Bees SUCK!

Grayden got his first Bee sting at Great Grandpa's farm while they were collecting apples from the apple tree! I have never been stung so and Im ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED of them so I most definitely would have creid right there with him. I wasn't there but atleast daddy was there to comfort my big guy :(

Croup -OH NO!

So Gray caught Croup for the first time :( That was a scary night for mommy and why is it so hard to see your little ones suffer..UGH! There was a point that I thought I'd have to call the ambulance because I thought he was having a hard time breathing but he was just stressing out and I was told this was normal .... He told me he was fine but I probably should have just called anyway because it would have saved us 4 hours at the emergency room the following day! He wasn't getting better and he was so weezy throughout the day that I really thought he was having difficulty getting enough air and I was afraid of what the night would bring (croup is WORSE at night) so off we went and waited for FOUR HOURS. They gave hime some sort of steroid shot to help the swelling in his throught and we sat there and waited with a bunch of throwing up babies! So glad its over and Im so glad Dax never caught it!!!

Daxtin's trip to the Dentist :(

Today Daxtin had to be put to sleep for the first time to get his dental work done. I was so NOT looking forward to today but after experiencing the same thing with Gray only a few months ago, I wasn't so nervous. The WORST part is watching them go to sleep!! Something about that just makes me very upset and emotional. Daxtin was a ROCKSTAR and just like his big bro- didn't even phase him :) Such tough boys I have :) -LOVE THEM!

Leaving our babies behind :(

Cody and I haven't been on a vacation in SOOO long, Its been 5-6 years to be exact! We are going on a cruise for 10 days with my parents and Ive never been away from my babies for more than 3 days. That wasn't so bad because I know they had there daddy so this time will be a bit tougher! Im so dreading leaving them for that long I can hardly stand it! I have honestly contemplated selling our flippin tickets LoL....RIDICULOUS...I Know, but just the though brings tears to my eyes! As cliche as this sounds, it feels like im literally leaving my heart, my everything behind for almost 2 weeks and it feels so wrong! I don't know how Im going to get through this but I guess Im gonna have ta ;)

Grayden's turns FIVE!

I remember when he was born thinking 5 year olds were SO old and big and far from babies. Now that my baby is 5 it does seem old but young at the same time. It's hard to beleive when I look at how big he is that he is already 5! This year daddy introduced him into nintendo for something fun that they could do together and something that cody really enjoys. When cody and I were dating nintendo was something that we used to play together and that kept us out of trouble. The first game you played was donkey kong! That was the begininning of your obsession into the Super Mario world. Needless to say you had a BIG donkey kong birthday!!! This theme was so much fun and you absolutely loved it! Mommy went all out once again. You had a big party with your buddies on Friday and the next day with your family! You are one loved little boy.. At 5 Grayden.......... *LOVES donkey kong and super mario *LOVES his daddy!! He is super attached to daddy and loves to exercise with him to impress daddy :) monkey see monkey do! *Loves playing with his friends and being outside *Plays soccer and loves to swim *loves to eat healthy and make good choices *the best big brother and always sharing *his favorite color is blue and green *He wears size 5 in shirts and 5 in pants *wears size 12 in shoes *Likes to be cold outside...you never want to wear a coat! *you know your entire alphabet and all the sounds they make (mostly) *Is an on the go active little guy! Does well with alot of exercise to use his energy in productive ways! *loves books! this is somethign he has always loved, since he was brand new! *has a very adventerous spirit, isn't afraid of much and loves to discover knew things!! this is my favorite part about our loveable little guy!

Daxtin turns THREEE

So unbelievable that my baby is 3 years old! You are the cutest, most adorable little boy ever! You make your mommy and daddy laugh all the time and you look so much mommy :) You brighten my day with you sweetness, and then you easily turn around and make it the messiest day ever lol at 3 you..... *Nap time is pretty much obsolete these days :( Every now and then you will fall asleep somewhere but for the most part, it never happens, but by 530 you can be very miserable. *You are such a little trouble maker and you are always makeing a mess lol For example just the other day you pooped on mommys floor, you bent Grays curtain rod, dumped a jugg of milk all over the kitchen floor and that was just in the morning! You definitley make your mommy exhausted by the end of the day, thank goodness your so sweet! * You are SUPER smart! You talk in full complete sentences about anything and everything, you know the complete alphabet and even most of the sounds they make, you can also count to almost 20 *You are still the pickiest eater ive ever had ;) You like to eat pasta, meat, and cheese ......pretty much everyting mommy doesn't cook very often! *you LOVE IRON MAN!! You wear your costume almost always and if your not wearing a costume, you nekid! *YOU LOVE to be nekid! *Your favorite color is purple :) *you love to play hide and seek and wrestle with your dad *You like to sing and you love to wink at people. Its the cutest thing when your turn your face and wink with the cutest little smile! *You love baths and I love it that when ever I turn the shower on to go in you are always right behind me ready to hopp in!! Awe baby boy. Mommy loves you so much. You are my gentle spirit. My soft soul. The hug I always need. The smile I can't wait to see. The giggle I love to hear. The sweetness I can't get enough of! Happy birthday baby boy! I love you to the moon and back! You are an amazing son and we are the luckiest family ever to be chosen as yours! Hugs and kisses my sweet boy. Being your mama for the past 3 years has been an amazing gift and I am so blessed. xoxo Mommy

2nd First Day of pre-school 2012

Grayden's had his 2nd first day of preschool and Im so excited about this year for him. Gray is in a montesory program with this preeschool and it is all life skilled based and all educational based! Im so excited they are doing this program for him. This will be his first full year of pre-school and he has already learned so much!

Swimming Lessons

Grayden was registerd in swimming lessons again this year. He loves swimming but he got stuck with not only a "girl" teacher, but 2 other girls in his class with NO boys! LoL Grayden loved the swimming part, but had a hard time participating with the girls :)

Grayden's metal mouth :(

I have been so stressed about my sons teeth ever since we took him to his first dentist check up back in the new year. I was actually really excited to take him to the destist because we have been soooo good with his teeth since day one. The dentist told me he had 5 cavities!!! I was SHOCKED and soooo frustrated! She said he had little enamo that protected his teeth so we scheduled him to have them taken care of. He did sooo amazing the first time he had his cavity filled and it didnt even phase him. The second time however was a different story. He was FREAKING out the entire time! So that completely ruined his view on the dentist and would NOT open his mouth for anyone else. While we were in vancouver he had a TERRIBLE tooth ache!! BUT WOULD NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH for anyone. It went away and didnt come back. I was brushing his teeth about a month later at home and noticed a enormous pea size puss ball on his gums. Off to the dentist we went and we were referred to a pediactric dentist due to his experience with a family dentist. He was the same way, so they told us Grayden would need to be put under for the operation. He had to have his tooth removed and recieve 5 metal caps over his mollars because the previous dentist did a bad job filling his cavaties. AND he would have to wear a big spacer in his mouth to hold the empty space for his adult tooth. I was so overwhelmed and nervous about this, but I knew it had to be done. When they gave him the gas and as I wathced him slowly go to sleep it was so overwhelming and I immediately began to cry......It was a scary thing but I knew he would be just fine. So Grayden got an early visit from the tooth fairy at 4 years old! That was the only cool part about all of this.

Soccer 2012

We registered Grayden in soccer this year! Soo fun and it makes me feel like my little guy is soo big! He loves soccer and we love sitting in the bleachers watching him. He loves to run around mostly but he's a little hesitant to get in there amongst 8 other boys to fight for the ball. His first day he scored his first goal! Its so fun and I can totally see how some parents get so competative! I would never be one of those moms shouting or getting angry for our team loosing but Im totally one of those moms to cheer them on winning or not!

Halloween 2012

Daxtin was miserable at the start of halloween. I had to wake him from a late nap and he didn't even want to get his costumes on. Daxtin was Iron man and Grayden was Wolverine.Halloween was really fun again this year. We ditched the idea of EVER doing the malls again, and went straigt to sharphill where the good candy is. It was the same as last year! OVERSIZED chocolate bars and over sized candy bags. Once we got going and Daxtin realized every time he went to a door they gave him candy, he really got into this and had a lot of fun! There was snow on the ground and it was pretty cold, but the boys kept givin er because it was so fun! I love how our boys (especially Gray) really understand what are bad foods are and what are good. He understands how the bad foods can really hurt our bodies and I always want to push that on my kids and make them understand that, so throughout there lives they can make better choices in the foods they eat meanwhile understanding why its not good for them. We made a deal with Grayden that he could choose TEN of his favourite candy to keep and that he could give the rest to someone who didn't get any candy. He was totally fine about it and so were we. He actually forgot about all his candy and its still sitting above the cupboards. Halloween pics 2012

Pre-school

Wow I'm so behind on this blog....whats going on!! So Grayden started another and FINAL year of pre-school!! Im so happy with this program as it is all montesory based learning. It teaches so much independence and everything is educational or life skill based. Grayden is doing really well. Here are some pics of Graydens First day of Pre-school

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