October 2006 vs 2008

So here is my first attempt at putting some pictures on here!

Those of you that are from Buffalo are very familiar with the freak October storm that took place in 2006. Quinn & Grace were only a few months old and we actually were having them baptized that weekend. Mom, Margot and Tante Anita arrived hours before the storm hit. They actually drove in because Tante couldn't fly. I remember meeting them at daycare and the snow was falling really heavy and I just wanted to get the babies and get home.

So that night we got 2 feet of wet heavy snow and because it was October all the trees still had leaves on them. Well that snow brought down trees and branches everywhere which in turn meant power outages everywhere. So when we woke up Friday morning the house was freezing and no power.

Grammy, Aunt Margot, Tante Anita, Quinn, Grace and myself all spent the next 3 days at the Hyatt. Poor Joe stayed back at the cold dark house and bailed water out of the basement... no power meant the sump pump wasn't working. We finally got power back a week later... yes a week!

So the first picture is our street the morning after the storm. The next picture is at the baptism, yes we still had it. Joe and I were EXHAUSTED! A day/week we will never forget. And the next picture Joe took of the twins. Daycare didn't have power either so the babies were home. Joe stayed home with them one of the days and had a little photo shoot with them... he takes the best pictures.

And then fast forward 2 years... and we now have beautiful little Julia in our lives.