The day before I had Macey my mom flew in to Pullman and stayed to help. Our apartment has never been cleaner or in better order than when she was here. We had wonderful meals and watched movies. Cody and her played playdoh, colored, did puzzles, watched movies, played cars...and I decided I will never have another baby in the winter, Cody loves playing outside but it's just too cold here. To go home my dad drove up and they rode home together. He came with Christmas! A couch and chair and bed for Cody, and trucks and cars galore for him to play with. We were so excited, and it was nice to sit somewhere soft after we hadn't had a couch that week.
After my mom left Ben's mom Bonnie came up (on short notice, thank you!). She was so helpful and even let us go on a date to a movie. While she was here it snowed record amounts in Spokane - more in 24 hours than it Ever has since they began recording snowfall. Her flight home was cancelled and she stayed with us two more days- after riding a shuttle to Spokane and then back.
THANK YOU so much to our mothers - hopefully someday we can repay you! And here's Cody and Macey:)
Cody and Ben did attempt to go out in the snow once but it was too high for Cody to move. Here they are all geared up.
This is in Utah where it was much warmer - Cody went on four wheel sled rides. We didn't have all his snow stuff so we improvised!
We had so much fun in Utah. Our first day there we went to lunch with friends, it's always good to see old friends! We spent Christmas eve and morning with the Croslands where we got an awesome tent we will put to use, in the summer, and Christmas day with the Purdy's. We extended our stay in Utah for a week because we were having too much fun, and dreading the prospect of spending two freezing cold weeks in Pullman before school starts for Ben. We already miss our families! We are so grateful for everything they do for us and LOVE all the time we get to spend with them.
Back in Pullman, Cody is going crazy and refusing to go down for naps...aaahh, the adjustment period for two kids has been prolonged for a month and is now just starting. Wish us luck.
This is little Macey smiling - and look at that double chin! I love it! She has been smiling since 3 weeks, which seems early, but they weren't gas smiles and she was awake:) She is SO cute in the mornings, it makes getting up at 6 am a little better. Lately she has been going to bed at 8, waking at 2:30ish and then 6. I am feeling really lucky at this point. She has been growing so much, but she was born with her little double chin...
We have been getting through winter one day at a time. I figure if we can just make it through this month and next it only gets better! Since Cody doesn't get out as much energy as he does in the summer, it's harder for him to want to take a nap. A few days he has missed a badly needed nap. One evening he fell asleep in the middle of eating dinner, which is very rare for him and never in the middle of eating; he almost had that bite of toast!
