Just thinking about how different babies are these days.
It seems like they are miniature adults from the beginning, no longer wearing crocheted bonnets or dresses like we did, or even my boys did.
Or the long Sweetpea nighties with the draw string
The clothing is very distinctly boyish, denim, plaid, crew socks ,tennis shoes, cargo pants.
I just found some white shoe polish that I'm sure I used on those first walking shoes. Does anybody buy them anymore?
And the neutral colors, yellow and green to paint the nursery are no longer necessary since the sex is known ahead of time.
Guess I am getting old.

Drip drip drip...the snow is melting and huge sheets of snow have been crashing down off the roof all week. The cats run for cover each time it happens, and it makes me jump as well.
I can't believe that my car is still stuck in the driveway. We left it facing out near the mailbox, but the plow has stacked up so much snow, which is now ice, that I can't drive over it. I may try to work on that today.
I've been thinking about the man who has been missing from Fenwick Island since Tuesday a week ago. My gut feeling is that he will not be recovered until every thing thaws or one of the summer residents comes to set up their house in the spring. It is either that or a complex hoax that has gotten out of hand.
There is a website to pray for his return and it discourages any negative thoughts, but realistically at this point I would be amazed if he turned up alive.
The story is that he was at a party with friends,and left around 11 PM. His car, cell phone and some personal belongings were found at 11 AM the next morning behind the house where he had parked. This was after our first blizzard, but before the second round which started that afternoon. You have to remember that Fenwick Island is pretty much a ghost town in the winter because many of the homes are not insulated or heated. I doubt that crime is a factor.
We've accumulated so much snow, that there are mounds of it piled up along the sides of the roads that you can't even see over. I think he may have been scooped up and buried there, or worse yet, taken to a dump where the trucks were trying to dispose of the mass of snow.
This is such a small community that everyone seems to be involved. Hundreds of volunteers showed up on Saturday for a massive search of the area. Dogs were brought in but I doubt they could detect the scent due to the snow, which blocks their senses.
Ironically, I actually know his father, who is a HS guidance counselor, and worked in the summer as a delivery driver for Grotto. Prudence, of course knows him from school. He was the BF of her BF's brother.
At any rate, this has been disturbing me and waking me up at night. I sincerely hope that his body is recovered soon and his family and friends have some closure.

Enjoying this respite from the snow for a few days. The roads around us are still covered. Jim actually got stuck out on Hudson( mailbox side) yesterday and had to be pulled out by some Good Samaritans with a truck and a Chain.
That is one thing about an emergency....it tends to bring out the good in people.
Our neighbors, Jack and Sabrina, have been commiserating with us during the power outage, and once Jack dug his truck out, he picked Jim up and they went shopping together. Jim bought some nice steaks at BJ's and we went over to their house for dinner. I think we all enjoyed the companionship after the ordeal we had gone through, and that was before the next storm.
The second one was scarier due to the high winds and drifting snow, plus we were all on edge fearing for the electric again. We had 9-12 " more show and it was blowing so hard, sideways, that i couldn't see across the street.
Being cold is a real drag. Having no hot water really sucks, especially when you are trying to clean up after meals.
So let me stay warm for a few days and not worry about the storm brewing for Monday!!