since I have updated this and kept it up to date :) Sorry everyone who keeps looking and it hasn't changed since December 2010. Well what have the Poe's in SD been up to??? Well first of all we aer now the Poe's of Brookings, South Dakota instead of San Jose, Ca. Brad got an offer he just couldn't turn down :) and moved us all to SD the coldest week in February (-35 degree with windchill) BURRRRR!!! But we bought a house and have enjoyed owning once again. I will try to do a recap of each month of what we have been up to.
Lets see, January was hectic because we were trying to find a house to buy and still living in San Jose. We literally had a week to decide if we wanted to move. Brad was all for it from the beginning because this is the duck/pheasant hunting capital of the US :) so he was ready to get out and shoot some ducks. Karen flew to San Jose to help me finish packing and clean the house before we drove out to SD. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE HELP KAREN!!!! I would have left a day later :)
February we closed on the house, on the first and Les came out to help unload/watch Henry so we could get some things done. Because moving with a 1 1/2 yr old wasn't too much fun. The truck was supposed to come with all of our stuff on the 1st but ended up getting here on the 4th because of the weather in Minneapolis. Henry liked to help...either packing what I just unpacked or the other way around. Henry wasn't too sure about the snow, but since it was so cold we didn't really go out in much. He did get some boots so he could at least go out in the snow. We took my birthday off to go down to Sioux Falls to look for a new couch for downstairs....which we found in Brookings anyway :) and it is so COMFY!!!!!!!!! come by and check it out :) Red let us know that he wasn't happy about the move and the cold by peeing and pooping downstairs...so He isn't allowed in the house by himself. Its not like we weren't taking him out, he just would hold it while we were outside walking around and then come back in and run downstairs and pee or poop. Damn dog anyway!!! He is better now.
March, Brad was very busy training Slade (his account exc.) and working on his own clients. We were still unpacking things and the weather was still cold. Brad had to buy a snow blower (snow is so heavy and there was so much of it.) Thank goodness we have some nice neighbors and they helped us out by blowing the snow off for the first couple times it snowed a ton. Thanks Leon!! Brad found a John Deere snow blower and was so excited to use it. He only got to use it 2 or 3 times before the snow stopped. But it did snow about 12" in a day....such a change from the rain in the winter in San Jose. We are happy to be where there is snow and can't wait to make a snowman with Henry this year early on, before there is 3 ft of snow in our yard. Les and Karen came out to visit...but there was still too much snow for them to get to see anything cool except we took a drive around the area and found where all the geese were. It was so loud, all of the goosing and everything. There were SO MANY of them!! Brad got a new grill for his birthday/father's day :) which he loves and is very happy about!!
April, more snow and cold weather so not much fun then. I got a job at Lowes', I mean we were there pretty much everyday the first couple months so why not get some money out of them :) haha Brad was busy at work getting things together and learning all the new things about starting up a new property :) Henry started talking a few words, but mostly mommy and daddy and cow. He LOVES the Baby Einstein Baby MacDonald a day on the Farm movie, which has a cow :) and as the month progressed he started saying more and more words everyday.
May, Brad turned 30!!! WHOOHHOOO for Brad. We celebrated 3 yrs of marriage and Henry kept on talking. We both had to work on our anniversary so we didn't really do anything special. We went and bought plants for the yard, around the house. Henry and Brad gave me a very pretty pinkish red Hibiscus tree for the front step...its still blooming and very pretty! Lets, see what else, the grass was coming in nice in some areas and other areas we weren't sure if the grass was every coming up. The sprinkler system is a must-have from now on!! We love it. So much easier and we don't have to worry about the yard dying if we leave. Henry and Brad went down to Omaha to see Alan graduate from school and see Eric and Mala. They had a good time seeing everyone. I couldn't go because I had to work :( Sorry guys!!!
June, Brad is busy selling and still helping Slade out. Middle of June we found out we were expecting #2 in January but I didn't go to the doctor until the middle of July. We planted trees!!!! Ok, we is not correct, Brad planted trees with some help from our neighbor Leon and Henry digging some of the holes :) We love our trees and can't wait to see how they will look in a few years and a little bigger. We also planted the shrubs and flowers around the house...at least all that we were going to do this year. At the end of the month Les and Karen came to visit, but we set them to work!! Sorry, but we really appreciate all you did for us!!!! Les and Brad worked on planting some shrubs in the backyard so help with privacy and Karen worked on painting our bedroom and 2 bathrooms!! She is such the painter!!! I just hope she wants to come back :) We should have the new baby room all painted so she shouldn't have to paint :) Henry is talking more and more but he couldn't say "Grammy". Every time we would ask him he would say "Papa" ahah Les was very happy that both his grand kids said his name first before they said Grammy.
July, Brad is working very hard still and has the hopes for hitting his personal goal. Henry and I go to Idaho to visit friends and family for the Cudaback Family Reunion. It was great to see friends in Moscow, while we were there. We stopped over in Odessa, WA to visit with Lyndsay and her kids. It was great to be back in Moscow and see all the DOME renovations as well as stop by the bookstore to buy Henry a Vandals Hat (which he wears all the time, and gets mad when we take it off...backwards of course). Then we drove to Donnelly where the family reunion was and got to see Paul and Rhonda's home. It was nice to see them and family. Henry even said grandpa and grandma for them :) Great Grandma Cudaback scared him a bit to begin with but then he warmed up. She gave him a book ;) she knew just how to get on his good side :) Henry loves books!!! Amanda even came to the reunion to hang out with us and roast marshmallows to make smores. Henry didn't make it to the smore time because he was too tired :) maybe next year. then we went to visit Great Grandma Patterson and Aunt Lisa and Aunt Debbie. It was fun to see Henry interact with his cousin Aruna. Amanda even stayed to visit too. We then went to dinner at a good pizza place and then to Amanda's home to visit and just chill. Then Henry and I said our goodbyes to Amanda and headed to Boise to see Les and Karen, Stefanie, Delilah and Josh at the Boise Zoo. It was fun. Both of them liked all the animals. The butterfly exhibit was the coolest part!!! A butterfly landed on almost all of us! Then we got on the plane and headed home. Henry was pretty good on the first airplane and he slept on the second one. Brad painted our living room area while we were gone!!! YAH!! Only one wall and the kitchen left to go...plus the baby room. We also got to hear the heartbeat of the baby, which we sent to lots of people. It was very fast!! I have been sick most days, and just nauseated most of the time since we found out we were pregnant.
And August, Brad is busy as ever and stressed. Just that time of the year and its a new property and some of the things he has always had are not there yet because its a property. He found out that Slade doesn't plan to be with Learfield any longer and so now Brad is looking for his replacement as well as trying to get everything filled and ready to go for the first home game on Sept. 3rd. Henry is talking and telling stories. He loves to call Papa and Grammy and say a few words and then hang up on them. He has figured out how to speed dial their numbers so sometimes we don't even know he has called them. So if you get a random call from either of our phones and you don't hear much but Henry or something Henry has chosen you to call that day :) He is growing and wearing 2T or 3T clothes. His 2 year birthday is just around the corner. Delilah already turned 2 and its just crazy to think that 2 years has already passed. And I have to say, the second year went WAY faster than the first. I am told that it keeps that trend!!! YIKES!!! Henry will be in school before I blink I think! Red has been OKAY with all the thunderstorms...but he still doesn't like it. And we can't enjoy the cool thunder and lightening.
I will try to be better (much much better about updating this blog). We are going to find out if we are going to have a girl or a boy on the 13th of Sept.
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