All the preparing for Christmas and then it is over so quickly! We had a extra special Christmas this year with having Gabby here to share it with. She was a perfect little angel. She has this fantastic huge gummy smile and has now started to chew on her tongue. I am guessing teeth are on their way! We went to see Santa and Gabby was enamored with his beard and gloves. Alex was petrified and wanted nothing to do with him. At least he did not scream like last year;) We got record amounts of snow this December - I believe at least 40 inches and more to come today. I am ready for spring now:)
Mark and I were able to get away earlier this month for a vacation that was planned well before Gabby was born. Mark earned a rewards trip through work to St. Maarten and the company went in March. We got to postpone due to my pregnancy. This year Mark has once again earned the rewards trip- Way to go Mark:) !! This time the trip falls right when Gabby will be having her surgery, so we will see what happens. Grandma V had Gabby all to herself for 5 days and Alex stayed with his Aunties. I thought maybe he might be sad and miss us, but not a chance. As an example, he was with his aunt Linda visiting his other aunt Tricia and his cousin Jamison. Linda told us that she told him it was time to go home, and he said NO! I want to go to your house!! So I think he was just fine without us. He did get his one request-- an orange fish. We thought we would be stopping at Walmart on the way home picking up a Nemo fish, but got lucky and found one there!
Not much else going on around here otherwise. I need to call the blood bank and find out some info related to our donors. I found out that Marks sister Tricia is also a match. She has offered to donate for Gabby as well. I am again reminded how blessed we are to have such a wonderful, supportive family!
I also got connected with a sponsor through the Cappskids support group. It is so helpful to me to have people to talk to who have gone through the same things. My sponsor actually lives in Appleton! We are going to set up some time to meet. I am really looking forward to that.
2008 has been a rough year around here, so here's to a great 2009!!
Mark and I were able to get away earlier this month for a vacation that was planned well before Gabby was born. Mark earned a rewards trip through work to St. Maarten and the company went in March. We got to postpone due to my pregnancy. This year Mark has once again earned the rewards trip- Way to go Mark:) !! This time the trip falls right when Gabby will be having her surgery, so we will see what happens. Grandma V had Gabby all to herself for 5 days and Alex stayed with his Aunties. I thought maybe he might be sad and miss us, but not a chance. As an example, he was with his aunt Linda visiting his other aunt Tricia and his cousin Jamison. Linda told us that she told him it was time to go home, and he said NO! I want to go to your house!! So I think he was just fine without us. He did get his one request-- an orange fish. We thought we would be stopping at Walmart on the way home picking up a Nemo fish, but got lucky and found one there!
Not much else going on around here otherwise. I need to call the blood bank and find out some info related to our donors. I found out that Marks sister Tricia is also a match. She has offered to donate for Gabby as well. I am again reminded how blessed we are to have such a wonderful, supportive family!
I also got connected with a sponsor through the Cappskids support group. It is so helpful to me to have people to talk to who have gone through the same things. My sponsor actually lives in Appleton! We are going to set up some time to meet. I am really looking forward to that.
2008 has been a rough year around here, so here's to a great 2009!!
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