the weisenblog: What a month!

The Weisenberg family had quite a September! We very narrowly escaped Ike (we are still not used to this hurricane thing...we're more the earthquake type), celebrated Daly's half birthday, and moved into a new apartment.

With Ike fast approaching, and not wanting to heed the call of our state officials to "hunker down" and ride out the storm, Daly and I took the opportunity to travel with Ryan and the Comets. The team was scheduled to have a home game and then fly to Chicago for the last game of the season. The home game was rescheduled, and we caught the last flight out of our airport before they shut it down.

So we took a little "Ike Vacation". Chicago was really fun, although they had record breaking rains while we were there (everyone blamed us for bringing the storm along). The Comets got a big win and we were looking forward to getting back to Houston to finish out the season. Houston didn't want us back just yet. They asked everyone who had left to stay put.

We flew to San Antonio instead, where the WNBA had relocated the game to a university in the area. Daly was so excited to have her own bed...

The Comets won again and after a few days in San Antonio, we took a big bus back to Houston. We were incredibly blessed to come home to electricity, running water, and very little damage. There are homes here that are still running on generators more than three weeks after the storm. The city felt sad, but not devastated. Tree branches broken, power poles down, billboards ripped apart, windows blown out, very few working traffic lights. I know the coastal areas were not so lucky.

Ryan, Daly, and I got together with the Comets to volunteer at our local food bank to get supplies out to people in and around Houston who lost electricity and couldn't get into grocery stores for food, water, and ice. Daly was a great supervisor...

Once we settled in, Daly's 6 month birthday snuck up on us! This is how she spent most of her day, lucky girl...

She is really starting to get into books. She loves to grab the pages and turn them back and forth. Before bed time, Daddy read the perfect story to end her big day, "Curious George and the Birthday Surprise"...

In the midst of all this, we found a new apartment that we absolutely love. It's a brand new community, has more square footage and our big balcony overlooks the gorgeous pool (where we took Daly's 6 month pictures)...