Gavin's 1 year pictures

There's a drama queen in the house

. . . and apparently it's me! Last night at dinner, Raegan was surpisingly quite. After about 3 minutes of silence, she looked at me and said "Mom, you're a drama queen!" I was so shocked, I just laughed. Then I was sure to correct her and let her know that she was the actual drama queen in our house!

The house of stink!

Yes, that's right, our family is currently living in the house of stink. No, it is not the smell of dirty diapers that is making our house smell. We could only wish that were the case. Unfortunately, sewer back-up is what is making our house smell! YUCK!

This picture is after A LOT of clean up!

We woke up a little late this morning. Bob went downstairs to feed the animals, came back upstairs and said "We have a problem." By the time I got to the basement stairs, I KNEW what it was - EEEWWWWW! We both let our offices know that we wouldn't be in, called the plumber, moved everything we could out of the disgusting mess and then waited for the kids to wake up. Now, since we have a finished basement with a family/playroom downstairs, I'm concerned about all of the nasty sewer stuff that has saturated the carpet, possibly touched the furniture and toys.

Our saving grace is that Bob's dad is our insurance agent so we have the sewer/drain back up coverage. The plumber is here right now trying to figure out what is going on. Then we will call in the restoration people to see what is salvagable and get the germs and yuck out of the basement. Hopefully we can get everything put back together by next week as my parents come in on Valentine's Day for Gavin's big first birthday party on the 16th! We may have to change the location, but the party will go on. . . .