The Aftermath

Out our side door

A neighbors house

Greetings!!!

We just got power back to I head straight to the computer to put pics up. We have been warm and toasty at April and Erics. They had a gas stove and were kind enough to share. It was great to have someone to hang with. Chris stayed at the house with the dogs and to keep an eye on things. They are still estimating that it will be 3-4 weeks until everyone is back up and running. Walgreens was open. .  but dark. . . they had generators keeping the registers working. We are glad to be "electrified" and no longer Amish. For larger and extra photos, go to www.reagan.shutterfly.com

Don't have much time to blog. Waiting for power to go out. These are pics from the backyard. You can see where the one tree fell over taking all the ground and roots with it. 

Preparing for the Storm

We headed to the store early this morning to get some groceries before the ice came. I am not one to run to the store and buy 4 loaves of bread, matches, propane, 8 gallons of milk, etc but we seriously didn't have anything to eat for the next few days. . .well except for maybe some canned pumpkin left over from Thanksgiving. . .. OH and some croutons. When we got home, Tyler was wore out so I left him sleeping in his seat while I put up groceries. During lunch we decided to try a biter biscuit. I took a before and after picture. This isn't my first rodeo. I know how messing those things are. He LOVED it and couldn't get enough. I think he's ready for steak! Needless to say I put him directly into the tub after his feast. 

Smarty Pants

Reagan received lots of workbooks for Christmas. She LOVES working on her workbooks and shes pretty good too!! We have been finding letters all over town. Once we started looking for particular letters her whole world opened up. She just can't believe all the R's all over town. She points out ALL of them. . .and I mean ALL of them. Reagan and Chris got the stomach bug that is moving through town. So far Tyler and I are in the clear. I have been washing my hands so much they are raw but it seems to be working so far. Wish us luck!

Christmas is coming down

I set Tyler down in the baby papasan the other day and then I walked out for a minute. When I came back, the boy was sitting up and looking around. I guess we have outgrown the thing already! Anybody else still have Christmas up? We just took it down. I think the elderly neighbors were staring at our wreaths still up during their walk yesterday. Of course they all were efficient and had everything down nearly the day after. Reagan was quite upset that her mini pink tree in her room had to go. Seems like we just put it up! She is downstairs watching E.T. with daddy. She is LOVING it. I keep hearing her gasp.. . "OOOOOH WOW!" I bought a couch yesterday. For those of you that have been to my house. . . the ballroom is now closed. I have the couch and nothing else yet. I have a wish list and we will keep working on it. Well, better get back downstairs to the movie!

Retro Birthday Mom

This is a photo of mom. Her loving brother sent it to me and I thought it was blog-worthy. I am really digging the glasses. For a small fee I will take down the photo. He He

Tyler is 7 months and 20 lbs!!

I really don't doubt the 20 lbs. We went to his check up yesterday and he's 85th percentile for weight. Big surprise. Carrying him in the infant seat will nearly throw your back out. The top pics is Tyler with is cousin Eden. She loves to hold him and feed him. Future babysitter in the making! We started giving him "dinner" the other night. I believe it was macaroni and beef dinner. It was a total mess but he loved it. When he was done, I put him right in the tub. You can see that when I towel dry his hair.  . . he has a fro. It is so outta control but don't know really how to cut it yet at this point. The last picture is probably my favorite. Reagan has a doctor set and the blue glasses came with it. They fit his head perfectly and it was a riot the other night when we had them on. I think he looks like a cartoon. Maybe that kid from Little Einstiens. 

The Christmas Slide Show

I decided to try this slide show thing on the blog. I put a few of the Christmas pics up. Hope it turns out!

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