Mama's Birthday & The First Snow

Because we felt quite sure that a certain someone was going to make his debut on 12/30/11 we asked my parents to come down for the night.  They were going to come for the weekend to celebrate my birthday anyway, but they came the extra night just to be safe.  Needless to say the entire weekend came and went, and I'm still pregnant!  I did have a great birthday, however, and Chloe loves her Grammy and Papa so much that she was just beside herself to have them at her command the entire weekend.

We started my birthday morning by going out for a nice breakfast.  Chloe was a very good girl.  Just when she started getting a little bored the waiter brought out a huge fruit bowl, and she was busy for the rest of breakfast hunting for grapes and strawberries within the sea of melon. 

After Chloe's nap we went to Costco and Best Buy.  My dad bought a new laptop for himself and Paul bought me a new Canon DSLR camera for my birthday.  I'm so spoiled!  I have wanted one ever since we had Chloe, but have never been able to part with that kind of money.  We found an entry level DSLR camera on sale, and it is amazing!  I am finally able to capture Chloe's wide range of emotions.

Later that night Paul made a huge feast with snow crab legs and seafood pasta.  It was better than any restaurant.  Seriously.  We celebrated with cake and ice cream and then played board/card games until the ball dropped.  It was a great way to wrap up my 27th year of life and ring in a new year. 

We received our first real snow of the season.  It is amazing since we are normally covered in a blanket of snow several times over at the start of December.  We took Chloe out to play in the snow.  She really loved it and wanted to stay out longer, but her cheeks were bright red and her eyes were watering after just an hour, so we brought her in. 

We asked Griffin how he feels about having a baby brother.  He didn't have much to say, but I got the feeling he isn't thrilled.