Ice Storm Part 2

Here are the final damages from the ice storm. Our power ended up being out from Monday til Thursday so we spent 3 nights at the shop. It was way worse for some people and by the end I felt lucky to only have been without power for 4 days.




Boredom at work set in quickly.

Not Having Fun

It is pretty bad here in the heartland as it has been called. We lost power yesterday around 3 and planned on hunkering down at home. We quickly realized that was a cold and bad idea. Luckily the shop still has power and since Georgia has a crib out here and is pretty used to being here we came out here to sleep. Thanks to a really nice fold out couch in her room, the night was not as bad as it could have been. The estimate of when power will be restored are still pretty gloom with 7 to 10 days being the best estimate. Very few food places have power so when you find one that does, the lines are long and they are out of half of the stuff on the menu. We are thankful for each other and that out house has no major damage. These are pictures taken before sunset yesterday. This is the view out our back deck.





And these were taken this morning.



I will be going home before sunset today to grab some clean clothes for the family and check on the dogs. Hopefully I can get some pictures of the front of the house and out beautiful fruit tree which has been destroyed.

Winter Weather

22 Week belly

This is of me 2 days ago.

And this is me at the same time with Geogia.

And I know my stomach is not why you drop by so here she is:

First Pets

We have some little tree frogs that hang out during the summer in our defunct hot tub. Georgia loves to hunt them down and stare at them. When it got really cold last week I noticed they hadn't found a very good hibernating spot so I built a tank and brought them in the house to watch for the winter. So far it has been fun and I feed them crickets and Georgia watches them every now and then. Hopefully it continues to go well and I don't kill any of them.

Another Pretty Nighty

Laundry Basket Rides

It is amazing the ways you will find to kill time time with a toddler. Milo has been a lifesaver and is her favorite thing currently. She has gotten really good at saying his name and whenever she sits on the couch or bed she starts vigorously patting the area beside her in order to get him to jump up and sit with her. He is really patient and good to be so abused by the little one.

Christmas lists

Sorry for doing this on the blog to the genreal population but Nanue needs the info and amazon is being tricky.
Virginia's List:

Matt's List:

Georgia's List:

Another Trip to the Aquarium

Matt's parents got us a years pass to the aquarium so we went this morning to kill some time. Georgia loves it and just runs through the place like a crazy baby.

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving over at he Byrne ranch and are so thankful for all of our family and friends.



Showing off our ruby red slippers.



Blackjack as usual.

Red Dress

In going through some of Vivian's hand-me-downs we cam across one of her old night gowns. Georgia loves to wear it around and will bring it to me asking (in her nonverbal way) if she can put it on.

Outside

We have seen our last day of really warm outside weather. Georgia got to paly outside with the dogs and in her sandbox nad on her slide. She has been crazy these last couple of days being all cooped up due to the cold.

Halloween

We went over to Kelly's house to go with her boys who dressed up as a cowboy and a dinosaur. I have never seen Georgia go towards strangers as she did that night realizing they had candy.



Matt and Christy came by as well and they were in full Halloween spirits.

Trunk or Treat

We went to a trunk or treat last Sunday at the church where we have playgroup. It was Georgia's first chance at trick or treating and she did really well. Vivian was there as a dead bride as well.

School Picnic

Georgia had a Halloween picnic at school today and wore her lovely cat costume her momma made her.