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Overnight, 10 inches of white, fluffy stuff fell in our area. The people up north laugh at 10". In fact, a family member from Pennsylvania told me she doesn't even have the driveway plowed until the snow gets almost as high. There are currently flurries, but I doubt that they will add much to the amount we already have. However, the amount of snowfall we have is the third most they've had in this area in an overnight period. The number one amount is 17". That's a lot for a southern state!
We woke up and let the dogs out so that they could run around in the snow. Hattie is definitely not a fan of snow. Waveland thinks that it is absolutely wonderful. However, Waveland convinced Hattie to run around in it with her. I have a video, but I can't get it to load. I will work on it though.
The entire area is shutdown today. The only things open are emergency facilities. It is very similar to Christmas and it's a little eerie. Even if we wanted to go anywhere, we can't since there are no plows here and Doug and I don't know how to drive in this much snow.
Doug obviously stayed home, since his work is closed. I think we will go have a snowball fight and/or build a snowman in a little while. Maybe we'll take Weston out and take pictures, so we can have pictures of him in snow.
Here in North Alabama, we are supposed to get quite a bit (for the South) of snow tonight and tomorrow. For me, this is quite exciting. As I have mentioned before, I grew up in Florida and we don't see much any snow down there. Therefore, when it snows, I have a child-like excitement.
We are supposed to get 8-10" beginning, well, now. It is actively snowing as I type this. Doug and I went out looking for something to go down snowy hills on, such as a snow tube or a flying saucer, but unfortunately, we couldn't find anything that would work. If we decide to go down hills, we may use cardboard boxes or a laundry basket. It's called Southern improvisation.
Doug probably won't have to go to work tomorrow and possibly not on Tuesday either. He has the ability to work from home, so that will be helpful if the snow storm shuts down the area for a couple days.
I'm a little sad that Weston is too little to play in/enjoy the snow this winter. Next year, when he's 18 months and can play in it, it won't snow here. Such is life.
Today, while we were out, we stopped at Wal-Mart. We noticed a sign that, although shouldn't have surprised me, did. I'm not someone who wants to save all of the animals, but I HATE hunting and think that it is completely pointless. I understand animals are food too, but I still think that hunting is ridiculous, especially if you're not going to eat it, but hang it on your wall, or shoot just for the fun of it. I mean, raccoon and squirrel? Seriously? *Stepping off my soapbox.* Anyway, this is the sign we saw.
Since Doug and I grew up in Florida, neither of us ever had a white Christmas. I think I am a northern girl at heart, so I have always wanted to live where is snows and have a white Christmas. One of my complaints about Florida is that it is always warm enough to wear shorts and a t-shirt on Christmas Day, so it doesn't feel like Christmas.
Yesterday, we woke up to this:
I told everyone that they could have not gotten me anything for Christmas and I still would have been THRILLED!! I guess I'm excited by the little things in life.
Weston's first Christmas was also yesterday! Santa definitely came to our house.
Since he is still small, Weston didn't really play with much of anything, but as he grows, I'm sure he'll become more interested in the things he got.
He did stay awake most of the day and while we opened presents, but by last night, he was overtired and quite crabby. We put him to bed about 9 and he didn't wake up until 8:40 this morning. He needed the rest!
My parents, brother and sister-in-law came from Kentucky to spend Christmas with us. It was very special to me to have them here, because my brother will be deploying soon. We had a nice time opening presents, seeing what everyone else got and just laughing and having fun.
It snowed all day today too, but we needed baby food, so we braved the snow. It was fun to see the city all covered in snow.
When we got home, Doug and I had a colossal snowball fight. Even Hattie and Waveland joined in. It was a very nice day spending time with my little family.
I'm so glad Doug has the week off so we can just hang out.
