These days won't last forever

My babies are still babies. They have their milk right after their bath and before story time. I usually hold Charlie for bottle time, it's really the only time he will sit still any more. But they looked so cute sitting there just the same... Drinking their milk and watching a quick cartoon.

Charlie takes a bottle of whole milk & formula mixed before bed. He isn't a fan of milk in a sippy cup yet, although he will go for juice or water in one.

Lucy has a sippy cup of whole milk with a chocolate vitamin and mineral powder mixed in. She is still topping off the growth scales at a far-from-hefty 1st percentile for height and weight. I'm not worried about her tiny size and neither is her doctor. She is just a tiny little girl and will be a petite little lady one day… but she does love her chocolate milk! After her bath every night she tells us "Lucy get dressed and drink chocolate (pronouncing it "cocklet") milk." Then when its bedtime she says "Lucy not tired; Lucy not go a bed!!" But she love's story time & has the original Madeline book memorized.

Fire Truck

It's a little bit big for him to actually pedal yet, but he loves playing with his new car! 

Naturally, his favorite part is the steering wheel! 

Cup of {snow}

Another Snowy Day

The setting sun hit Blake's new transportation bumper just perfect. Nothing like a Jeep, no matter its age. He had a little too much fun driving this before the roads were completely plowed.  

The only thing that poked through the snow in our garden was the monkey grass. 

I don't like that we can see through all the trees now, except for the fact we get about 45 more seconds of sunlight at dusk. We aren't that far north, but for a southern girl, we are too far. I miss Mr Sun. Cold places are great to visit and go skiing, but not my ideal living climate.

We got 8-10 inches, and where the snow drifted a bit, it went up to my knees! 

Our home… or where the military wants it to be anyways. You can faintly see the geese flying in a V way up in the sky. 

I was about to walk back inside and saw my reflection, with the colors of sunset in the background, and thought it would be kind of a neat photo! 

Snow really is beautiful, I wish it would stay longer. And if we didn't have rain or ice that would be great! Snow makes the cold seem more worthwhile.

Arctic Vortex

Well, so much for global warming! At least we got snow for a couple days... till the 60 degree rain melted it... and then the -18 degree wind chills froze the standing water… We did brave the elements for a few minutes with the kiddos!

Bedtime Stories

Lucy is a fan of these three books! She loves to find the coconuts and point and say the letters in Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. She has Madeline almost perfectly memorized. And she likes the repetition of saying "goodnight owl"! These are our go-to bedtime books. 

P52: Week 1: A Cup Of...

So this is my first blog post. Ever.

I've heard so many things about blogging… but mostly I want to do this because I want to print a blog book one day. Yes, I love documenting and sharing exciting things going on in my family. I normally do everything on Facebook- but they haven't started any Facebook books... if that makes any sense… so here I am.

I got invited to join a group that has a photography theme every week for a year, hence it is called a Project 52. I was apprehensive at first, but I think it will be a good thing to force me to take my big girl camera out even more, and to use my creativity to get an image similar to the suggested weekly theme!

The week 1 theme was " a cup of…" and I did afternoon tea with my little precious Lucy!