SNOW!

We woke up to that on Tuesday morning! And not only did we wake up to that, but we woke up to our neighbors throwing snowballs at each other at 7 am! It was awesome. Keep in mind that many of our neighbors are from Florida and Georgia...so this is a very rare treat for them! Of course, it seemed like a treat for us too since we've missed out on snowfall for the past three years! (just this past week it snowed three times in our Big Chicken city!! we're soooo sad we missed it!!)

Eden still wasn't too sure about all of it. Her pathetic and sorry excuse-for-gloves didn't insulate her hands well enough because she kept looking at her hands saying, "cold!" Plus, she's had a nasty hacking cough for the past week and probably knew she didn't need to be out there for very long. But our neighbor brought out a cool sled and her daring side came out. She enjoyed it!

In all we got about 6 inches of snow. We would have been happy with another foot or so, but we can't complain! NC seriously shuts down when this happens. Before even one snowflake fell, school cancellations were being broadcast on the news the night before. Brandon didn't have to go in to work as well as most of our neighbors. And perfect timing too. We're such suckers for current events type stuff that we enjoyed the time at home together to watch all the inauguration coverage. It was a perfect day to gaze outside at the peaceful snowfall, listen to our daughter* hack up a lung, and sip on hot chocolate. mmmmmm

*she's feeling much better now! after two weeks of inconsistent sleeping, 30 minute naps, nose drips, a nagging cough, and general fussiness, I think she's back to her usual happy self!