Scary night in TX

I guess spring is the time for rain in TX. We've had more rain the past few weeks than we've had the entire time we've lived here. Last night got particularly bad. As Jarrod and I were watching the end of Americn Idol a weather warning came across tv...right as they were announcing the results all I cared about was hurry up and get off my tv! Next thing I know they are showing a map of the storm pathway with a possible tornado which was headed right in our direction. Normally I wouldn't have been bothered by it, but the next thing I see is "11 minutes until it passes over Avery Ranch", uummm...that's our neighborhood! So I look at Jarrod like what do we do? We turned up the tv, I went and got Bo up (after a very long night of getting him down), I put him in the bjorn carrier, got Maddie, and we headed to our guest bathroom in the middle of the house. Where does Jarrod go...to stand by the windows to see if he can see anything!!!!!! Next thing I know our lights start flickering so I think we both got a little more concerned, Jarrod got Bo's mattress and bought it into the bathroom. We knew when the storm had reached us it was so loud, we listened to the tv and once we knew it had passed we were relieved.

I have to say before Bo, I would have been standing at the window with Jarrod. I remember growing up my dad always made us get in my parent's closet. My brother and I used to get so frustrated with this, we'd much rather have been enjoying the thunderstorm from our beds or looking out the window. Dad would get so mad at us. But I have to say...now that I have a child I get it, I have a whole new understanding and appreciation! Anything to protect my little man!