The White Stuff

Snow in the Valley

My parents live in a small town in the Sacramento Valley, maybe 100 feet above sea level.

And this morning we woke up to snow!

It didn't last past 10:30, but it sure was neat.

Snow in the Sacramento Valley? What's next?

Merry Christmas, Jacob

It's no easy thing, decided what to get a deployed hubby for Christmas. What does he really need, want or will he use? Will he have to drag it back with him? Have I sent enough sweets and goodies?

So this year I was struck with a bit of genius. :) I went last week, without telling Jacob, to get a 3D/4D ultrasound done. And since I couldn't wait to share it with him... he's now seen it... and I can share it with you too!

So here he is, our David James:

And here's a bit of the 4D I edited down to send to him:

I was sad to think that I wouldn't be able to see his reaction to seeing his baby boy for the first time. But Jake's 1SG came to my rescue... he and his wife are having a little boy too (come May) and Jacob was tricked into watching the video... which Mike kindly recorded for me.

Merry Christmas, Jake. We love you.

Christmas Tree!

Lily got to go out today to help pick and cut the Christmas tree for Gramma and Papa's house!

It was a lovely day, and it hasn't rained in a while, so it didn't matter that Lily kept falling over as she walked through the rows of trees. :)

She and Papa discussed the merits of a good tree.

And when we finally all agreed on which tree we wanted, she was very interested in how we went about cutting it down.

I even made it into a picture! The belly is getting a little bit bigger. It was hard to tie my shoes this morning. ;)

Excuses

My bro had his wisdom teeth pulled today so I've been on both mommy and nurse duty. I'm tired and headed to bed.

Sweet dreams all!

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Lunch with Papa

Lily and I took In-N-Out burgers to Grampa's work yesterday for lunch.

But better than the burgers (in Lil's book) was the golf-cart ride around the duck ponds, where I snapped this photo of my girl and her "Papa."

I Think It's Over

...or at least the end is near.

Lily didn't ask to nurse once today.

We've been down to once or twice a day since just after Jacob left, so about three months now. And there were a couple of days, back when she was really sick and congested, when trying to latch would just make her angry. I thought that might have been the end of it then.

But she proved me wrong and went right back to asking, usually first thing in the morning and sometimes for comforting.

Today she didn't need either.

We'll see what tomorrow brings. Maybe Lily weened herself.

In the back of my mind, I think I was leaning toward 24 months anyway... so 21 months is not too shabby.