Oh Glorious Heat!

Well it has been a while since I last posted, Thanksgiving has come and gone and i have not had much time as Toby has become quite needy latley. Anyway Stan and Beaver sent Troy home from his hunting trip with a new pellet stove for our house and I am lovin' it. Our house it so warm now and I hope that our power bill decreeses some. Our power bill can be a bit out of control in the winter time due to stupid baseboard heat and small inifficient heat sources such as electric space heaters. Last year I swear we wasted at least $1,000 on heating our house.



Well anyway we are set for the christmas season Aunt Paula gave us a really nice little fiber optic Christmas tree it is really pretty. Toby has a few gifts so far. We will be making the trip accross the mountains to Stan and Beavers house on the 21st of December and most likley staying until wednesday that week.

A Weekend Without Daddy

Well Toby and I spent our first weekend home alone without Troy. He left on Friday to go over to Stan and Beaver's house to try and get his white tail buck. Unfortunately he didn't get it but that is only because Stan shot it on Thursday.



On Saturday I took Toby to go take pictures for work and we stopped by my moms house for a little bit. On Sunday we spent most of the day with my mom shopping and just hangin' out at her house. When Troy got home Toby spent some time in his new baby seat he decided that he likes it for now, he especially likes the Watermelon tray liner.



Well today was back to usual except for one thing. The filter on my gigantic 50 gallon fish tank failed on Friday and I had to do a thorough cleaning today because my fish were starting to suffer the consequences. Oh my goodness I forgot why I hat cleaning a the fish tanks in the winter. Instead of just hooking up a hose and a siphon and running everything outside I have to empty the tank into buckets and carry them into the bathroom to empty them into the bathtub. After that I have to Take all of the gravel out and rinse it a few pounds at a time. When this is all done then it the task is to refill the tank bucket by bucket. I think in all it is something like 60 round trips to the bathroom. Anyway it feels like a lot, it took me 4 hours where in the summer it takes only about 1.5 hours. Oh well my fish are happy again and Toby is happy that he can watch them.

Presents!

Toby turned 3 months old yesterday and the UPS guy came to our house with stuff for him. He got his new Bebe Pod chair and some other stuff he will get for Christmas. The chair is his now though. He can't decide if he likes it or not, I guess only time will tell.



It has been this way with everything that he has, like his bouncy seat he hated it, then he liked it, then he hated it, but now he likes it again.
Poor Toby had a fever yesterday and today and his ears have been bugging him. He pulled on one of them so hard that it cracked. This is no way to spend a B-Day.

The Blustery Day

Well Toby and I made it through the small windstorm that we had. Our power flickered a few times and few branches from the many tall trees in our yard fall but nothing to bad. I always worry about that stuff, I hate the wind. Toby and I stayed in the back room of the house for most of the day. I feel that this is the safest room in the house. He talked a lot you know baby talk. He is too cut. I just know that when he finally starts to form real words he will always have something to say.


Toby spent most of his day hangin' out with his kitten Leonard. We did make it out to go to Costco with Grandma Snyder and Grandpa Joe.



At the end of the day it was time to take a hard nap with his frog teether.

Ta Dah

Well I finally got this up and running. I will try to keep it as up to date as I can.


If you haven't talked to us in a while here's the scoop. Toby will be 3 months old this tuesday, man time flys I can't believe how fast he is growing. I wish that he could stay little forever but I know that is impossible. We whent to Stan and Beaver's for deer hunting season last month I got my deer while Troy hung out with his mom and Toby. Troy will be going to get his White Tail Buck next weekend. I will be staying behind so I can See Kaelee and the girls before they go to Texas.