Hannah has been sitting up for a few weeks now, it's so great! I haven't posted pics in a while but here's a cute video.

Chris feeding Hannah a Lime


Love me a Lime from jen giles on Vimeo.

Ice Storm

We had an ice storm in Oklahoma on Sunday (in case you hadn't heard!) We woke up at aroud 5am Monday morning to the sound of huge limbs breaking and crashing onto our house - mostly against Madeline's bedroom wall. We brought her to bed with us and spent the rest of the morning listening and waiting for something to crash through the house. We invited our friends over when they lost power and one family chose to come stay with us. Just as I was finishing cooking the last pancake, we lost our power. The guys weren't able to find firewood anywhere and the temp steadily dropped all day. We've heard that one million homes in Oklahoma are without power, 1/2 a million in Tulsa area, and some will be waiting as long as 8 days before power may be restored. Michelle and I took the kids to Irene's house to sleep in a warm home and Chris and Eric slept at Chris' office. Chris said that the town was eerie that night - driving through neighborhoods devoid of light and past darkened buildings. On Tuesday, Chris had to get gas. There was only one QT around with a generator and he said there were easily 80 cars in the parking lot. We never realized how very reliant we are on electricity. Thankfully, our power was restored by the next day. But there are still thousands of people without electricity. Here are some pics of the damage to our trees. Needless to say, the landscape of Tulsa will be changed dramatically with the loss of so many old trees.

Family Pics

Avacados

Cute video of Madeline feeding Hannah avacados for the first time.


Avacados from jen giles on Vimeo.

Our trip to the zoo a few weeks ago...

Hannah is making all sorts of interesting sounds these days! I was able to catch a little of it but my memory card got full before she face planted on the couch :)

Visiting Mimi...

I normally don't post stories but this one has been on my mind and I wanted to share. A few weeks ago we took the girls to Kansas City for a visit. On our way out of town, we took Madeline to buy some flowers so we could visit the cemetary where Mimi (my mom) was buried. Madeline recognizes the pink breast cancer ribbon as "Mimi's ribbon". When we went in to purchase flowers, she immediately found a perfect bouquet. They were pink with Mimi's ribbon included in the arrangement. There were even 2 stargazer lillies, which is a flower my mom loved.

We went to the cemetary and Madeline was really excited. As soon as she got out of the car, she skipped to mom's tombstone, calling out in a sing song voice, "We brought flowers for you Mimi!" Her joy absolutely touched our hearts and brought tears to our eyes. Madeline often talks about how great it will be "when Heaven comes down and we get to hug God, Jesus, Mimi and Grampy" (Chris' dad). I am so greatful for our tender hearted daughter.