'Round Here

Wow, it has been about a week since my last post and my, what a week it has been! We have had Christmas, the Bowl game in Charlotte, and now it is New Year's Eve...Here's a bit of what we have been up to....

* Gabriel had a great first Christmas, except that he was sick with what the doctor thinks is ear infection #2 for the month of December :( He is on yet another round of antibiotics and finally seems to be getting better. He has had a rough month, to say the least.

* Our house is now overrun with toys! I had to buy a HUGE storage bin to put them in, the size that they sell around Christmas time that will hold an entire Christmas tree. Gabriel is finally feeling good enough to start playing with all of his loot! Thanks to everyone for all his wonderful gifts, he got so many awesome things, including a wagon, UNC trike, the beginnings of his own nativity scene, lots of good books, clothes, etc. He is a very lucky little boy.

*Baby Luke is doing great, he had some tests ran on Monday and everything is really looking good from his heart surgery. Please continue to keep Wes, Lynds, Luke and the rest of their families in your prayers. They have been through a lot this month but they are all fighters and are still going strong!! Please also remember Nicki and Lucy, Bubby's two sisters. Nicki blew out her knee in a basketball game and will probably need surgery and Lucy has not been feeling very well. They have been through a lot too and need to be at their best right now.

* We hit the bowl game in Charlotte this past Saturday. Mom stayed home with Baby G, and we had preggo Nicole as our DD, so Dad, me, Zach, and Ceddy had a great time, to say the least! Tarheels lost at the end to WVa, but we should have won. At least it is b-ball time now....

*Most of my Christmas decorations are down and put away, thank goodness. I like to have my house back to normal when I have to go back to work. Speaking of work....still waiting on news of my new job. When the director of the program went to negotiate my salary, he was informed that the position has been placed on hold due to the state budgeting issues until the end of the year (which is today!)...So I should be hearing something in January, please keep your fingers crossed for me.

* We will be spending a quiet New Years Eve at home this year. The Heels play at 10 and I am making sausage/cheese/Rotel dip. Hopefully I will be able to make it til the ball drops at midnight!!!!!!

* I am working on Gabriel's birthday party, which is a Curious George theme. Mom and I were going to do the cake ourselves, but I decided that we do not need that pressure on us, so we are going with a store-bought cake. I am going to do a small cake topper-sized cake just for Gabriel though and am making banana punch, yum!

Dominick the Italian Christmas Donkey!

My brother Zach introduced me to this song and I LOVE it, especially the he-haw, he-haw!!!

This Is The Morning Report

Hi everyone, I know it has been awhile. To say the least, it has been a crazy couple of weeks. Just wanted to let everyone who has been following his story, that Baby Luke is doing great! He came through the surgery with flying colors and came off the respirator yesterday! Please continue to pray for him and his family as he continues to make his recovery.

On a lighter note,Gabriel finally seems to be over the double ear infection/infection in the diaper area mess. Just when I thought I had him better, he ran a fever Friday night and all day Saturday...but yesterday he seemed back to normal with no fever. Keep your fingers crossed that I can at least keep him well through Christmas! Let's see, what else have we been up to??? Finishing up shopping, wrapping presents, baking, all those things you do to get ready for Christmas. Thank you to dad for keeping Gabriel yesterday so that I could go to church and focus on the real meaning of Christmas :)

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and please take time to enjoy it with the ones you love, it always flies by so fast!

Prayers Needed

Please check out the following link:

This is for my cousin Bubby's (aka Wesley) baby boy Luke, who is 13 days old and is in major heart surgery right now. Please pray for him and for their family. He is a strong little boy and such a fighter!

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/lukewesleysigmon

Finally Friday

Although I had a short week at work, it feels like it was never-ending! I came home at 11:00 today too! Gabriel has a double ear infection and is running a fever. Cedric took him to the doctor this morning and stayed with home with him for 1/2 of the day, I left work early to keep him this afternoon. He is napping now, so thought I'd do a little update.

Thank You Red Devils

One more thing....The NCHS football team is heading to the state title game this Friday, so guess what? Our school system is releasing kids on Friday at 11:30 and staff at 1:00....So not only do I have a 3 day week, it is actually just a 2 1/2 day week, thank you football team!!!!!!

Back Home

We had a great time at the beach this weekend, other than the fact that I have been sick with a HORRIBLE cold/sore throat since Friday night...I started feeling yucky in the car on the way down and woke up Saturday feeling awful
:( Lots of Tylenol, Advil, and a little wine got me through though, don't worry! We did some Christmas shopping, a lot of relaxing, and even made it to the indoor pool. It was warm in the pool, but COLD when you got out. Gabriel didn't seem to mind though, that boy LOVES the water! We went to the mall to get his picture made with Santa...OMG, the cheapest you could do this for was 15.99 for ONE PICTURE and the line was SOOO long....so we decided to skip this for Christmas 2008, since Gabriel probably would have been crying by the time we actually made it to Santa....If he wants to do it next year, I will cough up the cash, but man, whatever happened to just getting a cheap Polaroid pic like when I was a kid?????

We got back into town yesterday around 3:00, changed clothes and semi-unpacked, then dropped Gabriel off at mom and dads...Cedric and I got to go to the Panthers Monday night football game against the BUCs...Thank you Daddy for the tickets, we had such a good time :) It was an AWESOME game and the Panthers won! You would have thought we won the Super Bowl with all the celebrating going on. I also learned a new term from the fans behind us....Butt Pirates! This made me laugh the entire game! I was bundled up like an Eskimo but managed to stay warm, and even got a $5 MNF tee-shirt on the way out, what a night!!

Beach Bound!

Once I make it through the day at school, the Moore's are headed to the beach!!!!! We are planning on a relaxing weekend of the indoor lazy river, hot tub, a little shopping, and hopefully Gabriel will get to meet Santa at the mall for the first time! We come back Monday, then Cedric and I will be heading to MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL!!!! Neither of us have ever been before and we are super excited about it. Especially since the Panther and Bucs are tied right now for 1st place in the division. Very important game! I took a personal day for Tuesday since we will not get home until VERY late, so I have a four day weekend to look forward to! Yea!!!
Happy Friday!