2013 Begins!

Well... 2013 is officially here!  We made it til 10:30 and never could see the ball drop.  We are SO not prepared to wake up every 2 hours with a newborn... ah!  Even with going to sleep so early we were able to sleep in til 8! (Thank you Caylee!)  Amazing... what a great way to start the new year, with lots of sleep :)

Matt headed out to work this morning.  He had one horse to treat.  Caylee and I had egg and cheese omelets for breakfast and played in the morning.  When Matt came home we decided to build a snowman ("we" means "he"- snow is cold!)  It didn't happen because the snow is too powdery.  So we helped Caylee walk up and down the drive- a little slippery, but she did good!  He pushed her in her car for a little bit and I shoveled the drive.  Don't worry- it wasn't hardcore shoveling... I just pushed off the inch that we got yesterday so I could get my car out. 

Since the snowman didn't work out, Matt thought she might like the large piles we have around... nope, not really interested :)

 Dogs were loving running around outside today.  The temp was 22, but with sunshine it feels much better-  I even took the dogs on an afternoon walk!  When that sun disappears though, watch out- it gets COLD quick!

 Snow driving... looks pretty easy from the driver's point of view :) 

For lunch we went back to our college days and had bagel pizzas!  YUM!  I have to say, they were really good... it's a great meal!  I turned on the Rose Bowl parade of course and we watched that through Caylee's nap.  Then it was time to make snow ice cream!  I was so excited.  I had heard of it, but never made it... here's how it went:
8 cups of snow
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup milk
splash of vanilla

I thought it was DELICIOUS!  (Maybe that's the pregnancy talking)
Matt hated it! (Didn't like the texture... it's not an ice cream texture for sure)
Caylee will eat whatever you are eating so she seemed to like it... "more, more" is all she says when you have food.

So I ate my bowl of fresh snow ice cream with reeses pieces and I enjoyed it!  I threw the rest out (8 cups is a lot) and I think Diego found it outside to enjoy too...

That about wraps up the new year for us.  Having a holiday on a Tuesday is pretty nice- it threw Matt off some because he keeps thinking tomorrow is Sunday.  I keep thinking only 3 more days and then he's off again!  I kinda like mid-week holidays....

Even though I know we have some hard times coming up, I am glad for days like these- relaxing, full of sleep, good family time and good food.  I hope to have many many more days like this in 2013.