Tegan's first smile (on camera)

Tyson and Tegan in Indie

While Tegan slept through most of our activities (except when we were trying to have dinner) we did get some great photos of her and her big bro. 

Indianapolis Children's Museum

We were very excited to go to the Children's museum on Sunday, not only because Matt went with us, but also because the two new exhibits were Super Heros, and Cartoon Network Animation. Despite all the great exhibits, Tyson's favorite thing was the water table. Are we surprised?? Matt enjoyed the Dinosaur exhibit, where there was a super croc and the new dinosaur, Dracorex Hogwartsia ( i kid you not, it's named after J.K. Rowling) on display. And of course, since we are in Indianapolis, we had to have a photo of Tyson in an Indy race car.

Indianapolis Zoo

On Saturday, Tyson, Tegan and I went to the Indianapolis Zoo. It was a medium sized zoo, with an oceanarium, African plains, and a new Koala exhibit. Though it may not look like it in the photos, Tyson had a good time. Before we left, both Tyson and Tegan got identification cards, where we learned that Tyson, when he was younger, sucked his thumb print off. 

Flood: Part IIb

Here are some photos of the bridge that I (used to) drive on after dropping Tyson off at school, as well as city park and the street between my work and Tyson's school taken on the day of the river crest.  The last picture is the street by the humane society. 

Tegan's happy places

It has been interesting determining which of the baby soothers Tegan actually likes. So far she seems to dig the swing, but only if she is really tired. She also likes the Boppy papasan chair, in which she sleeps in a little nest. However, the vibration, and "womb-like" sounds seriously disturb her. 

Is that possibly a smile??

Come back next Tuesday for pics from Indie

Flood: Part II

So supposedly the flood is on the way out; moving downstream to affect other towns. While we are far enough from the river that we have remained dry, we are still feeling the pain of the flood in the guise of traffic pains. Since the river is flooded, they had to close 3.5 of the 5 bridges in town. I say .5 because though one bridge was open, the road on the east side of the bridge was closed, making it almost impossible to use said bridge. Due to the bridge issues, the University decided to close this week. And now, while the river is receding, U is still closed due to traffic and parking constraints. In fact I got an email today sending people home because those on campus were using too much electricity, placing a increased burden on the electrical plants that are currently working at 20% capacity. Supposedly next week things will be better. 

As far as clean up in concerned, I have heard that some places, such as my bank on the strip think it will be at least a month before they open, while other places, a church by Tyson's school  (which is probably under 4-6ft of water) will be at least a year. 

These pictures are from highway 6, (near our house) at the bridge, which just reopened toady. You can sort of see how close to the road the water still is.  

Flood: part I

This past weekend Ian came to visit Tyson and Tegan. While he was here he convinced Tyson, and about 5 other little boys, to jump like a frog, along with the toad that Ian had caught for them. The next morning, on our way to the art festival I got a call, asking for volunteers to sandbag Tyson's teacher's house. During the next three hours, Ian and I helped build a sandbag wall around Ms. White's house, while Tyson did a fabulous job babysitting Tegan inside the house. Just a few hours ago, the city of Iowa City issued a mandatory evacuation notice of the neighborhood, and street that Ms. White lives on, so obviously our work was for a purpose. As a side note, despite the high level of the water all over IC so far, they are predicting that the river will not crest until late next week, and that was without any more rain between now and then, and not including the half inch or so of rain we have gotten since the prediction was posted. So maybe, by the end of next week, we will be stranded in our house, not because there will be water on our street, but because all the roads towards downtown, or the UI campus, including I80 which they are closing tomorrow, will be underwater. 

Tegan: Fashion Icon

Birth of Baby Girl

As most of you already know, Tegan was born on May 1st, weighing in at 6lbs. 12oz, just three oz less than Tyson weighed oh so many years ago. After a few uneventful days in the hospital, we went home with Tegan weighing 6lbs 7oz. In the next week we were visited by lots of family.