weekend fun

I am so thankful of where we ended up here in upstate NY.  All the craziness of July really did end up being worth it!  We had a perfect weekend here.  It's been snowing here and cold, so it actually feels like winter.  On Saturday, we went out cross-country skiing with a group of neighborhood friends and then on Sunday we skied behind our house.

Yep, on the harbor.  The harbor had finally been frozen long enough to venture out on the ice. There were lots of people out ice fishing, so we felt safe enough to venture out.  It was kind of a crazy/surreal feeling to be standing out in the middle of the harbor knowing that water is just 5 or 6 inches below!  The harbor is no longer 6 inches of ice, maybe 2 inches with water on top because it's been raining and warm.  So we are very happy we went out when we did.  This weather is crazy!

Love this video of Brie sleeping.  It's amazing to me that she was comfortable and warm enough in her pack to fall asleep.

Ski-joring. The new sport we're going to use to wear Maddy out.

A little love for Brie

Okay, I'd say we have a lot of love for Brie.  She is getting more and more of a personality and cracks herself up on random things.  We have a box that we can't recycle because Brie climbs in it and "reads" to herself for several minutes at a time.  Brie also likes to climb into all the tupperware bins that we have and every so often goes back to climbing in the cupboard.

Brie's current favorite pastime is when Maddy goes outside, she has Mat or myself lift her up so that she can stand at the window and look outside.

Our afternoon at Wehle

It was marvelous to get out and enjoy the blue skies and snow.  I don't think it ever was above 10 degrees, but Brie was toasty all layered up in her stroller with the windshield on.
 
And I'll leave you with this video of Mat and Brie.  We love our BOB stroller.  Seriously.  It's pretty much part of the family and comes with us on a lot of our adventures.

15 Months of Brie

She's in the 75th percentile for weight and 50th percentile for height...

Height:  30 inches

Weight:  23 pounds

A video of Brie from 1/3/11

She was so tiny.

And here are a couple more older videos of Brie.

Brie toddling

A short video of Brie.  I love how she's so happy and content to play with the littlest things.  Like a plastic bag (of course, under parent supervision) and an empty box as you've seen on previous videos. 

Brie saying "Da"

Brie is have a grand old time watching Mat fish out on the dock.

As you may have noticed, I have started posting more videos.

1) Because Brie is adorable in action and I want to share it.

and

2) Because I gave in and have made a youtube account so video is easily posted to this blog.

I've had to do this since blogger apparently only like other google things, i.e. not flickr, I am slowly having to transition over to all things google...

A Saturday Walk

Brie, Maddy and I went out to Black Pond for a little walk today.  Mat went out snowshoeing on a group hike, so for our outdoor activity we decided that we'd go somewhere we have not been in a little bit.  Black Pond was a perfect choice and we timed it perfectly.

We had the beach to ourselves.  Yay!

That meant Maddy could run around and burn off some energy.  Brie and I were entertained by Maddy and Brie had a pretty good time walking on the sand.

A very lovely walk indeed!