Busy Holidays

We kept ourselves pretty busy over the holidays - a few days in Shelby, a few days at Pretty Lake, a few days at home, then back to Pretty Lake for my Dad's birthday on New Years. It was a great couple of weeks, and it's also been nice to settle back home for a bit.

Other progress to report - the quilt is all pieced together and I'm almost a quarter of the way through quilting it. It probably won't be done by the time baby Pete arrives, but I'm pretty happy with the progress I've made on it. At my last Dr's appointment, there was some progress towards labor, but nothing that would give any indication when this baby may arrive. So, it's back to the Dr once a week until he makes his appearance. Everything's looking good so far.

Here's some pictures from Christmas and following. Enjoy.

The snow slide in it's glory before all the rain.

Jeff did this to Eli on Christmas Day at his parents house. I think Ellie finally rescued him.
The snow banks were tall enough in Shelby that Jeff could get to the steps on the power line pole. He took this family photo from up there - which Eli really wanted to climb, too.

Eli ate a chocolate on Grandpa's birthday. This was the result.

Eli reading the new baby is coming book with Grandma Traxler - giving me a nice rest on the couch in the mean time.