Ice Day

So a week after our first snow, we had an ice day. Everything shut down. We were all home and had a great Friday together. The downfall, you ask, Kyle had to work on Saturday to make up for the day missed on Friday. Blah.

Taryne, Hayden and I took advantage of the sunny day and ran a few errands and went to "Knoxville" aka the Sun Sphere. According to Taryne, the Sun Sphere is called Knoxville. Yeah.

This is how much snow was left a week after the first snow!

Lunch at McDonald's

She insisted on "Old McDonald's" to get a Hello Kitty toy

This is just sweet...

Need I say more?

Snow!!!!

We have been patiently waiting for the day it would snow. Taryne has been talking about snow since Thanksgiving because it could not be Christmas until it snowed...thanks to all the Christmas movies/shows that show Christmas AND snow.

Snow here gets schools closed faster than we had imagined. Not quite as fast as Texas, but pretty close. And ice, even faster.

Playing in the snow the next morning

Hayden really wanted to play

We can finally get out all the cold weather gear and use it!

So we learned a few things with this first snow. Taryne and I really need waterproof snow boots. Rain boots don't really keep your feet warm...even with a few pair of socks. We now have appropriate shoes for wet/snowy weather. Gloves were the other issue. I knew the thin cotton gloves would not be "good" with the snow, but I guess I didn't realize how quickly they would actually freeze into a stiff glove. So, now we have appropriate gloves and Taryne has "snow" mittens. I thought we had a pretty good collection of winter items, but really I just had a lot of hats and scarves. We have acquired quite a bit of items in the past month or so.

Happy 10 Months Hayden!

So, 10 months have come and gone. I finally got Hayden in for his 9 month well baby visit today. Only a month and a half late. Oh well, no shots, so no worries on being a little late.

His 10 month stats are:

Weight: 22 points 14.5 ounces, 75th percentile
Length: 29 inches, 50th percentile
Head circumference: 18.37 inches, 75th percentile

...and another ear infection. That makes 3 so far. The doctor told me that if he has 4 in a 6 month period or 6 in a year, then we are getting tubes. Well...we are almost there. He has had 2 ear infections in the past few weeks.

He is cruising like nobody's business. He has taken 2-3 steps several times in the past few weeks. Hayden finally has 2 teeth on the bottom. He says "dada" and lots of other random sounds, loves to clap and wave to us and of course loves playing with Sister.