Adorableness

Is that even a word? I don't know, but it accurately describes these pictures. Bex smiling, Ethan cooing over his baby sister, Sadie being coy... so cute. That's about all I've got- no witty observations or stories; I'm too tired for that at the moment. So for now, just enjoy the cuteness!

Sadie, ever the snappy dresser

waking up after a nap

OOOOOOOOOOH!!!! Can you get any cuter that that?!

Awwwwww!

I fell on a patch of ice earlier this week while holding Sadie and scraped the side of her face pretty badly. Poor baby. She now tries to smile when I'm taking her picture so this is her "I'm trying to smile but it hurts" face.

after getting into my moisturizer- this after the Vick's incident last week. The girl never learns.

Redemption

All right, so Sadie's still pretty cute. She's been getting a bad rap lately, after smearing Vick's all over herself and her bedroom walls, spilling various foodstuffs, etc. So I thought I'd offer up evidence of her cuteness as a sort of redemption. Enjoy.

New Year's Resolutions

I know I'm a few weeks late in making my resolutions, but I've been thinking long and hard about them, so it took me a little while to gather my thoughts. So here we go:

1. Lose my pregnancy weight. This one's kind of a no-brainer, but important nonetheless. Made ever harder by the Christmas goodies I indulged in and my almost pathological need to bake.

2. Keep every jar with a screw-top lid out of Sadie's reach. Or else this might happen:

Yes, that would be Vick's Vapo-Rub all over her face and in her hair. I washed her hair five times and still couldn't get it out. That's when I decided to throw in the towel and just pretend that we're trying out some new Australian-themed eucalyptus hair gel.

3. Buy sippy cups with valves that actually work, so we can avoid the giant puddle of chocolate milk that inevitably occurs at every meal. Yeah, I'm talking about you again, Sadie.

4. Put a bottle of Shout! stain remover in every room of the house. You never know when or where food will spill, diapers will leak, or Vapo-Rub will strike.

5. Buy stock in S. C. Johnson.

Let the smiling commence

I haven't gotten on here in a while. In fact, I haven't used an actual computer in quite some time. I got an iPod touch for Christmas, which lets me check my email anywhere in the house, so most days I never even turn my computer on. Which also means I am way behind on reading other people's blogs so I apologize. But I admit it is nice to use a real keyboard for a change. I think I'm getting carpal tunnel from pecking at the keys on that tiny screen.

Anywho, nothing spectacular is taking place at the Snow house. Just the usual. Ethan's back in school, as is Paul, Sadie is a pistol as always, and Becca continues to get bigger despite my pleadings to the contrary. She will be two months old on Wednesday. Yo. The one advantage is that she is interacting with us a lot more, which is of course loads of fun. It's always so rewarding to see those first smiles after six weeks or so of looking at this little blob of a baby who wakes you up every four hours and doesn't do much else. Unfortunately, I am almost never able to catch them on camera; Becca stops smiling practically the second I pick up the camera. But I tried my best. Gimme a break, I'm not firing on all cylinders.

Random cute shot of Sadie (she was eating a chocolate chip muffin so there's chocolate smeared all over her face. Typical Sadie)

Ooooooh, so cute!

this is my "I'm concerned about the state of the world" face

this one I just liked because she looks so goofy- but she's still adorable!

So there you have it- nepotism is alive and well. Hopefully we'll have something interesting to write about soon, but don't hold your breath.

Ethan's First Class Picture

Ethan took his first class picture back in November. Thankfully, they took the picture outside so his coat covered up the crazy outfit he had on.

Time Well Spent

We've had a great time celebrating the holidays and welcoming in the New Year. The last guests left this morning so we wanted to throw up a few pictures.

We had a lot of fun with family...

(Sledding at Hanover Country Club)

(Boston before a Celtics game)

We had amazing food....

(Christmas Eve dinner)

We carried out traditions...

(Dressing up to act out the Nativity)

We shared gifts....

(Look at the excitement on Sadie's face)

and we blessed a baby.

Happy 2010!