Tornado

I got my paws on Katie's phone to give everyone an update on our situation. It's very hard to use this touchscreen with claws, so I apologize for any typos. I also have no idea how the formatting will work posting from the phone, so sorry if everything looks goofy.

Anyway, our house was in the path of the tornado that hit the area this past Friday. We're all ok. Lily was with Grandma Gail and Papa Dean at the time. Me, Greg, Katie, and Henry were in the basement. We felt the pressure change and heard a loud noise. When we looked out the basement window we saw drywall, our first clue things were not good. Greg went upstairs with a flashlight and yelled down "Katie, there are gumballs in the hallway.". Once we all got upstairs we saw that our neighbor's gum ball tree was in our bedroom.

We were able to get the outside debris and downed trees cleaned up yesterday. A company is at the house today to help us get started on the inside.

The neighborhood's a mess, but we're fortunate there were no injuries. The house is a wreck, but can be fixed and the majority of our things have been spared, though Greg and Katie will be doing a closer evaluation of the inside items in the coming days to know for sure. They're calling for more severe weather tonight, so hopefully the tarps on everyone's roofs will hold up. Fortunately, we have a place to stay in the coming days/weeks/however long it takes to make our house livable again.

Thank you for the prayers and offers of help. We'll keep you posted. My people have taken a ton of pictures and will hopefully be able to post them soon.

God is good and will be glorified through all of this.

I know they had to throw away my dog bed. Bummer.

Rude Wake-Up Call

Last night around 12:15, the carbon monoxide detector started beeping because the battery was dying. That is a nerve-wracking sound! I don't think Katie appreciated me shaking like a leaf while literally standing on her head in bed while Greg changed the batteries.

Spring Snow

On Tuesday, March 22, Katie took the kids to the zoo to enjoy the 70+ degree weather (and forgot the camera, of course). On Saturday, March 26 we had snow. Only in St. Louis. The blooming daffodils were not happy about it.

The kids had a blast though.

Hopefully that'll be the last time we see snow until winter.

I Like Sitting in Chairs!!

Steamboat

About a month ago, my people took me to my cousins' house to stay for a week. The kids came and stayed a couple of days too and then left to visit with their other grandparents for a few days. It turns out my people went on a vacation. They were itching to go on a ski trip and decided to celebrate their 10 year anniversary early and fly to Steamboat Springs, CO.

It sounds like they had a great time. They skied for 4 days, had their first experience snowshoeing, ate out way too much, slept in, and were able to sit on a couch without zombie babies coming after them. (Whenever my people sit next to each other on the couch at home, the kids will undoubtedly stop whatever they're doing and head straight for the couch while making noise. My people now lovingly refer to them as zombie babies whenever this happens.)

While they missed the kiddos like crazy and the friends they've skied with in the past, it was a nice break and escape from reality, just the two of them. They have now been back for about 3 weeks and are settled back into their routines. The kids had a great time with the grandparents and I enjoyed my time with my cousins. I get chicken on my food! And one side of a sleep number bed to sleep on at night! It's glorious.

Here are pictures from Steamboat, if you're interested. As usual, click on the photo to see the whole album.

Steamboat Springs, CO 2011

Matching Jammies

My people got Lily a pair of new pajamas. The store had an adult sized version also, so they got them thinking Lily would get a kick out of it. They were right. She thought it was really funny that she and Katie matched. "We're twins!"

Babies and Bellies

Sarah has a baby in her belly. We're all very excited about this. I insisted on feeling the baby kick. I think it made Sarah a little uncomfortable because she kept moving my paw, but I kept putting it right back on her belly. And then I looked directly at the camera and posed. I need to work on my smile a bit though.