Rain Rain Go Away!!!!

I must say that I am sick of the rain. I would, at this point, much rather have snow then rain. Yesterday, Chicago got a horrible rain storm and it gave Elmhurst a run for it's money. We fixed our basement foundation therefor we assumed that we would not have anymore problems with rain water. That is why assuming makes an ass out of u and me. We got so much rain water in our area that it started coming up through the basement bathtub, toilet and the laundry room floor drain. I just happened to go downstairs to get more pump supplies and I walked passed the bathroom and heard pouring water. I turned the light on and saw the toilet overflowing. I then pulled back the shower curtain and the tub was filled to the rim with brown water. I turned off the water to the toilet thinking that should stop the water from coming in. I then thought that I should plunge the toilet. This brought up lots of poopers. It was so disgusting. I was yelling to Nicolas, because Nick was out of town, to get more towels. He was throwing towels down the laundry shoot to me. I was in the basement yelling how much I hated this "place." Nicolas came down and started to freak out too. I then realized that if I lost it my son would too. I told him that crying isn't going to solve the problem. So we sucked it up and began throwing more towels on the water. I then had Nicolas get the wet vac together and I put it in the toilet to suck water out and try to get the level of water down. That backfired and poop water started spewing everywhere. The bucket got full very fast and it started coming out of the top. That was when Nicolas and I were screaming because poop water was spraying everywhere. I called my Mom and Larry, my Step Dad, to ask what I should do to stop the water. They said to call the fire dept and see what they suggest. So I call 911 and they tell me that I am the 1000th caller and they can't do anything because the entire town is under water. I asked if I get a prize for being the 1000th caller. She said no. She told me to call the local police department. So I called the local emergency number. They told me they are aware of the problem and they too can't do anything. They said until the water goes down nothing will stop flowing. Luckily one of our neighbors came over to see how we were doing. He pulled me out of the basement and told me to just leave it alone and to go to his house. He reminded me there was nothing we could do until the water reseeded. He said we could go over to their house and have some dinner and drink some wine. I said okay.
It is always something..........

Today is Isabella's two month birthday. She's going to go to the doctor to get her shots and we will find out what her latest measurements are. She is a SUPER laid back baby. She only cries to let us know she's awake in the morning. She's been sleeping through the night except when my Mom was here but I think that was due to her not feeling well. She went to sleep last night at 10:30 and woke up this morning at 6:45. Nicolas adores her. Although yesterday we went to "Build A Bear Workshop" to have Nicolas make Bella her first stuffed animal. Now mind you Nicolas has three bags of animals in the crawl space, a.k.a. attic, and still has animals in his room. He doesn't need anymore stuffed animals. He was upset that Bella was getting a stuffed animal and he wasn't. It ended up being okay though. He created a sound for the animal that says, "Isabella, Nicolas loves you."
My Mom came and visited us from February 15th to the 20th. It was so nice to have her come out and help out with the growing family. Nick had been gone the week previous to that and was going to be gone again that week so my Mom came out. It was great for her too because she hadn't met Miss Isabella Marie yet. She and Larry were in Europe when Bella was born. It was also the first time she'd seen our house. It turned out to be a great blessing that she was here because Nicolas got sick Monday night, Tuesday I got sick and Wednesday Bella started getting sick. On Monday we rode the train into Chicago, ate lunch and went ice skating. Yes, I went ice skating and didn't break anything. Nicolas loved it. Isabella and my Mom watched while Nicolas and I had a great time. Nicolas hadn't ever gone ice skating before. The last time I had gone was for a rush event for Gamma Phi Beta at least 8 years ago. Before leaving my Mom wanted to get Bella a tummy playtime mat. Nick and I had wanted to buy the Baby Einstein play mat but didn't because of the price. Grandma came and bought it for the little peanut, Bella, and she loves it. Grandma's are so good, gracious and loving. This Grandma loves her Grandkids!!
We've had lots of rain and thank goodness no water in the basement. We found that we had two HUGE cracks in the foundation. We got those fixed and poof no more water. If only we had ripped off the drywall the first time we wouldn't have had to go through the experience the second time. Oh well, I guess it adds character.

It was 51 degrees today and here in cold as hell country 51 is summer time. Everyone was out playing outside and barbecuing. Isabella even wore shorts and sat in her swing outside while Nick and I tried to get more stuff out of the garage and into the crawl space. We were all able to finally take down our Christmas lights as well.
Isabella is so strong and so laid back. She loves to just be touching someone. She LOVES to be carried in the baby Bjorn backpack. She falls asleep in it every time. I have started to substitute for the Elmhurst school district and I'm really enjoying it. It's fun to be back around kids. I went to a kindergarten class and was quickly reminded why I chose secondary education and not elementary education. It was just "baby talk" all day. I'm the type to talk up front which is why I like middle school and even high school. I taught in a fifth grade class and I didn't like that very much. We have our basement completed again and finally got the carpet put in on Friday Feb. 6th. I will hook up the main computer and then I will be able to download more pictures for you all.