hurricane ike...

I thought I'd post some pics of life "for us" after Ike.

Here's a pic of the generator. Everyone kept asking me if it was big. I think so, but I have no idea. So, here ya go.

Matt, Andrew and I slept in the living room. Andrew LOVED sleeping with us. It was hard that first night when the power came on because he was used to us going to bed and being in the room with him. Here's how Blake slept... We ran the generator all night and when the boys napped. Other than that...it was HOT! In the afternoons we'd go outside.

The boys played with the hose, fishing poles and bubbles. I thought this pic was funny. I look gross so just look at the boys.

So, that's about it. I was only here for 4 of the 13 days and that was enough for me. I don't know how Matt did it the whole time. It has really changed our perspective on things.

quick update

WE HAVE POWER!! We got it back at 2:05 PM today!!! I'm trying to clean up around here and get beds out of the living room and extension cords off the floor! We were out for 13 days. The boys and I got back on Monday and were getting very tired of living like this! I definitely had to remind myself A LOT how thankful I am that we didn't have any damage...no power is better than what others are going through right now.

So, I'm off to get my house back in order. I'll catch up on emails later. Thanks to those of you for checking on us. Hopefully life will get back to "normal" soon. We are heading to Sea World tomorrow!!

update

This will be a quick update...

I'm still in Shreveport (well Bossier) with the boys. Matt stayed behind and rode out the storm as he had to work. We still have no power. We've heard it should be on Monday. I plan on leaving here Sunday or Monday. I've definitely enjoyed our stay here and we appreciate all the help and hospitality but we are anxious to see Daddy!

1st day of school

Andrew started preschool today!! I think I was more excited than he was! Don't get me wrong... he was excited, but I was THRILLED!! We didn't decide to send him until the week before school was starting. I was limited on where I could send him but really like his school. He's only going 2 days a week until noon so I still plan on working with him at home.

Here's the happy boy...

And Blake had to say cheese...

When I picked him up his teacher said he had a good day. She said he's a perfectionist (I'm sure this is her nice way of saying he's OCD and I know this.) He doesn't like dirty hands or dirty clothes! I think that's a good thing tho! Who wants a dirty boy! :)

I definitely enjoyed my morning with Blake. It's nice to have that time with just him. They are all down and I STILL have some ME time!! What a day!!