Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice: Quick note and Pics :)

Today we are snowed in, we have had some other large snow falls this winter but this one tops them all. It started Monday and covered the ground with about 3 inches of snow, then took a little break until starting back up again Tuesday (yesterday) early afternoon and finally stopped late this morning. I don't know what the official snow fall amount is but it is over 12 inches. And the main issue is all the drifting snow, many roads are closed along with most businesses and schools. Paul and I are enjoying the snow day together and had a list of things we wanted to get done, painting trim and putting together Emily's crib along with some other little things around the house but we have done none of those things and instead are all cozy on the couch watching TV/movies on netflix together! I am glad that we have a warm home and still have power, many others that were hit by the same storm do not have power and it is VERY cold out.

Emily and I continue to enjoy most everyday together and recently we made Valentines one day and tried to take some pics to put with her card, they are cute but not what I envisioned... We tried rice cereal for the first time (and has had it once since), which Emily really likes. I have had more photography clients and have been lucky to be able to schedule them so Paul went late to work or came home early or on the weekend. But my sister is available if needed :)

All these pics are from the last few weeks, Emily is 3-4 months in them. She is growing so much, and really starting to show her personality over the last few weeks. My sister calls her a little diva, and as much as I don't want to admit it - I think maybe she is. I just say she is opinionated :) Just this morning though I started to change my mind...wondering can she already be manipulating me?? She was laying on our bed, I was sitting and watching the news. She was playing with a rattle in her hand and would try to get my attention back only on her every once in awhile, while playing she hit herself in the head - not hard she is only 4 months. She was fine, I don't even know if she realized exactly what she did. But I said to her "oh no, you are ok" in a calm way, just to reassure her that it was fine because she was looking at me with a puzzled look on her face. Once she realized that she did in fact do something that bottom lip came out (about 30-45 sec. after the incident) so far and her face got all sad looking and she looked like she was going to scream, i picked her right up and we avoided any tears because she was all giggles and smiles as soon as I picked her up...What a diva - it really did cross my mind that since she got some reaction, she knew how to get a bigger one and was going for it :)

Reading with Daddy