Ice storms, bath time, and a very busy week.

It's been a few days since I wrote, hasn't it?

We can thank a crazy ice storm for that. I would never have believed what ice can do to a town until I saw it firsthand. Trees breaking constantly, power lines fallen down, and power poles snapped in half. It's insane how much damage ice can create...our town looked like a tornado went through it.

Well, not really "our" town anymore. Now it is "old town" and we are now residents of "new town." That is part of our very busy week...we're moving. And it's a move that was really unexpected. We planned on spending the rest of our lives in "old town"...it's a little bit of an adjustment to change that thinking. The future may be a little up in the air right now, but there are a few things I know for sure: God knows just what He is doing. Dear sweet hubby is always by my side and always providing for his family, which I love. And LBB and Cat 1 and Cat 2 are just along for the ride. :) There are a lot of things I am going to miss about "old town" though. I'm going to miss the simplicity. The quietness. The people who were strangers at first but soon became dear friends. The UPS person ("old town" was so small that we always had the same UPS driver). The hospital and staff where LBB was born. And so so much more. But, such is life...we're onto a new chapter of our lives, and for that I am very excited...it's just the changing of the page into this new chapter that makes me a little sentimental and sad.

LBB used to hated bathtime. Literally screaming his lungs off he hated it so much. But now, within just weeks, bathtime seems to be one of his favorite times. :) If LBB is fussy, bathtime is a miracle worker. Well, that and a followup of his George (what we call his pacifier) and his GiGi blanket. Today was bathday, and prior to bathtime starting, nothing was making LBB happy. Not the George. Not the GiGi blanket. Nothing. But bathtime always changes that. A smile crept onto LBB's adorable little face and stayed there. What joy I have when LBB smiles. I don't think there is a lot out there that is better than a smile from LBB. And now, after his bathtime, he is cuddled up in his GiGi blanket and asleep on my chest. Thank goodness for contentedness. :)