The Whiting Family: 2008

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Thanksgiving

We were so excited to have the Whiting side of the family up for Thanksgiving!

This was the first time we have hosted, so I was a little nervous...but was so much fun and I loved all the preparation and cooking!

Teag didn't want anyone to go hungry so we had 2 turkeys and a ham, plus all the typical sides!

Teag smoked one of the turkeys and did the other in the oven. It goes without saying that Teag's was AMAZING! (I think Tara said it was the best turkey she has ever had?!)

And mine wasn't so bad either! I thought it was so pretty when it came out of the oven!

Over the weekend we had plenty of food, fun watching the kids play together and a great time just hanging out together!

Dallas and daddy at Thanksgiving

Teag carving the turkey

Whiting boys

the kiddos watching a show together

cute cousins

my turkey!

Dallas at Boondocks - of course he has to do the basketball!

playing skee-ball

My friend Terri and I made the connection between her dad and Brent (my father-in-law). She mentioned that her dad was from Aberdeen, ID where Brent is from, so I asked him if he knew of her dad. Turns out they were best friends when they were growing up! They were both in town for the holiday so we got them together to reminisce. It had been over 30 years since they had seen each other, so it was so fun to sit and chat with them!

I love how much this boy loves his daddy!

They are just the cutest and best buddies

November

"helping" me in the kitchen

so silly!

this is the fun stuff that daddy does with him!

playing around at little gym

talking on the phone

Sesame Street Live!

such a big boy coloring...

he really wanted to mow the lawn with Teag one last time before winter!

with Uncle Jay at the hospital on one of our trips to Utah
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well, it looks like my updates have pretty much gone from weekly to monthly! our little man keeps us pretty busy and we are still loving every minute of it! He was 20 mo. on december 9th and he will be 2 before we know it! He is so big and into so much! every day is a new adventure and I love being with him for it :)

- he is talking more and more every day! he still calls teag 'baby' all the time - I love it!

- he has to try to do everything by himself

- he LOVES the xmas tree, and is luckily kindof afraid to touch it, so it hopefully won't get knocked over!

- he is the total boss of the dogs...when they are in their kennels he will go up, crouch down, shake his finger and tell them 'no!'

- the kids LOVES egg nog! we were trying to help him gain some weight (he is tall and skinny like Teag was) so we introduced him to egg nog. now it is egg nog baba's all the time!

- he runs his little gym class! all the other moms and kids will be sitting together in the circle and I am by myself singing while dallas is off in the gym hanging from the bars, jumping off things or running wild!

- the tantrums are becoming more frequent, and it takes everything we have for Teag and I not to bust up every time! When he runs into the corner or throws himself on the ground crying it is still cute to us :)

- he is such a good little helper - he cleans up after himself very well

- he still LOVES watching sports! he will watch football with Teag all day on the weekends, and he is rarely seen without a ball. He loves playing basketball, and especially loves it when I cheer and jump around for him!

- he will grab my hand and pull me down to the floor to color with him - so fun!

- he likes to pick out his own clothes

Friday, December 05, 2008

busy, busy, busy!

I feel like we have just been going non-stop for the past little while!

I went from lap top to desk top and am rarely on the computer anymore. I have a lot of catching up to do, so luckily I can edit the dates on posts!

a little of what we have been up to:

- hanging out with Dallas

- visits to Utah to see my bro Jason

- Ruby (the pug) went bye-bye for a little while, but now she is back - at least for the time being

- Gma Reynolds in town for the day (12/04)

- Whiting Family in town for Thanksgiving

- getting ready for Christmas

- much needed (and appreciated) weekend getaway to McCall with some girlfriends

- oh, and Teag had an idea...we both want to go to graduate school, so we are both studying for the GRE and whoever gets the higher score gets to go first. Advice appreciated :)

- just having so much fun and loving each other so much!

Thursday, November 13, 2008

fun in OcToBeR

loving Little Gym, as always

he loves to hang on the bar by himself, then drop and make a big "Oh!" noise

after Pittsburgh we had to get Dallas a dog bed of his own! He is so nice and shares the soft side with Cooper

Dallas resisting and getting frustrated at mom always grabbing him for hugs and kisses

classic Dallas expression - big eyes, open mouth and excited!

he is such a big boy with his own ice cream cone!

liking it...

LOVING it!!!

such a sweet boy with all his little blankies and cozies he has to sleep with!

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

hanging out - in Summit

from Pittsburgh, Dallas and I took a short flight to NJ to spend time with Jake and Em and the O'Neil girls! Dallas had so much fun with his cousins and they were so good to him. We had so much fun and hit all our favorite spots, i.e. Short Hills Mall, Quik Chek and 7-11 for DC's, Ricky's for treats, drop-off and pick-up for the girls, the park, etc.

Thanks so much for having us! It is always so much fun and we love you guys so much!

the kiddos at the pumpkin patch

uncle jake with those silly o'neil girls!

Dallas showed everyone what he does when Mommy is being too loud...

Dallas waiting for a stamp at Eliza's little gym class

Lizie is such a little monkey...

she would hang every chance she got

Dallas was wanting to be in the swing EVERY second!

I guess we will be getting him a swing set next spring!

the cutest O'Neil girls!

Kira is so good to Dallas, and he goes crazy over her!

more fun at the pumpkin patch

Monday, October 27, 2008

Monday Night Football!!!

we were so excited we were in Pittsburgh for the Monday night game against the Ravens!

Sarah, Lea and I were especially excited because it was Lea's first Steelers AND NFL game and she didn't know the craziness she was in for between the fans, the fireworks, the noise, the adrenaline, etc.

We were so bummed though, because Brett was injured so he wasn't playing. We just watched him pump everyone up on the sidelines!

LOVE the fireworks

I don't usually even sit with Teag at games because he gets so into it. He loved having Isaac next to him so they could speak football language the whole game!

Keisel the Diesel

it was a nail-biter, but the Steelers pulled it off in OT

I think it had something to do with the fact that we ARE management (right Sarah and Lea?!), so Brett got us on the field after the game

Teag and Isaac throwing passes

The Whiting's, Keisel's and Kelley's

Oh yeah, and we hung out with Ben Roethlisberger after the game. Apparently I thought we were having a moment by the way I am dreamily looking up at him?!?

Brett is so good to his fans! They wait by his car in the parking lot, hoping to see him and maybe chat and get some things signed...

#99 signing autographs

Thanks again for the AWESOME trip guys! We had so much fun and loved every minute of it! We are already looking forward to our next trip together, after the season, with all the kids, somewhere warm...

hanging out (in Pittsburgh)

I LOVE these two in their matching pj's!

Sarah, Lea and I were saying all weekend how our 3 boys (Lea is due in December) are going to be so cute together and the best little friends! (whether they like it or not)

Then our husbands took it a step further and said,

"okay, if you hold Dallas back and Isaac and Lea's little guy can skip ahead, then the 3 of them could be in the same grade and dominate athletics together!"