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GIRL! Yes, another girl for us. Madeline is going to have a little sister. I am excited for her and of course for us. I'm hoping that with 4 years between them, they will be buddies. Maddie has been saying, "Mommy, when the baby gets bigger, she's going to be my friend." I think she will be a good teacher, although maybe a little bossy at times. But most importantly, everything looked good at the ultrasound! Here are a couple pictures. They didn't give us many, but here is a profile picture and the girl picture.

The Future Big Sister

Mommy's sweetheart on Valentine's Day (19 weeks pregnant)

We told Maddie the news that she is going to be a big sister on Christmas Eve! We told her she could open two presents on Christmas Eve from us and one was a Dora nightgown (we always do new PJ's on Christmas Eve) and a Big Sister shirt. When asked about her gift later that evening (in reference to becoming a big sister), she only seemed to remember the Dora nightgown. Initially it didn't really sink in, but in the past few weeks Madeline has been asking more questions about the baby and planning lots of things for when the baby arrives. At first she was insistent that it's a girl. Then she changed her mind and said it's a boy and we will name him Cosmo. Now she flip flops every day. One day she said, "Mommy, I know what we can name the baby...Lisa." I told her that was a nice name, but we probably wouldn't name the baby Lisa and she said with the straightest face....."Well, Cosmo it is." I just know she is going to be a great big sister, whether it's a boy or girl. And we plan to find out on Feb. 23rd, so stay tuned!

Blizzard #2 and #3!

Usually in Virginia we get a blizzard every few years. This year, Mother Nature has blessed us with not one, not two, but three blizzards in one winter. I won't go on and on about it, I feel like I just did a post like this (oh right, because I did)! Basically, Saturday's storm dumped nearly 3 ft. on us and then we got hit again with another foot on Wednesday. I got the whole week off work so Maddie and I had lots of quality time together. She was really well-behaved and didn't seem to get cabin fever, amazingly. Thanks to my neighbor who is always up for a social event, we had little outings for sledding, dinner, breakfast, and wine (water for me) right across the street to keep us sane!

This is our deck after the first storm, believe it or not!

Look closely at my neighbor's yard, the snow is almost as high as the fence!

Maddie is literally chest deep in the snow. She was kind of stuck and being the great mom that I am, I had to get a picture first before getting her out. That is why she wouldn't look at the camera!

Yes, that's Maddie in her bike helmet. She tried to ride her bike the day after the first storm. She didn't get very far.

During the day of the second storm, Chris found a leak from our roof. Good times. This is the point when I decided it was enough snow and started to get a little cranky. The good news is, it was in the future baby's room so it forced us to clear it out. And since we haven't painted yet it's not a big deal.

So lucky to have a handy husband! And good at multi-tasking. He was on a conference call, moving the computer out of the room, cutting into the drywall and getting into the attic to investigate the source of the leak!