Podiatry wives and the new babies!

We took this first picture the second week of December at the Podiatry Christmas party. There were 6 pregant ladies at that time(Jessica is not pictured here). In the last three months we have added 4 new babies to the podiatry family. The Browns were first with baby Evan. Then came the Staskos with their first baby Christian. The Nelsons welcomed their first little girl one day later named Hayden. And finally a couple weeks after that we met the Heck's baby Cal. Jessica and I are still pregnant. She is due in May and they are going to be suprised if the baby is a boy or girl. I am due in June; brining up the rear of the pregnant podiatry wives. We'll have to take this picture again at the end of summer to show all 6 babies. We all got together last night for pizza and hang out time. It was so funny to see all the babies lined up in their car seats. I had to wear my belly band for the first time last night because my jeans do not fit. Thanks to Shevawn for the awesome Belly Band. Hopefully I can make it another month or so in my jeans before I have to switch over to maternity pants.
I am really excited for our upcoming work conference in Vegas. I leave Pittsburgh on Sunday morning and will be gone for 4 days. I'll definitely have pictures to post from that trip. We are going to see the Cirque du Soleil show "O". It is supposed to be a really cool show; all in the water. I think I am most excited to escape the snow here.
This morning I let our dog Mason out to go potty. I was watching him from the window and then a big fox ran by the yard. I tried to get Mason back in the house but he thought it would be fun to chase the fox. I quickly pulled on my golashes and hot pink bathrobe and ran after him. We had a nice little chase through the snow onto the golf course. I finally got Mason to follow me back to the house by promising him a Greenie. These are the best dog treats. Now the dogs are going out to potty on a leash. That run was exhausting. I'm hoping that none of my neighbors were watching. ha!

Snow Storm and Super bowl Pictures

Big Snow In Pittsburgh

This was quite an eventful weekend for everyone in Pittsburgh. The snow started coming down about 1 PM on Friday and did not stop until Saturday afternoon. The weather channel predicted 12 inches of snow. We eneded up getting 22 inches in our area. Keith was on-call at the hospital on Friday night during most of the storm. He was done working on Saturday by 9 AM but there was no way he could drive home on the snowy roads. We waited and waited for a plow truck to come. At 4 PM Keith was getting restless and decided to try and drive home. He made it most of the way without any trouble. Parts of our neighborhood had been plowed so he was able to park at the top of our hill and then walk the rest of the way home. The snow on our street was up past his knees. During the walk home Keith found a neighbor with a plow on the front of his truck. He had gotten stuck on our street. Keith and some of the other neighbors worked to dig him out. He was nice enough to continue plowing the rest of our street. He even came back the next morning and plowed our driveway. Keith estimated that it would have taken him over 8 hours to plow our driveway that clear. Everyone on the street was thrilled when the power finally came back on Saturday night, almost 24 hours later. Our house had gotten down to 51 degrees during that time. We are very fortunate to have our power back. There are still about 5,000 people in the Pittsburgh area without power.
On Sunday morning the city plow truck finally came and cleared up the street. Keith and I decided to continue with our plan to host a superbowl party with all the podiatry residents. Some of the families were still snowed in; which was really sad. We did have 14 people make the drive to our house for the game. Some people came early to sled on the golf course next to our house. Our neighbors accross the street canceled their superbowl party. They brought over the 22 pound turkey they were planning to cook. Keith injected the turkey with buffalo hot sauce and roasted it for the party. It was delicious! We had lots of goodies and enjoyed a great game. Here are a few pictures from the storm and the party. I also had Keith take a couple belly pictures. We are just about 5 months pregnant. Thanks again to Dan and Shelly for all the cute girl clothes. Brooke is going to love them!