Counting up and down

We had an interesting week. After getting missed by pretty much every thunderstorm in the vicinity this spring, I had a gnawing feeling that we were in for a bad one. Sure enough, we gazed out on a green-tinged sky at a very dark, low cloud to the west as the tornado sirens went off on Wednesday night. Of course, we had just put Felix to bed 10 minutes earlier, so we grabbed him, our phones and shoes, and went down to the basement. We got off easy, with only a little bit of hail and no damage to our property. But it definitely sent me into panic mode, since the tornado went just a few miles south of us.

We were invited to a dinner party Friday by friends of ours, and it was nice to meet other people. Lindsay's going to be a stay-at-home-mom with their 3-month-old daughter. I asked her to tell me about the crappy parts about being a SAHM, and I said I'd do the same about working (shouldn't be too hard... :o\ ), so neither one of us gets too jealous.

Felix has been learning his numbers at day care, and surprised me on Saturday by stringing them together to count to 10! Well done, little man. We had a busy weekend, going to the Farmer's Market at the Capitol (we've decided we're always going to stop at the Amish pie stand for a breakfast turnover or two), shopping, and enjoying a visit with my parents. We went out to brunch on Sunday for Cassie's birthday (today), and a bike ride after Felix's nap because it was nice.

And lastly, counting down. It's now less than a month until Felix's 2nd birthday! Deep down, I'm not surprised that he's nearly 2, because of everything he does now (talking, running, throwing, his independence). I'm just surprised that it seems to have happened so fast! I'm probably going to be saying that every year from now on...

Felix: 23 mos