Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Happy new year with arctic blast

Happy 2019, little buddy!
This year has been good so far--we started it at grandma Judy's house.  We went to a new year's party at daddy's cousins' house (John and Rachael), watched the NYC ball drop on TV there, then returned to grandma's.  It was a nice, relaxing couple of days, then we came back home. 
These last couple of weeks have been pretty snowy.  We estimate there is about 14 inches on the ground right now...it has come a few inches at a time, and has stayed cold enough to not have any of it really melt.  Then, this week, the 'polar vortex' struck harder than ever in recent history.  From yesterday evening, through all of today, and until tomorrow at noon, we have been under a wind chill warning and the actual temperatures are colder than Antarctica, base camp at Mount Everest, and Siberia.  We have not left the house at all since yesterday, just to be safe.  You played with all your usual toys today, helped mommy bake some cookies, and watched "Tangled" on TV (which you enjoyed).  Tonight, though, I think you and I are both coming down with a cold, possibly caught from daddy, who has been suffering one for a few days now.  Hoping we wake up feeling better tomorrow, buddy.  Love you! ~mommy