Spring Is (or Was) Here

After a winter with more snow than I've seen in my six previous winters in New Mexico, spring finally arrived. It came quite suddenly: we got six inches of snow on Monday, then yesterday the sun was shining, the snow was melting, the sky was clear blue, and the temperature was, if not exactly warm, at least approaching balmy.

In literally three days, we went from this:



to this:


We celebrated by dressing Adelaida in her most spring-time-y clothes, a short-sleeve onesie with bright pink and green and orange flowers and white capri pants with similar embroidered flowers on one leg (I'm a sucker for baby pants with embroidery on the legs!). After playing inside for a while, we took Adelaida out to the backyard to play -- the first time she's really been able to play outside (at our house) since she's been walking.


There were some falls (some caused by Maggie and Murphy and some that spontaneously occurred), but Adelaida never got upset and seemed to love being outside. She watched as Dale and I played fetch with the puppies (who also loved the warmer weather because it meant we would play outside with them!) and generally explored the backyard. She never quite figured out that the backyard is not an even surface, and fell into several small gopher/Maggie holes. I'm sure by this time next year she'll be a pro at navigating our uneven backyard!


It was wonderful to have spring again after a long winter of snow and cold, but unfortunately it didn't last -- the snow started again this evening and we're expected to get four to ten inches tonight!