I should go to sleep.

I am passing this story on from Nicc. Tonight we put Davin to bed then I was out working on some stuff in the kitchen and Nicc was brushing his teeth in the bathroom. When Nicc finished and came out he said Davin was sitting on our bed and as soon as he saw him he scuttled to the end of the bed to hop off and as doing so said, "I should go to sleep."

Davin is in this habit of getting out of bed a few times before falling asleep, however, usually he comes and finds us when he does so. Anyway, Nicc and I got a giggle out of this! He really is a funn kid!

Thanksgiving!!

We had an excellent Thanksgiving--everything from the turkey, to family, to the MANY miles traveled around the state of Wyoming!

We left as soon as Nicc got out of school Wednesday at 12:00 to head to Casper. There we met my grandma and grandpa and were soon accompanied by my Mom, Dad, brothers, and my Uncle and his family! This is the first time ALL of my family has been together since Davin's blessing. It was "awesome, cool" as Davin called it! We spent Thanksgiving Day in Casper eating, eating, and eating! Davin ate up the attention being the only child! I finally moved up to the adult table this year (my brothers say all you have to do is have a kid to move up, they are on the lookout for one to snatch next year so they can move up! We took a family picture and were shocked that everyone looked good on the first try!

We left Casper late Thursday night and headed to Rock Springs where we planned our attack for Black Friday. This year my mom and I were accompanied by my brother Chris and Nicc! I can not believe that Nicc came. Not only that but he and I went to Wal-Mart! He just laughed hysterically the entire time saying, "This is CRAZY!" He was most amazed watching everyone rush in as the doors were opened! We were pretty successful and got everything we needed. After we all calmed down from Friday morning we decorated the Christmas tree at my Mom and Dad's house and then we had an early Christmas with them (we will not see them at Christmas this year)! Davin totally understands what to do with presents this year and not only that, but he thought that all of the presents under the tree should be for him. I don't know if I dare put any of our presents under our tree!

Davin and his " Go Braves helmet!"

Saturday we were totally lazy all morning! Davin entertained his uncles as they tried to keep up with him.Finally when we pulled ourselves together we took Davin to see Santa. When we got there he was feeding his reindeer lunch so we killed some time and went back later. He talked about Santa the entire time we were waitng, saying, "please some candy, Santa." and "I a good boy." and anything else we had talked about telling Santa. When we finally got to go back and see him Davin was not so thrilled to tell him ANYTHING and refused to get very close to him! He did say thank you for the candy cane.

Saturday night we put Davin to bed early so we all could play games. We all sat up playing Cranium for 5 hours and laughed so hard at times we were all crying!

We had an excellent Thanksgiving and were grateful for the opportunity to spend it with family!

The rhombus!!!

Just a funny story! We were at story time the other day and Davin went to sit on the shape carpet. As he walked over and got on the stage he stated, "Can I sit on the rhombus?" I didn't know whether to laugh and be proud or be totally embarrassed. What 2 year old calls a diamond a rhombus?!

Just a fun weekend!

We haven't had a weekend without anything specifically going on since school started so we had a pretty fun time enjoying this weekend. Friday night Nicc and Davin built a fort in the living room. Nicc was just as excited as Davin (probably more truthfully) and kept saying, "Dav, this is going to be awesome" after which Davin would repeat, "yeah Dad, awesome!" they moved all my furniture around and had a great time. The tent is still up and Davin flips if we even move it for a minute and cries, "my house is broken!" I am not sure how we will lose the "house."

Saturday was pretty nice, considering this last week it snowed almost every day, so we, anticipating the coming winter, worked outside to get some things ready. Davin was outside for a while helping Nicc in the shop but then wanted to go in. After a while Nicc needed my help so I went out. Davin didn't have any pants or shoes on so I told him to stay inside, he couldn't come out without shoes on, and that I would be right back. Just a few minutes later Nicc and I saw this cute little guy running toward the shop with a sweatshirt, his unders, and a pair of boots on! He knew he couldn't come outside without shoes on so he put them on. I guess I forgot to mention that he needed pants too! We were laughing to hard to tell him he needed pants on so within just a second he was running through the snow in his skimpy outfit, but hey, at least he had shoes on!

Sorry about the fuzzy picture!

Haircut!

I have been waiting to get my haircut and I knew this time I wanted it short! Nicc laughs because I always cut it short in the winter (he thinks it would be better to have it short during the hot summer)! This time she really went short, although the pictures don't do it justice. The top part on my head is only about 1 1/2 inches long and that is the same all the way down the back. The longest part is on the sides! I sure am having fun with it! I love the spiky do and it is by far the easiest do I have ever had--in less that 10 minutes I am done, that includes blow drying (which for me usually takes forever!).

Here is Davin trying to style his hair after watching me do mine. He found the putty and knew right away it went in his hair!

Potty Chair!!!

So, I had no intention of trying to potty train Davin this early but the opportunity arose today! I was watching two other girls and had been asking them if they need to go potty. Both said no but just then Davin hopped off the chair and said, "I have to go potty." He ran to the bathroom and proceeded to go to the bathroom. He barely trickled but it was a success. Afterward, I thought I better take advantage of this and offered to put underwear on him. He was soooooo excited! He had underwear on from 9:30 this morning until bedtime, and he did not want a diaper on then. We had 3 small accidents but some very successful times too! Right before bed I asked him if he needed to go and he ran to the bathroom. I was getting some things in the kitchen (I hadn't made it to the bathroom yet) when I heard, "Mommy, mommy, come here!" I ran back there kind of scared as to what I might find. I found the potty chair full and he did it all on his own. He kept saying, "I'm a big boy!" I am really proud of him and happy about how this is all going. However, ask me in a few days and I make sure I am still enjoying the whole potty training saga!

Halloween!

OK, I know I am a little late getting all of our Halloween stuff on here but better late than never! We had a great Halloween and great weather! We have been talking about it for a couple of weeks, when we first bought our pumpkins (if you don't get them early, you don't get any). Davin was loving the pumpkins and wanted to paint them everyday! He had 2 that got several paint jobs!

When we finally got to carve pumpkins he was really in heaven. He wouldn't touch the guts, but had a great time "carving" his pumpkin with a little poker while Daddy did the other one!

Davin wore a devil costume that my brother wore years ago! I think the costume must have transforming powers because he was truly a devil that day!

To start the day off we went to see Nicc at school and have a pancake party with his guided reading class, then some friends and I took our kids trick-or-treating down town with the elementary school. This was the lazy man's trick-or-treating. The kids sat, or laid, in the stroller and let everyone put candy in their buckets! I was proud of my son when he did say "Thank you" every time (a little bit of his angelic self did show through)!

Later that night we hit a few homes around our house. Davin loved knocking on the doors and said "trick-or-treat" as soon as he knocked, before they opened the door! We laugh because the first house he went to we prepped him to get "good" candy (Nicc and I were sick of suckers) and there he chose a fiber bar!

Later that night we hit a trunk-or-treat with some friends and then went to the care center. Several of the older people were dressed up, some were asleep with their bowl of candy. At every one Davin just said, "Mom, look at that guy!" I had a hard time keeping my composure, however, he did say thank you every time, even to the ones that were asleep!

By the end of the night we had way too much candy for a 2 year old!