The Tooth Fairy Came!!

As mentioned before, Gavin had to get his tooth pulled. So when it was time for bed, he was anxious for the tooth fairy to come and give him some money! I walked in his room (or at least tried too) and Gavin said "I know Mom, my room needs to be cleaned" at least he knows right??? So then he says I can make a spot for Dad, I was thinking he meant make a spot for Dad to be able to walk in his pig sty of a room but no, he had other plans. He asks me to read him a book and I do, and then I go to get up and Dallas brought in his tooth so we could put it under his pillow. We start to walk out and Gavin says "UHH don't go" and I said "we're not sleeping in here" (We did for the 1st tooth fairy ordeal) and he says "UH I'm not freaking staying in here by myself." This is when I realized that he was clearing a spot on the floor for Dallas to lay down and sleep like we did the 1st time, but no that wasn't happening. So I said don't worry, we wont put your tooth under your pillow, we'll put it on the headboard away from you so the tooth fairy won't have to try and find it under your pillow. So that was good enough!! The next morning Gavin woke up and looked under his pillow to find.... $5.00!!! Man those silver teeth are worth quite a bit!!

BRAVE GAVIN

OUR BRAVE GAVIN

Today we took Gavin in to the dentist again to have his tooth pulled out since it was infected. We tried this on Friday but after being there for 2 hours and him not letting them do anything we gave up. So we told Gavin that if the bubble got any worse we would have to go in and the tooth would have to come out.

So today was the big day. We had been prepping Gavin all day, we were talking him in to getting the gas (we kept blowing right by his nose so he would know how it felt) and we were showing him how the numbing gel would be (by putting anbesol in his mouth) and we were telling him how he just needed to be brave and it was okay to cry (because Mommy would cry too) and bribing him with everything. So the Dentist (Dr. Dean) met us there (THANK YOU!!) and Gavin had been letting them put the laughing gas thing go on his nose HUGE improvement!! He was showing us how BRAVE he could be!! Anyways sparing all the details the tooth is finally out!! Gavin was SUPER brave and such a big boy for getting his tooth out!! He's going to put the tooth under his pillow tonight for the tooth fairy to get it!!

WAY TO GO GAVIN!! YOU'RE SUCH A BIG BOY!!! WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU FOR GETTING YOUR TOOTH OUT!! :) :) :)

Thanksgiving Dinner

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today Dallas and I had our own little Thanksgiving dinner with the kids. We aren't going to be together for Thanksgiving so we figured today would be a great day to have our own little one! I'm going down to Arizona with my sister and my Parents for my cousin Tyler's homecoming talk. Dallas has to stay to work :( Here are a few pictures from today. This is Paisley's first Thanksgiving so it was fun to have here there and she was super excited to eat!!

Paisley's Baby

Yesterday we went over to my Parents house and my Mom had bought a baby doll for Paisley. She went to give her the baby and Paisley was scared, she'd jump and back off from it. After a few attempts I had Paisley sit on my lap and then try to hold the baby and she did, and she leaned over and gave the baby a kiss.

So we got home and she took her baby to bed with her. This morning when she woke up I went in to get her and she was holding her baby waiting to get out of bed. I took her downstairs and she grabbed a binkie (which she hasn't used since she was a few months old) and took that with us. I took a couple pictures of her with her baby! She seems to really love her now!!

How Many Days Until Christmas Comes?

This is a question that we get asked several times too many during the day. Gavin is SO excited about Christmas!! About a week or two ago we put up the Christmas tree and put the lights on. Here are a couple of pictures from that day.

***I just know I'm going to have people asking why we did it SOO early ha ha!! We're going out of town for Thanksgiving and the have something planned already for the 1st weekend in December, then the next weekend is Paisley's birthday... so we figured why not!! :) Just be glad we didn't put it up in October again!! *****

BIG HELPER GAVIN!!!

This is going to be a new attempt at getting Gavin to make good decisions :) I'll post a blog with the good things that Gavin does!! He seems excited so far!!

Yesterday we got groceries and Dallas was putting things away in the outside fridge and I was cleaning out the fridge and pantry and Gavin came up to me ON HIS OWN and said "Is there anything I can help you with" I was surprised so I asked what?? He said "I said is there anything I can help you with." I was so happy!! I gave him the bag of cans to put away and he did it and was so happy about it!! So THANK YOU GAVIN for being such a BIG BOY and such a BIG HELPER!!!

Returning with Honor!!

ELDER TYLER J. BENSON

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA MISSION
2006-2008

Elder Tyler Benson has Returned with Honor tonight from serving a full time LDS mission in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania!! Tyler's "girl" (MOM) waited the 2 years as promised with no "Dear Johns" and they finally got to see each other again! Along with his Dad and sister Breanna! We're so thankfully for the great example that Tyler has been to our family and the families in Pittsburgh that he served!

Welcome Home Elder Benson! We Love you!!

Happy Paisley

Each morning I get to wake up to get Paisley normally around 6am, the only thing that makes it worth it, is she is SOOO happy when she sees me. She gets the biggest smiles and starts jumping in her crib!! She'll do this after a nap or when she wakes up in the morning! Today after her nap I decided to take the camera in and take some pictures of how she is!! TOO CUTE!! I also put in a picture of her new talent of folding her arms!! :) She's such a sweetheart!

(Ignore the chocolate on her face and clothes... she just loves chocolate ha ha!!)

I hate snow!! But she looks cute!!

Here's a couple of pictures of Paisley. The first ones where she's in her crib, I went to put her to bed and she was crying to get out, I just let her sit there and cry until she fell asleep, then I found her like this!

The next were from yesterday I dressed her up to go to the bus stop with Gavin and freeze in the dang snow... I put this hat on her and her snow boots, she was full of smiles although the camera wasn't fast enough to get them because of the delay :( she's sure cute! We got to the bus stop and she did not like the snow one but (just like her Mama) she starting screaming until we got back inside... at least she looks cute ready for the snow!!

Happy Halloween... a day late!!

We had a good Halloween this year! We took the kids to boo at the zoo on the 25th and can I just say it was SOOO crowded, I don't know that I would do it again!! Gavin sure enjoyed it and Paisley I think could care less, but it was fun. We met up with our friends Shari and Arthur and their kids.

For Halloween this year Gavin was an "Ice Wolf Ninja" he loved his costume. This is Paisley's 1st Halloween so it made it a little more fun :) (except for the fact that she has an ear infection in both ears again and a cold...) Paisley was a chick. We went to Gavin's first Halloween Parade for school and he was super happy to see us there!! He kept waving and yelling our name! We helped with the games afterwards and the day was super busy. OH... since Gavin wasn't allowed to wear a mask at school we decided to spray his hair black and to put face paint on too... it looked decent. I kept telling Gavin not to put his hair on anything and not to rub his face on anything... of course when Dallas was left to "watch" the kids Gavin must have forgotten what I had told him since I now have 4 different spots on my carpet from his dang head.... I swear that boy can't go a day without doing something stupid.... So we washed his hair out and the face paint off then got ready to go trick or treating. We went to the Montoya's like we do every year! We had a great time! We took the kids to a few houses, it was kinda sprinkling so Gavin got sick of it quick! Our friends little boy Luke is the cute giraffe! I went as a boring ol' mom and Dallas as a boring ol' dad!! My other sister Lindsay dressed up in scrubs and her friend was the phantom of the opera!!

Dallas and my sister Brittany's work dressed up for Halloween here's a couple pictures of them. Brittany went as a pirate, she looked super cute!! Dallas' team theme was something to do with Cowboys... Dallas won #1 funniest costume... lets just say I'm glad I didn't have to be seen with him for too long... he was one ugly cowboy!! Here are some pictures from the events!