Welcome Wagon
I arrived home last Saturday to be here for the birth of my brother's second child and my first nephew. I was picked up from the MCI airport by Gene and Mom. We stopped by a place called Joe's Crab Shack for a fun and messy meal and my brother came away with a shirt saying "Got Crabs?". We finished the rest of the drive from KC to Columbia followed by a slow moving lightening show that caused an amazing sunset. I love this state.
I've complained in the past that every time I return to Missouri, excited to enjoy the weather, it suddenly becomes "pleasant", in other words, nothing exciting. Well, this time I was far from disappointed. The storm that trailed behind us all the way from the airport eventually caught up with us and I got to hear thunder and rain outside the window as I went to bed. The following day we went swimming and grilled and just yesterday I got another storm. My sister met me at the mall for a small wardrobe makeover and by the time we left it was pouring. For all of you out there in California who've never seen real weather, let me try to explain: 1pm on a summer afternoon and it's dark enough outside for just past twilight; water is sitting/flowing about a centimeter deep on the pavement; it takes us between 10 and 20 seconds to get to the car at a brisk walk and by the time we get there my hoody, pants, and hair are soaked through and water is running off of me in rivulets. So much for rolling up my pant legs. I couldn't have been happier though as my sister and I laughed, watched an SUV playing in huge parking lot puddles, and walked, soaking, into the next store.
Still grinning. =)
Austin Lee Alexander was born Tuesday, the 17th of July 2007. When we left the hospital that evening he still held the weight record for the day (though I had him beat by several ounces ;). Mother and son will be going home today. Congratulations!
Tags: family, nephew, weather, storm, baby, rain, missouri, sunset
I've complained in the past that every time I return to Missouri, excited to enjoy the weather, it suddenly becomes "pleasant", in other words, nothing exciting. Well, this time I was far from disappointed. The storm that trailed behind us all the way from the airport eventually caught up with us and I got to hear thunder and rain outside the window as I went to bed. The following day we went swimming and grilled and just yesterday I got another storm. My sister met me at the mall for a small wardrobe makeover and by the time we left it was pouring. For all of you out there in California who've never seen real weather, let me try to explain: 1pm on a summer afternoon and it's dark enough outside for just past twilight; water is sitting/flowing about a centimeter deep on the pavement; it takes us between 10 and 20 seconds to get to the car at a brisk walk and by the time we get there my hoody, pants, and hair are soaked through and water is running off of me in rivulets. So much for rolling up my pant legs. I couldn't have been happier though as my sister and I laughed, watched an SUV playing in huge parking lot puddles, and walked, soaking, into the next store.
Still grinning. =)
Austin Lee Alexander was born Tuesday, the 17th of July 2007. When we left the hospital that evening he still held the weight record for the day (though I had him beat by several ounces ;). Mother and son will be going home today. Congratulations!
Tags: family, nephew, weather, storm, baby, rain, missouri, sunset
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