March 1, 2012

Yesterday, as Stu was driving Teagan home from day care, it was snowing a wet and heavy snow.  He turned on the rear wiper to clear the window.  As it moved across the window, it made a funny noise.  Teagan laughed.  She said the car farted.  Stu played with her the rest of the ride home, turning the rear wiper on a few times, letting Teagan giggle about how the car was farting, then turning it off.  Then back on, with a different timing, and then off.

She was so excited by it, it was the first thing she stuttered when she got in.  Mama!  The car! Farts! Hahahahahaha! Farts!

This morning, I had to put the wipers on again.  It was doing something between rain and wet snow.  The rear wiper made a noise.  Teagan was beside her self laughing because the car was farting again.  I played with her, putting the wiper on and off at different intervals, and it was fun.

Ashlin laughed, because her sister was laughing.  It was a nice ride in to day care.

My car farts.  LOL!

January 21, 2012

Snow!

It snowed.  Last night and today.  Light and fluffy snow.  Not good snowman making snow.  Teagan was sad about that.  Oh well.  We still had fun playing in it.

We went out in the morning, while the snow was still falling, and had a blast.  Teagan tried making snow castles, even though it wasn’t really packing snow.

Granted, Teagan wasn’t listening much, she kept getting in Stu’s way while he was shoveling the driveway. But she wanted to help him.  We probably should get her a small snow shovel, just to humor her.

Snow angel!

So, instead of making a snow man or snow castles, Teagan and I tried to make snow angels.  Sometimes getting her to do something is like herding cats.  Eventually, she did one – for LaLa.

She didn’t want to ride the sled down the hill, but eventually sat in it, and by the afternoon, let me pull her around.

Catching snowflakes was also something Teagan kept trying to do.  She loves to eat snow.  We have to make sure she eats only clean snow.  Also, was always taking her mittens off, and then complaining about her hands being cold.  Silly girl!  They’re there to keep your hands warm!

Catching snowflakes

We had to go in after about an hour.  Everyone was cold – Teagan too!   Although, as it was her nap time, she insisted she wasn’t cold, and wanted to stay out.  Ashlin slept through the entire outing, which made it easier.

We bundled everyone up and went back out after lunch, even Ashlin, who wasn’t being compliant and napping as she should.  So, in her bunting, I put her in the swing.  She had fun!  She’d get a push from me, or from Teagan, or occasionally Stu (who was still shoveling the driveway).

She was all smiles and laughing.  When she could see her sister, she would smile bigger.  Watching her enjoy snow was so much fun.

Asnlin

Eventually, Teagan let me pull her on the sled.  Down the hill in the front yard, over the curb, and up the driveway.  Back to the begining.  Ashlin got a push at the top, and would giggle.  Off we’d go again for another circuit.

Stu, by this time, had finished shoveling the driveway, put the shovels away and came up.  Teagan and I were about halfway down the yard when he said that Ashin – who I had just pushed not even two minutes before – was freezing.  He took her in, I finished the trip with Teagan and then we came in.

Ten minutes later, we got all the snow suits and stuff off, and Teagan up to bed for an afternoon nap.  Stu told me that Ashlin was really cold, unresponsive cold.  Spooky cold.  She was just staring off, not focusing on anyone.  He got her out of the bunting and wrapped in a blanket and hugged her to get her warm again.

Swinging in the Snow

I had just been there and gave her a push. Teagan pushed her too, and she was gigging.  Crazy how fast that happened.  I would have been back at the top of the path within 3 minutes, and I hope I would have noticed if Stu hadn’t already brought her in to warm up.

She was fine after a little bit.  I snuggled her too.  When she went up for her nap, I swaddled her in a flannel blanket and, after rocking her a bit to get her sleepy, put a nice warm blanket down.  After the nap, she seemed back to normal – hungry, active, dadadada.

I guess, next time we’ll double bundle her and keep an extra close eye on her.

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January 20, 2012

A Surprise Rainbow!  I looked over during a conference call, and there it was!

And Snow!  We’re going to get at least 8 inches (tee hee hee) by the end of this storm…

And right now?  Homemade pizza!

January 16, 2012

Standing Tall!

Lookie who pulled herself up today!  With no help at all.  Up until today, she’s always pulled up on me, or someone, who gave a little bit of help, moving a hand to give her better traction, better leverage.  Up until today, she’s tried to pull up, but wasn’t able to get all the way.  Today, she succeeded.

Then stood there, playing with her sister’s toys for about 10 minutes.  I let her.  By the end, her legs were quivering from the exertion.    I think she left some drool on her sister’s creepy scout doll.  She was so proud of herself.

Five minutes after that, she crawled.  Forward.

After that morning nap, she got herself back up to a sitting position from a “superman” belly on the floor.

So many milestones in one day.  This would explain some of the crawling around, fitful sleep she’s been doing lately.  She “crawls” around the crib in her sleep, trying to roll over, stand, move forward.  Then she gets lost and cries.  Silly girl.

Now, all we need are the teeth to finish cutting through.  Both bottom teeth are there, just below the surface, little white Chicklets.  They’re not hindering her eating, oh no!  But they are interfering with her nursing.  And that’s just no fun for me, even though I haven’t been taking the Fenugreek lately to increase  supply.

I would also like her to say “mama” to me.  Not just say it when I’m not there, or on the other side of the room.  She can, but she won’t say it to me.  Still.

But for now, the babies are sleeping.  And it’s snowing outside.  But it’s warm inside and I have a snuggly blanket.

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December 4, 2011

Done!

The next bit of craft to hang on the mobile in Teagan’s room.

Time for the leaves to come down.

I’ll slowly swap out these snowflakes for the Christmas ornaments I made last year.

She’ll love it, I hope. Especially after tonight’s double parenting fail. Sigh.

October 30, 2011

Thankfully, our power came on last night around midnight – or was it 2am? – Neither of us are sure. But it doesn’t really matter, the power came back on.  There are still way too many people in town that don’t have power, and many more in the state.

We were lucky.  We didn’t even lose anything from the fridge.

I got to make snow angels with Teagan today.  She’s totally in love with the snow.

At first she didn’t understand why you wanted to be on your back, she kept trying to lie on her stomach to make her angel.  And then she’d take a bite of snow.  Eventually, she would turn over and move her arms and legs to make the angel.  So cute.  Her first snow angel.

Mama and baby snow angels

October 29, 2011

Damn! I can’t believe we got snow today. And a lot of snow at that. Teagan loved it though. She and Stu were out when the snow started falling. Stu said that Teagan was in awe, fully amazed at it. She tried catching the big fluffy flakes as they fell, pick them off her arms, tried to eat them. She’s been out in snow before, and really enjoyed it, but this is really her first conscious time seeing snow fall. She really doesn’t remember the 100plus inches that fell before her sister was born.

So, after lunch, we went outside and played. I bundled up both kids – thank goodness for hand-me-downs! Teagan got some snow pants and mittens, Ashlin was put in a bunting and placed out of the snowfall in a bouncy chair where she could see everything.

I pulled out the plastic sled we were given, and showed Teagan how to use it, starting the run from the hill on the neighbors yard. She wasn’t convinced that the sled was fun, but she did try it once or twice.

She had more fun helping brush snow off the cars. This will so be her job when she gets older. LOL! Eventually, we made a small snowman, with branches for arms and muddy rocks for eyes. She was so proud of it.

Once Teagan got cold, we came inside and I made hot cocoa – with milk and real chocolate – and though Teagan said she liked it, she didn’t want more than the half cup. I did save the rest former, but she just wanted regular milk.

It was a fun day. I do love snow, especially when you don’t need to shovel!

Thank you, Stu!

PS. I want the power back on now, please.

March 2, 2011

So it’s been a while since I’ve written about the weather, the yard, the house.  Well, with all the lovely warm weather we’ve been having, most of the snow has slowly melted away.  This is a very good thing.  We’ve only had a little water in the basement, mostly down the wall where the chimney is. 

All the snow is off the roof of the front of the house, and I’m sure it’s mostly gone from the back too.  There’s still some snow on the deck, but it doesn’t get that much sun.  We’ve only had a bit more water come through the kitchen ceiling, although the front corner now looks like it has some water damage.  Not bad though.  But something to look at this summer.  Not too much more seems to have come in through Teagan’s ceiling/ceiling fan.  A very good thing.

You can see most of the front lawn, except where the snow mounds from clearing the driveway, the sidewalk, are.  You can actually see over the tops of the snowbanks on the street.  It’s funny to drive down the road and see the toppled over mailboxes and the garbage that people had put out, but was buried with the two HUGE snowfalls that happened to be on garbage day.

Grass.  There’s grass out there!  And it’s greening up!

I actually saw the fish (that survived,) swimming in the pond today.  I counted four or five.  The white one and the dark spotted one were there.  At least two orange ones.  So nice to see them!

The yard  has been covered with robins for about a week.

I’m ready for it to be spring.

February 10, 2011

Image by Dave-F via Flickr

The week’s almost over.  Just one more day.  It’s been a rough week.  Stressful.  Busy. 

I don’t have to turn the alarm on tonight.  No need.  I get to work from home tomorrow.  Even if Teagan (or I) oversleep, it’ll still be ok for my shot.  Neither of us sleep that late. 

Hope that being at the house will make the day a bit less stressful, even though it will still be very busy.  Less stress would be nice.  It would be nice to not have BH contractions, a place that’s not too hot (like the office has been all week).  Unfortunately, it’s also going to be a bit more distracting.  I need to be focused.  Sometimes it’s hard to figure out the issue with a formula or query if there’s dirty dishes in the sink or laundry to reboot.

Tomorrow, I also have to go meet with Teagan’s possible new pediatrician.  We’ve finally gotten my act together enough to set up a “meet and greet” with a local pediatrician.  I suppose I should be happy that we haven’t needed to make an emergency decision, thanks to an ear infection or some other creepy crud or oozy thing.  It would be nice to like the practice, the doctor.  I hope they also have a Lactation Consultant that I can have a few minutes with as well.

Good news!  We can use the front door again!  The snow melted/softened enough these past few days that Stu was able to get the path shoveled.  It had been about 2 feet deep of near-solid ice.  Today the ice melt worked enough to get the last bit of ice off, and make it so it’s not taking your life (or neck!) in your hands to walk on it.  So nice!

February 9, 2011 ~ Mmmm… Leftovers

Image by GoodNCrazy via Flickr

These two links have been sitting in drafts for a few days now…  So, let’s just move them along :)

1.  The first is from one of the sites I enjoy.  They usually have something crafty and interesting up before holidays.  I can’t wait to do stuff like this with Teagan.  I need to learn to sew a bit, but I can do a blanket binding stitch.  And who knew that plastic bags could be so useful?  Almost makes you want to pay for the bags at Ikea.

2.  The second shows the current snowcover.  Not total accumulated snowfall, but current cover.  We’re showing about 25-30  inches as of today.  There has been some sublimation as well as compression.  Remember, we had one snowfall that was 30 inches all on it’s own.  Stu started a graph that shows how often and how much snow we have had…