Warm and Cozy

Winter has officially arrived! We woke up yesterday to a lot of snow. Before we could go to my Midwife appointment in the morning I had to shovel us out of the house. Though it wasn't fun driving to my appointment, it was nice to arrive to such a cozy office. I loved being able to cozy up with the kids on the couch and chat with my Midwife as the snow gently fell out the big window. Joseph always helps at my appointments and I love how my Midwife encourages it. Since the children were already bundled I made sure to run all of my errands while we were out in the morning. 

When we came home, you could barely tell I had shoveled. The children were begging for some baked goods (namely banana chocolate chip muffins) so I decided to go to work repairing the oven. Mr. Stannix said he would do it for me on the weekend, but with all of the snow we were getting, the prospect of him making it home was looking very slim. I am happy to say that I successfully changed the element in the oven with a lot of awkward bending and squatting to get around my belly. Half an hour later I was pulling warm banana chocolate chip muffins out of the oven. We each had one along with some warm homemade vanilla pudding. While we ate, the snow slowly fell outside. And while we played downstairs, the snow kept falling and falling. After I tucked the littles in and made sure they were asleep, I bundled up to shovel. When I opened the front door, I laughed out loud because the snow had drifted part way up the bottom of the door. It was quite the workout to find those sidewalks again!

We got more snow over night. At least it's the light sparkly stuff. It's a beautiful winter wonderland out there. I just wish the roads were better so that Mr. Stannix could come home for his birthday this weekend! We sure miss him! Joseph keeps counting down the "fweeps" until Daddy is home. We are nearing the end of our milk and eggs and I should probably go grocery shopping, but I'd rather cozy up with the littles and spend the day at home baking and crafting. After I put Joseph down for his nap, I  stopped to admire how cozy and content he looked and suddenly was wishing we could all cozy up in our beds for the afternoon while the snow slowly fell outside. But I guess snuggling up to a movie is a close second!