Gold Family

Changes

2011-10-19T13:05:00.014-06:00

Time just seems to be just passing by so fast lately.

Tatton is in pre-school. He's only three and most days

when he's running around, naked sometimes, not listening

to his Mom, he is a true, all boy, three year old. But he has grown up

in so many ways lately and I want him to slow down! He has become

more mature, that's not exactly the right word but that's

all I can think of to describe how he's becoming a better big

brother to Lincoln, and he really takes care of Harrison and is

extremely independent these days.

Lincoln has come into his own little person the last few months.

He used to be pretty quite, and so easy going. And he is still

very shy and just does his own thing. But when he gets mad,

usually when it involves his big brother, he can give looks

that kill and he usually finds something to throw in his little

fit of rage. Not that I condone his behavior but I'm glad

that he is coming out of his shell. I love hearing him start to talk.

It's fun to be able to get an idea of what's going on in his little head.

He's so sweet asking "where's tatto? where's tatto?" when

he's gone at school and

saying "hay-hee. hay-hee"(harrison) all the time!

He is everywhere now, I can't believe that just in

June when we went to Disneyland that he was still crawling.

Now that he can walk and run, he

puts right along with Tatton, he just thinks he's as big a boy as him too.

Harrison has grown so much and it kills me that he's not

just a tiny newborn anymore. He has been smiling since day one

and he just grins all day long, even with two big brothers

loving him all day. Shortly after Lincoln was born, I really felt like

we were needing to have another baby soon.

So I stopped breastfeeding Lincoln around 6 mo

because I knew the next baby was supposed to be close to Lincoln.

Aaron and I didn't know what to expect with having 3 boys,

especially when we really had a hard time with Tatton

getting used to Lincoln. Tatton loved Lincoln, there were

sweet moments, but there were more just flat out hit, kick, pinch..

anything moments of sheer dislike with him. It's been

a long road getting those two to a more loving relationship.

Needless to say there was nervousness about bringing another baby

into our family, but we also felt like we were doing the right thing.

And as it turns out, both Tatton and Lincoln l-o-v-e Harrison.

They just adore him, want to hold him constantly, bring

blankets and binkies to him, sing to him all day. Harrison

has truly been such a blessing in our home because

he has brought Tatton and Lincoln together and is somehow

a little peacemaker amongst crazy boys.

Introducing Harrison...

2011-08-09T15:21:00.012-06:00

Harrison Arthur is here!

Harrison was born August 2nd at 8:13am.

He weighed 8lb. 3oz. and was 19.5in. long.

Everything went well and we have had so much fun having him here.

I can honestly say that Tatton and Lincoln LOVE their little brother!

Lincoln was a little uncertain at first. He was more interested in

the rocking chair and all the gadgets in the room. But he

finally warmed up and held him.

Tatton was so excited to hold Harrison! He wanted to just do

everything. He's been such a good big brother.

8 Weeks and Counting...

2011-06-17T08:27:00.002-06:00

Well I had my 32 week appointment yesterday and I cannot believe I'm down to the 2 week apart appointments now. This pregnancy has flown by, really. My excitement isn't any less, but I think I've just been used to life with 2 boys and going about with a prego belly and then all of the sudden time has snuck up on us! This little guy has been growing like a weed, all my boys have had these ginormous, plump cheeks in their ultrasounds and he has topped them both... and there are still 8 weeks to add to them! He is also weighing 5lb. 9oz. already which puts a little fear in me that he could be a chunk by the time August comes around. I'm hoping he comes a little sooner, but who doesn't always wish for sooner than later? I'm thinking I better start making those birp cloths and blankets I was planning on making when it got closer...

The Sniffer and The Shoes

2011-06-15T22:42:00.002-06:00

(Still no internet or pictures, fyi)
I don't know about at your home but I've got some interesting things going on at mine. Tatton has turned into a sniffer... extreme sniffer. He will sniff our breath and demand to know what we were eating, especially if it was chocolate. He sniffs out popcorn a mile away so my Mom has learned that the popcorn needs to be popped after Tatton has been long asleep otherwise that turns into a late night popcorn snack fest. He will come into the kitchen asking what that dinner smell is, or want to know what smell is coming from the microwave. He can smell everything and wants to know what it is because I think he feels shorted if he's not eating it too. Then there are the outdoor smells as well... but that's a whole other story. Then Lincoln lately is OBSESSED with shoes. This poor little guy I think wakes up with his whole day revolved around putting shoes on. He will surprisingly usually just get his on and on the right feet, but as soon as he sees a pair of Tatton's around he has to take his off and work on getting big brothers' on. I would have expected the tantrums he throws when he can't get a shoe on or that the laces aren't tied more from a girl, but no. He can get pretty upset when he gets frustrated with a pair. Needless to say the bending over with the prego belly to pick up endless shoe trails around the house is becoming quite the chore. But oh well, life here would be pretty boring without my little nose detector and shoe thief!

Catch Up

2011-05-14T10:52:00.003-06:00

Well to catch you up a bit on our lives lately... we moved back in with Roy and Keebler so that we could save up for Aaron to go back to school this fall. He loves working at the greenhouse and so he's decided to go into Ornamental Horticulture. What is that you may ask? It's basically learning all the ins and outs of the whole growing process of plants, and just all you would want to know about plants and more so he can further his career in the greenhouse business. Anyway, we kinda feel like bums living here and having a third baby, but what can you do. So we're living in the compound and our computer won't connect to the internet for some reason? Obviously I can use my mom and dad's for the internet but all our pictures are on our computer. Hence, I'll have to add pictures later some day when it's all working. In other news Tatton is riding his fine bike that we purchased at the d.i. for $5, Lincoln is SO close to walking and the baby is just growing right along. It's always nice to finally feel the little guy moving around! I'm so glad we've finally had some warm days and the boys smell of sunscreen. I love it! We are itching for summer and hopefully soon I'll be able to post some pictures of our summer adventures!!

And Then There Were Three...

2011-02-12T12:06:00.003-07:00

Well, Aaron and I have been dying to let people know that we've got a third little peanut on the way!! I am 14 weeks, which is the longest we've ever waited to spill the news, but we were waiting until we knew if it was a boy or girl this time. So, drum roll please, at my appointment yesterday we found out that it's another little boy! I can't say I'm disappointed by any means, since there is nothing but sheer joy about awaiting for a sweet little baby to come, boy or girl. But we were not surprisingly hoping for a girl this time, hopefully the 4th time will be the charm. My dad actually watched Tatton and Lincoln while Aaron and I were at the appointment yesterday. Afterwards I called my dad to let him know the news because Tatton has been quite determined that he was going to get a baby sister (there was a small fit that followed) But as I told my dad the news he just laughed for a minute, knowing that we were hoping for the opposite, and said, "Well, the world is in great need of good missionaries." And with that I felt a complete change of outlook on my being a mother and raising these soon to be three little missionaries. So although I don't get to buy any pink this go around, we are extremely excited to have a new little guy come into our family. I cannot wait until that special time in the hospital. I so look forward to that mini-vacation in the hospital, kind of like at the temple, there's not interruptions, no stress of daily life at home, it's just me and Aaron spending the most wonderful time with our new baby. Needless to say August 11th can't come soon enough!!

A Little Help!!

2011-02-04T10:02:00.004-07:00

I am looking for a wire sewing form like these ones for example:

or even smaller "jewelry" type ones that could sit on a table. I'm decorating for New Beginnings in Young Women's at the end of this month. If you know of anyone nearby that has one that I could borrow, I would greatly appreciate it!! Our theme for the evening is Personal Progress: A Pattern for Life... and we're decorating with sewing stuff just in case you wondering why I'm randomly looking for such an item.

Cutting Back

2011-02-02T16:39:00.002-07:00

Yep, we're cutting back in this house.

Apparently we don't need a crib, Lincoln can just sleep on the floor.

And who needs a special stool in the bathroom when you

can just do this instead:

And toys, who needs toys? Certainly not our kids.
Lincoln is now at the crawling, standing up on anything,
going through every drawer and cupboard phase. So
we thought who needs Santa to come and bring toys
when you can just play with everything in the kitchen!

5 Years Today...

2010-11-18T09:48:00.004-07:00

and couldn't be happier!

Meet Buzz, Woody.......and Jack

2010-11-13T18:51:00.005-07:00

Halloween this year was a lot of fun!

We started out with doing a little pumpkin carving,

got dressed up as the coolest duo around, Buzz and Woody,

went Trick-or-Treating in the rain with all the cousins,

stayed entertained in the rain while the kids stocked up on candy,

and got a puppy!! What little boy could ask for a better Halloween?!

Jack, our little chocolate lab. aka: Tatton and Lincoln's best buddy!

It's That Time of Year

2010-10-04T13:42:00.006-06:00

Well it's officially October so the fall and halloween decor are finally up! I LOVE this time of year. I love the colors, the cool weather, the sweaters and coats, the leaves, the decorations, high school football games, pumpkins and canning. So here are a few things we've done this fall to celebrate the season so far...

My Mom found these little masks, unfortunately I missed the picture of my her wearing it, but Tatton thought they were pretty cool.

Lincoln trying on my cat ears from last year
We should have waited a year for Tatton to be Nacho, he willingly wore the wig around finally.
Seems like someone always has to get sick this time of year. It was Lincoln this go around, with a combination of cutting his first tooth. I love snuggling with this little guy.
The Circus, need I say more...
Camping up in the Uintah's, the leaves were gorgoeus, just you wait for the next picture.
This was the scene of our hike while camping, pretty huh.
Us on the hike. Might I mention that we went on a weekday with the fam so Aaron wasn't able to get off work, hence the look of a single Mom.
Me and my 2 favorite little guys.

Tatton being a cute big brother.

The canning extravaganza. It's been harder to can this year with the little guys. So Aaron and I usuallly wait until they are asleep, and then we end up canning into the wee hours of the night to get them done. It's been a lot of fun. The salsa night with our friends Natalie and Sheldon has been by far the most entertaining. We were up til about 4am and you should not can when you are that drowsy, somehow the salsa did turn out.

Milk for Trade

2010-09-21T15:48:00.003-06:00

Last Friday night Aaron and I went to the football game and left the kiddos with my Mom. Lincoln is pretty stubborn when it comes to eating from a bottle, but when he's finally hungry enough he'll do it. So Aaron and I came back from the game and were in the kitchen saying hi to Tatton, and talking with my Mom, my sister Kristin and my sister-in-law Lauren, Lincoln was asleep in bed. They were all making pies and cinnamon rolls for a Thanksgiving dinner we were having the next day while Royce and Lauren were visiting from Connecticut. Amidst all this I hear...
mom "did you confess yet?"
kristin "kathy!"
me "confess what? what are you guys talking about?"
kristin "nothing"
i go and pick up George, my nephew, Kristin's baby.
mom "oh look, see now you guys can trade, a little tit for tat"
me "what?"
kristin "kathy!"
mom "Lincoln was just screaming and would not take his bottle"
me "he wouldn't drink any of it? did you finally just feed him some food like bananas?"
mom "well he was so hungry and wouldn't take anything, and he was just screaming"
kristin "so i said just give him to me and i'll feed him"
mom "and it was like instant relief, it was just what he wanted"
kristin "he looked at me for a second, like you're not my mom, but he ate"
me "you nursed Lincoln?!"
kristin "yup, he tanked up and went right to bed, and he's still asleep"
me "oh my goodness, poor kid. he's got a little kristin in him now!"
mom "see so you should go feed george now, do some milk trading."

Needless to say I did NOT feed George. I have a strict my kids only policy... I don't know how Kristin did it. I don't think I could feed anyone else's child. I'm grateful because she calmed down my child and fed him, but I don't know, it still baffles me.

Tattonisms

2010-09-10T14:01:00.004-06:00

Tatton is talking really good, we think, for a 2 1/2 year old. But of course there are some little things he says that aren't quite right but they are just too cute to correct right now. A few that I want to remember are:

"Fik-its"= Fix it

"I wanna hold you"= I want you to hold me

"To finity yond"= To Infinity and Beyond (Buzz Lightyear)

"Yestertime"= A hybrid of yesterday and last time

"Remembertime"= A hybrid of remember and last time

"Happy Birfday Time"= Happy Birthday

"back-da-boos"= caboose

"skoo mees"= excuse me

And lately he's been using Kara or Aaron instead of Mom or Dad. It completely throws me off and just makes me laugh. For some reason to hear it from Tatton's little voice is just so funny. He is learning songs in nursery now and it's completely taken me by suprise how fast he'll learn them. Out of nowhere he has learned I Am a Child of God, Book of Mormon Stories, Follow the Prophet and a Turtle Song. I just can't believe how big he's getting.

A House of Order

2010-08-25T14:21:00.004-06:00

Everyday it seems like there is so much I want to get done, and I think I only accomplish half of it, on a good day. I can't believe how much time Aaron and I had before kids, holy cow that was a luxury. I thought we were busy then, boy was I wrong. When Tatton came along I felt like I had no time, I was constantly carrying around and taking care of a baby all day. I look back now and realize how spoiled he was. My goodness did I use my time unwisely then. Now with Tatton and Lincoln, I say I hardly have time to get anything done which is more true than it has been now but I know I can do more if I become more organized. And I have to become better with my time because I'm pretty sure that we'll be even busier the older our kids get and the more we have which is a little frightening! ah! So I'm saying so long to the days of still being in jammies at lunch time, no more waiting until I don't have clean underoos to do laundry, no more going to bed with dirty dishes still in the sink, no more scattered and cluttered craft room, no more Tatton finding a dead bug on the floor and telling me that I need to vacuum!! I'm sure you guys think I'm gross, it's really not that bad all the time, some days are just worse than others. I've seen so many crafty cute ways to be organized, which unfortunately involves a lot of time (that I don't have) to sit down and make all those crafty things first, and then go through the house to organize it. But alas, that's my goal. My house is getting a complete makeover and I'm going to schedule and plan out my days and hopefully feel good at the end of the day knowing that I did everything that I needed and wanted to. "A house of order" really is important and I've slowling been learning what that means to me. Being organized and being able to stay on top of the cleaning/laundry and start each day clean means I don't have to spend most of the morning cleaning up from the night before which means I have more time to devote to actually playing with my kids and at nap time I can have some me time to scrapbook, blog, sew, create things and not feel guilty, instead of using that time to do laundry or mop the floor or something that I don't look forward to. Anyway, that's my rant about that. I wish there were more hours in the day, less sleep time and more awake time to just do everything, and more sleeptime for kids would be nice. But since that's not going to happen I'm going to make the best of the time I do have... starting tomorrow, since I've used the boys' naptime to blog and search out some crafty organizational things today...

Summer Pictures cont. Yellowstone Style

2010-08-04T14:19:00.015-06:00

So this was our little trip to Yellowstone this year. We were really excited to take the boys; it was Lincoln's first visit, and Tatton was old enough to be excited to see the animals. We had a lot of fun, here are some pictures. Again, I'm sorry there are a lot but it's nothing compared to what was on my camera so you really are getting the short version I promise!

All of us at the Bear and Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone which is a LOT of FUN!

Again, at the Bear and Wolf place.

Swimming in the Firehole River in Yellowstone.

Classic Old Faithful...

Lincoln showing off his new Yellowstone shirt.

The boys playing in the tent with their cute little Yellowstone jammies on.

It got pretty chilly in the night but Lincoln stayed warm all snuggled up and slept really well.

Happy Birthday to me!

I think Tatton liked the cake more than me.

Boy Scout skills at work...

The kiddos enjoying some good old fashion ice cream.

Elk

Yellowstone Lake

Tatton and I on our romantic walk on the beach.

Tatton reflecting on life...

These back-packs are one of THE greatest inventions. The cargo is pretty cute too!

Lincoln turned 4 months just before our trip so this is his first go around with rice cereal. Most of it came right back out.

You can't actually see the bear from this unzoomed picture but there is a ginormous grizzlie at the top of the hill about to walk into the tree line to the left. On the other side of those trees are some picnic tables that we were eating dinner at. Luckily Aaron and I felt extremely uncomfortable and had an uneasy feeling while eating. We hurried and packed up and got in the car, drove about ten feet to the other side of the trees and saw the grizzlie. If we would have been there for 5 more minutes, we would have made friends with a bear.

A momma bear and her 2 cubs up by Dunraven Pass.

We went on a stage coach ride up in Roosevelt. Tatton had a blast.

A blurry picture of us on the stage coach ride.

Tatton actually got car sick and puked on our way to the stage coach ride and our bags were at camp so we had to hurry and go buy him some clothes at the gift shop before our ride, hence his awesome way too big lovely shirt.

We got to see some rangers pelting this black bear that was eating on the side of the road. The rangers wanted to scare it away from the road, and make it afraid of humans. We were just happy to see a black bear, and have front row seats from the car to see it all.

Deer

Buffalo

We always stop at this museum on the north end of town in Jackson Hole before driving the last stretch into the Tetons and Yellowstone. Good times

Tatton out stretching his legs at the museum, it was a long drive.

Summer Pictures

2010-08-03T14:21:00.009-06:00

Honestly it was hard to narrow it down to just these pictures. Ugh I'm so behind with our summer. But anywho I'll make a short comment with the photos to make this as painless as possible. We've had a lot of fun this summer and it's still not over!

A visit to Grandpa Creamer's house.

Memorial Weekend up in Park City. My whole family went up to the Chateux Hotel up in Deer Valley to spend the night and swim. It was a lot of fun, crowded, but fun!

Of course we hit up the Outlets the next day in Park City. We had two of my nieces Kelsi and Rylee with us and we HAD to buy these sweet shoes for Rylee because they were only 3 dollars, Mom and Dad were not as excited.

Aaron and I at the Chateux again actually, rooms in the off season were only 80 bucks so surprise to me I thought we were just going to dinner in Park City, but no. He arranged the whole thing with my parents to watch the kids and somehow packed and snuck my bag into the car with everything I needed... including my pump for Lincoln, thank heavens he was a thinker!!

Just your typical bath time but Tatton got more than he bargained for poking Lincoln's belly button.

Tatton's sweet scooter. The helmet and elbow pads were completely necessary.

He loves his helmet and wears it around the house constantly which has been beneficial.

My working conditions... no wonder dinner is so very difficult to make!

Little Lincoln is slowling growing out of his straight jacket and wedges. This is what he looks like in the morning. I think he might be ready to move one without them.

Our Fourth of July Festivities. We had Aaron's family over for a bbq, and Aaron couldn't resist putting fireworks in the cake. The kids thought it was pretty cool.

Lincoln is just growing up! It seems like it's going by so much faster since my time is juggled between taking care of and managing Tatton, and trying to play and spend time with Lincoln. I'm so glad he's just a happy baby that goes along with his silly big brother!

Tatton and Lincoln's Sunday Fourth of July outfits. I thought they were pretty cute, Aaron thinks they are girly vests, oh well. Either way they're still cute boys.

This was on Saturday July 3rd. We went to Morgan's Freedom Celebration instead of the traditional Liberty Days. It's hard to break a tradition but since we live in Morgan, we figured we might as well start participating in Morgan activities. We went to the breakfast, Tatton played games and climbed in a big air castle, and went to the booths and watched the parade! Good times

My cute little Mom and Dad

I knew it was going to happen eventually. Tatton is feeding his baby just like Mommy...

Lincoln is finally sitting up a lot better in his Bumbo chair, although this picture doesn't do him justice.

All of us at a Raptors Game with Natalie and Sheldon. We had a lot of fun at the old ball game.

As previously mentioned, our friends Natalie and Sheldon.

This is one of our nephews Christian who had a sleepover with Tatton. Tatton was in heaven to have someone more his age just play with him and jump in the pool with!

Me and Lincoln, watching Christian and Tatton play... comfortably in the shade.

Tatton's favorite thing to do at Fat Cats: take a ride on Nemo.

So this was a first today...

2010-07-30T14:53:00.003-06:00

After Tatton was done eating lunch I heard this little comment: "I wanna go read stories, I'm ready for bed." I asked him to make sure if he was ready to go night night? And he said "Yeah, I'm pretty tired." So with that we went potty, read stories and he was off for his nap!

Another little story I want to remember because we didn't have our camera with us was last Sunday at Gma Gold's house. We had a bbq and we were all just sitting in the backyard talking. The hose was on watering some trees. So of course eventually Tatton's head was wet, then his shirt, and finally his pants. So we stripped him down to just his undies and let him go for it all with the water. Then somehow he ended up taking his undies off and was sitting in the big mud puddle of the tree bare bummed. He stood up, and started smearing mud all over his belly and legs and arms and then pronounced, "I'm black!"

Wishful Thinking...

2010-06-11T16:02:00.003-06:00

So today I asked Tatton if he would want another baby. I was just curious what his response would be, if he really liked this whole Lincoln baby entering his life. He just watched tv and said "no." I asked him again, that he really wouldn't want another baby brother? And then, again just watching tv, not even turning his head, he told me "a baby sister." I've never even talked about a girl so I was really surprised he even knows the difference between brother or sister. Anyway, you and me both kiddo, one day hopefully there is a girl that comes into our family. In the meantime, all you ladies with girls you should check out this blog that I stumbled upon today. This girl makes really cute headbands, I want some of them. I might have to ask her if she can make adult versions!

www.princesscouturedesigns.blogspot.com

Little A and Lincoln

2010-05-20T12:19:00.004-06:00

What a busy weekend we had! On Friday night Aaron and Tatton participated in their first "Father and Son Campout" with the ward for the Priesthood Commemoration. So Tatton and Aaron packed up the tent and sleeping bags and headed out. I must say that I was not going to be surprised if at 11 o'clock at night they walked back in the door, but they never did. They survived the night. I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall of that tent to really see how that went. But they had a lot of fun and Tatton was so excited to go camping! Then Saturday morning our Young Women had a Girls Camp Fundraiser Breakfast, held at the park where all the boys were sleeping in their tents. So bright and early we had to go set up to cook breakfast... especially for all those boys. The girls had a lot of fun and we had a good turn out to support them and earn money for camp! After all the cleaning up of the breakfast then we met up with our friends Natalie and Sheldon and headed to the Zoo! It was finally a warm Saturday so we took advantage of it. Tatton was so excited to see Zuri, the baby elephant. She is pretty cute and still really small. I thought she'd be bigger by now but anyway. Then Sunday we got to visit with Lauren and finally see Little Adalynn for the first time! She is a cutie, it's fun to have little babies the same age. Her and Lincoln are about 5 weeks apart.

On the way to the Zoo... Tatton put his own stunna shades on.

Poor Lincoln, he's not old enough yet to know what's going on... why he's being carried around in the sun drinking from a bottle with a ton of different noises. He was a trooper though.

Sheldon was excited for the Zoo.

And finally the two little babies. I love the distinction between girl and boy in these pictures. They could not have been decked out in more pink and blue. They are both smiling at their own Mommies, how cute is that!

I had to get a picture of the legs, sorry Lauren! They were just too irresistible.

What a Poopy Day...

2010-05-13T14:31:00.003-06:00

CAUTION: You may not want to read this post or view the pictures if you've got a weak stomache.

Tatton's nap time again turned into one of, what I like to call, Tatton's Shenanigan #763. He was all tucked in bed and had been quiet in his room for about 20 minutes so I peeked in to make sure he was covered up for his nap. But to my dismay he wasn't asleep sound in his bed. Instead he was painting himself with his own feces. Of course I was extremely upset, but I had to grab the camera first to capture the evidence for Aaron when he got home. Then I began the bathing and cleaning festivities. Might I say that Resolve carpet cleaner works very well, and I'm a big fan of Shout stain remover.

This was the official crime scene.

And this is Tatton now wanting to take a bath. He was saying it was stinky and gross but why that didn't stop him earlier is beyond me.

Missing: Thomas the Train

2010-05-12T15:14:00.007-06:00

This picture really says it all. Yesterday Tatton could not find his Thomas the Train and he was quite heartbroken about it. We looked everywhere, literally. I mean I searched the house up and down trying to find it. So I made him a little "missing" poster to put on the fridge so that when Aaron got home he could help look for it too.

Tatton decided he wanted to wear the poster instead of putting it on the fridge. That didn't work so well. Anyway so we got the poster on the fridge and I continued looking for his train. Finally about an hour later I went over to close the blinds and noticed these guys hiding behind a picture.

I immediately remembered Tatton playing with his trains behind the picture the day before and that's where he left them. Needless to say it was a joyous reunion with his Thomas the Train toys.

In Uncle Lewis' Voice... "the BLESSING!"

2010-05-10T14:19:00.009-06:00

Lincoln was blessed last Sunday. No we didn't plan to have it on Mother's Day. Our stake ended up having Stake Conference the first Sunday in May, and so fast sunday fell on Mother's Day. We thought about doing it in June instead, but his little tux would NOT fit at all by then. It was a wonderful day surrounded by family. Lincoln was a trooper and didn't make a peep during the blessing. Tatton on the other hand threw a HUGE fit that Daddy left and Papa left. He was rolling in the aisle, diving under benches, screaming, crying for Papa. It was awful. Aaron sat down after the blessing and asked how he did and all I could do was shrug. I hardly heard a word of what we said. I was really sad, but he filled me in, and our family told me he did a good job so that's all that matters. Still a good day in our book. Lincoln has been starting to smile the past two weeks or so but I never catch it on the camera in time. I caught a little bit of this one though!

All four of us after church. It was blazing hot in our church and Tatton has the "Tatton" red face when he gets warm.

Lincoln before church with a bit of a smirk on his face.

I love having a husband who works at a greenhouse. Yay flowers! Tatton felt the need to water them on Saturday with rubber boots and all.

About two weeks ago I was feeding Lincoln on the couch and thought Tatton was down in his room playing. I was severely mistaken. This is what I discovered when I went to change Lincoln's diaper. No more baby powder, Tatton emptied the entire bottle. It doesn't look like a whole lot, but that powder is like an inch deep on the floor. Good times...

Randy (one of many brothers) came up a few weeks ago with the kids for the weekend. Tatton and Troy are 3 months apart and they had a lot of fun together. They discovered jumping off the rock fireplace much to Papa's dismay.

This was prior to our bbq, Tatton and Troy were apparently starving because they were tanking down crackers and grapes. I wish I had filmed it because neither one of them were talking, nor did they look at each other. It was strictly eating business going on.

Nap Time Mystery

2010-04-16T14:32:00.004-06:00

Yesterday Tatton woke up from his nap, came out to the hall and this is what I saw:

So a few things. He hasn't really gotten to the phase of dressing or undressing himself so I was very surprised to see a. his undies off b. his shorts once removed and back on and c. his shorts on backwards. As you can tell by the picture he was very upset by the whole situation but I couldn't stop laughing.

Today's events weren't so funny at nap time. I went down to make sure Tatton was covered up after he'd been asleep for a bit and saw that he wasn't in his bed. He has a little tent/play hut in his room so I figured that's where he was. Sure enough Tatton was in his tent on top of his blanket asleep with poop in his pants. Needless to say his tent stunk. a lot.

Where's Tatton?

2010-04-14T14:55:00.004-06:00

Yesterday Tatton decided to go hide without me knowing. I was changing Lincoln's bum and putting him down for a nap when I realized it was suspiciously quiet. So I started calling for Tatton briefly walking by all the rooms, through the kitchen and living room. Silence. Went down to his room. Nothing. So then a bit of panick kicked in. Tatton likes to hide in the closet but sometimes once inside he can't get the door open again. So I checked there but no Tatton to be seen. I checked the front and back doors which have child proof knobs on them but I thought maybe yesterday was the day he figured them out. But no, the doors were still closed. I started walking in every room very carefully now and finally heard a little giggle from the bathroom. At first glance, there's not really anywhere to hide in the bathroom right? Wrong, there's always the good old shower to hide in... and drink apple juice in.

A few pictures from today. I think I had the same idea as just about every other Mom in Morgan. Finally a sunny, warm day=take the kids to the park. Call me unsocial but the first one we went to was ridiculously crowded. So we drove around until we found a park that didn't have massive amounts of people.

This little gem of a picture was taken while I was trying to make grilled cheese sandwhiches. I thought I got the cheese out but when I went to slice some, I couldn't find it. Then I realized why. Apparently he was too hungry to wait.

Out and About

2010-04-12T12:18:00.003-06:00

I hope everyone had a Happy Easter. I know we did. Tatton was quite excited for the Easter Bunny this year. Aaron and I enjoyed conference but we honestly weren't able to pay too much attention with the rugrats in our house. So we'll be catching up when the Ensign comes out! We went to Gold Family and Tatton Family festivities and it was SO nice to get out of the house, see the sun, get some fresh air. Trying to stay home all day everyday to keep the baby in is actually really hard. Especially when you have an energetic 2 year old and it's almost necessary to get out and go do something. So needless to say we enjoyed our Sunday out!

Tatton coloring... and eating some easter eggs. I think he cracked and ate more eggs than he colored.

For the Easter Bunny
I'm not sure what the scowl is for, but he did actually like the little basketball.

Lincoln's 1st Easter. He probably would have fit in his basket!

Tatton and Ty. Tatton LOVES playing with his cousin Ty. Sadly I'm not sure why he was handcuffed though?

The Easter Bunny Trail at my Mom's house. Oddly enough this was all my Dad's doing. He put some thought and time into this.

Last week we were having a rough day. Tatton was bouncing off the walls and so I decided to take action and get out of the house. We went to the Hill Aerospace Museum. Tatton loves to see the airplanes and helicopters. We had a lot of fun.
Getting to sit in an airplane chair. Lincoln kind of just looks like the 3rd wheel over there in the stroller. Tatton was really cute, he kept trying to point and show Lincoln the airplanes.

Tatton climbing around in the airplane. Good times.

Mommy of Two

2010-04-02T15:01:00.001-06:00

Here are some pictures from the past few weeks. Those two little boys keep me busy. It's been a lot of fun to have a baby in our home again! I'm definitely learning how to live life with two kids now. Life with Tatton was pretty easy thinking about it now. But putting Lincoln's schedule in with it has been a big change for me and Tatton. I'm learning how to do things all over again. Tatton loves his little brother, he loves to kiss him and hug him... and poke and pinch him. Hopefully that will wear off. Lincoln is seeming to be a little less fussy these days, and he's starting to sleep a little better at night. There have been some nearly sleepless nights and many tears shed in the previous weeks but I think it's getting better. I've felt completely overwhelmed at times with an active, busy body 2 year old running around and a crying baby. But the fun times have definitely outweighed the stressfull moments. Tatton has gotten so big and 2 years have really flown by so I know Lincoln will be growing up before we know it. I wish they could stay little, but yet I'm excited when they can play together, take baths together, share bunk beds, run around with each other... all of that fun brother stuff!

Lincoln's here... surprise!

2010-03-16T18:23:00.005-06:00

Our little guy came to our family on Friday March 12th at 3:11 pm. Lincoln Henry weighed 8 lb 3 oz, and was 21 in long. Surprised? We were too! We actually had plans to go to Bear Lake over the weekend, one last little family vacation with the 3 of us, but we ended up getting our baby instead! Thursday I had been having contractions but nothing major, then during the night they kept coming but they weren't painful. Then at about 5am they started getting pretty regular and some pain. So Aaron kept asking me are we having a baby today or are we going to Bear Lake?? After 2 hours of showering, cleaning, packing a bag for Tatton and packing our hospital bag we dropped Tatton off with Aaron's sister and we went to the hospital. They monitored me for hours and I thought for sure they were going to send me home since they weren't painful and I wasn't progressing. But the contractions just kept coming and my Dr didn't want me to progress too much anyway with having a c-section. So by 2 in the afternoon it was official that we'd be having our baby soon, we were in line for surgery. It was kind of crazy, we really didn't think we'd end up having our little guy on Friday, but we did! Lincoln is just the spitting image of Tatton. He is just a happy little sleeper and eater and we love having him here. Tatton has been such a good big brother and loves giving Lincoln kisses. We're finally home and it's so nice just to relax and cuddle with Lincoln. I've completely forgot how litttle they are and how much they just sleep. I love to just hold him and watch his face, he's just adorable. My mom has Tatton at her house for a few days so that I can recover and I have to say I feel a little guilty but it's so nice. Here are some pictures from the last few days.

My Day So Far...

2010-03-09T16:21:00.002-07:00

1. Mail package at Post Office. End up paying for package and an unused large, torn shipping envelope due to Tatton...
2. Registration at DMV (yes, we finally got a car, but that's a different story). Try and clean up smashed Smarties all over the floor from Tatton and apologize a million times for Tatton pulling a computer plug out of the wall.
3. After going potty at the grocery store Tatton decided last second to throw in his sticker down the toilet which at first he thought was funny, but later realized was not so funny since it was gone and threw a fit.
4. While fixing lunch Tatton proceeded to take off his pants and underwear, climb up to the kitchen chair and pee all over it.
5. During my attempt to clean up said urine, Tatton climbed up to the table, grabbed the bottle of Lysol cleaner ad squirted who knows how much into his mouth.
6. After lunch while cleaning up the dishes, Tatton decided to squat in the middle of the living room floor and relieve himself of his poop.

Naptime... check.
Doing absolutely nothing but taking some breather time for myself... check.

Potty Break

2010-03-06T15:06:00.003-07:00

Just one of the many "potty breaks" we have during the day. But this one was

too cute to not capture. Tatton is actually reading the book to Aaron.

The Car

2010-03-04T14:50:00.003-07:00

So when we were prego with Tatton, we had all the time in the world to get his room done, buy all the baby stuff, decorate his room, pack our hospital bag... it was like a fairytale looking back. Today, it's a frantic, ah crap we only have 2 weeks to get everything done before the little guy comes. It's not so much a fairytale this time. But the most difficult part or stressing part of it is that on top of just the "getting everything for baby ready" we also are desperately trying to find a new car. Why you ask? About two weeks ago on my way to work on a snowy morning, I slid around a corner on good old Morgan Valley Drive. I realized I was going wherever the car wanted to go, I had no control anymore and I knew I was headed right for a house. Luckily I hit their big pile up of snow from shoveling their driveway. But it was pure ice and so when I hit it head on, the air bags deployed, since I hit it so hard, and it launched the car into the air, not stopping it like I had hoped. So I flew my car across 15 ft in the air until it landed in these poor people's yard and slid for about another 10 ft (bonus points for taking out their garbage can too!) It didn't feel like I was going to stop anytime soon and I was headed toward a huge pinetree in their yard. Due to the landing though and probably hitting the ice bank, both of the front tires had just broken off so I finally stopped sliding 3 ft from hitting the tree. Accidents such as this are no bueno for a then 35 week old pregnant girl. From that point I was just in panick mode. I called Aaron sobbing, I had to call 911 sobbing, I had to talk to the sheriff sobbing, and sit in the ambulance sobbing. Everything seemed to be ok, but I had to go to the hospital for fetal monitoring just to make sure the baby was alright. So again, a car ride with Aaron consuling me while I sobbed, and laughed, but mostly sobbed. We got to spend the day in the hospital, Aaron drinking "hospital grape juice" while I was hooked up to monitors and watched movies. Everything is just fine, our little baby wasn't bothered at all by my dukes of hazzard moves, and I was just sore and tired for a few days. But the car was not suprisingly totalled and so now we have been on a car hunt, ugh. It's just a little added stress that we weren't expecting. There is a lot of pressure to make sure we find a good, reliable car, or suv or mini van (oh yeah) so that we can bring our baby home in our car, and not one that we're borrowing or renting. It's just a pain. But anywho, so last weekend when we found out our car was totalled for sure we started some serious shopping, going from car lot to car lot, and ksl.com people trying to find something. But nothing yet. Along with our car hunt we've tried to get every little last thing on the list for the baby, slightly redone Tatton's room, and celebrated Aaron's 26th Birthday..... we've been busy. So needless to say, one of my favorite parts of the day is when this happens:

Just some cuddling with Tatton. I was very fortunate to actually get furloughed 2 days after my accident which is very odd for this time of year at the IRS. But I couldn't have asked for a more perfect time to just be home with Tatton and somewhat resting when I can. It's a sneek peek of life after the baby comes because (shh don't tell my work) but I'm planning on quitting after the baby. I'm so looking forward to just staying home with my two little boys, well three when Aaron gets home work... Until then, the chaos will continue but only for two more weeks!

We're Alive!

2010-02-13T16:14:00.005-07:00

The pictures I promised that coordinate with this post, in no particular order...

Tatton and I down at Temple Square.
The "I Am a Child of God" floor, labor and delivery play area. It's a good thing Tatton liked the babies and was really cute with them...

Tatton on the "train ride" He stayed pretty much like this all the way to Salt Lake.

Tatton on Christmas Eve looking thrilled and sitting on the presents.

The outdoors. I just love his face in this picture.

Birthday balloons, he could have been content with just these.

Tatton eating his Birthday Cake.

Tatton really is obsessed with trains so my Mom got him a little train engineer hat and overalls so that he can be a train driver when he plays. It's pretty cute.

I can't believe it's been before Christmas since I last blogged. So to keep you from reading a ridiculously long post, I'll try and make it short and sweet to catch up on all the happenings.

Christmas & Winter:

Good times, Tatton I think understood the whole Santa thing. He loves his train that he got.

We went to see the Temple Square Lights with the Tatton Clan, minus Aaron due to work. It was a ton of fun, but freezing. We rode the "train" down to SLC and then the trax, Tatton was in heaven. And we also took the kids over to one of the church buildings that has the "I Am a Child of God" center on the top floor. They all loved that. Tatton was very cute with the babies.

Aaron and I took Tatton to the Zoo Lights, they were alright. It was again freezing and I think it's a bit overated, but Tatton still enjoyed it. There's obviously not a lot of animals out and lights are only so fun for a short period of time.

We've been playing in the snow and sledding, a classic past time of winter. When the family was up here a lot, the cousins had fun sledding together and going for rides on Grandpa's sleigh behind the horse.

Potty Training:

Everyone keeps saying that we're so ambitious to start a 2 year old boy on the potty training but it kind of happened by accident. Gma Gold sent a littly potty over and Aaron and I were just planning on storing it for awhile, maybe after the baby came, but Tatton saw it and was all over it. He started that day and has been doing really good since. I wasn't a fan of a little potty though. It grossed me out having to dump it's contents into the regular toilet and then wash it everytime. So luckily it doubles as a step stool and Tatton just uses the stool to get up the real toilet, or stands. it's much easier, and cleaner for me anyway. He loves his McQueen undies, stays dry all day even during naps, but we struggle still with pooping. He's doing better but it's always kind of a hit and miss. We've tried all the bribery possible so I'm thinking it's just something that takes a little time. We'll see. Washing some dirty undies here and there still beats changing diapers all day so I'm ok with it. If you have any suggestions, ideas or advice, we're game!

Tatton's 2nd Birthday:

Yes, our little guy is 2 already. Maybe it's just me but I can't believe it. Getting the baby stuff out lately and holding up little outfits that Tatton once wore, and then having Tatton come running in and start talking about baby brother makes it just seem even more crazy that just 2 years ago he was the baby. Now he's the big brother that's talking and testing out all the baby stuff. Anyway, Tatton loves trains so of course I made him a little cake with a train on it. My favorite part about his birthday was Tatton realizing that when we were singing Happy Birthday, we were singing to him. When we said his name he had the biggest smile on his face and started pointing to himself. It was so funny. Anyway, he blew his two little candles out and enjoyed his cake and presents.

Baby Update:

Well technically I'm only 35 weeks prego right now. My due date is March 22nd, but at our last appointment, the doc discussed that if I haven't had the baby by 39 weeks, we could pick a day during my 39th week to have him. So we've decided on March 16th, a Tuesday, a good even number, and not on St. Patty's Day. So even though I'm 35 weeks, I hopefully only have 4 weeks left. I feel like a hippo and am in a lot of pain. The baby is sitting breech right now too which doesn't help. Tatton was breech as well for awhile but I got him to flip thanks to my sister's expertise. I'm not having the same luck with this one though. I've been doing the same thing but he's still refusing to flip. So due to having to have a c-section with Tatton, the baby being breech right now, and my small heart shaped pelvis, I'm most likely going to have to have another c-section, but we'll see. Either way, we cannot wait for the new little guy to come. This pregnancy has gone by fast, but also really slow. Now I'm just to the point where I feel like I'm done. 4 weeks seems like it won't come fast enough! I think Tatton is maybe gripping the concept that baby brother is coming. He's been a big helper getting all the baby stuff out and setting up his room. He loves to give baby brother kisses and hugs and keeps saying "baby come" because that's when he gets to play more with the baby toys... i.e. the swing and bouncer have got him green with envy. He's excited to bath the baby, and thinks he's going to burp him. I was washing all the burp clothes one day and so I was showing him how they go on your shoulder. He wore burp clothes on his shoulder the rest of the day saying "burp baby." It'll be a little crazy I think with Tatton helping but we're excited.

Pictures to come...

Getting Ready for Christmas

2009-12-17T07:29:00.005-07:00

So what happens at our house when we get ready for Christmas? Eggnog is purchased. Aaron and I can drink eggnog if it's watered down a bit with some regular milk, and in small portions. But it's something that's a must need in the home this time of year. Tatton has been introduced to this beverage and is now addicted. He can tank down eggnog like no other. I thought it might be wise to buy him the low-fat version because he literally asks for eggnog all day. Now I've had to just tell him it's all gone even though we have some in the fridge so that he has it just every once in awhile.

Secondly we got our tree up. Thanks to Tatton most of the ornaments along the bottom half of the tree are rearranged daily, but I suppose that's what Christmas is when you have a toddler in the home. He loves turning the lights on. Our neighbors probably think we're weird because Tatton will go push the button to turn on the lights all throughout the day.. it's a constant battle.

Thirdly, we've been playing in the snow. Tatton has his own little toddler sled that's just his size and you can buckle him in. I keep forgetting to take the camera outside with me so there aren't any pictures of that action. And fourthly, last night we went to see Santa at the Newgate Mall. But what we encountered there was surprisingly something Tatton loved much more than Santa. They have a train that you can ride. So the first go around, I rode the little kid train with Tatton and he loved it. Best $2 spent at the mall. So we continued our shopping and were making our way to the other end of the mall to see Santa but all Tatton could talk about was either "choo-choo again" or "back to choo-choo". And I mean this was all he said over and over again. He was getting pretty desperate realizing that neither mom or dad were going to take him back anytime soon so then he started asking if papa or mama (grandma) would take him. So we finally got to Santa and he was so excited until we tried to put him on his lap. Santa told Aaron and I to come sit with him. Hence the whole Gold Family sitting on Santa's lap. Tatton warmed up a little but still kept on insisting we go back to the choo-choo. We decided that Tatton could probably handle the train by himself this time. He walked right in, went to the same red car that we rode in the first time, waited patiently for Aaron to open the door and sat right down with his hands on his lap. He LOVED it the second time, riding all by himself. He threw a rather good fit when it was over and Aaron was trying to get him to come out. All the way home he talked about the choo-choo and even this morning in his sleep he keeps mumbling choo-choo. So needless to say, I think we will be venturing back to the Newgate Mall quite a bit before the train is gone. Merry Christmas Tatton...

busy, busy, busy...

2009-12-03T20:36:00.005-07:00

Well, it's been a busy month since last time I posted anything on here. For a baby update... I've got the belly which is already uncomfortable. The little guy is doing good though, he's moving around like crazy and he weighs over a pound now. We have few names that we like but nothing for sure yet.

Aaron and I celebrated our 4th Anniversary! We must be getting old, or the fact that I'm pregnant... I don't know. Usually we have some elaborate plan, take a little get away... but this year we just stayed home, Aaron made a yummy dinner and we watched Up! with Tatton. It doesn't sound like anything fantastic but it was a perfect day for me. 4 years and I love just being home with my little family, snuggling with Aaron and playing with Tatton. The next day or night I should say, we went to the New Moon premiere. It was great... even lthough Aaron decided to become the line-butting Nazi at the theatre. We went to Layton and it was very unorganized and Aaron was determined that a group of teenagers in front of us were not going to let their 15 friends cut in line. Needless to say I was mortified and embarrassed that evening, but we got great seats in the end to watch our movie so I suppose Aaron deserves a pat on the back.

Thanksgiving was a great holiday as usual, good food and lots of it. We're lucky that our parents live so close and we can hit up both family parties on the same day. December has finally come and we're extrememly excited for Christmas. We have to get our ward christmas party out of the way that Aaron and I are in charge of which is on Saturday, and then we can have time to celebrate the countdown a little better... stress free! Tatton has become obsessed with The Polar Express, because of the "choo-choo" and Frosty the Snowman. Aaron and I have had to print off the words to the Frosty song (which is really long by the way) because Tatton requests that song to be sung at bedtime. And he tries to sing it too, it's pretty cute.

Oh, and speaking of bedtime... Tatton has moved into his big boy bed which is a little toddler bed. He's sleeping just fine it now, yay! It was a rough two weeks but we've made it. I wanted the crib to not be an issue at all when the baby came so that was one less traumatizing thing for Tatton. It seems so early for him to be in a big bed but it's working out just fine for him. I guess our little guy is growing up. I don't have a whole lot of pictures lately, I've been a slacker. The Tatton clan had family pictures taken though in November so hopefully I can snag one of those to put on here.

Halloween

2009-11-05T21:10:00.005-07:00

Alright, finally getting around to putting Halloween on here, yikes! This is our little Haunted House that we put together. Tatton helped with the sprinkles and ate a lot of the candies, he enjoyed himself. On Halloween night, we went over the Gold's for a bit, Tatton was Dumbo. Then we headed up to North Ogden for more festivities. We ate and trick-or-treated from Ryan and Racquel's house. Tatton was still Dumbo since is was quite frigid outside. Tatton ate his donut and Aaron got him candy. He had a pretty sweet set up, I don't think he had a clue what was going on. After trick-or-treating we went over to my Grandpa Creamer's house. We put Tatton in his Nacho Libre outfit since that house is a warm 80 degress all year round.

IT'S A BOY!!

2009-10-05T20:25:00.004-06:00

So it's official. The little guy was quite proud of his manhood and as soon as we started the ultrasound... there it was. I guess he felt the need to show it off so we'd quit toying with the idea of him being a girl. At our last ultrasound he was just kind of a blob, I can't believe how much he's grown since then. Today we were able to see a defined little body, it's pretty amazing. He weighs in at a whopping 6 ounces, no wonder I haven't felt him kick yet. I feel him squirming around, but no definite kick. We've been able to get Tatton to say "brother" tonight. It'll be a lot of fun for him to have a little buddy!

All Sorts of Stuff

2009-10-03T09:45:00.003-06:00

So firstly, we still cannot decide what Tatton should be for Halloween. I don't know why it's so difficult? We still really like the Nacho idea, he has the perfect little belly and chubby legs to be in tights. But we were going through some patterns that my Mom has, she always makes the grandkids' costumes, and she has a really cute pattern for a skunk. So we like that idea too. Ugh, we'll see.

Secondly we have FINALLY finished the canning projects for this year. We finished doing our pears at 3 am this morning. We are exhausted, we have been having canning marathons for the past 3 weekends. I'm not kidding, we have canned stewed tomatoes, salsa, apple sauce, apple pie filling, peaches, grape juice, grape jelly, strawberry jam, raspberry jam, apple-cinnamon jelly, pickled beats and pears. So take that food storage! We are so happy to be done, for this year. Last night Tatton was trying so hard to help us with the pears. He took a pear at a time out of the bucket and set it on the table for me to peel and took a bite out of a few of them, lil stinker. So we put in Dumbo to keep him a little entertained because it has a "choo-choo" in it and animals. He was hooked. Here is a little picture of him glued to the movie. And that's one of my blankets by the way... not Tatton's.

And thirdly, we've had yet again a little mishap with the flour. This time it was with my bread flour which is in a bucket but he was "helping" me make bread. I usually try and make bread when he is asleep but that's not always possible. So I had a helper and I knew when I had to get my 2 cups of flour out, he'd be all over it. As I was putting the first cup in the mixer, he ran to the kitchen utinsel drawer, pulled out a bunch of different tools, and started digging. Good times! It wasn't as bad as before, and he looked pretty darn cute so what can you do?

And yes, he is eating/licking the flour off the floor. Also, for those of you who know my brother Rusty, I think Tatton looks a lot like him in this picture, well atleast Rusty's baby pictures.

And fourthly... those of you who are anxiously awaiting to find out if we are having a boy or girl, we hopefully will find out on Monday, yay!

Random Things

2009-09-24T15:53:00.006-06:00

I know this is really pathetic since this is my second post in one day, but I figured since I had the time I might as well. So Tatton and I were driving down to Ogden when we ran into this on the way.Yup, only in Morgan will you get delayed in your travels due to cows crossing the road. Gotta love this little town. Tatton was in heaven though, he was "mooing" uncontrollably ad was so excited that cows were walking by his window.

On a different note, we cannot decide what Tatton should be for Halloween. We have a few ideas but cannot narrow it down. Here are the contenders in numerical order of my favorite:

1. Nacho Libre

2. Lil' Golfer

3. Monkey

4. Lion

5. Scarecrow

I couldn't fnd a toddler Nacho Libre picture, sorry.

Sleep Adventures

2009-09-24T14:25:00.004-06:00

So this is what happens when you are extremely prego tired and happen to doze off on the couch and your 20 month old son has free reign of the house for 15 minutes...

I think the pictures are self explanatory. He had a good run while it lasted! And although it was a blast cleaning up, it could have been a LOT worse. Needless to say the flour has now been put into a bucket...

Relay for Life and Other Shenanigans

2009-08-25T06:56:00.008-06:00

Tatton with his stunner shades on... I think it's just me but he looks so grown up in this picture. And the next picture would be Tatton glued to one of his Backyardigans movies. He's always liked that show but recently he will sit down and literally watch the whole movie (4 episodes in a row). It's nice sometimes when I need to get some things done, but I don't want to make too much of a habit with it...

Last weekend we got to go to Relay for Life. It's an event set up to support and raise money for the American Cancer Society. Aaron's Grandpa had cancer, Aaron's Mom has cancer and has battling it for 44 years, and Aaron' brother has had cancer. Each team runs their own booth and does an activity or sells items and all that money donated goes to the American Cancer Society. And someone from each team has to be walking around the track at all times, switching off throughout the night. This is our second year doing it with Aaron's family. Our team, who was named by his nephews... is TNT Dynamite. This year we sold big pots of flowers and lots of yummy treats! They also have a lot of auctions throughout the night with some really good, cute stuff. It was a lot of fun. Jace, one of our nephews, I think put in the most laps. Tatton put in a few laps of actually walking and running, and then a bunch of laps in the stroller while being pushed by all of us. We're glad we're able to participate and can't wait for next year. We're grateful that Mary Sue is such a trooper and fighter.

We had a BBQ on Sunday with some of Aaron's family. This is one of Jen's dogs and Tatton would not leave it alone. Up until Sunday, Tatton has been scared of dogs, upclose. But I don't know what happened, all the sudden he is now hugging and petting and giving loves to dogs. He sat on this poor dog most of the afternoon and tried to ride it. He's such a crazy kid, but atleast we're happy to see him not afraid of dogs anymore.

This is Ty, one of Tatton's favorite cousins. When I'm home with Tatton, "Ty" usually comes out of Tatton's mouth atleast once a day if not more. He loves playing with Ty and gets so excited when he sees him. It's really cute. We're glad that Ty likes playing with Tatton too, they are fun little boys.

Pictures of Our Summer

2009-08-14T12:07:00.000-06:00

Good Grief!

2009-08-08T16:04:00.005-06:00

So it appears as though I can't keep up on our blog. I have lately been trying to spend my time more wisely playing with Tatton, cleaning the house more, keeping up on laundry, cooking good dinners... the usual... so my computer time has been lacking. To briefly update you on our summer, here are a few pics from our events. I might be ambitious one of these days and do a slideshow because after having to choose just one picture from some things we've been doing I realized how much I'm having to leave out! Enjoy... (oh and our computer is being slow and snobby so the pictures are in a backwards order, most recent to oldest, fyi)

We went camping in Yellowstone last week with some of my family, the brave ones. We stayed in Grant Village and yes I think we were all a little worried about bears entering our tents. Tatton on the otherhand, played in the dirt 24/7.

The Clan...Rusty, Jayden, Challise, Talon, Andrea, Rhett, Grandpa Roy, JT, Grandma Kathy, Tatton, Hannah, Me and Aaron!

Our little walk around West Thumb Geyser.

Tatton, happy on the boat at Jenny Lake. For some crazy reason, we took the boat ride across Jenny Lake and then hiked back. It said it was only 2.7 miles, but we all think it was much longer. It was awful, pretty views, but awful... luckily Aaron had the shmoe on his back, yikes!

Just a day at home. Tatton putting pots on his head and then hitting the pot and making himself laugh...

So this would be the kid pool at Aaron's family reunion which is always held at his Grandma's house. It was ridiculously warm and we didn't bring Tatton's swimsuit. But we figured that with his hot little bod it didn't matter, he needed to cool off. He ended up marking his territory, a few times, in the pool so he had it all to himself.

Tatton and his best friend "B" the Beaver. We went camping in the Uintah's over the 4th of July and at the Bear River Ranger Station, my Mom bought him a beaver stuffed animal and it has been his little pal ever since. He doesn't go anywhere without it, he sleeps with it, and takes it for rides with him on the "choo choo."

My big 25th Birthday...party.

Aaron gave Tatton the hose and he played with it forever. He drenched himself and managed to get Mom and Dad a little wet too.

Aaron's sister Sharon gave us this little recliner and we love it. It does recline but Tatton's feet don't even reach the foot rest yet. He sits on it all the time to watch movies and read books. I think it just looks so funny, like a little old man in his chair.

Tatton reading again. This is when we were camping in the Uintah's. Of all the things he could be doing, he's sitting outside the tent reading a book.

Visiting at Grandma's house. I have no idea what he was doing but I'm glad I caught it.

This is Aaron and I during one of our late night wall paper demolition and painting marathons until 3 am on the house. Obviously to the painting stage...

The Zoo, there were so many pictures from that day but Tatton's face at this moment was classic. He rode the monkey on the merry-go-round and he was SO excited. He had a lot of fun.

Moving...

2009-06-22T22:10:00.003-06:00

This is the little house that we're renting in Morgan. We've been a bit busy the past few weeks tearing down wallpaper, painting and cleaning. But we finally moved in last week and are now living the life of unpacking boxes and getting all situated. We've taken more pictures which I will get on here soon. But the computer is still at Roy and Keebs so blogging is kind of a hit and miss. Aaron says we have to get all unpacked first before we bring the computer over... otherwise I won't get anything done during the day... which is true, he knows me too well!

Tatton has adjusted just fine. He has the biggest room in the house and the basement all to himself. He's still exploring his new territory, opening every cabinet and drawer just to familiarize himself with his new surroundings... little stinker! It's been fun though to have our own place again and to make it our own.

Hill Aerospace Museum

2009-05-28T07:52:00.004-06:00

So I'm furloughed. And it's getting to the point where Tatton and I need to start getting out more and find things to do this summer. Otherwise, we'll get bored cooped up in the house. And he has a LOT of energy! So I thought, airplanes!! And the museum is FREE! It was, if I may say, a hit. I let him walk everywhere with the monkey back-pack leash (which was our first outing with it), instead of just putting him in the stroller. He loved it, he ran everywhere and just said "wow" to all the airplanes and waved to all the manikins. Poor kid was probably really confused why there were people in glass boxes. He was tuckered out though by the end of it, that was a lot of walking for such a little tyke. I think we'll venture there some more, but we've got plenty of other places to visit this summer as well... next up is the Zoo. I can't believe we haven't made it there yet, but it's next on the list!!

Spring and Tatton (a little slideshow to get caught up)

2009-05-26T14:45:00.002-06:00

Life With a Little Tatton

2009-04-01T20:43:00.005-06:00

The toilet paper monster!

Didn't know he could reach that lamp... nap time didn't go so well that day...

da da da da da da da da Bat Man!!

A day shopping in Park City. Forgot the stroller and he had to walk everywhere!!

St. Patty's Day and the Leprechaun!!

Tatton's official birthday Radio Flyer Wagon, thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

Tatton has turned into quite the little stinker lately. He is busy to say the least, and has developed a funny little personality. He is still into everything, as you can tell, and has to walk everywhere... on his own. Very rarely do we get him to hold our hands, he's very independent. Tatton's had about a month and half worth of ear infections and we're on the last antibiotic and if it doesn't work, then he's gettin' the tubes. With all his mischief lately, he's been a little ornery and dizzy, but hopefully that will be taken care of soon. We want him back to his usual self who is happier but unfortunately not calmer...

Disney On Ice

2009-03-15T13:07:00.005-06:00

We got the chance to go see Disney On Ice! Toni and the kids, Challise and Jayden, Gabby, Tatton and myself. Tinker Bell was a hit with the girls, and the ginormous alligator from Peter Pan had Tatton a little worried. It was really fun to watch the dancing. Tatton enjoyed the popcorn, a lot... he even tried eating it from the floor!! He got into the music eventually and did a little dancing and clapping. Thanks girls for going, it was fun, and we'll have to plan some more activities for the summer...

Grandpa Creamer

2009-02-17T17:43:00.003-07:00

I have the cutest Grandpa ever and yesterday my Mom, Tatton and myself went to visit him. He hasn't seen Tatton in awhile so he got a kick out of him walking and saying "uh-oh" over and over. My Grandpa just turned 88 and he's still going strong. He is so funny to talk with and listen to him tell stories of the old days. Tatton is a little shy with him, but very curious about his wheel chair, so we need to do better about visiting more often. We also got to see my cousin Heather's twin girls Hadley and Kennedy. They are just a month older than Tatton. They were all being a little shy but eventually they warmed up, Hadley was still a little frightened by Tatton though. Those girls are so cute, and I loved their outfits..."thing 1 and thing 2." I was so glad to see Tatton have some interaction with someone his age, he normally doesn't really get to play with other babies so we'll have to come play again!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2009-02-15T21:19:00.007-07:00

So our weekend ended up a lot different than planned. I had this whole big plan to surprise Aaron this year. Ok so the itinerary was to go as follows... My mom and dad were watching Tatton for us and Friday evening I was going to have the car all packed ready to go, Aaron was going to be blindfolded, and we would start driving to Logan. I hadn't decided where we were going to eat, either Cafe Sabor or I think it's called Hamilton's but I could be wrong. Anyway, so after dinner Aaron would be yet again blindfolded as I drove him to our Penthouse Condo on the shores of Bear Lake. Then on Saturday I would surprise him again by driving him up to Beaver Mountain to go snowboarding. The biggest reason I was so excited for this weekend was because Aaron and I have been waiting 3 years to go on a snowboarding date. It may sound silly but we both love to snowboard and we haven't been together yet. A possibility for our honeymoon was going to be a snowboard trip somewhere in Canada but Aaron clumsily had to break his foot that fall. So the first year we were married he couldn't snowboard because his foot was still healing. Then came summer and he broke his other foot so that winter, still no snowboarding because that foot was still healing. Then the next winter I was pregnant with Tatton. So this year is finally our chance that we can actually go snowboarding together. So back to the story, on Friday morning though I awoke feeling very ill, nausea. I thought maybe I was just really hungry so I got ready, ate some toast and headed to work. By 10 o'clock I could not handle it anymore, I left work and barely made it home in time to collapse on the couch. I was so sick, but even more than that, I was just plain mad that I was sick because all my plans went down the drain... along with the vomit. As the day went on I was convinced that maybe I would feel better soon so we decided that we still might as well go stay at the condo. If I was going to be sick in bed, I might as well be sick away from Tatton and in a king size bed. So I had to ruin the surprise and tell Aaron that we were staying somewhere and he had to help pack the bags. We got on the road and he had to drive because I was in so much pain. So another surprise out the window, he knew we were headed to Logan. I knew I couldn't eat, but Aaron still needed dinner but I couldn't go sit down in a restaurant. We had to get a to go order or drive-thru. Aaron decided on Chili's. We got the food, stopped at Hastings to get a few videos and another surprise gone when I told him we had to go to Bear Lake. The condo was beautiful and the view of the lake was really pretty. I was able to keep some soup down so the night was shaping up. I was still mad that I was sick but we did perhaps discover a new favorite movie. From the guys that made Napoleon Dynamite, they have unleashed another classic called The Sasquatch Gang. It was hilarious, well worth the purchase. By 2 in the morning I was starting to feel somewhat better and able to fall asleep. In the morning I felt a little better and was starving. So very stupidly, Aaron and I ate left over Chili's for breakfast. Ugh, I can't believe we did that. I knew I would immediately regret that decision but it tasted so good and Southwestern Egg Rolls are one of my all time favorites! Anyway, so we headed home with my tummy still a little uneasy, but doing well. We stopped at s.e.i. on our way out of Logan. It's a little scrapbook store that I've wanted to go to forever but have never made the trip. I was in heaven!! Aaron didn't quite appreciate my excitement but I can't wait to go back again. Since we didn't go snowboarding, we were home most of the day to spend with Tatton. Now that I'm feeling better, I actually loved the weekend. It didn't turn out as planned but I still was able to be with my hubby and my little love Tatton, which was enough! But mark my words, we will snowboard eventually this winter...

Lil' Stinker

2009-02-15T15:28:00.005-07:00

As of lately, every time we open a drawer, a cupboard, the garbage can, a door, Aaron's shoes... we seem to find a stash of misplaced items from Tatton. His all time favorite though, for some reason, are remotes in the garbage can. He is awfully busy for such a little guy, always transporting toys and things from somewhere else to stash. I'd be lying if I said I missed the days of him just sprawled out on the floor, immobile, which would be nice sometimes, but it really is so funny to see what he's going to do next. He is walking now and getting into things quicker than ever! We've decided that we've wasted a lot of money into buying toys since he hardly plays with them anymore. He's busier just rummaging through all our stuff.

Jeans, Jeans, Jeans...

2009-02-12T19:19:00.003-07:00

So you all need to take the little poll over there... I need to prove Aaron wrong that I'm not a freak about jeans!! It's a normal girl thing right?? Hmm, and maybe I should do a poll on how much people spend on a pair of jeans...

Happy 1st Birthday!!

2009-01-29T21:11:00.006-07:00

I can't believe that Tatton is already one. This past year has gone by so fast, it makes me sad thinking of how much has changed since our little guy was born. Aaron and I were so excited that morning driving to the hospital. We hardly slept the night before since we couldn't wait to meet our little man. It turned out to be a long wait til we could see him. Tatton wasn't budging and his little heart beat started getting slower. The Dr. decided to do an emergency c-section so that we could get that little guy out. So finally at 8:30 that night we finally heard his first little cry. I couldn't see him, with the big blue curtain in the way, but I could just hear him screaming. Aaron finally brought him over and he was the cutest little fuzz ball. Aaron had his hair combed into a mohawk (sp?) just like his. I think that's probably why I love Tatton with a mohawk in his hair still, it reminds me of his first hair-do. I couldn't wait to hold him and when I was finally able to, I coudn't believe I was holding my tiny little baby boy. Now that he's one and has changed so much, I have that same feeling again. I can't believe Tatton is turning into a little boy. It's so fun to see him learn and to be so silly at this age, but it makes me sad thinking he'll never be a baby again. Anyway, so ofcourse in his honor we threw him a little party, a cowboy party, he was the outlaw. He had his own cake to destroy, which surprisingly he ate it for awhile with a fork... he's so dainty, we've taught him such good manners... Aaron had enough of that and showed Tatton how to really dig into his cake so by the end, he was eating fistfuls of chocolate cake and smearing it all over. We really didn't get him a whole lot as far as presents go seeing as how he got everything he needed and more from Christmas. He did however love the blow up car with the balls. He balled when we took him out of it to go to bed, it was very tragic. I think that's his favorite toy now. He dives in it, rolls around, climbs in and out and flips upside down in it all day long. So I think to him, his first birthday was a hit. Oh, and his front facing car seat was also one of his favorite birthday items. The first time he sat in it, he just clenched onto his arm rests and stared out the front window, I think he was a little nervous. But he loves it now and his cup holder is actually a toy holder, not a drink holder for some reason.

Two Random Things

2009-01-14T10:18:00.002-07:00

So this is really random but I forgot about this picture. This is us standing in line at the mall to see Santa. This lady came up and asked if we put fake eye lashes on Tatton for the picture? It might be kind of hard to see in this small picture, but granted the kid does have long eye lashes... who would put fake ones on their little boy?? Yikes lady! Anyway, secondly, I've been a little hesitant to post about this but I figured the questions would come so I might as well let you all know the whole story that as of now we're not going to Vegas anymore. We were supposed to hear from the Academy sometime in February if Aaron made it or not, but this weekend we got a letter in the mail notifying Aaron that he would not be hired right now, and that he can apply again in December 2009. Seeing as how we weren't even expecting anything to come until February, we were both pretty devastated, it came out of nowhere. We always felt sure about this decision and so even though we joked about "Plan B" we didn't really plan for it. So now we're trying to figure out that "Plan B". Aaron still wants to be a cop so he's going to keep applying in other areas, and apply for Vegas again in December. Until then, I guess we'll be hanging around at my Mom and Dad's for a little while until we figure things out. The stay at my parent's was supposed to be temporary, but now my Mom is ecstatic that she has us for a little bit longer... we on the other hand feel like bums. Oh well, we'll figure it out, atleast we know that for some unknown reason Vegas wasn't right for us right now.

Happy Graduation Rusty!

2009-01-13T08:00:00.003-07:00

Yes, this is my brother Rusty and he did just graduate with a business degree... The hair you might ask? Challise was in the back seat of the car and he left it in for some reason. Anyway, we had a little party for the grad with the fam. They brought up Rock Band and Wii Fit. It was a blast!! There were a lot more people later, a bit of table dancing, some rocking out with the guitars, but unfortunately I didn't get any of that on the camera. And we all ended up playing for so long we never even got to the Wii Fit, boo. Sadly the kids who play guitar hero all the time were the pros... kids these days... but I told Aaron we need to get one of these, it was good times!

Christmas Update

2009-01-03T10:26:00.005-07:00

Alright, there you go. A long update of our Christmas. We managed to squeeze in a fun Christmas in between my obsessive reading of Twilight (I'm done.) Aaron and Tatton are very happy that I'm back into the real world. They were really good books, and I love the movie. Anyway, my dad's sleigh, titled "Grandpa's Sleigh" has been used a lot this year. With all the new snow, my dad's been busy out there. So of course we had to take Tatton on a Christmas Eve Sleigh Ride. It was good times as you can tell. Tatton got the hang of opening presents pretty quick, but he loved the bows the best for some reason. He's been stealing those for about the last month. And the candy canes are a hit with him, I would have thought they would be too hot but it doesn't seem to bother him so oh well. We had a lot of fun this year having a child to share the joy of Christmas with. I'm a Christmas Freak so it was nice to be able to pretend that the exitement for Christmas this year was just for Tatton...

Reality Check

2009-01-02T13:12:00.002-07:00

Sorry for the neglect of my sad little blog. All I can say is that I am reading Twilight...

This One's for Lauren...

2008-12-11T09:30:00.004-07:00

Lauren has requested a new post since I have been a blogger stranger lately. In my defense, the Ward Christmas Party has taken over our lives at this house. And with Aaron being gone all this week and leaving the Party in my little hands, it's been crazy. But I am glad to say that the Party was last night, it's over, I think it went well and so we have our lives back now at the Tatton Compound! So here a few things we have been up to in between projects for the party...

We finally made it up to North Ogden to see Grandpa Creamer. Tatton had to get his second round of the flu shot so we made a day of it and visited. I have to say that I have one of the cutest Grandpas. He just gets a kick out of babies so Tatton is well adored there.

Tatton is everywhere and into everything, seriously. He is a nonstop terror. I thought I had a few more months until he would be in the stage of pulling out everything in cupboards, opening drawers but I was completely wrong. He has no fear so he crawls into everything even if it means hitting his head 10 times just to get stuck somewhere. It's ridiculous...

I have to brag about these roses. Aaron gave me these before he left for Vegas since he felt bad for leaving me to do the ward Christmas party and because he loves me I'm sure. But that's not the reason I'm bragging about them. They were just the biggest roses I've seen. The picture doesn't do them justice. They were ginormous. And they stayed healthy for a long time. If anyone needs a good flower shop, there is one in Farmington by the Smith's that is obviously really good.

I've spent some time with my other Mama lately learning how to crochet. I wanted to make Tatton some blankets from his very own Mommy. All the ones he has have been made by family or friends so I decided I'd better learn. So Tatton has been able to play with his cousins, the crazy boys Ty and Jace while Mary Sue and I do blankets. It's been really fun.

Every year we go down to Alpine to a tree farm and cut down our own Christmas Tree. I love Christmas trees. It is so fun to walk around and smell the pine, mmm. This year we had to collect a lot of pine cones and pine boughs for the decor at the ward Christmas party while we were down there. So Tatton was strapped into the backpack and away we went. The Harman kids were a big help, thanks kiddos!

And last, Tatton yet again getting into everything. This was the big box of silverware for the ward christmas party that he decided to dump out, it was a fun game of let's pick up 300 spoons, knives and forks!

Thanksgiving Weekend

2008-12-01T12:21:00.002-07:00

For some reason Tatton always digs out this little yellow guy from my mom's toy box. He puts the head in his mouth and crawls around with it, everywhere! I guess it's his little buddy...

Tatton and Grandpa Gold

Thanksgiving torture... I couldn't resist buying his little turkey hat to wear for Thanksgiving dinner. He was a good sport and kept it on.

Cute little fam on Thanksgiving...

This is my sister-in-law Racquel, me, my sister-in-law Challise and my niece Macquel. We went to Twilight on Thanksgiving. Yeah, I still haven't read the books but I figured why not. It was a good movie and fun to be with girls!

I'm Free!!

2008-11-29T12:07:00.003-07:00

The breastfeeding tracker is no more! I am officially done. 10 months ain't too shabby... I'm proud of that number.

Better Late Than Never...

2008-11-26T10:43:00.004-07:00

A little mushy love blurb for Aaron for our Anniversary even though it's a late post...

This picture is from when I went through the Bountiful Temple to take out my endowments. Aaron had to work a graveyard shift the night before and then ended up getting really sick. So that morning I was so sad thinking that he wasn't going to make it. But to my surprise he was ready to go early that morning with having no sleep. He puked a few times on the way down and I kept thinking that this kid was crazy to still come. But he told me that he had to be there for his girl and because this was the one time that we would be able to be on the other side. ;) I was so nervous going in that day but the first time I was able to see Aaron I was completely calmed. I'd never felt better about our decision. Aaron also had never felt better... he hadn't puked in awhile. The whole time during the temple he felt completely fine and wasn't sick. But after going out to breakfast, it all came back... That was one of the best days of the start of our many happy days together. The next few days were just a blissful blur until we got married. We just celebrated our 3rd Anniversary and I'm so happy that we stuck it out with each other through our rough engagement to finally get married! I look at our wedding pictures and we were so giddy and in love. After 3 years we're still just as in love. Even though it seems like we're maybe not as giddy as we were that day, we're closer and share a deeper love and friendship than before. He's my best friend, my roommate, a cuddle buddy, movie pal, temple partner, prayer companion, comic relief and best daddy and he's mine forever! I mean he's no Edward, but he's my Edward and I love him...

What Do BYU Students and Utah Students Have In Common?

2008-11-23T22:58:00.004-07:00

Visit www.moblyng.com to make your own!

They both applied for BYU! Thanks Rusty for the laughs... Well on Saturday my family had a mini pre-thanksgiving dinner for some family that wouldn't be in town next Thursday. It also happened to be THE byu/utah game. Tatton is stuck in the middle. Aaron dressed him in those evil red and white colors so I had to paint some blue on his face for the cougs. I think the pictures speak for themselves. The last ones would be from the following morning when Aaron gave Tatton a piece of pumpkin pie to eat all by himself, yikes...

a few things that i LOVE...

2008-11-18T12:06:00.006-07:00

1. my boys... of course

2. A newly found solution to showering dilemas. Usually I am able to shower at night or early in the morning before work. But on days that i'm home with Tatton I either have to wake up early before he does to shower, wait until he is napping or lock him up in the bathroom with me and hope he doesn't get into any trouble. My solution... I've put him in the shower with me. Possibly weird, maybe... but a fantastic solution, yes! He loves it. And it is multi-tasking, he gets clean too. He doesn't care at all that he's sitting on the floor getting water right into his face, he just laughs. It has been quite nice, but if any of you give it a try, might I warn you that your baby is much more slick than usual... almost dropped him yesterday.

3. Katie will appreciate this one... I actually forked out the money and bought real "professional" shampoo and conditioner. This was a big one, I am cheap. I never thought it was worth it to buy that stuff when the many various brands from WalMart seemed to be just fine for me. I was wrong. I bought Matrix Biolage smooth therapie and my hair has never been so soft and clean. I highly recommend it!

4. For some reason in my old age, my face is struggling. I used to have no problemo with acne but ever since I got knocked up, I break out so much more and easier it seems. I've watched those Bare Minerals infomercials and wanted to order it, but as you know i'm cheap. So I thought that I would first test it out by buying a cheaper imitation brand and see how it faired. I bought Maybelline's Mineral Power powder and things in that line to try out. I love it! Just the powder covers my face, evens it out and covers up acne spots really well. i don't have to wear foundation or concealer anymore so my face feels much more natural. And my face isn't as oily anymore and it's not breaking out as much as it did. So now I'm thinking after Challise and I discussed Bare Minerals since she has actually boughten it, I want to go for it and splurge for the real stuff. Either way, I think mineral anything is worth trying and probably works pretty well.

5. Very Sexy perfume from Victoria Secret. It smells so... well sexy. I love it. I walked into the bathroom at work one day and there was a girl in there who smelled so good. So I asked her what she was wearing and she informed me what it was. She told me that she gets a lot of compliments on it and people ask her all the time what it is. So I was glad I wasn't the only weirdo. Anywho, my sweet hubby surprised me with a bottle of it today. Now i get to smell Very Sexy!

6. The Backyardigans. For those of you with kids and have entered the world of "you get to watch kid shows now" this is a good one. It's the cutest little show. They dance and sing which doesn't sound that great since most shows do. But this one has the cutest, catchiest songs and Tatton will really stop and watch them. He dances when they do and gets excited at the beginning of the show. Anyway, it's cute. They are on Nick Jr. at 10am, 2pm and 6pm if you're interested. The dvd's and cd's are worth purchasing...

7. Aaron with his hat on backwards...

8. Tatton crawling. Well, that's not entirely true. Sometimes i wish he didn't because he is everywhere and into everything!!! But my favorite thing about him crawling is watching him just playing and then he'll look up at me and smile. He drops everything and crawls his way over to my lap while saying "ma" and climbs up for a hug. That's hard to beat...

2008-11-14T11:48:00.002-07:00

In case any of you were curious...

AARON PASSED HIS TEST!!!!

Sigh, it's so nice to have that stress gone. Now we just wait to find out his score from his interview and he has a large packet, no kidding about 100 pages, of background questions he has to answer. Then he has to go have those same questions asked while he's hooked up to a polygraph machine to make sure he answered them truthfully... fun huh? I told him I wanted to sit in on that one, make sure I know all this kid's history, every dirty detail! So it looks like we really are going to be moving to Las Vegas someday, ah!

2008-11-12T21:22:00.001-07:00

Questionable Crowd at BYU Game

2008-11-12T12:33:00.003-07:00

Saturday Aaron and I had the chance to go to the BYU Game with my brother Ryan, his wife Racquel and their two girls Gabby and Macquel... didn't end up with a picture of them though? Anyway, so we drove down through Provo Canyon and it was so beautiful.

This was us enjoying the good game...

A little picture of the stadium, we didn't have the best seats but we couldn't complain since it was free!! They won by the way...

We were having a good time until this started happening in front of us...

These questionable acts of back rubs and sitting on each other's laps are the fine Young Men of Bear River. Why their Young Men Leaders didn't put a stop to this, we don't know. Ryan and Aaron wanted to slap the kids upside the head but luckily they refrained. Aaron took a picture of the bench in front of us to document that there was no need for them to be sitting on laps, they chose to cuddle up. Unfortunately the kid in the black and grey, his hands didn't always stay where they were. They ventured to the other guys back and legs at times. Needless to say, we weren't able to concentrate on the game.

Boys...

2008-11-04T14:46:00.003-07:00

I was a little bored today and decided to give online scrapbooking a try. Tatton is growing up so fast right now! Everyday it seems like he is doing something new. It's amazing that his little body can do all that it does. He's crawling, climbing, standing, you name it we're right on his heels. The kid needs to wear a helmet because he has no fear and yesterday I don't know how many times he ate it and hit his head. But atleast we're not raising a whimp right? I've decided that he is all boy due to the noises, faces and mischief he gets into and he is adorable doing it all.

A Happy Halloween

2008-10-31T15:12:00.003-06:00

A monk, a snowman and a rooster.... we had a great Halloween! This year we spent Halloween with the Gold's. Aaron and I frantically dug through my parent's old halloween box and found some costumes for the festivities. We carved our pumpkins, ate chili and lots of other food, then went trick-or-treating with all the kids. I think Tatton made it to 7 houses, not bad for his first go around, and he made out with quite a bit of candy which Aaron and I will most likely be eating! Tatton did get to eat a sucker on Halloween, a sticky, messy sucker compliments of Uncle Chad!! It was a fun night even though Tatton had no clue what was going on, next year will be even better when he's walking.

Where to Start

2008-10-26T19:57:00.004-06:00

I have been a slacker lately. I've been meaning to get all caught up so here you go. We went to another football game up in Logan a few weeks back. Morgan won in case you were wandering. It was freezing, fun but freezing!!! Tatton was all bundled up in his snow suit, yeah it was that cold. We were able to sit with Skyler and Ashley and Kenadee who was I think with Grandma during this pic. She is so cute, I can't believe she's one already! Ashley her shoes were awesome. Anyway, we're glad we got to hang out with the Benson's, and visit good old Logan.

Royce and Lauren came home for a few days from Connecticut to visit. It was so good to see them! We decided to have Halloween while they were here so all the Tatton kids got dressed up for a little party. I think we're just missing the newest edition, Talon, in the picture. Cute bunch of kids. I was so pumped and surprised to see that my brother-in-law Brent put on his Barnie Fife costume. It was classic, he completely made my day. Just looking at this picture again makes me laugh outloud to myself.

Vegas Pictures...finally!

2008-10-23T15:08:00.006-06:00

Well I had a minute to put some pictures of the trip on here. Um, top to bottom, Tatton sleeping on the way down... being very reverant, our pad, Aaron on his way to testing all happy and excited, our walk later that evening when Aaron was not as happy, the pools and yes Aaron's toes, Tatton and I with his new hat that we found while down there. It actually says T-Rex so of course that was a must buy for the little guy.

2008-10-22T21:36:00.002-06:00

10 years ago I was...

1. 14, living in Park City probably at a youth conference or something.
2. Had no idea who I was or wanted in life.
3. No bills, no hubby, no kids... no life!
4. In our 8th grade play The Sound of Music... awesome I know. Just a nun in the back, I cannot sing.
5. A nanny for the best family the McLaws. I love Brad and Chris, and their kids Jacob, Rachel and Sara. Chris became my best friend and I learned and grew up so much while helping them. Miss them a ton!

5 Things on today's "To Do" list...:)...

1. Catch up the blog.
2. Some laundry and cleaning.
3. Dinner early so that we can make it to another darn football game tonight.
4. Huh, my days seem so busy with so much to do but right now I am literally stumped?
5. Oh, go through Tatton's clothes and pull out all the too small ones, pack them up, and then unpack hand me downs from Robby and Kru. Unpack my winter clothes and pack up some summer ones

5 Things I would do if I were a Millionaire...

1. Keep most in a nest egg, and some aside for a boob job or lift after having all the kids.
2. Pay off Aaron's school and our WorldMark/Wydham Share.
3. Give a good chunk to a good charity.
4. Buy a nice home with property and fill it with everything Aaron and I have ever wanted.
5. School tuition for our kids.

5 Places I would like to visit....

1. France
2. London
3. A trip to the East including many states... Aaron's mission states, all the church sites, New York and just a bunch of places all over there.
4. Hawaii
5. Italy

5 Places I have lived...

1. Park City
2. Morgan
3. Logan
4. Clearfield
5. North Ogden

5 Jobs I have had...

1. 1st job: Deb's Spicy Pie... the old one pre-out of business location. Hopefully I didn't contribute to it going out?
2. Chad's Sprinkling, yup I know sprinklers. My brother Ryan managed the store, and two of my brothers and a cousin have worked there... kind of tradition I guess, good times.
3. Standard Plumbing, the only job I could find at the time up in Logan. I miss that town.
4. North Ogden Dental, surprisingly loved cleaning teeth and all that yucky stuff. I worked with my cousin who is a dentist there and it was a blast.
5. IRS, I like it better when I'm furloughed.

Thanks Nel, I tag Lauren, Katie and Ashley

Vegas...

2008-10-18T11:09:00.004-06:00

Well kids, sadly Aaron didn't pass the test. Tuesday was the testing, the written tests and then the physical test. Thursday was suposed to be the Oral Board Interview but he didn't get that far. He passed all the written tests just fine, and then started the physical test. He failed the bend and twist exercise, he had to do 15 in 20 seconds. You have to squat and touch an X on the ground, then stand-up and touch an X behind you to your left, then squat, then touch the X behind you to the right and so on. So he did 17 in the 20 seconds but he kind of pulled his back midway and so the last 4 he didn't touch the wall all the way so they didn't count them, therefor he got disqualified. Luckily he can retest next month, just the physical, he doesn't have to the written again.

When he came home and told me what happened my heart just broke. He was so upset and discouraged. My poor guy felt like such a failure so he's had a rough few days. But I told him to keep his chin up and it only delays us a month which I'm sure our Grandma's are just fine to have Tatton for another month before moving. Since we were in Vegas we decided to stay the next day like planned and have some fun before heading home. We hit the pools and then took a drive around town to apartment hunt. We found a really, really nice area that we fell in love with in Henderson called Seven Hills. We found an apartment complex that we also loved. It's just perfect! So hopefully it will all work out to move in a few months there. We left Wednesday night late so that Tatton would just sleep through the night while we drove. It took us so long to get down there with Tatton stops so we decided it would be much easier if we drove at night. We ate dinner at a very good Asian buffet on our way out... oh it was so good. I knew I married Aaron for a reason, we love stuffing ourselves with Chinese food. mmm.... Anyway, it was a good little trip and looks like we'll be doing it again next month! I'll post pictures later

Kids These Days...

2008-10-10T11:21:00.002-06:00

So Aaron and I had a little scare thinking that kid #2 was on the way. Rest assured, I'm not pregnant. But I was standing in line at the grocery store buying that beloved pregnancy test which is still awkward for me I don't know why. So when I got up to the stand I put down the test and I think like a candy bar or something just so it wasn't so lonely. I kid you not this really young cashier, a girl, said "Oh how exciting. Or is it bad news? Oh I never know what to say to people with these." It took all of my might to keep my mouth shut, I just smiled. But in my head I was screaming "You don't say anything at all!!!" Honestly who was this girl and who raised her? Kids these days are a little worrisome at times. Anyway, just thought I'd share that with you...

2008-10-07T18:51:00.003-06:00

MySpace Countdown ClocksAaron goes to Vegas next week to test for the Police Academy. He better pass... wish him luck!!!

"K-I-S-S-I-N-G"

2008-10-07T17:13:00.004-06:00

We have had Jayden, my cute little niece, again for a few days while Talon is being taken into the hospital and Challise recovers. Today I took Jayden and Tatton outside to take some fall pictures. This is a sneak peek of Tatton's Halloween costume... a handsome little rooster! Anyway, there were a few pics that turned out pretty cute but my favorite is them kissing. I told Jayden to give "baby" a kiss and surprisingly they both dove for each other. It was full on kissing cousins! I'm so glad I caught it, they'll appreciate it when they're older...

Ugh...Twilight

2008-10-03T23:34:00.002-06:00

I've become very anti-Twilight series lately mainly because it's rediculous how much people are obsessed with them!! So I was determined that I would not read them. But the curiousity has gotten the best of me. I really just wanted to read them now to know for myself if they are really that rediculously good or if girls have just run wild about this Edward character. As usual yesterday I was gearing up my ipod for work which usually consists of movies, the office and some good music since my job requires not a whole lot of brain activity, and added what I thought was Twilight. It got about an hour or so into it when it got cut off... stupid limeware can be very untrusting at times. As for now, I'm trying to get it all downloaded still so that I can keep listening to it at work but it's not going well. I will admit that within the first little bit I have been intrigued enough to want to continue reading... we'll see

Jane Austen

2008-10-02T14:37:00.002-06:00

So we came across some good news this week. If anyone has become obsessed with Jane Austen as I have, you'll be happy to know that her work has been done! My parents are on a service mission right now and every once in awhile they have to come home and research things talked about in church to find out if there was any false doctrine involved. Sunday's topic you ask... the work that Wilford Woodruff did in the St. George Temple for the signers of the Declaration of Independence which was somehow brought up in testimony meeting? Anyhow so after some extensive research following their meeting, we came to find out that not only were there the signers of the Declaration, but many many others including Jane Austen. This is an excerpt from his journal: “I will here say, before closing, that two weeks before I left St. George [Aug. 1877], the spirits of the dead gathered around me, wanting to know why we did not redeem them. Said they, ‘You have had the use of the Endowment House for a number of years, and yet nothing has ever been done for us. We laid the foundation of the government you now enjoy, and we never apostatized from it, but we remained true to it and were faithful to God.’ There were the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and they waited on me for two days and two nights. I thought it very singular, that notwithstanding so much work had been done, and yet nothing had been done for them. The thought never entered my heart, from the fact, I suppose, that heretofore our minds were reaching after our more immediate friends and relatives. I straightway went into the baptismal font and called upon brother McCallister to baptize me for the signers of the Declaration of Independence [total of 56], and fifty other eminent men, making one hundred in all, including John Wesley, Columbus, and others; I then baptized him for every President of the United States, except three; and when their cause is just, somebody will do the work for them.” Journal of Discourses 19:229, Sept. 16, 1877.

Wilford Woodruff’s journal later on tells more of the “fifty other eminent men – and women” – They were people like William Thackeray, Amerigo Vespucci, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, William Wordsworth, David Livingstone, Sir Walter Scott, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Lord George Byron, Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, Admiral David Farragut, and Robert Burns. Some of the women were Marie Antoinette, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Sarah Barnard, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sarah Kemble Siddons, Abigail Smith Adams - wife of John, Martha Wayles Jefferson - wife of Thomas, Dorothy Payne Todd Madison - wife of James, 10 of the eminent women were relatives of George Washington. There were 68 women (20 were not listed by name). Interesting huh? Now I just want to find out about Tom LeFroy's work...

The Last Few Days

2008-09-30T12:09:00.004-06:00

I had a few updates to do from the past few days so I'm combining them all...

Yesterday Rusty and Challise welcomed their little boy into the family. Talon Joseph Tatton was born yesterday at about 11 am, he weighs 7lb. 11 oz. and is 19in. long. He's a little cutie, he does have dark brown hair, he has Challise's nose, the Tatton lips and I think he looks like Jayden. Anyway, my Mom, Tatton and I got to go visit yesterday and hold the little bundle. Congratulations Tatton's!!

We went to Morgan's football game on Friday against Ogden High, after a little dinner action at Javier's...yum! It had been too long. Tatton downed all of his refried beans and rice plus some. I guess we'll have to make mexican food for that kid. Anyway I just thought it was interesting that Ogden High actually still has a marching band. I haven't seen many schools anymore that do. They were really good, the girls with the flags not so much but it was still a decent production. The sunset that night overlooking Ogden was really pretty, I'm a nerd and took a picture of it. And Aaron got crazy with the camera and for some reason had to take a picture of a little something that my life consists of everyday...

My parent's cats, a brother and sister we think have had a case of insest because we're pretty sure they became mother and father by having 5 kittens. The mom has now disappeared we think to a sad death of poison from our lovely neighbor but who knows. So the kittens were just little when the mom disappeared so my mom and I had to feed them milk with a syringe until just a few weeks ago. They are now eating food and water and are ready to be adopted out! There are only 4 now due to a minor mishap involving one kitten and Aaron's motorcycle tire, but the surviving 4 are really cute and if anyone wants or knows of anyone that would like a free kitten, have at it!! Tatton loves the kitties, he likes to maul them and watch them pounce around.

Christmas Ideas...

2008-09-29T11:38:00.003-06:00

Alright kids, Aaron and I have been called as the Activities Chair People in our ward, i.e. we get to plan our Ward Christmas Party. There are some ideas we have floating around, and Morgan does tend to kind of stick to traditions but if you have any ideas or things you have liked that your wards have done in the past please let us know! Any themes, table decoration ideas, food... anything at all we'd appreciate some fresh ideas!

And... also any ideas for a Halloween Party. We're not sure if we are doing a Halloween Party yet but it's possible so if you have any thoughts on that one too...

Best Buddies

2008-09-24T11:44:00.004-06:00

The past week we've been able to have Jayden stay with us. Challise, my very prego sister-in-law, was put on bed rest since "Bronco" was trying to come too soon. So my Mom being the schemer that she is finagled them into letting Jayden come up here so that Challise could rest. It has been so much fun. Jayden and Tatton have become such cute little cousin buddies. It was a little touch and go for a bit, Jayden kept a close eye on her toys, and they kind of always checked out each other's bottles but after awhile Jayden was always asking for baby Tat and Tatton could not keep his eyes off her. My Mom and I got them on the same schedule so that nap times and eating times were about the same, oh and bath times. They were so cute together. Anyway I could go on and on about all the cute stuff they did, but I won't. I'm sad that she is gone, Jayden went home this morning. No more little pitter patter and "baby" to be heard. Tatton is so lonely now, he liked having someone there his size. I had to make a little slideshow of some pictures I took over the week. For the record, the chocolate pudding was all Grandma...

High School Football Games

2008-09-24T11:19:00.006-06:00

I was going to do this post last Friday night after the game but instead became violently ill. Alright maybe not violent but I was grossly sick with the flu over the weekend. It then passed onto to Aaron, Tatton and my Dad. Anyway, we're all good now, no worries at the sick house. The past few weeks we have been going over to the Morgan High School Football games, the home ones, we're not traveling for the away games... It's been so fun to spend our Friday nights at the games. Tatton actually has a lot of fun being outside and just observing the whole thing. My favorite game thus far was two weeks ago when Park City beat Morgan, but normally I cheer for those Trojans! I was watching the high school kids on Friday, it was Homecoming, and got thinking about the old days. It's just funny how life changes so drastically in just a few short years. I'm so glad I'm who I am today and lead the life I do with Aaron and Tatton. I think being grown up is so much more fun than those days growing up and trying to figure things out. Anyway, here's some pictures of us from Friday... it was sooo windy. Hopefully it doesn't get too cold otherwise little Tatton won't be making an appearance at the games.

I Don't Know How to Put This...

2008-09-17T12:02:00.001-06:00

But I'm kind of a big deal. Anchorman is one of our favorite movies and I could not help myself from buying this shirt. It's from the Gap so I'm pretty sure it's not pulled from this movie but oh well. He's our little Ron Burgandy...

2008-09-17T11:31:00.003-06:00

Grandpa Loves to Torture

2008-09-13T16:30:00.003-06:00

Tatton's getting pretty tough with all the torture he has to put up with here. Grandpa keeps him on the look out. Between Aaron and my Dad, that kid doesn't stand a chance...

Bears 1-0

2008-09-13T15:54:00.005-06:00

In case you wondering the Bears did win. Tatton was excited... Looks like with Orton as the QB there might actually be some competition this season. Aaron's pretty stoked that Grossman was benched. We had a good little football party... again. I don't think it's going to be possible for Tatton to like any other team or play any other sport.

Back at Work...

2008-09-11T12:39:00.004-06:00

I had to go back to work this week. I have been so lucky to be furloughed and spend all day with Tatton but it all came to a sad end when I got the call. Monday was my first day back and it was soo hard. I thought for sure that going back this time wouldn't be as hard as it was when Tatton was about 4 months. I was wrong, it was even harder. I guess because he is turning into more of a little boy with a big personality, it's harder to leave him knowing that he is now aware of what's going on? I don't know. Either way I don't like it. I used to work 5-9 am and left him with Aaron in the mornings and then when I got home Aaron left for work. Now that we're living in Morgan we were, well I was, kind of hoping that I wouldn't get called back this season (yeah right) because we knew it would be a tougher schedule to pull off. So we finally arranged for me to work 5-10 am, notice the extra hour (Aaron says that makes it worth driving down everyday). Aaron stays home with Tatton until he wakes up, usually between 7 or 8, then he takes him down to his Mom's. So Grandma gets to play with Tatton for about 2 1/2 hours everyday, until I get home, which is wonderful. I am so very happy that Grandma is the one who takes care of our little guy. I couldn't ask for a better set up, and I shouldn't complain since I don't have to work full time, but I still miss being home, and miss Tatton. I've gotten used to waking up everyday cuddled with Aaron, and hearing Tatton chatting in his crib. I would get Tatton and feed him in bed and then all three of us would cuddle in our big, warm bed and play until Daddy had to go to work. Now I'm the one getting up early leaving while it's still dark and cold. It's sad. I can't wait to be furloughed again or until we move to Vegas so that I can always be home. I just love being a wifey and mommy too much! Thanks Goldie for taking care of us so that I can stay home as much as I do, love you, and Mary Sue for your BIG help with the little monster!

September 11th

2008-09-10T11:33:00.010-06:00

I hope we can all honor those who lost their lives today 7 years ago and support our Troops, our President and our Country in the continuing War against those who attacked the US. Today while I was driving home Kbull 93 was playing, as usual, their songs with clips of people talking about their loved ones. At one point they had all kids talking about their mom or dad that had died, and other kids talking about how it was sad that some kids didn't have a mom or dad anymore to read them stories at night. I just balled all the way home (a 40 minute drive by the way) as I was ofcourse thinking about Aaron and Tatton. I thought about all those families and how devasted they must have been, and for the families who are losing their loved ones everyday over in Iraq. My heart completely goes out to them. Anyway, I just wanted everyone to know that I'm so grateful that we have soldiers today protecting our families and freedom.

2008-09-05T13:47:00.001-06:00

um there was a slight mishap to the Bears playing last night...they didn't. A certain someone got the dates wrong and they are actually playing on Sunday. oops! We still had good food and a great party anyway... ha ha!

Chicago Bears

2008-09-03T17:41:00.004-06:00

In honor of my hubby's team the Chicago Bears playing Thursday night... I figured it was time for a manly post in his behalf. He's going to Vegas in October to start testing for the Police Academy. Good luck babe!! So here are some pics of manly things. His motorcycle, our new car, and some cops. Go Bears!!

Tatton

2008-09-03T17:26:00.002-06:00

Our little guy is getting so big. These are a few pictures of him lately just being silly, that's what we do all day long. Lately he has found a new freedom of sleeping without his "straight jacket" and is a complete belly sleeper. He's definitely my boy with sleeping on his tummy. He now gets his knees tucked under with his little bum in the air. I don't know how he does that all night long but it's cute. Aaron would like you to note the Chicago Bears binkie...

Happy Birthday Gma Richards

2008-09-03T15:54:00.003-06:00

This is Aaron's Grandma Richards. We got together with his family in her celebration. I don't think she was pleased to be turning another year older but we had a good time! This is her little dog Queenie who was mauled by Tatton. We finally got a picture with all the kids and Gma and Gpa Gold, we were just missing the other Gold kids. Happy Birthday Grandma!

The Grizwald's Go Camping

2008-09-03T14:19:00.003-06:00

We went camping up in the Uintah's in August. I finally got the camera/computer working so I could FINALLY update the blog with pics. It was a lot of fun to get away with the family. I love to camp with the fam for many reasons but primarily due to the massive amounts of food my Mom brings. We left on a Sunday and we were supposed to be at my Mom and Dad's at about noon-ish. We were late and so as we rushed into their house my Mom had food and boxes covering their front entrance and living room. The mixer was going, the oven was beeping and there was of course "gorp" covering the whole kitchen table. My Mom has always made her gorp (homemade trail mix-much better than anything in the store) for all family vacations now. She always makes banana bread too for camping. This year she made a new edition of zucchini bread with chocolate in it which was named the Obama Hope Bread... although the looks of it were kinda scary, it was just a black loaf of bread, it was actually really good. Anyway so my Mom was clearly not ready to leave and my Dad was impatiently trying to get it all packed in the truck. As many of you know my parents you can probably picture and hear the words "Good grief Kathy!" It was an entertaining afternoon to see the whole process of how much food my Mom brings trying to squeeze it all in the truck with my Dad trying to purposely leave it behind. We made it up to the Uintahs eventually to the H.A.F.B. camp (compliments of Kathy and her job) It's a really nice camp with cabins, trailers, campsites and a playground for the little ones. We got to stay in the trailors the first two nights and then camped in the tent the last night. The kids had a riot on the playground, literally there were some riots that broke out but what can you expect with a bunch of grand kids playing with each other for 3 days straight. I'd have to say the highlights were my Mom being rushed to the hospital to find out she had kidney stones, the panic of thinking Robby was lost only to find out he was just in the bathroom with Aunt Andrea and the good old four-wheeling. Thanks fam for a good time, and Rylee for being our stole-away kid that helped with Tatton a TON!!

Pictures

2008-08-25T14:59:00.005-06:00

Alright, the pictures are in! I'm really happy with them, although there are some I don't like of myself that are a little unflattering... but in the end they're all cute since Tatton is in them! Enjoy them by clicking here, then go to "proofing" and type in "gold" for the password.

New Tracker

2008-08-25T14:34:00.002-06:00

I just wanted to make sure that when you saw the new tracker for breastfeeding that you didn't think that I am a total weirdo. I am just quite proud of myself for lasting this long. Those of you who have nursed know that it's not always easy and it is an accomplishment to make it past like a month. I was not a fan of breastfeeding before Tatton came along but I knew I wanted to do it because of the benefits for him... and it's cheap! The first few days being home from the hospital I wanted to quit since it was so painful and stressful and just plain hard. But like everyone said it gets better and I love it now. There really isn't a way to describe the connection I have with Tatton because of that time together. There have been a few times where I've hit bottom again and wanted to quit, and sometimes it's awkward and uncomfortable, but looking at Tatton and thinking of him just getting a cold bottle always helps me to keep on going. Now that he has two teeth I am fearing that we might not make it to one year and surprisingly it makes me a little sad. I started my little tracker more for me to see how long I can make it. Yay me...

Dwight's Centathlon

2008-08-16T11:38:00.001-06:00

We can't wait...

Family Pictures!!

2008-08-16T01:06:00.005-06:00

So I was just checking Ann's blog and noticed she had a sneek peek of our pictures so I sneekily copied and pasted them onto mine just for fun. I cannot wait to see the rest of them!! Anyway so here you go. If I may say, that little child of ours is pretty darn cute.

Long Update, sorry!

2008-08-15T23:57:00.004-06:00

Um Tatton has found his thumb. Dang it kid!! Not cool, we're working on this one. Any suggestions??

Relay for Life

Some of you may know Aaron's Mom has had cancer numerous times. She's one tough cookie! This year we decided to honor and celebrate her by participating in the Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society. We also did this for Aaron's Grandpa who passed away almost three years ago due to cancer, and Aaron's brother who has had cancer but has been in remission. So last Friday night they kicked it off by all the survivors (in the purple) walk a lap around the track and then everyone else starts taking turns within their team to walk from 6 pm til 6 am. There was ofcourse games, food, auctions and some sleeping involved with the walking and it was a blast. Unfortunately it was cut a little short because for some reason after taking a nap in the morning at like 4 or 5 I woke up and puked. I'm still not quite sure what happened, but we ended up leaving early. We were really glad we were able to participate in such a great cause. There were so many survivors there and so many supporting those who had passed away. It was an emotional evening. There was such a big age range as well. It broke my heart when the youngest survivor there was a little boy who looked like he was only 3. I realized how precious life is and the time we have, cherish every moment!

Don't ask. Bingo champs and these were our awesome prizes...

Another trip to the pool. Randy and Toni were up last weekend, together finally too, and Rusty and Challise so we hit the pool! Jayden kept us entertained, and the oreos and doritos kept her entertained. By the end of the day the little guys Troy and Tatton were tuckered out. Cute little guys napping.

This is one of my favorite pictures mainly because of Aaron's statement. Macquel was telling Aaron how cute Tatton was in his swimsuit and ofcourse Aaron had to mention that they had twinner bodies: Man boobies and a belly. My hot bod boys!!

I Hate Packing!!

2008-08-15T16:24:00.003-06:00

I just have to let you know that I extremely despise packing, although unpacking is worse and I don't have to worry about that for a few months. So far Aaron and I have packed up our big stuff that we never use in our kitchen, the decor (our house looks like someone robbed us) and a few odd and end stuff. Right now I should be packing up things in Tatton's room, more decor but I just really hate doing it. Aaron has been making fun of me since it took me like 4 days to finally finish packing one box of kitchen stuff. I lack the motivation and then Tatton is just a total time sucker (that's my excuse). I thought I would be much more excited to pack since we are moving to Vegas (yay), but it hasn't hit yet. For those of you who don't know, yes we are moving to Vegas so that Aaron can be a cop. Yup a cop in Vegas... Officer Gold. At first I was not a fan of the cop career, it was not an option. But I decided to be a supportive wife, even though Tatton needs a papa, and support him in what he wants to do and I'm excited for him. Plus I finally get to be an official stay home mommy so I'm 100% game. We were deciding where we should go since he really didn't want to be a cop in O-Town. We thought about a few cities but then...it all began on a innocent vacation to Vegas when we ended up flying home with a guy who is a cop down there. Needless to say the whole flight home was spent with Aaron and this Tyler kid talking about cop info. In the end it was meant to be, Aaron walked away with a lot of good information and I think a man crush. So now a few months later we are moving to Morgan first for a few months while Aaron's foot completely heals, then on to Vegas in January! Anyway, I'm ignoring the packing right now by blogging and getting my good old sharing time planned...

It's a Tooth!

2008-08-14T14:45:00.002-06:00

Yup, today as Tatton was biting my finger I felt something a little sharp. So I took a peek in his mouth and lo and behold his left bottom tooth was poking out. It is reassuring to know that all the unusual fussiness, crankiness and biting was for a cause. It has made me a little sad to think that he's not a little baby anymore... he's getting teeth now. I sure am excited for nursing to go downhill from here!!

Thanks Kristin!

2008-08-05T11:39:00.003-06:00

We got to go up and stay at the Harman's last week and Kristin sent us home with some toys for Tatton. He has loved them. The first time we put Tatton in the walker was up at Kristin's and it was probably like 10 at night; he was just freaking out. There were just so many things to play with he couldn't decide and went from toy to toy. She also gave us a Johnny Jumper. Tatton is out of control in that thing. At first he didn't quite know how to control himself or the chair. He would spin and jump and look at me like it was my fault. I was laughing hysterically. He has since then learned how to control it a little more and just jumps and jumps and jumps... So I just wanted to Thank You Kristin for giving Tatton some extreme entertainment! By the way those pictures of him sitting in the walker... he is watching a move, he's usually not that zoned out.

Days with Toni

2008-08-05T11:19:00.004-06:00

This past week Toni and the kids came up to Grandma's while Randy was in Cali with the fires. Luckily me being furloughed I got to go up and play for a few days. We started out with a girls night on Sunday. Toni stole Gabby, Macquel and Hannah, and left Jenson up at Kristin's with JT and Robby (I think we got the better end of the deal.) We were planning on going to the Morgan County Queen Contest but after having a long lunch at Steph's we missed it. So we went over to the library and had our own story time... and a destroy the library time. That night we caught the last part of the Queen Contest at the fair grounds where they do their horsemanship. Ryan and Racquel made it up for the event. Tatton got to style some sweet shades and Jenson wandered off and was playing in the dirt. It looked like he was trying to dig under the fence to escape, who knows but it was funny. Unfortunately we didn't ever find out who won the contest. We waited while the judges were tallying the points but apparently someone was struggling with their math. After waiting 45 minutes we had enough and went home. It was an enjoyable few days being up at Grandma's relaxing and talking with Toni. Thanks, it was a lot fun!

24th of July

2008-08-05T09:58:00.005-06:00

So I'm a little slow on the updating... for the 24th of July we went up to Grandpa's for a BBQ with the Deamers. All the kids took a dip in the pool. Reese, Ryan, Ethan, Hadley and Kennadee (sorry Heather I'm not quite sure how you spell her name!) and Tatton all had a riot in the water. Tatton was quite the little brave one when Aaron drenched him with the hose. Surprisingly he just stood there and took it with a smile. I think Aaron was extremely proud of his tough boy. All in all a nice way to spend the 24th!

That evening we got to have Morgan and Rylee come over while Rory and Michelle went golfing. We took a stroll over to Green Acres Play Ground and then lit some fireworks. They were such a big help with Tatton. He loves the attention he gets from his older cousins. Thanks for playing with us girls!!