Weekend Fun-Schnepf Farms

Saturday we enjoyed an evening of fun at Schnepf Farms, Pumpkin Party. Here are a few pictures. . .While it was still light we took a hay ride through the peach orchard and over to the celebrity corn maze.
Taten was so excited to run free. He has a mind of his own and did not want to be held under any circumstances, he did not even want us to hold his hand. When we finally came to an open area, Taten exclaimed "Wow! wow!" We had a hard time getting him to move on.

Here Dave is helping Taten to use caution at the petting zoo. I think he was afraid that Taten would pull the goats hair or something. Taten really liked petting the goats. I am not sure he knows the difference between goats and dogs because he kept "woo, wooing"
Riding the carousel was the favorite event. Taten appeared a little nervous and held on for dear life, his little knuckles were white. When the ride stopped after a few minutes, Taten let us know with a high pitched streak the he did not want to get off. He held on just as tightly the second time around. Sunday night when we looked at the pictures and viewed the short video clips of the carousel ride Taten just giggled and giggled. He really was having fun.
We had a "monster of a time" at Schnepf Farms. Taten climbed a stack of hay bales, we went on a spooky train ride and cheered for our favorite "pig" during the pig race. Suet!!!.

Hair Tape? But I think his ears are cute.

We stopped at Wal Mart in Page on the way to Utah to change diapers and get out some wiggles. A lady made a comment to me that I needed to put hair tape on Taten's ears so they wouldn't stick out when he grew up. I replied "yeah his ears do stick out don't they, but I think he's so cute" as I walked out of the store I thought to myself will Taten hate me when he grows up because his ears stick out? I love Taten's ears.

Witch Hunt at Gardner Village

Were going on a witch hunt... In the past I have been slightly jealous of family and friends in Utah because they got to go to Gardner Villages witch hunt and I really wanted to go. Well this year we went and hunted really scary witches.
As you can see Taten is terrified.

Please notice the witch hanging upside down.

Buddies

The best part of our trip home was seeing Taten interact with his cousins and grandparents. Here is Taten with Austin. Austin is 6 weeks younger than Taten and he is talking up a storm. When we left their house I heard Austin call out bye Taten.

Burr its cold!

Yes that is snow. We made a quick trip to Utah over the weekend. Wow, was it cold. We woke up Sunday morning to a ground covered with snow. Although most of it melted before we got home from church and actually took the picture.

My friend had a graduation reunion to go to and needed help getting there with her two little kids. I volunteered to the 12 hour drive turned 16 hour drive.

It was really fun to see our family and do a little shopping. Thanks to Dave and face book, I also was able to get together with a few friends from high school whom I haven't seen in years. It was fun to catch up and reminisce.

"Ahhh! Taten! How did you get that?"

First of all, can I just say, I love being a mom. Most of the time I am laughing. The Phantom of the Opera was on TV today and I got a little carried away in the music. When I went to find Taten, I found him sitting on the couch digging into the Vaseline, his face was covered. Once again, I can thank blogging for helping me to be patient because instead of thinking "what have you done!!!!" I think "this would be great to put on my blog"

Does he play social games like peek a boo?

At Taten's 15 month appointment the Doctor asked if Taten was talking. I replied "no...well he says ball" (thanks to Lacey). The doctor said it would be a good idea to make a referral to Early Intervention (which of course I was familar with because of my previous job with the Division of Developmental Disabilities)



This week the speech therapist came to our house to evaluate Taten.

"What words other than mom and dad is Taten saying."

"Taten does not say mom or dad specifically, he says ball"

"Is he playing social games like peek a boo?"

"Yes, he's been doing that since he was 6 months of age"



Taten continued to perform while the speech therapist was here. He said woo woo when looking at a picture of a cat. (Taten loves dogs and woo woo is his way of barking) He followed all directions given to him, "can you stack the blocks" "throw the ball". He babbled the whole time he was being evaluated. . . even repeating the sound a horse makes and saying what sounded like"what is that?" He signs more and milk and obviously says "boo" and today I heard him say "wow" when dropping my keys in the sink.

A talented friend.

After women's conference on Saturday a quick trip was made to Michael's. Where I found Asure searching for stickers to do another cute craft for visiting teaching. (or so I thought) I asked "what are you making". She replied "cookie jars", "oh for the girls you visit teach?",(secretly wishing she was my VT so I could have her cute handouts) "yes" she lied. Then surprised me on Sunday with this cute Thank you gift. (to thank Taten for sharing his snacks with Aden)If Asure can not be my visiting teacher I am sure glad she is my friend. On Tuesday Asure showed up with this cute hand out. She made them for the girls she VT and made me one too. (I had to open my fat mouth) Thanks Asure for thinking of me. The theme for the month was Eternal Potential. The box is filled with Gold Mine bubble gum and gold(chocolate coins). I wish I was so creative. *note to Sarah, I love that you are my VT