Winter Storm 2009

Bye Bye Mommy

It really was pretty

Sampling an icicle -- they all taste the same!

Lucy loved the 4 wheeler ride in the snow

Loving the snow

After 3 days, we are back up and running! The kids thought the snow was great. I could do the snow again, the ice not so much, and for sure not the power outage. We did get some great pictures!

No power!

We have been without power since Wed at 3 am. Thankfully, we had the sense to invest in a generator after the fall outage that kept us down for days. With 2 box fans, 2 space heaters, the stovetop, and closing off some rooms we have been able to stay in our home. Helps when Daddy is an Eagle Scout. We are hopeful we might be up by this weekend, but they are bracing the area to be prepared for this to continue until next week.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Patrick had a blast playing in the snow today, even got to try out his new sled. We have the perfect sledding hill in the backyard, which Brian said is really just a sheet of ice. The kids and I went out earlier in the day, then just Patrick and I to sled when Lucy laid down, then when Daddy got home the boys ventured out again with the 4 wheeler. That's all Patrick wanted him to do all day, hitch up the sled to the back of the 4-wheeler. Fun!

Big Ouchie!

Lucy fell out of her highchair on Saturday night and we found out today that she did break her right wrist. We took her to get it checked out that night, but she was moving it so well by the time we got there that no xrays were ordered. For the past two days, she has been using it to eat and play, but has not been able to bear enough weight through it to crawl. So we decided to have it checked again. Our day went from the pediatrician to St. Mary's XRAY to Tri State Ortho and finally up to therapy to have a splint fabricated by an OT. To be specific, Lucy has a "buckle fracture of her radius, and probably her ulna", a fancy way of saying she broke one or both of her forearm bones. The pediatrician was impressed that when asked where her "ouchie" is, she points to her wrist. And the orthopedic surgeon was chuckling at how well she was using her broken wrist (made us feel better for second guessing the degree of her injury)! She will be in the splint for 2-3 weeks, we will get re xray'd, and she should be all healed up by then. For now, her primary mode of transporation is --- pink pony! Maybe this will encourage her to start walking. Lucy has taken this all in stride, very upset by the end of the afternoon with all the poking and prodding, but mostly ticked that she has to wear this splint now. We are so grateful her injuries weren't greater!