Snow Day!

Today was a snow day for both Dave and Lauren. I was very glad that Lehigh University decided to shut down campus because Dave teaches 3 classes on Wed. and I was very nervous about him actually making it to campus and then home again at the end of the day (we live about 10 miles from campus). This was the second big storm in 4 days but we only got about 5 inches with the last storm so this one was a lot worse. Dave was at a conf. in DC last week and they got about 30 inches of snow while he was there. His flight was even cancelled but luckily they got him on one that left about 12 hours later and he made it home to teach on Mon. He just had to watch the Superbowl from the comfort of the airport terminal instead of at home with me and the girls.

Our snow total for today was 15 inches. Dave had to go out today twice to shovel that heavy, wet snow and I am so glad it was him and not me! He is looking forward to buying a snowblower for next years winter (we decided to wait and buy one after we buy a house so we know how good of a snow blower we need depending on how big of a driveway and walkway we have). We let Lauren go out and play in it this afternoon when we had a little lul in the snow fall and she had fun sledding and playing around for about an hour. I am sure we will be out a lot more tomorrow since the snow will have finally quit falling and it is another snow day tomorrow. But here are some of our pict. from today.

Both the girlies out in the snow.

Lydia isn't a huge fan of the snow but she likes to be where the party is so I bundled her up and out we went for a bit. She mostly just stood in that one spot and tried not to fall down or touch the snow at all. She loves to eat any snow we track into the house but doesn't like to touch it while outside!

Do you think she was excited about all the new snow?

That hat is a little bit but it gets the job done!

Lauren sledding with her Dad. We have a round disk sled with handles that Lauren really likes and so Dave will sit down first and then Lauren just lays across his chest and off they go. It is pretty funny to watch. Here they are at the top of the hill ready to go.

On their way down.

All the way at the bottom.

These next pict. show how the snow accumulated through out the day. This first one was taken around 11am.

This one was sometime in the afternoon, around 3pm.

This last one was taken about 5:30pm. It just kept on coming. I had a 12 inch ruler out on the table and in this pict. you can see the top of it just poking out.

Ultrasound

Yesterday we found out that we will be adding a little boy to the mix. We are very excited around here to be adding a little blue to our house of pink and purple! Lauren has been hoping for a boy since we told her we were having a new baby so she was especially excited when we told her the news yesterday. As for Lydia, she just has no clue that her little world will be changing come June. Dave is most excited about finally having a Folsom boy to carry on the family name (his only brother has 5 girls). So now it is time to start preparing for this little ones arrival. If Dave has his way we will have bought a new house by then and be moved in but we will have to see if that all comes together.