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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!

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Running in the Rain

Yesterday we got to enjoy a wonderful summer rain shower. There was lots of rain and lots of thunder the later Taygen did not enjoy. Once the monsoon like rains stopped and it was just sprinkling I finally let Taygen run loose which made him a very happy boy. Him and the dog enjoyed a nice run around through the puddles and wet grass, it's so nice to see your kids enjoy something as simple as rain.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

All Done

So yesterday was the big day for Tay. Everything went well the surgery is very quick like 10 minutes so it was over in no time. The hardest part is they of course have to take him from us to bring him into the OR and this terrifies him, he screams and just reaches back for us it definitely tug at Cj and I's heart strings but we knew of course this was going to make him feel better. Then as we were warned the are taken to recovery where they wake up in a strange place with strange people and they are dizzy from the drugs so he was not happy. After about 30 minutes of Cj and I trying to calm him down they finally let us leave which I knew would solve the problem he was just so scared at that point to have all the strange people near him checking this that and the other. As soon as we walked out he started calming down and after getting home and being able to eat and get a good fix of mickey mouse clubhouse he was pretty much back to normal. So everything went well he is still I am sure adjusting so there is a bit of irritability but we are more than happy to just keep comforting him till he is back to his old self:)

Hospital gowns are always so sad looking

Showing a little diaper out the back:)

Friday, August 15, 2008

Ear Infections

So today it became official Taygen is getting tubes put in his ears. We are pretty happy with this decision since he has been fighting the same ear infection for the past 3 months and with 3 rounds of antibiotics and no healing in sight. As you might have guessed this ailment does not help his mood. Poor guy wants to be comforted all the time and on top of his usual passionate personality comes the pain of having your ears hurt. We are hoping this also helps with his lack of vocabulary since they say he basically can only hear you as if you were talking under water. They told me it takes only 6 minutes for them to put the tubes in and they don't use an IV or anything to put him to sleep they use a mask with special gas. So although anything that requires you to go to the hospital makes me a little nervous I am happy that he will be getting some relief.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Home from California

Taygen and I just got back from a fun filled trip to California to visit. We went down a little earlier than expected so we ended up staying there almost 2 weeks. So we have lots of fun pictures to share:)

Taygen as always enjoyed spending time in the water it took him a day or two to finally get the idea to hop into the fountain he quickly learned that jumping in was much more fun than standing along the sides.

We did have to keep our eye on him though because although the fountain was pretty clean it wasn't that clean.

Great-Grandpa Cheney has a little chicken and turkey coop that we just had to go visit. I knew Taygen would enjoy playing with the chickens. Of course mommy brought her son to see chickens and gave him some chicken to eat right before we got there oops:)

After Taygen finished eating his chicken he was ready to head on in. It only took him a minute to get comfortable then he was running around in there chasing those poor chickens around. Of course Taygen called them awggies ( doggies) any animal is a awggie:)

Our nightly routine was to take Taygen on a little wagon ride. He would beg all day to go, he just loved them along with me since you can actually go outside in the evening and it is nice and cool unlike vegas where it is still a nice 100 degrees even at 8 o'clock at night.

We also got to head down to good ol' Modesto to visit Kara and her cute little girls. Maybe someday these two will be great friends like their mommies:) Of course we also hit up El Rosal I can't go to Modesto with out a little fix from El Rosal.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Fun with Taygen

These are just a few random cute pics of Taygen.

Proof that Taygen is a little garbage disposal he is having calamari at a fancy restaurant. Although to him it probably just tastes like chewy french fries.

After playing outside in the sand box and a very good amount of sand clinging to him. I tried to rinse his hands off but he decided it would be better to just hop in the tiny little sink.

Despite Cj's disapproval Taygen decided that Norah gets to have all the fun with the princess dress up shoes. So he slipped on a pair and did a few laps around the room. I mean at least they are blue right:)

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Beating the Heat in Vegas!

The summer heat in Vegas is in full swing and this year since Taygen is now our little wild boy not going outside because it is hotter than an oven is not an option. So in order to avoid spending the day having him drag me over to the door and pull on the handle and then the following temper tantrum because mommy says no sorry honey we can't go outside. I bought us a little mini pool to lessen the blow of the heat. So today we spent the morning outside playing in the H2O whether it be Taygen wanting to be a big boy and fill up the pool himself or playing in the bucket with Oliver. I'm not real sure who loves the water more Oliver or Taygen.

The hose is always a huge hit with Taygen even if the water isn't coming out, but when it is:)

Taygen will throw the toys into the bucket and Oliver loves to try and fish them out.

Taking a break with a special treat from mommy a little Capri Sun.

Monday, July 7, 2008

4th of July in Huntington Beach

We spent a fun filled weekend down in Huntington Beach for the 4th of July. The weather was a lovely 75 which was a nice relief from the horrible vegas desert weather. We went to a fourth of July parade downtown and saw all the very interesting people:) and lots of horses which Taygen calls awggies ( doggies) anything with four legs is a dog. That evening we spent time out at the block party also just following around all the awggies. Then to top it all of we went down to the beach and watched the fireworks they light off the pier. We spent the rest of our weekend enjoying the nice weather and making a trip down to the beach so Taygen could play in the waves. He walked straight into the water without even flinching and tried to drag mommy and daddy further in, but we made him stay close to the shore. Between enjoying the waves and watching all the awggies run around Taygen really enjoyed spending time down on the beach. What can I say he is my son we both love the beach:)