Put a kid in overalls...

and he goes all Tallahasee on ya!  Or is it Pennsylvania?  Oh boy.  

And Ethan, if you think growing up with parents who met working as a Hall Director and a Campus Police Officer gives you a chance at underage drinking in your house?  Oh buddy!  

Get ready for some seriously un-cool teenage years, son.

It's a White Wednesday!

Pushing the stroller to the metro this morning for the great DC Baby Exchange (when I'm getting to work in DC, and Chris is leaving work in the city, and we pass off the little man over a little family breakfast) was quite an adventure!  Several inches of snow blanketed our neighborhood and no one else was crazy enough to be outside, nevermind to shovel their walk.  Do they sell strollers with mini-snow plows on the front?  This Floridian isn't used to this!

Our home looked beautiful on the outside, but it would have been nicer to have been toasty on its inside!

Here's a view of the park in our backyard after the overnight snow.  And there's more to come, so says the groundhog anyhow.

And the sweetest husband award goes to...

When I awoke to change Ethan's morning diaper... I found a surprise in his nursery.  Spot it?

Chris had surprised me with a beautiful bouquet of roses that he ("and Ethan helped") picked up for me.

Last week,  I had felt so left out.  Ethan had his big 6 month well check up with his pediatrician and being at work, I wasn't there to join him and his dad to find out how big he had grown or ask my thousands of questions on sleeping, nutrition, development, (and much more!).  I knew Chris had it more than covered, but I couldn't be part of the process and had to wait for a summary.  (It was a pretty great summary, including the doctor calling him the "Picture of health"!)

My heart melted when I saw this unexpected surprise and I thought the sentiment behind it was just a little pick-me-up.  Chris then explained at length that it was to show the appreciation for what a wonderful mother I am and how I he recognizes all I put into being the best parent I can for Ethan.

I'm so grateful for Chris and that Ethan has such a good role model.

Ethan typing to his mom

It's been hard leaving the little man every morning going to work, but we've both been adjusting.  Today he just made my heart melt.  Chris put him to the computer to write his mom a message and he pounded away.  "yvt 7thnivt c ftd," he said.  I read that as, "Mom, I love you, thanks for working hard for us and I understand."