Snow!

 Last week we were hit with a storm that brought significant snow to our area in Oklahoma. In fact I think it affected a lot of the country. (I'm really terrible due to the fact that I don't watch the news to really know the facts).

For us, we received the most significant amount of snow since February 2011, when Bryce was just over a year old, so this was the first opportunity that Bryce has had to really enjoy the snow. 

 Usually when it snows here, the temperatures are hovering just below the freezing mark so it's usually pretty wet snow. However, with this "storm" came extremely cold temperatures with lows in the single digits and highs in the teens, which made for a very dry snow that did not pack easily. Needless to say, "Build a snowman" remains on Bryce's bucket list. I'm sure we could have made a snowman by piling the snow up and packing it down, rather than rolling around a ball of snow. 

Bundled up and ready to go! Since it was so cold, it seemed to take longer to dress him than the time he would actually spend playing in the snow.

 

Catching snowflakes on his tongue.

One of many snow angels.

Who said he couldn't play on his playset...

...or the trampoline.

Snow angels are extra special while getting kisses from the dog...

...who also LOVED the snow! No kidding!

It didn't matter that we sold the 4-wheeler to get a golf cart...the golf cart did the job just fine!

I was definitely disappointed I didn't get to partake in the sledding activities since it was definitely not good conditions for having an infant outside, but I was able to sneak out and make yet another snow angel with Bryce.

Since it was so cold the snow stuck around for several days (which is not normal for Oklahoma), so Bryce got in many days of sledding.

In the end he was getting tired and decided it was easier just to lay down!

Maybe next time we'll have a Balaclava and goggles that are actually his size. 

And a video...

 

One month old...

...just a week and a half late. I just cannot seem to get it together. Thankfully, I still have over 2 weeks before I go back to work and hopefully can get some kind of routine down where we're not going to be constantly late to everything we go to! 

At least I caught a picture of Blaire (and Bryce) on her actual 1 month "birthday"!

What I didn't catch was her weight at exactly 1 month. Since we don't go back to her doctor until 2 months, I used the baby stats on the Wii Fit Plus game to get her weight like I did for Bryce. I'll share a picture of her Mii character later. 

According to it, at 5 weeks old (1 month 5 days) she weighed 10 lbs 1.6 oz. Which is a 3 lb weight gain from her birth weight for my 100% breast milk fed baby. I have to admit I'm pretty proud! Of course after I weighed her she filled her diaper and probably lost a half of a pound though. ; )

Blaire's first month consisted of her first sponge bath, like nearly all babies!  Brother is seen below trying to tell her to stop crying...if only it was that easy.

Then when her umbilical cord stump FINALLY fully fell off, (after 3 weeks!), she had her first real bath. Seems she like it a little better than the sponge baths.

Then we started getting awake smiles! This one in particular was a really BIG smile!

 

Just a little over 3 weeks old she grew out of newborn clothes and diapers. Depending on what time you consider the night ends, she will wake one to two times a night. If I was getting up to go to work, I would consider it waking just once per night. Her second waking is usually between 4:30 to 5:30, which would be about the time I'll be getting up to get ready for work. Otherwise she doesn't nap well during the day yet so she keeps me busy for now! 

Her second month of like started with a snowstorm coming in that evening. Though she was definitely too young to enjoy it, you can bet her brother did. Which leads me to the next post...