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Easter NO More!

2010-04-06T09:49:00.003-06:00

Read on to see why Tavin is wearing his galoshes!

I had a flashback to a christmas a few years ago, this Sunday morning! I remember being a little kid trying so hard to sleep when the Easter bunny or Santa was going to show up at my house in the middle of the night! But eventally sleep won out, at least until 5:30 am. Well for some reason my boys just don't need sleep.

A few years ago on Christmas eve, Teaghen stayed up all night crying and whining about how he wanted to open his presents. By the morning I was so mad I cried while Teaghen and Taite opened only half of their presents (I took the other half back)!

It happened all over again on Sunday, only this time it was all three of them. I was up until 12am putting together their baskets, and Jer got home from work at 2am. When he went to check on the boys Teaghen was in Tavin's bed (they have a bunk bed with a trundle on the bottom that pulls out for Tavin). Jer told Teaghen to get back in his bed and go back to sleep. That is when the circus began. I really don't remember how many times Jer and I got up to threaten their lives if they didn't go back to sleep. But after the 5th or 6th time of them coming in and out of our room, Teaghen came in, in a panic! I had my ear plugs in and I just yelled, "I don't care what it is, just get out of my room!" He keep trying to talk and I just keep yelling "Out! Out! Out!" Well thank goodness for a husband that actually listens to his kids (sometimes!)

Jer got out of bed and went to see what Teaghen was freaking out about. Well I guess Teaghen was in bed asleep, when Taite came and woke him up to make him the bearer of bad news! When Jer got to the kitchen he yelled, "Ryanne, I'm going to need your help on this one!" So I rolled out of bed to see!!!!!!

The baskets were still on the table looking like they haven't even been touched, and the trail of bunny poop on the floor haden't moved (which is just milk duds placed in groups of three ((Thanks to my sister Kellie for that idea! My boys love the bunny poop)) The only difference was that the poop was now floating in about an inch of water in the kitchen and dinning room.

Tavin had climbed up on the counter and pulled the kitchen faucet out as far as it would go and proceeded to flood our house! It was everywhere, under the fridge, stove, etc! Thank goodness I had stole my friend Mardi's carpet cleaner. Jer proceded to suck up the water while I wiped up the extra in the corners and make sure everything was dry!

After we got Tavin in dry clothes and cleaned up everything, yes that includes easter baskets, bunny poop, we through them back in bed. Tavin sleep in our bed with us so I could catch him before he could escape, again! Teaghen's sugar high, from the 2am snacking on sugar filled eggs, had now dropped and he wouldn't stop crying! So, I threw him in Tavin's old room so hopefully Taite would be able to fall back to sleep. Taite's sugar high was still going strong, and to be truthful, I don't think he ever went back to sleep!

After many attempts of Taite trying to wake us up, we finally woke up a 10am! 10am! If anyone knows us... you know, that we have woken' the dead by 6:30 am everyday. So to sleep in until 10am. . . yah that hasn't happened since I have had kids!

After we had woke up and were laying in bed, I noticed that our door would open and shut and nobody was there. Come to find out Taite had been sneaking in and out of our room taking things from his basket, which I had left by our door! Seriously do they think we are idiots!

We had both decided that they would not be getting anything from the Easter bunny this year, and we actually stuck to our guns! I had Taite bring all his stuff back! They were bummed but maybe next time they will stay in their beds!

Once we got up I went in the room Teaghen was in and it looked like it had been robbed! The bed was destroyed, blankets and pillow everywhere, chairs turned upside down and little pieces of candy were chopped up and throw all over the room. They had even got out a little fan my mother in law left there. Later Teaghen confessed that they had been throwing little pieces of candy into the fan! Which explained the peices of candy throw everywhere!

To top it off! We were leaving to get some awesome BBQ at my Uncles in Cedar when Tavin started to throw up! Over and Over and Over! Once again we hauled out the carpet cleaner (Thank you Mardi) and cleaned the carpet in the boys room and ours after he threw up the strawberry slushy I had giving him!

The rest of the day was a blur! But I will never forget this Easter! Hopefully my boys won't either! But what I really hope is that they remember to keep their butts in bed!

p.s. Our kitchen floor is starting to warp! There must have been water that got under the planks! One day I will get to have a nice house, but then I'll probably have grandboys! lol

Gluten-Free

2010-03-23T10:04:00.004-06:00

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I have been suffering from a wide varity of health problems and going to one doctor to another with no such luck! Then my dad started to do some wonderful stuff through his clinic in San Diego and suggested that I do some lab work to see if we can figure out what is going on. Tah Duh! I just found out that I have an allergy to gluten on Friday.

The more I have been reading about Gluten and some of the signs of allergies in kids, red flags have been coming up left and right for Teaghen and Taite. Everything from mysterious skin rashes, to ADD, ADHD, respiratory problems, asthma depression, mood swings, focusing issues and more! Gluten intolerance is a genetic problem, so even though I haven't tested them yet, there is a pretty good chance they are. I figured if mommy is going gluten free... so is everyone else!

Needless to say I have been diving into my books and internet trying to find as much info as I can. Creativity, as far as making meals, and cold lunches etc, I'm stumped. But through fishing around on FaceBook, I found a wonderful Blog from a mom who has kids that have the same issue. http://adventuresofaglutenfreemom.com/ My biggest issue is addressing Teaghen and Taite's snack time and Lunch at school. I know it will be hard to resist temptation when kids offer them their burrito or an extra brownie. But Heidi Kelly is so creative with her boys lunches I think other kids might want to steal my boys lunches!

Thanks Heidi! I know that down this long road ahead of me, your blog and I are going to become BFF's!

Little Damage!

2010-03-16T07:50:00.002-06:00

Finally back from Nana's and Papa's and we actually had a trip with little damage... Teaghen called 911 and found out what happens when you do, Taite through a fit when told to get out of the pool (Jer was in clothes and couldn't just jump in after him, they almost used the rescue hook), and after many times of getting in trouble for writing on the walls at home, Tavin decided to only color on the glass of a family photo!

I great gadget to hide all your messes!

2010-01-16T16:17:00.003-07:00

About a year ago I found this great little "docking station" for charging all your cell phones, ipod, etc. For two bucks I was able to hide all those unsightly cords that are all over my counter. But little did I know it could be used for so much more!

Mind you, I live in a house full of boys and our house smell like a wet dog sleeping in a urinal! So smells are my speciality! Not the glamorous part of my job! But for the past two days there as been a smell like no other! It smelled like someone had thrown up in a poopy diaper and stuffed in where the sun doesn't shine! Today was the finally straw and the hunt was on!!! After looking over, under, in and out we came to the conclusion that there must be something is in the sink decaying! I put some extra strength drain cleaner in there and let it sit for an hour. After that didn't work, I decided to have Jer take the trap out so HE could clean it out and maybe that would do the trick. He decided work sounded better and off he went! I gave up!

UNTIL my mom texted me and my phone was plugged in the wall because the battery was dying. As I sat there texting while keeping it plugged in the overwhelming smell came over me!

I suddenly had a flash back to four dinners ago! I had made a new receipt chicken and broccoli curry casserole. I steamed some broccoli and it smelled foul but I still continued to make the rest of the dish. When it was done I dished it up for the boys, then one for me. Teaghen was whining about how gross it was and after I took a bit I agreed and just made him eat the chicken. Taite didn't say anything so I figured he liked it. I do vaguely remember seeing him give me an evil smile, like he was up to something but I must have got distracted.

After returning from my flashback I hurried and turned my "docking port" around and opened that back to see. . .

Chicken and Broccoli Curry Cassorole!

Only with some extra mold and alot of really bad smell!

When I tried to dump it out, it didn't want to go anywhere!

Why couldn't he have just feed it to the DOG!!!!!

Frogs, Fish and Poop! OH MY!

2009-12-26T17:09:00.011-07:00

Warning: This Blog includes graphic pictures and you must have boys in your house or a

good sense of humor!

So this happened awhile ago but I really have been sucking at my blog the last few months and I found this entry in an email and decided to post it in the blog! Enjoy! (Kevin!)

For the past few months Taite would not poop! He holds it until he can't hold it anymore and then he births the biggest poops, even for a large man! It's amazing and sad all at the same time! So Jer made a deal with Taite. "You poop everyday for a week and you can get a frog!" I think that would be even hard for anyone to do. But a week went by and everyday Taite pooped! He did IT!

Jer took him and got an aquarium with a really cool shark to decorate. He put up a shelf in their bedroom right above their computer and right up against the top bunk. An aquarium in the boys room. . . I knew we were asking for trouble!

I picked up teaghen from school and the boys convinced me to go to Walmart to get the frogs, even though the water would not be ready in the aquarium until the next day. Of course we didn't come home with just one frog. . . two frogs (Bolt and Rhino) and two fish for Teaghen (Fishman 1 and Fishman 2). They were going to have to stay in the bag until the morning when we could put them in our tank. After carting the fish and the frogs around Walmart for about 45 mins, going through the drive thru at El Pollo Loco, and flying into the back of the seat in the car when Taite let go of the Frogs when I had to stop fast, they finally made it to their new home!

Teaghen and Taite sat up on the top bunk staring and the cool shark and a castle draw bridge decor and the neon rock with the bubble going up to the top of the Tank.

I was in the other room on the phone when... Yah you guessed it! I heard that very distinct sound of a tank full of gallons of water and gravel falling 6 feet to the very absorbant carpet below! Somehow it missed their computer! Needless to say I did not talk like every good mom would and my boys probably learned more new words that they should not learn from their mother! Teaghen had decided to try and crawl down the wrong side of the bunk bed while in the mean time sitting on the shelf!

While I was screaming at my boys to help pick up the rock and get me more towels, Tavin was in the kitchen where he had climbed up on the counter and pushed the bags of fish and frogs off the edge, and was dragging them all over the house. How the bags did not get a hole in them, or pop all together, I have no idea!
Two hours later I was throwing my kids in to bed, without a story or prayers!

The next morning I came home from working out and the boys had their frogs and fish in the bags on their beds. I was so mad because they were not suppose to touch them or take them off the counter. So I told them to get their butts and Damn frogs and fish in the living room. Then Taite said "Come on you Damn Frogs!" I died laughing!
And to make the day even better. . . I had to call poison control when both Jer and I, both gave Taite a double dose of his ADHD Meds! Thankfully we didn't have to take him to the emergency room. Instead he was just really depressed all day! AWESOME!

I hurried and gave the boys some breakfast so I jump in the shower while they ate. I came out to the kitchen where Tavin had an Oatmeal food fight with himself and Oatmeal was everywhere.
I get to the preschool and get ready to take preschool class pictures when my tripod broke. And when I came home and loaded my pictures onto my computer, my card crapped out and I lost about half of the pictures!

That afternoon Jer called to tell me that one of the frogs had passed away. Later that same night before I went to bed I checked on the other frog to see it floating. To make sure I poked it with a pen . . . and yep he was DEAD!
Oh yah, did I forget to say that Taite had show and tell the next morning and he was so excited to take his frogs! When I broke the news to Taite I think he could careless that they were dead, he was just mad he didn't get to take them to preschool. But Max the super dog was now the Show in Tell and Taite was very proud and forgot all about Rhino and Bolt (the frogs!)

In our married life we have had 7 dogs, 3 fish and 2 frogs! Thank goodness Kids are not that easily disposed of!

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Disneyland!

2009-08-11T16:05:00.004-06:00

Just a little off the Top!

2009-08-02T12:36:00.006-06:00

So for those of you who follow my crazy blog of my adventures of my boys, you know that Taite loves to get up in the middle of the night and create chaos. Usually it is with food and last night was no different, except after eating ALL the popsicles he decided to give himself a HAIRCUT!

So I thought why not have some fun while we fix it!

Before

After

While trying not to make Taite totally bald we decided to make some cool 80's designs !

This one of course is BATMAN!

He wanted me to keep it long, because he keep freaking out because he thought he was bald!

Lightening McQueen!

Let them eat cake!

2009-07-13T22:23:00.004-06:00

I forgot to mention that yesterday at 6am I walked into the kitchen and saw CAKE everywhere!

We were going up to Cedar City to celebrate my Uncle Stan's birthday, and you know what you have to make for someone's birthday! A CAKE! I guess Taite thought that he had seen me make a few cakes and that he could do it all by himself.

There was stuff everywhere. He had my big metal bowl on the floor in front of him, with a few different kinds of spoons, and a container of frosting. The floor was covered in towels to soak up all the water he had everywhere. He was using a cup from a superheroes memory board game to measure the frosting that he was mixing into the cake mix.

I was so mad I told him to go get back in his bed! He started to walk down the hall, his little butt in superhero underwear was sticking out of his pajama shirt and on both hands he had my oven mitts that were as big as his arms! With his shoulders and head hunched down he slowly walked to his bed. I stopped him to get my oven mitts back. To my suprise when he took off the mitts his hands looked like lemon cake! He had cake all the way up to his elbows!

If I wasn't so tired I would have laughed.

So back to my broken washer... I have smoky camping clothes and blankets, pee pee sheets, skid marked underwearssssss, and now hordes of wet towels and sticky oven mitts to wash!

Wash This!

2009-07-13T21:39:00.006-06:00

Yes don't laugh that is really me! Working my fingers to the BONE!

What a day! So I really think that I must be attracting bad into my life because is seems as though S**t has hit the fan at our house.

Last week or so, Taite almost killed my mothers dryer and now I blame him for my broken washer! Really it isn't his fault that our washer broke, but I just want to blame someone.

Yah our transmission went out. I didn't even know that a washer has a transmission. But for the last month or two when the washer got to the spin cycle it sounded like a 747 was taking off in our laundry room.

Our neighbor is an appliance fix it guy. He is awesome! Shout out to Jose! He was like the doctor that comes in and tells you, your washer has gone on to a better place.

Really I think our washer really just wanted to get away from Taite's divinely smelling sheets and his (Sing to the tune of Brittany Spears song "oops I did it again!") "oops, I did it again. I pooped in my pants. Better hide them from mom, cause she's gonna be mad!"

I don't think that this could have come at a better time. We just got back from camping on Saturday and brought every blanket we had in the house to make a soft bed for the boys and of course all our other clothes smell like smoke. Then yesterday while at my cousins Taite peed and pooped his pants not once but twice. And don't forget Taite wet the bed last night. So we have that lovely aroma along with smoky campfire, making my house smell oh so manly! Oh yah I forgot to say that we are leaving Wednesday afternoon for California. So I either pack dirty clothes or ... I send out good thought to manifest a nice front load washer of someone's grandma's that just died and they don't need it.

So if your grandma died or just have a spare washer you want to give away... call me 862-7560.

I like my eggs nice and fluffy.

2009-07-08T20:54:00.010-06:00

Going to my parents house is always fun. Maybe, for the first few hours. They have white walls, white carpet, and white couches... and I have three boys. Do I need to explain further?

It all started the night before. Taite had be complaining that his stomach hurt. Yah Yah whatever. Be tough you're a Superhero! Then I realized that the cold medicine I had been giving him was backing up the ol' plumbing! It plugs up every orifice in the body, no running nose, no poop! So that night Taite was finally able to relieve himself. When he flushed the toilet that dang cold medicine plugged up the toilet too. After many attempts of plunging with a really "crappy" plunger that keep flipping inside out, the water started to go down. Not great but it was slowly going down.

The next morning when I flushed the toilet it didn't go down, it came up and keep coming up until the bathroom was swimming in pee water! So my lovely father pulled up the toilet to see if we could see anything. Sure enough it was pink and looked like some kind of toy. We still didn't get it out and my Dad had to go to work. So the toilet was left in the back yard waiting to be hosed out when my dad returned. I'm pretty sure I know who did it. Tavin loves toilets and love putting things in the toilet!

We all racked our brains trying to think of what could be in there. Then my niece Natalie asked where their toothpaste had gone! We all looked at each other and started laughing. It was their toothpaste, their pink Barbie toothpaste, was logged in the S curve. I called my dad laughing and told him that, "Barbie got S**t faced!" That was the beginning of a wonderful day! Determined that I was going to workout, I grabbed my ipod and headed out to the garage. As I came through the door I saw Taite standing on a step stool with a carton of 18 eggs in hand, and the look of a deer in the Headlights.

The other part of the picture took me a few minutes to process. He had the door open to the dryer and an egg in hand. "What are you doing?" I so quietly YELLED! As I walked over to the dryer and to see the damage my mouth dropped to the floor. It looked like IHOP, Denny's, and Village Inn had exploded in my mother's dryer!
I grabbed the carton of eggs from him and quickly figured out that he had thrown 14 eggs in the dryer. Not only had he thrown them in the dryer but he started the dryer too. Eggshells and yokes where everywhere.

I'm sure the whole neighborhood knew what had happened cause you could hear me yell for miles.
"Why did you do this?" I asked

He replied in a questioning tone, as if to get approval from me, "I wanted some eggs?"
"When was the last time I let you make eggs by yourself?"
"When was the last time you saw mom make eggs in the dryer?"
No answer. Which my kids have learned well, when I really want them to respond to my questions and when I don't.

Forty five minutes of windexing (my parents have no "all purpose" or "get egg out of your dryer" cleaner) the dryer it was back to normal. Word to the wise, don't stick your head in a warm dryer after spraying it down with cleaner, unless you are just trying to make everything disappear, including yourself.

I got my workout done. Had a fun day with my sisters and nieces. Came home helped dad get the toilet back together. Made the kids dinner, and while transporting the food to the table I caught my baby toe on a chair. Instead of swimming in a pool of pee water like that morning, I was swimming in a sea of profanity (in my head), cause I BROKE MY TOE!

Chef Taite!

2009-07-08T20:53:00.000-06:00

Yesterday Taite tried to make popcorn with, popcorn, oil, and half a bag of flour. Today he tried to make cookies... I caught him in time and I finished them for him. I think I have a chef on my hands... now which one of my other boys is going to be the janitor.
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Tavin is a Walk'n!

2009-05-10T22:55:00.003-06:00

April 5, 2009

So this video is a little old! I haven't been real on top of things but I've said some Hail Mary's and I think God will forgive me!

Taite the Dinosaur!

2009-05-10T22:39:00.004-06:00

Yes, I know what your thinking... and no it is not Halloween yet!

After many minutes in the bathroom Taite came out naked! (The norm around our house, unfortunately.) As I started to ask what had happen to his clothes, Taite says, "Dad look I'm a dinosaur! Look at my Tail!" Then he turns around and he has a trail of about five feet of toilet paper following him, with the top piece ever so nicely places between his cute little butt cheeks!

What is a mother to say! I rolled over on the couch and laugh my dinosaur tail off!

Finding the Cure For Cancer!

2009-05-10T21:33:00.005-06:00

Our Awesome cousin Megan is in her last rounds of chemo for her breast cancer, so needless to say she is in our prayers every night along with our Grandpa Day who has Cancer of the bladder. Every night we ask Heavenly Father to help them be healthy and strong. So being the inquisitive child Teaghen is, he has asked me a few time what is Cancer and where did Megan's hair go? So I try

to explain to him in the simplest terms, but I know it is still confusing to him.

This Saturday my cousins the Jacob family all went to Salt Lake City to participate in the Race for the Cure with Megan. I don't remember answering any question about the Race but maybe I did, but yesterday morning I was working on the computer when I was listening in on a conversation Teaghen and Taite were having about earning Tokens which turned into earning money.

Then the lightbulb went off in Teaghen's head.

"I know Taite! We could run and people can give us money and we can give it to people with Cancer and then they can get their hair back!"

Taite "Why don't they have hair?"

Teaghen "Cause they have Cancer!" There was a moment of silence... I knew what was coming next!Teaghen turned to me and asked "Mom, does Dad have cancer?"

After I stopped laughing I just explained that "Dad just doesn't have hair!"

Which Teaghen said it all with a very sad and puzzled look!

So I guess there is something worse then Cancer... being BALD!

Teaghen Picking up the Ladies on the Beach!

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Hoover Ball

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What will become in our Generation!

2009-03-28T21:23:00.002-06:00

I was sent this email by a friend. It is very moving! Let us all be possitive and make the world a better place for us and our children's and our children's children!

We R all Pooped out!

2009-03-20T00:13:00.003-06:00

So on the 18th it was official! Quote from Teaghen "The bad news is that I don't have my pirate pizza token, but the good news is that I pooped it out! When we went to the Doctors office the nurse said as she was taking us back, "Now you guys can go through security!" I was a little confused and thought we had to go through security now to see the Doctor! Then it hit me! Duh! I wonder if it would set off the security at the airport! I'm going to ask next time I fly!

So pretty much we are starting to go back to normal as a family. I'm still getting treatment for my neck and it still hurts. But I'm Wonderwomen Bullet Boobs and thunder thighs ! I really don't know what that has to do with my neck. Teaghen is extremely cleaned out thanks to Myralax! And we are weening Taite off the Lortab pain meds for his throat!

Oh I forgot! I think Teaghen has pink eye! I keep telling him it's because he forgot to wash his hand and he got poop in his eye! (I know I'm a mean mom but they have been washing there hands! Now if I can just get them to flush!)

Funny moment! We were saying our prayers at bedtime when Teaghen thanked Heavenly Father for St. Patrick for teaching people about Jesus. At least he didn't thank him for bringing people guinness!

What a (Un) Lucky Day!

2009-03-17T22:12:00.008-06:00

One year ago on March 17th at 7am I was on my way to the hospital with "Rub Me For Luck!" written on my stomach with green permeant marker! Yah! I was going to have a baby! I was being induced two weeks early, do to my history of having large babies (9lbs 3oz, for my first Teagen and 10lbs for my second Taite, and both were a week or so early)! I thought, "This is my Lucky DAY!" Lets get this party started!
My girlfriends had thrown me a surprise shower the night before and made a great basket with goodies to hand out to all the nurses and Doctors! I was thinking as I walked through those doors of Dixie Regional Hospital that "Yah I'll get the best treatment cause I got graffiti on my belly and a basket full of goodies." Everything was going just like I thought it would...smooth sailing, hanging out talking to Jer, trying to finalize the name choice from Tavin Day or Padric Day (march 17th St. Patrick's Day, we thought it was funny).
I started to feel a little uncomfortable and thought, "I'm gonna get the drugs sooner or later so why not sooner?" Once the epidural was in, I was feeling pretty good. They keep putting that jelly stuff on my stomach to keep the monitors on the babies heart rate, and the other one for my contractions. Soon my permeant marker Tattoo was a big green mess all over my belly!
Well I think that jelly stuff rubbed my luckiness right off! Shortly after that I remember having a horrible headache that I could not get rid of and to top that off I started throwing up! "Of all days to have a headache...Isn't bad enough that I have to shoot another human being out of my body and to have a headache on top of that!" Soon I became short of breath and it felt almost impossible to inflate my lungs. So they gave me some oxygen to help and I hung onto that mask like it was the only lifejacket on the Titanic! Then my arms and hands started to tingle, then I noticed my chest felt tingly as well............... And that was the last thing I remember! I really don't know what happened, but I just remember felling no pain and thinking to myself, "So this is what it feels like to die! Not bad! I could do this!" Then as quickly as I thought that, I remember my two little boys at home, and the strongest impression came over me "You have to get back to them, they need a mom!" I still cry when I think about those few minutes! I don't know what was happening in my room at that time but I felt like I was being pushed down a giant straw or those water slides where you can't see out. Then suddenly all the warm fuzzes I felt were replaced by the horrible pains that I had been dealing with before. I knew I was back.
They said something had gone wrong with my epidural and it started to work a little to well. So well, my other organs wanted to get in on a little down time themselves. After that I was very reluctant to have another epidural. But the doctor came and said he would tone it down and it would be all good. After some coercing I gave in and he downed the dosage.
Still suffering from the lovely headache, praying to the Porcelain God, and lack of oxygen, I was not feeling to chipper! To add salt into my wounds the Doctor told me that if things don't start happening he may pull the plug and wait til the next morning. Are you kidding! I made shirt for my boys saying "Kiss me my little Leprechaun Brother was born to day!" I painted my belly all fun, we have redheads freckle faced people in our family, and our last name is Day! So you don't tell me we are going to have this baby on March 18th... It's March 17th or nothin'.
He said he'd give me a few more hours and come and check up on me! Shortly after that I had my Aunt and Uncle and cousins come see me. I asked for a blessing to help me with all the pain I was in. Shortly after they left I was saying good night to my boys when I felt my face and chest go numb and again. And according to my cousin Kristin I yelled "I'M GOING DOWN!" (which I don't remember saying, and I'm sure at the time it was scary, but now it is so funny!) Bamm! I was gone! This is the part I don't remember. But I was told that my little Tater Tot was holding my hand and rubbing it trying to get me to wake up. Thanks to my dearest and quick thinking cousin Kristin, she grabbed both my boys and took them out to the hall so they didn't have to see me like that.
Obviously I came to again (right, cause I writing this blog so that means I'm alive, I hope I didn't ruin the surprise). This time I was not going to get an epidual. I called my friend Sara and said give me a 5 min version of how to have a baby naturally. Yah thanks for the advice, but I should have prepared a little earlier! I do remember something about rainbows, not sure if she said anything about that or I was that far gone. After a few hours of trying natural childbirth with a screaming headache and puking up bile (cause I haven't eaten anything in over 24hrs now), I became a little delirious and didn't know what was up and what was down. So my mom took charge and told the nurse to get a different doctor and fix my epidural. I don't remember talking to the doctor or much of anything else until I realized there was another needle in my back! Within a few minutes I was feeling better and the nurse came in and check me called for my OB... And at 10:58pm, Vola there he was my blue eyed red headed little leprechaun!

So was it a lucky day? Well we sure as crap didn't name him "Lucky"! But seriously... I was lucky to have the great nurses and doctors I did!
So the end to that story! It's one year later on the 1st birthday of Tavin Elliott Day, and I must say "I am the luckiest mom to be able to chew on his chubby cheeks, tickle him until he get the hick-up, and listen to his fake laughs, and get to see that amazing smile that shows off his two teeth and when I'm having a Bad Day I just go get my Tavin Day and it becomes a Great Day!"

Love ya Tavers!
Happy Birthday

Tavin's 1st Birthday

2009-03-17T15:37:00.001-06:00

Update to March Madness!

2009-03-16T18:18:00.005-06:00

Where did I leave off! Well we made it to the three day mark which would have put that token camping out in the small intestines for 12 days. So needless to say we went back in to get another x-ray, hoping that mom just missed it when she was harpooning poop, and mining for a golden nugget!! Sure enough there it was! It barely moved an inch if that! The Dr. thought it was in the left side of the colon from the first x-ray, but when we got the x-ray on thursday, it had moved to the right (which is the wrong direction to the poop shoot!) Everything enters your colon from the right and goes out the left!

I have to interupt this update to give you another amazing TnTnT story!

I was interputed from the blog to go search for a coin in Teaghen poop and when I got to the bathroom... Teaghen is sitting on the toilet with is legs spread to the side, while Taite is peeing through Teaghen's leg, and Tavin is standing on the side waving his hands back in forth through the stream of pee like a little kid playing outside as his brother sprays him with the WATER hose! My life is so adventurous!

Back to the previous post!

So I threw my neck out on Tuesday falling off a bucket! Don't ask! Then on Thursday I went to lay down with Taite, who if you remember got his Tonsils out that monday. And While I was laying down I coughed and threw it out again! Later that night I had to take Teaghen in for the second x-ray and my cousin Kristin had to drive because I couldn't even look to the right or left! Looking oh so lovely and walking weird the Radiology tech asked what had happened to me...Blah Blah Blah I told her.

Well sure enough my pain never went away so I went to the urgent care on Saturday. When the Radiology tech came to get me she did a second take and then laughed a little! What can I say! We're famous! Everyone thinks I have a bulging disk or a ruptured disk! Lovely for me!

Now it is Monday... Taite still drools a lot cause it still hurts to swallow! I'm moving my head a little better thanks to some steroids and our good ol' friend lortab, and Teaghen ... well as you probably figured out after a lot of miralax and poops coming out as fast as a greased pig... I'm still digging around for gold and I am still a poor woman! yah This is the 16th day! We were suppose to go back for another x-ray today!

But since tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day and little Tavin's birthday, we thought we would hold off one more day, and with a little luck of the Irish, maybe our redheaded leprechaun will find some gold and the END of the rainbow tomorrow!

The Months from H E Double Hockey Sticks!

2009-02-27T17:35:00.005-07:00

I know I really shouldn't complain, because what I have is so much better then many people in the world. But I'm writing this down more for my benefit, so I can look back at this and laugh!

I really don't know when it started... I think sometime right after christmas. Actually I take that back! Taite had strep throat three times since sometime in November. After he had been on round after round of antibiotic his tonsils never went back down. When talking with the pediatrician he referred up to a Ears Nose Throat Doctor. Sure enough he said Taite's tonsils would not go down and he needed to get them out. So we scheduled to have them taken out in two weeks. So a few days later Taite came down with Pneumonia, and back to

the pediatrician. Of course Taite can't keep anything to himself, and shared his Pneumonia with Tavin.

After another round of antibotic and breathing treatments, we thought he would be good in time for his surgery. We got to the hospital and got Taite all checked in. When Dr. Gardener

came in to check on us, he listened to Taite's lungs and said we'll have to reschedule because he has to much fluid in his lung from the pneumonia and they may cause damage when incubating him. So we said good bye and went home. I rescheduled the surgery for the monday after his birthday party on March 9th so that he would be sick for his party.

Then there is Teaghen! I started to look at his skin and he was breaking out with th

ese water warts all over his body. The Dr.. said that over time they will just go away... lovely! But other people have given me their remedies and we are still in the process of trying them. As I was inspecting his body, I noticed that one on his shoulder had become infected and the infection was spreading down his chest and arm. To Teaghen unliking I pushed on it and to my surprise the puss was like old faithful. I became the meanest mom in the matter of second!

I felt horrible. I keep trying to keep it clean and draining the fluid inside it. By Monday it had gotten much worse so I took him to the Dr. And guess what he did? The same thing mom did! Within a matter of a few seconds the Dr. became the worst Dr. ever and I was in trouble for

not beating him up. Actually I was holding Teaghen so the Dr. could squeeze it, but no one had a hold of his feet and I thought the Dr. was going to get it right between the legs!

Well that was monday... and we put him on some antibiotics, and we made an appointment to come back on Wednesday. But by Tuesday night it had spread dramatically so I took him back in to the Pediatric urgent care. We meet with another Dr. who didn't squeeze it but gave

Teaghen two pretty mean shots of antibiotics in his legs (yah both legs, two shots!)

Wednesday morning he woke up and couldn't walk. We had another appointment that day, and when we went we were told if it doesn't get better by our appointment on friday we would have to put him in the hospital and if the infection goes into his shoulder joint he would

have to hand us over to a orthopedic surgeon. Not good news! So we had my Uncle and my

cousins give him a blessing because Jer was at work and he wouldn't be home until 12 or 1 am. The good news was that the next day he turned around and the infection started to go down. After getting the test results back he had a staph infection and cellulitis. And during all this he had the meanest cough where you cough so hard you almost puke, courtesy of his dear old

mother!

Then Tavin... I love that he is around! I think Heavenly Father sent him to me so that I would remember why I wanted to be a mother in the first place! He has the most contagious laugh

and smile. But these past few weeks he hasn't been so smiley because he is trying to add to his smile! I was really lucky with my other boys, they never complained or whined when they were cutting teeth. Tavin on the other hand is different in a lot of way and teething is one of them.

For the past three weeks we have been able to see the tips of his two front teeth, yet they still have not broken through! So he has not been 100% happy Tavin! And then to top that off, he

was adjusting from nursing to regular cows milk and having a BM was very painful and of course mom had to give a little assistants!

So about two weeks ago Mom lost it and had a nervous break down to Kristin and then when mom called I lost it all over again! So the great mom that I have, dropped everything and flew up here and helped relieve some of my stress!

But before she came Teaghen was playing with a Pirate Pizza Token (the size quarter). He keep dropping in on the ground and I warned him over and over again about Tavin picking it up

and choking on it. So what happened you ask!? I was working on the computer and talking to Taite when Teaghen emerges from the other side of the wall with tears running down his cheeks and his ghost white face turning bright red! He started to cry uncontrollable. I asked him what happened, and he told me he swallowed the Pirate Pizza Token!

Then I asked him if he had been choking on it and he said yes! Which explained why his face was turning from white to red. My heart stop! What a scary thought that I didn't hear him or

see him and he could have easy choked without me knowing!

Now the next step! Finding the token! I called the Dr. and left a message about the incident. When he called me back he told me he had to compose himself before calling because he was laughing so hard! Yah, my boys and I are pretty tight with everyone at the pediatric office now! The Dr. told us that we just need to wait it out for 5 days and if it doesn't come out by then, to go to the urgent care and get an X-ray! 1*2*3*4*5*6 days go by and no token so we got an x-ray! There it was hagging out in his left colon! Along with a bunch of Sh**! There was no way anyone could miss it, was so bright on the x-ray! So on day 7*8 I talked to the Dr. and he said if we don't see it in 3 days well have to go back in for another x-ray. So now we are on day 9*10*11 and if nothing happens today we will be back for another round!

So the stress from everything seems to have taken a toll and me, mom... that my neck has gone out! After paying well over $275 in co-pays and prescriptions I thought I would hang on until my dad was coming to adjust my neck. (he's a chiropractor) So he came up for Taite's Birthday party and to help us lay tile in the bathroom. I was really stuck and he couldn't adjust me that well because he didn't have a table. On Monday after, we took Taite to the hospital to get his tonsils out I went to my chiropractor here in town. I felt a little better, not 100% but better. But yesterday, Tuesday I was standing on a bucket to get something in the garage when the

bucket gave out underneath me and I jammed my neck again and this time it was much worse! Thank goodness my mom was there because I couldn't move and she was able to take care of the boys while I laid in my bed helpless. I was back at my chiropractor's a lot earlier then I wanted to be. Now I'm hooked up to electric stimulation on my neck which makes my head down to my shoulder twitch. It is really helping and I'm hoping I will be back to normal shortly!

And yes you read right! In the middle of all this we had a birthday party, while laying tile in our hall bathroom and laundry room, and even had a jewelry party later that night. And to top it all off Taite got his tonsils out!

The first day he couldn't keep anything down and all he wanted was something solid. You would think a kid would have died and gone to heaven if their mom forced them to eat popsicles, ice cream, pudding etc. but not Taite! As long as his pain medicine doesn't wear off he his the normal Taite who is hopped up on all the sugar from all the crap he is eating.

Jer has had a clean slate except for some ulcer a brewin' because of all the stress he's under, and his hand that are raw from helping my dad with the tile.

And we wouldn't want to leave anyone out... which includes Max our dog! Yah I looked at his eye yesturday and there was something funky going on with that. But unlike us humans he seemed to be fine today!

So this was the longest blog I have ever wrote and I'm sure half of you didn't even finish it. But that is okay, because I really just want to read this in a year or so when things are going to crap and laugh at all the comically things that happened to us!

Hey the worst that could happen is that we would die... and really that ain't such a bad option... I heard is pretty pimpin' up there!

Through all this I was slapped in the face when my dad asked me if Teaghen had been given a blessing for his shoulder and I hadn't even though of that! Duh! And the second slap was when Teaghen told me how grateful he was to Heavenly Father for making his shoulder all better.

Lesson Learned! I guess we need to become like a little child and have faith as a little child! Just don't swallow any Pirate Pizza Tokens like a little child!

You Might Be a Mom If....

2009-02-25T06:17:00.007-07:00

My girlfriend had this on her blog and I think it is so true. So I had to post it because every mom can relate! I through on a few from other people and a few of my own on the end!

You might be a Mom if....
I just saw a commercial with Jeff Foxworthy on it and it reminded me of his "you might be a redneck if..." Jokes. I was thinking that someone should write something that we can all identify with like "You might be a Mom if..." so here is what I have come up with so far....

You might be a Mom if.....
1. You wipe more butts that are not your own on a daily basis
2. You go to the grocery store and see a child crying and trowing a fit and it doesn't even phase you
3. Your car looks like a cheerio and crumb tornado has ripped through it
4. You know who the monkey's "Ooh" and "Ahh" are
5. At 4:00 you think "crap..what am I going to make for dinner?!?"
6. You hate to share food
7. You dream all day of your hidden treat and cannot wait until the kids go to bed so you can eat it!
8. You say "don't touch that!" more than 4 times a day
9. You can carry on a phone conversation while a child is throwing fit in the background.

10. You'd give your left leg just to be able to sleep until you wake up
11. You've gone through a fast food drive thru just to get a Coke!
12. You have an "emergency diaper" shoved in your glove box
13. You start the count down to bed time the second you wake up in the morning
14. You have a DVD player in your car
15. You've dropped your kids off at preschool in your PJ's and no make up....hours later you've also picked them up that way....
16. You don't get a shower in until right before you go to bed at night
17. You never see the bottom of the laundry hamper
18. Your child starts to puke and you reach out your hands to try and catch it

19. You say potty instead of pee and poopoo instead of poop

20. You say to your kids "Oh really?" "Wow!" "U-huh!" even thought those responses have nothing to do with what they are saying.

21. You say "1 2 3" more then you say their actually name.

22. You don't know the last time you have got a full 8 hours of uninterrupted of sleep

23. You get excited when you see a new cartoon movie come out and you can't even stay awake during the chick flick you rented

24. Facebook is the only real conversation you get all day

25. You stick the pacifier in your mouth, before you stick it back in your babies mouth after it falls on the floor, and call it good

These are just a few that I can think of at the moment...But if any of you have some I'd love to hear them!

All mom's should get a one way ticket to heaven!

Who is the Dog . . . Max or Tavin!?

2009-02-08T06:47:00.005-07:00

Can you tell which one is the Dog and which one is the Baby?

Gets into everything ? Max Tavin

Eats things off the floor? Max Tavin

Drinks or plays in the Toilet? Max Tavin

Eats Dog Food? Max Tavin

Begs at your feet for food? Max Tavin

Tips over the Trash can? Max Tavin

Pulls stuff out of the Trash can? Max Tavin

Runs away from Teaghen and Taite? Max Tavin

Glued to mom's side? Max Tavin

Uses the Doggie Door? Max Tavin

Sleeps on our Bed? (a no! no!) Max Tavin

Crys when they see the Boys outside? Max Tavin

Our Family loves them to Death? Max Tavin

The week of Taite!

2009-01-28T14:45:00.004-07:00

So I have tried to leave up my coupon post for all to see! And all are invited! But it I don't do this post about Taite I know I will forget!

The first night I made a double layered cake when my in-laws were in town! That night I had a feeling that I should put the cake up high where little hands couldn't get to it! I was lazy and just went to bed instead.

The next morning I woke up to Taite with a butcher knife no shirt on and the cake in a million pieces! I would have gotten really mad but the first thing out of Taite's mouth was that he hurt himself. After looking at the big butcher knife I started looking for blood! Thank goodness none was found!

Second night after the cake incident I made sure everything was put up and out of the way. In the morning I woke up to find that Taite had found the extra frosting from the cake in the fridge! Needless to say it was everywhere! My Rug, the dishwasher, the fridge, the kitchen floor and all over Taite!

Then a few days later I was putting on my makeup in the bathroom when I heard Taite through the bathroom window say that he had to go to the bathroom. (Teaghen and Taite were both outside jumping on the tramp.) A few seconds of silence, then I heard Teaghen scream "Taite you peed on me!!!!" I looked out the window at Taite peeing off the side of the Tramp while Teaghen was walking by! I tried not to laugh... but seriously that is funny!

It's nice to know that I'm not the only one Taite inflicts trauma on! Teaghen gets it too!

Coupon Party!!

2009-01-19T13:29:00.005-07:00

Come Learn How

To Feed a Family of 4

for

$180 a Month!

*Shop at only 1 store – no running around town!

*Buy all of your family’s groceries, household and personal care items (including diapers) all for about $180 a month for a family of 4-while building a massive food storage at the same time!

*No clipping and filing individual coupons!

*Very quick and easy! A HUGE way to save money!

*Eat a healthy, well-balanced diet and have ease in meal planning!

*Free website and free class-there is no cost to attend & no cost to use the website!

What could your family do with hundreds extra every month?

Bring friends!

When: Friday, January 30 7:00 pm
Where: Home of Ryanne Day 1575 W 1510 N
RSVP: Ryanne 862-7560

I'm a Terd!

2009-01-14T20:15:00.006-07:00

After a very trying morning, I was very excited to ship my boys off to school! Taite was the Helper at Preschool and so I helped him bring in the snacks we had brought. I started to talk to Mrs. Bowen and as I presented Taite, I sarcastically said, "He's all Yours!" She started to laugh and continued on with a story. I guess the Monday after Christmas break, while all the other children were playing with the toys, Taite went over to Mrs. Bowen and with a very frustrated look, he put his hand on his hip and said, "Mrs. Bowen, my mom says I'm a terd! And I'm not a terd!" She said she laughed so hard and then said, "I guess it was a really long Christmas break."

As a parent of children in school, I now understand why in the song "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" David Seville interrupts the chipmunks and says, " and I can hardly wait for school to start again!"

Today as I was feeding Tavin and Taite was up to the counter eating his lunch I was watching Real wives of Orange County (a lame reality soap opera about gold digging women! Real quality stuff)! There was a guy named Ryan on the show and someone was warning someone else that Ryan is a "Real Man Whore!" Not even a second later, Taite pipes up. . . "Mom you're not a man whore!" Oops! I didn't even know what to say!

Moral of the story! Watch your mouth and the mouth of the people on your t.v. little ears are listening! And so is the man upstairs!

Happy New Year!!!!

2009-01-02T15:14:00.003-07:00

I usually am rushing my boys off to bed at 8 pm so mommy can have quite time! I gave in and let them stay up on new years eve! Taite was knocked out 20 min to 12am and Tavin was gone hours before... but Teaghen was a Trooper! We were at my cousins, where we played the wii all night long until it was time. We all ran upstairs to watch the ball drop in Time Square on the TV. We were passing around the bubbly (sparkly cider). Teaghen was reluctant to drink it until I explained to him that it was just apple juice with some bubbles!! So as we counted down I watched Teaghen place his cup to his lips shaking with excitement! As soon as we counted to one, Teaghen started to chug his drink. Then he got embarrassed as he watched everyone give each other cheers. It was pretty cute! He was trying to be so mature. Then he went around and gave everyone hugs and said "I wish you a happy new year!" But defiantly no new years Kiss! Jer was working and Teaghen doesn't go there! (I'm a girl!)

Coupon Party update

2009-01-02T13:42:00.002-07:00

I will be having another coupon party on the 30th of Jan at 7 pm! mark it on your calendar! I had to reschedule my last party. let me know if you can come! bring a friend; it will be well worth your time!

Coupon Party

2008-12-16T22:33:00.000-07:00

So I really don't like go to these parties let alone throw one. . . But I went to this coupon party at my friends about 10 weeks ago and I have saved $100's I mean $100's of dollars and I want to pass on the secret to you guys! The only thing they will be selling is a subscription to the newspaper, so you can receive the coupons in the sunday paper. You can still benefit even if you don't get the paper. I have truly built up my food storage and gotten free food! Our budget for two weeks is $250 and on friday I went shopping and only spent around $120. Blah Blah Blah!
So Where, wha,t and when, you say!?

When: Friday 19th
Time: 7pm
Where: Ryanne's house!
RSVP: sassyryanne@gmail.com

The only thing I get out of this is a $20 gift card if I have 5 people there! But truly I just want to pass on the savings that I have gotten! If you shop at a grocery store or eat food. . . you need to come! Bring your friends who eat food too! Some of my receipts totals are
$41.90 total $14.02 after coupons
$54.60 total $28.03 after coupons
$23.93 total $2.95 after coupons

Just think if we all put $50 a mth away from the extra we save, we could have a killer girls weekend!

If you could be so kind to let me know if you are coming one way or another!
Thanks
Ryanne

I spy. . .

2008-12-07T22:41:00.002-07:00

When my sister came up to our house for Thanksgiving, we thought we would get out of St. George and took a ride to Vegas. As we were on the freeway, to pass the time we started to play "I Spy. . ." The way Teaghen and Taite play is "I spy a green tree, right there!" No one really gets to guess. So after a few minutes of that we exit on the off ramp and are sitting at the light when Taite says, "I Spy naked boys!" We all said what@#%#@!

"Where do you see naked boys, Taite?"

Taite points and sure enough right behind us there is a giant billboard with the "Thunder Down Under!"

So next time you want to play I spy, with toddlers . . . DON'T DO IT IN VEGAS!!!!

I know I'm braging but...

2008-11-14T13:43:00.007-07:00

We did some family pictures over a week ago and they turned out so cute! So go check them out and tell me what you think! http://www.moxiecreatives.blogspot.com/

We also are doing another whole day of back to back family pics again on the 29th for all the people who wanted to get them done. If you are interested in pics and you can't make the 29th let me know and we will work it out!

"It's a Miracle!"

2008-11-14T11:54:00.004-07:00

We were at LAX taxiing on the runway when Teaghen saw the pillars of lights outside his window, that are a cool fixture at the airport. He yelled at Taite to look. When Taite saw the lights he said as loud as he could "It's a MIRACLE!" I laughed so hard, and everyone around us got a good laugh too. So the word of the day is Miracle!

Happy 30th Birthday Corey!

2008-10-30T17:05:00.002-06:00

So in our neighborhood we kinda go all out on big birthday celebrations ! So When I found big ol granny panties at the $ store... my brain just started ticking! We defiantly hung Corey out to dry! To bad the sprinklers came on and got everything all wet again! We made signs like "you put the FUN in Funeral!", "It's straight to the grave from here!" and we did a chalk outlines and said "we found your youth(which it was written inside the chalk outline) Time of Death October 30, 2008 @ 12:01.

The front say "Happy 30th Birthday Corey!"

The back says "who needs a bra with panties this HIGH!

2008-10-27T16:02:00.003-06:00

Hey Everyone!

I know you want to support your local businesses... ok whatever about the local business, I really just want you to support ME! My partners and I were at the What Women Want Expo, this last weekend and we offered to take a portrait of you and your families at the expo and put it into a ONE of a kind, amazing, creative, fun, holiday card templates for you to run to the store and have them printed out and walla your christmas cards are done! (that was a really long sentence and probably so not freshman english class correct!) Anyways! So a lot of you: Quote "FORGOT!" So I'm giving you another chance! Click on the link to our Blog http://moxiecreatives.blogspot.com/ and check the holiday cards out! If you like one of them. . . email me a photo you want on your card and what you want written on it and for a small fee of $15 we will put it together and put it on a cd for you to mass produce! Or if you live far away we can email it to you and you can burn it to a disc and mass produce it!

So remember! You need to support your local business or just ME!

p.s. if the templates are not up quite yet check back in the morning!

Sting on This!

2008-10-16T09:56:00.006-06:00

Who says you can't get cute things at the DI! Well the kid came from great breeding material, but the costume is pretty cute!

FYI: Moxie Creative Designs (My company) Will be at What Women Want on Oct 24- 25th taking pictures of all your cutie's in their costumes too! We are also doing family pictures and have templates to chose from to make them into a wonderful christmas card! Come and visit us!

6 Bucks & A Bottle of Water

2008-10-16T09:28:00.004-06:00

We have some close friends that are very talented. . . No. . . amazingly talented, that are making this film with some other friends. Here is a preview trailer.

http://www.6bucks1bottle.com/trailer

Give the video a second to load before you play it! It looks great Bryan! I wish I was as cool as you! Yah and the Johnson brother don't have to bad of butts either!

One of my top ten most Embarrassing moments!!!

2008-10-09T09:56:00.003-06:00

Opps! So for some reason I got sidetracked and published this post when I didn't even get past the title! I've been getting crap left and right about not keeping up on my blog! I'm so sorry.

Things here have been crazy busy with the boys, school (Jer's too) and working at our new company Moxie Creative Designs! Yah I know you guys thought it was Moxie Creatives! (I'm clarifying for Mardi because I know she will comment something about the name change!) Some other guy up north had the name Moxie Creative which was to close to our name so we through on the "designs" and walla. . . Moxie Creative Designs is in business!

So back to the Blog Post!

I was photographing a wedding last weekend, when I thought to get a picture of a center piece on one of the tables. So to get a better angle I stood on this chair and WHAM!!!!

the chair folded up on me! It was all in slow motion...I just

thought protect your camera and catch yourself with your other leg. For some reason my other leg never found the ground in time and I was laying flat on my back with all my goods hanging out for the world to see! Yah I was in a dress! I tried to hurry and get up before anyone could get to me. But to my luck everyone wanted to help me and my foot was stuck in the chair so I couldn't get away!

I was so embarrassed that I didn't notice the pain in my ankle. It was all buffy and black and blue! But it was okay because my secret identity is Wonder Women so I was able to finish the wedding and suck it up!

Moral of the story: Don't stand on folding chairs in a dress in front of a very large crowd!

This is one of my favorite pictures

from the wedding. . . Ring bears shoes

Tigers!

2008-10-09T09:39:00.005-06:00

Teaghen cut his head somehow! I think just scratching it with his own fingernails. Anyways. . . he wanted a bandaid, so Jer gave him one right in the middle of his forehead. When he went to school his teacher asked him what he did to his head and he told her that he was attacked by a TIGER! I laughed when his teacher told me! Oh silly Teaghen, he has such an imagination.

Then the next night I was sleeping with Taite, when he woke up at four in the morning and proceeded to tell me all about this Tiger that attacked him and Teaghen and Dad had to save them!

Wow! See what happens went you leave Dad in charge!

Future Yoga Instructor

2008-09-09T17:39:00.002-06:00

Moxie Creatives

2008-08-27T21:48:00.006-06:00

I know many of you read my blog for the funny things my boys say and do. I don't know if I'm missing the funny parts or I haven't noticed them because I have been so busy lately with our new company Moxie Creatives! So I assure you that I will concentrate on making sure I get better at my blogging again. But for now I have to promote our company . . . Moxie Creatives! I have joined forces with two other gorgeous red-headed goddesses, like myself to create our company . . . Moxie Creatives! So I'm sure you are all on the edge of your seats asking, "what is all this Moxie stuff?" Moxie Creatives is a one stop shop for Video Montage, Photography, and Graphic Design (announcements, save the date, posters, anything that needs a little more Moxie!) So if that wasn't a clear enough definition for you then you need to check out our blogspot and myspace page! http://moxiecreatives.blogspot.com and http://www.myspace.com/moxiecreatives . We are working on our website and I will let you know when it will be revealed! But for now check it out! We are running some specials which you may want to take advantage of (remember how you hate putting those family pictures together last minute for your christmas cards!?). Also the video montages make great stocking stuffers for Grandma and Grandpa!

May I leave you with this challenge? Try to fit the word Moxie in at least one conversation a day! I promise that you will be the Moxiest person on the block... who knows maybe the Moxiest in the whole neighborhood!

By the way did I mention that our company is named Moxie Creatives?

Ryanne Day

Corey Allred

Alesha Sevy

Kindergarden! ya waz up!

2008-08-14T21:50:00.005-06:00

It is official! Teaghen is now a school bound child! He is in Kindergarden and loving everyday. He is in a dual emersion program where he learns everything in english and the next day he goes to another class that is completely in spanish. It's fun! He has already learned Red and Yellow in Spanish. Mom keeps bugging him by quizzing him on his spanish. Hopefully I will pick up on some of it on the way!

He is so smart he said "Mom I can see my brain!" "oh you can?" "Ya he replied!" Jer and I sat there and watched Teaghen as his rolled his eyes up and his eyelids fluttered.

Then he sighed and said "My eyes won't go backwards today!"

Oliva and Teaghen (Teaghen's Girlfriend!)

Teaghen and his friend Alex!

couldn't get them to look at the camera!

Picture This!

2008-07-26T13:57:00.006-06:00

For those of you who are wondering about my Picture This company I talk about, this dvd is the kind of stuff I do. I made this DVD invitation for my friend's son's Star Wars Birthday party. She is as crazy about birthdays as I am. I love it. I think it turned out well. Go check out my Picture This Blog to find other videos I've done. Don't forget to tell your friends and family if they want a fun gift idea to give me a call!

picturethisryanneday.blogspot.com

Picturethis.ryanneday@gmail.com

Ryanne Day 435-862-7560

Also if anyone is interested I've started to playing around with some photography and for a small donation I would love some guinea pigs to work with. So if you want an updated family picture or cute shots of the kids give me a call! You can see some of my pictures on my picture this blogs also.

Thanks to everyone who has supported me in my passions to make my hobbies into my career!
p.s. Yes the one behind the mask is yours truly!

The Hillbilly Smoky Mountains!

2008-07-21T22:38:00.010-06:00

So when I heard we were going to the Smoky Mountains National Park for our Day Family Reunion I was excited! I truly had no idea what was in store! I have been all over the Dixieland and never seen anything like this! I am sure this is where Jeff Foxworthy gets most of his "You know you're a Redneck..." jokes. (No offense to my fellow southerners! I love the south!)

First stop Walmart...no matter where you are, North, South, East, or West you can find your local haven of Rednecks at Wally World!

First question, "When was the last time you drove your dune buggy to the store?

If you look close you will notice the gas tank is a keg. Who knows, they may get better gas milage the all ya'll!

Do I really have to say anything about the bummer stickers!

I saw signs in the parking lot for airbrushed t-shirts and I thought to myself isn't that a little out dated, like the 80's? Little did I know that Airbrushing is the "it" thing in this town and every store on the main street does it. So if you have mad airbrushing skills and paint is running through your veins, this is the city for you! The unicorn is my fav!

The main strip was like the Vegas of mini putt putts, and amusement park rides!

There was everything from buildings turned completely upside down, Elvis and Friends, 50 putt putts, 50 go cart tracks, and tons of confederates shops with Rebel flags that have deer in the middle of the flag, to the little chapel voted "Best" continuously from 2000 -2007! I don't know who gets to vote because they must not want to hurt anyones feelings. There was no second place here. Everyone it the BEST! Also for those of you who didn't know Dollywood is here too!

All these exciting things where brought to you by the great city of Pigeon Forge TN!

Yet 5 miles up the street is a High Class city Gatlinbury TN. It's like a Hillbilly Park City!

They even have Hillbilly miniture golf. It looked like you had to ride a old mining elevator up to the course!

Not quite sure, but I think in other countries cooter's means a special part of one's body!

Here it is this fine mans name!

Not sure what they serve there but I'm pretty sure this lady ate there!

"Check out her Cooter's!"

It was a very fun trip! Very Educational too!

I do have some more Redneck video but I can't get it to work so if I can get it to work look for an update!

Indiana Jones

2008-07-13T14:42:00.007-06:00

Of course we lovvvvve birthday parties at our house! We plan them all year round. . . Well Teaghen and Taite do! Every year I think I have to one up the last party. It's a sick addiction! So when Teaghen said he wanted to do a Indiana Jones party my brain started to tick! We had everything from monkey brains, to the real Indiana Jones (aka Papa!)
We went to the splashpad, which is great for keeping the kids occupied while all of them arrived. Of course we had to do the tribal tattoos. Then we fished through monkey brains, eyeballs and a snake pit to find puzzle pieces, which revealed the location of the treasure. Once they figured out where the treasure was, Indiana Jones was their guide that helped them get through the jungle, over the crocodile pit, crawl their way through the quicksand, and barely escaped from the scorpions, snakes, and fire ants to find...

THE TREASURE!
One of the things I think I get more pleasure in then they do, is the cake! Teaghen's cake was the Temple of Doom with a bouncy ball covered in frosting and gram crackers, that was rolling after the Lego Indiana Jones.

The cake had a few casualties starting with the temple falling backwards off the cake, then the back of the cake came off due to holding up the Temple. Then the next morning before we left I caught Taite trying to hide in the fridge after he had taken a big bite out of the side of the cake! Man that kid is fast! He always knows he's in trouble because he closes his eye, thinking that when he opens them mom will be gone and no punishment will be administered! WRONG! I never seem to disappear, Strange! I know!
All in all Teaghen had another awesome birthday, and hopefully all were entertained! Thank you to everyone who helped me and who came! Teaghen has some great friends!

Happy 5th Birthday Teaghen!

p.s. Big Thanks to Indiana Jones (Papa)! You were awesome!

One home found!

2008-07-03T14:24:00.008-06:00

This is an update on our k-9 friends!
Rocco found a new home with an older couple who are addicted to the dog whisper! He will be a great dog for them. Her last dog died of cancer about three years ago, and she says she is finally emotionally ready for an new friend. I'm really happy for Rocco! Max is a little upset and let us know that someone was taking his buddy away. He is a little sad and lonely! I won't lie. I cried! I want to cry just thinking about him being gone, but this way Taite won't kill him (Taite is a little ruff on Rocco). Kristin the new owner, was very kind and did call us to tell us that Rocco is the new man of the house and he has already met the doggie neighbors on his walk. (They all go for group dog walks together.) I know he will get lots of love!

Max is still with us! I'm not sure if we are going to get rid of him yet. It was very hard to get rid of Rocco and I don't know if I can do it again. He is a really good dog for the boys. I just need to be better at giving him the attention he needs.

We have a Yorkie Terrier mix (Rocco) and a Puggle: half pug half beagle (Max) that have become good buddies and need a home that can take both. I feel like they need more attention then I can give them with my three busy boys. If you know anyone that would like some great dogs, please have them contact us. We have put an add on KSL.com but I would feel better if whoever took them we knew or where recommended too. Rocco is not a great dog for small kids. I'm afraid that Taite is really going to hurt him which is another reason for giving them away. They are both house broken and I think they would be heart broken to be separated. They are great dogs and you will be rewarded with lots of kisses!

Not so funny! Actually really scary!

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Yesterday I told the boys to go get in the car to go to the splash pad. I followed behind them with Tavin and snapped him into his car seat. I remembered something I had forgotten and ran back inside the house. When I came out I saw Taite leaning over Tavin with a grape he had brought out from the house. Teaghen immediately started to tell me that Taite was trying to feed Tavin a grape (let me remind you that Tavin is only 3 mths old). I grabbed the grape away from Taite and chucked it on the lawn and lectured him about not feeding anything to Tavin or he could choke and die!

I thought that was the end of that, until today I found the remnants of the grape in Tavin's

diaper. I asked Teaghen if Tavin had swallowed the grape yesterday and he said yes. Then I asked him if he was choking on it and he said yes. I was horrified! We really try to watch Taite around Tavin, and I'm always on the defense, but thankfully I have Angels watching over him too.

Sh@*% and Giggles

2008-06-24T07:06:00.002-06:00

Our house is full of Sh@*% and Giggles! Actually after making this video of Taite, I am sad to say the rest of the day was pretty Sh@%y. Taite Pooped in his pants about 5 times. Needless to say he had to go to bed early and no treats or movie!

Here Fishy Fishy's

2008-06-21T10:38:00.003-06:00

I know that everyone is on the edge of their seat waiting to see what Taite does next, well here it is! Yesterday we had gone to my friend Suzette's house and while I was nursing Tavin, Garrett (Suzette's son) came screaming "Taite just dumped all the fish food in the fish tank!" The tank was full of flooding fish food we barely found the two fish! Needless to say Mom (Me) Spent the next 45 min going back and forth dumping water out of the fish tank into the bathtub, washing all the rocks off, cleaning the 10-15 gallon tank out and then making trip after trip of water back into the tank!

They had two fish and a crab (crabby patty). The bad news was crabby patty had made escape days earlier and I had to be the one to tell them there was no more Crabby Patty!

My Dad is Special!

2008-06-18T13:58:00.000-06:00

The kids in Taite's preschool filled out these papers about their Dad's for Father's Day. Taite's answers were pretty hilarious. Some of my favorites are...

I like to make my Dad smile by... taking pictures-I say cheese and then click he takes the picture.

I like it when my Dad... talks to the Bishop and pours me root beer. (I not sure were he got talking to the Bishop thing from. Maybe it was when we had to talk to him about Taite's addiction to Root Beer.)

My favorite answer is...

My Dad is smart! He even knows...how to fall off a huge rock

and catch sharks!

"Yah that's right you wish your dad could catch sharks and fall off rocks!"

Happy Fathers Day Jeremiah!

"Picture This!" Blog

2008-06-16T21:57:00.000-06:00

Just wanted everyone to know that I got my blog up and running for my business "Picture This!" I do video montages and I love it! So go check out my blog http://www.picturethisryanneday.blogspot.com/ Please feel free to pass along my name, I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks Ryanne

Tavin Baby Photography

2008-06-09T23:33:00.000-06:00

These pictures were taken by a very talented and close friend of mine Corey Allred. Check out her website www.coreyallredphotography.com

Caution "Wet Cement!"

2008-06-07T23:53:00.000-06:00

Taite left his mark with a permanent marker on my sisters couch, so I'm sure Teaghen has been feeling a little left out! But don't you worry, my clever little Teaghen found a permanent way to leave his mark!

My neighbors have been remodeling their house for the last year, and they are now just finishing up the outside and backyard. So needless to say after watching the cement truck dump tons of cement to make a lovely patio in their backyard, Teaghen and his little friend Andy thought they would go check out.

Yes in deedy! Little feet prints and scuff marks where left all over the cement. Our neighbor had found some evidence left behind, and went door to door trying to see who's head would fit in the hat that would incriminate the trespassers. I had never seen the hat before, but after our neighbor left I started to fit the puzzle pieces together and asked Teaghen if he had gone in Jose's backyard. And sure enough. . . he did! The hat was Andy's.

Thank goodness that Jeremiah came home and did some quick thinking and asked another neighbor who pours cement if he could come help us literally "smooth things over." With a lot of prays and apologies the little foot prints where sweep away before the cement completely dried!

Stranger Danger

2008-06-07T23:29:00.000-06:00

Taite started Preschool this week at the Busy Bee Academy. Throughout the summer they are learning all about being safe.

On thursday when I picked up Taite he keep saying, "Don't talk to strangers, don't talk to strangers!" as he got in the car. So guessed they had talked about talking to strangers that day but I thought I would ask Taite what he learned anyways. He said once again, "Don't talk to strangers!" So I agreed with him, and started to quiz him on what he should do if a stranger does talk to him, and out of the blue he says, "Mom I want to be a stranger!" and I replied "No, strangers are people we don't know, we don't talk to stranger." And then Taite replied back "Strangers drive cars, and I want to be a stranger so I can drive cars!"

So I'm not to sure how much of that lesson went in one ear and out the other (once he heard that strangers drive cars).

Jesus will save us!

2008-06-02T15:13:00.000-06:00

Over memorial day we went to see Indiana Jones movie (or as Teaghen says it Indy Andy Jones). Yah I know my kids are to young! But they loved it! So much so, that everything in Teaghen's imaginary world, has changed from Super Teaghen, to Adventures of Teaghen (I'm guessing it's suppose to be, like adventures of Indiana Jones). Anyways Sunday Teaghen was going on and on about in the movie "Adventures of Teaghen 2" when he spoiled the ending by telling me the Teaghen DIES! He continues to say "it's okay mom because Jesus brings him back to life!"

Later that day after church he was filling up a tupperwear container with the hose when I got mad at him and told him to turn off the water. (of course everything goes in one ear and out the other) Then he started to bring it in the house and I told him not to. (in one ear out the other). He sets it down on the counter and sprints full speed across the room with his shoulder up by his ears and arms just a swingin'. When he gets back to the water he places Indy Andy Jones in the water and tells me he his going to baptism him! He was on a mission to get him baptised and no clean freak mom was going to stop him.
For those of you who were wondering. . . after the baptism Indy Andy Jones went to the park and played in the water then went to McDonald and came home and got a bath! Big day for Indy!

"I thought Jesus did that?"

2008-05-29T00:13:00.000-06:00

Jer and I were going over some bills and he asked me if I had payed Dr. Lunt. Then Teaghen asked who Dr. Lunt was. I told him he was the Dr. that delivered Tavin. Teaghen looked up at me puzzled and said, "I thought Jesus did that!" What do you say to that? All I know was I had a direct line to Jesus that day, and my miracle appeared... Tavin Elliott Day!

"Word" to the Jacobs!

2008-05-27T09:10:00.000-06:00

For those who know us, on Sunday after church my boys get so excited to make the trip north to Cedar City for hang time with the Jacobs (my cousins)! After these last four weeks, I'm not to sure why they keep letting us come back.

May 4, 2008 . . .My cousin Tanner had somehow acquired some baby ducks (don't ask! I have no idea why) and to keep them warm he had them under a very hot lamp. The reason we know it was so hot was because Taite caught the carpet on fire with it.

Teaghen ran through the downstairs yelling "Fire! Fire!" But knowing that they would be in trouble, Teaghen proceeded to slam the door in Jer's face so he wouldn't come in. Thank goodness for Jer's muscles and Teaghen's good mind to yell "Fire!" End result, their carpet was burned and not much else.

May 11, 2008 ... Now it's Teaghen's turn! He will probably

kill me for writing this one down, but this blog, although for everyone else's entertainment, it is also my journal for my boys.

So Teaghen is good at going the bathroom, not so great at wiping his butt. So after massive amounts of toilet paper down the Jacobs' toilet . . . yes it ov

erflowed! So you think that is the end of the story! Wrong! This is just the beginning!

The next time he went the bathroom we took the toilet paper out so he would have to ask us for help, thus avoid another clogged toilet. Wow! Did that backfire.

So Teaghen ventured to the bathroom and after

many minutes I decided to go check on him. (I think the altitude must help clean out his colon!!) I asked how he wiped his butt, and he told me he didn't. So I checked his underwear and yes, there was some nice skid marks. So I washed them out and told him to put his shorts back on until his underwear was dry. He wouldn't hear of it. So he sat his naked butt in the bathroom for the next twenty minutes.

Jer went to give him his underwear when he realized the toilet was clogged again. He brought Teaghen to me, to see if I could figure out what he put down the toilet this time. After yelling and taking him back in forth to the bathroom to have him show me what he put down the toilet, he still would not confess.

The next thing we see is Michael and Jeremiah hauling the toilet to the front lawn. By then I had lost it and spanked him like I never had spanked him!

A few minutes later Jeremiah comes in the house laughing and tells me to come s

ee this. When I get to the lawn I see the hugest terd! (Is that how you spell terd!) yah! I'm the proud mother of a four year old, that can take a dump so big that it can clog a toilet, that a normal adult can't clog with their crap! (we should have called "World Genius book of records")

We'll after all is said and done I feel like the worlds worst mom. . .first for spanking him for going the bathroom like he should and second his butt probably killed already from the birthing of the worlds biggest poop and I decide to make it hurt a little worse!

May 18, 2008. . . I vaguely remembering saying to Jer as we were driving home, "we managed not to cause to much havoc this week!" Fast forward to Sunday May 25 when we were informed that last week (May 18) that Teaghen and Taite defrosted the small refrigerator

downstair by taking everything out of it and turning the knob for the Temperature to off. But wait there is more!

They found a whole package of unopened Nutter Butters (cookies). I'm sure they couldn't get the bag open so they decided to jump on it and get it open that way. Needless to say it worked. And the way the crime scene was described, it sounds like someone spun around and around while the contents of the bag flew out making a nice circle of Nutter Butter Heaven! I'm sure someone noticed the mess before we left but felt like they would give us a brake and tell us the next week!

May 25, 2008. . . Taite has been potty training off and on for the last 6 months, and we are doing pretty good with the peeing, but the poo poo is another story! Backup a few days to

Wednesday when I caught Taite outside straining. I rushed him in the house and sat him down on his little potty and coached him for about 30 min trying to get him to finish his job.

It became a battle of wills! I lost after 2 1/2 hours.

Mind you, we have done the praising, the star chart, the fire airplane he wanted so bad is on the entertainment center just staring at him, ready to be played with if he would just poo once. Teaghen has even given him on a tour of the Preschool he will get to go to if he goes potty! I even have gone so far as to put him in a cold (luke warm) shower when he messes his pants and I have strapped him in a old car seat in him poopy pants for 15 min. Both of those suggestion came from people who said they worked after only a few times. He still has not pooped in the toilet.

So it is now Saturday and Taite has gone without pooping for three days! So I gave him two doses of some kids laxative, and stuck him on the toilet. . . no action! So We tried a suppository. By this time it was 9 pm and I thought for sure he would "get'r done!" No dice!

Coming to the present. . . Monday memorial day we spend with our cousins in Cedar! And this is day five with no poop!

I'm trying to help in the kitchen when Alison, in very few words and a lot of facial expression told us that Taite had gone poop! As I went around the corner there he was, underwear around his ankle laying on the carpet and drawing on his legs with crap! "Bonus" for the Jacobs, some of Taite's artistic work on their carpet! Jer got the carpet and I got the poopy

kid in the bath!

Any advice for getting Taite pooping in the potty, will be taking with great appreciation!

Most days I dream of having a large house where my kids could go and play and I could have peace in the West Wing of our "Day Manor"! But after the last four weeks I'm glad for my small house, where I can run to see what is happening in seconds! But don't get me wrong! If we ever can afford a large house I'm moving in and locking my boys in a fireproof, washable, padded room, while I read a book!

Teaghen Sleeping in the Bathtub!

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Talking Tavin

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"Can I get a Jesus?!"

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So I was laying down with Tavin when I hear Teaghen and Taite outside Screaming "Jesus!" So I go to the window to see what's up. I asked why they were screaming Jesus, and they're answer was, "We need to talk to him!" I guess they don't understand the prayer concept. But I really don't care because if they need to talk to someone, Jesus would be my first pick!

Later they told me very disappointed that he didn't show up. I think, they think Jesus is a superhero that is going to fly on into our backyard. I told them not to give up. But hopefully if he does show up I will at least have my teeth brushed!

A picture is worth a thousand words!

2008-05-20T16:23:00.000-06:00

You go to the bathroom and when you come back your kids are Native Americans!

MY FAVORITE COUSIN!

2008-05-15T12:00:00.000-06:00

Just want to send a 'shout out' to my cousin Sam for fixing my blog!! He made it so my margins are wider! He's my favorite cousin and he's pretty good looking too!! THANX SAM!

Helping brother clean up his crap!

2008-04-27T23:31:00.000-06:00

So we have been trying to potty train Taite forever now! We have let him run around naked, watch spongebob for hours while sitting on the kiddy potty until he has a permeant ring on his butt, bought cool pull-ups, bought a fire airplane toy so he could see it and hopefully decide to go poop in the toilet, etc etc. So when Teaghen poops he is excited to share with Taite to get him excited to do it for himself. So the other day Teaghen was so proud to share with Taite, and Taite was excited to check it out. After awhile Taite didn't come out of the bathroom so I thought I would see what was going on. When I opened the door I realized that maybe Taite doesn't want to do his duty because he thinks it's to dirty. He had proceeded to help Teaghen by squirting excessive amounts of hand soap on his head while Teaghen was trying to finish up his business!

Needless to say Teaghen needed a bath to wash his hair, but he decided that I should squirt him off with the hose instead! I argued for a little bit and then thought WHATEVER! So I hosed him down and needless to say Taite got hosed down too. Just another day.

Super Hero Powers Revealed!

2008-04-20T17:07:00.000-06:00

The other day I was having a conversation with Teaghen when he explained that he was smart because was four and he said he would be smarter when he turned five. So I said "well if you get smarter as you get older then mom and dad are really smart because we are really old, huh?"
Then Teaghen replied "No you're not smart, because you guys don't have super Hero powers like me!"
He is very secretive about his powers but today as we were looking at some pictures we had taken at the Air and Space Museum and I made the comment, "Man you guys get the worst red eyes in pictures!"
Then Teaghen said "That's because I have Lasers!"
Although that sounds funny to us, I truely think he believes it!

Funny things little boys say!

2008-04-13T19:03:00.000-06:00

I think the best is when out of the blue your child says something so unexpected. Needless to say having a baby opens up all sorts of new conversations. So most of my blogs are going to be just the great things my boys say.

Such as. . . I was holding Tavin on my lap sleeping when Taite asked what he was doing. I told him he was sleeping. Then he asked me if he was dreaming about baby Jesus?

When my mother-in-law had came to see our newest addition (Tavin) Teaghen explained how he eats; "He bites my mom's stomach!" How do you explain that one?

Teaghen, as all who knows him, also knows he is a big Buzz Lightyear Fan! The best was hearing him try and say Buzz Lightyear and it coming out as Budweiser.

For the longest time Teaghen keep saying "Bull Sh**" I just keep thinking where was he picking up this language. One day while giving him a bath he was playing with his boat and then he started to cuss and suddenly I realized he was saying "Boat Ship"! Thank goodness I had not failed as a mother.

We have plenty of little sticks all over our yard which are used as swords. Yet when Teaghen and now Taite tell you about there stick it comes out "Mom I have a big di**" We have a rule at our house that sticks stay outside which also cuts down on the cussing in the house.

Last one. This one just happened right now. Taite was out side playing with the BBQ and came and told me he was the "Kooky guy!" I'm guessing he meant the cooker guy, although he is a little kooky at times.

I have many more I just can't remember right now! When I do remember I will be back to blog.

Until then "Let Little minds wonder and wander!"

Slip and Slide!!!!!!!

2007-04-22T16:05:00.000-06:00

Trying to get to church on time is a life time goal in my house! Needless to say the little people in our house don't know how to read a clock! We, as we alway are, were running a little behind! I needed to get the boys out of the bath and dressed and then we would be on our way to recieve another gold star towards our making it to heaven chart! But the two little devil had a different plan. . . As I got closer to the bathroom I heard some giggling and a slapping noise and an aroma of "summertime melons" came from behind the door! I tried to open the door but it was being blocked by a very soapy naked little body! Taite had dumped out half a bottle of body soap and was proceeding to show his older brother how to slide across the floor! Needless to say I had to give them another bath but this time there was bubbles galore! Yah! no Gold star this week! I'm not sure but being the mother of these two I think I might get a "Go straight to Heaven" Card!

Warning: Permant marker is not for kids under 3

2007-04-21T16:11:00.000-06:00

My sister just got the cutest dogs (one is a terrier of some sorts name rocco and the other is a cockapoo puppynamed sophie). So Taite is in love with the little puppy that is the size of your hand and was constantly loving it a little to much. So after making a makeshift snuggly out of a towel and rubberbands I was able to keep her out of harms way and get some stuff done around the house. So as I was putting on my make-up I had a mother's sick feeling to go see what Taite was up to. My gut was right and after I turned the corner I saw my sisters beautiful couch covered in permant marker! I was suddenly reminded why I'm not able to get a shower unless someone else is watching the boys! Needless to say I managed to get it out with some magic and a lot of positive thinking. Moral of the story. . . If someone is coming to your house that is shorter then 3.5 ft HIDE your PERMANT MARKERS!!!!!!!

Adventures of T-n-T (Teaghen and Taite)

2007-04-18T16:07:00.000-06:00

For many of you that know me and know my boys. . . you know I will be grey or bald in a few years to come! To say my boys are crazy is to say the least! So I've decided to start a blog on all my crazy adventures with them. Well it all started when they where born. Teaghen thought it would be fun to see how much pain he could put his mother in... weighing in a 9.3lb 21.5inches. Yet Taite was right behind him trying to one up his brother at a (no help from my epidural) whopping 10lbs 21inches. From that point on it has been one painful adventure after another. I can't remember all of them right now but some recent ones have been, dog poop in the dogs water bowl, jumping naked on the trampoline after giving the dog his poopy diaper, dumping the whole bag of cheerios on the floor, Sticking 3 washclothes, a dinosaur, a TMNT peez dispenser, and a plastic dog down our toilet (our plumber says that is a record, we are so proud), having a "how far can you pee off the bed" contest unstead of actually taking a nap, and countless food fights! Well those are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head. So to all of those who say boys are easier then girls. . . I hope your girls really give you hell when they hit puberty because boys aren't as easy as you think. Needless to say I still love my boys to death. So stay tuned for all the exciting stories to come!