White as snow

It snowed in Minnesota last night. And got cold too. On the way to preschool this morning, the snow-covered ground inspired Meredith to sing "Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow" over and over again.

By the end of the day, the snow had melted, but it's still darn cold. One of the coldest April days in a while. Elaine's been a bit fussy recently. We've seen it connected to when she spits up, she gets upset until her next feeding, whether for five minutes or over an hour. Today, Jen got some good advice from a nurse on reducing spit-up occurrences. Implementation has been immediate. It's also involved a pacifier this evening. Elaine took to it with much enthusiasm.

Today Meredith got a hair-cut and did a great job. She got a sticker. She was also excited to see Grandpa Kerry arrive from a long drive. She had been counting down the days to his visit. Our friend Laura, stopped by to see Elaine and dropped off a whole bunch of lasagna she made. We were very grateful.

Sweet sleep...


Elaine is starting to move and stretch out her arms.


Elaine looks at some fun stuffed animals that were part of a gift from her relatives Tracy, Kit & Elise Powers and Becky, Jeff, Erik & Emily Nodland.


Meredith has been enjoying to pretend to play an imaginary violin. She likes to play the real piano too.


Meredith's an old pro when it comes to haircuts. (Grandmas, stickers, kid-friendly programming on