Ok, so this post was suppose to go out before the last one... but, I'm just know getting around to finishing it!
Wow, I haven't posted yet for June.
First off... I did have a birthday. Yea me! I'm another year older! :)
Enough of that. So, let's see. Let's start with the crazy weather and the little house that floods. Last Wednesday and Thursday the weather in Dallas got bad. There was talk about tornadoes and such. We lost satellite so I was on and off the phone with my mom who was giving me weather updates. Luckily, there was no tornadoes in our part of town and we never lost power. Although, Lincoln and I were prepared for that with our camping lantern!! That was Wednesday.
So, Thursday the weather was still reeking havoc. I had put Lincoln down for a nap when the rain really started coming down. I was getting a little p.o.'d because I didn't want all the thunder to wake him up. I looked out the window because it sounded like hail... I also checked the street to see if the water was draining
ok. Yup, all was clear. Then, Lincoln woke up. Darn that thunder. We went potty and changed his diaper. As, we were making our way downstairs we stopped to look out the window. And, low and behold... the street was flooded. We very quickly made our way to the first floor only to find water in our backyard. I thought to myself... "my, it sure would be nice to have a husband that didn't travel for work." And, then thought... "how am I going to move anything upstairs with a baby in my arms?"
Oh, by the way... are house did flood a few years back. We had two feet of water in the house... lost both cars to that flood. That happened on a weekend and both Brad and I were home. We were able to move things up to the second floor to save almost everything. After that flood... and after we finally got the house put back together... but, before the flood insurance went into affect (didn't have flood insurance with the first flood)... our house almost flooded AGAIN!!! That time I was home by myself. Now, with water again creeping towards our house I was home by myself with a baby!!!
So, anyways... I put Lincoln down and started unplugging everything. For those that don't know, we have Brad's study, Lincoln's bedroom, a bathroom and
laundry room on the first floor. I then started stacking anything and everything that I could on top of the desk, washer and dryer and Lincoln's dresser. Our neighbors came by and moved a couple of really heavy things upstairs but then took off. Before they left one of the guys said that water was in the garages already. And I thought...
OMG, I just brought home all my things from work and have them stacked in PAPER boxes on the FLOOR in the GARAGE!!! Just perfect!!! I went into the garage, sat Lincoln down on the ground and started throwing dry things into the car and wet things on top of the car. I went to grab a box and spotted a SNAKE swimming towards my son!! Lincoln slipped and hurt himself... because, of course, he was playing in the water. I grabbed Lincoln and went back inside.
I was trying really hard to stay calm. I didn't want to upset Lincoln. He did great, by the way. I think he thought it was great fun seeing his mommy crawling around under the desk pulling on wires. He also seemed to enjoy watching our backyard become a large swimming pool!! The water got all the way to our back door... but, NEVER came inside the house. Another close call! I continued to move things
because supposedly there was another line of storms coming. I got a lot of stuff moved. But, if our house had flooded we would have lost a lot. There were things that one person just can not move... things that I don't think we would have been able to move even if Brad would have been home because we had Lincoln to keep an eye on. But, we survived. And, Brad came home that night!
Other than that... not much going on here. Just the simple pleasures of watching our son grow, change and explore everything right before our eyes. Lincoln's walking so well now! I love it. I can't really say that he's getting into everything... because that makes it sound negative. He is opening all the cabinets and drawers and pulling things out. But, I kinda like it. It's fun and he enjoys it so much!
This is one of our splatter screens. He always seems to pick the largest out of the three we have!
In the drawer with all the lids. He usually tosses a few aside until he finds one that is to his liking and then carries it around with him.
This is the
cabinet where the spatter screens are kept. He also always pulls out the
pineapple corer... that, for some strange reason he loves to play with!
His other big work is carrying and moving things that are a little too big for him. Working those gross motor skills! He also really likes to help around the house... gotta start those chores early!
Here he is helping me dry mop!
Here he is wiping the his table after a very messy meal. What is neat is that he's doing this as I'm sponging the counter top!
And now, he's helping me load the dishwasher!
Sorry, I took this with my regular
camera and don't know how to rotate it. But, hopefully you can see that Lincoln is pushing around our old
vacuum. I had moved it to the second floor as the water was coming into our garage the day it started to flood. It's our old
vacuum so it's heavy. We now have a Dyson,
which is much lighter... he pushes it around too. Back and forth across the living room he goes... crazy boy!
I have more to post... but, this is long enough as it is... so, more later!
