Snow Day!

My snowy arborvitaes

Snow covered ivy, growing up my favorite antique ladder made from an old mill in CT, and japanese holly (above) and my boxwoods (below)

Perhaps I have become oblivious to the impending snow storms and have paid little attention to the weather reports...because I was surprised and delighted by today's storm. Ben and I had a lazy day planned and the snow was a great reason to stay in our jammies and have some good fun in the snow! Granted, our time in the snow was only about fifteen minutes but it was so beautiful out, we had to go! So far, I think this has been the prettiest snowfall this year. It was slow, peaceful and lasted all day long.
Charlotte has since expanded her vocabulary to include "jack" and "sit"...admittedly, "sit" comes out sounds a bit like...well...you can imagine. She is a big fan of "la la" and "da da" but we still have yet to get a solid "ma ma". When I ask her, she simply says "ma" and then goes into a long series of "la la la".
In pregnancy news, I passed the sixteen week mark and feel much livelier these days. I can just barely feel movements if I am laying very still and really focusing on feeling things. We will (hopefully) know March 3rd (also our wedding anniversary) if it is a boy or girl....all I can say is that I am having a VERY hard time picking out boy names! There are so many I love, but dislike the nick names that they can turn into. Help!