Starting to Decorate

The past week has been pretty crazy. On Thursday, we were all set to go to Lewiston early and have pizza with my grandparents and then go walk through the Christmas lights. Well, that didnt happen. Todd ended up getting the flu really bad. He was vomitting and had the runs. I even ended up calling the doctor. They told me to give him clear liquids and then if he gets a fever then to call the next morning. So, at 9:00, we headed to Lewsiton to pick up Rick. He flew in that night, thank goodness, I was really needing him. Friday, we woke up and Todd had a fever and had not had anything to drink since about 5:00 the night before. Plus, he was only awake for about 2 hours on Thursday and it was starting to worry me. So, I called the doctor. I took him in at 11:15 and got back home at 12:30. I had to take him in for blood work. He was borderlined dehydrated and had a viral infection. They put him on an antibiotic for 3 days and a liquid diet. I am happy to say that he is feeling better and eating now. Anyways on to my decorating. On Saturday we decided to decorate the house for Christmas. Yeah!!! Chris and Sam spent the weekend with us and helped witht the tree. The boys went and got it and set it up and Sam and I went and got the decorations. We will be having Christmas early since Rick goes back to work next week. I will post pictures of that when it happens. It will be one to see!!! Here are some pictures of the boys putting the train together. Todd loves to chew on the railroad signs and Dallon loves to run the train until it drives us crazy.

Dallon made the paper

Check out this website. Scrool down to the little kids wrestling. Dallon made the Cottonwood paper. I am so proud of him. He is the one in the picture.


http://cottonwoodchronicle.com/boyssports.html

Only 1 More Month!!

Toddy is 11 months old today. Holy cow has time gone by fast. And my oh my has he grown. He weighs 25 pounds now. Wearing 24 month clothes. Wants to eat everything in sight even if it is not edible. As of Thanksgiving day, he has 6 teeth. Four on top and two on bottom. And I might add that they are very sharp. He is now mainly on solid foods and drinks whole milk. The bottle is still around. It has been a process to get him to hold it on his own but he now does. So, hopefully, we can switch to sippy cups. He is quite the little dare devil. He will pull himself up to things and then if he can crawl on top of it he will. Not so graceful about getting down, but he seldom cries when he hits his head on the floor. He can throw a great tantrum if he really wants to. I dont usually encourage this, but sometimes there is just no pleasing the kid. He can saw four words. He says mama, dada, nonono, and uh-oh. He can shake his head yes and no. He is always full of giggles. He can pick a great fight with his brother and usually ends of winning because mom has stopped it. He loves to play tractors and cars with Dallon. They end up in his mouth most of the time, but I think he has fun. His newest thing is waving good-bye. So enough for now, next month he will be ONE!!!

Thanksgiving Weekend

What a busy weekend!!! It was just Dallon, Todd, and I because Rick had to work. We got up Thursday morning and got ready and headed to Kamiah to spend the early afternoon with Rick's family. Grandma Skip prepared a delicious dinner. The boys had lots of fun playing with Lacey and her puppy. Later in the afternoon, we headed to Cottonwood to spend the evening with my family. Dallon fell asleep on the way home and didnt eat dinner there, but it was good. Later, we played some games and then it was time to head home. This is a picture of the boys on Thanksgiving.

We got home and I put the boys to bed. I couldnt fall asleep until about 10:30 which was a major problem since I had to be up at 3:00. Yep, you guessed it. The boys and I headed to Lewiston to do the crazy day after Thanksgiving sale. Dallon got lucky though. We picked up Sam and Chris in Craigmont and Dallon and Chris got to take Rick's pickup home from the airport. Therefore, they didnt have to shop. But, poor Toddy had to go through the morning with us. He was a trooper. He slept in Walmarts shopping cart while we were there. At a bottle while shopping in Shopko and chewed on the clothes in Penneys. By Costco, he was about done and so were we. We got home at noon and then lounged around all afternoon. Chris and Sam hung out for a while. Dallon and Chris are really into the fighter pilot video game. At one point, Chris thought Dallon's goggles would help him fly better. I dont think it worked. Toddy was just crabby and crazy.

Last night, I went to a 50th birthday party for Rick's Uncle Bruce. It was a great time. My parents watched the boys. Toddy figured out how to get into the cracker box. Lucky him.

Instead of relaxing today, my parents and the boys and I headed to Lewiston. We did a little Christmas shopping and grocery shopping. Now, we are home relaxing. Thank Heavens the weekend is over.

Making Cookies

Today was a day for baking. I am getting ready for Thanksgiving dinner. We are going to Rick's grandparents first and then to my parents. I told Dallon that he could make Christmas cookies to take to both places. So, I made the cookies dough and placed it in the fridge. After lunch, Dallon and I rolled out the dough and cut out trees and snowmen. After the cookies were cooled, I frosted them and Dallon put the goodies on them. Toddy just ate the cookies. Here are some pictures.
Dont they look yummy. I also made dinner rolls for the first time. They are still cooking so we will see if they are good. Hope everyone has a wonderful thanksgiving.

Wrestling Tournament

Dallon wrestled again on Saturday in Moscow. Although he didnt win any, he had a great time and did way better than the weekend before. His first two matches he didnt get pinned at all and gave them a great fight. His first match score was 8-3 and the second was 13-11 I think. It was very close, I know it was tied when they started the third round. My camera ran out of memory during the second match so there are no pictures of the 3rd and 4th match. But he did good and I am proud of him. There is a picture of Todd sleeping between the bleachers.

Buffalo Hunting

Rick got to go buffalo hunting with his dad in North Dakota. They left on Sunday morning and came back on Tuesday. They drove there. Talk about a long trip. Anyways, they went to a lodge where they are guided for the hunt and shoot the buffalo. The guide helps them gut it and skin it. Then they quarter it and put it in the back of the pickup and come home and have it cut up. Rick and his dad both got buffalo. Well, they also brought back the heads and hide. We are having the head done in a Euroean mount and the hide tanned. We ended up with about 400 pounds of meat.