Snow!!!

First I will start with the update from the neurologist...everything is fine!!! YIPPEE!!! Michael just has a big head like his momma and daddy! There is no abnormality on his cat scan. Everyone who knows him could tell that...but it is better to be safe than sorry. So now we know...he must just be brilliant!

Here are a few new pictures for everyone's viewing pleasure...

Harrison in the bouncy chair...

Harrison gave me his first smile on January 18th. It was so exciting and rewarding...even if only for a moment! I think God made babies have "milestones" to keep their parents sane! Just when you think you can't take another sleepless night or one more seemingly meaningless bout of wails you are rewarded with a smile, coo, giggle, and first word (which is ALWAYS dada...but that's okay!)

We caught his smile on camera...he was napping and it was probably gas in this case, but it is still too cute!

Then we went to Yaya's to hang out. The big boys had a great time, and as always it was great to be together. Here are a bunch of pictures from Yaya's...

Maria and Sheniah were also at Yaya's, but neither of them were feeling great so they were off laying down when the pictures were getting taken...I didn't leave them out on purpose!

Finally, today we had our first snow of the year. It is actually the first snow we've had in a while...and let me tell you, it was quite impressive! School was even cancelled!

Well, maybe not so impressive to all my friends and family out west or up in Canada...but to us it was quite an event. I even bundled up the boys for some photo time...

Harrison was less than thrilled with the snow...

Michael thought it was great fun. I think he would have played in it all day (well, at least for a couple of hours until it melted away!) but David and I were freezing to pieces!

His little snowsuit was a gift from the Johnsen's...but (yes, now that his head is officially okay, I am going to make jokes again) his head was too big for the hood so we had to improvise.

Finally I must brag on what a smart boy Michael is...it must be extra brain power in all that room up there! He says new words every day..."Harrison" which sounds like "Hassin", "Car", "Milk", "Push", "Pizza", "Spoon" which sounds like "Butts", even compounds like..."kitty cat" and my favorite (and his favorite, that he says all the time) is "What is this" - it is a bit run together and is often used as "Who is it", "Where is it", "What is it"...but it is SO cute! I've got to get it on video and then learn how to post videos. That will be my ambitious project for 2009!