Some Adjustments...

On Monday, December 7th, Kevin and I (especially me) decided to give Gabriella more independence without me picking her up. At that time, Gabriella was too heavy for me to lift her up whenever I needed to take her. My back was hurting with my belly growing big. I couldn't take it anymore. Kevin and I bought a new gate to install at the top of the stairs. After we finished installing the gate, I changed Gabby's crib into a daybed. I was a little nervous and wondered how she would do on her first time sleeping on the daybed on her early age of 19 months old. I put two nightlights in the hallway and left the door open a little. At night, I was trying to think positive and knew Gabriella would do fine overnight. That first time, she was successful!!! She slept through the night and never came out of the daybed. During the night, she often cried or called for daddy or mommy, and we came up to her. She never came out of the daybed: she waited for one of us to go to her room to check her out. Kevin and I were so proud of Gabriella and were amazed how she had learned things quickly for the first time! What a relief!

In addition, I often lifted her into her booster seat in the kitchen to eat. I wasn't sure if she was able to climb into booster to sit on her own. I told her to try it on her own, and she did it successfully! Whew.. I was again so proud of her. She was getting to be such a big girl! I was excited and didn't have to worry about my back aching from lifting her throughout the day. YAY!

Celebrated 39th Birthday...

On Friday, December 4th, It was Kevin's 39th Birthday! We all went out to the nice restaurant Sullivan's Steakhouse with Uncle Tim, Aunt Jeanne, Sean, Lucy, (Great)-Grandma Ruth, and brother-in-law Don to celebrate. All the foods we ordered such as steak, vegetables, variety of potatoes, etc. were so good! Yummy. Afterwards, Kevin got a huge dessert, berry souffle. Of course, it was too huge for Kevin to eat so he shared it with others. It was a wonderful night and we didn't get home until around 9 pm. We stayed in the restaurant for three or four hours!




The next day on the 5th, my parents-in-law Morge drove up to visit us in the morning to celebrate Kevin's birthday. While they stayed at our house, Dad Mike and Don helped Kevin install the garage-door opener for our third garage door. Thanks to Dad and Don for all of your wonderful help!! We all left for the Navy Pier for lunch at Bubba Gump's to celebrate Kevin's birthday. We had a wonderful time especially Kevin, celebrating a wonderful birthday with all families!

Comfortable, huh??

Thanksgiving Week 2009

On Saturday, November 21, The Morge family from California came to Illinois to visit for Thanksgiving week. They stayed at our place for two days before heading down to Peoria. While they stayed at our place, all of the kids enjoyed playing together. Also, we all went to (Great-)Grandma Ruth's to visit with other families, and then went out for lunch at Olive Garden. We had a wonderful time!

On Monday the 23rd, The CA Morge Family went to visit other relatives while we headed down to Peoria to visit our family for Thanksgiving week. While we stayed in Peoria for a few days, we all were busy driving from place to place visiting family. Also, my friend, Stephanie, stopped by with her daughter, Skye, to visit. Gabriella enjoyed playing with all of her cousins and friend all day everyday! She was worn out!

On Thanksgiving Day, we went to meet with other Morge/Wilson Families at Ryan & Meghan Morge's new house in Clinton, IL at around late lunchtime. In the late afternoon, we headed back to Peoria to have Thanksgiving Dinner at my parents'. I couldn't believe how much we had with the two wonderful delicious Thanksgiving foods on that same day! Other than that, we all had a fantastic times with families, but it was very busy and exhausting!!