A Sticky Situation

Picture Catch Up (Warning: Long Post)

1. We celebrated my birthday. Toby loved the balloon I got. He sat on the couch holding it and watching tv. We had dinner at PF Chang's. Delicious.
2. We spent a weekend at a cabin in Bear Lake with some of our friends. We played games and ate food. It was awesome to see everybody.
3. Toby learned how to open the drawer we keep our cooking utensils in. He loves playing with them, especially the whisk.
4. We went to Grandma Bateman's to get our Christmas chocolates. Toby was given a Winnie the Pooh pillow that he loves to lay on.
5. For Christmas Eve we had a party at Grandma Davis' house where we ate a lot of cookies. The kids acted out the nativity. I loved the part where the angel that came to visit the shepherds (Julia, almost 3) said that she was hungry and that there was some candy over there. Then all of the kids received new pajamas.
6. We spent the night at Zach's parent's house so that we could spend Christmas morning with them. Toby loved the presents from Santa - a Stand and Play Rampway and a toolbench. He also got a Geo Trax train from Grandma and Grandpa Davis that he plays with every day. We got a Wii for Christmas from Zach's parents. It has taken over our lives, we love it. Zach got the game Epic Mickey and a tent for Christmas. Emily got some scrapbook paper and a gift card to the gluten free bakery by our house. We had a great Christmas.

Sleepy Head

Most of you that read this blog know that Toby wakes up really early. I'm talking 3 or 4 in the morning early. I however am not a morning person. I usually wake up with him and give him a sippy cup with instant breakfast, turn on baby einstein, and go to sleep for as long as he will let me. Toby usually alternates between watching his show and playing with his toys. Usually I wake up to Toby playing loudly with his toys or yelling at me from the bottom of the stairs. Last week however I woke up to silence. As most of you know this is not a good sign when you have a toddler. I jumped out of bed assuming that Toby was wreaking havoc on my house. As I started down the stairs I saw Toby asleep on the doormat. It was so funny, I couldn't help taking pictures.

Halloween Pumpkins

In preparation for Halloween we went to Brent and Karma's house to carve some more pumpkins. Since Zach hadn't carved his yet we took it down with us. He carved Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Then he used one of his parent's pumpkins and carved Bowser. After spending a night with the family we went Trunk or Treating at their ward building. Toby really wasn't sure what was going on. He kept looking in the bucket I was holding, not realizing it was candy. If someone handed him the candy he just dropped it in the bucket without thinking twice. Then everything in the world disappeared when someone gave him a glow stick. He couldn't take his eyes off it and barely noticed when other people gave us candy. I guess it doesn't really matter since Zach and I are planning on eating his candy anyway. His not paying attention though did make it a little more obvious and embarrassing. There was even one car where the people asked what kind of candy bar Toby wanted, of course I told them my favorite (Toby doesn't have a favorite anyway) and then they commented on the fact that I was going to eat it as we walked away. Oh well. We had a good time.

Then on Saturday, Zach carved our last pumpkin. He carved Zero, the dog from The Nightmare Before Christmas (if you haven't realized yet, Zach really likes that movie). We decided not to take Toby Trick or Treating. We didn't need anymore candy, it was raining, and he had no idea what was going on and that he was missing out. Instead we had Erik and Shanna over for dinner. We had a great visit with them and Toby loves them. It was a great Halloween. Now time for Christmas, and I guess we shouldn't skip Thanksgiving and my birthday.

Davis Pumpkin Carving Party

Every year my parents have a party where everyone who can comes and carves pumpkins. The kids dress up in their costumes so that we can all see and we have dinner. It is one of my favorite Halloween traditions. This year it was raining and we confined to the garage for carving pumpkins, but we had a great time. For those of you who don't know Zach is a master pumpkin carver and I am mediocre at best. Most years I get so frustrated that I throw my pumpkin away and mope. This year however was a different story. Zach got stuck helping one of our nephews carve his pumpkin and so he didn't have time to do his own and mine actually turned out nice. Toby loved carving pumpkins as well. He thought that pulling out the guts was fun and would then drop them in the garbage can for me. He also enjoyed throwing the top of my pumpkin away and eating pieces of pumpkins. It was a great pumpkin carving party.

Visit to the Pumpkin Patch

Monday night we went to Black Island Farms with Carolyn's family. First we took a tractor ride to the pumpkin patch. We all picked out our own pumpkins, even Toby got one, and then rode back to the farm. Toby loved, loved, loved the tractor ride. He wasn't very excited about sitting on my lap until we started moving. We were at the front of the bench and he had a clear view of it in front of us. He just stared in shock at the tractor and every once in a while would start giggling. In the pumpkin patch Toby got excited about all of the pumpkins. When he got close to one he would just hit it with both hands and laugh.

Back at the farm there were animals. Toby couldn't get enough of the turkeys. Every time they started gobbling he got a shocked look on his face and would look around like he didn't know where it was coming from. Then there was the slide. Toby loves slides. Toby and Keyan went down the slide over and over again. They just couldn't wait to get back on slide. It was such a fun night and we had a great time.

A Lot of Random Pictures of Toby