We got a record amount of snow in the Chicago area.  12.9 inches.  It was really fun and even shoveling it wasn’t too bad.  Here is a photo of Ashlee’s car just about buried.  Another little known fact is that there was a 4.2 magnitude earthquake too.  Maybe the weight of all the snow triggered it.  The dogs and Hannah are loving the snow, but it is too deep for everyone except Cinder.

There is a slight change happening at the pacers. Some of the posts are only going to be visible to friends and family. In order to view them you will have to log in. The login area will be on the top left corner. I went ahead and created users for everyone who is subscribed to the blog right now. You will get emailed a password and can login and change it at that point. Once you login there will be a link that says profile in the login area. If you click that you will be taken to a screen where you can change your password. Don’t forget to click update settings at the bottom.

For those of you who read this but do not have accounts you will be able to see some stuff, but I am going to be blocking out lots of the posts for people who are not logged in. It is easy to register so please do it and log in. The page will look the same, but certain posts visibility will change depending on your login status, so check to make sure you are logged in.

You will have to be logged in to see most of the posts from now on.

This is our first family portrait to include Mara.  It turned out really nice.  It reminds me of the Garth Brooks song “Two of a Kind Working on a Full House.”  Enjoy the music and the next time you hear it, we really will be.

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A few posed photos with me and Mara when she was 1 day old.

Can tell which is Hannah and which is Mara.  Scroll down for the answer.

Hannah’s on the left, 1st photo, Mara’s on the right, second photo.

Mara Lorraine Pace was born a healthy baby girl at 2:16pm, weighed 6 pounds 10 oz, 18 inches tall, and doing well. More info to come. Ashlee is doing great too.

Looks like we are going to have a c-section today so we will get to meet Mara.

Hannah has had edamame on a couple occasions in the past, but tonight she figured out how to get the little beans out of their wrapper on her own.  Unfortunately, by the time we thought about getting some video of it, she was already pretty full.  So most of the video is her talking about all the errands she has to do.  Enjoy the video, it is still pretty cute.

YouTube - Eating Edamame