Tag is 6 months!

Tag is now 6 months old! Time is gone by so fast and it is hard to believe that he is already 6 months old! I took both the boys to the doctor yesterday for the checkups! Ty had his 2 year check up and flu shot and Tag had is 6 month shots and flu shot too! They both did very well! Ty started to cry, but it was over before he could get any tears out! Here are the recent stats!

Ty is 30 lbs and 36" long. The doctor said that he was a big boy for his age...I have to agree! It kills me to hold or carry him around! She said he was talking really good and had all the bruises of a little boy! She also told me that I was giving him too much milk...whoops! I didn't know really know there was such a thing, so I am trying to cut back, but Ty isn't liking it too much! I think it is a genetic thing because all of Josh's family LOVES milk!

Tag is 19.3 lbs and 27" long! He too is a big boy for his age! I hate having to tote him around for too long because my arms feel like they are going to fall off...I mean that literally! The doctor was happy that he could get up on his knees. He still has a hard time sitting up by himself...he tend to fall where he is looking! I'm not to worried...it will all come in due time! Tag also has teeth that are right at the surface they just need to break through and we would all be happy!

I am just so grateful that my boys are healthy! That is truly a wonderful blessing that I think we take for granted too often. With that being said here is a video of Tag on his jumperoo! He LOVES this thing and was in for the entire first day we had it (unless he was napping)! He bounced like this in my stomach and has been doing it ever since, now the toy can take the abuse and not my tummy! I think he is so cute when he really gets going!

More of California

Bruce's last soccer game! He did so awesome and stopped 2 balls!

Bree and Ty had fun in the bath together!

Everyone playing outside! It was a little chilly!

Ty thought it was fun to climb in the porta-crib with his brother and steal his binky!

HMMMMM!!!

Tag loved this toy and all the fun noises it made!

We are back home and packing our things again to head to Oklahoma! After this next trip, I am done traveling for awhile! It is hard to live out of a suitcase and we all miss our own beds when we are away! However, we had a TERRIFIC time at Aunt Carrie and Uncle Brian's house! The kids had a great time playing together and I think they miss each other now that they are apart! Tag started getting up on his knee's while we were in California and is loving it! He will rock back and forth and every once in a great while he will even move a knee forward before he falls on his face...so cute! Ty was so worn out each day from all the playing that we were able to get some great photos of him sleeping! Carrie and I went to Target one evening and left Brian at home with all the kids! When we got home we found Ty asleep on the love sack in this crazy position. Brian said he sat down like that and was out like a light. None of us are quite sure how he could even manage to sleep in such an awkward position...I'm still perplexed by it! The one of him asleep in bed was the next morning after we arrived...he was so tired from the pumpkin patch that he slept in and was out as I took this picture of him.

Beau loved to hold and feed Tag and I thought it was just the sweetest thing! He loved Tag! Bree, on the other hand, loved to bite Tag right on the melon! The poor thing was never safe when Bree was around! We are talking tooth indention on the poor things head and then permanent red marks afterwards! We still love Bree and I am still in trouble from Josh because she managed to bite him while I was changing a very poopy diaper! I keep telling Josh that there was poop everywhere and I was looking at his bum and not his head! He still won't let it go...someday he might understand! Anyhow, we had a wonderful time and the kids survived the drive home really well! Now lets see how they do on the 20 hour ride to Oklahoma! I have been praying all week that they will do good!!! I have lots of treats and snacks prepared just in case!

The Awesome Pumpkin Patch

What a wonderful time we had visiting this fun pumpkin patch in California with my sister Carrie and her family! We went to the pumpkin patch the day we arrived, which worked out great because the kids had been in the car for over 6 hours and needed to get out and stretch their legs! This was the perfect way to do it! First we went down the huge slide and Ty and Tag loved it. Then we visited the petting zoo and Ty loved the pot belly pig, goats, and rabbits! It was so fun to watch the excitement on his face as he followed the animals around! After that we waited and waited and waited in line for Ty to do the trampoline! He saw his cousin, Beau, do it and from that point on he kept saying as he pulled on my arm, "get on it mom, get on it mom!" We were all a little nervous because he was the smallest one to go and we didn't know if he would like it. The guy started out really small and kept asking Ty, "do you want to go higher?" Ty would say, "higher" He kept going higher and higer and laughing as he did so! The very last time that he went was the highest he went and he smiled and laughed the entire way up and down! The guy was so impressed and so was everyone watching! I was so proud of him and was sad that his dad wasn't there to see his brave little boy! The guy said he would ask him if he was having fun and Ty would say "fun!" I am so glad that we waited so long in line for this ride! We had a great time and the kids were exhausted by the end of the night!

Happy Halloween!

I am posting these pictures a little late because we have been staying at my sister, Carrie's, house in California for the past two weeks! It has been crazy around here, but the kids are fast asleep and I am trying to get this done before they awaken! They joys of naptime!

Halloween was so fun this year now that Ty is a little older and he was able to spend it with his cousins! I think he got more excited because he saw how excited his cousins were to go trick or treating! I found this cute cowboy costume and thought Ty would make the cutest cowboy! He has been into wearing his dad's cowboy hat, so I thought this year he might actually keep it on! Guess what? He kept it on all night! We taught him how to say trick or treat and hold his pumpkin out for candy! We were always the last ones at the door, so he never got to knock on the door, but was just as happy to go up and get CANDY!!! He loves chocolate, so he was loving all the chocolate candy he was getting! We stayed in Carrie's neighborhood and everyone was so friendly and loved seeing all the costumes! Ty did start to get tired, so we came early while everyone else finished the neighborhood! Since that night all we hear is, "can I have some candy?" It is morning, night, and noon! I am beginning to hate Halloween or at least all the candy you get from it! We finally put the candy up so the kids couldn't see it!

Tag was the cutest little pumpkin and loved riding in the stroller all night long!! All I could see was his little feet kicking the entire time...it was sooo cute! As for the cousins, Beau was a ninja, Bruce a pirate, and Bree a princess! Beau was karate chopping people all night long and I think Bruce was not enjoying having make-up on his face! Bree was loving all the attention she was getting from everyone! What a fun night and I am excited for Tag to be able to enjoy it more next year!

Josh's 10 year Class Reunion

On October 24th and 25th, Josh had his 10 year class reunion in Mesquite. It was a great weekend and I really enjoyed meeting his classmates and he enjoyed seeing all his old friends again! Crazy that it has already been 10 years for him and mine is the next year! We are starting to feel so old. On the 24th they had the Homecoming Football game that we all went to. It was fun to meet everyone and for everyone to meet our family and see our boys! I think Josh enjoyed showing off his 2 boys...he's such a proud daddy! The game wasn't very exciting and many of them said that it hasn't been then same since they graduated from high school! You would think they were just saying that because it was there class, but I have actually heard that from many in the community! Compared to our high school football games in Oklahoma, it was a very small crowd and football stadium! We had a great time chatting with everyone, but were sad the game wasn't a little better.

The next morning, the 25th, we had a pancacke breakfast for families to come to. It was a lot of fun and Ty LOVED playing with all the kids on the playground! He even went down the big slide all by himself...we were so proud of him! They took class pictures, but it was hard to get everyone to focus...I should say the "guys" to focus! Later that evening we had a nice dinner just for the adults and that was fun. It was nice to get away with Josh and be able to laugh and talk without anyone wanting my attention else where! I do love my kids, but a night out is such a wonderful blessing!!

The reunion was really nice and they decided to do another one in five years because in another 10 years no one will recgonize anyone...isn't that sad! Go Bulldogs!!

Post Election Feelings!

I have been thinking about this post ever since the election this past Tuesday, November 4, 2008. I have been wanting to write something, but know politics is such a sensitive subject for most people. I must say that I was very sad Tuesday night, but at that same time, I hope that Obama will prove me and 48% of the country wrong. We live in a very scary and unstable world and things need to change. With that being said...they need to change in the right way and that is what I fear will not happen. I am currently staying in California with my sister and was here during the election. I have been shocked at the things that have happened here and hope it is not an indication of where the rest of the world is headed. I know that times are going to get a lot worse before they get better, but I just am not ready for that. It isn't so much that I fear for myself, but for my innocent and wonderful children. For example, in California they voted that minors did not have to give parental notification before having an abortion!! What were the people thinking in voting this way? Why on earth are they giving MINORS the right to decide to end the life of another human being? I read Dr. Laura's blog on this same issue and thought she nailed it right on the head. One of the problems I had with Obama's politics is that he is for partial birth abortions. How can I support someone who clearly does not share the same views and morals that I hold dear to my heart? I can't and I won't! Another thing that California is pushing for and voted on this past election was same sex marriages. I believe that marriage is defined by one man and one woman entering into the marriage covenant. I was so happy that California got it right on this one and that Prop 8 passed defining marriage as one man and one women. Now there are many who are already taking action against this and are trying to get the Supreme Court to over-rule what the citizens in California have now voted on twice. It has already been over-turned once and now they are trying to do it again. Why do they have the people vote on this issue if they are just going to let a few judges over-turn it? This is mind boggling to me. I know I have been pretty up front about my feelings, but I needed to get it off my chest! This blog is also my journal and I want to remember the way I felt about this election this year. With that being said we have witnessed a historical moment in this country and I think that is pretty neat, but I don't think the best candidate for the job won the race! Once again, I am anxious for Obama to prove me wrong!