White

This is how we spent a majority of our weekend. Driving in and/or dealing with massive amounts of snow. Dan and I experienced one of the scariest hours of our lives on Saturday. The snow plows were pulled from the roads (that is saying a lot in Minnesota), yet we were out driving! Wooooo! We had spent the night in downtown Minneapolis for my company holiday party and we were trying to get to our boys amidst literally white-out conditions. I consider it a miracle that we got to Dan's parents' house without a single mishap, based on the number of cars, trucks, PLOWS and hearses (yes, I saw a hearse buried in snow) along the side of the road.

We have exciting travels coming up and other fun things on the horizon. Lots of fun stuff ahead! The snow better not ruin any of it!

Tunnel troll

Yesterday after Elijah's nap we decided to head to the mall. It had rained all weekend, so we were in desperate need of an outing. There is a giant play area in the mall that is always jam packed full of children and parents (and germs, I imagine). We had never taken Elijah in there before, so we decided to let him experience it.

We really weren't sure how he would handle all of the commotion. We went to the far end where there were fewer people and sat him on the play mat as we sat along the edge and watched. He crawled through a couple tunnels and watched the kids whizzing by all around him. He didn't seek out interaction with anyone else (unlike the little girl who was stalking me), but that was no surprise.

He liked to stay close to his little tunnel, and was often found just sitting inside it (there's that security thing again). One time he even laid down on the ground and "talked" to his hands (that's our boy!). He didn't get too adventurous, but he did way better than either of us thought he would do. The only time he even came close to losing it was when a couple little boys tried to get through his tunnel and he wasn't sure what to do.

We learned yesterday that Elijah is in love with malls. Any time we walked into a store, he would instantly start crying and he would continue to cry until we were back out in the mall. We had to ride the elevator a couple times and each time we did, he looked totally distressed because he wasn't sure if the elevator doors would open into the glorious mall or a dreadful store.

It's so fun to continue to see what makes him happy/comfortable/content. I just love this kid.

Only in MINNESOTA!

I cannot believe this. It's is SNOWING and it's freezing cold out today. The status of the walk is "tentative" and I don't think it's a great idea to drive to St. Paul only to be told to drive back home. So Dan and I are thinking that instead of doing the walk, maybe we'll just have everyone over to our house at noon for pizza? We have people in from out of town for this event, so this completely stinks. I feel so bad.

For those of you who were planning on attending, let me know your thoughts. If you all think it would be worth it to meet at Harriet Island still, then we'd be willing to do that. I just don't know what to do! ARG!

The wind chill right now is 21 degrees. Yuck. 28 mph winds with snow.