Center of Attention

 Before the big make-over, Chloe was upset that we weren't giving her enough attention.  I'm not sure why the world had stopped and Chloe wasn't the center of it, but for some reason, she wasn't. 

She went and got all her toys...all of them.  And put them in "Jason's spot" on the couch. 

She definitely got our attention. 

Best Makeover Yet

 Chloe has had some dramatic makeovers.  But I believe this one takes the cake.

Her groomers was shut down, then her appointment got canceled because of the cold storm.  Needless to say, Chloe was not looking her best.  

But even I was shocked at the difference! 

No Snowcones in the Snow

 It's hard to make snow cones when there's no water, so JR's work was shut down longer than most. 

But I'm always excited to see his face appear on the Insta. 

Toothless Tuesday

 Poor Reed.

He was 7 years old before he had his first baby tooth fall out.  At 13 he still had 5 baby teeth.  

So in two different appointments he had 5 teeth pulled.  He had 3 pulled the week before the freeze shut down.

Look at the roots on that middle tooth.  The dentist said that one would have never come out. 

Then he got the other 2 pulled this week.

The root broke off on one, and they said it will eventually come up to the surface and Reed will be able to pull it out.  

The dental assistant told me "I've been doing this for 16 years and I've never seen roots like this on a kid."

Reed now has all his baby teeth out, and out of 20 teeth he had to have 8 of them pulled along the way! 

My foot

 So last week wasn't a total loss.  

I was able to keep my post-op appointment and got my stitches out. 

And I got to see all the hardware in my left foot. 

I have to wear a toe-spacer for the next 2 weeks, and after that I think I get to go back to a normal shoe! 

It's Going to be 60 Degrees Today

 Last night was our last night of freezing temps, and we have electricity, cell service, and water (we just have to boil it until at least Monday).  

We handled this week about like this

And definitely feel like this about cold weather

12 Hours

 We've had electricity for 12 hours in a row.  That's the longest we've gone since Sunday night. 

When all this was still new, the boys were excited to go make a snowman (way back on Monday).  

This was as big as they could make (and this includes all the snow they went and took out of our next door neighbors yard too). 

 Don't forget to check out those gummy bear eyes. 

For 3 days of no electricity, water, or cell service you'd definitely expect a bigger snowman.