Snow Day!

Like most places on the east coast, we got a ton of snow this weekend! Miraculously, Anil is off work for four days in a row, and so am I, so we're taking advantage of the time we still have to lounge around together. We made a big breakfast this morning and started in on our DVDs of "Mad Men." I did some Thanksgiving weekend sale shopping at Best Buy for TV-on-DVD sets for when we're hunkering down with the baby, but I gave all but this one set to my friend who recently had a baby so her and her husband could watch them and prevent us from diving in too early. We've never been on the Mad Men train though, so I thought we could get a head start and get into it now while we can still focus and watch one entire episode straight through. In the afternoon we took Bailey out to play in the snow and took a bunch of pictures with our fabulous new camera (the difference from our old one is amazing--totally worth splurging on a new one). Tonight we're making chili and reinforcing the dents our butts (mine particularly these days) are making in the couch. Tomorrow we're going to venture downtown and walk through Boston Common as we do a few last-minute holiday errands. I figure we should take advantage of this snow fall now since even though it'll continue to snow through March up here, it's not likely that we'll be able to be out in it as freely as we are now. And there are lots of lights and decorations up in the Commons and downtown--part of what I love about being in the city for the holidays.

Here are Anil and Bailey, on our way to the park.

Me, again being thankful for my warm coat that zips over my belly, maternity jeans, and boots that still fit my 1/2 size larger feet.

This picture is hilarious--it's Bailey mid-roll over. He loves playing frisbee in the show and we got some great shots of that too, but this is my favorite. Check out his winter boots! Anil found them for him last year when we realized the havoc that the salt on the snowy/icy sidewalks was doing to the pads on his paws. He looks so adorable with his winter boots, and his feet stay protected and warm.

One reason we got this new camera is for the shutter/release time (or something that sounds like that!)--the interval between clicking the button and image being captured. It was a bit long on my old camera, as observed by Caitlin, my photographer extraordinaire friend who I put in charge of my camera at our Charlottesville baby shower. When I wrote before that I was thinking about whether we should splurge on a new camera, she served up a big affirmative, largely for that reason of photo lag time. She has a young cousin and made the excellent point that when you're trying to capture the movements or facial expressions of a squirrely and mercurial baby, seconds matter. This new camera (on Caitlin's recommendation: Sony CyberShot W290) makes a world of difference, as you can see here. It got a clear and focused shot of our crazy dog mid rollover in the snow! If it can do that for Bailey, we'll be all set for the baby.