I know, I know...we haven't updated in a while. It's been a busy couple of months.Eliza turned one on October 18th. Her favorite thing to do lately is to annoy Sunny by constantly saying, "mom, mom, mom" in a very nagging way. She is walking a lot better now. She still doesn't have 100% confidence in herself, but she is getting there. She is understanding a lot more and she is also playing well with Maren. She is talking a lot as if she were on a phone. Anything she can hold in her hand she'll put up to the side of her head and start talking. Once in a while she let out a little laugh amongst the jibber-jabber. Just like Sunny.
Maren turned three on November 1st. Where do I begin with Maren... Sunny and I get a kick out of the words she invents. For instance, she's been telling us that we are "so greatiful" as a compliment. She is still toting around her baby animals and freaks out if Eliza gets too close. She has also turned into a Dora nut. She loves helping Eliza, sometimes a little too much.Sunny and I are great. Anyway!
We had a horrible ice storm on the night of the 18-19th. It started at about 9 or 10 at night and didn't stop until about day break. We went outside breifly and found that the rain froze right on impact. It was crazy. No doubt we had weather like that when I was a kid, but I guess Vegas erased my memory of it. We looked out the window and saw that a large branch was hanging over our power line from the street pole, so we knew our power was going to go out, it was just a question of when. All night every few seconds we would hear the cracking and tearing of branches and trees all around. I wasn't able to sleep. I don't think Sunny did either. Finally, a little after three in the morning our power went out. The next morning, I found that we had enough hot water for me to take a shower by flashlight and I went out to survey the damage. I found that a smaller branch had hit the hood of my truck, but the layer of ice had protected it from any paint damage. There was at least a quarter inch layer of ice on everything. Tree branches were down everywhere. One of our bigger trees was almost stripped. The branch that held up our kid's swing was spared to Maren's joy. Of course, with the power out, it was quickly getting cold, so we loaded up the car and went down to Petersburg to stay with family. Our power was restored Saturday night, so we came back up on Sunday. Clean up is going to be interesting. I think we were spoiled in Vegas. I keep reminding myself that at least we won't have 115 degree days in the summer!
