God!

how babies do bible study

Our small group Bible study started back up this week.....and this is how the mamas handled it.

It looks like they're on a double date!

Isn't little Meredith so cute?

Sweet Kate and her awesome hair.

Little Parker's beautiful blue eyes.

My little smiler.

17

My brother, Andrew, turned 17 this month.  Wow.  He is no older than 7 in my head....and yet here we are.  He is a junior in high school and researching colleges.  I'm so proud of my little brother!  When I was in college and then living in Wisconsin, I hated missing the little things in my brothers' lives.  Thank you Andrew for including me in your sporting schedules and for being such a wonderful little brother.  I'm so glad Graham is getting to spend so much time with you, I know you'll be a great role model for him!  Whatever you do, don't go too far away to school ok?  Happy Birthday!

(this is a card from Miss Kitty, Andrew's favorite pet, haha)

buddies

Graham and Parker.....they're going to grow up with cute pictures like these to haunt them.

But the mamas love it!