Monday, 30 March 2009

• So sorry!

  Hello everyone! So sorry for the lack of blogging here! We were dealing with some kind of malware and trying to do much on the Internet was a real headache- the computer could barely deal with posting my status and comments on Facebook, much less, writing a whole blog post and actually posting it! But now, I think, it's mostly whipped and I'm back.

  So much has been going on- some that I can post about and some that I can't. Gabe is growing and learning and developing so fast, it's scary! He's actually started working on teeth, although I don't think they will be through for a good while yet. I need to take his 3 month pictures, but haven't had the time. I'm also lacking a black blanket to use as a backdrop. The white one I used for his 1 month shots is really not big enough, but I guess I can use it again, if I have too.

  Here's some fairly recent shots of my little man in his bathtub- he loves bathtime!

  

  

  

  Yesterday he experienced the first big storm of his life! It involved tornado warnings and sitting down in my in-laws basement for a little while. It was freakily, scarily cool, at least that's what I thought. If it hadn't been for Gabe and the fact that I wanted to make sure he stayed safe, along with my mother-in-law insisting the Gabe needs his mom, I would have been upstairs watching the storm pass over. Nate watched as the wost of it came over, and he said the wind was incredible. He never saw the twister, but apparently one touched down about a mile and half away from us. Well, actually, I guess they're not even sure it was technically a tornado, it may have just been a "microburst', whatever that is. But I saw the damage and I'd say it was a tornado. But then again, I'm not a meteorologist, so what do I know?  The extent of the damage was mostly limited to some lost barn and house roofs, as well as a bunch of mobile homes in a trailer park my husband's grandparents own. A good friend of mine lives right next to that trailer park, also in a mobile home and this is what her place looks like:

  

  Yeah, not good! Thank the Lord that she was at work (in the dairy barn right next door) and her roommate was gone! She said she's never been so glad to have been working.

  

  And that's the car she bought in January- at least, what's left of it.

  

  On the other side of her house and car is part of what's left of the trailer park. Hey, I just noticed something- at least Ang will be able to salvage to John Deere plate off the front of her car! Don't worry, she'll appreciate that- I talked briefly to her yesterday and she seemed to be in good spirits for having just had her car and house totalled.

  Sorry, I didn't mean to make this post completely about the storm, but oh well! Please pray for the people who lost their homes and/or are injured. Last I heard there were 3 injuries, but no deaths, PTL.

  Also, and this is for you Janae , I wanna give a big shout-out thank-you to all the emergency personel that were called out and and on the job for hours after the storm. There are probably some still out this morning.

  Anyways, gotta run! Hopefully another post will not be so long in coming!

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