I guess it's time I just start updating you on things we've been up to without making you wait another month for more pictures, huh? Do I still do monthly updates, now that it has been a year? Well, at least it has helped keep me on a deadline to make sure blog world can follow our journey!
So, for your next very long post, here is the 13 months home update.
I'll start with Gambo's FIRST Easter Egg hunt, and first Easter in America.
What a cutie he was! We gave him a bucket to collect the eggs in, and he didn't know what to do with it. He started collecting leaves in it!
After showing him that his job was to find the eggs, he did much better.
There were other kids there also egg hunting. This picture says, "I better get this egg in my bucket before anyone sees!"
His next FIRST was to go watch the train! Every morning we hear the train enter or leave the station, and this morning, I finally decided we should go watch it.
So we drove over to the station to watch one of the commuter trains take off, and wave good-bye to the passengers.
(Another FIRST below)
But, now, I must mention a big milestone for Gambo... we celebrated his 2nd birthday!!
My little bitty Gambo, is now 2 years old! We actually celebrated a little early this year, since we wanted to have him open presents and enjoy them before the movers packed them up.
I had just made a "You are Special" Plate at the paint a pottery store, and I got to use it for Gambo's special birthday cupcake.
Boy, did he like that cupcake!
One of his favorite birthday gifts this year was his very own toy vacuum cleaner! He LOVES to vacuum. He begs for me to vacuum everyday, and now he has his own.
He also got a toy lawnmower. He doesn't only love watching his mama vacuum, he loves watching his dada mow the lawn!
One other big change, though I didn't get any pictures of it, was that we gave him his first Real haircut. We wanted to wait until he was 2 to actually cut all of it down. It was growing very uneven still, and we were looking forward to lower maintenance for our upcoming move.
Here's Gambo with shorter hair, still being just as silly:
We also love our everyday moments with him too, like when he brushes his teeth before bed.
Oh, and he always wears a sleep cap at night, to help protect his hair.
Finally the time had come, and we watched all our belongings get packed up in big crates to be shipped (by ship!) overseas.
Boxes and Boxes!
And it slowly emptied.
We then sat in our empty home, and pretending to pray for the picture prayed for our upcoming journey. But we really were thankful for this house, even though we only lived in it for a year and a half!
Before saying good-bye to our house, we went out and harvested the only two peaches on our peach tree that survived the harsh winds this spring.
Then we said Bye-Bye House,
And we headed off on Vacation!
Off to Colorado we went!
And Gambo got to play in the snow, and throw his FIRST snowball.
Then it was off to visit Granny and Grandpa
Gambo is taking a walk with Grandpa and his dada.
We are so thankful for our little man, and can't wait to start our new adventure with him!
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