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11/22

Grandma Shirley arrived, she will stay with us until Dec 9th (or so). The kids were excited to see her and they love checking out her camper arrangement ( a one person camper trailer). She watched the boys for us while Dane and I attended his boss' going away party. We had a lot of fun visiting with adult friends.

11/23

Dane and I took the boys to church. After church, we went home, had a big breakfast then went to Discovery Kingdom for some fun. Grandma Shirley (77 yrs old) went with us and rode on a roller coaster " Tony Hawk" with Dane and Tanner while I watched Cole. I know my parents will be able to handle that roller coaster too and hope that next summer we will have them on it too. Tanner got into his first fight in the kids play area. He was in the nerf ball tag room and was tagged by some kids. He got upset and felt that he was being picked on so he went and put one kid in a head lock. Dane approached the fight and Tanner came running to him crying from the stressful situation. Poor little guy. :o(

Busy, Busy, Busy

Tanner was constipated for almost a full week. I called the Dr to ask at what point do we get him into a hospital or what actions should we take. I was told to bring him in as it would be best for him to see a Gastrologist (sp?). I got him checked by the Ped and he was then refered to the Gastrologist. He will see him next Wednesday.

Tanner's been having a lot of bad days and some good days. The bad days require us to be on lock down at our home. I'm not sure who it is punishing more, me or him. Being couped up in the home and not allowing any toys or tv can really drive kids banana's. Tanner doesn't seem to mind and will stay in his room and read his books. But, because Tanner isn't allowed any toys, Cole doesn't know how to play with his brother or how to intertain himself. Those evenings are the hardest too because I try to make dinner and have Cole under me wining for attention.

Tanner and I attended Church last Sunday. I ran into a great gal a few days before while shopping, she is one of the leaders from Tanner's VBS. I told her that I had been interested in attending that church as Tanner seems to have matured and I believed it would be nice for him.
We went and Tanner did so well. We were standing and everyone was singing, Tanner looked up at me and made a comment, " Mommy, our family should be here."
We came home and reported to Dane, Tanner's request. We will be attending church this next Sunday as a family!

My laptop is down as the charger is broken. So communication has been minimal and pics will be later when I get the charger fixed (may take a while). :o)

Resurfacing for some air.

OOPS! The pictures are in backwards order.

In Tanner's Kindergarten Classroom

Enjoying the Kettle Corn

Our favorite Pumpkin Patch

Cole visiting Isabella

Halloween PJs

It's been a full month since my last post! Wow...
Things have been very busy with work, caring for the kids and running the home. I'm not sure how much I can remember from the last month.

Oct 14th
was Cole's first field trip with his daycare. His field trip was after my work hours so I was able to escort him to his first preschool event. We went to a local farm. Cole had a lot of fun running through a haystack maze, watching a barn show, and meeting a young donkey named Isabelle.

Oct 27th
Dane and I brought the boys to our favorite pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkins. The boys had a lot of fun.

Oct 28th
Tanner's first field trip in his kindergarten class. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to join him but I plan to attend his next one. He went with his class to the same pumpkin patch that Dane and I took him to the day before.

Oct 31 Happy Halloween!
Halloween went great, Tanner did his first costume parade in kindergarten, Dane was there to take pictures and watch. Tanner and Cole walked 4 whole blocks in our neighborhood. The boys scored on a lot of candy. Cole was funny as he had to stop every three houses to take a candy break. They were allowed to eat candy when we got home; however, the next morning the candy disappeared. The boys never asked where it went. I'm thinking this will be the last year that we will be able to get away with this.

Nov 1 Happy Birthday Cole!
Cole's Birthday was a rainy dreary day. We spent the day in the home ... a lazy Saturday:o)

Nov 2
My parents came to help celebrate Cole's 3rd Birthday. We enjoyed a steak dinner and a delicious Boston Cream Pie.

Nov 3
Cole had a Birthday Celebration at his school.

Nov 10
We saw the Neurologist and received the EEG report. Dr. Brown stated that Cole's EEG looked pretty normal. She saw a minor peak and isn't too concerned over it; however, with his Viral Meningitis at birth, she recommends that we look more into it with an MRI. We will schedule that soon. Cole's seizure like behavior doesn't appear to be seizures, instead it is more like a minor little habit that he has, a little quirk but not quite a tick.

Nov 11
I took Tanner to see Madagascar 2. He really enjoyed being out with his mommy and enjoyed the movie too. We also shopped at Children's Place and a quick trip in Costco.