We made through the hurrican...

Yeah for us!! We only lost a few shingles and Seth's shed where he kept the lawnmower! It proved to be a rough time though. Me, Lexie and Seth's sister and her son left to go to Alexandria on Saturday afternoon. My in-laws were already there. We had a great trip up there. The traffic moved pretty good and we made good time. The first two days there were great. The kids got to swim and we ate a LOT so it was like a mini vacation. The first two days we were in a regular room and had a suite reserved the rest of the week (we weren't sure how long we would have to stay). We were so excited to move to the suite that way the kids would have a tv and could play and the adults could keep an eye on the weather and chat. Not two hours after we were in the suite...the electricity went out...YUCK!!!!! Lucky for us the windows opened, but only about 4 inches up. It was comfortable at first until it got dark. Walking through the hotel made me feel like I was in a scary movie. It was pitch black and everyone had flashlights. We had to take the stairs and everyone knows what happens when you take the stairs in scary movies...lol. But we made it. I had a hard time sleeping. I was worried about tornados espically since Seth had sent me a text warning me that they were in the area. Lexie was sleeping for about a hour or two when she woke up in an anxiety attack. She was gasping for air and kept saying she couldn't breath. It was horrible. There was no air in the room. My mother-in-law fixed her a cold towel, but she said it wasn't working..we tried fanning her and that wasn't working. I offered to bring her outside but she didn't want to go (which I wasn't mad about since I would have been scared to take those stairs again). We ended up having to put her in the bath tub with cold water. It worked!! She was able to calm down and fall back to sleep. We left at about 6:30 the next morning. We came home to no electricity, but we had a generator so at least we had a window unit, our fridge and large freezer and I tv working, which is more than I can say for the hotel. I wonder why these new hotels (the hotel was only 1 year old) aren't built with generators. I'm sure they make plenty of money, but anyway. We didn't get electricity back until late Thursday afternoon. So even though we had a storm which thankfully didn't cause too much damage to anyone I know, Lexie and I both got a week off of school/work!!!

So I forgot to mention that Lexie had a GREAT day the Friday before the storm. She went to school happy which makes me happy!!! Then on top of worrying about the storm, I was worried that she would have a hard time going back to school today. She kinda cried this morning, but ended up having a great morning and day!!! They were suppose to have their first volleyball game today, but it got cancelled. She will be having a game on Wednesday and we are so excited to go watch!!! Please continue to pray for her! She is getting better with the seperation/anxiety/panic attacks, but she continues to battle this horrible illness.

I'm going to try to work on posting more often, but don't hold your breath!!