Ginger Roots: Wiley's 5 Months Plus Snowpocalypse '14

So recently we had a winter storm come through and totally knock Alabama around. It was right at the end of January and it was a major pain to a lot of people. We're very thankful that it was nothing but pleasant for us, but our hearts go out to those who were negatively affected. Luckily my husband doesn't work far from home and his manager closed the school after it took him hours to make it back to his home (that was less than a mile away, from what I understand). So we were all safe and sound at home, with our pets, just enjoying the snow.

Alabama rarely gets snow, so when I first saw the few flurries coming down we ran outside to get photos with Wiley in it. People around here still talk about the blizzard of '93, which was where we got about 12"... but generally we get snow that melts away in a few hours (if it sticks at all). After it stuck and finished snowing we did what any snow-deprived southerners would do, we promptly layered ourselves and Wiley up and went out in it.

Two pairs of pants!

We decided to walk around our neighborhood and began debating if it was safer to take Wiley in our Ergo or in our stroller, finally deciding on the stroller (because at least if we fell down the stroller would stay up). What made this snow as debilitating as it was was the effect it had on our roads, sheets of ice underneath snow that cars and people slid across. I almost fell at one point and had to have Patrick help pull me to a safer spot.

Our dog is so funny, she HATES water but LOVES snow. Any other form of water, even if it's barely misting out, you're trying to torture her and she will look the most pathetic. In snow she runs around like a maniac and has a blast. It's so fun to watch her, I can't wait 'til she and Wiley can run around in it together.

The aftermath.

We got Wiley out of the stroller after awhile and let him get closer to the snow, unfortunately he's still too little to really appreciate it. That and he doesn't have a pair of gloves that fits so he could actually grab at the snow.

First snow!

Actually, we had to struggle to find shoes that fit him, too. We have yet to buy a pair of shoes for him, I don't see much point to them. I mean, babies aren't walking. And when they are learning to walk shoes seem to be a hindrance, so we just stick with socks. Also, it doesn't usually get so cold here that we need more than a thick pair of socks and a blanket for the short time he will be in the cold. If it's that cold, we usually stay in... but snow is different! I knew I'd want photos of him in the snow so we had to try four different pairs of shoes we were given to find one that fit so he could stand in it. Luckily we had some.

What's this?

He started to grab it but I decided to stop him since he had no gloves and we were on the other side of our apartment complex. Maybe next year, little man.