Wordless Wednesday

Easter Bunny & Egg Hunt

Yep, that's right, he's still scared of the Easter Bunny.

But, he's come out of his shell when it comes to hunting eggs. Micah was a champ! At the Little Elm Easter Eggstravaganza last weekend, Micah gathered almost 20 eggs. It also helps when Daddy totes Micah across the football field to the opposite side so he doesn't have to scramble around with all of the other kids.

Happy Easter!

...Bring May Flowers

Well, not exactly May flowers...And, while we're being honest, this series of pictures was taken before Sunday night's big storm. But, it made for a catchy title, right?!

The blue bonnets are in season again. And. They. Are. Everywhere.

April Showers...

Sunday night around midnight, Tom and I jumped up out of bed when we heard the sound of golf balls hitting our windows. Well, golf ball-sized hail, that is. It was so loud and, quite frankly, scary. Tom yelled to me over all of the noise to start chucking things out of the closet under the stairs and he was going to get Micah from upstairs.

Vacuum cleaners (yes, I have two), suit cases, folding chairs and all kinds of things were hurled into the hallway. Tom came down running with Micah firmly in his arms. We hunkered down and rode out the storm. Micah was a super trooper. He opened his eyes for barely 10 seconds before he was out cold again snuggled up against his daddy. I grabbed the computer and watched the radar. The electricity went off and on several times over the next hour. Around 1am things got really quiet, so we climbed out of the closet and went back to bed.

Before I got back in bed, though, I had to see the damage outside. I first went out onto our back patio and noticed several large limbs were down on the Corps of Engineers land adjacent to our property and patio furniture and outside toys were everywhere. There were thousands of leaves plastered to our house and windows and thousands more that were knocked to the ground. Then, I went into the front yard and noticed that our neighbor's fence was blown completely to the ground.

On my way to work the following morning, I took these pictures in our neighborhood...

[Our neighbor's fence]

[The fence around the playground at Micah's school]

[Young trees snapped like twigs]

[Notice the 3 blue posts to the right of the picture that were originally holding up this sign]

Through it all, we seem to have been pretty lucky. We don't have any visible damage to our house or property. An insurance adjuster will be out in a few days just to make sure though.

Wordless Wednesday

Spring Portraits

I'm still feeling BLAHHHHH! But, I thought I would share a few of Micah's spring portraits to tide you over.

Little Ham!

Biggest

Big, Bigger, Biggest

So, you know a big excuse for my hiatus was traveling to see my family in Mississippi.

And, you know a bigger distraction from the blog was Tom's car accident and new car purchase.

Well, are you interested in the BIGGEST reason for my absence?

I had a really low day a week or so ago. I wasn't feeling well. At lunch I found myself in the Wal-Mart parking lot secretly eating fast food french fries and a chicken sandwich. I thought to myself, "This can only mean one thing. Morning All-Day sickness has definitely settled in. Ugh."

Yep, that's right! We're expecting baby number 2!

I think I deserve a little break. It's hard to find time and motivation to blog when I'm spending so much time lying on the cold bathroom floor.

On the 23rd, Tom and I went to the OBGYN for our first sonogram.

Micah's little brother or sister is due on Halloween. We're planning a repeat C-section and we'll probably schedule the delivery for sometime the week before.

As of Monday the 28th, I'm 9 weeks along and I have SOOOO far to go. I'm counting down the days until the beginning of the second trimester when the nausea will slow down. At least I hope it slows down then.

So, please forgive my absence for the past couple of weeks. I'll do my best to keep the posts coming again.

Later Taters