Swimming and Cousin Fun!

**FYI- I started this blog before we moved, it is a little out dated, but I still wanted to post it. More new pictures and stories soon***


We have a little blow up swimming pool that we have been anxiously awaiting it to be hot enough to play in. We finally had an opportunity a few weeks ago. Mike was at work so I got Avolyn and the pool all ready so that when Mike came home we could enjoy an afternoon outside. I was yet again reminded that my plans are just fine, but will probably not happen the way that I had visioned. It probably took me longer to get the pool and Avolyn ready then the amount of time Avolyn really wanted to spend in the pool. Here are a few pictures documenting the occasion...

Wating for Dada

She would of rather of been on the dirty nasty deck and NOT the swimming pool.

Avolyn and Harper...Photo shoot #1....
We had a grand time taking pictures of the cutest kids in the world. Many more to come!

Harper and Mike had almost matching shirts.

Big news to come, many things on the front burner....Hope I can catch everyone up soon. Next Saturday AVOLYN TURNS ONE!!! How exciting!

10 Months and Camby-Bound!

Hello faithful readers. Both my babes...well now that I look around alllllll my babes (Mike, Avolyn, Caine, Hunter and Prudence) are napping. I am listening to the newest Iron and Wine 2 disk c.d. (which is a-maz-ing). What a perfect time to blog.

Avolyn is great. What else were you expecting me to write? As she gets older there is more and more that she is experiencing. This month the major 'experience' has been her top teeth. We knew it was going to happen soon and it is still happening. Avolyn is a little dramatic..I wonder where she gets that from? We were outside this morning hanging out, waiting for Mike to come home from work. Every so often she would scream really loud, put her fist into her mouth and shake her whole body. I think the Tylenol was wearing off. What do you think? But for the most part, she is a trooper. We went to the doctors office on Friday (a week after her 9 month check up) and she has bi-lateral ear infections. The N.P. that we saw said that one ear was very bright red with puss starting to form, and the other one was just bright. From our last ear infection (yes...this is AVs 4th ear infection) we know that she is allergic to "Cillins" so we are trying something else and hopefully this will knock the infection right out. The N.P. did say that her stools might be red, and I am thankful that she told us because this morning she had a case of the red stool.Her poor nose just wont stop; she looks so pathetic.

Avolyn in her 10 months of glory has figured out how to get out of her Bumbo. We knew the day would come. It is pretty funny to watch her wiggle out. Perhaps I will get a video of the escape. It is pretty great. She is also using more sounds and cruising around the sofas in record speed. She has continued to enjoy new foods and exploring new textures in her hands. Enjoy this new video of our babbling babe....



We were able to enjoy another afternoon of Harper and Rose's company. This time Avolyn liked Harper a little more, and let Rose touch her. She is at the stage where she really likes her mama and dada the best and only. You are allowed to play and talk to Avolyn but no holding or picking up by anyone else. Rose and I went to the park for a walk with the kiddos. It ended a little short because Harper was not in the mood to walk. I think he was just sleepy and hot. But it was still nice getting out and spending some time with Ro.

Avolyn checking out Harp

This is how our walk started out

It is so nice for Rose and I to see each other often and share the whole mom thing together. It will be nice when we are closer to each other....

Thats right folks the Bloomington Gonsers are moving north and will be known as the Camby Gonsers. It is a bittersweet moment for us. We are wanting to expand our family but our perfectly cute little house just wont allow it. It was time to re-evaluate Bloomington. Mike and I have been here for 6ish years and love love LOVE Bloomington. But being closer to family is one of the major reasons why were are moving.

We are offically done with Bloomington day care! I will spare the details but this is a great thing. We are very thankful for the care that we have recieved here, and I know that there were many good things about the daycare that she was at, but it is time to move on. So this next week Avolyn will be spending the days with Grandma and Pops (Mikes folks) then the next week she will be starting at Bakers Dozen (which I have heard great things about). We are so excited that Mom will be starting to watch AV...and I think that Mom is very excited about it (that is an understatement).

Aug 21, if all goes as planned, we will be signing papers and we will own 2 houses! One is just not enough for our rich taste! We are going to be renting out our house in Bloomington, so if you know anyone please let us know. Mike is going to be transfered to a Kroger closer to Camby and continue his manager positon. I will be commuting to Bloomington for now.

This is the front of our NEW HOUSE! I am not sure what happened to the 2nd shutter. It was there the first time we checked out the house. Hmmm...

Our new house is going to be just great. It is 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. It has a family room, dinning room, huge kitchen, a loft, 2 car garage, an unfinished basement that Mike is pumped about. It has a dishwasher, nice set of washer/dryer. It has a fridge that has an ice AND water machine. It is just going to be perfect. It is in a neighboorhood that I have been told has many parks, 2 pools and a golf course. So hopefully everything will go smoothly from here to closing and we will be closer to a lot of people that we love.

Here are a few pictures from the past couple of weeks. Enjoy...


Have a fantastic week. I know we will....