Wouldn't You Know It!

Wouldn't you know it......our first tornado in Conway and it hits when Shawn is gone. What are the chances? I hate storms. I hate thunder. I hate lightning. Yes, they can make for beautiful pictures. If I had my way, that is where the lightning would stay. Thursday evening rolls around along with the storms. I am laying down with the kids on the couch putting them to sleep, the program was interrupted for a weather report. A tornado had been sighted not in our pathway. I think to myself I can do this. An hour later and a tornado had popped up in our neck of the woods. The tornado sirens are going off. What to do......I pace. I go and get Jeron, of course this wakes him up. We hang out on the bed with the sleeping siblings watching the news diligently. Lightning is continuously lighting the sky. No point in counting to see how close it is. I finally break down and call Shawn to see if I should move everyone to the closet. I am hesitant because once I wake up the Ashlin & Jaxon there will be no going back to sleep. Shawn talked me through it I kept the kids by my side asleep in bed and thankfully the storm passed us by. We ended up only having a funnel cloud. I love Conway, but I can do without the storms.


We are all finally beginning to feel better with whatever virus we were sharing. We missed Shawn while he was gone. We stayed busy cleaning, playing , and having fun. Shawn's mom kept me company on the phone when I was desperate for adult conversation. Shawn had a very nice time at the conference. Three other faculty members from the department went as well. So, it was a great opportunity for him to get to know them better. One of the crew was also a Battle Star Gallactica fan and they watched the season premiere together.

Ashlin is hitting the very independent stage of life. She likes to do things by herself. Friday night, we were sitting down to watch a movie together. She asked if she could start the movie because "It is very Important to her." She is so funny. She had her dance pictures on Saturday. She looked absolutely adorable. Although, she is not the biggest fan of the ballet/lamb outfit. She did perk up when everyone was telling her how cute she was.

I thought when I had a boy I would not have to worry about dress ups and a child running around in just there diaper. Boy, was I wrong. I think Jax loves dress ups even more than Ashlin. He has Buzz Light Year PJ's and he will run around saying, "I am Buzz Light Year to the Rescue!" He LOVES his character jammies. Well, that is if he has anything on. The boy just wants to run around in his diaper. So, when you look at our pictures and wonder why my kids never have clothes on. It's not my idea, I promise!

Jeron has finally decided walking might not be such a bad idea. Over the weekend, he would come stand by me or Shawn wait for us to look at him take a step back and stand on his own. He gets this huge smile from ear to ear and is just so pleased with himself. Today, he was doing this and then taking off. He gets a good 3-4 steps in before he loses balance. He would also try to stand up. It was so funny to see. He would keep his hands on the ground to keep some balance and extend his legs. So, he would be bent over like he was stretching to touch his toes with his butt way up in there.