Mommy Monday-3 week update and December Flood warning

Flooding in Winter...
 Wow has it been crazy around here lately! So, I was going to post last Monday, but then we had a big ice storm and lost the electricity for 5 days! We had a generator for the water pump and the wood furnace, (forced hot air) but still it was very inconvenient. The wood cook stove in the kitchen meant hot water for dishes, giving the baby a sponge bath, general cleaning up and also cooking meals, of course. We took showers at our parents houses, as well as did a couple loads of laundry. But for the most part, aside from a few oil lamps, the house was dark. The day after we got the power back, our car broke down. That same day my mother-in-love let us use her car. I was heading out to my parents house that night with the baby to see my brother and sister-in-love. While still in the driveway, the transmission line came unhooked and all the fluid leaked out. Darling said crusty ice must have hit it just right and knocked it off. So I texted Darling saying I was "stuck" (I didn't know just what had happened yet) and he came and got the baby and we walked back down the driveway, in the dark to the house. On top of that, my breast pump died and the baby wouldn't nurse, once again, preferring a bottle. Not to mention that the day after Christmas, Darling found out he was one of the workers laid off at the Lincoln mill.
  Needless to say, "mommy" has been a little wigged out lately. And it is affecting my milk production, so I have to supplement with formula. My parents surprised me with a new manual pump, and an electric one. -Thank you guys!- Today I feel a little more relaxed. I started excising again, and am drinking a lot more water. Hopefully things will straighten out now.

Ahem- all that aside, here goes week 3's update:
 Jackson-We had our first story time tonight. I read him Max Lucado's  book "Just in case you ever wonder". He was very, um, unenthusiastic and even burped in the middle of the story lol. But I enjoyed spending the time with him, snuggled up with me :). His umbilical cord fell off last week, so now we can give him a full bath! He looks a lot chubbier to me than he did three weeks ago, mommy's little porker lol. He is more alert when awake now. He looks all around, and sometimes he follows noises, turning his head to see where it's coming from.
 Me-Aside from being wigged out, I've lost more weight, 11lbs to go to be at my pre-pregnancy weight! And-drum roll please- my old jeans fit me again!!!!!!!!! My maternity pants got to the point where I had to keep pulling them up all day. So one day last week, I decided to try them on. I was happily surprised!

Random stuff: I've been fondly thinking of mud season already! I'm done with snow! I am already planning the garden lol. Darling is currently cutting wood to pay the bills. I feel bad that he is out in the cold snow all day :(. But he is a good man, and keeping his little family warm and fed :).
 Future post: Grocery Haul by request. I think it will be fun to do a post about it, it has been a while.
 Well, night all. Hope to post pics soon, too tired to wait for them to load lol. Take care!