TRINA HOLDEN

At last – we got a snow storm! Ever since moving to the Fingerlakes from Chenango County, I just haven’t seen snow like I used to. Nothing to do with Global Warming – we just don’t get a lot of snow here. We always get the fringes of everyone else’s storms. But not this time! The weather report specifically foretasted the most snow for the Fingerlakes area, and they were right. And I couldn’t be more pleased. 
 
Look how it has piled all the way up to the second floor windows!!!
Actually, that’s the drift on top of the porch roof, as seen through Jesse’s bedroom LOL. But still – it’s a lot of snow and makes for a very cozy day. 
 
Check out this drift out the back door!
Jeremy couldn’t get out the screen porch because of the depth of the drifts, so he used the back door to leave for work, and that’s where we found this drift. It reminds me of the sand dunes sculpted by the wind in the Sahara Desert. Only whiter. And colder. ☺ I can hardly wait till Claire goes down for her nap so Jesse and I can go play in it! 
And it’s still piling up out there – we may get 4-6 more inches before it’s all over, and the wind is making terrific drifts. 
It’s a perfect day for comfort food, hanging out with dear friends, and watching a good movie (Cranford!)

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  1. Kelerr says

    We're snowed in in the city as well – school was cancelled today (a rare event for us and brilliant for me, being the teacher!), so it was nice to just stay nice and cozy in the house today!

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  3. Stephanie says

    Sounds like the perfect day to me!!We have snow here too!! I think this is the most we have gotten since our move to Binghamton.

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  5. Miki says

    We're right in the middle of the same blizzard, and I am loving it right along with you! Noah is outside shoveling out the entire neighborhood and the girls and I are cozy inside. We had blueberry pancakes and bacon for brekkie and we'll be having chicken wing pizza for dinner…. what a nice day☺

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We are enjoying a lovely snowfall today! I did not know we were getting this much snow – it must have snowed all night for it to have piled up like this! I had planned to go grocery shopping, but now I don’t know when I’ll go, for tomorrow’s a holiday, and there’s another storm forcasted for Friday! Good thing the freezer is well stocked – we will not go hungry. 🙂 Rather, we shall enjoy homey activities – after we finish the laundry…

Here is the Princess, beginning to enjoy her floor mat. She is wearing the bib I made her for Christmas. She continues to be very spitty, and I am searching for what (if anything) in my diet may be triggering this. This week I have cut all wheat out of my diet, next week I will fast from dairy and see if any of that makes a difference. Meanwhile, we shall continue to do lots of laundry! We are grateful for all the bibs Claire got for Christmas (at least 9 new bibs!) as we can now go up to three days without running out of bibs. At least Claire is not disturbed by her little habit – she maintains her happy spirit, and is gaining wieght well! 🙂 I have already had to put away her first little newborn outfits, as she has grown out of them into the 0-3 month size!


And here is the Boy, watching out the window as his Uncle Micah plows the driveways in the trailer park. He loves to hear the fourwheeler come racing into the park, and goes from window to window watching the progress. Last week he got to ride along while Uncle Micah plowed, and that was really fun! Today, during Claire’s morning nap, Jesse and I got dressed in layers of socks and snow pants and mittens and went out to get some excersize – shoveling the porch and path to the driveway. Unfortunately, Jesse’s new snowshovel got left in the car last night, which Daddy took to work. But he was satisfied to use a little yellow sand shovel alongside his mommy. 🙂 When we came in we enjoyed some hot cocoa together (or, hot chocolate, if you prefer!:))
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  1. Traci says

    My biggest irritants with Aidan were acidic. Tomato, fruits, peppers, etc. I remember going on a complete fast. The dr. had me eat strictly rice for 5 days and then I slowly added other stuff in, one ingredient at a time, bananas and apples first, then I went straight the bad stuff, adding in some dairy, then wheat, etc. so that it was obvious what it was that was added that bothered him. Another thing that bothered him was one of my vitamin supplements that I was taking at the time. I had to cut them out for the first couple months until his belly grew a little stronger. Don’t know if any of that will help but that was what bothered him most.

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  3. Trina says

    Corrie, that was very thoughtful of you – thanks for the link! Yes, we keep her upright almost constantly – doesn’t help much, just cuts down on the laundry when we catch it on the burp cloths! 🙂

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  4. CVO says

    Have you tried burping her more, to help with the spit-up? I remember in Mother/Child Nutrition that can help, as well as allowing her to sit nearly upright for a good 30 minutes after feeding. I also vaguely remember something about garlic and onion in the mother’s diet. Not sure about that part though.Here’s an article I found that gives some tips: http://www.kiddopotamus.com/par_shu_spit.php

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