My little love bug

He was being so charismatic during his bath the other day, I had to grab the camera. Teagan is just the cutest thing ever. I love him to death. He came to me yesterday and told me he was happy. I didn't know he knew the word. He surprises me with the things he says all the time. He ran in and said "happy, mama" and pointed to his big smile. It was so cute. I also love asking him "Who loves mama?" or "Who's mama's boy?" He raises his hand and yells, "ME!" It's so cute. My mom taught him that and I substitute mama for grandma. 

Other great news, he is consistently going potty everyday. He isn't even 2 but he wants to go. I don't think he is quite ready for complete potty training, but he is getting close. I am not going to press the issue. I just let him go potty whenever he wants to and it seems he wants to several times a day. I think we will take a more strong approach when he seems a bit more ready. He had a dry diaper for over 6 hours yesterday because he kept wanting to go potty. I can't believe how fast kids learn.

"CHEESE!" 

Rachelle: "Who's mama's boy?"

Teagan: "ME!"

Silly face

Halloween 2009

Teagan at the Rowland Halloween Party looking thrilled to be in his costume.

Our costumes for the adult party we went to. It was our attempt at looking hardcore. Ya. Didn't really work out. Haha. We had fun looking like freaks. Darryl didn't like being compared to Adam Lambert though. :)

The whole gang right before trick-or-treating. Isaiah is a dinosaur, Chase is a bumblebee, Teagan is Scooby-doo, Phill is Shaggy, Jeannine is Velme, Darryl is Fred, and I am Daphne.

Teagan got plenty of candy, and got scared at just about any Halloween decoration that made noise and especially the ones that moved. Luckily his dad was nice enough to carry him the entire time we were out. I was glad people recognized who we were. We had several comments about our Scooby and the gang themed costumes. I felt pretty ridiculous in my bright pink mess of a costume, but Darryl's wig was way worse! :) I guess that's what you get when you just buy the cheap packaged costumes. I was glad Marissa let me borrow a red-headed wig for my costume, or my wig would have looked just as bad. 

Playdoh

Despite my attempts at warning him against tasting the playdoh, he did anyway. He didn't like it much. He would actually shudder and shake his head because it tasted so bad. The funniest part was that he kept licking it just to make sure it still tasted that bad. It was hilarious. He has learned though. He has played with the playdoh several times since and never puts it near his mouth.

Halloween Fun

This year I got into Halloween a lot more than I normally do. It was fun making fun Halloween treats for our pumpkin carving party. More on that later.

Homemade "witches brew" rootbeer

Mummy hotdogs

Halloween cakebites

Teagan and Glade

A little while ago Darryl's cousin, Emily got married which meant a trip to Utah for Darryl's mom Reita, and sister Aimee. We are always happy to have Darryl's family visit. It's great getting to see them. Reita stopped in Cedar City and took Glade for the weekend so we were able to see her too! The kids had so much fun playing together as always. They are so alike in so many ways. They must get it from their dad's. They would run into Teagan's bedroom yelling "HIDE! HIDE!" and crawl under a blanket and wait for you to find them. Teagan does that all the time, and apparently so does Glade. It was cute seeing them play together. 

We got to the wedding and that was the tough part. Darryl is usually a bit shy and events like that but he was quite the socialite that night and kept disappearing talking to different people and left me alone with two very active toddlers who like to run in opposite directions. Glade kept trying to run for the door while Teagan tried to climb on the table. Needless to say, it was an exhausting night until Reita came to the reception and helped me out. They are both so cute and weren't difficult at all when we were home, but take them somewhere they need to dress nice and behave, and it's a whole different ball game. 

Teagan wasn't as cooperative when we tried to re-create the moment and get a picture. He wouldn't put his drum down. Glade was happy to oblige.

I love the hug/wrestle move Glade is using here. Nice strategy.

Kissin' Cousins