snow you know

This is what the wrap I'm knitting looks like so far. Not bad for my first knitting project right?

we are bracing for a big snow storm and fully expect to get snowed in.
I was supposed to go to DC and help Kara unpack in her new house and Peter was supposed to go to Baltimore to welcome back Jon Cassidy and the 2 of them hang out with craig (aka drink, stay up all night, jon almost break someones nose again, act like they are in high school again, the usual for those 3). But alas the snow has put those plans on hold.

The big news round here is that young master jonah took his first independent steps yesterday!!!!!
To be honest he really took his first independent step on Wed. but when he does something new and for the first few times after that he gets really excited and flaps his arms and smiles this great big smile but he didn't do any of that after he took the step so I don't think that he realized that he did it. But yesterday he was standing in the kitchen and gave me this weird look, like I'm about to do something then he smirked. and i said walk to mama jonah and he did he took the cutest 2 steps that have ever been taken in the entire world. Then he went nuts, arms flapping, giggling, head shaking from side to side he was so happy!!!
Peter called just at that moment and I told him what happened and he couldn't believe it.
When P got home j took a few more steps for him, not wanting to leave daddy out of the excitement.
No walking today as of yet. but maybe this afternoon.

I keep passing by this great little farm store and have been waiting till we needed milk to go in since they have a sign saying "organic, local milk". Today was the day. It is run by, well I'm not sure if she was Amish or Mennonite but, a nice lady who is either one or the other. She had her little girl in the store with her and J and the little girl had the best time playing, pulling everything off the shelves, general baby merriment. I love that he can go anywhere and be perfectly happy. He doesn't care who is holding him or where we take him he is just a super happy little guy.

Hopefully I will be able to get some progress made on the wrap during the storm but we'll see. We really should finish unpacking etc. And I did promise myself that it would get done by the end of this week but J had an ear infection so nothing really got accomplished.
I just hope we don't lose power. We don't have any games or anything not even a deck of cards. And no books, maybe we would finally get some sleep.......