These photos were taken on Monday afternoon, after a full day of snow. Nolan was mostly interested in watching what the dog was doing in the yard behind him. Since then the weather has warmed up a bit and most of the snow has melted away in the rain. It was still technically a white Christmas, though!
I think we’ve gotten more snowy weather in the past week than in the past 5 winters combined. We got several inches last Sunday, and flurries on and off through the rest of last week. It was finals at Willamette, so the university didn’t close, but Jeremy worked half-days from home for a good portion of the week, and got to leave early the rest of the time. The majority of the snow was gone by the end of the week, thanks to temps that finally got just above freezing, but by Saturday night we were getting freezing rain, and we woke up yesterday to half an inch of ice coating everything. Freyja was very confused by the crackly crust covering the remaining inch or two of snow in our backyard.
As the day progressed, we got more snow flurries and lost power in the house for several hours, due (I believe) to downed power lines. When we woke up this morning, at least 4 or 5 inches of snow had fallen on top of the ice, and it is still falling. It looks like a winter wonderland in Oregon, and we may even have a white Christmas, of all things. Our poor bushes, however, may not survive the experience.
Freyja is going stircrazy in the house. Needless to say, we haven’t been out for the past two days, and not just because our car is buried under a shell of ice and snow. So she hasn’t had a walk for over a week, and she’s got mad energy. She doesn’t mind the snow at all, though, so whenever we give her the chance, she runs around the backyard with her stick, stumbling through the ice crust here and there.
Nolan is 9 months old now, and he’s finally outgrowing most of his 3-6 mos clothes. He’s still a long, skinny boy, but he seems to be filling out a bit. In the past few weeks, he figured out how his sippy cups work and got to see and feel his first snowfall. He also finally adjusted his sleep schedule: he now sleeps pretty soundly from about 8:30pm to 11:30am, and takes only one half-hour nap during the day. Here are a few pics:
A few new pictures of the little guy. The last one shows a pretty common expression these days: with 6 teeth visible, Nolan is constantly feeling with his fingers, rolling his tongue around and sucking in his lips to try and figure out what the heck is going on in there. 
We’ve got a weight check on Thursday. Nolan has definitely gained length and seems to be gaining weight as well, but cross your fingers.