'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!