My sweet nephew Ryan celebrated his first birthday today with a wonderful party.
The kids, the MIL and my Mom made the 45 minute trek to his house this afternoon intending to stay a bit but not too long 'cause you see we are expecting company tonight.
Her name is Irene.
She is not welcome company but she is coming non-the-less!
So, the procrastinator in me pulled out the old paints this morning to make his gift.
What? don't judge...
Sorry, I had to wait in long lines yesterday fighting people for med refills, water and batteries.
Okay, not really... the stores are all sold out of batteries.
Water was going pretty quickly too!
I'da had to donkey kick somebody over the water...
I have never been the one to stock up on water before...but I felt it the adult thing to do.
AND
I had alot to do outside...dictating...to the hubby... to put away patio stuff, and pool stuff, and lawn mower stuff, propane, grill and anything else I think may take flight and crash through a window.
I digress... back to the gift.
I always stress over stuff like this, especially when I wait til the last possible minute to even start a project which needs to be prepped, painted and gift wrapped in under 2 hours!
{oh WHY can't I just go to Toys R Us and buy a gift?}
That's just NOT how I roll!
He was the lucky recipiant of the painted toy box you may remember from
here
After a quick browse of an old PB Catalog I was inspired.
Please pardon the horribly blurry and washed out photos...I tried with 2 different cameras and got similar results. The only cause I can think of is maybe because the air is SO humid here thanks to good old Irene coming.
Turned out sorta PB-esque {yes, that is my new word}
All painted free hand... name and all.
I tried to replicate the type style used in the PB catalogue...
I tried to enhance the colors in this last photo for you... still not quite right but closer.
He also got a DVD to watch tucked down in the gift bag.
Fast Forward, post party
heading home... rain and wind starting to pick up but not too bad in my Momma's Kia Car.
Smooth Sailing I'm thinkin...
Now if you follow me on FB you already know that Awesome Austin is having a very hard time with scary nature stuff like Thunder and Lightening and Tuesday's earthquake and is OH so stressed out about Irene that he will not eat and his hair is standing straight up on his head.
{nervous habit of twirling and playing with his hair}
...half way down the highway, the sky decides to really open up. Torrential rain and wind pounding the car; really screwing up visability. Silently, I'm praying...just wanna get my kids home safe.
The wipers were on high and we could hardly see 2 foot ahead...then
The windshield wipers STOPPED working!
Don't worry... we are safe... and I'm actually chuckling about it now.
Imagine being blinded, Awesome is now freaking the flip out, My mom's asking me what I did to her wipers, Alexis is asking how we're going to get home, the Alzheimers MIL is going on and on about Hurricane Hazel that occured years before MY birth and about Air Raid drills from I think the 40's.
Which by the way... freaked Awesome out even more!
Thankfully after about 10 minutes of standing in the downpour, trying to figure out what happened, a bit of cussing and some prayer they started to work again!
Now, I am getting off of here and attending to my family because a Tornado Warning has just interrupted our TV viewing and advised of a possible tornado in the area.
Hubby likes to blow these things off and be so nonchalant.
I on the other hand want to be the 'safety first' mommy without freaking my kids out anymore than they are now!
Praying for those who are also going through this horrible nightmare... please say a prayer for us tonight as well {it's greatly appreciated!}
Kim
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