SNOW NIGHTMARE 2014

 A full recap so I do not forget this down the road.....
Let me start at 8:45 am on Tuesday morning (Jan 28th). I got a call from school saying that Charlie had busted his lip really bad and I had to come take him to the dentist. So I left work to get him and we went to the dentist. There were lots of flurries around but it was just dusting around.  I got him back to school about 10. I was pulling in the parking lot and Debbie texted and said they were letting out at 10:30 and to let her know if I needed her. I was not worried at all bc it wasn't doing anything so I left the school about 10 and went back to work. Well when I got back to work it started getting worse and at 10:35 I got an email saying school was letting out. So I got in my car and headed to school. I got in traffic on Hollywood Blvd right at the exit. I slid twice going down the little hill by Starbucks. An hour later I made it to the school. I parked my car down the street to avoid the hills by school. Walked in my heels praying I would not bust trying to get to them. I got to the school about 11:45. Once I was there I got really nervous and realized I was not going to make it home. There are so many hills getting to our house. I was so full of anxiety and I could not calm down. The boys were great. Thankfully their teachers were all there too and helped so much. Nate was determined he was going to make it to us. He began his adventure from Pelham. He was stuck on 459 for hours and finally did a u-turn to get to an exit. He made it about 2 miles away from our house and walked in to get us clothes. He got back to his car to try to make it to us. Once he realized that was not going to happen he went to his parents house. We were well taken care of at school and they did a wonderful job. We had dinner and movies. When it was bed time I had a room with a crib and Whit's cot. Whit was coughing so bad that he kept Charlie up so I finally gave Charlie to his teacher Mrs. Cindy and she walked him to get him to sleep. She put him down in their room but at 1:30 I heard him crying. So I started walking him up and down the halls. I finally got him to sleep about 3 in my arms. We were all three laying in a corner trying to sleep. About 3:30 Whit woke up with a dream and it startled Charlie so he woke up again. Finally at 4:15 we were all trying to sleep. I think I slept for 30 minutes. All I kept thinking was daylight cannot get here fast enough! About 6:10 the boys woke up and so we got up and just read books in the room. The school had breakfast for us about 7:45. Thankfully Katherine and my uncle came and picked us up about 8:00 am on Wednesday.  We were able to get showers and a little more comfortable. Nate called and said he was going to start hiking from his parents to get to us. Thankfully he got on a 4 wheeler and got to Dave and Sharon's around 9:15. I have never been more happy to see him in my life! We stayed there a while and Nate got my car to their house. We left about 2 and went a very round about way to get to Debbie and Jim's house. I was so happy to be at their house!! Finally at 3:30 on Thursday I got home with the boys.
It was a long exhausting adventure that I hope we never have to do again. The snow was pretty and thankfully Whit got to sled at Deedee and Jimbo's house.
I am extremely grateful for MBBC ELC. They handled everything very well. Mrs. Cindy, Mrs Katie and Miss Aubrey are the best teachers I could ask for. They helped me with my boys more than they ever should have. I cannot have imagined being a teacher in this position. Tuesday night there were no kids crying(except for mine) and it was amazing.
I am also thankful so much for our daddy. He worried himself sick over getting to his family. He hiked to our house and carried out 4 bags worth of necessities. He is absolutely the protector and head of our house and he could not stand the fact that we were stuck with out him. I love him for loving us so much!!!

I took this about 3:15am

The only picture of all of us. Whit wanted to get warm and was not happy

Happy at Deedee and Jimbo's

Sledding with Daddy

Finally at home sledding on the tiny bit of snow!

Charlie is walking

Charlie started taking some steps here and there around Christmas but he is finally in a good rhythm and is officially a walker. We took him 2 weekends ago to get some new shoes. Of course we got white keds!
I cannot get a good picture of him walking but here are a couple.

Just a few pics from our weekend. The weather was beautiful!! We love our jumpy house from Cookie and Doc!

Saturday morning at 7:15. Ready to play!

The End of 2013

It is crazy how much happens in a year. I feel like the years fly by with kids. It makes me sad that they are going so fast but at the same time I love each new stage! 2013 was a great year for us as a family. Sweet Charlie joined right at the end of 2012 so 2013 started by getting used to our family of 4! Unfortunately we had a stay at Childrens to start off the year but thankful that we made it the rest of the year without going back! We decided in March that we needed to find a bigger house since we now had 4. We were so lucky to sell our house extremely quickly. It took us a little longer to find a house we liked but in June we closed on both houses! We love our new house and are very thankful to have more space. Whit grew so much this year physically and emotionally(personality). He is such a big boy now and I could not love that boy any more. He did have his first set of stitches but I know it will not be the last! We got him potty trained this summer and he did great! Charlie started school when I went back to work in March. He did really well. He got dedicated in July at church. We all enjoyed our family beach trip with my family and more farm trips than I can count!!! My sweet grandfather passed away in September but it was a good reminder of our life on this earth. It is so fleeting and there is so much more to life! We took the boys to their first Auburn game this fall and had a blast! For Halloween I had a cowboy and a tiger! We had wonderful holidays and loved spending so much time with family! 2013 could not have been better! Nate is busy with work and we are more blessed than we should be! Looking forward to 2014!

We ended the year with a trip to the beach. My family started this tradition a few years ago and I must say it is one of our favorites. last year we missed it bc Charlie was a newborn so we were glad to be back. We enjoyed spending time walking, riding bikes and hanging out with family. My cousin, Sumner, got engaged on Sunday when we were there so we were so excited to get to celebrate with them!!

Celebrating Sumner and Drew

The boys thought the jets in the tube were great

Love this sweet boy!

This house is perfect for all of us

These 2 are best buddies

The boys loved riding in this!

sweet toes in the sand