cox family gossip: July 2011

Keeping up with the Kiddos

I decided to keep a kind of journal for all the fun things that go on in our family.

* Sweet baby Corbin is growing up so fast he is the best little baby he loves me the most and isn't too happy with anyone else ahh I must admit I kinda loves this knowing when he gets older daddy will become more of a favorite then mommy who has all the rules and makes them eat healthy things to not just a bag of chips for dinner.

*Taygen knows his way around town it seems like everyday he's giving me driving directions to get to favorite places like target or grandma's and grandpa's house he starts saying right there and points which direction he wants me to turn so he can navigate his way there it's hard when thats not where we are going he gets pretty upset when I don't follow his instructions.

* Tay loves his daddy and trys to mimic him so he now walks over to me and gives me a little kiss then goes and gets into his cozy coupe and say bye bye seeya. He sees daddy do it and he wants to be just like daddy.

*Today I did my normal routine of losing it on one of our dogs because he is such a fatty and stole a piece of toast from Taygen I yelled at him and then dragged him over to put him in time out ( the laundry room ). Later that day after Taygen ate lunch and got out of his high chair my other dog takes it upon himself to jump up into the high chair and get all the last crumbs left in the highchair. I notice Taygen come over and yell at the dog and got him out of his chair which is normal procedure for Taygen. The next part was new, he then chased the dog around with quick yells and took him by the collar and preceded to drag him ( very slowly of course ) over to the laundry room to put him in time out. I said nothing just watched him and laughed as he tried about three times to succeed in actually getting him al the way to the laundry room and shutting the door. What a cutie!

*Taygens new favorite food is POPCORN. He loves it so much if he even spots the bowl I normally put it in he will cry with anticipation. I went and bought those mini bags of microwave popcorn which Taygen loves so much he will eat the entire bowl full.

*I think Taygen likes to hear me say thank you to him because he has started to bring me things all the time with this proud look on his face. The other day I was sitting on one couch and Tay took every pillow one by one off the other couch and carried them over to me, even the huge back pillows.

*Tay is so funny since he is older now so I have let him have a little toddler size pillow and blanket to sleep with in his bed which has him sleeping better ( thank goodness ) But even during the day he will climb into our bed lay his little head down on one of the pillows and tucks himself into the covers and just lay there and smile:)

*Tay is talking more and more he loves to say hi to everyone and then when you leave he says hi again and waves. I keep saying b.b.bye so he will hear the b but no he just likes to say hi for his bye too.

*Why is it kids find the nastiest things so amusing. Taygen has taken up gagging himself. We can't quite figure out what would be so entertaining with trying to make yourself throw up but Taygen thinks it is very enjoyable. Probably because every time he does it mommy and daddy start telling him yucky Taygen yucky. Which to Taygen translates to if mommy and daddy think it's gross that means it is super cool!

*I am enjoying the coolness of a vegas summer morning by coolness I mean 90 instead of 110 outside. Taygen was puttering around in the backyard and I was reading. Anyone who knows Taygen knows he loves to open and shut any door which was no different this morning. I look up from my book to see not only was he opening and shutting the door but he was transporting the sand from the sand box to the floor of the family room one shovel full at a time. Thats what I get for trying to read while Tay is playing.

*So this morning we did our usual and got Tay out of bed and put him in ours while we watched the latest on the ongoing Olympics. They were talking about the American women's win on the all around gymnastics and were showing highlights. Suddenly perfect timing to the TV showing the girls finish with their arms high in the air Taygen throws his arms up too with accomplishment on his face. Cj and I died laughing.

*Taygen is my little dancing machine anytime he hears music he either does his little skipping dance or puts his little hands up and bounce them around it is so adorable to watch what a little cutie.

*After a pretty long morning with a very energetic 17 month old I was trying to clean up a mess of something that had spilled in the fridge. Taygen of course thought he would entertain himself with smashing the door onto me a few 10 or 20 times. Then it got a little quite I looked up and found Taygen sitting on the floor, he had somehow taken a bottle of salad dressing and also somehow opened it up and poured it onto the floor and preceded to swirl it around with his hands and feet. Ah the joy of children:)

*After a long day I finally climbed into bed Cj had already fallen asleep when I heard what I thought was laughing coming from the baby monitor. I ignored it at first but then this little laughing voice came through the monitor again. This was odd because Taygen had been asleep for a while now. I crept into the room and Taygen was really laughing even though he was fast asleep. He must have been having a really funny dream.

*Taygen is finally talking!! Yeah! Of course all he is saying is awggie ( doggie ) he also is saying Hi. Every once in a while we will get a ma ma and da da. Yeah!

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Birthday Party

Our sweet little Corbin turned two years old, i'm feeling happy about it because Taygen and him have really become those " brothers" loving causing trouble and playing pretend together and sometimes fighting non-stop together. It's fun to see there little relationship grow now that Corbin can really keep up. At the same time I am so sad that my little baby is gone and a little boy has taken his place. We had a simple family party for him since we have so much family in town.

My kids are oh so shy Corbin had to hide while we sang happy birthday to him.

Me getting crafty with my sillouette

My fun new business idea of creating custom nursery artwork

Corbin will always accept something sweet to eat he has such a sweet tooth. Lately to curb his craving i've started to give him a couple squirts of hershey syrup into his mouth so he can get his chocolate fix:)

cute birthday shirt mommy made

and of course he made out with lots of fun loot!

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Birthday Shoot

My little bean turned two and being the mother I am I had to have some photos of the event! I like having nice photos to keep records of the kids. Now i'm still working on my photography skills but I think I got a couple good ones.

I got him to play peek a boo with me and happened upon this shot.

The original plan was to have him sit on that chair but he would have nothing to do with it.

Honestly most of the time this is what I got from him. He is not into taking photos and the fact that I even got the two above is a little bit of a miracle. With kids thats just how it goes for every one good shot you have about a hundred bad ones:)

Horses and Tractors

A visit down to my parents is always a wonderful vacation for us. There's lots for the boys to do I get a lot of relaxation with my family around helping with the kids. The boys really love going and they hate to leave and as soon as they get home they are excited to go back.

A cowboy set up this little cowboy town right next to a strawberry stand and had little pony rides. The boys loved it.

My dad tried to take Taygen earlier in the day but Taygen refused to ride the horse without his cowboy boots and new woody cowboy hat that we acquired at disneyland a few weeks before.

My parents have this little play tractor for the boys to ride around at their house. We spend a lot of time riding around on that tractor. Of course now that Corbin is older we also spend a lot of time refereeing the boys on who gets to drive. ( notice the cowboy hat..i'm so glad he's over that thing )

Just having some fun at home

As most of you know not everyday is all that exciting and as mother's we are always trying to do something to get the kids interested in something other than fighting with each other, whining or causing trouble.