Hurricane Update

Just wanted to give a quick update on our status since Hurricane Ike. First and foremost, we are all ok, and didn't suffer any major damage to our home. Fortunately, we were already planning to go home to East Texas for the weekend. The boys and I already had plans to stay a few extra days, and my mom would bring us back, which worked out great since we were out of power until Tuesday evening.

Our neighbor called on Saturday evening to let us know that we lost a few trees and our fence. Since we knew that we didn't have any power, Drew just came back on Monday morning for work. Thank you so much to RJ and Susan for letting Drew crash with them for a few days. And thanks to everyone that helped Drew cut up the trees that fell and clean the yard. Our water was out until Monday, and we still remain under a boil advisory. Our home phone is still out as well as our high speed Internet - I'm blogging using the wireless card. So if anyone needs to contact us try our cells. We are really fortunate to have electricity because there are many in our subdivision (just two houses down, in fact, that still don't have power). When you look at the zip code map our zip isn't scheduled to have power fully restored until Monday, 9/22nd.

The boys and I returned home yesterday (Thursday), and while Hurricane Ike has caused us some inconveniences I am so thankful that we didn't suffer any major damage and all of our friends and family weathered the storm okay.

I'll post some pics soon.

MOPS & MOPPETS

Today I had my first MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) meeting, and Mason had his first Moppets meeting. A friend had invited me to join her MOPS group, but after much consideration I felt like I needed to find a group in my area so that I could start networking with other moms close to our home with children Mason's and Ian's ages. I was very apprehensive about leaving Mason in the nursery because I just didn't know how he would do (because Ian is breastfeeding and is still so small I opted to keep him with me). We did go to an open house a couple of weeks ago so Mason could see his room and meet his teacher. When we got there today he was a little hesitant but walked on in. Nearly 3 hours later when I went to pick him up he didn't want to leave! They said he did great; never cried. I really like that they also give you a pager when you drop the kids off so that they can page you if necessary to come get or console your child. I am really looking forward to meeting so many wonderful moms. It's going to be lots of fun!!

2 Months Old

It's hard to believe that Ian is already 2 months old. We went in for his well child checkup and immunizations on Tuesday. It was Drew's first time to witness the immunizations and it was as heartbreaking for him as it was for me. Ian is doing great though. He weighed 10 lbs. 14 oz. (just under the 50th percentile) and he measured 23.5 inches (75th percentile). The medical assistant tried to tell me initially that he weighed 14 pounds but I knew that couldn't be right! It's amazing enough that he has gained almost 4 pounds since birth. He is still only eating breastmilk, and he is sleeping at least 8 hours through the night. He is smiling a lot lately, and his cooing is the sweetest thing. It's just crazy how much more quickly time seems to be flying with two children.

I need more cow bell!

Ian's Christopher Walken look! He kept moving around so I apologize for the blurry photos.

I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti

Mason's impersonation of a psycho! He looks like a deranged lunatic to me (the calm before the storm)! I'm not saying that my child is crazy, but this pic was just too funny!