Busy Bees

Last weekend we went to Bastrop to visit Mamaw and Papaw Jordan. We left on Friday night and stayed in a hotel because it just makes the trip so much easier than driving the 4 hours there EARLY in the morning and 4 hours back late that same night. When we got to the nursing home on Saturday, Shelby saw Mamaw waiting by the door, so she ran up and gave her a huge hug. We had a great visit with Mamaw at the nursing home and got to eat lunch with her. Shelby had so much fun showing off for her. I didn't get any pictures at the nursing home. I am so horrible about remembering to pull the camera out unless someone reminds me. Usually I am too busy trying to keep Shelby from getting into things she isn't supposed to.

After the nursing home we went over to visit Papaw. Again, Shelby loved showing off and being the center of attention. We had gotten her a new princess puzzle and she couldn't wait to put it together with Jeremy and Papaw. (I actually got some pics at Papaw's because he reminded me to get the camera out!)






Monday, March 1st, was Jeremy's 28th birthday! We didn't do anything especially grand this year to celebrate, mostly because I just didn't have the energy (sorry Jeremy), but we had a good time eating pizza and playing Wii with friends. Happy Birthday, Jeremy!



Later in the week, it was finally warm enough to play outside. Shelby loves drawing on the sidewalk with her chalk. She loves to make rainbows and will sit and work on a picture until it is, as she says, "perfect". She really can't wait until it is warm enough to wear her new ballerina bathing suit, but it will be a couple more months before we can do that.





Saturday was Shelby's sibling class at the hospital. She couldn't wait to go to "school". She got to make a sign that she will bring to the hospital when Joey is born that says she is the big sister. She also watched a movie about being a sibling, learned how to wrap and hold babies, and got to see the maternity ward. I think she is ready for Joey to be here!

Thankful

Friday night, as I lay in bed at the hotel in Bastrop (another post on that later), my legs felt like they were on pins and needles. Lovely pregnancy side effect. I couldn't sleep so I grabbed my phone and went to MSN.com. There on the front page was a headline about a breaking news story- Concepcion, Chile had just been hit with an 8.3 (later it changed to 8.8) earthquake. The story was still breaking, so there were no additional details.

Since my brother, Colin, is serving in the Concepcion, Chile mission, I immediately freaked out. I looked at the clock...1:30 am...that meant it was only 12:30 am in Utah. Not too, too late to call mom and dad. Besides, this was urgent. As soon as my mom answered she said, "I know. The earthquake. Tristan already called and we are on Skype with Ryan". We spent the next hour or so racking our brains trying to figure out how we might be able to get in touch with him. We tried calling the mission president, all of the meeting houses in Curico, and even thought to try to contact some of the members that had friended my mom on Facebook. I don't think any of us really got any sleep Friday night.

Saturday morning, probably around 11:30 am, my mom called while we were at the nursing home and said she had received a brief email message from Colin. He was able to use someone's Blackberry to let my mom know he was ok. Thank goodness for technology!

We just got a another short email from him today. I think he is downplaying the damage in order to make my mom feel better, but he sounds good. They are going to be very busy for a while helping members clean up and rebuild. We are very thankful that he is safe and sound and has been able to send us brief messages.