IT'S GREAT ... TO BE ... A FLORIDA GATOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(30- 21)

Tonight I saw the greatest game ever played in college Football! I am so jealous of Irene and Walmir who were able to be at the SEC championship football game between Florida and Alabama. What an exciting game!!! The number 1 and 2 teams in America playing each other. Both teams played great games, it was close the entire time, and the refs were decent at making calls. WOW!!!!

Anyone who still thinks that Tebow doesn't deserve his second Heisman needs to see this game! There were so many plays that were on par with the professional Quarter Backs, and through it all he remains a wholesome, kind, and humble human being, who is not afraid to share his beliefs and give his life to God!

Anyone who still thinks that any of the other college teams in America play on the same level as the SEC teams need to watch this game, and tell me if you can make the same arguments. There were so many impressive and exciting plays made in this game ... and our beloved Gators beat the number one team in the nation!!!!!

THE GATORS ARE GOING TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We might have a hook up for tickets to the game and if that pans out we are going to use our remaining miles to go and see OUR team take it all! We can't wait!

Again we say ....
IT'S GREAT ... TO BE ... A FLORIDA GATOR!!!!!!!

Legs and a baby

I have always loved my legs! I think that they are my best physical feature. Today I went to an ab class at the gym and we were doing some exercises that require you to lift your legs in the air and try to touch your toes. There is no way that I am able to touch my toes in that position and keep my legs straight. The instructor was saying "come on everyone, I know you can touch your toes!!! Except maybe you ... man your legs are long! I am really jealous of your legs right now!!! Man you legs are really long, no wonder you can't touch your toes." It made me feel good :-) I maybe can't touch my toes, but I have great legs! :-)

I stopped to get something at Walmart and Evan fell asleep in the car. I took him out of the car, laid him on the floor, took off his winter jacket, changed his poopy diaper, picked him up, and laid him in the crib. He never woke up!!!!!!! Man I have a good baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

December 3, 2008

Natasha and I wake up at 3AM and are on the rode by 3:30. The drive was actually really fun, and we both stayed awake just gabbing. The funny thing is that Evan stayed awake too. He didn't cry, or talk, he just listened. I would think that he was asleep and then he would spin his head around to look at me, sooo cute!

I said my goodbyes to Natasha :-( checked my bags in, went through security and then we waited. Evan and I ate the breakfast that we brought with us, I medicated myself and then we loaded ourselves onto the plane. The first plane was the biggest plane I have been on, with the exception of my overseas flights, so that was neat. Both flights we had a whole row to ourselves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let me tell you having that extra space makes flying with a baby sooo much easier!

People were soo kind the whole way back. So many people offered to carry bags for me, and help me out. One man even carried my bag for me all the way to customs after we landed!

Evan was AMAZING!!!! He fell asleep on both flights and hardly fought sleep at all. I was exhausted too, and I slept as best I could with him.

We had soo much fun in Florida, but it is good to be back. I missed Justin sooo much and I am sure Evan missed his bed! :-) Justin even said that the cats were acting happier now that we are back :-)

Thank you everyone in Florida for letting me borrow your cars, your time, and your food. Thank you for talking, both for fun, and when I needed it. Thank you mostly for loving me!!!!!! Y'all know who you are, and I LOVE you soooooo much! I always miss you when I am away from you.

December 2, 2008

Last day in Florida!!! :-( This was a wonderful day because all the tests were done and we had hard copies of everything in hand. We could spend the day doing anything we wanted! Natasha and I spent the morning just hanging out and talking and then I was brave and I dyed my grey hairs!!!!!!! I have never done anything to my hair before so I was really scared. The problem is that this move to Canada (and everything that happened at the same time) was apparently VERY stressful for me, because I now have ALOT of grey hair. It is to the point that you can see it very clearly and I hate it. I really love my hair though and didn't want to mess up the color. Natasha wanted to dye her greys too, so she did her whole head and we just streaked the dye into my hair where the greys are. It worked like a charm! We used hardly anything and the color matched perfectly, so you can't even see the streaks of dye, but you can't really see my greys either!!!!!! Wooohoooo!!!!!!!!

After babies napped we went out to the consignment shop. It was so fun, and we found some really great things. One of the things I got Evan is a Christmas outfit for church! He has a little vest and tie. I will take pictures and post it when he wears it.

We headed home after goofing off around town and met up with Evan's tummy mommy one more time. That was a nice visit and I was so happy to be able to see her at least once more.

Irene and Lacy came over so we could have our one last girls night before I left. It was really sad though because Irene got what everyone else had and was throwing up with action from the other end as well every 5 minutes. I really wanted a picture of all 4 of us together, but Irene had to leave early (to recover), so that was sad, but I will get it next time. I hope you are feeling better now Irene! The rest of us then sat down to watch a movie that sounded good in the store, but was a HUGE bust!!!!! We turned it off early. There was no point ... and both of the characters bugged us! Never watched "My Sassy Girl". It is lame!

I said goodbye to Lacy and Natasha and I tried to get some sleep before we had to wake up at 3:00 AM.

December 1, 2008

Today Natasha and I took our little men to the Santa Fe Zoo. Santa Fe is the community college in Gainesville, and they have a zoo program there to train zoo keepers. I have actually always wanted to go, but have never been before. It was VERY cold that day, so the animals weren't very active, but we still had a great time. The best moments were the African Grey parrots who kept hitting on us, the monkey who sucked his thumb, the Llama named squirt, who almost spit on us, and the free range peacocks! I could not believe the colors on the peacocks, they are BEAUTIFUL creatures. In case anyone is wondering, Santa Fe sells peacocks, and if I was still living in Gainesville, I would totally buy one!!

Here is the monkey who sucks his thumb. Evan isn't the only one who can self sooth!

Later that day we went and got some more blood work done. Poor Evan had to fill two big viles of blood and it took a while. Thank goodness the nurse only had to stick him in one arm! I made sure to take a picture before he got tortured again. My little angel is amazing and I am so proud that he handled all of his torture sessions like a pro! I am more grateful than ever that our pediatricians in Gainesville helped us sooo much! That clinic is amazing and I feel now, more than ever before that they are the BEST ever. Thank you Healthy Steps!

November 30, 2008

We went to church today and got pounded by a Florida rain! Most people don't understand rain until you have been through a Florida storm. I LOVE IT!!! Church was wonderful. It is so nice to have so many people excited to see us there. What I think is really interesting is that there were about 3-4 different families that came up to us and told us that it took them about 20 minutes into sacrament meeting to remember that we don't live there anymore.

While we have been staying at the Da Costa's home Evan has had the best time playing with Jake and Bear, their German Shepperd's. He LOVED feeding them treats! This is Evan feeding Bear.

Later that night 3 of my students had a concert, so Natasha and I went to go and see them perform. Walmir and Irene were kind enough to watch Evan for me, so I didn't have to worry about him being loud during the performance. My kids did such a great job, and I loved having the opportunity to hear them play. It is so neat for me to know where they started and how much they have matured in their oboe skills!

I got home and headed straight for Evan's room to watch him sleep for a bit (what can I say it's my little mother thing I can't help) and this is what I found! Ever since he was little Evan puts blankets over his face ... and it is always funny. The best part? We know it is genetic! When I told his Tummy Mommy about it her jaw hit the floor. Apparently both her and the birth father sleep with the covers over their heads. Crazy eh?

November 29, 2008

Friday the 29th was Walmir's 29th birthday! (One more year until you are 30 big Walmir on a stick!) We celebrated by eating wayyyy too much food and watching the Gators kill FSU in a torrential downpour! The biggest treat for me, other than the people were the wings! Now I am not a HUGE wings fan. I like them, but I would normally pick something else ... unless they are lemon pepper wings from the Wingstop in Gainesville. OH MY GOSH!!!! Everytime I think about them I start to salivate ... like right now. Well, Joe and Lacy were amazing and brought Wingstop to the party. The day was perfect ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY WALMIR!!!

Me and Irene lookin' HOT!!!!

Oh yeah, those are the best wings in the world! I just really liked this picture of Evan. The color is a little off, but he is adorable!