Potty Party

This was so cute, I had to post it. This is what I found today walking past the bathroom.

seven

This week will mark the first week that Ryan and I met, talked and then hung out 7 years ago (we have been married for almost five years). The first time I talked to him was actually on Valentine's day and the first time we hung out was three days later. I took Ryan some brownies and ended up helping him pull up the carpet in his living room. We talked and worked shoulder to shoulder for 6 hours and he thanked me for my help with dinner afterwards. I remember going home that night, after being with Ryan all day and literally hyperventilating because I was so excited and was so blown away by this man. I just loved being with him and I was so comfortable talking to him. We have pretty much been together every day since then. Pink Floyd On the Turning away, and Wish you were here became our songs, the Riv and V-max became our time together and after a lot of hard work and love, seven years later we have 2 beautiful boys. I couldn't be happier. I love you so much Ryan, Happy Anniversary!

Some Photos

This could be my favorite picture of Gauge, and check out this full body pose...

What a little man!

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We took Paxton shopping with us and we hit the jackpot at the mall. They had a train, a jeep and a BUS! I have never heard the word bus said so many times in one day, he absolutely loved it.

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Earlier this week we took Paxton to the coolest park. It has speakers that you can talk into

on one side, and it will broadcase somewhere else in the fort. There were swings, a little garden to the side, places to hide in the fort, ramps everywhere, tires that swung back and forth, and in this first picture those things in the corner are beehives, there are little benches inside for little kids to sit on. It was so cool!

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I just thought Gauge looked pretty cute sleeping in this one. I had no idea at the time that he was peeking at me.

Flashback Friday

Flashback Friday

I love this picture although its missing my little brother Wes.

Animal Farm

On Thursday we went to the Animal Farm at Thanksgiving Point. I didn't even know the animal farm was here until last week. Once I realized there were pony's we all knew that we had to go. The weather was FREEZING cold so the trip was pretty quick, but on the up side, we had the whole place to ourselves. All of the animals gave Paxton all of the attention, he was giving them kisses and he would just burst out with laughter at some of them every once in awhile. It was so great!

This horse was HUGE!

What you miss in this picture is that the HUGE horse tried to eat Paxton's head and then began nibbling on Gauge's car seat... as you can tell it was HILARIOUS to the parties whose heads weren't almost just eaten

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Paxton and Ryan in the jail cell. At least they are there together!

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This Pony's name was Elvis. Paxton rode on Elvis and then on Roxy below.

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This little pony was so startled at first. Paxton just walked right up and kissed him causing the Pony to jump back, and then he actually came back for more (who could blame him?)

Shots with Mommy and Daddy next to the animals
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The girl working there was so sweet! She brought out the baby calves and let Paxton run around with them for a bit

Paxton had a few words with the Goats, he knew they weren't supposed to be climbing the fence like that
This one was my favorite picture. He would stick his fingers in the fence and the goats would lick them... then he would pull them back out of the fence and just laugh his head off

this week

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Today Paxton had a hard time going to nursery again. I know he loves it there and he needs to be around other kids more often so I really try to get him in there and leave but the problem is that he knows that I will be taking off. The second we get in the room he latches onto my leg and just cries "Whyee (Whitney), eeees, no" so I have to try to calm him down and tell him that he needs to play with the other kids. Well today I figured out how to make him happy... We started off with the crying and at one point the light bulb got really bright in my head (its always on) and it occurred to me he would probably be brave if they needed his help. So I explained to him that there were a lot of babies in there just like Gauge and that the teachers needed his help taking care of them. AS SOON as I explained this to him, he quit crying and got really serious. I asked him if he could be brave and he nodded and then he stood there and wouldn't cry while I left him....I had to be the most proud mom seeing my child act like that as soon as he realized his help was needed. What a good boy!

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The boys were really cute this week, Gauge hit a few milestones (in my book). He can stand in the jumper and keep his head up while he bobs up and down a bit, it is really cute. We also pulled out the high chair so I had to get a picture of him in it. Paxton is really getting tired of the camera which is really hard for me! It is getting harder and harder to get him to smile for me and now he has a really fake smile that I can't stand!! This first picture is one of many that I took, but its the one where they both actually smiled.

Here we got to bake some cookies, he poured all of the ingredients and helped me stir

He WAS sitting up, he is on his way down now

First time in his big boy highchair

Just a cute shot, I love him in these sweats!

In the jumper and LOVING IT!

It snowed this week and the haze is gone so even with the snow on the ground we had to pull out the mumm mumm (motorcycle-tricycle) It was so beautiful outside!

Flashback Friday

I have noticed some other blogs that do "flashback friday" and those blogs all have some cute and sometimes sentimental pictures that are posted for their flashback. When I was going through the pictures that I had available to me I stumbled across this one of Ryan and his dad that we were given a few months ago. I have decided that I want to use this blog as a journal so when I saw this picture I wanted to post it first.

Ryan's dad's name is Barry. Ryan always called him Pop. Barry is one of the most kind and funniest men I have ever met. He was always joking around and trying to make people laugh. He was very accepting of me when I met him and always made me feel welcome into the Bastian family. He couldn't stop telling me how smart his second son Ryan was and that his son Ryan was going to be an engineer some day. Barry past away a few years ago and that is one thing that makes this picture so special. We don't have many pictures of Ryan and Barry together especially where Ryan is older. Thank you Krikit for sending it to us. It means a lot to me and I know it means a lot to Ryan.