It's a Boy

I went to the Dr last Thursday and we are having another little boy! I am so excited, I think Kavin needs a brother to be rough and tough with. I always just wanted 2 kids, a boy and a girl, and since i am having 2 boys, I may have to try for a third someday trying to get that little girl, knowing my luck i will just have 3 little boys ha ha.

Kavin playing in his snow clothes

Kavin w/Santa

Tad & Kavin Building a Snowman

At the SLC lights

Happy Holidays!

Well I can't even believe Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is only a little over a week away. We just got back from spending four days up at Wolf Creek in a condo. It was so nice to get away even just up the canyon, it gave us some time to relax before all the holiday parties hit. I think i took a 2 hour nap every day!! It was so nice. For Thanksgiving I had the Panter family here the weekend before. That was mine and Tad's first time hosting a dinner, and I cannot believe how much work it is. Thank goodness for Tad, he totally got into the turkey making and helped me out a ton. Then on Thanksgiving day we went to the Schiffmans and the Schoolers. Those days are always so long when your toting a little boy around who just wants to play. Now I think we have a Christmas party almost every night till Christmas, with Tad's Dad's B-day and having so much family and friends to see it is going to be a crazy few weeks. I am excited for Christmas day because we are just staying home. I am telling everyone if you want to see us on Christmas we will be home and you can totally come over!

On a side note what in the heck do you do with kids in the Winter....It is so cold outside and all Kavin wants to do is go outside and he REFUSES to wear gloves or a hat so he is always freezing. If anyone is ever doing anything fun with their kids PLEASE let me know, this kid needs to get out of the house. Here are a few fun pics of Kavin, one he is driving his uncle Cole's truck and the other he is loving the rocking horse at his Grandpa Schiffman's. I just got a new camera and need to upload some more recent photos then I will post those pics too.

It's Official

Well everyone it is official, I am pregnant!! Went to the Dr on Friday and I am about 9 weeks along due June 3rd! We saw the heartbeat and everything. I have had a few dreams it was twins, but thank goodness there is only one in there, I would have to hire a nanny if it were twins I wasn't made to have 3 kids under 3. I swear I don't know if it is cause it is the 2nd or what, but as soon as I peed on that stick I gained 5 pounds and barely fit in my pants. I do get huge when I am pregnant, but I am a little worried if I am already starting out this way. Kavin will be 23 months when the new arrival comes. We are way excited and can't wait to have another.

I'm an Alice

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I took the online quiz and it turns out I'm an Alice, ha ha, if anyone loves the Twilight books this is a pretty fun quiz to take, plus have you seen all the previews for the movie, I am getting so exctied I can't wait to see it!!

Nothing too exciting

I have been a bad blogger lately, cause nothing super exciting has been going on.....I fell and hurt my ankle (walking in my front yard, I am so graceful ha ha) and Tad had to take me to the instacare because we were sure it was broken, turns out just super sprained and tore a ton of ligaments. I spent a couple weeks bossing my poor husband around at home and my friends at work to warm up my lunch and refill my ice packs for me while sitting at my desk. I found out I have to go to Ohio Nov 10-13th for a work trip so that should be interesting as work trips always are (yeah right). I did find out that I get to keep my current work schedule which i am stoked about, I only work Tues, 1/2 Wed, and Friday and then Mon and Thurs from home, so it is awesome since i get to spend time with Kavin and still keep working which I love doing both so I guess I get to have my cake and eat it too! Kavin just keeps getting bigger and smarter, he loves outside and his shoes. He is learning so many new words like Hot, Side (for outside), & shoes. He loves his Dad, I swear i come 5th on Kavins favorite list, starting with his dad, my mom, Tad's Dad, my brother, then me, I am offended i only take care of him everyday and don't forget birthed him, ha ha! I have been canning like crazy some jam and salsa, and Tad has been elk hunting the past two weekends and is starting the deer hunt this weekend & that is about it! Seriously nothing exciting. I made some Halloween cards to send out to family that won't get to see Kavin on Halloween, so I took some pics in his costume. He is a little skunk, which fits him perfect, a little stinker!

The State Fair

Last weekend we took Kavin to the state fair. We had so much fun watching him with the animals. He can now moo, baa, and growl, so it was funny as we were walking through the cow barn and he is mooing the whole way. We also took him through that little hands on the farm display. He was a little too young still so he just kept trying to eat the feed and the plastic fruit and veggies.

The Furminater

Thats right, I finally took the $60 plunge and purchased the furminater. It is supposed to be this amazing brush that promises to reduce pet hair by 90% ! I will keep all you animal lovers posted as to if it really works or not. Hopefully I can remember to even brush my dogs to get my money's worth.

Small Claims Court

When it comes to work it seems like I am always dealing with issues, who isn’t? This last little bit it has been smooth sailing, great boss, good employees, and decent clients for the most part, so it was just a matter of time before something was going to happen. Then it hits… my department was served to appear in the West Valley City small claims court. Some guy thinks we are screwing him over and he feels that since he lives in America he deserves to be compensated. After giving the paperwork to our legal dept they feel it isn't worth their time to go to small claims, and think that I will be fine as playing lawyer for the day. Ha me lawyer for the day, ha ha!! After being a nervous wreck, and brushing up on some episodes of Judge Judy, and Law and Order, the guy calls me and says nevermind he is dropping the case because he thinks he jumped the gun in filing it in the first place. I think he was just nervous he would be facing me in a trial!

4 Year Anniversary

Well we made it 4 years and so far so good! We decided to go to Park City overnight and my wonderful mom volunteered to come up and baby sit. To me having a night off, means getting drunk and laying around to relax and watch some TV in the hotel room, to Tad that means getting drunk and fully taking advantage of the hotel room not including the TV (unless your paying 12.95 to watch an hour of choice television, if you know what I mean : ) We had a blast going out to eat, shopping, and just doing whatever we wanted. We were going to ride the Alpine Slides or the zipline but decided to head over to the pub and have a few beers and margaritas and just people watch instead. It was a well needed night away, and we had fun just hanging out together! I am just looking forward to all the fun years we have to come! We didn't take any pics so I will just post a few of Kavin instead.

Kavin & Teek

Man oh man, my poor dogs & cat!! Kavin is obsessed with following them around and manhandling them! I'm surprised our cat has any tail hair left Kavin has ripped so much out, poor Dodger can't even hear Kavin coming (since he is 100% deaf)! Lately his main obsession has been Teek. He loves to cuddle him and rip his hair out at the same time.

Summer Fun

Kavin with his Uncle Cole by the campfire
My first two babies tired after swimming their hearts out!!
The life saver baby backpack (check out the sweet camper)
Me and Kavin by the fire
Kavin Playing in the weeds

I'm the worst blogger, I totally forget to post on a regular basis, so I will try to catch you up since Kavin's B-day. Kavin is now a walking machine!! He is getting so fast and is obsessed with climbing the stairs. He is so funny, he now says "Wow". Everything he sees is WOW. He also barks at the dogs and growls at Tad's taxidermy cougar. He can high five, and puts the phone behind his neck (aiming for his ear) and pretends he is on the phone. He is so big I can't believe it!! He has the most aggressive, hilarious personality, it never ceases to amaze me the things he does. We decided to take him camping the last couple of weekends. We went up to Whitney in the Uintahs and had a blast. I was surprised at how good he did. We went and bought one of those baby backpacks and Tad would tote him around in that, or I would walk him around as he found various rocks, plants, basically whatever was on the ground to put in his mouth and try to eat. We took our dogs and our 1962 Racho El Rae camper, man that thing has seen better days. I think we may have to retire and upgrade next summer. Here are some pics of the trip!

Schiffman Look-alike Meter

Noone can quite figure out who Kavin looks more like, and I guess the internet genealogy meter
figured it out! You should do this, it is pretty fun to play around with.

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Family name origins - Genealogy research

Pictures

I know I am posting twice in one day, but this goes along with his 1st B-day. We decided to have family picutures since Kavin was turning one. What is it about having picutres done that turns kids into the spawn of satin. As soon as we got there Kavin starting throwing temper tantrums, big tears and all. I am sure that the photographer was thinking "why me" and "please please don't ever call me again" The problem is that when Kavin is upset, Tad gets upset. He hates pictures anyway but to add that Kavin was a devil child doesn't help. I was suprised when we actually had a few turn out when I proofed them. We did a set of pics with a goldfish in between Kavin's legs (thanks Hailey) that turned out awesome. The only problem is the fact that I know have a goldfish named Jordy, cause I don't have the heart to flush him! No more pictures for us anytime soon!!

Kavin's 1st B-day

I know can you believe it my little boy just turned 1. I am dying, I can't believe how big he is! We decided to have a party for him and invite just close family, well since Tad has 8 brothers and sisters a small get together turned into 40 people!! Those who know me know that having 40 peeps at my house is as nerveracking as it gets, but i did survive. Of course we made Kavin his own little cake and he just really dug the frosting. He had a lot of fun with his cousins and I was glad we did it (after it was over, ha ha)

New York City

I just got back from a week in NYC with my mom, Aunt Sandra, and Grandma. We had such a blast. I really didn't think I would get to go anywhere like that on vacation until Kavin was older, but I somehow talked Tad into taking a week off of work and staying home with him so I could go. What a guy!! We saw so much and I would love to go back again someday.

My First Blog!!

Well thanks to my good friend Ashley, I finally have a blog, and will hopefully keep it up : ) I thought there would be nothing better for my first post, than Kavin eating spaghetti on his own for the first time. He is really into feeding himself right now, so what the heck lets give him some spaghetti. As you can see from the picture, it didn't go to well, but he sure had fun!