Preparing for Earl (and any that follow)

We suddenly realized this weekend that while we have the food and diaper supply we need in the event of a major hurricane making a direct hit here, we didn't have things like matches and bottled water, so we've spent the last couple of days finishing off our emergency supply kit. It was complete until last year when the nor'easter and Ida combined to cause major flooding, and then we ended up with some of our supplies being destroyed. I'm pretty sure we have most of what we need now.

We're working on getting the back yard tidied now. We have a lot of loose fence pieces, as Justin is working on disassembling some fencing so it can be turned into a new fence, so those will all have to be moved into a safer location. There are some other odds and ends that need to be moved as well.

Right now it looks like we're just going to get the edge of Earl, but the projected path keeps going back and forth. We have been in the potential path three times in the last 24 hours. Right now we're directly under the edge of the 5 day cone, so we'll see if that changes anytime soon.

To make it better, Fiona is a tropical storm, and is quickly catching up to Earl. I somewhat wonder if Earl will absorb Fiona and become even larger, or if we're going to have two hurricanes come one after the other, as Fiona's projected path has changed quite dramatically in the last 12 hours!

Other than weather news... Elias is 2 months old, and has met all of his 2 month and I think some of the 3 month milestones, I think. He finally started lifting his head off the floor when on his tummy... and at the same time started pushing his chest off the floor as well! He loves to talk to anyone and anything that will listen... makes it very useful to have stuffed toys around, because if it has a face he talks to it! He's just full of smiles all day, and we love getting those big grins out of him. It's hard to catch them on camera though!

And, Justin's on vacation this week, so we're spending the time doing family activities (beach, park, potentially a museum or two) and getting ready for what appears to be a major pickup in the hurricanes/tropical storms in the Atlantic. :)