The Gulley Family: Update before Christmas Post!

Well it's been a while since I've got around to blogging!! A lot has happened in the Gulley household and we have been very busy with celebrating both the boys' birthdays, a trip back to Denver, and getting ready for Christmas!!

Parkar turned 2 on November 12th - that night we took him to get brownies and ice cream - he loved it! The next day (Friday) we celebrated his birthday with an "Elmo party" as he called it. He loves Elmo and refers to everything he sees that has Elmo on it as "Elmo party" now. We had family over for dinner, cake and ice cream. Parkar loved opening his presents and we were a little surprised at how well he did opening them - he did have a little help from brother though. He got a lot toys and books (which he loves) and had a lot of fun playing with all his stuff. We had a great night.

Parkar on his Birthday!

Eating the delicious brownies and ice cream.

Singing Happy Birthday to him and he was trying

to be bashful!

"Papa" and Ganma"

The next week Teylor's pre-school class took a field trip to the Fire Station. They were able to walk through all the fire trucks and watch a fireman dress up in his gear. Teylor's favorite thing of the trip was that he was able to go on and stand on the same Fire truck that Austin and Dalton got to when they won the state Tennis, Basketball, and Baseball and drove around the town. He thought that he was pretty cool - "just like they are!" We had a great time and it was a lot of fun.

The Old Fire Truck - that his cousins rode in also!

Ringing the bell

The boys thought this was pretty neat when

the fireman came sliding down the pole!

Our two little firemen

On Thanksgiving we traveled to Cheyenne to Cameron's sister Deidi's house. We had Thanksgiving dinner with them and visited that night. On Friday we went out to lunch with them and then went bowling - and had a lot of fun. After bowling we went out to dinner and then back to their house to lounge for the evening. On Saturday morning we headed to Denver - we were going to have lunch with Cameron's Grandma but she got sick so we ended up meeting Cam's brother Ryan and his family for lunch. We all went shopping for a while after that and then headed back to Ryan's house. We were with them until Monday morning and left to go to Parkar's doctors appointment. His appointment went really well and his ears and everything looked great. Dr. Allen said we didn't need to come back until next November to get them looked at again. He talked about the possibility of Parkar needing to have his tonsils out in the future - but we just need to keep an eye on him and go from there. We had a fun trip to Denver again and had a great time spending our time with family!

The lady at the check in counter said Parkar had to wear a mask because he had a runny nose and was coughing - he would not wear it period. Then I asked her if I could get one for Teylor to wear so Parkar would wear his - and it worked!!

Two days after we got home Teylor turned 5 - I can't believe it. It is actually really sad. That same week I had to take him to his 5 year check up and to get his Kindergarten shots:((. He is so excited to be 5 and getting ready to go to school. The night before his birthday we made Transformer cupcakes to take to Pre-school. After school on his birthday Gram took him out to lunch to his favorite place- Taco Johns! After dinner we took him out for ice cream and he chose to go to Dairy Queen. We celebrated his birthday Transformer style on Saturday the 5th. He had several friends and family over for his birthday. He received WAY to many toys that I don't know where to put everything.

His Transformer cupcakes!