March 12 on the 12th

1. This is Billy's usual position when Noah and I leave in the morning

2. A candid shot of Noah first thing in the morning

3. Some early morning love between mom, Noah, and Ruffy

4. Breakfast of champions - pancakes, fruit, and milk

5. Lucky Billy got to go fishing today!!!

6. Noah's school - I only pick him up on Thursdays

7. Noah and his teacher - they love each other

8. Noah and I go to the commissary every Thursday for groceries

9. Pushing his best friend, Ruffy, around in the stoller.

10. Helping mom pull the wagon

11. My not so healthy, but oh so yummy dinner

12. Our March calendar

Will I ever have a snow day??

I complain about this all the time, so you might have heard this already, but I've never seen snow. I grew up in south, and I mean really south, Texas where it doesn't snow. Then I met my wonderful husband who just happened to be stationed in another part of the country that doesn't see snow, and I'm really okay with that because I'm not a fan of cold weather anyway, but I still want to see snow. Up until a few weeks ago, the closest I came to snow was when I was very young on the top of a mountain in Veil, Colorado in the middle of summer, which really isn't snow, but crunchy ice. Then there have been so many occasions when I just missed the snow.

1. My school always had a church camp during spring break and you had to be a certain age to go without your parents. The year before I was old enough, it snowed like crazy. I went for maybe 6 years after that and it NEVER snowed.


2. I lived in the Rio Grande Valley until I was 18 and then in the summers until I was 22. I went to college in San Antonio, TX and then lived in San Marcos, TX for a couple of years. I thought I would certainly see at least a few flurries in one of those places, but no such luck. Six weeks after moving to South Carolina, it snowed in San Marcos and San Antonio. Unbelievable.


3. And this one is even more unbelievable. My family (mom, brother, and sister) all came out to Charleston for the first Christmas after I had moved. This was the only Christmas that any of us had ever been away from our house. None of us had ever seen snow. There was a major snow storm that covered our house in snow... ON CHRISTMAS EVE. It just doesn't snow in the Valley, much less on Christmas Eve, and as soon as we're all gone, the unimaginable happens. Our relatives were nice enough to send us pictures via e-mail of our snow-covered house and the dogs pouncing around in the snow. So yes, our animals saw snow, and we didn't.

I did see my first snow flurries a few weeks ago. The flurries were few and far between, as evidenced by the pictures below, but they were there. Like I said earlier, I'm not a big fan of cold weather, so it's not like I want to live somewhere where I have dig through snow to see my driveway, but one snow day would be nice! (and one would probably be enough!)

January's 12 on the 12th

I did this a little backward because I wasn't sure if was going to be able to get January's done, but here it is. I was able to throw something together while Noah was napping.

1. Waiting for Billy to bring in the ladder to get the balloons unstuck
2. Noah eating some nectarines for dessert
3. Brena is looking for some attention
4. Listening to Brisinger on audio CD
5. Lori making silly faces with Noah
6. Billy loving on Noah
7. The ride home from work
8. Noah looking at his dad for the next attack
9. Feeding the fish
10. That nectarine is yummy
11. Brena is ready to play
12. Billy is the tickle monster

12 on the 12th

Okay, so some friends of mine started doing something called 12 on the 12th. It consists of taking 12 pictures throughout the day on the 12th of each month. It portrays a typical day in the life. I know I'm a little late, but here's what I have for February 12th. I guess it's not too bad for my first time!

1. On the way to the doc's office in lots of traffic
2. Billy early in the morning
3. Grapes are Noah's favorite snack right now
4. Just a little morning playtime
5. Noah playing with the one toy that was in the doctor's exam room... Billy was cringing the entire time
6. One of Noah's favorite balls
7. Lori and Billy
8. Daddy and Noah
9. Mommy and Noah
10. Noah loves going for walks and pushing his wagon when he gets home from day care
11. Noah is trying to figure out how to maneuver the step from the garage into the house
12. Noah looking adorable at the doc's office (his 15 month well-baby appointment)

We love the playground!!

Even though it's been kind of cold lately, we've been able to take Noah to the playground a few times. They have a great playground on the Air Force Base that is toddler friendly and Noah has a really good time. He loves the slide and the swings and all the other things that he can run around doing. One of the first times we went, we put him up on the slide and he got on his stomach and slid down face first! Luckily Billy was right there with him or he would have had a nice face plant! Anyway, I'm attaching some pictures and a couple of videos so you can see how much he likes the playground!

Here's Noah enjoying the slide!

I shouldn't have laughed, but I couldn't help it!!