This morning we looked out the window to see ... snow, for the first time this Winter. A white Christmas!

 Maybe U knew this was a special day. He woke up between us  excited and happy. He alternated nursing from me and turning to D and grabbing  at his beard.

Breakfast was the Mexican meat loaf I made yesterday with fresh mashed potatoes Don made this morning. He whipped up a delicious garlic gravy from the meatloaf drippings. Ulysses got a mashed bunch of all the items on the menu, and continued happily dabbling at it in his high chair while I made a carrot cake.

Last December, we found this wooden sled at Savers thrift store. We felt a little silly about it -- baby not even born yet! -- but bought it anyway and took it to storage. Today was the day! Don drove out to get it whil I bundled up baby.

Ulysses loved being pulled along in the sled. We kept him out until his nose became red and we all started to feel chilly.


Then it was back inside the house for some Christmas ham.