Friday Funny

"The queen declares this photo session be finished immediately!"
(yes I did this in Paint and it sucks, but it made me giggle)

Smile for Friday

When she's happy, she's really happy...

Four weeks (and a smile!)

Emily has been amazing us with new skills, talents, sounds and smiles daily! It's amazing what a difference a week makes. She's a fiery little girl - never missing a meal or sitting in a wet diaper for more than a few moments without strong objections. As usual I don't have much time to update, but I wanted to take a moment to share her precious smile. I think I even witnessed a few giggles this morning. The absolute joys of being a new/first time parent - it's so rewarding!


Ok, so it may look like a mid-yawn, but it was a really BIG smile!

Wordless Wednesday

Snow? Oh yeah, we have it.

We were not disappointed this morning, snow covers the ground. We're both home from work and just finished a nice big breakfast (eggs, bacon, grits & blueberries). I think a mid-morning nap is in order before we take a little walk outside. I have to guess we've got about 4 inches and it's still falling like mad. I doubt we'll get anywhere near the record 2000 snowfall (21 inches), but it's the most I've seen in a LONG time. Here's a few pictures.


Taken from inside the house as it's still falling/blowing like crazy!


Looking down the street as the Town snowplows our road.


I had no idea they would plow our street! See truck, far right.


The birds need more seed!

More snow (and pictures!)

It does feel kinda wrong to not only be talking about snow, but posting pictures of it while my 'fall theme' still covers the blog. Oh well! This morning I listened to Christmas music on the radio as I drove through an early "winter wonderland."

Ok, so it wasn't the most exciting snowfall, but it is November, NOVEMBER, and the ground was covered in white! Well, it was dusted in white. It was exciting for me!

My first view of the stuff, around 6am

I stood in disbelief at the front door thinking, is this some kind of crazy pregnancy dream?



I figured it would stop and melt soon, so I took a few more before breakfast

Those strange green things growing are bulbs - they're terribly confused on what season we're in.

However, it did not stop and the sun rose so we could enjoy the wintery sight!




Yes, I am well aware that you probably need to squint and use your imagination to see the snow in these pictures, but in person, it was beautiful!



At this point I was starting to run late for work...

So I hopped in my snow covered car and hit the road.

I found some traffic, boo! But I also found more snow covered scenes. I thankfully did not crash!



Once I arrived in Raleigh proper, the snow was pretty much gone and there was very little on the ground. It made for a fun morning as I haven't actually driven in falling snow in a long, long time. I'm not sure if the 2 small snowfalls we've seen this week bear any indication of what we may see this winter. I'm tempted to get a snow shovel just in case!

Signs of spring

It is readily apparent that spring is coming. Not only did the layer of icky pollen on my nice shiny black car clue me in, but here's what I've seen this week:


Magnolia tree at the JC Raulston Arboretum


Peach tree blooms (JC Raulston Arboretum)


Redbud tree in the backyard


Corkscrew willow in the backyard - although it's difficult to see the buds, it's striking against the sky


Blueberry bush


Happy daffodils in the backyard


Potted daffodils


Irises


Red hyacinth coming up


The neighborhood cat, Harvey, looking for some attention


[Heavenly scented] Hyacinths