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Holiday Recap Part 2

January 19, 2011 by Jensey 11 Comments

Continued from Holiday Recap Part 1!

I swear we have the cutest friends. :)

I think Nate would have been an amazing gymnast had he’d been given the chance! I don’t know anyone else that would not wipe out from this sledding mishap :

FAVORITE : Nate’s “sledding smile.”

We also saw my Dad for the first time in two years. I’ll never let it go that long again!

Went to the most intense cookie decorating event I’d ever seen and met my step mom’s family :

My masterpiece – It’s a Scottie dog wearing a plaid sweater, clearly!

Dad took us to an MD-11 Sim… My first one since I was 12, and Nate’s first one, ever.

For the first time, I almost landed! It wasn’t pretty, but Dad said we would have walked away from it. And as Dad always told me, “Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing!” :) Nate, however, took to it like a fish and water… I see potential flight lessons in his future. :)

Huck was not a fan of one of our Christmas gifts, “Racing Grannies.” Clearly, that means we’ll be taking video of it soon enough! ;)

One of our brides wrote me on Facebook and asked what sports jersey Huck was sporting all winter – He was wearing a reindeer costume! I’m a little sad the cute hood didn’t show up in 95% of our photos, though!

We went to Indiana to spend the couple days before Christmas with the rest of Nate’s family. December was officially Huck’s favorite, ever. I don’t think he’d been around so many different people in such a short amount of time before!

Me and my lovely sister-in-law waiting for present time…

Yes, we gave her Minnie Mouse ears. :)

Huck’s single favorite moment in December : I let him try peanut butter. :)

I hope YOU all had equally wonderful holidays! :)

Photo of the Week

January 17, 2011 by Jensey 5 Comments

My favorite Christmas gift of 2010 :

When Lorie and Jon were puppy sitting Huck in December, they secretly got a kit that makes a foam paw print from your dog. :) I got the vibe that our little Huck Finn didn’t make this the easiest task, but oh, boy was it worth it. It was such a surprise to open this little gift, “from Huck.”

I often forget how tiny he is; His paw is just a little larger than a quarter. :)

Huck’s 1st Winter

December 25, 2010 by Jensey 13 Comments

Huckleberry Finn was born and raised a Florida boy, so this cold snap here in Nashville has thrown him for a loop! :) He just loves it, though, and is always scratching to go outside and lay in one of our screened-in patios. :) I normally keep his hair short, but I just can’t bear to do that to him when we’re averaging 30º here!

For those of you who have kindly asked about how our little man is doing, he’s wonderful. His eye has healed well- He will remain blind in that eye, but we’re just thankful that we won’t have to have it removed for the time being. He’s on steroid drops twice a day to keep his eye ball from shrinking any more; If you look at him for a while, it’s pretty obvious that his blind eye is about 30% smaller than his healthy eye. You’d never know Huck’s half blind until he mis-calculates the height of our couch, or doesn’t see a wall to his left and bumps into it. On a positive note, it’s much easier for me to sneak up behind him and give him “squinches,” so I’m kind of loving that. :)

We missed Huck’s first snow when we were visiting family in Orlando, but we’ve now had the privilege to see him in flurries, which is pretty much as cute as one would imagine:

Merry Christmas, friends!

<3, Jensey, Nathan, and Huckleberry Elias Finn