Pictures and WINDY - 328/365

 This morning, I was taking some first birthday pictures for Deanna! Baby Mike is ONE! I can't believe it. It seems like yesterday I was taking his newborn photos. Time flies.

They went really well! He is such a happy little guy, that it made it so easy! 

While we were taking pictures Reagan and Violet were playing in the playroom. They had an awesome time playing dress-up. When they were getting ready to leave, Reagan burst into tears because she didn't want her to go. It was so sad!

Just as they were leaving, the wind REALLY started to pick up. It was crazy. The garage started to fill up with leaves. I bet we swept two full black bags of leaves out of there! 

Our trampoline actually tipped over and was under the swings out by the play set. It was nuts. I ended up moving it up in the trees away from the wind, so it wouldn't blow far away. 

We went and had a quick lunch, then we went to let out Dexter for Ray and Jenny. When we pulled in their driveway, one of the chairs on their front porch was in the driveway! When we let Dexter out the back door, we found on of the cushions for the chairs on the front porch, in the back yard. It was nuts! 

Thankfully we never ended up with any major damage. 

Happy Birthday, Baby Mike!

Reagan in the leaves

 The traveling chair

 Reagan and Dexter loving it up!

Frigid Flag - 39/365

The last couple days have been pretty much like Groundhog Day around here. Wake up, work on the party, go to bed. It makes for some tough photo of the day possibilities. I hope I'm not having "photographers block" already. I'm only 39 days in. LOL! 

Today the news was all about the huge winter storm ("Nemo" as the Weather Channel is calling it...whatever) that's pummeling the East Coast. New York City was expected to get between 12-18 inches, and Boston is expected to get nearly TWO FEET of snow! WOW!

 Here in Youngstown, we weren't affected by "Nemo", but the winds were quite blustery. I could hear the house creaking from the wind all day. Luckily, we only got a dusting of snow, which was good news. Jim, awesome daddy that he is, braved the wind and still took Brinkley for his walk. He said Brinkley's fluffy hair was blowing all over the place but the pup didn't seem to mind. Thankfully, we're nearly half way through February so the yucky winter days, will soon come to an end. 

Today's photo is our American Flag being tossed about in the wind.
Not the best, but hey, it's a picture! LOL!