cox family gossip: January 2012

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!

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Capturing Moments

I have many friends or just know many others who are very talented in photography. Something i've always envied I love photography but have never understood how to actually accomplish it. I recently took a class to sharpen up my skills not because i'm looking to do photography as a profession but like most parents I take thousands of photos of my children and I just wanted to be able to on our time capture some wonderful photos. I've become so excited about heading out with the kids and just letting them play in fun unique places while I practice my skills.

I thought it would be fun to take pictures of the boys on the beach in their christmas jammies.

I never got around to sending out Holiday Cards this year! So heres the Cox Family 2011

Christmas 2011

We had a great holiday season this year with lots of fun holiday traditions.

Cookie decorating of course. Corbin just ate the frosting.

Christmas morning. We did two christmas reveals. One first thing in the morning with a few toys Santa left out and then one later after morning church with grandma and grandpa and the rest of the family.

Both boys were spoiled as usual and got a lot of fun things to hopefully last them till next year.

The Polar Express!

This year the boys were so excited about Christmas. We talked about Santa all the time the boys had gifts picked out that Taygen told me were being made by the elves at the North Pole. I came home one night to find out CJ had planned a whole trip for us to go to Williams, AZ about a 3 hour drive away to spend the weekend riding on the Polar Express and seeing the Grand Canyon. Taygen who is at the very least OBSESSED with trains was over the moon to go ride a big train. Corbin was more excited about the possibility of seeing Santa than the train but excited too none the less.

It was very cold in Williams so us warm blooded Las Vegans had to bundle up. To keep with tradition though I had the boys wear their Christmas jammies on the train.

Daddy and Taygen on the Train

Crazy Corbin on the train

So the train rides along" through the distance warp" that way it can make it all the way to the North Pole in such little time. Then we arrived at the North Pole it was all decorated and there was Santa with his sleigh and a BIG bag full of toys outside. The train the turns around and Santa climbs aboard the train!

They have you sing christmas songs till finally

Santa makes it to your train car where he gives you your special christmas bell!

The boys had such a great time, it's so amazing to have children and experience christmas through their eyes.

After our exciting train ride we headed to the hotel to pass out. When we woke in the morning and looked outside there was lots of snow. It was so funny because when Taygen pulled the curtains back and looked outside he shouted at me "Mom look its christmas"! Kids have no sense of it being cold or hot they just want to play. So I bundled them up and let me go play out in the snow.