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Sunday, December 20, 2009
**The Island's First Snow**
So far, Isaac and I are surviving the big "Blizzard of '09"! It started to snow around 9pm last night, and was dropping a little over an inch an hour! It was so windy it kept waking Isaac up, poor little guy. . .
Our power went out for about 5 hours which made changing diapers a bit more difficult than usual, but we made it work! We got up around 8:30-9:00am, and found that our yard was under a thick blanket of snow! We had a rather hard time seeing out of the windows at first.
My brother, sister in law, and nephew came to our rescue a little later on, since I don't have a 4WD car, I'd be pretty much stuck here. They couldn't quite make it up the driveway at first. A huge tree fell completely across it. Which of course was no match for my brother.
I didn't even know they were here, until I heard someone shoveling out my front walkway. Thank goodness they did that, because with Michael away, I don't think I would have been able to!
We all bundled up the baby, I think he had five or six layers on him, not including hat(s)! And then we set out for the golf course! Poor Jacob tried walking through to the middle of the green, and found a snow-filled sand trap, or maybe IT found him!
Ean, Melissa and I trudged on to the next tee, and slid down the hill a few times, which was hilarious in itself, I must say.
By the end of our expedition, Jacob had an icy brow, Ean an icy beard, and little Isaac was snuggling into my coat trying to hibernate!
Friday, December 18, 2009
Isaac's first trip off the island
Yesterday we had planned to take Isaac to the Cape for some holiday shopping. Unfortunately, Michael had a death in his family, and had to go home to Troy, NY.
Our good friend Joel came along with us, which really put me at ease. It was so much easier just having another pair of hands, and eyes with the wee-one!
I really wanted to get his portraits taken this year, so we headed to Sears. The photographer was so terrific with him, she got a ton of really amazing shots! True, I may have gone a teeny bit overboard, but there were just soo many to choose from!
Luckily, I managed to get almost everything on all three of my lists, which is almost unheard of. Poor Isaac was pretty jam-packed in the back of my car as we headed back to the ferry! (Now I would haven 1,000 times more pictures, but alas my camera died on the ferry on the way to the mainland. Thank goodness Joel had his!)
Monday, December 14, 2009
It's Beginning to Look allot like Christmas
Last week we went to a local farm, and while in the dark, each of us tried our hardest to find a good, Christmas worthy tree. We each had a few possibilities, but it was Ian who found this one. And I have to say, it's absolutely perfect!
My mom and I spent WAY too long replacing burned out bulbs on the strings of white lights, so I was forced to use these. True, the tree has been referred to as an Irish flag, and a rocket pop, but I think it's growing on me.
Tonight we turned on some holiday music, and all hung up the ornaments. Despite my efforts, it was impossible to take a picture of Isaac without him moving around. I have not given up entirely, just for tonight!
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Christmas in Edgartown
Yesterday was the kick off of Christmas in Edgartown. Although it was a frigid 21 degrees out Isaac and I braved the cold and went to the annual parade. And I have to say it was pretty sweet! There were so many adorable floats, and even a few rather creative ones. . .
When the parade was over, we searched high and low and finally found the very elusive Santa! And since I'm a little nutty, we had about 20 pictures taken, and THEN had a wardrobe change, and had about 30 more! The first outfit was a dark green, velvet elf outfit, and the second, a mini Santa outfit. (And yes, I purposely gave him a green pacifier for the day)
It was so fun, Isaac was doing great! Laughing and smiling at everyone in the room, except the photographer of course. He was so adorable and so engaging that I forgot to snap any pictures for myself! I didn't even realize it until we were almost back to the car. I can't believe it.
Hopefully we'll run into Santa again soon, so I can post some! The photographer said that her pictures should be ready to be picked up by next weekend, so I will hopefully be posting those soon!
Monday, December 7, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Yes, our baby is a genius!
Last week I decided that I would hang some link-a-doos from the arm of Isaac's car seat. I figured that he was probably a bit bored riding in the car, with nothing to look at but the back of the car seat. So far, it's been working like a charm! He's way less fussy in the car, which keeps him pretty content, and makes car trips much easier for me! Since then, Isaac has discovered that he can reach out and grab things! It takes him a few minutes to get it down, and then a few tries to get it right, but great scott, I think he's got it!
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