Barely Enough Snow...

Snow hasn't been a very common site here in MN this year.  Not sure how many inches we've received but I'm pretty sure we had storms last year that beat our total for this winter.  We got about 2 inches the other day and we had to go play.  Doug can't go sledding without making a jump...the boys loved it!

Ollie didn't mind hanging out, our 20 ft hill is exhausting to walk up

Ladd was standing by our jump so I could meter with our camera

Ladd loved every second of it

I'm sure it felt like a lot of air:)

Ollie wasn't quite as sure about it...

until he had lift off.  Though he probably liked the hot chocolate afterwards even more

Smitten

Lila started smiling about two weeks ago and we are completely smitten.

These were taken today (7 weeks old).  We still have to work pretty hard to get her to smile, but it is so rewarding.

One of her favorite faces to pull.

Pretty sweet even when she's not smiling.

  

Grandma Karen's Visit

Grandma Karen came just in time to give me and Doug a little respite.  We were both so exhausted because Lila was getting up countless times each night and Ollie thought he'd follow suit.  She was seriously our saving grace the week she spent here.  The kids of course loved her visit too.

Happy early birthday Grandma Karen!!

 Yummy treats from Chez Arnaud.

Other sweet pictures while she was here.

I love me some sleeping pictures.  Look at those kissable lips.

Meet "Awake Lila"- 3 weeks old

It took some prodding and loud noises to get her to open her eyes long enough to snap a couple of pictures, but totally worth it.  We love our little girl!

Happy New Year!

Our New Years card and some of the outtakes. Pretty sure I'm the luckiest mom in the world.