Snowmageddon 2011

So, at the end of January, OKC had one of the worst snow storms in years. It was awful, in that it shut down the city for almost a week! It snowed on Monday night, and I don't even remember how much we got, but it was bad. The worst part about the storm is that in Oklahoma, they do not clear off the roads...at all! The state has hardly any snow plows, so the best hope to get out is to pray for the snow to melt and to drive in the tracks of other drivers who paved the way before you.

Jim Beckel/newsok.com

Mike became sick that week, so I had to care for a sickling and run to the store a couple days after the snowstorm to get him some soup and crackers.  It was a small adventure!

Why mention the snowstorm several months after it happened? Well, since it has been a while since I posted anything, I thought I would say the one ironic result! The night the storm hit, I jokingly mentioned on facebook how many snowstorm babies there were going to be, and that we might have one of them. About a week later, I started feeling sick and wondering if I was pregnant. The next day, I took a pregnancy test and behold, it was positive! At the 8-week ultrasound, this baby measured exactly as though it were conceived during that very snowstorm! So, the irony is that while we weren't trying or anything, but this little one is a snowstorm baby indeed! Maybe we should give her a snowy name! Ha! Yeah right!