... Has it really been a month since I last posted??? What a crazy month it was to say the least! Before I get started I wanted to thank everyone who thought and prayed for us during the hurricane, we appreciate it more than you will ever know!
SO, the last post I wrote was about Jackson's first week at MDO. An update on that, he is doing great there now...he even did great after not being in MDO for 2 wks after the hurricane! Our big man!!!
Rick's sister flew into town on Sept. 11th (the night before the hurricane) with her son Alexander (13 months). We warned her on what was coming our way and she decided to brave it out with us. The day before the hurricane (Friday the 12th) was spent getting our house prepared, boarding up windows where we were going to be in the house, pulling all the lawn furniture in and getting all of our important things in one spot. By about 830pm that evening that wind was really starting to pick up, our power flickered at that point and we lost our cable. Our neighbors across the street still had theirs so we would run over to check updates on how things were looking. I have to be honest I was getting VERY VERY nervous at the unexpected by this point. God was my calming source! We all "slept" in the living room at first, we felt very safe there. I knew our house would with stand a lot because its brand new and built to withhold hurricane force winds. Our main concern was flying debris, which you can't prevent with 120mph gusts! By 115am we lost power completely, and at about 2am we went into our "hunker down" spot in Jackson's room/closet. I think I maybe slept 1 hr that night, it was pretty bad outside until 430am when it went completely silent (the eye was above us). We (rick and I) tried to take my mom's dogs out to go potty really quick at that point, but they knew something was up and wanted nothing to do with being outside! It was SOOO crazy it be in the eye, the humidity is almost breath taking and there is complete and utter silence along with stillness. Its not a very comforting feeling because it almost feels like something bad is going to happen. Then the back side of the storm came through, felt like it was worse then the front side but at least it was starting to get light out at this point so you could see what was going on. The storm took about 12 hrs to pass us completely. There were a TON of trees down in our neighborhood and surrounding areas. The first 3 days after the storm there was no gas, no power and a lot of stir crazy people!! Rick's sister and baby left as they had planned on the 6th day after. Jackson and I flew out to California a day early than planned since we were still without power. We did not get power for 17 days at our house. We are thankful to the gracious Lord that we did not suffer any bad dam
age to our house and continually pray for those still suffering from the effects of the storm.
Rick flew out to California for vacation with us on the 25th. We really enjoyed seeing everyone and I know everyone enjoyed seeing Jackson. Jackson is in aw of his Auntie Ally and would spend most days trailing behind her every move! It was a nice break for mommy, the usual entertainer, and Auntie Ally loved every minute of it! We came home on Sept. 30th just in time to start a new month at home with power!!!!
