NORAH'S 2ND BIRTHDAY!

A week ago Sunday, was little Norah's 2nd birthday. The bad news was that "ike" had to come into town and ruin it! Chris and I had a little party for her over at our house, by candle light of course, since no one in the whole city had power! Ugh!

Anyway, we searched for a birthday cake but had no luck, so we all sang "happy birthday" to an icecream sandwhich with candles. (i don't think she minded too much...she loved the ice cream!) We opened up presents and she played with her new baby stroller all night. She kept wanting to get in it and her sissy push her around. She is such a cutie!HAPPY BIRTHDAY NORAH!!!!

IKE'S FURY

After a long uncomfortable week, we can finally say that we survived "ike". Our power came back on yesterday after a long week of open windows and no stove. But we did alright. Chris got out there and battled the storm the first day to get the generator up and running. He also had to get up in the wee hours to refill the tank and keep us as comfortable as we could be. Thank goodness for that generator. Otherwise we might have lost our minds.

We turned in to "kingwood trash" as some of our friends say, as we strung a home made clothes line in the back so I could dry our clothes and added a window unit to cool off at night. But man did it work!

After the storm passed, we can say that we were lucky. The only damage that we had was an up rooted tree in the front yard. But the rest of the neighborhood looked like a bomb went off. There are still trees down every where, and limbs and branches covering the streets. Parts of the area are still without power! We consider our selves lucky. The sounds of the wind when it came through were horrible.

But we made it!

PREPARING 4 IKE

Today we got all the last minute preparations for "IKE"s big debut. He's rolling into Galveston as I type and its already not pretty. But we are hunkering down or "honkering" down as I say and ready for him. Chris bought us a generator so we will have power when ours go out, which is inevitiable. Anyways, we boarded the windows the best we could since there was no lumber ANYWHERE and I stocked up on water and food. Those sustained winds are going to be killer, but we are all piled in our room and ready for whatever Ike brings..... The boys had a field day with the upside down tramp.

NEW HAIR CUTS

Chris gave the boys a new "do" last night. We had cut their hair a few weeks ago but this last night we went ahead a cut it really short and gave them a fade. THEY ARE SOOOO CUTE! They are starting to look more like little boys and less like little babies! CADEN CALEB

A day well spent at the Houston Zoo

Chris was off today and since we are zoo members, we decided to take advantage of our passes and take the babies out there. This is the 1st time they have been since they were younger. Caden loved it and pointed at everything, while Caleb was scared of alot of the animals. He didn't care too much for any of the bigger animals, but he did like the little monkeys. We took a ride on the carousel and then let them play in the water at the children's zoo. It was a nice day. MOMMY AND CALEB LOOKING AT THE ANIMALS DADDY AND CADEN MOMMY AND CALEB PLAYING IN THE WATER CADEN TRYING TO GRAB THE WATER SPOUT

PINK Bankey's Transformation

For those of you who are not familiar with "pink bankey", its Kaeli's first blanket. And she has been carrying it around with her for 5yrs. And I do mean, it has gone EVERYWHERE with us. We even almost missed our plane to Disney World a few years back trying to get it to the airport after leaving it in the car. Yes, pink blankey has been like another addition to our family.
The blanket was literally on its last leg, so we found a magic suitcase that could "transform" pink bankey into a brand new one! (or at least that's what she thought. I just crocheted her a new one!)

Here's pink bankey's before and after pics. BEFORE AFTER
Kaeli didn't think her "magic" would work. She was so suprised and sooooo excited!