Still bands of rain and clear here.  We haven't seen heavy rains yet, but the winds have been growing steadily.  The power here is fluctuating as presumably the wind blows the big transmission lines.  The residential lines here are underground so that's good.  I don't know how long I'll have power to keep posting updates, but don't worry if I can't post, it's probably just due to a power outage and nothing serious.

David has chosen this week to start creeping.  He does a low crawl around the house.  So we have to keep an extra eye on him to make sure he doesn't get into trouble.  He's also started babbling more.  We're pretty sure we've heard a few dada's in there, but they don't seem to be connected to anything.  He seems to know when we're trying to listen to the weather and starts yelling at the top of his lungs.  He doesn't seem phased by any of this.

We have lots of water stored around the house.  The bathtub is full as are most of our containers.  Mostly we hope we don't need it, but we'll still feel a bit silly if we don't.  All of our preparations are basically done.  We're hunkering down.  Other than the increasing wind and power fluctuations, there haven't been any major changes.  If anything dramatic happens and we still have power, I'll post it.

Jason