Cabin Fever

We've had snow on the ground for over a month, and with no end in sight (another storm in the forecast for the coming week- ugh!), we've been going a little stir-crazy over here. So far in 2011, I've had 3 delayed openings and 2 snow days, which I'm grateful for only because of how slippery it has been out there-- and I'm accident-prone enough, even without being almost 8 months pregnant! God bless our "mystery neighbors" though, who shoveled our driveway and sidewalks on Tuesday simply because they heard I was expecting. Whoever you are, thank you!!!

Our poor Sentra isn't doing so well in all of this, as Daddy found out the hard way when trying to get to work on Tuesday in some seriously nasty weather. He is fortunately fine, but the car needed some expensive TLC from our dear mechanic. At 11 years old and over 100K miles, it surely doesn't owe us anything... but it would be nice to get through the rest of winter before having to shop for a new car!

Being cooped up indoors has led to some.. um... interesting behavior from Liam, which we think mainly stems from not being able to burn off enough energy during the day. Naptime antics are at their worst, between the finger-painting with diaper contents (which has now been cured by dressing him in one-piece jammies with the feet cut off, put on backwards-- just try to get out of that, Liam!) and now with climbing out of both his Pack-and-Play at Miss Doreen's and out of his crib here at home! Do they sell a lid for these things?? So needless to say, the little bugger has been more tired than usual and is falling asleep in some strange places. Such as...

So, we've been finding ways to pass the time. We played hide-and-seek with best bud Brigid (while little Lucas tried to find them-- gee, who could this giggling mess be behind the pantry door?!):



We practiced being a big brother by crawling around with adorable baby Kara ("Hurry, Kara-- try to catch me!"):



We watched some old Disney movies on VHS in Mommy and Daddy's bed (running fave is The Aristocats, aka "Dats"):


Note the number of Liam's Favorite Things all in one pic. Milk, check. Lilly, check. Movie, check. Unnecessary hat, check! Also note the new paint job in our room, courtesy of Daddy and Marc! They sent us to Nana and Grandpa's house for MLK weekend and knocked out a heroic amount of painting upstairs. Our bedroom and the new nursery are lookin' good-- and we can't wait to have all the carpets replaced in the next couple of weeks. That project is long overdue!

Fun hasn't been totally limited to the indoors, though. During my Snow Day last Thursday, Liam and I finally got a chance to get outside and play a little. Could he be any more excited?!



No job too big for this guy, or so he'd like to think!