The other day Austin and I were getting ready to go to the park. I went to set up the stroller at the bottom of the stairs. Now usually I just leave or door open and he walks down the stairs to me. Well, last Monday instead of walking out the door he rode out on his little tricycle. I started up the stairs just in time to see him turn to head down. Just then I started sprinting up the stairs to catch him. I made it just in time to get the back end of his tricycle in my eye and he made it down one stair. But as you can see that one stair made banged him up pretty good.
Most days I feel like a pretty okay Mom. That day I felt like the worst Mom in the world. It was so sad to see my little boy hurt so badly and not feel responsible. We just sat on the couch after and just snuggled and cried. Luckily Tagg is a pretty tough kid and bounced back pretty quickly.
The next few days you could see the real damage from the crash.
Right after the crash
Day 2
Day 3
Dan I celebrated out four year anniversary this weekend and had a great time. We started it off with a nice dinner and then went and say KA a cirque du Soleil show. I was in total aw... of what the performers were able to do, it was AMAZING! The best part of the night was being able to stay the night in the hotel without or little man. It was the first time that we have left him over night. And I am not gonna lie, it felt a little weird to not have him around.
On Saturday we got to spend the day with my sister Mickey and her roommate Kate. Who were our wonderful babysitters all weekend. We took them to see the Shark Reef and out to lunch. Then we ran home to get ready for the cougar football game. We meet up with a few of our friends from school and had a bast. The best part was that our tickets were in the UNLV student section. We were getting a load of crap from the UNLV fans during the first quarter, but they shut up after that. It must have been the fact that we ended up killing them, 59 to 12. It was so fun to be able to cheer for our amateur.
Just when I think I have parenting and Tagg's schedule all figured out it changes. Our latest change has come with replacing the crib with a toddler bed. Tagg was so excited when we set it up. He was jumping up and down; then he would run and and grab a stuffed animal and bringing it back to lay down with him in his new bed.The first night was a nightmare! Tagg cried and cried and pounded on the door for hours. Dan and I tried everything we knew how to do to calm him down and get him to sleep. Nothing worked! Tagg finally feel asleep about 10 pm. That night Dan and I went in to check on him. We found him alseep right next to the door, his bunny in one hand and blanket in the other. Needless to say we moved him back to bed.
The next two nights were a bit harry, but over all he has adjusted suprizingly fast. Tagg now just grabs his blanket and goes an layes on his bed when he is ready for naps. What can I say we have one cute and good little boy. Now Dan and I just have to adjust to him comming in to our room and waking us up in the morning.
The other morning I walked in and saw this. I guess we still have a bit more work to do, in getting Tagg to sleep the entire night in his bed.
Sorry that I have been so bad about keeping everyone up to speed the past few weeks. I thought about blogging about the six fun weeks we spent in Utah. But then I didn't want to bore anyone with stuff from two months ago. All I can is that it was so nice to be around so much family and enjoying old friends. But it sure is nice to have our little family together again.
Dan started school again on Monday, and is already swamped with homework and quizzes. He loved his time in Winnammucca, and is totally not excited to be back in school. Due to the extremely hot temperatures I have been spending a lot of time in side playing with Tagg and doing some deep fall cleaning.
I also just finish making a Halloween advent calender. It was a lot of fun and frustrating. The frustrating part was keeping Tagg from eating the glue, cutting with scissors and playing with the sewing machine. Because he has figured out how to get up on the table, nothing is safe now. So I was only able to work on my little project during his naps and at night. I really enjoyed making it but am so happy that it is DONE!
Today marks the first of six weeks that Dan and I will have to spend apart. As part of Dan's schooling he has to go and work with Physical Therapists. For different amounts of time over the coarse of his three years in physical therapy school. This is his first one of three affiliations he will be doing. Dan is currently working in Northern Nevada in a tiny town called Winamucka. For the past week I have heard nothing but how much he loves going to work and how fast the day goes. Sounds like he choose the right profession, hun?
Because his new apartment is the size of a shoe box, Tagg and I have moved to Utah for the next six weeks. We are living with my parents and my three younger siblings. And Tagg and I are sure getting spoiled! My sister Mickey said she wanted to ride her bike to work everyday, so that I could have her new car to go places. Which means she has to get up at 5:45 a.m every day!They are all so good to help and play with Tagg, and he sure is loving all the attention. And it has been so nice to hang out with my Sisters and Mom. But, we sure have been missing Dan. And we are so excited to see him next weekend.
For those of you who have spent time with Tagg, know that he goes LOVES dogs. So last night after while we were hauling all our groceries into our apartment Tagg saw two little Pomeranian's being walked. Of coarse he ran over and started playing with them. After playing with them for a while, we said good bye and started walking into the apartment. And thats when it happened...... he turned around, pointed to the dog's and said "doggie". It was so cute, and was no suprize that this was his first word (other than Mommy and Daddy). Because he has this little stuffed animal dog called Gizzy that goes everywhere with him; it was the first thing he really got attached to. Plus, as previously stated he loves dogs.
