snow! ...

After having a very mild winter last year (and even 80 degrees in March!) we have had snow! While we didn't have a white Christmas, we enjoyed a "blizzard" on the 26th and then even more snow on the 28th. Luckily Santa's elves (my 2 aunts) surprised us with a snow shovel and we have gotten lots of use out of it already. We didn't brave the snow the first day but on Saturday we decided to head out to the Davy hill and go sledding.

Enjoy the pics and video of Levi's first sled experience :)

the first snow day, Papa John volunteers to shovel snow :)

on the 27th we put our tree in the backyard to clean out the Christmas decorations... we woke up to this on Saturday the 29th, kind of pretty, right? :)

Daddy, and Levi, looking at the snow (Levi kept pointing at the window and saying "da")

 the second blanket of snow before the attack of the shovel

a little later in the morning it got windy and our pretty tree blew over

Saturday afternoon on the Davy hill (Levi is inside with Aunt Brooke at this point)

Levi was not impressed with the cold or being held by his dad

slightly less upset 

a little happier now that he is with mom but still not thrilled about the prospect of going down the hill

Levi's first sled ride with mom

family pic after surviving his first sled run!

... Happy Birthday, Levi!

Hard to believe but Levi is already 1! We started off his birthday with the now obligatory tie photo shoot and then got ready for his party. We enjoyed celebrating with family and friends and despite a little mishap with the candle, it was a great time. Enjoy some pics from the special day :)

Smiley big boy!

His new thing is fish lips and lots of talking

But, as usual, very happy 

Some of the party fun - lots of blurry people because everyone was moving!

And so begins the cupcake series...

#1 the candle is lit and we are singing, he is perplexed

#2, the candle was just blown out but it was interesting so he starts to reach for the wick...

#3, contact with a freshly blown out candle wick is not so pleasant

#4, finally stopped crying with a little big of chocolate cake

not the greatest picture but Levi and Adelaide enjoyed playing with his new parking garage

Our favorite picture of the day - Levi's new hat (courtesy of the greatgrandparents) and his mustache paci from Alex, my what a handsome fellow

Here are a couple shots of our handiwork/hardwork

The lion cake :) 

I designed it (with inspiration from Pinterest) and Kyle and I decorated it

Our animal cups - giraffes and monkeys :)

And so, our little guy is 1. Onto the next adventure!