THE BATEMANS

Halloween 2009

2009-11-15T17:39:00.000-08:00

Me and my little shark!

Thomas was so excited for Halloween this year. I think from the time we got his costume he asked me every day if it was Halloween yet. He wore his costume around the house for a month before the big day! He was a lot of fun trick-or-treating this year because he got the concept of it. He would run from house to house, needless to say, he got a lot of candy. (which Josh and I have been eating)

The day before Halloween, his preschool had their Halloween party, and all of the kids dressed up and trick-or-treated from class to class. He was a shark, and got hot toward the end of the parade, so his teacher took the head of his cosutme off. She put it on his back dorsal fin, and he got a lot of laughs because it looked like the shark head was eating the shark body. It was pretty cute.

2009-09-10T20:01:00.001-07:00

Pre School

2009-09-08T20:43:00.000-07:00

So, fall is here again! That means pre-school starts again. This year I put Thomas in a new pre-school. I really liked where he went last year, but since I am not working as much, I didn't need the daycare part of it. This school is really close to our house, and the teachers seem really excited for the new year. Thomas was a little bit nervous about the first day, but he did great! Here are a couple pics from his first day.

Summer Update

2009-09-08T20:15:00.001-07:00

Josh thought this was really cool. An old fashioned dental operatory. He really got a kick out of their chair and their drill. Some of the tools looked just like the ones he uses. YIKES!

Here we are on the USS Midway.

So, I know it has been a long time since I have updated my blog. I will update on the happenings that went on this summer. Over the 4th of July we went to my mom's house in St. George. It was a blast. I had never been there before, and it was a lot of fun. We went swimming a ton with Thomas and watched the fireworks down at the fair grounds.

Over the 24th we went to Pine View reservoir and stayed in Eden. It was a lot of fun. Thomas loves to go tubing behind the boat and likes to ride the waverunners. We had to cut our trip short, because Thomas ended up getting sick. We took him to the pediatritian and ended up at the hospital all The poor little guy was so brave with all the pokes that he got.

In August, Josh and I took a quick trip to San Diego for our 5th anniversary. It was so much fun. I had never been there before, and Josh was born at camp Pendleton 5 miles away. Needless to say, he had been there, and knew his way around. We went to Old Town and had AWESOME mexican food, seaport village to shop, a tour of USS Midway, and Coronado Island. We also saw Wicked. It was amazing. I would recommend it to anyone. I want to see it again!

All in all, we had a great, fast, summer. I wish it would have lasted longer, but am looking forward to cooler weather and a fun Halloween with T. He is going to be a shark this year, we are all pretty excited.

Graduation and a Mission Call!!!

2009-05-31T17:02:00.000-07:00

My little brother Glen graduated from High School on Thursday. We all went to dinner before the graduation, he was about ready to leave when he pulled out an envelope. It was his mission call. He is going to Calgary Canada, and leaves in September. I am so proud of him for graduating from High School with honors, and getting ready to serve a full time mission for 2 years. Congrats Glen, and good luck!!!!!!

Who...What...???

2009-02-04T14:28:00.000-08:00

Last week Thomas learned about Family Trees and Families at Preschool. This is his cute little project he came home with. Josh and I both looked at it and thought What...Who...Who is Kaden? He was so proud of it, he sat and explained who everyone on the tree was. (Mom, Dad, Thomas, Fae (our dog).) He explained to us that Kaden is his baby brother. Sad to say Thomas, I am NOT pregnant, and we are not taking the hint from you. I guess he will just have to stick to having an imaginary little brother!

Hawaii

2009-01-23T21:11:00.001-08:00

Christmas 2008

2009-01-21T13:57:00.000-08:00

Me and my little guy!

Here he is tearing into his Handy Manny truck!

Here are my two cute boys! Thomas carried that present around with him for about 3 weeks before Christmas. He slept with it, he took it in the car, everywhere! Every day he would ask me if he could open that present. Just one he would say! Finally, he got to open it!!!

This is what the tree and presents looked like before the little whirlwind tornado (Thomas) opened all of his presents.

We had a lot of fun this Christmas with Thomas. He is really starting to understand the whole Santa Claus thing. On Christmas Eve, we put him to bed, he was saying hurry, or Santa will forget to come to our house. The next morning, I was downstairs making breakfast, and he came down the stairs, saw all the presents and yelled. "Santa Claus came to my house, can I open my presents?" He ran back up the stairs to wake up Josh. Two minutes later he was pulling Josh down the stairs saying "Dad, hurry, Santa Came." It was really cute.

Peekaboo Photos

2008-11-22T15:15:00.000-08:00

We just got our family pictures back from the photographer yesterday. I thought I would put a few of my favorites up. Gotta love Peekaboo Photos!!!

October update

2008-11-05T16:08:00.001-08:00

So, it has been a while since I have made a post. We have been pretty busy, and I really didn't have a lot to say. Well, here it goes!
I think autmn is my favorite season. I love the cooler weather, and the pretty leaves on the trees, but most of all HALLOWEEN!! Thomas was a T-rex this year, I thought he was pretty darn cute. For at least a month he would ask me if he could wear his costume around the house. I can honestly say we got our moneys worth out of it this year! I took him trick-or-treating with the daycare at the hospital. He loved it, I was exhausted when it was done. (It was almost 2 hours). I swear his little candy bucket weighed 5 lbs when it was all over! That night, we went around our neighborhood and ward. He had a lot of fun. When we finished with one house, he would say "Mom, can we go to another one, Please, PLEASE!!! We all had a lot of fun this year!!

Visiting Dad at Work

2008-09-27T18:52:00.000-07:00

Here is my brave little guy getting ready to have his teeth worked on.

So, Josh and I aren't as good as we should be at brushing Thomas' teeth. Josh did an exam on him the other day and he had a cavity. Last week the three of us went to Josh's office to give Thomas a filling. We had to give T some valium to get him to chill out for the ordeal. He was a great patient! Josh and I both feel pretty bad that he needed a filling. I think we are pretty motivated about brushing his teeth now, Yea, we're terrible.

Pictures

2008-09-24T07:19:00.000-07:00

There was a little stream at the park, Thomas being the little boy he is, kept throwing rocks into it. I love this picture, sooo cute!

What a little man!

Last week I had one of my friends take pictures of Thomas at the park. She did such a great job! She says she is still learning, I don't believe her. I love all of the pictures. Here are a few, enjoy!

The Chatterbox Strikes Again!

2008-09-15T18:27:00.000-07:00

Last week Thomas had his 3 year check up at the the doctors office. The assistant brought him back into the room, weighed him, measured him, and started to get his vital signs. The whole time she was doing this Thomas was asking her what she was doing and just talking non-stop. She pulled out a paper that had a few shapes on it and asked them what they were, then she went and stood in the doorway. She started doing his eye exam by asking him what items were on a paper she was holding. After about the first row or two, Thomas started asking her questions. "What's this? What's that ?" just like she was asking him. I was so embarassed! She started answering his questions instead of him answering hers. After about 3 questions she started laughing. I kept trying to get him to stop talking and start listening to her, it would last 5 seconds, and he would go back to asking questions. We ended up just saying his eyesight was 20/30 and calling it good. Before she went and got the doctor, she said he was the most talkative 3 year old she had seen in a long time. When the doctor came in, the same thing started to happen. The doctor started asking me questions about Thomas, I would answer, and Thomas would ask him a question. I think by the time the exam was over, we knew what the doctor was going to be for halloween, what was in his pockets, and if he has a dog. Needless to say, the doctor was pretty sure he wasn't lacking in the communication/vocabulary category of his assessment. YEESH, what a cute little chatterbox!!

By the way, Thomas is 39.5 inches (90th percentile), and 32 lbs. ( 48th percentile)

Our new puppy

2008-08-30T12:19:00.000-07:00

Here is our newest addition to our family, our cute little puppy! Today we drove over to the breeders house to visit her. She will be 8 weeks old on monday, she is such a doll! We just don't know what to name her. Thomas wants to name her fish...but Josh and I don't really love that idea. We will see what happens. Leave us a comment, tell us some ideas of a good dog name. We have NO IDEA!

Thomas loves her to death. Every day he gets out her puppy bed and her leash and asks to go pick her up from her house. He can't wait until we can bring her home! She is a lot of fun, but I am sure it will be a lot of work having a puppy around the house. Rats!! We just potty trained Thomas now it is time to potty train the dog. Yeesh! I hope it will be just as easy!
She is so mellow, she loves to be cuddled and held.

First Day of Preschool

2008-08-25T13:20:00.000-07:00

Here he is at school sitting with one of his buddies waiting for class to get started.

Look at this cute little boy! I can't believe how much he has grown. Today was his first day of preschool, yea! What am I going to do with myself all alone twice a week for two whole hours!

Thomas the first 3 years

2008-08-24T19:19:00.001-07:00

Thomas turned 3!

2008-08-24T18:54:00.000-07:00

Here is Thomas' birthday cake. He wanted a cars cake soooo bad. Yesterday, when I brought it home from the bakery, he must have looked in the fridge at it about 10 times. I think he mostly just wanted to take the car off the top of it.
Here he is blowing out the candles. He got so excited!
Here is Thomas with all of his birthday presents. He saw the big red one about 4 days ago and wanted to open it. We told him he couldn't until Sunday after church. I think he has been asking me if we can go to church for about 3 days. Usually he hates going to church!
Here he is digging in!

Breaking Dawn

2008-08-21T14:40:00.001-07:00

So I finally finished Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer, the fourth in her series of Vampire books. I for the most part liked it, but at times I felt it was really slow moving. Beware if you haven't read the book yet and are planning on reading it stop reading this post now or I am going to ruin the book for you. I liked how Bella really stepped up to the plate and grew up in this book and wasn't such a selfish complainer like in the other books. I know it is a series of fantasy books- obviously- but I feel this one was a little too far fetched (Bella and Edward having a baby). I am glad I read it, finishing off the series, but I probably will never read it again.

4th Anniversary

2008-08-21T14:27:00.000-07:00

I cannot believe it was 4 years ago today that Josh and I got married. It feels like it was yesterday! It has really been a great 4 years and I just want to say how much I love Josh and what a great dad he is to our little boy! I hope the next 40 years will be just as good! I love ya!!

Demolition Derby at the County Fair

2008-08-17T11:30:00.000-07:00

Last night we went to the Demolition Derby at the County Fair. Thomas loves to watch cars crash, it so so funny to watch him. We all had a blast. Both Josh and Thomas really got into it. The biggest crash of the night happened at powder puff. Go girls!! One lady was getting pretty daring and making some really good hits, she got a running start at a car and T-boned it and it rolled over onto its top and her car went over the top of it. They had the fire department come, they had to use the jaws of life to get one of the girls out. It was awesome! Luckily nobody was hurt.
My cousin Brian drove one of the loaders that helped remove the cars from the arena, he gave Thomas a ride. I think he liked it, but he got scared when it started to move. All in all I think we all had a great time!

Lake Powell

2008-07-28T14:14:00.000-07:00

We went to Lake Powell for the long holiday weekend. We had so much fun, we all got fried into crispy little critters. The weather was perfect and sunny the water was even better. Thomas rode in the tube behind the boat with me and loved it. I even got Josh into the tube with us. We all had a blast.
One of the days out on the water Josh took Thomas' goggles and started looking into the water and diving for stuff at the bottom of the lake. Needless to say, Thomas came home with a couple of motorcycles and a toy shovel. We all had a blast!

The Host

2008-07-13T14:47:00.000-07:00

So, I just finished reading The Host last week. I still kindof feel like I have a mixed review of the book. It took me an entire month to read it. I think it took me less time than that to read the entire Twilight trillogy. The first 150-200 pages I couldn't get into the book at all. Once I made it through that part, I really liked the book and I couldn't put it down. (Just like the first three books) I think I would still recommend reading the book but beware that it will take a while to get into.
Now I am re-reading the Twilight series to refresh my memory on them for Breaking Dawn coming out next month. I know, I am such a dork!

Pine View

2008-06-25T19:20:00.000-07:00

Last week, we went to the Hiatt family reunion in Eden at Pine View Reservoir. It was so much fun. We went out on the lake on Thursday afternoon, Friday and Saturday. Thomas LOVED to ride in the tube behind the boat. I got in it with him, and he kept saying "I want to go super fast. I want to go really fast" We had him going 25 miles per hour behind the boat. He loved the beach. He made sand castles with Warner and they would knock them down. Josh and I didn't know what to do with Thomas at night, he is such a mover in bed that we didn't want to put him it with us. We got a bunch of pillows and put them in the tub, and we had Thomas sleep in the tub. It seemed to work out pretty well. The first morning he woke up in the tub, the first think he said was, hey, how did I get into the tub. He was really cute.
It was really nice to see everyone from the family, and all of their cute little kids. Well, we had a blast, thanks Hiatts for the fun family reunion!

Little Gym Graduation

2008-06-08T19:17:00.000-07:00

Thomas graduated from his Little Gym class on Wednesday. He has now moved up from Super Beasts to the Funny Bugs class. It is sad to see that he is growing up so fast. Now when he goes to gym on Monday I won't be able to go with him. He is getting so brave, he will run across the beam by himself, and swings like a monkey from the uneven bars. I think his favorite thing are the obstacle courses they have each week. Congrats to Thomas for graduating little gym...again!

Thomas the Train

2008-06-01T14:10:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went to Heber to ride Thomas the Train. Our Thomas is such a train lover we figured he would be in heaven! We all had a lot of fun, we read stories, met Sir Topham Hat, played with the trains, and rode Thomas. The weather was kindof cold and windy, but we toughed it out. I think our Thomas thought is was definitely worth it.

Kids say the funniest things!

2008-05-17T07:51:00.000-07:00

Thomas is a little chatter box, his mouth doesn't stop moving from the time he wakes up until he is asleep in his bed. Last Sunday he said something I thought was pretty funny, I had to write it down, so here it goes! We potty trained Thomas a couple of months ago, but I still get a little nervous at church not taking him for a potty-break between classes at church. I picked him up at nursery and took him potty, and then off to relief society. No, not the case, he wanted to come with me to relief society. I told him he could come with me if he could play quietly with his trains and sit in his chair. He was a perfect angel until the last 5 minutes of church. A baby walked up to him and started to play with his trains, he started screaming NO, THOSE ARE MINE, I CAN'T SHARE. and then he belted a huge scream. I picked him up, and dashed for the door. While I was walking to the door, I whispered in his ear, you are going back to nursery. He yelled out NO MOM, NOT AGAIN! After church was over, a lady came up to me and asked if that was what he said. I was so embarrassed, I am sure everyone thinks I took him out back and beat him. To say the least, he is not coming to relief society with me anymore!

Thomas got his pictures taken

2008-04-30T13:09:00.000-07:00

Thomas got his pictures taken, I just wanted to put a few of them up. I can't believe how fast he has grown, he is getting so big. I love this age, I feel like I say that at every age he has been, but I really mean it. He is always saying the funniest things, I really should start writing them down.

Off to St. George

2008-04-29T17:39:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Josh had a conference in St. George, so we decided to make a weekend out of it. Thomas loved it, we hung out at the pool nonstop for 3 days. I was pooped, but he always seemed to have just enough energy to go swimming. We drove to Las Vegas on Friday and had dinner with my step-sister Brittney and her boyfriend Eric.