Flowbee

It's was finally time to get the poor kids haircut! I don't know who's hair he has? A mixture of both of ours I think. For some strange reason he has always had more hair in the middle of his head than anywhere else on his head? Its real thick towards the back middle and just a little bit on the sides. I was actually kinda bummed to cut his hair because he was getting these cute curls in the back. But his hair definitely had to be fixed! Mike got out the Flowbee and started cutting away. Mikey did really good. He didn't even cry. I think it had to do with the animal crackers that were on the highchair... like mother like son! Before

After

What would life be without Carter Lee?

Its hard to believe Carter is a month old! I just got over the fact that I was pregnant again and he is already a month old?? Carter is such a bundle of joy! He is starting to be awake allot more. He is a really good baby. He sleeps allot still. Its nice because I only have to wake 1 time during the night now. He is going to be blessed the first week in January. I am stoked that both of our boys got their daddy's dimples! Silly outfit I know!
My favorite outfit (that I snagged for FREE!)

Thanksgiving

I thought these pics were a perfect way to describe how our day went!Eat a bunch

Then some pie ( clearly the elder on the back left is starting to digest the Turkey)

Then snooze

We are truly blessed to be together on Thanksgiving for the first time as a family of 4. How lucky we are to have 2 incredible cute boys that are healthy, jobs, a nice house and too many other things to name. We know that others aren't as fortunate so it was real nice to be able to think more about these things that we take for granted!

Mikey 1st Birthday

I have been emotional all week. I don't know if it is hormones from just having a baby or what? The thought of Mikey turning 1 just has me in tears! I couldn't even sing "Happy B-day" because I was sobbing like a baby! I spent 4 hours making his baseball cake and about another hour decorating for his little party. My parents came over and took Mikey out to dinner so I could decorate. I blew up 50 balloons and put them all over the floor around a blow-up car with balls in it that Mike and I got him. He came in from dinner and he saw the balloons all over the floor.. he didn't know what to think.. He got allot of clothes, from the grandparents.. a laughing Elmo chair with "Elmo Live" (which was a HUGE hit) I think the adults got more of a kick out of it then Mikey. From Aunt Kristi stack able rings that plays songs which he LOVED! He got cake ALL-OVER his face and in his ears. I think the thing that he liked the most were the balloons.. the best $2.00 I have ever spent! The year has gone by sooo fast! Mikey is such an incredible kid! He loves to laugh and smile, get into things, pull little kids hair, throw things down the vent, cuddle with Mommy and Daddy, brush his teeth, and roll around on the floor with a blankie. Mikey is CLOSE to being a full time walker. He doesn't walk all of the time but he can take steps here and there when he wants to. He took 10 steps to my Dad at his B-day party. He has a personality that won't quit! I can't wait to see how he will learn and grow in another year.

A cool surprise

On Friday night I got a call from Mikes sister Kristi. It was an odd call with a really long pause from Kristi at the start of the call. While I was on the phone with her I heard a knock at the door, I opened it and here is Kristi standing at the door with little Dusty too! I FLIPPED out! I screamed and jumped up and down and got all emotional. This was the BEST surprise EVER!! They waited at my house for Mike to get home. Of course he didn't have his cell phone on him and he decided to stop by Grandma Shirley's. Finally he got home and Kristi hid under a blanket on our couch while I held Dusty in the kitchen hidden from the living room. Kristi popped out of the blanked when Mike walked in the door. It was a nice surprise for him too! Today we decided to go to Manitow park in Spokane and take some pics of the kids. It was a nice visit. We took some pics in the leaves and by the water. Mikey and Dusty liked watching the ducks and Mikey liked chasing the ducks all over the park. Above are just a few pics, I will e-mail the rest of them in a couple days. It has been fun watching Dusty and Mikey play and laugh together. I am really going to miss Kristi when she goes home. We keep trying to talk her into visiting permanently but she's not having it. I am thankful to have her for the time that she is here, we are lucky to have her! I suppose its time for Mike and I to come visit in California. Being with Kristi really makes me miss the rest of my family and the niece and nephew I have never met.

Carter's first bath

The second pic from the top is Mikey when he had his first bath the third one down is Carter. I thought it would be fun to compare them. Carter got his first bath at two weeks old. I only gave him sponge baths up until that point. His umbilical cord fell off a little too early and was too gooey to submerge him in water. It is great having 2 kids. It will be nice to see their differences and commonalities as they grow up together. Yes, I am going crazy, but wouldn't change it for the world!

My Girls

A "BIG" Thank You!! Thanks for the yummy food, support, desserts, encouragement, clothes and so on. I'm pumping for a girls night out... soon! Maybe to the Midnight showing of "Twilight". To those of you who doesn't know who these girls are... They all married the Frank brothers! Its nice to see sister in laws that get along as well as I do with mine!

Halloween

I know... I know... Halloween is totally over! I am just now getting around to getting "A MOMENT" if you can call it that! I had come home with Carter two days before Halloween so I was DOG TIRED. We just relaxed at home and handed out candy to all of our trick or treaters. I didn't even put Mikey's costume on him. The pic of Mikey in the Giraffe costume was taken the day before Halloween. Mike took the pics of him in the leaves in our front yard. Grandpa Rusty did give Mikey all kinds of candy so at least he got something for Halloween.

Carter Lee 10/27

Carter Lee Dan born 10/27 5:39pm 8 lbs 4 oz 20in.... So happy to be a bigger family! Labor went great. They started me on petocin about 9:00am I started feeling contractions around 12:00 and doc came in and broke my water at 1:00. I NEEDED an epidural by 2:00pm and then 3 hours later I was ready to push. I pushed through 5 contractions and out came Carter! Yes our crib card said "Danboy" on it. I made sure we had a name picked before the rest of the evening was over. He has tons of dark hair, he is nursing well for the moment and is sleeping ALOT! Mikey isn't really reacting to him yet but Im sure he will soon.

Volkswagen Routan baby

Ok this is the closest that I could find that looks like little Mikey! Pretty freaky! Something fun to do when your bored! Click on the "Volkswagen Routan baby" title above and give it a try then post it on your blog!

"Backyardigans"

I have started recording the Backyardigans. Mikey loves cartoons but I think this one is his favorite because of the bright colors. He also watches Nascar with dad like this. That is where he likes to stand to watch his cartoons or Nascar. It is nice to be able to turn this on, put him in the playpen and be able to go to the bathroom or take a shower or do the things that you like to do in private. Yah I know he is standing really close.. hopefully it is a myth about them going blind!

Baby guessing game!

Please go to this game! The prize for whoever guesses the closest will get the first call from Mike telling you the gender of our baby! Enter your guess! Even though my due date is Oct 31 I am scheduled to be induced on 10/27/08.. Mikey was 6 lbs 10 oz born on his due date and 19 1/2 in. We don't know what the gender is! Im suppose to arrive at the hospital on the 27th at 6:30am if there is enough room!

Getting Induced on Mon the 27th instead of the 28th!

Oh, the pic below of the prego belly isn't me!

Baby coming soon...

So I went to the doc today and I have a date set now to get induced! Wasn't expecting it but who can say no when they say "Do you want to pick a date to have this baby." It is nice to have a date set. A date to look forward to. Well I had the due date but that is sooo up in the air. So... If I don't have the baby before then they are inducing me on October 28th! I am excited but also really scared and nervous. I doubt I will get any sleep the night before. I can't believe the time has come again.. it feels like I was just at that hospital going through a WONDERFUL time!

I guess Im tagged!

Alright 7 things about me: Taylor Victoria Dan



1. Everyone always thinks this is a weird one: I love fish tanks! Saltwater fish, freshwater fish a goldfish in a bowl etc. However, I cannot look at a fish tank and eat or drink anything! I think its just something about them swimming around in their own poop! I dunno?

2. I was made fun of at school in the 6th grade EVERYDAY! I would come home sobbing everyday from school! I moved to a new town that year and I just couldn't make any new friends. I think for the most part I can make friends pretty easy (if I want to) sometimes I just don't care. Well I did get over the 6th grade because 7th and 8th grade and high school was completely different.

3. My parents were divorced when I was like 1 1/2. My dad was working in the oil fields for a long time and he also traveled allot working as a bouncer at concerts. So I lived the winters with my grandparents until about middle school. We lived just outside of Sacramento CA. I would spend the summer with my mom in Santa Cruz, CA. My first roller coaster was of course the big dipper..... good times!

4. I wrecked my car the first week I had my drivers license. I hit washboard on a dirt road going way too fast.. I hit a mountain and kinda ricocheted off of it. My head hit the steering wheel and I passed out. We would've went down off of the other side of the embankment if my friend didn't pull the e-break.

5. I like to fish.

6. My favorite food is Mexican food. I like more authentic tasting Mexican food than American Mexican. (Azteca for example)

7. I have 3 tattoos that are all getting removed within the next 5 years. At least this is my goal. I am starting a trust on behalf of myself at Bank of America. I will let you know when this will take effect. j/k it is going to cost LOTS of money though, but well worth it. I can't wait to get started!

EVERYONE THAT LOOKS AT THIS IS NOW TAGGED! I just don't want to list any names.. keep it going!

Autumn Backdrop

We were going to go to the pumpkin patch on saturday.... The ONLY reason I wanted to go was to take some pics of Mikey with pumpkins and fall scenery in the background. We are on the road to Spokane, WA (where the pumpkin patch is) we stop and ask for directions at a little fruit stand. The man that was working at the counter said that the pumpkins froze early for the season and the pumpkin patches were all closed down for the season already. I was really bummed! He had some pumpkins for sale there so we bought three of them and then drove around looking for a fall BACKDROP. LAME I KNOW! Well we went to this corn maze in Post Falls, ID but all they had was corn (imagine that!) so then we were leaving the corn maze and Mike spotted a coffee stand with a cute little backdrop. YES we did take pics in front of this along a VERY busy highway. We must have looked like the BIGGEST nerds! They probably thought we were from Athol, ID or something and never saw a coffee stand. Here are just a few pics.. Mikey HATED sitting on the bails of hay and was tired and hungry.. the look on his face describes how I felt!

We left from there to go to my parents house. It turns out that we could have just went to their house to begin with because they had the PERFECT thing.. leaves!! So we took pics underneath their willow tree with some leaves around him. Mike said that he is going to take more pics in our front yard so there might be more pics of that coming soon. Oh! I almost forgot to mention.. while I was at my parents my friend Sarah called and her sister went to the SAME pumpkin patch we were going to that day and it is still open.. no frozen pumpkins. Who knows maybe the guy was just saying that so we would buy his.. oh well! Maybe we will go this weekend if I haven't had the baby yet.

Boy Names

See poll on right hand side:



Mike and I cannot agree on any boy names. We need a little help. I really don't want to decide in the hospital. It would be easier if we even had a few names. The only name that Mike has come up with is Ryan and every first and middle name of all of his bro's. Here are some that I like: Corbin, Gavin, Carson, Garrett, and Ian I'm not stuck on these. I am open to any suggestions.... I'm not sure Mike is though!

"Big Boy Car seat"

Mikey is now in a forward facing car seat! Even though he is about 2 lbs and 1 month away from "Car seat Guidelines" we decided to put him in a new car seat. The whole reason behind this was so the other car seat, "The Chicco" would be freed up for the new baby. Mikey loves his new car seat and really interacts with us now. We talk to him allot more and he talks to us allot more.

Little Terd

Mikey is really getting to be a little terd! He gets into EVERYTHING he isn't suppose to. I tell him "no" and he turns around and smiles at me. The other day I left the room for a sec and came back and found him like this........

Mikey's 1st roadrash

Mikey fell off our cement backstep yesterday. He skinned his little nose pretty good. Luckily he's tough and only cried for a minute. 1st of many to come.....