Skinner Family: November 2008

Monday, November 17, 2008

Dane's New Hobby

Yesterday I was pretty sick with either food poisoning or the 24 hour bug so I stayed in my room ALL DAY! Ryan was so great. He got Dane up, fed him, got him ready and took him to church. He then put him down for his nap, fed him lunch, ran to get me some gatorade, and played with Dane all day. I am soooo lucky to have a husband that sensitive to my needs and a GREAT DADDY. Anyway, this morning I came out of my room and this is how I found Dane, all by himself at the computer. Ryan taught him how to play a Teletubby game yesterday afternoon and Dane actually just sits their and plays with constant giggling at the funny sounds that the teletubbies make when he pushes the button.

Look at the look on his face. He is so excited!

There goes the funny noises and bubble machine again...

Finally he noticed me and the flashing camera. Because I was sick, he barely saw me at all yesterday but as you can tell, he could care less that I was back "home". He has something better to play with now.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

One Busy Week of Finals...

So this week has been kind of crazy with birthday parties, play dates, finals, and just normal life. But...FINALLY!...Ryan is done with the semester. What does that mean??? Well, it means only 2 semesters left of actually school/book work.

My friend's little boy had his first birthday and it was cowboy theme. Dane does not have any cowboy clothing so I just put him in some jeans and a plaid top then strapped on one of Ryan's old belt buckles. It looked so cute on him but kept falling off so he only was a cowboy for the first 10 minutes of the party. The rest of the party he was just a FLAT OUT MANIAC trying to get his hands on the balloons.

Friday Ryan finished up with finals and then it was off to the pool for some Arizona sunshine (the week before Thanksgiving). We haven't been to the pool in a long time so I wanted to see if Dane remembered how to put his head under and blow bubbles. He remembered but he did it in an inch of water.

I just wanted to show off this glistening spit string dangling from his chin. Yummy!!

Enjoying time with Dad. Dane loves being wrapped in towels after swimming or taking a bath and just cuddling with us.

I put my sunglass on Dane and since he kept trying to rip them off of his face I told him to fold his arms. He foldded his arms and then ended up forgetting about the sunglasses being on.

He continued to just hang out with the sunglasses on which I thought was so funny since they take up more than half of his cute little face.

Monday, November 3, 2008

Halloween '08

Right before Halloween, our ward had a Super Saturday which is pretty much just a big craft day for Relief Society. Here are the little crafts that I made..
This is my very first Halloween decoration!! I am so proud of myself bc I feel like I am that much less of a ba-humbug.

My friend was also teaching a class on how to make little girl hair bows and clips so I thought I would learn how just in case one day I have a girl.

Here is Dane in his Monster shirt that my sister gave him.

We went to the ward Trunk or Treat and they had a little set-up for pictures. Here is our little dinosaur.

One girl brought her dog dressed as a cow. I think Dane had more fun harrassing the dog all night than he did getting candy just handed to him everytime he turned around. Poor dog, I mean cow.

Our complex also had a Halloween party that we stopped by. Dane would not leave these kids alone. He would go up to them and just stare at them and their soda pop. I could totally tell that the kids felt uncomfortable because Dane was invading their space. It was so funny.

Midwestern had the annual Halloween party and Dane had a lot of fun with his buddy Presten the turlte. They were so funny to watch. They think eachother are so funny.

We had a great Halloween for the most part. Dane had NO candy bc he wasn't eating his food earlier in the day. The day after Halloween he threw up all over me. There is nothing more stressful than having a sick kid, especially when they throw up everything!! Last Thanksgiving Dane wound up in the hospital because he was throwing up so much and completely dehydrated so everytime he throws up I just panic. I hope this is just a coinsidence and not a tradition he decides to keep up every year at this time.

Not only was I stressed about having Dane sick but I was also asked to speak at Stake Conference. It is fitting that I was asked to speak the week of Halloween since I am TERRIFIED of speaking in public. Saturday night I thought I was getting what Dane had because I felt nauseas but I think it was mainly my nerves. I am so grateful that Ryan was able to stay at home with Dane so that I could go get my talk over with and not have the stress of leaving Dane with a friend or babysitter. I felt so bad, as I was leaving the house, Ryan got puked on.

I am so glad to have the weekend over and Dane actually keeping some fluid and a little bit a food down. I am just praying that Ryan and I don't catch it. With finals approaching, that is the last thing we need.

I hope everyone had a great Halloween!!