Long Over Due!!!....Holiday Fun!!!!

Sorry it has been so long since I last posted! We have been extremely busy. St. Louis for Thanksgiving was great! Mikie of coarse worked up until 3:00 the afternoon our flight left! I think he had been up for 36 hours or longer when we landed. Then he slept for an hour and got up and went hunting at 3:30 that morning. Mikie has been working a ton! I am having a great time at work getting punched in the face and beat on! (Have I ever mentioned how much I love being a psych nurse?) In our spare time we are chasing a very wild little boy and trying to squeeze christmas festivities in. So I'm sure this will be the last post until after the beginning of the year! but in the mean time here is some of what we have been up too!

We all surrvived our flights too and from St. Louis!!!! Though the flight home was a challenge. Trystan did awesome on the way there. He slept the entire flight and only cried on our final decent into St. Louis (I think his ears were bothering him). We had a blast hanging out with family and visiting with friends I had not seen in a while. It was great to be back in St. Louis! It will always be home for me! Trystan playing in the leaves in Grandma's back yardMommy and Trystan at the zoo... This camel was disgusting!!! It was foaming at the mouth!Trystan enjoying the view from Daddy's shoulders!These kids had a blast together! Trystan fit right in with this group of loud, Rowdy, Rambunctious kids and yes, he can out scream them all! The boys all settled down to watch the Polar Express!Grandpa got out his Train set that he had never opened and played with Trystan! Trystan was in seventh heaven. Trystan and Aunt Annie!This kid is the master of fake sleeping, generally when he is trying to ignore what you are saying! Sorry the picture is so blurry! Having a hard time catching the moment. Trystan and Aunt HeatherWe had a great Thanksgiving with my family! My mom and I went shopping at 3:30am on Black friday and my mom got some great deals! We went to a pizza place while we were there and the kids had a blast. Mikie and I even got to go on two dates!!! The flight home was very long! Trystan had been asking for two days if we could go home, he didn't have a nap that day and whined and cried for 4 hours all the way home! The truck ride home was hilarious though! He was so excited to see Daddy's truck, and grandma and papa! He screamed all the way home (happy screams)! Trystan has been playing with his wooden train that papa topham gave him for his first easter! He loves, Loves, Loves trains!!!! Trysatan and I attempted a gingerbread train! You can see how well it went!!!! Now the icing is hard and I can't put the train back together again and Trystan gets up every morning and starts yelling help, help for me to put it back together, I really should just throw it away!After finishing the train, Mommy and Trystan playing!We went to Town square this morning to see Santa! Trystan was not too sure about Santa, but liked Mrs. Clause! He would not sit with them though, so Mrs. Clause suggested that they hide behind the couch and pop up behind us so Trystan didn't know they were there so that we got a good picture! They were so sweet! Trystan loves the picture and has been talking about his trip to see Santa Clause all day today!Some great Trystanisms:

Trystan comes halling butt into my room as I was getting in the shower the other morning and looks at me and points and says "Mama, Pee Pee gone!"

Pointing to the African American man walking behind me in target "Poop, Poop" apparently the man's coloring reminded him of poop! (My face was 9 shades of red).

Everything but the Kitchen Sink...in pictures!

Before I get started with happenings of our lives, One of my friends shared this link on facebook about the opportunity to "Pay it Forward." The idea came from a mom in Idaho that is around my age that lost her little girl due to a tragic accident several months ago. Ashley and Patrick Sullengers little Preslee was only Three weeks older than my little man! So as you can imagine this story has hit very close to my heart. These parents are truely an inspiration to me! Their story reminds me even on our roughest days to enjoy every moment, for those moments are all too brief. She is collecting donations and supplies for baskets to give to Primary children's hospital PICU to support those families that are there day and night with their sick little ones! If you are interested check out her blog. Their journey and story is incredible!

http://patrickandashley.blogspot.com/2010/10/pay-it-forward.html

We have had a very busy month! Fair warning... There are Tons of pictures!!!! They are all backwards...they start with the end of the month and work their way to the beginning. Trystan was so much fun trick-or-treating this year. We went with his cousin Kylie, Aunt Niccole, Brandon and Taylor. Trystan left his costume on the entire time, and ran as fast as his little legs would carry him. He was even saying tick teet by the end of the night followed by Thank you and bye!!! Such a sweet boy my three eyed monster is. I even dressed up as a zombie nurse with him! Here he is ready to go with or without us!!!!Kylie (zombie doctor) and Trystan before trick or treating.Trystan running full tilt down the street, Mikie and I had to carry the bucket, it got to heavy really fast!Mommy, Kylie and Trystan!

Taylor (the peacock) Mikie and Trystan! He couldn't wait to get that sucker. Towards the end of trick or treat he would set the pumpkin down and the side walk and start digging through it to see what goodies he had!

Daddy and the Monster!Mommy and the monster! Family PictureOur pumpkins! Sorry they are blury the camera does not like the strobe lights in them!

Trystan had no desire to touch the pumpkin guts!. Mikie opened up the top and Trystan said ewww stinky. Sooo Mikie and I had fun doing pumpkins and trystan watched a movie. While he was still interested.

We took Trystan to one of the pumpkin patches in town... They had lots of inflatable slides and a bounce house, but Trystan would not go by himself and they wouldn't let mikie or I go in with him. Poor kid wanted to play on the big blow up slides but he wasn't quite big enough. Maybe next year. We got some cute pictures though.

They had a little petting zoo at the pumpkin patch and Trystan LOVED it. I love the expression on his face in this one!

Daddy and Trystan

Mike and his dad had deer tags so towards the middle of the month they went to northern nevada to go hunting, I took time off work, loaded Trystan and the dogs up in the car and headed to Utah!!! We had a blast. We stayed at my dad's for four days and played with the girls, papa, and grandma. The girls are growing up so fast, and Trystan loves his Aunts. The days were long for him because the girls had school. He would go around the house calling for them all day. He had fun riding the four wheeler with papa, we took him up the mountain and got some sweet pictures in the fall leaves, played at the park, and relaxed. This picture is of my youngest sister Gracie... gorgeous girls if I do say so myself.

We also took the kids to the pumpkin patch in Utah and went on a "hayride" Trystan was not to sure of playing in the corn fields!!! He had a death grip on papa's finger.

Gracie picking pumpkins.

Love the expression on Trystan's face in this one too!

Aunt Brianna helping Trystan walk over the pumpkins!

Trystan with Aunt Brianna and Aunt Gracie!

I got my hair cut while we were in Utah to!!! I chopped it all off. 10.5 inches of my hair got donated to locks of love. I have only had my hair cut 2 times in the last 2 1/2 years. It was long overdue. Even after cutting that much off it is still long enough to put in a ponytail. I love it, and I swear I lost 5 pounds!Trystan loved playing in the leaves, these were taken in Monroe canyon just outside of Richfield UT. I can't believe how pink and red the leaves were.

Love this one on the rocks!

Growing up so fast.

Mommy and Trystan throwing leaves into the air

Grandma, Papa and Trystan! The Girls reading bedtime stories to Trystan... he loved it as much as they did.

Me and my little Man!

Trystan loves to play peek-a-boo in our closet! He always hides behind mikie's clothes.

On one of my days off the weather was beautiful and was starting to feel like fall. A perfect day to go on an outdoor adventure with my little man. I took him out to the valley of fire to climb on the red rocks and to go exploring... It took him a minute to warm up, but he had a blast. He layed down in the rocks at one of the picnic areas.

Stuck his head through some of the holes that had worn right through the rocks.

Tried to escape a picture with mommy

Climbed up a rock all by himself

Chased Lizards. (He is clapping his hands in this one saying mere lizard, mere).

One of the lizards he was trying to catch.

Climbing like a pro.

And yes, he is kissing the dog and the owner on the keep your dog on a leash sign! LOL. So gross!

And Finally, We have a backyard again. Trystan loves it, and I love being able to open the back door while I am cleaning up the kitchen to let him go play!!!!! He thought rides in the wheelbarrow with papa were fabulous!He will even eat at the little coffee table out back, sitting down!!! It is fantastic.

He likes to sit on the love seat and watch the airplanes fly by too.

And have a patio to drive his trucks on.

These are my Turtles haning on my block wall.

The Patio Furniture

Pots with flowers spilling out on the ground!

Grass to run and play on, A sandbox to use our imaginations, a slide or a ramp for trucks, a patio to draw on with chalk and a safe clean outside area to enjoy as a family and watch our little one grow!!!!

Trystan is talking so much, and he is not afraid of people! We have to say hi and bye to everyone at the store when we go. He is such a boy and is fanscianted with bugs. He tries to pick them up and carry them around! He loves to play in the car and truck. He has learned to use Please to his benefit, he give kisses and the cheek, loves it when mom and dad are both home, loves airplanes, cars, trucks, fruit, cheese, and his family. His papas are his favorites! He hates having his hair washed and combed. He loves to shower until you try and wash him, He is fascinated with poop as well, and LOVES the book everyone poops! He loves being read too, and bedtime has become quite the process of read every book I have, I need milk, Water, binkies, blanket, my movie, your bed...LOL which he never gets except to snuggle and watch a movie, but no bed in our bed. Our adventures just keep getting sweeter, I am so grateful for this little boy and the opporturnity I have to be his mommy!