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!

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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

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!