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2010

Welcome 2010! It's been a while since I've blogged I'm so sorry. I started a business with my sister in October called Shabby Chic Sisters (www.shabbychicsisters.etsy.com) and it has taken off. So much of my time has been spent creating new inventory and spending quality time with the family. Now that the Christmas gift rush is over, I have more time to sit down and blog. I figured I would show you some of my favorite pictures and give you a quick run through of what's happened since October when I last blogged. The order of this entry is a little backwards sorry, So it starts with the most recent pictures ending with pictures from October. Enjoy!

Snow:
Noah's first time Playing in the Snow! This past week Indiana had a snow storm, about 6 beautiful inches of snow covered the ground. This was Noah's first experience in the snow, he got to help daddy shovel the drive, ride in a sled, and make a snow angel. After about an hour we went inside and I made hot chocolate, Noah absolutely loves hot chocolate.. he's asked for it almost every night since then.
He wasn't sure if he really like the snow at first, but after he went down the hill in his sled he couldn't get enough!
Shoveling the snow with daddy! We make this kid work for his dinner!
All bundled up! He reminded me of the kid in Christmas story!!
Big Boy Bed:
Noah has officially moved to his toddler bed. He discovered how to scale the wall and escape his crib. So, instead of continually giving mommy a heart attack we decided it was time for a big boy bed. He loves it, the only problem is I find him reading books by his night light in the middle of the night. I guess I can't complain it could be worse!

Christmas:
This year we had a small family Christmas. We stayed home since Joe had to work. I cooked dinner and my parents came over. By about 3 pm Joe got home from work and Noah was about ready to burst he wanted to open his presents so bad. So we ate dinner and opened presents, it was fun watching Noah's expressions as he opened his gifts. The mouse (from the book if you give a mouse a cookie) has become Noah's new "Lovie", he carries it everywhere.


Play Date:
This is a picture of Isaac, Teddy, and Noah during one of our many play dates . These three boys love to dance, paint and make messes, and they always have a great time together. During this play date the boys were counting the ducks in the pond. We also painted wooden snakes and owl masks. What a great date! Noah is so blessed to have great friends to play with.
Harvest Festival:
This past October we went to a great Harvest festival in Zionsville, although it was cold we had a great time. Noah's favorite part was the corn box ... as you can tell from the pictures. He probably spent a good hour in there transporting corn from one side of the box to the other.
Daddy and Noah on a hayride
Noah and his new ride!
Indy Zoo:
These two pictures were taken on one of the many weekly trips that Noah and I take to the Zoo. Joe got Noah and I a pass so we can go whenever we want.... Noah loves the dolphins and the giraffes. To bad they don't have any Emu's that seems to be Noah's favorite word lately!

Purdue:
We got some great pictures when we took a family trip back to Purdue. Joe and I got to show Noah where he would be going to school when he grows up!!! He loved the fountain, it was all we could do to keep him out of it!




Well I hope you enjoyed the update, and we wish you a happy New Year!
For those of you that actually read this, thanks for checking in on us.
Till next time, God Bless!

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18 Months!

I can't believe my little man is already 18 months old!
So much has happened since I've last written I'll try to share as much as I can.
First off Noah loves to Read and Talk! Every time it gets quiet in his playroom I'm almost certain he is reading his books! I caught some great pictures of him after breakfast! I love it when he doesn't know I'm taking pictures of him! As I shared above not only does Noah love to read he also loves to talk his favorite phrase right now is " Oh man!". The most surprising thing that has come out of his mouth happened after a trip through the drive through to pick up lunch, Driving home I hear " Please mommy please!" he was begging for french fries! Other words he's picked up include: down, up, doggie, meow, cat, raff (for Giraffe), thank you, please, Joe ( He screams Joe in the morning when he wants out of bed. I've had to start calling Joe, Daddy so Noah will call him Daddy again!), money (he always wants to ride the horse at Meijer), yummy, nose, eye, head, and many others I can't think of right now! Noah is also learning his ABC's! We've been singing them every time we cook or ride in the car and he is starting to pick them up. On a trip to Target a few days ago Noah pointed to the Target sign and said ABC! It's so cool when you realize they get it! We've also started potty training... I'm just introducing the idea, but he's very excited about it so I figure may as well start while he's excited. He went peepee in the potty once already and is very excited about his big boy underwear! (We'll see how long the excitement lasts!)
On another note we are getting ready for Halloween! I love dressing Noah up for Halloween and thankfully he loves it as much as I do! This year Noah wanted to be Woody from Toy story here are a few pictures ( I couldn't get him to put his pants on!) The Boots are his favorite part of the costume, almost every morning he'll run down stairs to find them so I can put them on. ( notice the book!)


A few weeks ago Joe had the weekend off!!!!!! We took full advantage and took a trip to the Cincinnati Zoo. If you have never been, I highly recommend you go. It is the best zoo I have ever been to, and I've been to a lot of Zoo's. If you do plan a trip make sure you plan it as an All day event, the zoo is very big! This trip we were surprised to see how many babies there were. The Tigers and cheetah's had cubs, there was also a baby bear cat and wallaby's. Here are a few pictures from our day at the Zoo.


Here is the baby Cheetah he was so much fun I even got a pic of Noah watching him!And of course the family picture!


hope you've enjoyed the update! Hopefully next time I'll get to it a little sooner. Until then we pray you are blessed.

New Sand Box

Grammy and Grampy Novak came to visit from Pennsylvania. We had a blast the whole week they were here. We went to the Beach, ( a water park in Ohio) Noah loved the kiddie and wave pool area (sadly, I forgot my camera so the hilarious image of Noah playing in a wave pool will have to be left to your imagination). We went fishing, (Noah was so funny all day he watched Daddy and Uncle Kevin throwing Worms into the water and bringing out big floppy fish. When he finally got his little hands on a worm he did just that, threw that worm right into the water. Only he got frustrated when he realize the worm was gone and there was no fish! Noah's frustration quickly left when Daddy caught a Bass and let him hold it. I was really surprised that Noah wasn't afraid of the fish. Instead of being afraid, he stood there with a huge grin examining the poor helpless fish. Looks like we have an outdoors man on our hands!)And last but not least, Noah received a Crab sand box from Grammy and Grampy! Noah loved the sand box, I think it's the only thing that will keep him in one place for longer than 5 minutes!(for that I say "thank you Grammy and Grampy".)

Noah in his new sandbox with Grammy Novak

Till next time, all our love, The Gurka's

Sorry It's been such a long time since I've updated the blog, but I'll try to make up for it in pictures this post! A lot has happened since I last posted. Noah has become an Ice cream monster, Started to walk, and has turned the Big ONE! So the following pictures should get you up to date!

Noah has discovered Ice Cream! What else can I say, like Father like Son!

When The Weather started to get a bit warmer, we started venturing out. One of our favorite places to go is Holiday Park. As you can see in the picture Papa and Auntie Nini went hiking with Mommy and I. We also had fun exploring the play scape!

I'm ONE!!!

Noah loved opening his presents including his lightning Mcqueen ride on toy!

This is Noah's Cake. You can't have a birthday without yummy cake from Classic Cakes in Carmel!

At first Noah wasn't sure if he really liked the cake. But, As you can see from the photo's he really got into it!

The day ended with a fun Bubble bath, that was the only way to get the cake out of Noah's hair.

The only other thing I have to say is Praise Jesus!

We have been worried about a Cyst that formed under Noah's chin. We thought we might have to have surgery, but the Ultra sound showed that it's not a Thyroglossal Duct Cyst. It is probably just a swollen lymph node. Thankfully this requires no surgery. We will meet with our specialist on Monday to officially review the Ultra sound results so I'll keep you updated on any other news!

Thank you so much for your prayers and Love

Till next time, The Gurka Gang

Funny Youtube Clip

If you haven’t seen this video, by all means, PLEASE enjoy. If you’ve already seen it, you’ll probably still laugh the second time around. This was so me after having my wisdom teeth out!