Fun with Spaghetti!

Early October Austin and Talan had a nice Spaghetti dinner together. As you can tell, Talan had already finished before I took these pictures. I just thought these were the cutest pictures and wanted to share them with everyone!

Austin's 3 Birthday Cakes!!

So, of course Austin is spoiled rotten...and yes, he had 3 birthday cakes!! We had a little birthday celebration with our neighbors and closest friends, then we had a little cake for Austin and us on the day of his birthday, and then we had one at the beach to celebrate with the Austin's grandparents and his Auntie Lele and her family. All of the cakes were delicious!! So good that Talan ate so much icing, he was jumping around alot and threw up the icing...lol. Here is a picture of each of the cakes. Aunt Patti and our cousin Ryan made the 1st cake that will be pictured! It

was awesome!

Sea World Trip with the Yetman's 9/13/08

So we went to Sea World 2 days before Austin's 2nd Birthday!! We went with our very good friends Chris, Charlene, and their two boys Reece and Rhyan. We had a really good time, but it was a very hot day! Reece and Austin were inseparable...they held hands all throughout the park. They enjoyed playing in the polar bear cave and taking a rest on the rocks! They also had a really good time watching Shamu do all if his tricks!! Here are a few pictures from our fun day. Austin left the park with a big Shamu that we bought him for his birthday!

Fun in Chiefland!!

We went to Chiefland in early September to celebrate Talan's belated 3rd Birthday!! We had a blast! Talan had a really good time and received lots of gifts from family. Here are some pics, one is of Ryan trying to keep up with Austin and Noah in the pool, Austin swinging, and Talan being little Picasso!! We had a really great time on our Chiefland trip. We always look forward to visiting the Griffen Famiy!

Fun at the Mall!

So of course, whenver we go to the mall, we try to go on the merry-go-round and let Austin play on some things. Here are a couple of pictures from our lovely day at the mall in August...yes, I know I haven't posted anything in a while!

Austin's tonsillectomy!

Unfortunately this was Austin's 3rd time under anesthesia. The first was when he was 7 months old and had an adednoidectomy and tubes placed in his ears, the second when he had a sinus culture done and a cricoid biopsy, and the 3rd he had a tonsillectomy, tubes replaced in his ears, and also a sinus culture. Thankfully we didn't have to spend the night in the hospital, but once we got home and he threw up everywhere...I thought to myself...I would much rather be in the hospital right now...lol. Austin has been very fussy since his surgery, we are on day 9 and he is still whiney! He is still his normal happy self...with some fussiness added. We really have to push fluids, because he doesn't want much of anything. Austin was placed on Amoxicillin and then a few days later the ENT nurse called and stated that his sinus culture came back and he has 3 bacteria growing, which required him to be on a combo of 2 antibiotics...Rocephin and Suprax. Let me tell you, it isn't easy giving a toddler medication. I honestly don't know how much he gets because somehow he brings it back up and spits some out...I would try to hide it in his drink, but I don't know that he will drink it all because his throat hurts. I am just going to be optimistic and say he will recover nicely and have no residual bacteria in his sinuses. Lets pray that Austin is done having surgery!

Leslie modeling Maddie!

Leslie and Mike are going to have a little girl! This post is a little late, beccause Leslie is due any day now, but these photos are from a couple of months ago. I love these photos because my sister is so silly and she loves the camera. I hope you enjoy! I will definitely post some pictures of my new little niece when she is born, unfortunately I will not be able to be there for the birth, but I will definitely be going to visit a few weeks after she is born. I can't wait to meet my first and probably only niece. Lucky Maddie!

Beach time with the Haskin's Family!

Ryan's family goes to the beach every summer, and we have already gone a couple of times already. This summer Ryan's Aunt Susan came in from Colorado and they had a surprise 50th birthday party for her, which was a blast. Austin loves the sand, swimming, and taking naps on the beach. Here are some pictures that will attest to that! We will also being going to the beach in September with my family, which is where we will celebrate my mom and Austin's birthday.

Austin's trip to the zoo with Nana and Pooh

My work had a company picnic at Lowry Park Zoo, so we invited my parents to go. My mom and dad had a really great time with Austin. It was a scorching hot day, but we all survived. As soon as we got in the car afterwards, Austin was out like a light!

Little Picasso!

Austin decided he was going to paint some pictures for Mother's Day. Let me tell you, he was such a mess afterwards. Most importantly, people liked their paintings that little Picasso made.

Our romantic getaway to St. Augustine

Ryan and I decided spur of the moment that we needed to get away for the weekend, so we decided to go to St. Augustine. We had a really great time enjoying all of the historic sites, we even when on a ghost tour...that was my favorite part. We enjoyed some really great food; the best pizza is from Pizzalley's and we had an amazing dinner at the Columbia Restaraunt. It was really nice to have a weekend away with just the two of us while Austin was in good hands with his Nana. We will definitely go back again, but with Austin this time.

Austin's 1st Tattoos!

Our neighbors invited us to a school carnival, which was alot of fun. The kids went on the rides, won gold fish, and played games. Kayla, our neighbor's daughter won some temporary tattoos, so we decided to place it on the kids. Here are some pictures of Austin's lovely tattoos.

Easter 2008

Finally Austin is to the age where he wakes up and wonders, "Hmmm, why is there a trail of

eggs and how did this basket get here?" Austin enjoyed waking up in the morning following the trail of eggs that led him to his Easter basket. He had a really good time, especially with the Easter egg hunt. Next year he will be a little more self sufficient at finding the eggs on his own, but of course we are there to help.

A visit to Grandpa's grave...what a nice day it was!

My cousin Ryan, our son Austin, and I decided to pay a visit to Grandpa Sass' grave. We all miss him very much. I took this picture of Austin with the American flag and the wind was just blowing perfectly...almost like Grandpa was there with us. Little Austin never got to meet his great grandpa, but he would have loved him because he was like a big teddy bear. One day...we will all meet again!

Christmas 2007

We had all of our family over on Christmas Eve to hang out and see all of the lights in the neighborhood. Everyone brought some type of chili or soup...it was delicious! My parents, Leslie, Mike, and the kids stayed the night so we could see all the kids wake up Christmas morning. It was such a nice feeling to have my family at my house Christmas morning, except we were missing my brother David and my nephew Dale who are in SC. We are looking forward to another nice Christmas next year. This is a picture of the Austin that was on the Christmas card.

Our visit to South Carolina for Thanksgiving 2007.

So...we decided to take an 8 hour road trip to Sumter for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately Leslie, Mike, and the kids didn't go. We all had a wonderful time in SC. Austin was able to play with his cousin Dale and I was able to spend some nice quality time with my brother and my cousins.