[music playing]
(SINGING) Is there no way?
[baby cries]
DANIELLE: Bobby and I woke up this morning to no power.
Went to check the monitor because I could swear I
heard screaming.
I can't even get it to turn on.
It's just completely black.
Do you think you can go--
Yeah, I'm gonna go get her.
She's probably freezing.
I know.
It's 17 degrees outside right now.
We knew we were going to get snow this week,
but we honestly had no idea how cold it was going to be.
And we definitely had no idea that we
were going to lose power.
Because we live in Texas, our houses
are not built to keep the cold out,
so we're kind of freaking out because we
have no idea how long this power outage is going to last.
Hi, sweet pea.
She's cold.
I'm cold, Mommy.
Yeah, I think you're right.
It's freezing.
Oh my gosh.
I think it's supposed to get down to, like--
I don't know--
I heard it was supposed to get to zero.
Zero, yeah.
It's going to be--
I've never been in temperature that cold, like, here.
Seriously.
I'm worried that the house is going to get too cold.
Living in Texas, I definitely was
not prepared for no heat and these kind of low temperatures.
And having two kids is really freaking me out because I don't
know how to keep them warm.
I just want to make sure that they're warm.
We'll just bundle up, keep all of our body heat in this bed.
We'll get through this.
Power's back on!
We officially have power.
Viola!
It's a beautiful sight.
DANIELLE: I don't know for how long.
You're going to have to hold down the fort.
All right. Come here, Bubs.
You get Bubba.
Keep him warm.
So we're a couple of days into this storm,
and we are getting small bursts of power.
But we have no idea how long they're going to come on for.
When the power comes back on, I have
to hustle and take advantage of it while we have it.
So I have to run out to the kitchen, wash and sanitize
bottles, throw in the food in the microwave
as fast as we can, make the coffee.
At this point when the power comes back on,
we're literally just trying to do the essentials for the kids,
and then whatever time we have left,
throw in something for Bobby and I.
These rolling blackouts have been really unpredictable,
and so we're not really sure how long the power's
going to stay on for.
But it really is nice to have the lights on.
You don't realize how great these things
are until you don't have them.
Right, Bubs?
[ominous music]
Mommy!
What's happening in here?
Everybody warm?
BOBBY: I'm ready for the power to come back on already
because--
DANIELLE: My toes are freezing.
Today is the worst day.
It's definitely the coldest.
We're down to 0 degrees.
I've lived here seven years, and it's never even snowed.
And so this is definitely something that
caught everybody off guard.
I didn't think that it could even get that cold down here.
Yeah.
Hopefully, we don't have too many more days of this.
I think in the next couple of days,
the weather should start warming back up, so it'll be--
- Oh no! - --good news.
Oh, no, I know.
Well, we're going to continue to stay bundled up and as warm
as we can.
And just wish us luck and pray for us.
You're probably wondering why I'm out of bed right now.
And that is for one reason and one reason only,
and that reason is we have power.
Hey, Mom?
Yeah?
BOBBY: How's it feel to have power again?
DANIELLE: I'm just really--
I think it's back up to the 30s is what I saw.
So it's, you know, normal winter temperatures, I think,
at this point.
Not normal in Texas at all.
30 degrees is not normal.
It's better than zero.
That's for sure.
It doesn't snow that often in Texas,
so I think we're going to get Olivia all bundled up
and have a little snow day because it probably will
be a very long time before--
DANIELLE: It happens again.
--it happens again.
DANIELLE: What do you think, Bub?
You want to go in the snow?
We definitely don't have anything for you.
You're going to have to stay inside.
Say "snow day!"
It's snow!
BOBBY: Yay!
DANIELLE: Good job!
BOBBY: Outside, let's go!
Come on.
It has been such a stressful couple of days.
I was really worried that we were going
to go an extended period of time without power,
and I'm just so thankful that we made it
through this whole thing as a family.
DANIELLE: This has been the craziest week,
but we are definitely stronger as a family.
And it's something that we can for sure
put down in the history books.
I feel like we'll be telling our grandkids about this years
to come.
You want to take a picture with Daddy?
Yeah.
This is definitely going to be one of those times
that Danielle and I are probably going to look back as a family
and laugh about.
So we're thankful for everything that we do have.
And all I know is that this is a week that we're
never going to forget.