Merry Christmas 2014
This year has been a wonderful year for the Gibson family,
and we hope it has been for yours as well! Here's a run down on our family,
starting with our smallest, newest member!
was born on September 28, only 22 minutes
after his due date. He is, by far, the most loved on person in this house! He
loves to coo, babble, & smile at all of us. In his two months, he's already
started rolling from his tummy to his back, and has already had his first ER
visit (a cold has been running though our family, and it struck the poor little
guy pretty hard).
is growing up so fast! While he still doesn't
have a ton of words, we love seeing the new things he is learning how to do...
like, climb up the front of the fridge. He's a ball full of energy and dimples.
This fall I started “school” with Nate. He always wanted to do what Nora was
doing, so even though he's a little young (the curriculum I am using is for 2
year olds, and he'll turn 2 right before Christmas), I started him anyway. He
loves sitting and “daw” (drawing) with us.
turned 3 this year, and many doors have
opened for her. She was old enough to take a dance class. While she wasn't the
greatest participant in the beginning, by the last class, she knew the whole
routine for their dance (“The Wheels on the Bus”). She loved going to dance
class, and we will probably sign her up again! This fall she was also old enough
to start faith formation at church. I signed her up thinking that it would be
nice for her to have a teacher other than me at home, but I have ended up being
one of the teachers for her class. She has continued on in her “school” as
well, and has been working on the 3 year old curriculum since late spring.
would have turned 4 this year. We had a
birthday party for her. One of our good friends made a beautiful cake for her
birthday, that when we cut into, we found out that Sam (who we had just had an
ultrasound with) was going to be a boy. We still feel so blessed to have her as
our daughter, even though we're not raising her.
(that's
me!) worked as a Title I instructor at St. Agnes during the last school year.
I've also continued working as a personal math tutor for a few different
students. And, of course, teaching our own kiddos. In February, my mom and I
took Nora & Nate to Oregon to see my grandma for the last time. She died
shortly after we returned.
was
officially hired on at Danfoss Power Solutions in March of this year (before
that he was working there through a temp agency). He still continues to work
early AM's at UPS too. He has also been working on losing weight, and has lost
25 pounds so far, mostly by working out, but he's also been watching how much
he eats. I'm very proud of him for sticking with it for so long, and committing
to lead a healthy life. He also “ran” his first 5k in June. He came in at
1:07:00 just behind his pregnant wife (who had to stop twice for a potty
break), and our sleeping toddler in the stroller.
We hope your 2014 was as blessed as ours was, and that your
2015 brings you much more joy!
All our love,
