Hurricane Irene

It was supposed to be huge for us New Englanders! The weather people were talking about it for days! "Go shopping", "Buy everything on the emergency list", "Evacuate if your near the water". They said anything and everything to make us nervous that Irene was going to cause a New Orleans disaster in our disaster-less area. We get blizzards, and that's it.

So my little family did what they told us to do. We went shopping and got food that could last us a few days and only needed to be cooked on our gas stove. We took out all of our flash lights, brought home the generator and tucked away all of Cameron's plastic toys that lived in our yard so they wouldn't fly away. We bought him some new toys, to keep him busy and unaware of what was going on outside, and even packed a bag, just in case we were going to have a tree or something land on our house and force us out. We were very prepared Saturday night! Sunday we woke up to some wind and rain. We watched the news and it was going to be bad! So we waited. And waited. The wind picked up, and the rain increased, but this did not feel like a hurricane! Some leaves fell, as did a few branches, and we even lost power for a few hours, but nothing got scary. We got hyped up by the news people and for what? A storm? Not that I wanted anything bad to happen, but come on!! We were even able to go out for a drive, kids in tow (to get them to nap!!). We saw some trees down here and there, but lots of cars were out. I understand that many, MANY, areas were hit hard, and I pray and hope that they are able to get things fixed quickly, but in my area, it always seems like the weather people always seem overkill!! They get us all worried and nervous for something that normally doesn't reach the height of what they predict! Right now, the biggest reproduction is many towns surrounding us are out of power, and will be for some time. But the weather is back to perfect and the kids never even blinked at what was happening. I'm definitely blessed and thankful that it didn't get any stronger and cause much damage in our area. We would have been mortified if it did end up what they thought it was going to be, but for us, Hurricane Irene just allowed us to have a slumber party. Mom, Dad, and kids included! Pajama's and all!! It was a fun day in our cozy little house, even if things out side were a bit more chaotic then normal. Sometimes things need to force us to have "normal" days, and that's just fine with me!

Oh, and before you see the pics, let me just tell you, I change Avery's outfit and bibs about 10 times a day due to drooling while this "teething" period is going on! Even though her Pedi says her teeth are no where to be seen! Someday!!

Trying to crawl?

Watching "Free Willy", I got up to take the picture, but laid right back down!!

Cam was showing Avery her little dolly. You push her belly and she says "I love you!" He did it about 20 times and I thought I would die of the cuteness!