Thank you

Ray's mom and grandma came up for a week to help. We definitely appreciated the help. Ruby and Cora were thoroughly spoiled.

What actually happened

while Mommy and Daddy were at the hospital:
That's a snowman and a snowdog turned snowcat. The girls wanted to build a snowdog (thanks to a book we have) but Cora decided it looked more like a snowcat after Lil put the ears on.

She has eyes

Lest you think I have been blogging the last couple of weeks and just not putting up baby pictures, I haven't. I had all the posts so far this month set up before I ever went to the hospital. Except the post introducing Eda, obviously, and Lil put that up for me. :) I've not been on the computer much and still haven't uploaded any of the pictures from my camera. You have to thank other people for the pictures of Eda you've seen so far. Maybe one of these days I'll get to my pictures. Until then, this pic will have to work.

The Cat in the Hat

The Cat in the Hat visited our library, so we had to go meet him. In lieu of story time, kids got to have their picture taken with the cat. Terribly exciting. Cora went right up when it was her turn, gave the cat a hug, and had her picture taken.
Ruby wasn't so sure about the whole thing. She didn't want to get close to him. She finally gave him five, but would only get close enough for a picture if Cora was there, too.
At least it all went better than Clifford. The one thing I thought was odd was that the cat never said anything. Since the cat is very talkative in the book and the new TV show, I thought it would have been better to have the cat talk to the kids. Oh, well, we got a picture. :)

Bungy? Dogny?

What would you call a creature with two little bunny ears and two big dog ears?

I imagine

this was a common scene while Mommy and Daddy were in the hospital:The girls love it when Lil visits.

Not all children

would butcher their rocking horse:They've been watching Daddy cut up deer and elk. Why not a horse?

It's a Girl!

Eda is here! She weighs 8 lbs. 3 oz. and is 20 1/4" long.

What could be lurking in the containers?

Surprise!

More sledding

First we go down:
Then we have to come back up:
The kids all did really good at bringing their sleds back up, even the little ones.


Cora even got a ride on the motorized sled:
If you can't see her, she is squished in the middle.

My girls like to sled!

These are a few of my favorite sledding pictures. Can you see what they all have in common?