Interview with Teagun

I was tagged by Jami to do a Q&A with Teagun

1. How old are you? I don't know
take two: three

2. How old is mommy? three

3. How old is daddy? two

3. How do you bake a cake? blow on the handle, make it, and then put it in the oven.

4. What is daddy's name? Trevor

5. When is your birthday? handles make it

6. What is your favorite color? blue

7. What is your favorite animal? tiger

8. What do you want to be when you grow up? a big giant pirate!

Oh man, I thought this was going to be fun. That was like getting my teeth pulled to get him to answer these questions (absolutely no attention span)! :)

Now I'm tagging Stephanie and Jennifer

Growing Up

way too fast. I downloaded these and then just kept looking at them on my computer screen thinking, "He is not that big. He is not that grown-up looking. Where is my baby?" I don't get to share him enough on here because he won't let me take his picture, but he saw me taking pictures of Emery here and said he wanted to touch the fence (hence the finger on the fence) for a picture too. Can't argue with that!

Them

A total snapshot, but I just love it. A glimpse of our afternoon. Pretty much everyday when Emery wakes up from her nap Teagun asks me if he can go in and play with her. I can hear them laughing and giggling in there and then Teagun comes out and asks if he can get in bed with Emery. Emery stands there hanging on the edge jumping up and down while Teagun jumps from one side of the crib to the other. Just love how I captured her actually holding still looking at me and caught Teagun in the middle of a jump.

Arrrrr, Matey!

It is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, afterall.

10 on Tuesday

Well, today it is really just going to be 10 snapshots on Tuesday. I carry my little point & shoot camera with me all the time and I downloaded the pictures last night, so thought I would share some of what has been going on/what we have been up to lately.

1. Teagun got stung for the first time a couple weeks ago. He did really well when it happened, we put some ice on it and he fell asleep. When he woke up, though, it could have possibly been the end of the world! :)


2. Remember my "Moody" post last week. Well, this was taken the very next school day. Woke up silly as could be. He just likes to keep me on my toes apparently. But his hair was cracking me up. We finally went and got it cut this weekend.


3. Ahhh...to be a little boy!


4. We went boating with our friends, Holli and Jason, last weekend. Teagun LOVES to tube. We really need to buy a boat...


5. We went to the fair this weekend. Teagun is now to the age where he notices the rides first thing and that is all he talks about the whole time ("When are we going to the rides?").


6. Who needs dolls?!?!


7. We walked to the park this weekend and let Teagun drive his Power Wheels there. On the way home, Trevor put Emery in with him. It was so dang cute. Teagun kept looking at her and laughing and she just kept her arm propped up on the window sill acting like it was no big deal. She also liked playing with the radio buttons. I'm sure this is just a glimpse of what it will look like in 13 years!


8. I got a new "toy". I am so excited! I used it at a session this weekend and just love it! I have a new lens on the way too - can't wait!


*the next two pictures were taken with my new camera

9. My busy body (you can't see it, but I have my foot on her to stop her from rolling over and crawling away...probably why she is giving me her scruntched-up nose look). We are in teething hell right now. I don't remember Teagun being really affected by teething. Emery on the other hand...


10. And a picture of our "first baby".

Moody

No, not this face?!?!



Oh man, this morning was rough. The newness/excitement of preschool has already official worn off, I think. He was a total pill this morning. He never wakes up very well in the mornings or from naps - has a very hard time waking up/adjusting (I blame that on Trevor because I LOVE to nap/sleep!). He cried, screamed, threw tantrums. He didn't want to get dressed, didn't want to eat, didn't want daddy to leave to work, didn't want to go to school. Just plain didn't want to do anything.
Anyone else have a child like this? Any tips/suggestions on how to make the mornings run a little smoother??? I won't make it through the school year if every morning is like this!

Lil' Stinker!

First day of school

Teagun had his first day of preschool today. It went really well. I realized, though, that I need to be a little more organized in the mornings now to be able to get myself and two kids dressed, fed and out the door on time. Not used to that! But we made it and he was really excited and did great getting dropped off (me too!) and said he had a lot of fun.

Here is a picture I took real quick with my point-n-shoot this morning as we were headed out the door. He was not happy I was making him stop to take a picture!

Rock Star

Last week Teagun had a shirt on that said "Rock Star". I was telling him what his shirt said and he told me he'd better play his guitar then. I think I should have grabbed our video camera instead of my regular camera...it was pretty cute!

(click to see it larger)

10 on Tuesday

I'm jumping on the "10 on Tuesday" bandwagon...this week anyway. I'll see if I can even get through 10 today first.

1. Teagun started swimming lessons yesterday. I seriously almost teared up when he walked away with his class to get in the water - he looked so big and independent, but he is still my baby. I am *not* that mom, so it totally caught me off-guard.

2. He has preschool orientation next week. I'm guessing by my reaction to swim lessons, that the first day of preschool might be kind of rough on me...unless he acts like he needs me. I think that is what got me yesterday, he was just like, "see ya later, mom!" and turned around and walked away without thinking twice about it. He went to daycare full time for 2.5 years and he loved it and I loved it...I seriously have no idea where this is coming from. But we both are super excited for school to start! Now I don't have to feel guilty that I am "dumbifying" (like that word??) my child...lol!

3. Next month is mine and Trevor's 15 year "dating" anniversary. I'm trying to get him to go on a mini-vacation, but he is fighting it of course. Any good recommendations??? I was thinking of a short cruise out of California, but haven't looked into it all that much.

4. I have a girlfriends long weekend planned in October with two of my very good friends from high school. We all turned 30 this year, so we are all flying to San Diego and hanging out and going to the spa - can't wait!

5. Yes, Trevor endlessly complains about all my trips and leaving him at home, but then when I try to plan a trip with him, he doesn't act like he wants to go, so it is his own fault! :)

6. I jumped on the Twilight book bandwagon and am loving it! I am not a big reader - I honestly can't remember the last book I read, but I have read almost 3books in two weeks now. Love them. Yes, they are geared toward young teenagers, but I don't care! The third book is taking me a long time, but I think it is because I know I will only have one book left and then it will be all over! So I need book recommendations - preferably series books, but I am open to single books too!

7. Look how big he is getting. I get asked all the time if he is four...makes me kind of sad because I'm sure people expect him to act a little older than he really is then. But he is so darn sweet and cute (minus the whining and talking back).



8. And my Miss. Piggy. Seriously, this girl will eat anything and everything and can't get enough.



9. I love Google Reader. I don't know how I lived without it! I love reading blogs and am subscribed to almost 150 now and can keep up with relative ease. If you don't use it, you should (just be sure to still click into my blog and leave me a comment every now and again still!!!) :)

10. I am putting together information on my Holiday Mini-Sessions I will be offering, so be on the look-out for that in the next week or so! Yes, it is only August, but Christmas will be here before you know it and you will then already have your cards ready to go and pictures to give as gifts!!!

Catching up

with a whole lotta snapshots (all taken with my point-n-shoot camera)

So as I mentioned, my sister and nephews came to visit a couple weeks ago. The boys did a lot of swimming and Teagun saw how much fun his cousins were having jumping off the diving board and finally did it himself.


and then my sister and I joined in on the fun.


Emery learned to bear crawl.



And ate watermelon for the first time and couldn't get enough.


We went to the Deer Park Settler's Day parade where my parents were the Grand Marshalls.


And my nephews got to ride in the parade with my grandpa who was "Mr. Eagle"...ok, I can't remember exactly why he was in the parade, but it was something like that! :) He is now in the hospital recovering from surgery and we are wishing him a quick a full recovery!



We also got to go to Silverwood and had a great time despite the crummy weather.









Then this weekend, I flew to Las Vegas to meet-up with some friends. It was too short, but we had a great time!






Ok, that's what we have been up to the past couple of weeks! :)

10 Things I Love About Teagun

- His sense of humor. He is so funny.

- That he loves to have "dance party" with me in the evenings.

- That he told me I was his best friend the other night. Normally daddy is. I am going to win him over one of these days!

- How he whines and whines about not wanting/needing a nap and then proceeds to sleep for about 3 hours everyday still.

- How when he is helping daddy, and Trevor says something to me, Teagun will repeat the exact same thing to me right on the tail of Trevor. He is Trevor's little "mini-me".

- How he squeals back at Emery when she starts squealing and laughs and laughs about it.

- How he differentiates his grandmas by calling one grandma "Grandma Crazy-Hair" (yes, she knows this!) :)

- That he still has to have his milk first thing in the morning and last thing in the evening and it still has to be warmed up.

- How he calls the bank the "penny" bank. "Are we going to the penny bank today, mom?"

- That he still asks to sit and snuggle a lot of evenings before bed still. I'm sure that isn't going to last much longer!

And a picture of him not looking at the camera, of course! This picture was taken by a fellow photographer friend, Keri Doolittle. She took some family pictures of us the other night, which I will be sharing soon!

Teagun Update

Teagun's turn! Probably won't be as long as Emery's since he isn't doing so many new things in short amounts of time now, but still wanted to do a post dedicated to him.

- Teagun is going through a "I hate the camera" phase...again. It is an on-and-off again love for him. Ok, it rarely is ever "on", but he definitely cooperates sometimes for me. He will not have any of that lately.

- He will probably kill me for posting this in public later on in life, but it cracked me up, so thought I would share. He "nursed" his Boo Bear last week. I was feeding Emery and he came up next to us, lift his shirt, and proceeded to feed his bear.

- His new phrase is "Oh my gosh!" and says it with such enthusiasm no matter what it is. "OH MY GOSH, Mom, look at that mixer!"

- He remembers everything now. Definitely have to really think about what I am "promising" him now in our discussions!

- He LOVES to spend the night at his grandparents. He just stayed the weekend with my parents and cried and cried when they brought him back home. Made me sad!

- His imagination has just exploded! He is always telling us these funny and crazy stories. Just amazes me sometimes.

- Anytime he sees a bunch of trees, he says it is the "wilderness" (no matter if it is in the city of not) and there might be tigers in there. We must be careful! :)

Ok, I realized I need to do these more often with him because he says funny things or does something funny all the time, but I have the memory, so need to write about it write away or I forget about it.

Anyway, this is what I get when I try to take a picture of him lately. Absolutely NO eye contact and then runs away. ALL. THE. TIME. Booooo!!!

The River

Our friends, Tracy and Ryan, invited us up to their river cabin this weekend to hang out and go boating. Teagun LOVED it to say the least. He had so much fun playing with Kai and Kaylee, swimming, and tubing for the first time. They even talked me into wakeboarding and I finally got up for the first time! But then totally face-planted shortly after. Now I feel like I am suffering from some serious whip-lash...I am too old for that apparently! :)
Trevor and the kids got me a new point-and-shoot camera for my birthday a couple weeks ago (30 - yikes!) that is soooo tiny and I can just put it in my purse or pocket for these kind of circumstances. I am in love with it though. I just had it in my pocket, took it out, and took some pictures while holding Emery. So much easier than my big camera! So these were all taken with me "new" camera.



She loves her cheese puffs!

One Cool Kid!

Just love him to death!

Happy Father's Day!

I just wanted to give a little shout out to my wonderful husband this Father's Day! I couldn't ask for a better daddy for our kids and he does so much for us! In fact, today he is spending HIS day re-tiling (yes, I said RE-tiling...that's going to have to be a new post all on it's own) our kitchen.

Also, Happy Father's Day to any dad blog readers I have - I hope you enjoy your day!

Here are just a couple snapshots of the cute t-shirts I got for the kids to celebrate Father's Day. We are planning a little BBQ this evening and I am hoping to get some pictures of Trevor with the kids.

My Handsome Man

Seriously, I could just eat him up! He is so much fun and a day doesn't go by that he doesn't cease to amaze me (something new he has learned, funny things he says, whatever!). He is such a great big brother to Emery and just the sweetest little guy. I don't get to post pictures of him enough on here anymore (since he now chooses to run away from me instead!). I was able to capture these last week though.

Week 10 and Week 11

My Kids and I

I forgot to post last weeks. I was just trying to do something a little different. I am holding Emery and Teagun is standing next to me.



And this one I totally messed up. I just set my camera down and had Teagun come over to give me a kiss to see if we were even going to be in the frame (taken with a remote) and then I went and checked it - looked good - so changed the settings and what do you know...he wouldn't come give me another kiss! So this is it!