Water and Power

So no move of ours seems to not have some drama.  I posted about the 11 hour drive.  We were doing well getting organized, then last Wed at 4 am a scheduled power outage woke Sam up.  I ran into the door frame trying to get to her while half asleep.  She then was wide awake from being scared and took hours to get to sleep.  She then slept horizontally while using my back as a drum for her feet.  Then Wednesday evening it started to rain, a lot.  Streets all over town were flooded, including ours until Nick and a neighbor unclogged the sewer drain.  And water, lots of it, came into the basement, which is where we set up our bedrooms.  The 2 bedrooms upstairs are small, so we thought downstairs would be better giving us more space for furniture, including a crib.  Nick and my dad worked hard sucking up the water.  We had to move upstairs until everything dried out.  We went to bed planning to get to work in the morning, but we again lost power at 4 am.  It did not come on again until around 11 am.  It seems to be getting there and does not smell as bad anymore.  So we are hopeful that it was just a deluge and will not be repeated at the next rain.  This landlord seems much better.  He came and pulled up the carpet and removed the pad.

Sam starts preschool next Thursday.  We have an open house next Wed.  She will probably do better than I will.  I am sure it will be an adjustment on all sides, though.  This summer flew by!

And some more details on baby #2.  I am due February 21st.  We had originally thought about a summer baby, but we thought it might be better to not have a newborn if we did relocate next August.  But we also wanted to allow for the possibility of fall interviews.  There is never a good time, but we did want 3 years (2.5-3.5) between kids to allow each one to have time to be a baby so it is pretty ideal given our situation.  I had a lot of morning sickness this time.  With Sam it was mostly early morning, I would throw up and be much better for the remainder of the day.  This time it started at 4.5 weeks, just after I found out, and although I threw up less, it lasted most of the day. But I am doing much better now thank goodness, so it is not lasting as long as with Sam.