Snow storm

We got a snowstorm on the Cape over night. The morning started with eating snow.

Then we geared up to head out into the deep white. Here is Grandpy Harley snowblowing, you can really see how much snow we got.

Emmi didnt love the snow but did get into after a little bit.

Here is her reaction when she decided to take off her mittens and touch the snow. Kinda cold.

We ended the evening walking around in the center of town while Emmi got pushed in a sled.

Whirlwind

Jacob had to go to Connecticut for business so why not head up North a little earlier than planned....... well that is what we did. We have been hanging out at Memere's. We definitely get spoiled here and despite the earlier sunset and colder temps I think we could get used to this. Here is a pic of Emmi bundled up to play outside and Kona enjoying himself.

While we have been here on 2 different shopping trips Emmi has asked for big girl underwears. Of course she has to wear them although we are working on the success part. She succeeded at Uncle Alan & Aunt Bj's house the other night and a few random times at Memeres but have also had some misses. We are just going with the flow so chalk this up to another step closer to the whole potty training success.
On the baby front I had my appt the day we left. I have only put on one more pound for a total of 17. I am still running as long as it isnt daily and going to yoga. I am suppose to be headed back to the doctors every two weeks going forward but will be stretching that out a little bit due to the holidays. :)

Taryn's Dr. visit, Thanksgiving, and Bacon Explosion

Well, yesterday was Thanksgiving. Taryn's dad came in for the holiday. We had your usually Thanksgiving day festivities. The day after Taryn, Emmi, Grandpa, Kona and myself went to the USNWWC to check out the rapids. It was pretty much empty:

So then Emmi decided to walk Kona. Ever see a 2 year old walk a 100lb lab?

All that walking tired Kona out.

And what a better way to end the day with a little bacon explosion.

As for new baby update. Nothing really new. Taryn said she has put on 16lbs so far. Good thing she got weighed pre-bacon explosion.

Happy 2nd Birthday

The day started with Jacob tearing his left bicep muscle, but he didnt let that stop him. He wrapped ice on his arm, made a doctor appt for during naptime and still was able to have fun with us today. Emmi started at the doctor measuring at 35 1/2 inches tall and 28.4 pounds. She got a good bill of health as usual. Yeah. We then went to the "Bouncy House" place, aka Monkey Joe's. We made the mistake of asking Emmi a few days ago if that is where she wanted to go for her birthday so she had been asking every day since. Since Jacob couldnt really take part he was able to get some good photos while we played. Here she is having a blast:





We ended our morning at Just Fresh for lunch before naptime. Who knows what the rest of the day will bring. Happy Birthday to the best baby ever.

Elmo & Party

What a week.... Memere arrived, had dinner with friends to celebrate my birthday, took Emmi to Elmo with her cousins, then plenty of prep work for an awesome Cat in The Hat birthday Party on Saturday. The weather was perfect in the mid 70's. Here are the pics that captured the moments.


The Cake that we made, yes Emmi & Memere helped.
Emmi eating it up.
This is her outfit a friend let us borrow. "So cute" as Emmi would say.
The shoes and boa put the present opening to a halt so she could clip clop around the house.

The little chef

The past few days I have found something both Emmi and I love to do. She holds the measuring cups while I pour the ingredients into them. She then dumps them in the bowl to ultimately mix it together.

This is shortly after we got home from our walk yesterday, even though it was in the 60's she wore a hat. We made pumpkin pancakes for dinner.Then we made apple crisp tonight to eat after our walk with Daddy.

The Real Trick or Treat Day

Busy day, started with Emmi and I running in a 5K. It was at the airport so there were planes taking off and landing a short distance from us. So cool. Plus it is very flat so a great easy race to push Emmi in the buggie.


Went to a pre-TOTing party. Emmi had a great time being silly.

Ended with a rainy TOTing night. But she still had a great time as a banana. Here she is in action.

This is after we got home.