Nuclear Waste (x2), Flooding and Topics for Another Day

I'm not quite sure how it happened, but an hour ago JimDad managed to pass off a very stinky, very sleeping babe to me. I should've known something was up, as he usually revels in his daddy duties... but couldn't turn away the very cute sleeping boy. Did I mention he was sleeping? Nicely? Soundly? As soon as the onesie snaps were opened, I realized I was in trouble. I might've realized this earlier if my nose wasn't allergy-stuffed-up. I'll spare the details, as it's never a pretty picture- even when imagined. I was wondering if perhaps our "delicate" balance of breastfeeding and formula tilted a tad much to the "non-favorite" choice, as normally our boy is not quite emitting stuff that Homer Simpson dumps in the Springfield Lake. Or something like that. (I watch enough TV to not know exactly what I'm talking about.)

Kaden does, however, generally have gas. Lots of it. Not the kind that costs $3.58/gal. Sometimes he just toots his way through a nap. Other times, he has to concentrate a bit more. Like here, for example:

To be fair- note the camera was turned off before Kaden started to cry. And that clip was quickly followed by a diaper change, clean clothes and some nursing.

On a complete unrelated topic, while we were very lucky to escape major damage from TS Fay, there is still a lot of flooding in areas. Each night the news gives an update on sheet flooding and who's being evacuated now. I love that they explain sheet flooding *every newscast*. Here's one of the local news places- if you check this within 3 days I bet there's an "update" on Fay. (You know you live in Florida when you're on a first-name basis with any major storm!) Anyway, it's not like sheet flooding is hard to get: we're pretty much a flat part of the state, below sea-level, and thisclose to the Everglades. Yeah, we flood fairly easily.

The major flooding is no fun at all, but I love lots of rain in general. Today, while circling the parking lot of a church we wound up NOT attending, we noticed LOTS of grassy areas were now fairly decent size puddles. Or mini lakes. And in one, while also trying to comfort Kaden, we watched 4 egrets and a little blue heron hunt for breakfast. Nature around here is pretty cool.

And more as a reminder to me that a coming attraction for you, here's the list of stuff I'm going to write about if I can improve my baby-wearing skillz: day-in-the-life (idea will be stolen from various other, soon to be cited, blogs)... bottle / bf... and I've forgotten the rest already. Maybe I should get those notepads out again!

ps- We did get to another church (our normal one), which Kaden peacefully slept through and then had just 10 minutes of well-wishers. I love that community!

[edited to note: okay, I just previewed the video again, and it really cracks me up! JimDad's comment "that's just not right." He's right, of course. But I've given up any fantasies of winning 'great mom' awards and will settle for not winning the 'bad mom' awards. This video comes close, but folks- he was going to push whether I filmed it or not!! ]