First Bath

Brent and I ventured to give Karly her first bath. She wasn't too happy about it but she survived it. It is still up in the air whether she has blond hair or light brown - washing her hair you can see more blond. Time will tell. Hopefully she will tolerate her second bath a little better.

And Karly makes three . . .

On April 1, 2009 at 9:47 pm Karly Jeanette Floyd was born. After a long labor she made her appearance on her time. Brent was a trooper during the entire labor and was by my side for each contraction. We were able to have my family and close family friends in the room with us during the labor - it was nice to have everyone there and I was able to be distracted with the different conversations. During the delivery my mom and good friends Julie and Trinka were able to be there with the rest of the crew out in the hallway. After a couple of nights in the hospital Brent and I brought Karly home - with only our parental instincts on what to do. We are blessed to have Karly be such a good baby, she sleeps for 2 - 3 hours at a time and other than letting us know that she is hungry on needs a diaper change, she does not cry. During her awake time we get lost in time just staring at her and watching her take in her surroundings and seeing what is going on. We look forward to seeing what each day brings us and will enjoy this time while she is so young.

Catching up

I have been meaning to post these photos indicating how much snow we have gotten this winter. For a while we thougth the snowman would be buried with all the snow. As of now it looks like the weather is a go for melting - but the long range forecast is calling for snow on Saturday. I really hope they rolled the dice wrong on that one!

What a difference a week makes!

Who would have thought a little over a week ago it was just about 50 below at the house - and today - it was 40 degrees above (it got up to almost 50 above yesterday) and we went ice fishing and enjoyed it. There was all kinds of water on the lake - but noone fell in. Brent and I went out with the youthgroup and it was a great time. Brent is already planning on building his own ice house for next year. For now we are going to enjoy our above average weather and laugh at the lower 48 as they survive what we sent down.

I'm waving the white flag.

The cold snap is coming to town - per an article in the paper the weather forecasters are calling for as cold as 60 below! And the long range forecast is not looking too cheery. Shall I start naming the top 3 places I would rather be enjoying right now - I'll give you a hint, they all are known for sunshine and are about 125 degrees warmer than what we'll be. Holy cow - I had to do the math again on that one, but that is the temperature difference. Imagine, I could go hang out in the walk in freezers at Sam's Club and it would be warmer than walking outside. But I will stop complaining and accept this as my cold weather merit badge and come October I will gladly accept my "award" from the State, i.e. permanent fund dividend. Everyone stay warm and if you are down south somewhere, stand and send your warm wishes to the frozen North.

Bring it on!

As has been the motto lately - "at least it has been a nice winter SO FAR." But the bottom is about to drop out. The forecast is calling for 35 - 45 below tonight, but bring it on! At least we know a couple of days ahead of time of what to expect and with the addition of our new wood burning stove it makes it nice and toasty. I am thankful that we have the stove and are not having to deal with flooding in the middle of winter.

Oh no, it rained - and then snowed again.

Friday night it warmed up to 40 degrees and it rained all night and melted all the snow that we did have. On Saturday Brent and I were able to finish up our winter projects. All the doors have new weather stripping and the wood is unloaded and all the lawn furniture is put away. It was a rather nice day to spend outside. Then last night it snowed again. Brent was standing and staring as the snowflakes were falling and he decided that he should go and fire up the snowmachine and take it for a spin. With not even 2 inches of the ground he took his sled out for a ride. As you can tell from his ear to ear smile - winter is his favorite season.