Ice Days

On December 3rd or 4th my weather app was going on and on about how the weather was going to get bad.  We were expecting sleet/ice and road conditions were going to be dangerous.  I decided to head out and stock up on food.  The girls and I went to the library and stocked up on Christmas books.  For the finale?  I stocked up on most of Sophia's medications.  As warned, the icy weather moved in Friday morning before daylight and blanketed the metroplex.

From December 6th - 9th we were in the house.  Well, the girls and I dropped Liz off at school on the 5th and stayed at home for the rest of the day.  Technically, we were in the house from the 5th through 9th.  School was cancelled on the 6th and 9th and Jeremiah stayed home on those days as well.

Around 4AM Friday morning the power went out.  Don't you worry because Jeremiah's generator kicked right on.  That generator was a tender mercy from the Lord.  At one moment I was most grateful that we didn't have to go without heat.  I never worried about Sophia because she has batteries for her equipment and her room was the first one connected to the generator.  By our calculations, the neighborhood was out of power for about ten hours.

To make matters more interesting, we didn't have a nurse for Sophia for over 48 hours!  The bad weather didn't care that she needed care around the clock.  Since the nurses couldn't get to our house, Jeremiah and I came up with a plan.  I took the day shift and he took the night shift.  It worked beautifully but we were exhausted by late Sunday morning.  Another tender mercy from the Lord???  Our nurse showed up around 10AM!

Liz wrote a story about Sophia Lynette for her school paper.  Have I mentioned she was the editor this year?  Or was the article for a contest?   Anyway, she wanted a picture of baby so I made several attempts.

Since we were home bound, Jeremiah took Scarlett and Savannah outside to slide on the ice.  For two days in a row!  I stayed in because I DON'T do the cold.  Plus, someone needed to stay inside with baby.  I have to stop calling Sophia a baby.  She's practically a toddler!

In case you're wondering, I took pictures through the windows.  I was so happy to see them having fun with their daddy.

Bruises, tears, and wet clothes are bound to happen when you play on the ice.  The girls did fine for the most part and I'm pretty sure that they had great time.

Only Jeremiah can run and slide on ice and make it look easy!

.  Our house is located on the highest point in our cul-de-sac.  This allowed them to have great momentum coming out of the cul-de-sac and out of the driveway .

That patch of concrete is where our night nurse parked before she went home at 6AM Friday morning.  The ice was thick and very unforgiving.  I love how the girls came flying down the driveway.

Before everyone came in, Jeremiah took the girls to the backyard.  Look who was having the most fun!

We decided to move Sophia Lynette downstairs on day one.  We felt it would be easier for us to care for her and it was.  Her milk pump is attached to that pole.  Of all of her equipment, I do believe it has the longest battery life.  Well, the battery was getting low and the UPS was full.  We had nowhere to plug in her pump.  Then I had a GENIUS idea.  I used a strand of Christmas lights as an extension cord.  All of our extension cords were being used on the Christmas tree and for the lights outside.  We couldn't move her to the dining room because her equipment was in the living room.  Genius, right?!

The UPS.  All of these cords, except two, are for Sophia.  The pump plug wouldn't fit in the one outlet that was available.

We were having story time.  Don't know what was up with Savannah.

There was ice in the leaves because it was so cold.

The living room was a MESS!  If you look closely, you can see Sophia at the bottom with pink leggings on.

On December 10th, school was back in, Jeremiah went back to work, and I got to cleaning!  I'm pretty sure this is my favorite room in the house.  Why?  Because of all of the natural sunlight :o)