Grandma came to town!

Cabin fever

It's a thing we had not experienced since becoming parents. Stuck inside for 3 days.

Snow turned to freezing rain. We awoke to alerts on our phones from the city urging people to stay in due to ice on roads. Church cancelled. Other plans for the day cancelled. Thankfully because the tram is needed to get folks up the hill (to the hospital) it's operating when it would otherwise be closed and will allow our friends, nearest neighbors, to come down and hang out with us. Kids, bowls of chilli, and some drinks might just keep us all from going crazy.

Last night moon and I played cards late into the evening. Today we (ok, really moon) organized our CDs and began putting them on our computer. Which means we now only possess a few of those ancient things! We also built trains. Managed some rest. Read some books. And are feeling ready for some ice to melt early this week!

Snow!

We don't see snow that often here in pdx. And this is the first big snow Eli's seen here, though he seemed to remember the stuff from Korea. We had fun sledding yesterday. Today it's coming down too hard for us to go out and play. 

(And I gotta say that the patagonia snowsuit he's wearing is sure going to put in its time! Got it 50% off at a kids consignment store when Eli was a baby. It's size 12mo, but still sort of fits him! We were kind of impressed).

Lazy mornings

This is Eli's favorite spot in the morning. He sits with his guitar and listens to the music I put on. Sometimes he watches the photo stream on the computer. Boy does this kid love music.

Want my toast?

To the coast

We enjoyed a weekend away for the CMDA conference. Ah the ups and downs of trips away with our toddler. He stayed up way too late both nights, but crashed hard. He and I mostly explored while daddy went to the various sessions. Even when I think we're crazy for trying to do these sorts of getaways (pregnancy doesn't help my motivation) when I know we'll all be staying in one room, the packing that's involved, etc, we drove home and I felt grateful we had the chance to do this trip. We've now attended 3 years during these med school years (last year moons schedule didn't work out for it). First year of med school we went and I was pregnant with Eli but didn't yet know it (found out the day after we got back). Second year we went with a 3 month old. And here we were with our 1.5 kids. I know we'll remember fondly these weekends on the coast with wonderful community, worship, and every meal cooked for you (who doesn't love that from time to time!).

Eli learned that this beach has much colder water than Hawaii.

Playing in the gym with Eli's favorite word--ball!! Watching the big kids game.

Walks in the ergo! Carrying one in the front and one on the back...