Mama Mia! A Wee Bairn on the Way: An Exciting Few Days...

Angus and I are on our own this week, as Christopher, Abbey, and Molly headed to Fort Lauderdale for spring break. I have about negative 40 days of vacation, so I wasn't able to go with, but Angus and I have been jamming on in DC by ourselves. That's not to say it hasn't been an interesting few days.

Monday morning, I received a text that no parent ever wants to see - in essence, that there had been gunfire in the backyard of our daycare provider's neighbor's house. According to our provider, the police were there, the kids were safe, and she would keep us updated as to when we could pick them up. Suffice it to say, I was a bit stressed until I received the follow up text saying things were clearing up. I picked up Angus and we had an unexpected afternoon together, which was nice. And it turns out that the gunfire was someone "practicing shooting" inside a neighboring house that's currently under construction. The whole thing was VERY bizarre, but Angus is safe and it wasn't a gunman bent on destruction, so I'll not look that gift horse in the mouth (though I will continue to wonder what is WRONG with people???).

We also thought Maya was a goner for a few days. She hadn't been seen since Saturday, so I reported her missing and was set to prowl the neighborhood posting signs. Low and behold, when we got home, I heard a faint mewing coming from the shed. Dummy hadn't bothered to make a peep when I'd been calling her name in the back yard before, but long story short, she was fine. Hungry after 4+ days trapped in the shed, but fine. I know all readers of this blog were very stressed about the possible disappearance of Maya.

Anyway, a few pictures to round things off.