Dentist Checkup!

Grayden had his first Dentist appointment yesterday! he did so awesome!! We found out he had FIVE cavities!! I was so shocked because we've always brushed his teeth so good! We always brushed but his teeth were so spaced apart we never thought to floss but all his cavities were inbetween his teeth :( I was so bummed and felt like a terrible parent lol

2 1/2 years!

Daxtin is half way to be being THREE today! I have SO been looking farward to this post because you have changed SO MUCH in the last 6 months! Where do I even begin! I cant believe how much you can talk! You can say full sentences and you comletely understand what we want from you. You are such a sweet little spirit (always have been) and you just draw everyone too you! You are a big time momma's boy (what else is new) You want mommy to do everything for you and you have such a hard time when mommy leaves you to go anywhere! I have found that sneaking out when you weren't looking was NOT the best way to go about leaving you. I have realized lately that if I explain to you that mommy is just leaving to do some stuff and that I will be right back-my departure isn't as traumatic as when you find Out I've magically disappeared. Your sad and keep asking me if you can come but then I just tell you to wave at me through the window and you seem to do ok. love when I find things that work in parenting! You are such a picky eater!! You don't really eat anything now that I think about it. *The only vegetables you eat are carrots, sugar snap peas, and sometimes broccoli and cucumber! You love hummus dip. Anything that has toppings you call yucky! *You aren't picky with your fruits (of course) pretty sure you eat any fruit I give you. *Your favorite supper is probably spaghetti *favorite breakfast is pancakes *favorite lunch is grilled cheese and ketchup (i think you'll eat anything with ketchup) *your favorite thing to do is be outside! Everyday of my life "OUTSIDE,OUTSIDE,OUTSIDE" *you love to your ride your bike and anything that has wheels for that matter *your still in love with trains but play mostly avengers with your brother all day and bat man or should I say "dark night backman as daxtin calls it" You go to sleep in your crib but usually wake up and end up in my bed. I must admit you are the BEST alarm clock ever! . COME, MOMMY COOOMMMMEEE, MOMMY COOOMMMEEE right in my face! Its just music to my ears!! Or u start pulling at my arm when your standing beside me in bed and saying as you pull, "wake up mommy, or I dont want to seep anymoe, or go downstairs to play" UGGHHH!!! You say the cutest things!

Grays 4 1/2

Grayden is almos FIVE! That age just seems so old to me! Gray starts another year of pre-school this year and when I was shopping for him I had to leave the toddler area at joes to the "big boy" section!! boy that was a moment! You are getting so big! your 43" tall and 40lbs! Whats new with Grayden in the last 6 months... We are in the "testing mommy and daddy" phase! Gray is in a really defiant stage right now where he is testing us big time and we are having to crack down more than ever. He is very hard at listening these days and testing every patience we have! He can be very difficult at times with his LOUD, OBNOXIOUS behaviour but he can be as sweet as ever the next! He is such a loving tender boy and very caring....lets just say he's a typical 4 year old boy! Im so excited for him to start pree-school again this year as well as another year of speech therapy! He is going to learn and grow so much! *Gray is not a picky eater and pretty much will eat anything as long as he's in the "mood" for it *loves to be out side just like his younger brother *loves to play avengers, batman, ghost busters, and spiderman *you have also gotten into mario and nintendo with your dad these last few couple of months *You are so excited for christmas this year and have circled pretty much everything in the christmas wish catalogue. I noticed a pic of jesus circled and it was the only thing circled on the page. I asked you what this was and you said, "its a picture of Jesus for my room" :) melted my heart. This age of yours have been really fun for Cody! You used to be SUCH a mommas boy but you are starting to let that go and really do some fun things with your dad! You adore your Dad :-)

No more diapers! !

With a snap of a finger Daxtin finally gets it! He refuses to go to the bathroom in his diaper :-) Best day of my life! He is officially fully potty trained! Its been almost 5 years of buying and changing crappy diapers, and now we are FREEEEee!! It feels awesome! So proud of you baby Dax :-) Daxtin in his BIG BOY underwear :)

First time on antibiotics

It was Grays first time EVER on antibiotics i am proud to say! One of his teeth develped a really bad infection to where his gums beside the tooth had swollen up to the size of a pea! It all started a few weeks back in Vancouver. He started to have a very painful tooth ache for hours and he would just scream and cry. Eventually after some Tylenol and ionic silver the pain subsided. Apparently that tooth eventually died which is why it got so infected which is where the antibiotics kicked in. I was hoping to kill the infection with ionic silver and stay away from any antibiotics but the infection needed to be gone fast because hehad a dentist appointment coming up where he needed to be frozen.

5 years

Today is our 5 YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!! That's right, half a DECADE! I feel so blessed to be married to Cody! He is the best partner a girl could ever ask for. I love that guy more than I could ever put into words! He is just simply an amazing Husband, Father and Person!
Thank you honey for being so supportive of me and everything I do. Thank you for being so understanding of my faults and weaknesses and for always making me feel comfortable. That means more to me than you could ever know!

I love you so much!
Happy Anniversary :)
Love for ever and ever
Taleah

Disneyland 2011

I can't believe Dineyland has already come and gone! We had so much fun and were full of memories that will last a life time!
The flight was pretty good! The kids didn't sleep a wink (which we were hoping for) but considering they did pretty good! When we arrived we took a taki/van to our hotel (The best western) We got settled in, ordered some pizza, and by that time Nana and Papa arrived! WE couldn't wait for morning :)

The kids were so excited as we waited at the gates to get in. Gray has been talking about Mickey Mouse and how excited he was to see him. Well the first thing we saw as we walked into the park was MICKEY MOUSE! Well we were excited, Gray not so much! When it was our turn to get Mickey's autograph and a picture Gray wasn't having it! Dax was very curios but, settle! Here is the evidence LoL


Gray started out terrified by all the characters but eventually warmed up to them a little. So the first day was amazing. Gray LOVED ALL THE RIDES and was such a big boy on all the big rides!! Dax was so fascinated by everything! He didn't say much just glared around on all the rides! WE spent the first day in Disneyland. We also caught the world of colors show that night which was soooo amazing!

The next day we finished a few rides at Disney and then headed off to California adventure for a while! That was so much fun! I couldn't beleive all the rides Gray wanted to go on that I was even scared of. (especially the high ones)

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We spent the next day just lounging around the hotel and the pool. later that night we had plans to go see a live pirate show (Gray has been really into pirates lately) It was somewhat of a boring day but a much needed rest for our feet. Later that night we took a Taxi to the dinner theatre. The boys had fun in the lobby play fighitng with there swords. The show was a bit disappointing! The food was okay, but the show was definitely more geared towards older kids. The boys were bored pretty fast. The following day we spent in Disneyland going on all the rides we loved and wanted to do again! We met many more characters and filled our autograph book! WE had an appointment to go to Goofys Kitchen for lunch! It was so worth every penny! The kids loved it and the food was awesome! I think Dax fell in love with pluto :) Disneyland was so much fun and even more to see the boys have such a good time! I loved having both sets of grandparents there to help us out! I can't wait to go again when the boys are older :) a

To Grandmas house we go...

Sea otter

Grayden started swimming lessons again this fall. this time he was all on his own as a sea otter. IN OTHER WORDS NO PARENTS ALLOWED!! The first day Cody showed up swimming shorts on and all.....boy did he feel stupid as the rest of the parents were sitting fully dressed on the benches to watch. Didn't get the memo I guess! LoL I think Gray was the youngest in that class but he sure loves his swimming lessons!

Number 2

Dax pooped on the potty for the first time last night and I was so flippin excited! He just came up to me and said "mommy pee coming" so I rushed him to the potty and he went poop! We all jumped for joy and gave high fives.....it was a big moment! The photos speak for themselves :)

Bye-Bye Suu

So this last weekend we went up to see my Grandparents! It was also Canada day that weekend so on the saturday they had a bunch of festivities going on. The kids had so much fun and LOVED the fire works later on :) As soon as we arrived I sorta panicked as I realized we had forgotten Daxtins sue. We've been wanting to take it away for a while now but....well you know! I decieded to just leave it and figured it may be a good time to just get rid of the darn thing once and for all. Well to my suprise Dax didn't ask for it once! And its been 4 days and its like he forgot it ever existed! CRAZY! ...completely cold turkey! So Bye Sue!!!!! we are finally done spending hours searching for you time and time again all over this house!!

Tunnel Mountain

First camping trip of the year! The Boys were so excited to go to the mountains with Grandma and grandpa for there first camping trip of the year! The boys are all about "BIG FOOT" right now and that was the theme of the weekend "FINDING BIG FOOT" We saw plenty of elk on our hike but.....no big foot ;) Gray was so disappointed! The weather was kinda crappy as it rained pretty much the ENTIRE time we were there. Grandma and I spent a lot of the time in the trailer but nothing was stopping the boys from doing what they love best "being outside" The boys had so much fun on this trip and something we'll have to do again soon :)

Camping @ Red Lodge 2012

last weekend we decided to take Grandma and Grandpas trailer out for the very first time all by our selves! We made plans to go with LoriAnn,Brody,Makayla and Skyler. I came a little late but daddy took the kids up to Red Lodge by himself to set up and I drove the car down later that day by myself. By the time I got there Cody was already overwhelmed with all the kids. lol he was sure grateful to see me! the next day we took the boat down the river a few times (the kids loved it)and got all dirty in the big mud pit. It was so much fun but.......the mosquitos completely ruined it! I was so stressed and frustrated that everytime I walked a few feet me or my kids were getting bit by a mosquito. We went through an ENTIRE bottle of repelent in 2 days and we were still eaten alive. We each came home with a minimum of 40 bites EACH! They were absolutely horid and as much fun as it was to see the kids have fun.....I couldnt wait to get out of the mosquitos!

Family Day 2012

I love days in the year that are dedicated to certain things. Family day is no exception! I just wish we have more of them but I guess thats what family home evenings are for :-) The kids woke me up extra early and i was not ready to get up yet so i turned on the telly and layed there as they watched some tv. (THANK GOODNESS FOR TV SOMETIMES)Dax later went down for an early nap and when he woke we went to the zoo. The boys had so much fun! We spent most of the time there in the dinosaur park or Jurasic park as Gray likes to call it. We were hoping to see some pengiuns but the wait time was over 2hrs. Anyway it was a really fun day with the boys and as a family. :-) w

Daddy and Daxtin

Daxtin is so much more of a Daddy's boy then Gray ever was. They do these cute things that is just for them and I just love it.
One of the rituals they do together every night is have a bowl of daddy's oatmeal together. Thats Codys snack before bed every day and ever since I can remember Dax has always found his way to dig in to it also and has made it now "there thing"

I love the "LITTLE THINGS" :)

Grayden is FOUR!!

My big boy turned FOUR!! I absolutely LOVE birthdays! My boys birthdays mean so much to me and I will be the first to admit I go ALL OUT CRAZY for them! I love baking and decorating there cakes myself from scratch. I love making the theme of there birthday what they love or were interested in that year! I love decking out my house with decorations that go with the theme. I love the big personalized banners I hang on the wall with there picture on it. I love the way it makes me feel to have accomplished so much to make there day so special. But most of all, I love the looks on there faces when they see all the balloons everywhere or the huge smile and sigh they give when they see the cake there mommy made :)

Grayden was really into PIRATES this year so he asked for a pirate birthday, and a pirate birthday he got :) This theme was soooo much fun with endless possibilities. We had decorations galore, food to match the theme, a water mellon shark, and the coolest pirate ship cake made 100% by me. (With a little help from Daddy)

I had so much fun with this theme and everyone loved it (especially the birthday boy)

So whats new with Gray in the last 6 months!

-You started pre-school January 9, 2012
-You have moved up from nursery to a sunbeam (you are not liking this transition so far)
-You were in swimming lessons as an otter :)
-Speech therapy is going really well. We are just working with keeping your toungh behind your teeth for S and working on saying he for a boy and she for a girl. You are doing to good.
-You are totally into superheroes right now! I can guarantee that I will be planning some sort of superhero theme next year :) We have turned our green drink into "hulk drink" or any green veggies for that matter into "hulk snacks" It makes eating greens a lot easier for you.
-you love dress up
-Your into this phase of calling things or people poopy or pee pee head, or you call them a baby including your mom and dad. you have also started using the word HATE!! UGH....im not liking that at all :( You have even told us that you hate us which is horrible to hear but we know you don't really understand.
-independent is your middle name. You can now fully dress yourself :) and you are so proud when you do :)
-You are sooooo loving and kissy when you want to be. The moments when you are tired or have just woken up, or when Im laying with you to sleep. You love to kiss and hug me over and over :) I absolutely love it and laying with you before bed is one of my favourite moments with you.
-We still sing twinkle little star to sleep but you also love to sing "i am a child of God" because you sing it lots in primary
-You are one social boy!!! You LOVE your friends and love to play with everyone.
-One really cute thing you do that always cracks me up is whenever you show off or do something cool, you always make sure were watching and then you turn around and give us this adorable look and stick up your index finger lol You are meaning to give the thumbs up, but for whatever reason you stick up your index finger. lol Daddy showed you the thumbs up when you were little and you have stuck up you index finger ever since LoL ...so sweet!