I have found that although I have always had a fear of storms, although really only those that have TORNADO POTENTIAL (gives me chills to even type that :)), my anxiety now with little guy is way worse fearing that he will have fear. For those that do not know, I am horrified, but fascinated, by tornadoes. If I could be a storm chaser, but have the promise of life that I would not be swept away by the huge ungodly sized vacuum (tornado), I WOULD DO IT IN A HEARTBEAT. I am thinking that if I could ride in THIS… I might do it…
But I would have fear and anxiety out the wazoo the whole time… Maybe it was my love for the Wizard of Oz (There’s no place like home!) when I was smaller and the tornado on that movie or something??
Hahaha… Who knows, but when I am not entranced by a show about them and instead experiencing a storm that they could pop up in.. I am the one that would be cuddled in a closet with pillows covering me (because pillows can stop 2X4’s and glass- just leave me be :))… I have many a funny stories about doing that when I was younger :). The beep…beep…beep…. Of a storm warning running on the bottom of the TV screen will make me run in the room to see what the chance of a “tornado” warning or watch is! And man I hate it at night.. I can still picture that scene at the drive in from the movie Twister.. and the light barely shining on the huge tornado that came through in that scene… Although I am thinking as long as I run like this..
I mean they didn’t get swept away or anything, so maybe I shouldn’t be such a weiner :).. Movies, gotta love them! Scares the poo out of me though, but yet maybe it is because I do feel like I know a lot about them from the science projects in my younger days that I did on them :). Maybe I learned TOO MUCH? NOOOO, I refuse to believe that there is anything that you can know too much about :).
Anyways, I have began to realize that I am now getting scared during storms again! Not the kind of fear that took me running into mom/dad’s room blanket and all ready to settle down on the floor beside their bed, but just scared that Brady will be scared! Isn’t it amazing how your parents can make you feel like there is a bubble of protection around you when you are with them!! I mean it’s not like the exact same storm that had me scared in my jammies, is not right down those stairs in their room as well! I hope I can be a safe haven for Brady the way my parents always were for me!!
So back to Wed. morning… I was woken up by the storm, I would say right at 2 am… at that time it was just raining hard.. but then BOOOOOOOM! Here came the loudest thunder I have ever heard.. AND IT WAS OVER AND OVER AND OVER… you know that Tom Cruise movie ***WAR OF THE WORLDS*** at the beginning with the lightning and thunder???
Yup.. it was WAR AT THE CONNELL RESIDENCE. I literally looked up at the sky outside and said ARE YOU KIDDING! It was soooo loud, over and over again like a machine gun.. and a couple of times shook the house and we could have sworn it hit in the back yard. I swear it looked like this outside... if I would have not had my weiner face on and looked :)...
I go into a HUGE PANIC when storms are loud like that.. fearing that Brady will be frightened. I don’t want him to ever feel any fear…. WHICH I don’t think I will have to worry about him feeling it because he has been a champ…. He usually sleeps right through any cracklin’, and honestly he made it through some of the loudest booms during this storm as well.. but the point in time where it was over and over like there was a cannon battle going on outside, it woke him up. I was already standing in his room shhhhhssshhh’ing him when he would make some sounds and movements starting to wake up, I went in there when I heard the first little noise. I wanted to make sure that if he did wake up that I was in there when he woke up and try to let him know not to be scared (even though momma was a huge wiener herself :), in fact I think I will start wearing this in situations like this, just so he appreciates me putting aside my weinerisms :)).
When he did raise his head up (he loves rollin’ to his belly and sleepin’ now once he is down for the night :)) it was right after a loud boom and he kind of jumped and then looked at me… I was like OHHHH MY GOODNESS BUG IT’S BOOMIE ;0) lol.. and just talked in my best x-smoker trying to talk high voice.. lol. He just smiled.. and was absolutely fine.. no cryin’, no poutie lip, no nuttin’. It makes me feel so good because you just don’t want your kiddo to ever be frightened!! I am still conjuring up a fantastic story (or so I hope it turns out to be a good ‘un) about the thunder and lightning to help him when he gets older so he isn’t scared. I told Brad that right now, although the loudness may startle babies and cause them to cry.. I don’t think they associate scary and thunder just yet… but I could be wrong. Such a frightening storm.. I am going to start including in my prayers to please never do that kind of a storm again dear Lord :).. The ACC that is about 2 miles from us was hit by lightening so I have no doubts, especially after the sirens, that it hit close as heck to us. Very, very frightening… even little Clyde was by our sides whining. But he has always been “in the closet” with his momma during storms :).
There was some really bad flooding in New Braunfels… really sad.
Some very memorable times at some of the places hit the hardest! We always take off on our tubing “adventures” from this place- The Rockin’ R.. the roof collapsed :(… although I know it will be rebuilt.. still weird to see it in such dismal shape!
This is an older style home that they have on the Rockin' R property that has as a shop and it has restrooms and stuff in it.. It is 2 levels with a huge wrap around porch around the first level with stairs up to it.. This picture is crazy to me as you can't see the stairs anymore...
For those that haven't been there, they transport you in these old school busses back to the place that you take off from to get to your car and stuff if you exit at different places along the ride and don't go the full circle (man we should have gotten off early a few times, HAHAHA!). They had busses like this one.. others SPLIT IN 1/2... so crazy.
Here is one that they are pulling out of the river!! I don't think I will be tubing anytime soon!! Not gonna be a happy camper if I scrape my bootie that of course hangs out the bottom of the tube haha, on a window of a bus.. creepy.
Or here is SCHLITTERBAHN!! The part that feeds off of the Comal is a MESS!! SOOOO sad, I can’t imagine all of the tourists that will now have to reschedule, or were already here for a great vacation….to have this happen..
Most definitely pray for that community and the recovery..
Well onto a better note and a new thing that Brady has been doing… have you ever held your hand out as to admire a great nail job? Like your arm outstretched and holding your hand flexed? Well, Brady has found his hands in that manner and keeps holding them out like that as if he is thinking.. YOU KNOW, THAT IS A GREAT LOOKING HAND! It’s pretty funny.. just stares at it!
Food wise I think I am getting a hold of his new yearnings and realizing that he doesn’t want as much or I should say, as many bottles at night. He has cut our nights down even shorter and is becoming quite the bear if we aren’t started on getting him to bed by 7. In all honesty, it could probably be even earlier, like 645 is what I am going to start trying. By 7 he is whiney which to me from my mad reading in the early days, that means he is overtired…. Sheesh.. I just feel like when we get home we are so busy trying to get all these bottles in him AND give him the solids now which he has started that he is like GOOD NIGHT, let me have an empty mouth for a sec hahaha! Our schedule right now, or how it is running is we get home about 545… I give him a bottle… he normally only takes a few ounces before he is doing the head turn fighting you :)… Then after he has fully rejected the bottle and momma- I get him entertained with something and start on our dinner.. Then we sit down (by this time it’s getting too late and he is whiney usually) and I try to get him to take the solid, which he does OK, but gets annoyed with it quickly.. then from there we take a bath, and then it’s bedtime bottle and he is out. All this happens between 545 and 7-715- we are sitting down for the bedtime bottle and then 745’ish is when he is done, and burped, and held with the reflux stuff :) is when he is usually down in his crib. But I think we are going to have to start getting him to bed earlier.. sheesh- gonna get no time with him… but I guess that will all come in due time :) and we will be wishin’ we had the early bed times again hahaha! SO I think that I am going to give up my whole idea of family dinner with him being 7 months old and feed him his baby food while I am cooking maybe? And then he can play with stuff while we are eating??? Don’t know.. it is a constant guessing game on what is best, but I do know that it eventually works out from our experiences :).. So I will just keep rolling with what comes to my head to try and hope that it doesn’t fail me now hahaha! Anyways, so far we have tried peas (doing good), green beans (could take it or leave it), bananas (loves of course :)), prunes (super loves!!), chicken in broth (could take it or leave it), turkey in broth (that brought about the GAG FACE.. gosh it’s so funny, but horrible at the same time haha!- I think we will hold off on this one for a bit, seems like a little too bumpy and thick for him right now), and squash (loves it!)! We have had great luck and so far so good on him being pretty open with the different kinds of foods and liking them!
We were invited to our friends Becky & Alistair's son Drew's second birthday party and got to have our first experience in a "pool" as well!! He had a good time although he wouldn’t lift his head for nothin’ to smile at the camera! He was obsessed with looking down at the water and splashin’! It’s another one of those things that I just take in that he does.. the amazement of the simple things that we all pay no attention to anymore.. I love it. He brings me back to the little details and enjoyment so often, and I thank you baby boy for doing that. He was cute as can be in his big ol’ Sponge Bob swimsuit!!
I am totally digging this "no shirt" policy we have going here!
Dad, will you please take me from her.. haha!
Oh for the love of Pete.. I do not need to look like a greasy baby bodybuilder mom haha!
Really, you need to put sunscreen on my toes??
That is not drool.. this boy was a splashin' fool!!
LEEEEET GO! I want to taste this stuff :)!
The splashing water was AAMMMMAAAZING to him :)!
I officially had to do a “toe trimmin’” on the rest of the little piggies :(.. Forever, it's just been the big toe :)... He is officially a big boy and has shed the last pieces of evidence of his time spent in momma.. The tops of the nails were paper thin… Fresh out of the womb.. Which by the way.. I compared this..
To this…
And the sappy button got stuck.. Amazing! I was reading the blog from where I was last year compared to now… We didn’t even know this little treasure was going to have a “man jewels” yet!! And now here is with us making our lives a better place :)! It’s crazy as all get out to me!!
He is super fun, getting a super personality even more supererererer then it is now :), and just thrills me to death to hang out with him any time I can! I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!!
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