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Sunday, December 19, 2010
Catch-up
Just a quick run down of the latest in the Gusty household.
Avery had her first Halloween experience, a rather chilly one at that. She went dressed as a chicken (the same costume her brother wore for his first Halloween) Logan went as Superman and took home quite a haul of candy. I think there's still some in the cupboard.
November brought many ups and downs. Miss Avery popped her first four teeth all in one weekend, and was quite miserable in the process. Logan continues to love school, but has also picked up some attitude along the way. He's doing excellent with his reading and writing, and seems to practice both every chance he gets. He's always asking what things say, and is trying to sound things out. It's such a neat thing to watch him learn.
Avery has become quite the trouble maker, and loves getting into everything she possibly can. And knows when she's doing something she's not supposed to, because she laughs and crawls away in the other direction. Yes, still crawling, but walking along everything. Just doesn't want to work on the walking with help from mom or dad. As soon as we grab her hands to walk with her, she plops down on her butt.
Putting up the Christmas tree brought a whole new set of challenges, as now our tree has ornaments on the top 1/2 only, because unlike her brother, Avery is not afraid to 'get-in' the tree and reach what she wants. So we will not be putting gifts under the tree ahead of time like usual.
The week of thanksgiving was hard around here. The Monday before thanksgiving, Richard was let go at work. Huge shocker, and definitely bad timing. But he's doing okay with it now, and is enjoying his time home with the kids, and just about has the basement finished. So now we'll just get through the holidays and wait for the interviews to start pouring in after the first :)
And as usual December has been crazy! We had Logan's church Christmas program, school Christmas program, company Christmas party, choir and hand bell practices and performances, Logan has started basketball and has two practices this month. We're going to see Wicked, Avery's 1st birthday and a trip up north after Christmas, which includes the most exciting event of the month, my sister Joanna and Jeff are getting married, and Jamie and I are planning a co-ed bachelor/bachelorette party. The events are a surprise, but we promise to behave:)
So that's it in a nutshell. I'm hoping to get back to regular blogging after the holidays, as my grandpa is not very happy with me these days, and I don't want to lose my status as the favorite grandchild (love you grampy)
Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a fantastic start to the new year!
Avery had her first Halloween experience, a rather chilly one at that. She went dressed as a chicken (the same costume her brother wore for his first Halloween) Logan went as Superman and took home quite a haul of candy. I think there's still some in the cupboard.
November brought many ups and downs. Miss Avery popped her first four teeth all in one weekend, and was quite miserable in the process. Logan continues to love school, but has also picked up some attitude along the way. He's doing excellent with his reading and writing, and seems to practice both every chance he gets. He's always asking what things say, and is trying to sound things out. It's such a neat thing to watch him learn.
Avery has become quite the trouble maker, and loves getting into everything she possibly can. And knows when she's doing something she's not supposed to, because she laughs and crawls away in the other direction. Yes, still crawling, but walking along everything. Just doesn't want to work on the walking with help from mom or dad. As soon as we grab her hands to walk with her, she plops down on her butt.
Putting up the Christmas tree brought a whole new set of challenges, as now our tree has ornaments on the top 1/2 only, because unlike her brother, Avery is not afraid to 'get-in' the tree and reach what she wants. So we will not be putting gifts under the tree ahead of time like usual.
The week of thanksgiving was hard around here. The Monday before thanksgiving, Richard was let go at work. Huge shocker, and definitely bad timing. But he's doing okay with it now, and is enjoying his time home with the kids, and just about has the basement finished. So now we'll just get through the holidays and wait for the interviews to start pouring in after the first :)
And as usual December has been crazy! We had Logan's church Christmas program, school Christmas program, company Christmas party, choir and hand bell practices and performances, Logan has started basketball and has two practices this month. We're going to see Wicked, Avery's 1st birthday and a trip up north after Christmas, which includes the most exciting event of the month, my sister Joanna and Jeff are getting married, and Jamie and I are planning a co-ed bachelor/bachelorette party. The events are a surprise, but we promise to behave:)
So that's it in a nutshell. I'm hoping to get back to regular blogging after the holidays, as my grandpa is not very happy with me these days, and I don't want to lose my status as the favorite grandchild (love you grampy)
Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a fantastic start to the new year!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Friday Firsts
Well this is my second attempt at this post, I was having some photo issues earlier and decided to try again once I got ho me. And this was my original opening: We've had a few 'firsts' for the residents of our household lately. And as I was pondering this blog topic, I thought for sure I'd get to include Avery's first teeth, but no such luck! They are SO close, but haven't broken through the surface yet. I am happy to report that since the first edit of the post, WE HAVE A TOOTH!!!! And it seems there are a few more not too far behind. Unfortunately no tooth picture to add to the post yet.
Logan lost his first tooth, and Avery had her first trip to the pumpkin farm.
And I'm still having photo issues, ugh! Guess I'll attempt an upload later.
We've got a busy weekend ahead of us. We had family 'date' night tonight and ventured out for dinner. Tomorrow we're heading to ZooBoo, a Halloween event at our zoo. We're going with Logan's best buddy Ethan's family, and we haven't seen them in awhile, so it will be fun.
Then of course trick or treating on Sunday. Logan is going as Superman, and Avery will be the same chicken her brother was for her first Halloween. Although, I'm debating on finding something else for her because it's a very warm fleece costume and its supposed to be in the 70's on Sunday.
Hope your weekend brings more treats than tricks.
And I'm still having photo issues, ugh! Guess I'll attempt an upload later.
We've got a busy weekend ahead of us. We had family 'date' night tonight and ventured out for dinner. Tomorrow we're heading to ZooBoo, a Halloween event at our zoo. We're going with Logan's best buddy Ethan's family, and we haven't seen them in awhile, so it will be fun.
Then of course trick or treating on Sunday. Logan is going as Superman, and Avery will be the same chicken her brother was for her first Halloween. Although, I'm debating on finding something else for her because it's a very warm fleece costume and its supposed to be in the 70's on Sunday.
Hope your weekend brings more treats than tricks.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Thankful Thursday
I know lots of others do a "Thankful Thursday" blog topic and I'm officially stealing the idea, just seems appropriate today.
- I'm thankful for my amazing husband, who without even questioning or complaining takes care of the kiddos and things at home when I'm stuck at work for 16 hour days.
- I'm thankful for my health, while not always perfect, I'm able to breath air everyday, hear my children's laughter, feel their kisses, smell all the scents that fall has to offer, and so much more.
- For co-workers, who I actually enjoy working with and have fun with, helps make those 16 hour days a bit easier to endure.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
October is also....
Down Syndrome Awareness Month! I only know this because my little cousin Alayna has Down Syndrome. Which is a bit sad really that there are SO many companies and organizations involved in Breast Cancer Awareness but you don't hear too much about DS Awareness. So with this little blog post I hope to help bring awareness to these wonderful children.
Through Alayna (and her wonderful mom Rochelle and their blog ) I've learned a lot about Down Syndrome and that she's just a wonderful little girl who happens to have Down Syndrome. Another truly inspiring family that I was 'introduced' to through Rochelle, has adopted two children with Down Syndrome, you can read about their daily antics here.
They are both amazing and inspirational families, who we can all learn some life lessons from. And someday I hope to get to meet Miss Alayna in person :)
Through Alayna (and her wonderful mom Rochelle and their blog ) I've learned a lot about Down Syndrome and that she's just a wonderful little girl who happens to have Down Syndrome. Another truly inspiring family that I was 'introduced' to through Rochelle, has adopted two children with Down Syndrome, you can read about their daily antics here.
They are both amazing and inspirational families, who we can all learn some life lessons from. And someday I hope to get to meet Miss Alayna in person :)
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Every 69 seconds
that's how often a woman dies from breast cancer in the world, every 69 seconds. It's a staggering number. Being that it is October I thought I'd share. I'm not really sure how I feel about breast cancer awareness. I think at this point we're pretty 'aware' that it's out there, at least most people who know me anyways:) Maybe we need to move beyond awareness, and lean towards things like prevention and a CURE perhaps!
I've never used to be too fond of pink (Avery has helped change that), and I also am not a fan of how October and the pink ribbon are often used as a shameless plug to sell products. Companies will put a ribbon on anything and say that proceeds go towards research and such. But you can never really be sure, and unfortunately it usually is just that, a shameless way to sell.
There are of course, legit companies out there, like Komen and others, but please just be wary.
So if I can teach one other thing, it's also to get to know your body, know what's there, what may be different. Self exams are one of the most important keys to prevention. I found my cancer by a self exam in the shower one day, so it truly saved my life.
I've never used to be too fond of pink (Avery has helped change that), and I also am not a fan of how October and the pink ribbon are often used as a shameless plug to sell products. Companies will put a ribbon on anything and say that proceeds go towards research and such. But you can never really be sure, and unfortunately it usually is just that, a shameless way to sell.
There are of course, legit companies out there, like Komen and others, but please just be wary.
So if I can teach one other thing, it's also to get to know your body, know what's there, what may be different. Self exams are one of the most important keys to prevention. I found my cancer by a self exam in the shower one day, so it truly saved my life.
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