We spent some tense time this afternoon in the laundry room while several tornadoes hit around the Dallas area. Jacob slept blissfully in Daddy's arms through it all and Nathan watched Cars 2 on Daron's phone while Mommy tracked the ever changing watches, warnings, and tornado paths. And worried nonstop about Esther being at school. (And sitting on a laundry room floor with post baby stitches is not pleasant.)
My Mom (who had to make a quick change of plans to fly to Utah for her father's funeral) was alternating hunkering down by the airport bathroom, standing in long lines trying to reschedule the ever canceling flights, making funeral plans with her siblings, and texting us to see if we were okay.
Esther was at school and apparently was having a great time drawing pictures and chatting with her friends in the hallway. When the sirens went off, they had to cover their heads while sitting against the walls. She reported that the tornado "drills" were all rather exciting.
Fortunately, the tornadoes passed by Irving. Having seen the damage done in other areas of the Metroplex, we feel very blessed!
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Wow - sure glad to hear you guys were all right. That's horrible that you were sitting on the floor so soon after having a baby! Definitely not fun.
Funny though, our neighborhood actually got hit pretty hard. Our house was just fine, but a couple blocks over and down along Beltline got hammered. (the Smiths' home/yard got pretty torn up.) Ironically, we never thought to 'go to a safe place.' In fact, I never would have known it was going on if Mark hadn't come home early w/ the kids. Well, that and all the calls that came in from family across the country who had seen everything on the news. Crazy!
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