Update And Fun Toes

So -just a little update on how things are going. Daniel (being the good husband that he is) got me a pedicure certificate. The girl wrote on my toes for me: "It's a girl." Cute and fun huh! It felt so good too. I am due any time between the 16th and the 20th of October and am getting very anxious and uncomfortable. We are hoping Avenley will come sooner than later cause we want to recover as much as we can before Halloween. I want Tavin to be able to go and be with his cousins. He is going to be a dragon this year and just wait until u see him in the costume. When he tried it on for me-his smile was so big:) Anyone have any suggestions on somewhat clean ways for 2 year olds to decorate their own pumpkin? (yes he will be 2 in a month!)

Also, Tavin is walking by himself now-not all the time but about half the time and man are we happy! I almost cried this week watching him cause I have been so worried about it. Everyone that told me he would do it in his own time (whether you believed it or were just trying to make me feel better) you were right:)

Canning Apples and Apples And More Apples

So this is what we did this weekend, canning apples and nothing else! It took from about 9am to 9pm with 4 of us, 3 giant boxes of apples, and 3 children-plus one on the way. We now own an apple tree-well we have had it ever since moving into our house, but last year the tree didn't produce very much. This year we had it pruned in the summer and man do we have a butt load of apples! So, we have really only picked half of what there is right now, we hope to give away a bunch and to make apple cider with some. Right now we have 50 jars of apples sauce, apple butter, and apple pie filling. So don't worry if we need to use food storage any time soon-we won't die-we have apples! Let us know if you want some:)

HATS HATS AND MORE HATS

Sorry there is so many but I couldn't choose which to post-trust me though-it is worth it to scroll to the end! I just love this little boy!

I finally got some pictures of some of Tavin's hat collection. You can't help but smile! We can do this for hours. Enjoy (Thanks Grandma Karen for adding to our collection.)

Pregnancy Picture and New Hair

Here is the one and only picture of me being pregnant-this is at 8 months. She really hangs out there doesn't she!

"Some of His Favorite Things"

Tavin has gained a lot of little quirks as he has gotten older and I wanted to share some of his favorite things. He loves to try on shoes and hats. Check these converses out-cute huh. We have started a hat basket for him-he will entertain himself for hours sitting in front of a mirror and looking at himself in different hats. A cowboy hat, a chicken hat, a lion hat, a graduation cap, etc. I'll have to post some pictures of that later.

He loves to swing-especially with Daniel pushing him-it sometimes makes me nervous how high Daniel pushes him-but Tavin just begs for more.

We got him an army tent that he crawls through and hides from me in:)

And, he can spot any plane in the sky-pointing it out to me even before I see it.

Favorite food: defintely M&MS! Newest words: Stuck and Crash.

He already wanting to drive-the closest he's gotten is the red and and yellow fisherprice ride-in car.

Funny Stories of The Week

1) I was joking around with Daniel about his facial hair the other night, it was getting quite fuzzy because he hadn't shaved in a couple days

I said, "Man you look hot with your facial hair that long."

Tavin was sitting on Daniel's lap and responded by pointing at Dan and saying,

"hot!" and blowing on Daniel's face:)

We tell him when his food is hot and we need to blow on it-he picked it up and uses it for other things now too!

2) For some reason Tavin has gained a fear of dogs-we've been working on it-trying to show him doggies are nice.

Today, when I put on a movie, one of the advertisements was for 101 Dalmatians. As soon as he saw all the dogs he started to slap the TV and say, "No doggies, No!"

It was funny but hopefully we can get his out of this stage!

Sunny Summer Time

Playing with Cousin Chett at grandma Marlene's house-Tavin loved this marble game-he likes "Technical things"

Check out the similarity in the 2 redheads of the family-Ethan's is on top and Tavin is on the right side~

It is time again for a little update. We have been VERY busy this summer with lots of fun activities. We went to ride the carousel in one of Rexburg's parks, we've been to the sand bar just down the road from our house, we've traveled to see family in Glenns Ferry and Utah, and we have participated in community events: the 4th of July parade, and Saint Anthony's 24th of July Pioneer day events. There was a musical- "Suessical the Musical", a parade, and a rodeo. We LOVE all the community family events here and are excited to make them traditions for our family.

Daniel is now working on our yard-which is a big dirt pile right now-we are installing a sprinkler system next Saturday and grass in the coming weeks.

I am heartily pregnant as you can tell in the picture above-but doing well and am excited for my little girl to come in 2 months

Tavin is learning and growing so much! He has quite a developed vocabulary and loves playing with other kids!