Birthday Bash!

We had a great week celebrating Tagg turning two. It all started off with cake and presents. Tagg loves horses so we made a yummy horse cake, he loved it! His favorite gift was a stuffed Elmo. Who must have looked hungry when Tagg opened him. Because the first thing he did was put a bunch of chips in his mouth.





After the Birthday Party we headed to California for the week. For a much needed brake and for Dan had to go to a PT conference.We had so much fun! We we got to go to: the ocean, zoo, Disneyland, Sea World and the new Mormon Battalion visitor center. The best part was that we only had to pay for Sea World. Gotta love those great family hook ups.

My favorite part of the trip was watching the Shamu show. WOW! That is all I can say about it. Except for that in the middle of the show Shamu just came out of the water and chopped this pelican that was sitting in the water. Then came back up and spit it out and played with it. Before he got sent to killer whale time out! I am serious they put him in time out. And made another whale finish the show. Can you believe it!
Tagg loved going to the Elmo 4D show and touching the Manta Rays. I think Dan's favorite thing was not being in school and sleeping in!

We loved our little birthday bash and mini vacation.

NO CHEESE!!!

You heard me right! For the past month our family has lived without eating cheese. Yep, not even cheese products.Dan and I wanted to see if we could do it, and to seeif it had any effect on weight loss.
We did have two cheat days. Dan's b-day and one night after a long hard day we had pizza. But other then that no cheese. At first it was really hard to think of meals that didn't have cheese. And not to crave it. As time went on it became earlier and I was surprised at how I really didn't miss it on things. It really made me realize how much and how often we eat cheese. It is ALOT!
Well last night we celebrated the end of the month with a trip to the scale and PIZZA! It tasted amazing!Plus, Dan and I both lost 3 pounds over the month. All I can say is that I'm glad to be eating cheese again. But I will definitely look at cheese differently from now on.

Hi all. Well in my family no news is good news. So hopefully you all took my absent of blogging as such. So yep, we are all doing great. I am just a major slacker and just felt like there was no catching up. So in order for me to not feel to overwhelmed; I have decided to just start and Christmas and call it good.

For Christmas break we left the heat of Vegas for the snow and cold of Utah. We had a great time. We ended up splitting our time between the two families. One week at Dan's parents and one at mine.

We had a great time with the Goodrich fam. We got to go sledding, shooting and enjoy a lot of yummy meals. Plus, we got to meet our new sister in-law Jenn. She was amazing and we are so happy to have her as an addition to our family.



Our little puff ball



Dave and his new wife Jenn (they were freezing)



This is a video of Tagg on Christmas morning. Sorry its not facing vertical, the computer won't let me change it. His reaction is pretty stinking' cute. He loved Christmas the presents ect. But mostly the chocolates in his stocking, foil and all!

After Christmas we went and stayed at my parents house. So many fun things that happened:skiing, sledding down the driveway, horse back rides and chill-axing. Plus, we got to go to a special award presentation where my Dad, brother James and Grandpa were honer and given awards for scouting by the General Young Men's' Presidency. Pretty cool stuff. What can I say I love my family.



Tagg loved Peaches and Pepper my parents horses. Every morning he would go and help my Dad feed the horses. But thing he couldn't get enough of was ridding the horses. He would cry and cry when we would take him off.



We weren't able to make it to temple square until after Christmas. But the lights and the message were still amazing.



Dad, James and Grandpa Fillerup receiving their awards. I am so proud of them!



We had a great time skiing New Years Eve. We had so much fun that it was a fight to stay alive until midnight, but we made it.

All in all we had a great vacation. Hopefully I didn't boar you to death with all the pictures and stuff. Just think of all the posts of mine you missed the past few months. And hopefully it won't have felt like that long of a post. Lol

Pumkin patch

On Monday for family night we went to a local pumpkin patch/petting zoo. We all loved it! Tagg loved chasing and petting the animals. He also enjoyed playing the pumpkins like drums. And Dan enjoyed worked on his roping skills. It was so much fun, we are thinking of going again when Dan's parents come into town next week.

Our little dare devil

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

Four years and going strong

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.

Isn't he the cutest!

The past four years have been quite the ride. Things haven't turned out exactly the way we had planned in the beginning. It's a But can't imagine going through the twists and turns of life with anyone else. Even if he doesn't put his laundry away! LOL

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.