Season of Snow...So Far

This has been the snowiest winter season we've seen since we've been married. I've had a few sets of pictures of Amity enjoying her first experiences with snow.  Our first snowfall was right before Christmas. Ben took Amity out and pulled her around the snowy driveway in her blue bird sled.  She wasn't sure about it at first but within a few minutes she was smiling as the snow swirled around them.

Here's Amity signing for "more" as Ben pauses in pulling her around.

They even went up the little hill on the side of the driveway. 

Bundling up to go out into the snow and cold is exhausting...Amity just needed a break before we put on her coat and gloves.  She was interested in this new outfit too.  She walked around and around the house in her snowpants trying to lift her legs up.  It feels different to be in layers of swishy clothes.

We had a chance to enjoy the snow a couple of weeks later when cousin Caden came over for Amity's birthday weekend bash.  Here they are bundled up ready to go out with Dad and Uncle Jon. 

Caden was much more excited about riding down the big hill in the backyard.  He laughed and smiled all the way down.

What a blessing to have such loving fathers and uncles.

So here we finally come to the big snowstorm of this weekend.  The weather stations predicted 6-12 inches and Pittsburgh averaged 20.  We measured 15 in our driveway alone.  The record books will show that it's the 4th biggest snowstorm for our area in recorded history. We fared pretty well.  Our electricity was only out from 10:30 pm- 6:30 am on Friday night and we lost cable from Saturday afternoon to about 1:00 on Sunday.  We have stayed warm and inside most of the weekend.  Ben doggedly shoveled our driveway clear on Saturday.  What a big job! 

Amity ventured out into the driveway when Ben had it partially cleared.  It was just a wall of snow all around.  At first she wasn't sure about it but then started smiling and wandering around pointing and jabbering. 

I'm not sure what she saw but she sure was wanting us to see something.

Ben and Amity have a heart to heart by the snow.  Amity even reached out to touch the snow at one point.

The weather stations are calling for more snow on Tuesday so we'll see what other adventures this snowy winter brings our way.