Tahoe

On Sunday after Robb's conference we headed for Tahoe for some skiing. There wasn't too much snow there yet, but a huge storm was in the forecast for the following couple of days. With or without snow, this was going to be fun because we had a great group of people arriving at the cabin: Goran and Fare were coming from Colorado; Zina and Fedja from Houston; Ben and Tim from Robb's old VLF group. We took Steve's guitar up with us. Goran was the only one playing it in the end, mostly YU songs that a few of us sang to. It's been a while, we all got a bit rusty with lyrics. We'll do a better preparation in the music department next time!

Zina with Nikolas, Goran in the back:
Ben helping with dinner, Tim giving him moral support:
Nikolas with his favorite toy (like mommy, like son!):

Robb was wonderful to let me go ski while he watched Nikolas! We skied at Heavenly and it was much better than I expected! Or I was so excited about skiing that I forgot that that this was my least favorite resort around Tahoe...
On Tuesday we got some fresh snow so Robb and I decided to take Nikolas out to experience it. First, we tested the new suit at home. He apparently didn't like it too much:
Then we bundled him up for a car ride to the park. Here is our little crepe with an adorable hat:
And now starts the real fun!
Someone, anyone, pick me up, I can't move over here!
First taste of snow, literally:
Hello, teddy bear :)
It's all complete with a snow man!
Those huge snow flakes didn't exactly impress him this time...it was freeeezing cold, too!
Whether it was due to the cold that he caught just before the trip or the altitude, Nikolas slept 'like a baby' every single night. We had him in the play pen in our room. Usually, sharing a room with him means that he will sense mommy and wake up a few times until I pick him up and move him into my bed. This time he slept all the way through every night, from 8pm until 7am!