The TarBar

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Blizzard Photos Part II

Starting the bundle-up process...

Snow pants

Ready to go!

This is our street

The other direction

Our house

The view from our garage

The steps up towards our house

I have some videos I will upload later...

Brooke & Jocelyn's First Blizzard!

So the weather people are calling this the Blizzard of 2010. The last time Pittsburgh saw snow like this was in March of 1993. I still lived in Charlotte at that point, so I didn't get to witness it. I have always wanted to see this much snow...and now I have! We stuck a yard stick out in the snow this morning and here's how much we have so far. It's still snowing, though...

There's usually a couple of steps down into the side yard...

Our large bush...falling over!

Look how high the snow is up on the fence!

Can you see the car that's parked on the street to the left of our porch pole and above the bench?

Wow!

We want to take Jocelyn out, but we aren't sure what she will do. I'm sure she can't walk in it! Maybe we will just put her on the sled and pull her around!

Oh, and Todd just cannot wait to shovel!!! ;)

Thursday, February 4, 2010

The Bump!

Maybe I should change the sidebar of my blog from 'Watch Jocelyn Grow' to 'Watch Brooke Grow"!

Here's the belly at 5weeks, 4 days...before anything really started happening...

Here it is today at 18 weeks...

And this one is from when I was 17 weeks pregnant with Jocelyn...

I've only recently given in to wearing maternity pants. I had been using the rubber band method and a Bellaband for a few weeks, but it was just getting too uncomfortable. I can remember being so excited to start wearing maternity clothes when I was pregnant with Jocelyn. This time, not so much...I wanted to stay in my regular clothes as long as possible. I refuse to buy lots of maternity clothes--clothes you will only be wearing for a short time (ha-I say short, but it feels so long). I barely spend money on clothes when I'm not pregnant--I'm not going to do it for clothes that will be unwearable in a few months!

OK, baby--you win--I knew you would, I just keep reminding myself that the growing belly indicates a happy, healthy growing baby as well!

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Cabin Fever

Cabin fever is an idiomatic term for a claustrophobic reaction that takes place when a person or group is isolated and/or shut in, in a small space, with nothing to do, for an extended period (as in a simple country vacation cottage during a long rain or snow). Symptoms include restlessness, irritability, forgetfulness, laughter, and excessive sleeping, distrust of anyone they are with, and an urge to go outside even in the (less miserable) rain, snow or dark. Cabin fever can also be known as a term for a lack of sexual intercourse.[1] The phrase is also used humorously to indicate simple boredom from being home alone.[2] The term was first recorded in 1918.[3] Other references have the term in use at least to 1906. An 1820 reference is to an actual fever, common in Ireland, resulting from eating watery potatoes during wet years.

Cabin fever - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Indoor Fun

When it looks like this outside when you wake up in the morning, and the forecast calls for more snow, wind, and freezing temperatures, you have to come up with things to do that do NOT require bundling up and going outside! Why? Because Mommy doesn't want to!