Pretty sure this beautiful October snowstorm is the result of us buying Easton his winter bunting last weekend...oops, our bad! *wink* Well, wow, what an incredible bout of weather we just had. It started raining here around 3 o'clock yesterday and switched over to snow around 7:30. It was so pretty and most definitely made me want to go buy a Christmas tree and put that baby up!!! Bah Humbug would have seriously objected to that though so I stayed focused on Halloween for the time being.
Rain...
To snow...
You can see how heavy it was - this was last evening @ 9:00 PM
How's this for solar flare and long exposure?
Poor trees...Rae's diggin' it though
Beautiful October morning - 7:00 AM
Today the Globe reports there are about 650,000 people without power in MA this morning. Luckily, no power outages here at The Commons...though people around Reading haven't all been so lucky.
The Team went out for an early morning grocery store run and saw lots of trees and limbs down around town...to the point where Jace and I were both looking at one another wondering where the city trucks and electrical crews were. Hmm.... Anyway, we took our time leisurely strolling through the store then came home and headed out for Easton's "first snow" photos. (We actually had snow on the grassy surfaces on Friday morning but didn't bother with pictures...too early). Rae loved running through the snow with Jace, too.
Matching hats! LOVE
Yeay!!!! I've been trying to get this shot for the past few months :)
Just to prove I was there, too :)
Go nuts, Rae, go nuts!
Super Yorkie
Thanks, Dad, I love you!!!
The snow has definitely been the highlight of our week but let's see what else there is to share... Easton continues to prove he hasn't inherited his Daddy's tastebuds. He's like a little food vacuum for whatever you put on his spoon (even though he doesn't really care for peas, he still eats them). Up until now he's been eating Stage 1 foods (single ingredient fruits/veggies) but today we moved on to Stage 2 which is a bit thicker and more foods in combination. We had Sprout "Peach Rice Pudding" this morning and he LOVED it! He normally eats his cereal, fruit and veggie at daycare during the week so the weekends are a special treat for me to get to feed him :) He's very good at using the spoon now and has even started to use his upper lip to clear off the spoon with each bite...I know, I know, SUUPER exciting stuff ;)
His ears kill me! Looks like a little Yoda here
(Thanks, Mr & Mrs Locallo for this cute outfit!)
This is his favorite appetizer
Trying to figure out his fresh food feeder - filled with apples that he is trying to squish with his gums (Thx, Catie, for showing us these!)
Still working on the apples
As for his development he's really starting to use his legs well when we hold him up or when he's in his Jumperoo. This is new over the last few weeks...where we can actually tell he's putting his feet flat on the ground and extending his legs to support his body weight. It's fun to watch him practice standing in his Jumperoo!
On the ground front he's beginning to really push up to getting his belly all the way off the ground. On occasion he'll pull his knees in but hasn't put any weight on them yet, just giving himself an ab workout. He's definitely more and more mobile everyday though...as demonstrated by the numerous puke stains on our carpet because he's managed to roll off the quilt/blanket we used to be able to just lay him on and be set. One more reason that this carpet will need to be torn out once Team Anders vacates The Commons.
Rae...seriously...if you don't stop taking my toys you're going to
force me to learn how to crawl and come after you
He also continues to entertain us with his non-stop babbling. It's adorable! His current track is set on endless repeat of "ba, ba, baaaaa" but he occasionally injects a "da" in there just to spice it up. Have a listen:
Well that's about it from here - sorry to blah, blah, blah so long. We hope everyone had a fabulous Halloween weekend and got out for some spooky Trick or Treating! Next year it's on for Team Anders...
Easton Douglas Anders - 3 days old More pictures @ http://www.our365.com/ He's here, he's here!!! Jace and I welcomed our son Easton Douglas to the world this past Saturday, April 16th at 4:22 PM and we couldn't be more proud. It was an awesome experience...not so much in the "incredibly cool, can't wait to do it again" context but genuinely in AWE of how mother nature and modern medicine can work together to ease a woman and efficiently deliver a baby. Before I tell you all a little bit about our story (again, no worries, I won't blast all the nitty gritty across your screen) I must say a HUGE thank you to our staff at Winchester Hospital. Though I know not a single of of those doctors, nurses and other staff members will read this they will forever hold a special place in our hearts for the outstanding service and love they showed all three of us!! They exceeded any expectations Jace and I might have had and just had to throw that out there. ...
Jace has been in MN since Thursday braving the cold with Team Franchise at the 2011 US Pond Hockey Championship . The team made it to Sunday again this year but unfortunately couldn't get by the "Pulled Hammies" this morning to advance to the finals. Better luck next year, boys! :( So, since he's been gone I've been catching up on projects around the homestead since it's been so damn cold outside. On Thursday night I scanned in about 80 old family photos that I had received over the years from my Aunt Kathleen. I decided to do this because I'm building an online baby book for mini-Ma$e and you can add pictures - thought it'd be fun to add some old family photos. Anyway, I won't overload you with too many but here are some of my favorites...the rest can be viewed here . Moving on... Friday started off with another snowstorm - excellent. Hanscom was open for business...well, that is, for everyone ex...
We just got back from Trunk or Treating at Easton's daycare...how flippin' fun (and pretty roarsome as Henry Hugglemonster would say). Mr. Blondie waiting for the trunk or treating to begin! Still figuring out that the chocolate must be unwrapped first. No hurry to explain :) Homeless Lion with a Market Basket bag. Score one for the parents. Some pretty creative pumpkins!
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