Wild weekend

Just so you know, we're all still alive and well.

We drove to Springfield last Wednesday to visit my mom and see some friends (for the weekend, not just Wednesday), and were hit pretty hard by the ice storm. My mom lost electricity, so we spent Friday night at Landen and Greta's house, hoping the power would be back on soon.

It wasn't. So then we packed up and headed on to my aunt and uncle's house down around Branson, where we stayed for two nights. We had a short one-night bout with what we thought might be the beginnings of colic, but Addie got over it (and the parents let out a collective "whew"). It must have just been gas. Anyway, then we packed back up and drove to my mom's house, filled the car with our stuff, and came back to Kirksville.

All in all, not what we had planned, but it could have been worse. It's funny to think, though, that some people wouldn't even be taking their babies out of the house yet, and here we are with 3-week-old Addie driving all across the state and back in icy weather.

Anyway, I'll have more to add soon, but I just wanted to get something up so you all know we're okay.