Winter 09

I'm not sure there is much to say about Winter 09 into Winter 2010 other than SNOW. We had so much more snow in the Baltimore area than usual, not even including the big February blizzard! It was great to look at, but a huge pain to live with as people around here (and the transportation system) is very unused to wintery road conditions, making commuting pretty awful. Well, I didn't have to worry since I had off (teaching profession for the win!) most of the time. Here is Audra enjoying the snow and consequent warm-up tubby from our first December storm...

The snow certainly helped me to feel like being more creative when decorating the house for the season. We have had these antique ornaments stowed away for years that came from Steve's grandparents, but haven't hung them on our tree with a cat and little one waiting in the wings to potentially destroy them. They were just so pretty though, so I hung them from our dining room chandelier...which I hate most of the time. This helped to make it more bearable!

We had a pretty super Christmas season and were even more blessed to have Audra baptized during the season of celebration of Jesus' coming. It is pretty awesome to know that we have such a large church family dedicated to Audra and her spiritual well-being.

The holiday celebrations were fantastic, with visits from Aunt Pam and Uncle TJ who now live in California, and one last holiday at Mom Mom and Pop's being the only granddaughter. Audra's first girl-cousin Avery was born just a few weeks after Christmas!