Snow Bound

Wow have we had an exciting week. Being from Utah we are used to the snow but apparently the Northwest can't take it. It started snowing on Monday of last week and it didn't stop until Wednesday, then we had freezing rain and then just plain rain. In total we got 1 foot of snow here at our house and who knows how many inches of rain. But on Wednesday the base shut down and everyone but emergency personnel got the day off. Cam would of had Thursday off as well but he had staff duty and he had to be there and its a 24 hr shift. The power had been flickering since the big snow storm hit Tuesday night and but it stayed on on Wednesday but when we woke up Thursday morning to the freezing rain it really started to go in and out. I was terrified. If it were just Jesse and me then I could of handled not having power but having a new baby, and a dramatic one at that, really terrified me. So I got everything out that I could use, our Coleman stove, hurricane lamps, candles, I filled all our pitchers with water, I hung sheets up on the big windows to keep the warm air in longer, and I prayed, boy did I pray. We never lost power! I couldn't believe it, there were probably close to half a million people without power from the storm but ours managed to stay on. But we did all right being snow bound. When Cam had the day off we went outside and played in it and had a good time and got some good exercise walking through a foot of snow and pulling a 35 pound kid on a sled. Jesse LOVES his sled. He just lays in it while we are in the house. It just makes me smile.

Helping Dad with his new combat gear

Sledding!

Carolina has been doing a little better. She is still a pretty fussy baby but I have found that she feeds off my mood, so if I talk softly and try not to yell or get upset then she is much better. And if I can keep her from really crying then she seems to not cry and fuss as much as she would otherwise. But that leaves me with hardly anytime during the day to get things done. She takes cat naps mostly during the day so I really have to hustle to get things done when she does sleep. She has managed to melt my heart when I can get her to smile. She has a very big toothless grin and it makes the bad seem not so hard. She is doing much better after I stopped breast feeding her. I know breast is best, but when we are both crying and yelling and not happy it was a no brainier. She still gets a little fussy when she is eating but it is tolerable. I know it will get better once she gets a little older so I just have to wait it out.

Jesse is doing really well, he has been off his medicine for a little longer than a month now and he seems to be doing really great. We are still waiting for his appointment but so far he is doing really great! He is wanting to help me with Carolina and he loves playing with his little kitchen. He brings me all kinds of things to eat and drink.