What a week it has been. For those of you who havent heard, Ohio was hit by “Hurricane” Ike…meaning we got a LOT of wind, but no water. The winds around Dayton were around 60mph, knocking over trees and powerlines. Most areas lost power, ours was out for 2 1/2 days. Mom and Dads was only out for around 4 hours or so. Stephanie and Gavin spend the night at Grandma and Grandpa Bodeys house on Monday. The night temperature was a little cold and we were not sure when we would get power. So they stayed up there and I went to work on Tuesday.

Southern Ohio was hit the hardest, some areas still dont have any power a week later. To add to the problem, the power company sent 3/4 of their electricians to Texas to help restore power there. So the surrounding states sent in thier electricians to help out in Ohio. I want to thank the electric companies though: the Dayton area had over 300,000 homes without electricity and by Wednesday that number was down around 94k and quickly dropping. Considering the widespread amount of damage that occured, this is a spectacular feat. I have heard many people complaining about how much time it took to get thier power restored, but I was out during the storm watching the winds tear through trees, knocking over a tree into my car. The amount of down trees was tremendous and that it took ONLY two days to restore more than half of the power is AWSOME. I know that some areas still dont have power, but all things considered this was an amazing feat. Thanks to all the workers who put in 16 hour days and only had an 8hour break until they went back in.

Other than that, I think Gavin has the sniffles. He has been a bit more fussy this week, sleeping more and crying without any warning. Its nothing horrible, just new. He has cut a few more teeth, now up to 5 teeth: 2 on the bottom and 3 on the top. 2 of the teeth on the top at his canines, meaning he has fangs! The little bloodsucker! Grandma Bodey made a pot roast earlier this week and Gavin LOVED it! He gobbled up the pork like we are starving him.  Since then, he has eaten homemade chicken and noodles, macaroni and cheese and hotdogs. He is definatly quite an eater which is surprising that he is in the 10th percentile for weight.

I have posted new Gavin pictures here. Including his 7 - 8th month pictures.