This is my new haircut...I really like it because it's easy and fun.
This isn't the best shot, but you can see my baby belly anyway. We are so excited because in about three hours we're going to have an ultrasound. I'm really hoping we'll be able to find out what we're having. It's just really important for me to know this time for some reason!!! Pictures to come!!
That night we went to Aunt Lindsay's house to celebrate Grandma Anderson's birthday. We love you and are so grateful for all you do for us! We love both our October Grandmas!!
Halloween day was SO beautiful!! It was 65 degrees during the day and as sunshiny as could be! Our ward had our Relief Society Super Saturday. I had so much fun being with other ladies and making some fun crafts and treats. I have such a wonderful husband who is not only sweet enough to let me take off for the day, but he gets really excited for me to be able to do things like that! While I was gone, Ken and Taysum raked the leaves in the yard. You know, it's a little frustrating to have a yard full of leaves when you don't even have any trees! :) 
This picture just reminds me of Grandpa Ned. He loves to work in his yard and his glasses tend to slip just like this! :)
Our little Wyoming cowpokes!
Howdy!
Yee Haw! (Freckles and all!)
Watch out! She'll lasso your heart!
Later that evening we went to Aunt Lindsay's ward's Trunk-or-Treat. Bailey didn't really get how it worked and she just wanted to hang around the van. Taysum loved it though! He really liked going around saying, "Trick-or-Treating!" He liked staying at the van and passing out candy as well. He was giving it out of his own bag!
We've had some long nights with coughing over the past couple weeks. The scariest night, I almost took Taysum to the ER. He was coughing non-stop and choking most of the time. I tried everything I knew, but it didn't seem to help. Finally he was able to sleep and then Bailey started coughing. I went to help her and, in the sweetest voice you've ever heard, she pointed to the door and said, "That way, Mommy. That way." She didn't even want me! Hearing that at 3:30 in the morning after being up all night trying to make them comfortable just did it for me...I started crying. Ken was sweet and did all he could to let me sleep in before he had to go to work. It was a long week, but they gradually got better and we made it through. This was Taysum the next day catching up on his rest. We were lucky that they didn't have any other symptoms. The cough is just hanging on and on, but it's going away! This has cured Taysum of sleeping in our room (for now anyway). He would come into our room and just start coughing like crazy. He realized that the humidifier by his bed was really helping his cough, so he would tell us he wanted to go back to his "own little bed." Ken mentioned last night that he kind of missed Taysum coming into our room. I told him, "I bet you never thought you'd say that!" It's pretty cute how much Taysum loves his "water fire." He makes sure we turn it on every night!
These next couple pictures are especially for Uncle Nick and Aunt Lindi! At school, they just finished up a unit on fire-fighters. Taysum has just LOVED this unit! He LOVES fire trucks and anything that has to do with fighting fires. They made these little fire trucks at school. He came home and was driving everywhere and saved at least 10 baby kittens that day!
We've had a couple sore fingers at our house, too. This is Taysum after he pinched his finger in a light saber. It didn't break the skin, but he's at a stage where he thinks ANY hurt needs a "bandy." Ken also has a hurt finger. It's VERY infected and swollen and very painful. He was embarrassed, but I finally got him to go to the doctor and he got some an anti-biotic. He also lanced it himself, which I was not in favor of, but it is doing much better!
Something else we've been getting used to at our house is the time change! Ken and I were so excited to have an extra hour the night before 8am church! However, Bailey was up at her usual time (which is now 6am) singing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." It was really cute, but it was 6am! She just sang quietly to herself for about 1/2 an hour. Both kids were up about that time all week. They would be really grumpy by the end of the day because "technically" they were staying up an extra hour. That, plus the coughing, made for a pretty grumpy week last week. Yesterday, however, they both slept until 8 and Bailey slept longer than that! It made for a much better day!....or at least a happier mommy! This morning they slept until 7, so I think their internal clocks are readjusting as well!
Baby update! Next Monday, we will be at 20 weeks...half way there! Ask me again at 8 months ;), but so far this pregnancy has gone SO fast! It has also gone really well! I'm starting to feel the baby move more and more which is exciting! We're VERY excited for our ultrasound on the 23rd and we're hoping we'll be able to find out what we're having!
Bailey wanted to take a picture of the pumpkins, but she didn't hold the camera very still; this is how it turned out
Ken thought it was pretty cool, so he gave it a try. He pushed the button and then moved the camera around as much as he could while it was taking the picture.
Then Taysum
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
That night when we got home, Ken took the kids outside to play for a bit. It was such a beautiful day! T struck this pose and said, "I'm a temple!!" Something I remember from his baby blessing was that he would love the temple and he sure does! He can always recognize a picture of a temple and he know what it is even though some of them look so differnt from others. Bailey follows his example in everything and she gets just as excited! I hope they always keep this love and excitement for the temple. He doesn't quite understand Moroni on top of the temple. He always askes about it. This time he said, "What's that man?" I tried to explain, but I don't think I did it to his satisfaction; we'll have to keep working on that one.
This is another "temple" he built. Whenever he has blocks or anything he can stack, he always builds a "temple."
This is what we did while we were waiting for his eyes to dilate. Taysum took these pictures himself!
T's long day wasn't over with that! That night was his open house at his Preschool, VIP. We brought Grandpa and Grandma Anderson with us and had a great time! His teachers were so kind, complementary and encouraging! They genuinely love and enjoy him and it makes me so happy! They have been learning about Fire Safety and Taysum loves to play at the Fireman Center.
Even Grandma joined in the fun!
My camera is not very forgiving of a wiggly 2 year old on the move!
This is some of T's work that was on display. This is his Jack-O-Lantern wind sock.
This is his candy corn. So far, candy corn and pumpkins seem to be Taysum's and Bailey's favorite parts about Halloween!
This is his pretty fall leaf. We were trying to find it on the board and he remembered that it was a green leaf!
Daddy missed the open house, but they had a lot of fun when we got home that night!!
I am so impressed and thankful that Taysum is so well taken care of at VIP. His teachers are all so wonderful and really interested in his progress. When we first got there, T was so excited to introduce everyone. He put his hand out and said, "Ms. Carol, this is Grandma!" He switched hands and said, "Grandma, this is Ms. Carol!" It was pretty cute! He is learning to write his name and to make choices and decisions, make a plan and follow through with his plan. This is working towards story plans and sequencing. They also teach him that mistakes are OK. It's just a wonderful program! He LOVES to go to school and can't wait until he can go again. He always tells his teachers, "Thanks for school!"
Taysum has become such a wonderful little helper! He especially gets excited to help in the kitchen. Here he is helping me make bread sticks. I was really tempted to "fix" the ones he was making, but I was really glad I left them the way he made them.
This is a typical Taysum and Bailey moment. Taysum invited Bailey to come sit with him and then he made sure she was covered up, too. They are so sweet to each other! (Bailey really is smiling and not crying! :) )
