The Longest Winter. Ever.

I have lived in Georgia for almost 9 years. In those years we have had fairly mild winters, some more so than others. The winter of 2012-13 was SUPER mild. No snow. Very little frost. It could barely even be called winter.

All that changed this year. It was epic. At least in terms of Georgia winters. Sub-arctic temperatures, snow, snow, and more snow, very little sunshine. It was insane. At least for us southerners.

One of the things I love about Georgia is that we get to experience all the seasons. But, I do not love to be cold. I do not love having to put 12 layers on the boys every time we walk out the door. I do not love having to put on a parka and gloves and a hat just to walk to the end of the driveway to check my mailbox.

But, I do LOVE snow. And we had a lot of fun snow this year.

Carson's first experience with snow. I bundled him up. He waddled 3 feet and fell face-first into it. While holding a snack in one hand. He was not happy. Not happy at all.

This one LOVES snow.

And snow angels.

He slowly started warming up to the idea of snow.

And realized that grabbing handfuls of snow and throwing them in the air and saying "hooray" every time was actually pretty fun.

And we bought a cheap sled....

And even sent Cargy down the hill on the sled. Which he thought was hilarious and great fun.

Daddy is always better than Mommy at letting them try out new and sort of scary things.

And this one was a natural.

Oh my goodness. These two. Make every single day worth it. Worth every freezing moment outside. Every pile of wet snow clothes stripped off right inside my front door. This is one of my all-time favorite pictures of my boys.

Doctors and Legos

After Carver's epic stomach issues in the late Fall, we were sent to a pediatric specialist down in Atlanta to have him checked out.

The appointment was pretty uneventful. We spent over two hours in the waiting room. (That's right, TWO HOURS with 2 kids). Then we briefly saw the doctor. She determined that whatever was wrong with Carver was unknown and sent us on our way.

So, we headed over to Legoland to let the boys play for a bit. It did not at all compare to Florida's Legoland, but they had fun! We don't make it down to Atlanta all that often so a family day out was just what we needed.

Singing Karoake

Doing a little dancing.

I love all these guys in my life. I'm exhausted and overwhelmed but oh so blessed.