sNOw Day Like Today

I had my doubts last night when the local weathercasters interrupted broadcast TV to alert us to possible snowfall. I've seen these snow rookies down here in NC freak out over a few flurries in the past 3.5 years, so I wasn't expecting anything more than a frustratingly slow commute to work as everyone tried to remember how to drive in light precipitation.

The weathercasters were right, though, and Victoria, Elaina, and I awoke to a winter wonderland this morning.

It was certainly an historic day. My 3 day weekend became a 4 day weekend. We all got to take in the Presidential Inauguration. Elaina got to see her first snow, but refused to look at the second bottle we've tried to give her. [She's regressed in this area since our previous post. We kept eyedropping milk into her mouth while she was screaming, but she just kept spitting it out, like a country rejecting the tired, bitter rhetoric of a President whose time has passed.]

Whoa... That political commentary came out of nowhere.

Anyway, change came to America today... and to Elaina after she dirtied one outfit and then had to be bundled in a few extra layers before trekking out for her first pictures in the snow.

First, we bundled her up in a few layers (there's even a plastic sack wrapped around her under that outer sack).

She was a good sport. We didn't get any smiles; but we didn't get any dirty looks either.



Mommy was sure to shake all the snow off of Elaina once we were finished. Notice how her arms stick straight out? That's the padding of multiple layers!



We do have one piece of good developmental news to report on the baby front. Elaina slept 7.5 hours last night. We're looking forward to another restful night tonight!