Happy Birthday, Johnny!

My hubby is getting old. He is turning the ripe old age of 27 on Monday. We celebrated his birthday a little bit early since we have a busy couple of days coming up. Johns favorite present was his new USC polo that he got from my brother, Chey... John promptly forgot about all of my presents once he saw the polo. Well done, Chey!

(Don't you love our purple bedroom?!)

McDonalds fun!

Pa Martineau loves McDonalds. I am hoping that my son has more refined tastes, but I don't think that's happening. Daniel went to Mickey D's and ate his cousins, Ben and Emma, under the table! My boy knows how to eat! The kids had a great time running around their ginormous playground. Daniel had great fun. I did have to keep pretty close tabs on him, though... Every time I turned around he was at another table begging for food! :) That's my boy!!

Birds of Prey!

So, Boise happens to be the home of the largest "Birds of Prey" exhibit/conservatory in the world (who'da thunk, right?). So we decided to hang out there this past Saturday. It was a lot of fun! Daniel loves all animals, and can't get close enough to them. (Daddy loves this since he's terrified of anything with fur). Our only problem was during one of the bird shows. They brought out this large falcon/hawk/thingie (I wasn't paying very good attention, apparently) but they cautioned us that there can't be any loud noises or movements. Well, Daniel happens to be full of both loud noises AND movements. We lasted about two minutes and then I tippy-toed him out of there. We had a great time, though.

Farmer Daniel...

I've had some cute videos that I've meant to put on, but never did. I'm going to try one tonight. Daniel and I were at the park and I wanted to catch some animal noises... He is adorable. My favorite is the tiger, although the dog is still really cute. To add to his repertoire he can no do elephant noises (mostly just spitting) and he learned cat tonight! Yeah Daniel! Now, if he could just say something besides bubbles... :)

Such a cutie!

Yes, yes, I am well aware that I have become quite lazy at updating this blog. My apologies... I have taken up some extra work which takes up a lot of my extra energy. I will try to be better... I'm sure that everyone is dying to see how cotton-picking cute Daniel is getting, right?? :) Well, here you go!

Daniel has mastered lots of animal noises, his most recent being the elephant. And just yesterday he started saying "bubbles" as I was blowing them for him. He is a talented walker, although he struggles with wearing his shoes. His feet are so darned fat-- I think that the only pair that we have for him is simply too uncomfortable. Barefoot isn't going to work in another couple of weeks... It's getting cold!

Danny loves giving hugs and isn't afraid of giving them to anyone and everyone in his path. We were are at our Ward Luau last weekend and Daniel and this 2 1/2 year old were in a 2-minute long embrace. It was absolutely adorable and everyone around them loved the show. Danny is a pretty hefty kid, though, so sometimes his hugs get a little overwhelming... More kids than I can count start crying when they see Danny coming their way. The wusses just can't handle a REAL hug from my little boy... :) All I know is that I abolutely LOVE getting his sweet hugs. I don't ever want him to grow up...

I'm just rambling right now, but this is passing for a journal entry... Daniel has one molar completely in, and the three others have poked through, but still have a ways to go. And now his fang teeth are coming in! No rest for my poor little kid! He looks so much older with his full mouth of teeth. I love it! It's tricky brushing them, but we do our best.

Life is grand in the Tomlinson home. We hope that everyone is well and enjoying the coming Fall... We sure do!

Nebulizer time!

Daniel went in for his 15-month check up last week when he had a lingering cold. His Doctor checked out his wheezing cough and decided that he needed a dose of the "Nebulizer". Because the treatment worked, she prescribed it for us to take home. Now Daniel gets his dose of "happy air" at least three times a day and he's been much better. It's great fun for all of us! He's almost 100%, though, so I guess we'll have to put it away until his next cold... :)

FYI, I was just released today from my Young Women's calling and was put in as the Nursery leader! They timed that out just perfectly, didn't they? Daniel enters the Nursery in November! I am so excited to be serving in the Nursery. John is already serving there and we have great kids... It'll be a lot of fun! I'm going to really miss our young women and especially the leaders, but I am excited to be able to spend the day with my family.

Some Soda Pictures...

Well, I finally dumped my pictures from our trip to Soda. We really did have a great time. Daniel went golfing for his first time. Really, he just drove around on my lap while my Dad took in nine holes, but he had a great time. He loved the bumps and the pond with ducks (really just a water hazzard...) He also drove his first ATV with Daddy, but I don't know how to put up video yet. (And too lazy to figure it out!)

Recently Daniel has been sticking his tongue out at people rather than smiling or blowing kisses. We hope that passer-byers don't get offended to see this kid sticking his tongue out at them. As his mother, I still think that it's adorable. :) Really, everything that he does is pretty cute.

Pa and Grandma Martineau had a great time having Daniel in their midst. Mom was mostly bedridden, but he enjoyed reading time and Game Show Network. Dad was poor Mo puppy's savior when we were there. Daniel loved attacking that little fur ball!

We're baaaaaaaack!

So, I'm back after what felt like a two year Sabbatical to Soda Springs. Daniel and I went to help out my mom after she had a hip surgery (her fourth). It was a lot of fun! We watched Baby Einstein, ate lots of food on Pa and Grandma's dime, went on long walks, visited local historical sites (on the 8th hole of the Soda golf course you actually ride in the same grooves left by the pioneers when crossing the Oregon trail-- very cool!), ATV'ed (Daniel absolutely LOVED that!), and hung out with family... It was grand.

While there, Daniel terrorized the family maltese, Mo. The poor dog didn't stand a chance against the girth of Danny boy... Daniel also learned how to make the sound of a horse, and perfected his doggy "bow wow". He's quite the little whipper snapper!

Anyway, we're back and I'll work on adding some pictures to the website sooner than later...

Mama's big helper

Little Danny boy has decided to be our little helper. I'm not sure how much "helping" he actually does, but it's the thought that counts, right?? :) He is very helpful at pulling out dishes while we're loading the dishwasher, and he's fantastic at grabbing the clothes out of the hamper when we're trying to fold them.

Honestly, Daniel can get into EVERYTHING now and do anything that he wants. I did not stage Daniel in the dryer, for example, he did that all by himself! He had quite the fun time too! I wish that they had adult size dryers to play in!