Almost Christmas!

Hey all!  Sorry for the delay in posts, we've had a crazy couple weeks.  On Jayce's actual birthday last week we headed to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.  They have "Sue" the famous T-Rex and a T-Rex Exhibit right now and I really thought the boys (or at least Riley) would enjoy it.  So we went.  It was the perfect day to go.  The T-Rex deal wasn't as huge as I thought it would be, I was a little disappointed.  They had Sue and a couple of other "big" robotic dinosaurs, but that was about it!  So we went through pretty quick and headed out to the rest of the museum.  We did get our picture taken with a T-Rex though! 

The boys enjoyed the regular fossil section more than the special dino exhibit so we spent quite a bit of time there looking at things.  Last year they were doing some construction in Snowmass CO and found a huge Mammoth skeleton.  So we got to see that.  It was there with people still working to unearth it. 

I also took a couple of comparison photos.  Here's one of Riley when he was about 9 months old:

And Jayce in the same place! 

This one is just Riley, at 9 mo and then at 4 1/2 years. 

I wish I would have been able to get one of Jayce with the ears too, but as a Mom by myself it's hard to get some pictures. 

The next day we went to see Santa!  The elementary school in our neighborhood (the one Riley will go to next year for Kindergarten) had a community night and invited everyone for chili and cookies to see Santa.  We've never actually taken Riley to see Santa, I was never brave enough to fight the lines at the mall (or the nurseries - that's the big place to do it around here) or the screaming child that might be scared of Santa.  but with this free event with just the neighborhood (did I mention I like living in the boonies at times like this!!) I figured this was the best time to do it!  So it was Jayce's first time sitting on Santa's lap, but it was also Riley's First Time!  haha  Does that make me a bad mother!  lol

Then the sicknesses came.  We think we picked it up at the museum.  Jayce's started Saturday with a little bit of the "big D", and I didn't really think much of it.  You know kids, with out a fever they still act and play normal so it's hard to tell.  Sunday we drove up to Cheyenne to visit our good friends the Cazee's who were passing through on their way to Salt Lake.  We hung out at McDonalds and Jayce didn't eat much of anything.  After our visit we went to Sierra Trading Post Outlet and saved a BUNDLE on some hiking boots.  Jayce still not eating much and not needing a diaper change either.  Thinking he was just dehydrated from the diarrhea the day before we tried to get him to drink some juice and didn't think much of it.  Then the next morning I woke up feeling a little puny.  Went to get Jayce to discover he had thrown up sometime in the night and rolled and slept in it!  Yummy!  After cleaning that up, I was exhausted and thinking it was because I hadn't eaten breakfast yet started to get some ready.  My stomach let me know right away that wasn't the issue!!  Jayce seemed better at taht point though and I hesitated on whether or not to take him to the dr.  I called and made the appointment anyways.  But now I had to get him there.  Time to call Daddy!!  Cuz Mommy wasn't getting off the couch anytime soon!  FAB DAD to the rescue!!  Cam took off work at lunch to take Jayce to the doc, took Riley with him, and ran some errands for me - including getting sprite and pedialyte for the sickies!  He was a champ . . . until around 4:00 that afternoon when he walked in the room and told me his stomach wasn't feeling too hot!  Oh no!!  Now we have a 4 year old who feels perfect, a 1 year old on the mend and two parents who are completely under the weather!  Needless to say, no one got much for dinner that night.  Poor kiddos!  Cam stayed home from work the next day too, but by that evening we were both feeling much better.  I thought Riley was starting to get it too yesterday when he "poo-d in his pants" but I think that was just from all the oranges he's been eating lately, cuz nothing since!  So I'm happy to report that we are all back to normal!!  Although I think Jayce has cought on the the whole refusing food thing to get what he wants.  We're gonna have to nip that one! 

Well, not much else to talk about now.  I did finish one last Crochet Christmas project that wasn't on the original list.  I didn't get Jayce a stocking last year, and just realized recently that I still hadn't gotten him one this year.  So I made one for him. 

I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out.  I am still trying to decide if I want to put a J on it.  And if I want to make a matching one for Riley (so Jayce isn't the odd man out since the 3 of us have matching ones).  Maybe next year.  Well, Cam has the rest of the week off for the holiday, and with all the fresh snow we got today maybe we'll go sledding or something tomorrow.

Have a Merry Christmas Everyone!!