Well, aside from the hurricane updates, I've been very bad about posting. However, there's a good reason - I think you'll forgive me when you hear: We're going to have another baby!! I've been super sick with this one (I was sick with Drew, but this time it's worse) and getting pictures and posting to the blog have been at the bottom of my list. We're about 10 weeks along at this point and hopefully things will take a turn for the better soon! We had our first ultrasound and were able to see Baby Wiggins "dancing" around and a strong heartbeat (188bpm). My due date is April 14, but since we'll be having a scheduled c-section (Drew was an UNscheduled c-section) it will likely be closer to the beginning of April.

Now, onto the pictures I do have...there aren't many, but hopefully they'll tide you over until I can get back to "normal."

Eating bananas with Daddy
Aunt Becca came to visit in August (right before I started getting sick)

Messy face
Yes, he lined up his crackers that way himself
Playing Mario Kart with Daddy (Drew loves cars)


Wearing Daddy's house shoes
Playing his new xylophone

And, in other news, Drew has finally decided that the grass is a fun place to be!! Up until this past week he'd cry whenever he had to go in it for any length of time. Don't know what changed, but now he loves to walk around in the backyard by himself!!!

Video: Sorry it's sideways - I forgot that the camera needs to be turned the other way, but you'll get the idea!

Silly boy playing with his bib after dinner
Mommy and Drew

Post Gustav follow-up

Since Russell took care of the basic update to let you all know that we were fine I've given myself a few extra days to get to this post. After making our decision to stay (we were not under a mandatory evacuation because we live North of I-12) we settled in for what we hoped would not be too much of an adventure. We spent a lot of time watching the Weather Channel and checking the latest computer models (at least until we lost power). Thankfully we were far enough away from the center that we only had tropical storm wind to deal with (less than 75 mph - for us it was probably less than 65 even at its strongest) and some rain. We lost power around 11am on Monday and had it back by 10am on Tuesday. (We're fortunate to live near the local airport and NOAA weather station, so we're some of the first to get power restored.) One of our neighbors had borrowed a generator and let us plug our fridge in, so we were able to keep our perishables cold and have cold drinks (including milk for Drew). We had no damage to our house or neighborhood. Our only problem was a couple of leaking windows (which we already knew about), but we were able to keep towels by them and switch them out when they got too wet so there was no extra water damage. As far as we know most of our friends had very minimal (if any) damage. Now all eyes turn to Hurricane Ike...we'll be watching closely and keep you posted!

Now, because we've already had several posts without Drew - here's a super cute video of him. If you've ever watched the Weather Channel you know that they do their "Local on the 8s" forecast and it has lovely elevator music in the background while the radar and maps are rolling. Drew LOVED when it came on and started "dancing" to it each time - enjoy!!!

Post Gustav Update

I'll let Amber provide a more detailed update, but wanted to let everyone know our status after the recent hurricane. As the previous post said, we stayed at home during the storm and everything went fine. It was really windy (I heard the weather station next to our subdivision recorded a 58 mph gust) and rainy. Thanks for all your thoughts & prayers.