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This picture was taken in July 2008 at Chatfield Reservoir (about 5 miles from our house). It was Remington's first outing on the boat which was his late great grandpa's. He obviously has mad boat driving skills! I'm sure he will get more practice in this summer if his baby sibling will allow it!

I tag Anisa, Rachel, Shannon, Laura, Deborah and Kara.

Cabin Fever

Remington, Squirt and I went to the farm for the weekend that Nathan was out of town for work. I have been fighting a cold or some junk all week so I thought the comforts of home and being with my parents would help. I took Remington to get his haircut and that proved to be the beginning of the nightmare. He screamed and cried the whole time. I'm glad I didn't take him to some random salon in Highlands Ranch. Della did a great job trimming him up and was so patient with his tantrums. Later that night, we went to a high school basketball game. He enjoyed it as long as he was sitting on my lap. With a packed gym and being 4 months pregnant, I didn't need the extra body heat to keep me warm. Oh well, what's a mother to do. The next day, Remington slept for 5 hours...should have been another clue as to what was ahead. By that night at yet another hs bball game, he had a fever and just wanted to be held. He was a trooper. He woke up in the middle of the night crying so I took him out and set in the recliner with him. We both slept ok but by 5 am, his fever was so high that it burned me when he touched me. I gave him some Tylenol and changed him into a t-shirt and placed a cold washcloth on his head as long as he would let me. For the rest of the day, I had to hold him. He didn't eat anything and only drank 7up or orange juice. On Monday, mom and I decided to take him to the doctor since he wouldn't eat or walk anywhere. He was so pathetic. We got him to the doctor and they took blood. The doctor checked all the signs for a cold or flu but lungs/ears/nose and throat were all clear. She suggested he had a stomach bug of some kind which just takes time to get rid of. YUCK! So we took him back home and continued the fluid diet and holding therapy. I had called my doctor to get antibiotics for my cold. What a miserable weekend. Again, he didn't sleep well so again, I held him and slept in the recliner. By Tuesday, I was completely exhausted and supposed to drive back home. I decided to stay another day to rest and hopefully both of us would be better. Wednesday, we came home to a sick Nathan!

So here we are, all three of us sick and no one feeling good to take care of the others....Squirt isn't much of a nurse. So we suffered through a couple more days. By Friday, I felt pretty good...good enough to go grocery shopping. But once back home, it was nap time and baby holding.

Valentine's Day was spent napping and watching tv. How romantic!

Sunday we all had cabin fever so we went to Jason and Kim's for brunch. Nathan and Remington stayed there to watch the Daytona 500 while Kim and I went shopping....AHH! Life is back to normal!

the old year left and the new year came

WARNING: This is another uneventful post. For New Year's Eve, we were not an exciting group. I spent most of the day sick so going out and painting the town was not an option for me. The most eventful thing I did was go pick up my paycheck and go to the bank...woot! woot!

We had been invited to a friend's house for a small party to celebrate the ending of 2008. Nathan decided he would go and take Remington....ONLY if it was ok for me to stay home alone. He went to the store and got me soup before he left. I helped him get Remington packed up and off my boys went. The dog and I spent most of the night on the couch watching (sleeping) chick flicks. I went to bed around 10 and the old year left and the new year came before I knew it! Nathan and Remington got home around 1:30am. Remington did good at the party as long as he could see Nathan. Nathan held him for a while and put him to sleep around 9pm. No New Year's celebrating for him either!

On New Year's Day, Nathan went hunting in Nebraska with his dad and uncle. Remington and I met up with my brother and his family and did some shopping. We came home and hung out with Masha. Brian, Terry and the kids spent the night. Like I said before, very uneventful.

May you all have a wonderful year ahead of you. Make great things happen!

Christmas #2

This year was Remington's 2nd Christmas. On December 20th we left Denver and went to my parents' for a few days. We had a Christmas party at my brother's house with my mom's side of the family. Remington got lots of hugs and kisses from my aunts and cousins. He also gave out lots of kisses and high fives. On the 22nd we had Christmas dinner with my parents, brother, sister-in-law, niece and nephew. We also opened presents. Remington doesn't understand the presents or Santa thing yet but he liked sitting on the boxes and ripping the paper. He would rip a piece of paper off and then go give it to my dad and say, "thank you." He's pretty proud of saying thank you when he gives you something.

While we were there, Nathan, my brother, my dad and my nephew did a lot of hunting. Geese and elk in which they were successful at both. Remington and I just hung out at the house while I did some work. Nothing too exciting and definitely nothing eventful.

We came home on Christmas Eve and went to our friends' Kim and Jason's for dinner. We shared gifts and ate a wonderful meal. I felt crappy so I fell asleep on the couch with Remington. Again, pretty uneventful.

On Christmas morning, we went to Nathan's parents. We opened gifts first. Remington again was happy to sit on the boxes. He got really excited when our 5 yr old nephew opened his gifts. Brendan was so excited about Bat Mobile and whatever other toys he was opening. Remington clapped and squealed because Brendan was so excited by his gifts. We had a wonderful lunch and then all headed over to Mammom's house with the extended family. Everyone was there. Small house with 20 adults and 4 or 5 kids becomes mayhem very quickly. We stayed there a few hours and then came home. Again, pretty uneventful.

Nothing like last year when our dog locked us out of the car while it was running!

Where in the world have we been?!?

The answer: NOWHERE!. We didn't drop off the face of the earth. We are still here south of Denver. Nothing really exciting has happened in the month since I've blogged. So here's the lowdown:


Nathan has been working hard. Traveling to West Virginia, Boston, Anchorage and San Antonio.
Tawnya has been working two jobs. Reebok AND motherhood.
Remington has been working two jobs. Walking and talking. That's right. walking...everywhere...fast! He jabbers all day long which leaves Nathan and I wondering what he's saying and telling us.
Squirt has been working two jobs...sleeping and staying away from Remington!

Tawnya, Remington and Squirt went to the farm while Nathan was in Boston. We had lunch with old friends and got to see some family.

We spent Thanksgiving with Nathan's family which is always a hoot.

The three of us spent a weekend in Craig for elk hunting. Nathan, his dad and uncle stayed at a motel while Remington and I stayed at my aunt and uncle's house. We all had a good time and I was glad to have a whole house in which to entertain Remington instead of a motel room. He helped Aunt Myrna undecorate her tree as fast as she could decorate it. He loved sitting on her kitchen counter and "helping." We had a great laugh at their dog JJ who barks and jumps at the smoke when they burn their trash. I have a video that is just hysterical. Squirt stayed in the city with her friends Daisy (English Bulldog) and Pickle (Bassett Hound). She had her own suite in the upstairs portion of their house. Thanks to our friends Jason and Kim, our dog was well loved.

And now, it's a week before Christmas and all the presents are bought. Some are en route and hopefully they get here in time. None of them are wrapped but that's what midnight is for! The decorations are up. The tree is up with only lights on it. I think it will be that way for a few years. It does look better than the Charlie Brown Christmas tree. I was able to get cookies made for the neighbors and am going to attempt to make Divinity. Wish me luck.

Boo at the Zoo

Remington went to the zoo for the first time over the weekend. There were lots of people there as it was their annual "Boo at the Zoo" where (mostly) kids dressed up in Halloween costumes and went trick-or-treating. We met some friends there with their 7 month old boy. Here are some pictures and a video of Remington watching the orangutans.

Before all the animals and people...



After the animals and people....

Pumpkin Festival

We went to the Pumpkin Festival at the Botanic Gardens at Chatfield. We met the Schells there and slopped through the mud together. It was cold but we still got some good pics and a few small pumpkins.

I'm sure it will be more fun next year when Remington is self mobile and it's not muddy. We'll see.

Race for the Cure

Remington and I participated in the Race for the Cure in downtown Denver this year. We joined our friend Kathy's group, Believers in a Cure. I was amazed at how many people participate in this.....over 62,000 people!!!! Remington slept through most of the race as we had to leave our house at 6am. Here are some pictures I took along the way.

Remington's Birthday Part One

Today is Remington's first birthday! We had a party for him on Saturday with all our family and a good bunch of friends. 35 adults and 14 kids (including us). OUR HOUSE WAS CRAZY!!!!

Remington did great. I was concerned because he didn't eat much all day and has been fussy for the last week. He put on a show while eating his cake. He was very much aware that everyone was watching him.

I made the cakes. Chocolate baseball diamonds and white baseballs.

Remington's own cake. white cake, white frosting for a reason!






He loved opening the gifts too. It was a little overwhelming (to me too).
His new airplane and Allison pushing him on it!

Playdates

September was full of playdates for Remington. It was nice for me too. I enjoyed visiting with my fellow mommies!



Melissa and her son Lincoln (born 3-8-08) came to play.

We went to play with Terri and Ian (born 7-02-07).
We went to play with Paula and Jackson (born 10-21-07).


We met Brenda and Carter (born 9-9-07) at the park.

Work, work, work

The last few weeks have been so busy I haven't had the chance to post anything. After working more hours than what part time is, I don't want to spend any extra time on the computer to post the Toland Family happenings!

I was told by my boss back in April that July and August are somewhat slow months for us. How wrong he was! I have been swamped since the second week of July. So here's a rundown of what I do/have done. I used to work for Sports Authority in the licensced apparel department. I worked mostly on purchase orders for Reebok/Adidas (NBA, NFL, NHL and some NCAA). As of March 1st, I work for an independent Reebok sales rep who sells to Sports Authority (TSA). I search inventories for product when TSA needs to place orders. I request UPCs and product information from Reebok and format the info to send to TSA. When TSA opens new stores, they send me targets for each league and I find the dollar amount in product for them. In the last month I have found product for 12 stores for NCAA, NBA, NHL and some NFL. It's hard to keep everything organized as to what I've found, requested and sent to TSA but I love it!!! All the while, taking care of my sweet boy!

As far as Toland Time....nothing too eventful has happened.

Nathan was in a wedding on August 1st so we went to the festivities for that.

My parents came up on August 8th to visit for the weekend. We went with them up to Longmont and had lunch with Rick and Nancy Hammans. Rick was my freshman history teacher and Nancy was my third and fifth grade teacher. Neither one of them had seen Remington. When I was a little monster (a little older than what Remington is) I took my first steps to Nancy. It was nice to see them and they enjoyed Remington! We then went farther north to Windsor for a 50th wedding anniversary party. Myron and Donna Reed pastored my parents church a few years back and have since moved to Windsor. It was nice to see them and celebrate their special day with them. Remington did so great out at restaurants and in the car.

On August 14th, my cousins David and Jodee stopped by and we went to lunch. They live in Milwaukee and were in Colorado for a class reunion and a wedding. The only time we see them is when the whole Harrison clan is together. It was nice to see them and talk just with them. We went to Baja Fresh since David and Jodee don't get that in Wisconsin. Remington loved eating black beans. His whole face was black and so were his hands. We missed out on dinner plans with them her parents (my aunt & uncle) and another cousin Mark. Maybe next time.

Remington is so much fun. Since Memorial Day weekend, he has tried so hard to learn to whistle. He perks his lips up and every now and then gets a little whistle out. It's more on the intake of air than it is blowing out! He is into everything and gets anywhere fast. He loves to play his little piano. It has been so wonderful to be at home with him and to see him grow and change. We are so blessed to have been able to have me work from home. It's the best of both worlds...I like my job and what I do AND I love being a mom.

So I finally did it.....

joined Facebook!! Now I'm addicted. I've found a few classmates and high school friends, people from college and old work places. Good times. I've even added Pieces of Flair. Wow! Amazing how technology keeps advancing.

In joining Facebook, I found my old high school friend Joanna Hart so you guys don't have to keep on the look out for her! it was good hearing from you Jo!