A Lot Has Happened in Two Weeks

May 1 - Play Date

Aidan had a wonderful afternoon playing with his friends. Riley, Declan and their mommies came over for a fun get together.

May 2 - After all the heavy rains, our neighborhood flooded. At 9:00 pm on Sunday, we were forced to evacuate our house. The speed at which the water rose was quite a scary experience. The following day, Brandon and I borrowed a canoe and rowed to our house to check things out. Men and women were wading in the water to save their beloved pets and the water was neck deep in the roads. At that point, the water was 3-4 inches from our front door. Rowing in a boat to your house - what a surreal experience. The water continued to rise until that evening. We were able to get to our house on Tuesday by foot. The water was up a little passed my knees at that point. When we got to the house and opened the door. Shouts of joy and praises to God went up to the heavens. We were within a 1/4 of an inch from the front door, but no water got in. A small amount found its way in through the back door and the sunroom floor/subfloor will have to be replaced. We were so lucky. Someone was taking care of us! The replacing of a hot water heater, furnace, ac, sunroom floor is minimal compared to everyone around us. Both neighbors on either side of us got 6+ inches of water in their house. They are tearing out floors, cabinets, carpets. Throwing away mattresses, furniture, etc. Our street makes you emotional just to drive down it. We were so blessed and say our prayers of thanksgiving daily.

Our backyard around 7:00 pm on May 2.

Our driveway when we were leaving at 9:00 pm on May 2.

Our neighborhood on May 3.

Our house on May 3.

Our driveway on May 3.

Our backyard and the top of our shed on May 3. No fence can be seen.

The water line.

Our backyard on May 4.

After the water went down and people started cleaning, this is what most houses on our street looked like.

May 6 - Aidan turned 1!!! I can't believe it, but my baby boy had a birthday. We celebrated at Gran and Papa's where we were living at the time. Aidan got to play outside in the fountain and creek, open some presents, and eat a cupcake. I do think he enjoyed himself.

Playing in the creek with Papa.

Aidan got a baseball set from his daddy.

Aidan loved his birthday cupcake.

May 8 - Aidan and I went to Collierville and spent a few days with Nanny and Paw Paw. We got to watch Brian walk across the stage at the FedEx Forum and receive his diploma. He is now a college grad!

May 16 - We celebrated Aidan's birthday with family. Many people were able to come, even Aunt Bethany and Cousin Liam from Texas. We were able to have everyone over to our house for a Barnyard Bash. It was lots of fun and Aidan received a lot of fun toys. What a great day we had!

Best buds! Check out the cute shirts that Nanny made.

Aidan's helping his daddy put together his new swing set.

Aidan's new spiderman.

Aidan loved his choo choo train.

All ready for mother's day out.

May 18 - To round out the last couple of weeks, Aidan and I got the stomach bug. It has been a ruff couple of days, but we are recovering and today has been a good day!