December 31

One year ago today, we moved in to our new house. Who on earth moves on New Year's Eve? Us, apparently. Not one of our smartest choices ever, but I'm forever grateful to the friends who helped us make it work.

Today, nothing so exciting. But we did have snow, which is pretty exciting in its own right! After naps, we headed out to play.

Daisy was suspicious of the snow. I'm sure the fact that she could barely move in her much-too-big snowsuit and completely-inflexible snowboots didn't help the matter. She was content to sit on the ground and eat snowballs.

Once she overcame her suspicion, she was pretty funny. 

She didn't move, but she was funny. Here's a variety of her best funny faces: 

I love this girl.

Eventually, I moved her to an open area. Then, she stood and ate snow. 

See the much-too-big snowsuit? Size 24 months, so it really should be close to fitting. She is nearly 20 months old, after all!

Meanwhile, Caleb (in his size 18 months snowpants, which miraculously still fit this 3T boy!) ran and jumped and played and caught snowflakes on his tongue.

Daisy gave the snowflake-tongue bit her best effort, but only succeeded in being adorable.

She cracks herself up, too.

Then we headed to the front yard, where Caleb impressed me with his shoveling skills. Give the boy a few more years and Chris won't have to do any more shoveling!

Sadly, I have no pictures of our New Year's celebration. We didn't have fancy hats this year, but we did have a delicious feast: grass-fed filet mignon, grilled snow crab legs, twice-baked potatoes (we cheated on the diet to allow those, and they were worth every bite), roasted asparagus, steamed artichoke, and something bubbly, pink, and non-alcoholic. For dessert, I made some pretty fantastic double-chocolate cookies that happened to be grain-free and sugar free. Our little family of four all sat on the couch, watched the New Year's shows on TV, and dunked our cookies in raw milk. Not your average celebration, but I'll take it!

Overall, it's been a good year. God has provided for us mightily, and blessed us in so many ways. We have healthy children, a comfortable home, great neighbors, and a good job. I'm not sure I could ask for more! Hopefully 2013 brings us more adventures, and a healthy, happy baby in July. (Caleb insists that the baby is a girl, and her name is Baby Rainbow.)

Happy New Year!