Monday, January 19, 2009

Update

Wow, i have a lot to write.  Christmas was great, we got to go up to SLC and spend it with Mom, Dad, Wes, Amanda and Kaleigh.  There was lots of snow and a lot of fun.  We spent about 4 days up there and then went and spend 2 days in St. George with Micah's family.  This was the first year that we got to spend both Thanksgiving and Christmas with both sides of the family.  Nothing special for New Year's, Micah always works so it was just a normal night for us.  Gareth turned 2 on January 6.  We decided instead of having a bday party for him we would just take him out for a day we went the the Mirage to the Secret Garden and the Dolphin habitat.  He loved it, he had so much fun, the dolphins were really neat to see and i really want to take him back in the summer b/c the trainers swim with them in the summer.  The secret garden had lions and tigers and some leopards.  After that we went to MGM Grand to the Rainforest Cafe.  He was a little freaked out at first but then loved it, he had a blast.  It was a lot of fun.  Next year we will have a big bday party for him.  Micah started his EMT-Intermediate class on the 2 and is really enjoying it.  He's looking to apply for a Citizen's firefighter academy which is basically a volunteer fire department but they do training and everything and it will be good experience for him.  They get to do ride alongs with different fire departments so it would be a nice step in the right direction.  Hopefully he will get accepted, they only accept like 20 ppl.  Keep your fingers crossed for him.  I'm still working 3 days a week, not much has changed there and prob wont for a little while longer.  Gareth is growing and changing everyday.  It so fun to watch him talking more and doing more "big boy" things.  He can count to 10 and we are working on going up to 20.  He can do a few past 10 but not all the way.  He knows his ABC's, he call pick out letters pretty easily but he has his own agenda when saying them.  He can tell you his name and how old he is and he's staring to ask directly for more things.  He's came a long way from a month and half ago when we thought he would need speech therapy.  He is progressing amazingly.  I will be very sad when the day comes that he no longer does his baby babble.  

4th of July Parade

4th of July Parade


Otter Pops

Otter Pops