The Hutchinson Family: Riley's Boo Boo & Snow!

Riley has become very comfortable with her walking and running, but has had a few major splats lately. One of which was a splat on the pavement at school and the pavement won. Miraculously enough, they said there was no blood, but now we have a beautiful scab to show as a memento for the event. She is not bothered by it one bit, but all I can think about was how bad that must have hurt when it happened!

They have some new chairs that Gramma gave them. They've been down at the house in Washington, but Gramma brought them to our house since they will probably get more usage out of them here. They are enjoying sitting in them to watch their shows on tv. Notice the paint brush in Riley's hand? This is one her latest favorite toys. She carries it around with her a lot. It's a paint brush that was in the goody bag from Paul's birthday party in December, but she has now latched onto it. We "brush" our hair, the walls and just about anything we can find.

I was in Birmingham for a baby shower on Saturday for my college friend, Jen. It was a beautiful shower and several of us stayed in Birmingham to catch up with the college girls. It was so much fun to hang out (with no kids) and talk. We went out for a nice dinner on Saturday night (without kids, gold fish, sippy cups, you get the picture) and it was a great time. When we woke up on Sunday, there was snow on the ground and LOTS more coming down, so we hopped on the road hoping to miss the worst of the storm. When we pulled into our driveway at 11:30, the rain in Atlanta turned to snow and we had an afternoon of beautiful fluffy white snow flakes. It was the hardest I've seen it snow here since I was a child. As soon as the snow was over and the ground was nice and covered, it started raining and almost all the snow was gone by the time we went to bed. Gramma came over to wait out the big storm with us and she spent the night. The power went out off an on all night, but we survived! The ground froze, so most of the schools here were closed today, including Open Arms. Riley and Ryan had their first official snow day today! We stayed in our PJ's and even had Happy Meals from McDonald's for lunch! As of now, there is not a drop of snow on the ground and really no ice. It's sunny, but still very very cold. We are heading back to work and school tomorrow, but not before an anniversary dinner (7 years today) for mom and dad tonight! Kevin planned an evening out for us (arranged a babysitter and all), so we are heading out after the kiddos hit the hay! :)