Happy New Year 2013!

Hi everyone!  Sorry it has been a bit since I have posted.  We are doing well.  From the hardest day of my life in the last post, it has been good since.  We will always miss Skye, but know that she is in a better place.  Ethan and Coral are doing fine too. We found out from the autopsy that she had pneumonia, and so that is what took her. I got a porcelain Angel to display and to always remember her.  For Christmas, I made a photo book of all the pictures I had taken of Skye to give to Grandma, Bill's Mom.  She was so happy to get it!

What has been going on in our family since November?  Busy, busy, busy; as you can imagine with the Christmas season!  Shaun sang in "Wee Praise" at church and also performed a short Christmas concert at Preschool.  It was all so cute!  We had family gatherings and good Hunter family time together.

We all enjoyed a nice Christmas vacation. I took off a week and a half, between Christmas Eve and New Year's day. It was good to have some quality time with the family. We got my fairly long 'To Do' list done, which always makes me feel good. I like to get things done that are harder to do during the week when working or even on the weekends. The biggest task we accomplished was cleaning out the garage. We have a deep garage, so there is plenty of room for junk to build up, because it is "out of the way". Well, it was not really out of the way anymore, so time to clean and organize! We organized and took one load to Goodwill and one to the dump.  Dad took Shaun with him to the dump, and Shaun was in heaven!!  He loved it and didn't stop talking about it all evening.  This afternoon, when playing he made a dump in the corner with a pile of toys.... Boys?!?!?! :)

Shaun continues to LOVE school. I hope it continues well into the future.  He loves to do "homework" all  the time.  He finished up a Preschool activity book and has started a "Get Ready For K" workbook.  He also got a workbook for Christmas from his teachers.  There is one page for each letter with an activity. I have limited that book to one page a day, otherwise he probably would have done it all in 1day!  He can do one page out of each section a day in his K book, probably about 8 pages.... He should be good and ready for Kindergarten by the time it gets here in September, maybe not me though!  Never thought I would have to limit the "homework".

Shaun's appetite has grown in the last couple of months. He now eats a small size adult serving.  "More please!" is Shaun's favorite phrase during meal times.

Logan is growing and maturing before our eyes. He is talking up a storm.  He continues to add more words and they are getting clearer by the day.  He is talking in phrases/sentences now too.  He has also turned into Mr. Independent!  "I do it!" is his current favorite phrase.....

It seems like I am always throwing Logan's clothes in the 'Too Small' bin.  I feel so blessed to just be able to go to the closet to get the next size clothes out, and it is fun passing on his small clothes to 3 friends! Passing on the generosity others have given us feels good! 

Logan has continued to be our picky eater.  He doesn't eat much, just nibbles at his meals, but I try not to worry about it too much, because I remember the doctor saying once that they won't starve themselves.  Fruit, is the one food group that he would eat until the cows come home, which we don't allow for reasons I won't mention! :)  I can't believe he will be 2 in less than 3 weeks now!

Happy New Year to anyone who reads this!!  I will try to blog at least once a month to not get behind again!  If you're not on Facebook, you can see the latest pictures by clicking on the monthly pictures at the right.