Tavin's Horse On A Stick

I found one of those horse heads on a stick that kids can ride on for Tavin-he loved it and has been pretend riding it for the last half hour. But the best part is what he named his horse. Without any prompt from Dan or I he decided to name the horse CHARLEY....so he refers to it as his "CHARLEY HORSE:)" -get it! Dan and I thought it was so funny....maybe we are just really tired from a long day or maybe it is funny-either way-it brightened up our night and I wanted to share.

And I am back-Brains just a little jiggled is all:)

Well I finished my blog book and it is supposed to get here next week-very excited about that. I also finished by children's book and that is ordered and being shipped in the near future as well-very pleased with the results from that too...and we are gearing up for the holiday trip to see our families for Christmas! We will be heading out on Thursday.

I have had a little bit of a rough couple weeks due to the ICY weather here-fell on my way out the door...my foot COMPLETELY slipped from out from underneath me and I fell right on my head. Never experienced such a hard fall before and was unable to work my arms for about 3 minutes. Once they started working again-I immediately picked Katie up-I was carrying her and luckily she just fell to the side in the snow. Called Dan-and he came home. The next day-I was having really bad head pain, nausea, and tunnel vision-so we were off to the doctors where he diagnosed me with a severe concussion and sent me to get Xrays to make sure no fracture or internal bleeding was going on. Results came back fine thank goodness and he just told Dan to stay home and keep a close watch on me-along with pain pills and nausea meds that knocked me cold. Dan woke me up the first night cause he said I was making really strange noise and it was "freaking him out" :) He made me let him prop my head up with pillows (the doctor said I shouldn't lay flat).

I think he was freaked out cause the nurse told him that they had another guy come in a couple days before I did with the same accident and he died 2 days later! The doctor also put things into perspective for us when he told Dan that when he (Dan has gotten a few concussions from football before) got his concussions he had a helmet, I fell flat on my head without any protection. Pretty scary all in all and now we heavily salt our stairs. I still get pretty heavy migraines-which is normal-but am steadily feeling better. THANKS to all for your concerned calls and thoughtful acts. ESPECIALLY to my sweet husband who dropped everything for me.

ANYWAY-On to better things-LOTS of new and exciting projects in the works-and back to blogging-here are a few posts before I got to bed. I will post some of our Christmas activities in a few days-including our Santa clause visit and chat:) Tavin was soooo excited this year and personally invited him to our home along with Rudolph of course:)

And now for Tavin....

We can't forget our Tavin boy-he has a new obsession with flushing the toilet. Whenever Dan and I head into the bathroom-he is right behind us-and stands next to the toilet to flush it for us! He keeps on asking-"now can I flush-now can I flush"-until we are done! We plan on potty training after the holidays-I feel he is ready! And we got him a Thomas the Train potty seat that he loves too.

He has been absolutely loving playschool-sadly it is over next week-it was just a month long thing-but it has been so good for him-he goes 3 times a week for an hour and a half. They make a craft and play games-etc. Our babysitter asked if he could come to it as part of her child development class lab. There are about 25 kids that go. He is so friendly and has no problem getting right in there! He even blows me and Katie a kiss and says: by mom I love you! see you in a while! ALL the teenagers in the class LOVE him and know him by name-Dan went to pick him up one day last week and one of the guys in the class said-you have such a stud for a son!

(Whatever that means-Dan thought it was funny)

The picture above is of his "bug glasses" that he made on bug day:)

Oh and just as a side note-he told me out of the blue the other day that I am his bestest mommy! Who knows where he gets this stuff but I sure do love it. He also now tells Dan and I to sleep tight and don't let bed bugs bight:)

Where is Katie....

Our house is like a "Where's Waldo" book when it comes to Katie:) She can be found in the most interesting places these days! Dan calls her his monkey cause she literally climbs ALL over the place! I walk into a room and do a quick scan to try and find where she might be "hanging" next"! She is so funny and taking more and more steps each day. We are so taken by her cute personality....and believe me she is fullllll of spunk and personality.

Just recently-she has started to pick up a little girly flair to her-she loves to get dressed up-brings me her socks and shoes to put on-and gets really excited when I get my make-up out -she is right there next to me putting on everything! She also LOVES lotion-and associates it with girlie-prettiness-whenever I put some on-she has to have some too! I have to admit-I really like this new stage-and enjoy that she likes imitating me:) So interesting that the innate "girl" instinct is just inside us!

Here are some of the spots we have found her lately:

*Sitting on the dishwasher door-she loves to help mommy take the dishes out!

*Sitting on the tray of her walker-she now can get in and out of her walker-very talented little missy I must say-so when she is hungry-she gets in and lets you know by making noises-"uh uh uh" and then she lets you know when she has had enough by just upright getting out and abandoning you:)

*On top of the the kid table in her green seat-this seems to be her "princess thrown" and she is often found sitting high and mighty! Usually-again-telling us she is ready to eat!

*Another favorite spot is the rocking chair in her room-she can get herself up into it and manages to get herself rocking back and forth!

Where I Have Been...

This seems to be a common question lately about my blogging status:) Where have you been? So I decided to tell you all where I have been-that is-anyone who still checks this:)
I am currently in the process of trying to complete a number of big projects:

1. I found a program and a good deal to make my book into a blog-it is in the finishing stages and includes my blog posts since I began blogging-I am super excited to have all of it in hard copy for my family to enjoy for years to come! It has 165 pages at the moment-so I have been tied up-editing and designing pages for it. I hope to send it in to be published this week!

2. I am also in the process of finishing a children's book:) That is all I will say for now-The writing has been done-and I am waiting on the artist who is finishing the pictures for me....more on this later.

3. I am excited to share that I have been chosen to blog for a Rexburg website on one of my favorite subjects...COUPONING and deals in Rexburg and Idaho Falls. I posted my first entry this weekend and will continue to do so daily or every other day-hoping to help those wanting to learn to save in Rexburg. I am absolutely phyced about this! You can check out my posts at www.rexburgsocial.com

4. We just finished pictures for our Christmas cards and I will be getting them ready to send out-if you would like one-please leave me your address in a comment or on facebook or email me:) You will be interested to know that I am sporting light brownish red hair in this years picture-it is quite interesting and I am still getting used to it.

5. Tavin is involved in Playschool-a program that some of the girls I teach at class are in for high school-it runs a month and he goes 3 times a week! So far he is loving it! And all the kids love him:)

6. Getting ready for the holidays! Putting up the tree and the christmas train and wrapping presents!
I promise to post soon and include video of Katie taking a couple steps!