The Gabelson Gab

Welcome To Your Family, Ava Rose!

2009-07-24T18:44:00.007-06:00

Well it was a long 9 months but worth every second, for on the morning of July 18th Ava Rose was born.

Yes that is my birthday too and I can't think of a better birthday gift than the most beautiful little baby girl! She was born at 8:29 am with a head full of black hair, 19 1/2 inches long, and weighed 7 lbs 13 oz (Dr. Howells exact estimate). She is a perfect baby, never cries, sleeps a lot, and when she is awake she has a lot of things to say. We are so blessed to have her in our family!

PopPop

Gramie

When we left the hospital on Monday we went to pick up Marcus from Pop Pop's. On the ride home he was so excited about his baby sister finally sitting next to him in the back seat. As we passed the train yard he said to her, "Look sister, train goes ding ding ding"! As we pulled into the garage he said to her, "Baby we're home, let's get out". He quickly got out of the car, ran to her side and opened the door saying, "Get out baby, it's hot"! He has been so good with her and loves her so much. He has already tried to share his breakfast with her and change her diaper! He loves to hold her and laughs hysterically when she has the hiccups! He wants so bad to play trains with her!

Grandma Vicki and I worked together on her room concept and it came together perfectly! The room was our office and so we had to do some rearranging to make it serve as both the office and her room. First thing we did was build a computer desk in the closet, Vicki's idea. It turned out great! Then I tackled decorating the room. Tim thinks Vicki and I went a little crazy with the butterflies but I love it and so does Ava! She is up half the night just looking at it!

I can't believe how fast time flies! On July 18th 2004 Tim proposed to me and now 5 years later we have our second child and our little family is complete! I look forward to everyday I have with them!

The calm expecting father!

My last day!

The end result!

To Rawlins We Go...

2009-05-20T07:40:00.006-06:00

We went to Rawlins this past weekend. Grandma Vicki had some work she needed done on the apartments and asked Tim to help. It was a great weekend! We stayed at Tim's cousin's house, Jenny & Tim. On Saturday Tim worked for his mom and Marcus and I helped Jenny decorate for a birthday party for her daughter Bryony. Well I helped, Marcus was too busy playing with his cousins!

This is Marcus and his 2nd cousin Hayden.

Grandpa Charlie came down for the afternoon to see us too. Marcus was in the house eating a piece of cake and he heard Charlie's voice, dropped everything and said "It's Charlie!". He ran out the door to see him. You must be high on Marcus' list if he is willing to drop chocolate cake for you Charlie!!

It was a great weekend, the sun was shining and if you can believe it, NO WIND!!!

On Sunday we all went to Grandma's house to help with some little fix it projects. Marcus helped fix the gate with Dad and plant some grass.

It was so nice to get out of GJ and visit family!! We had a great time!! It wore Marcus out!

The Palisade Classic

2009-05-11T08:45:00.005-06:00

Well Tim was in his first mountain bike race of the year. The Palisade Classic, it was 35 miles this year and went from the town of Palisade up the Mesa, almost to the top. 6,000 feet of climbing! I would have to say Tim did good even though he did not even come close to matching his 3rd place podium from last year, he did beat the girl that came in last! Not bad for only being on his bike a hand full of times this year!!

Marcus loves to go the the bike races! He shouts at all the riders to "GO, GO, GO, FAST"! Good job Tim! There aren't many people that can dust off there mountain bikes and do a ride like that after being in hibernation all winter!!

We Love You Dad!

Fishing Derby

2009-05-04T11:12:00.007-06:00

Yesterday PopPop and Gramie took Marcus to the fishing derby at Gene Taylors. I remember going when I was a kid and I don't remember catching anything. That was not the case for Marcus on this day. He was not to interested in holding the fishing pole still and waiting for the fish. He kept reeling it in and PopPop kept casting it out. Quite some time passed and everyone around us were catching and then Marcus got a bite!

PopPop helped him reel it in and what a whopper! Like those little chocolate covered malt balls I mean!

After that he was not too sure he wanted to do this! But he tried again with dad's help this time.

He caught one more and he was done! Two little fish, not bad for a 2 year old! Thanks PopPop and Gramie! Next time you better bring the boat!

News Flash!

2009-05-02T10:03:00.008-06:00

Well it happened! Halliburton laid off 20 more guys yesterday and Tim got the axe! We both thought he was going to make it till the end of summer at least. But on Thursday night he got a call that he had a meeting on Friday at 2:30. He knew right away what that was about but I was hoping it was something else like a promotion! Wish full thinking on my part! I am totally bummed on top of being overly emotional by this all! We did sell Tim's truck yesterday so that is going to help a little, after we pay Uncle Sam!
I know we will be OK. I would just like Tim to find a good job that pays him what he is worth and that makes him happy! Does such a thing exist? Tim has been really solid through all of this, you cant keep a good dog down! Or in Toby's case, you can't even make him hold still for one darn second unless Marcus has him in a choke hold!

We Know you will find something soon dad! We are a strong family and we will get through this! We've been in this spot before but hopefully this is the last time! We just got to keep positive!

It's Just A "Rocky Road"!

2009-05-02T09:56:00.004-06:00

Easter Back Flash

2009-05-02T09:34:00.006-06:00

Ok so I know Easter was last month....

The day before Marcus and I went to Gramie's to Make chocolate peanutbutter easter eggs for everyone. We has a lot of fun! I really enjoyed decorating all of them, especially Sherman's which had a little white bunny taking a dump! I'll have to see if Gramie has a picture of that one!

The Easter Bunny brought Marcus a dump truck full of goodies! Not sure how he felt about these socks, but he loves to tourcher Toby with the Spiderman ball! Thank you Easter Bunny for all the goodies!!!

We went over to Gramie's and PopPop's for an awesome Easter brunch! Great food mom!! I don't think Marcus ate any though due to all the sugar around! It was raining outside so the Easter Bunny hid eggs in the house. Marcus would not let me, or anyone else, help him except for PopPop! Go figure!
My sisters son Mathew ate too much chocolate I think and just could not move anymore so Marcus joined him on the couch! It was a really great day!

Ava @ 28 weeks

2009-04-30T21:56:00.013-06:00

We had another 4D ultrasound on Tuesday. I can't believe the detail they are able to get on these! Ava looks like me and I love it! We took Marcus and he thought that it was a broken movie we were watching. I can't wait to hold Ava! I have been sewing like a mad woman to make all her bedding and room decor. I love to do stuff like that!

Taking a nap, yeah right!

Grabing her arm with her foot.

Sucking her thumb!

She has her eyes open in this one.

Check out her sweet moves!

So I have been really bad about updating this blog! I have some really cute pix of Marcus I need to upload and will try to get to it tomorrow. Stay tuned!

Ava says good bye for now.

SNOW AGAIN?!

2009-03-26T07:54:00.003-06:00

It snowed again! When is this going to stop and just be nice and sunny all the time? I miss the 78 degree weather we had all last week! I don't want to put my flip flops back in the closet, I refuse! Tim sent me this picture he took on the way to his job site this morning. At least I don't have to work out in this! But thank God Tim does! What I mean is; Halliburton had another round of layoffs yesterday and they skipped Tim again! This means one of two things, either they like him or they don't like him enough to lay him off so he can get unemployment and they are trying to make him quit!

Either way I am glad he still has a job and hopefully he will be getting more hours again now that they have less employees!

Nice Day For A Ride!

2009-03-17T20:41:00.022-06:00

It was a beautiful day so we took Marcus to the Lunch Loop to ride his bike!

After looking at these pictures it occurred to me that if your kids head it bigger than the wheels on his bike, his bike is too small! Oh well he loves to ride it and chase after Toby! He didn't ride very far today because he wanted to run and jump. These pictures crack me up!

Tim and Marcus had a race, but Tim is a little too competative and left Marcus in the dust! What a sandbagger!

Marcus ran till his batteries died! We love being outside and I am so glad that Spring is here!

Daddy's New Old Truck

2009-03-17T20:25:00.008-06:00

Tim is trying to sell his Nissan to help pay our taxes this year.So we are buying and old Chevy from Pop Pop. Last week Marcus helped Tim clean it out and do some minor repairs. Tim found a part behind the seat and he didn't know what it went to. But Marcus did because when Tim turned his back Marcus put it right where it belonged. Funny thing is that it was the horn!

SNOW?

2009-03-07T08:59:00.006-07:00

Yes that's snow and it is still snowing! This crazy Junction weather is nuts! It was in the 70's this week, breaking records and this morning SNOW?!! The trees are already getting leaves, what it going on! I am ready for the hot weather now not snow! Marcus looked out the window when he got up and said "Oh no! Snow! It's a mess!" He always makes me laugh!

Our First Look @ Ava!

2009-03-06T07:38:00.004-07:00

We had our ultra sound yesterday! The tech told us she is not making any promises but that her best guess is that we are having a GIRL! I have said this baby was a girl from the very beginning and I still feel that way! So I am going with that! Last night Marcus patted my belly and said "sister" and this morning he climbed in my bed and pointed at my belly and said "baby, girl". He knows whats going on! He is so smart! I am ready to start sewing a quilt for Ava Rose. I can't wait to see what she looks like when she is all cooked!

Marcus had his last swim lesson last night and it was his best! He loves the water and is not afraid to go under. He is starting to get the swim movements down, kicking his legs and crawling with his arms at the same time! He even jumps in! We had a lot of fun in this class and made a new friend named Bean. Marcus likes to say his name. He was so tiered from last nights class, he passed out on the way home, just after 5, and slept for 12 hours! We signed up for more lessons this morning!

Tim dodged a bullet yesterday when over 100 employees of Halliburton got laid off! He had taken a personal day for the ultrasound but when we got home he had to go in to get something he forgot in his work truck. When he got home he told me that two Sheriff deputies stopped him at the gate and asked for his ID before they let him in. So I looked online and sure enough they had laid off numerous employees earlier that morning. I couldn't sleep last night not knowing if Tim would have a job this morning when he went in! He went in at 8 and they had a meeting about the changes and yes by some miracle Tim still has a job!!! Thank god! This has been a good job for him and he likes it. Mostly he likes driving the big trucks!