Trickle trickle, Splash splash

I love thunderstorms. And overcast days. And rain. As much as I love my children, they've dampened (no pun intended) that love. I have a hard time with the soggyness that follows here in the midwest, because little feet get all icky when they want to play outside. And really loud thunder mostly stresses me out if it happens at night, when my little ones are asleep. Because I'm scared that they'll wake up, and not go back to sleep? I don't know - that one's getting better as they get older. And I don't like that I can't go on a walk when it might rain, because it's no big deal when I get wet, but I can't say the same for them. But I still love thunderstorms, and there's been a nice one this afternoon. :) At one point I thought it was snowing again, because the wind was blowing little white blossomlets (I guess they're called petals) from all the trees.

In other news, Jeremy aced his RAD II exam (YAY!) and Jaina doesn't feel well today.

How can I tell? Because she looks like this while I'm holding her:

And like this if I set her down:

And this kid is getting HEAVY. About 27 lbs, last time I checked. We're pretty sure it's her teeth. She finally got her molars in, but seems to be working on her incisors. She's been sleeping fitfully the last few nights, and been grumpy a lot of the time the last few days, and her little gums (what I can feel, in between the teeth) are swollen. At least when we get these through, we'll have a breather before the 2-year molars. (Which Reilly hasn't actually cut yet...)