and baby makes 3...: yIKEs!

we are back!!
FINALLY, after 2 whole weeks we have power back. and it is lovely, let me tell you!

we weren't back in the stone ages though, my in-laws got power back pretty quickly, so they let us borrow their generator. although constantly getting gas for it gets old, so we didn't run it much. i did at night for a light and a fan, but mr. tough guy refused and slept in the heat. i did it too a few nights, but its not my preference. and of course everything in the fridge went bad, thankfully we got it cleaned out before anything started to smell!

so here's a run down of the past 2 weeks. on thurs (sept 11, i feel bad b/c we forgot about it! we even commented on the flags being at half mast. shame on you ike for overshadowing it!) work closed at noon and we went ahead and started getting the house ready.
brandt got a call saying he would have to report to work at noon on friday, so we went ahead and boarded up.

my sad boarded up house :(

so the next morning we loaded up animals, me, and stuff, and headed to brandt's parents house. from there he went to work, where his shift lasted 23 hours!

so the storm... ugh friday was the longest day ever! we just sat and waited. everything was closed it seemed like. they made it to sonic before it closed, waited over half an hour for our food, and they ran out of buns! so we got our burgers on texas toast (which was delish!) and then we waited and waited!

no better place for patio furniture... it wont blow away!

waiting...

me in a hurricane!!

we went outside during the eye, which lasted about an hour. it was still raining, but not hard. and then the eye passed and it all picked up again! that was crazy, this wind and howling just came out of nowhere and we all ran for the house!

once it all ended we ventured over to my parents. i talked to her about 3am and found out that they had a tree in the house :( so i was in a hurry to get over there!