It's Friday!

Well it's Friday everyone! That means church tonight and a little sleeping in tomorrow! We are going to take a drive to Fayetteville Arkansas tomorrow to see my cousin Amy and her family. I think the kids are ready for a family type visit and she has boys that are about 8 and 4 I think so it should be a nice day. It takes about 1 hr 45 min to get there, so not too bad. We will hang out and come home tomorrow night for church on Sunday.
Good news~ Matt finally made it to Colorado! After sitting in the airport and missing his flight out of Atlanta, he flew into Denver on Thur about noon. Domenica very nicely stayed in Denver to pick him up and they headed home! On the way a semi started to jack knife and side swiped the suburban, but everyone is ok. Thank God, the suburban kept the semi from tipping over on top of them, but it pierced through the side in one spot. Kind of a crazy day, but they made it! It's a little weird around here without him, but he'll be home before we know it! Bailee had moved in her reading from level 14 when we got here to 18-20. They expect them to be at level 16 when they leave 1st grade, so she is doing well. Math is a little harder for her, but I think it's because she isn't very interested in it. It has been a little warmer here the last couple of days, but I'm not sure I dare to hope for spring yet! lol
Thanks everyone who send Valentines, the kids loved getting them in the mail! We miss everyone and love you bunches!

In Gabriel's world....

So the kid says funny stuff all day long. I just need a camera on him 24/7 to catch it all, but here are a few that I managed to remember for more than 30 seconds:
we rented "poo poo pana" (kung fu panda)which was yelled excitedly accross Blockbuster repeatedly
I was getting a hot dog ready for him and he say "YUUUUUUUUM YUM YUM I love hot dogs mom" YUM YUM YUM I LOVE food mom! He was hystarically excited for his hot dog. Words don't explain how excited this kid gets for food (my kid for SURE!)
he starts walking backwards and grins at me "I"m Mater!
He was counting toys and says 1, 2, 3 (that's about as high as he goes) and then goes, "there's 29 mom" very matter of factly. 29, where did that come from?
And lastly, he has very sweetly decided that everything he pretends to read says either "I love my Dad" or "My daddy loves me"
So cute.
Bailee says stuff too, but it's all stuff that makes me thinking she is getting way too grown up. So smart that one is! I will try to get some video of Gabriel with his YUM YUM YUM. It's too funny!

Popsicles

Ok, so it's freezing outside! We went to the post office and totally skipped Walmart because it is so cold outside! Of course Bailee had another snow day today, so we'll see about tomorrow. At this point, she is going to school until Junes, but at least it will be warm then! Matt is in training this week so he is really busy, and it is definately quiet around here! Gabriel had finally decided to say his name, so Gabriel he is! He has also decided to say "roll out" every time we go to leave the house. Amazing what they pick up. Bailee's breathing is doing very well, even with the cold. There is more oxygen in the air here, and the air quality is so much better than Grand Junction. We just keep expecting she is doing better and better. All in all, we are finding our place here. Some days are harder than others, but we should be home for a visit soon!

Saturday

Today was Saturday for sure. We slept in (even the kids!), ate french toast, and hung out in jammies for most of the day. I got a few things done around the house and we even made a family trip to Walmart, woo hoo! It was nice, not being too crazy. It is just so different from life not so long ago. We were never home all day. This is an adjustment period for sure. The kids jumped in the tub, then off to bed. Gabriel is doing great with the potty, wearing underwear almost all the time. I even ended the day with a soak in the jacuzzi tub. Off to bed for a great day at church tomorrow. We love and miss everyone!

Snow, rain, snow, rain

So this morning it was raining a little, then snowing a little. Bailee went to school and it has drizzled pretty much all day. Matt and I were headed to the school @ about 3 (bell rings at 3:35) when my phone rings. The school called and said "school got out at 2:45 (due to RAIN!) and Bailee needs picked up. She is in the office" I'm thinking, how would we know that? I guess they put it on the news/radio here. I'm beginning to realize school out for weather is a VERY common thing here. In their defense, the second all this rain freezes, the roads (which more than half are hills) will be all ice, so they are just trying to get kids home safe. It just never occurred to me that she would get out early because of rain. So, I'm expecting school to be canceled tomorrow too. If so, another family day to hang out! On a side note, I scored a very cute black dressy coat for me on MAJOR clearance today, and was able to buy it with a gift card from my Daddy! Thanks Dad!

Here we go....

So I thought I would set up a blog as kind of a family web site for us. Now that we are far away, I think of little things to tell everyone, but I don't always remember. I know there is facebook, but I don't always want everything in my life on facebook. I am planning to kind of journal our day by day, and what's new in our family. I was thinking everyone else can post what's up in their lives too. It's more private (a little :)so we can be happy, sad, lonely, mad, whatever is going on. I will learn to post pictures too, I hope! So let me know if you like this or if you're reading it. Otherwise, I'm talking to myself!