Ten things I've forgotten

Ten things I forgot about having a newborn:

10. You don't have time to do all those little things you used to have time for

9. You don't have time to do any of those little things you used to have time for

8. You don't have time to do some of those little things you used to have time for

7. You don't have time to do even a few of those little things you used to have time for

6. You just don't have time

5. Ninety minutes of uninterrupted sleep will serve as an 8 hour stint for normal households

4. Closing your eyes while the baby nurses as you sit propped up is considered good sleep

3. Older children can do whatever they want at all times of the day & night and get away with it

2. Daddy will not come home sooner if you cry louder

And, last but certainly most important,

1. No, dinner will not be served on time. And sometimes, not at all.

Now that I have that out of the way, I can sum up the last few weeks in a few short sentences. Just let me go swap the laundry out first.

Ok, now what was I saying? Hold on, Eden needs me.

Alright. Rain. We have had some rain here in Bridgeport, as well as up in the hills north of town, which has caused flash flooding all around here since Bport was built right on the Platte River. I have since learned that the houses on our block are the lowest point in all of the city (even the river is 7 feet higher than this block), and therefore, all the water and garbage flow this way. Which is why our sidewalk disappeared into a slow moving river on Friday night. All the flood pics were taken within about 5 mile radius of our house. It amazes me how flash floods can happen in such a dry climate, even when we're not getting the rain. In this case, several storms hit about 15 miles north of us in a matter of just a few days, along with several local tornadoes, and a series of dams broke open, flooding everything down stream in what are normally dry crick beds, on their way to the Platte. Cars were washed away, trees up rooted and roads washed out, making travel difficult, as most of the streets are dirt to begin with. One man we talked with lost 2 vehicles while he was getting his 21 horses out of pasture as it filled with water. The pasture was a rushing river when we arrived.

I have also learned that where our house sits is a natural water channel, and since the Platte is not a banked river, but a channel river, the whole town is more suitable for swamp land than city structure, which is why we have problems with flooding here. Bport is also the lowest elevation of all the towns 90+ miles in any direction. Think gravity and it all makes sense.

Hold that thought, somebody needs to eat....

Yesterday, the LWML hosted a baby shower for Elia here at the parsonage. Since we already have a boy and a girl, we were more in need of disposables than clothing, so we were showered with diapers, wipes, soaps & lotions, as well as a nice blanket and a couple of cute summer outfits. I think everybody who came had a good time and it was very nice to chat and visit inside on a cloudy and cool day.

Ok, nap time for the other one, be right back....

The rest of the week was spent doing a lot of laundry. Adding one child has added twice the laundry for some reason. Didn't help that I was in bed puking all day Monday, as was Elia. Thank Eden for that one, she had it the day before. As it were, the preacher had a funeral on Monday and could not stay to help me out, so he called Laura, who dropped Lexi off after swim practice and she nursed us back to health all day until Pastor could come home. Thankfully, the weather was beautiful and they were outdoors for the most part.

Ahhh! Who's crying? ...

Not much on the calendar, but there doesn't need to be in this house, especially when summer is in full swing. We seem to make up things as we go along and stay busy, regardless. Tuesday after OT and Speech, the kids went with Daddy to story hour and they met at the beach, built sand castles and dug for sea shells. Wednesday, Eden got her hair cut. Friday, we spent the day shopping in SB and the races were called off that evening because of the rain.

Ok, the kitchen timer is going off and the washer just beeped....guess that's my cue to wrap it up. Until next week, happy trails!