Owen’s 1st Dentist Appointment, Santa Fe & More Baking…

Praise the Lord, the family is finally feeling better. Brandon and Autumn were lucky enough to stay sickness free but poor Owen got hit pretty hard with it and I got a little taste of it too. By Thursday morning, Owen was back to his regular old self, meaning being crazy and back to his endless amount of energy. Unfortunately, I started feeling kind of yucky on Tuesday night. By Wednesday I was achy and had a little fever. Thursday I felt so so but thankfully by Friday I was all better. So glad it was short cause I was pretty miserable for 2 days. We are so thankful to all be happy, healthy and back to the norm.

Now onto the fun stuff. Thursday was a very exciting day for little Owen, he had his very 1st dentist appointment. We were a little worried, as I am sure most parents are, because we had no clue how he would do. We talked it up a lot the two weeks prior to his appointment and reassured him that the dentist was so much fun and that he would be such a big boy. Anytime we tell him he will be a big boy it is usually a huge motivator for him. I am happy to say, he did AWESOME. He honestly loved it and was so excited to lay down in the big dentist chair. They didn’t do too much, just a polish, flossed and checked for cavities. They said his teeth looked great and not a single cavity to report. Yay! Brandon actually sold a house to the Dentist Owen saw so it was nice to know him prior to going. The office is right across the street from our house, if the weather was nice we could’ve walked, so nice and so convenient.

The office is brand new and really nice. They have a little movie room for the kids to wait in. Owen was so excited when he walked in to see they were playing Finding Nemo.

Here is Owen with his new dentist Dr. Blair. Not only do they have a little movie theater in the waiting room, each chair has its own flat screen where he got to watch another movie.

Getting his teeth polished.

And here is the Big Boy with a new pearly white smile. I am so proud of him, he wasn’t even a little scared! Such a brave little boy I have.

 

Thursday afternoon we headed up to Santa Fe after the kids naps. Brandon has to renew his Real Estate License every 3 years which happens to fall in February. He had to complete a whole bunch of classes, mostly online, and then he has to go up to Santa Fe to get it signed off that he completed all the required classes. We decided to drive up, get his papers signed and notarized, walk around the plaza, eat dinner and then head back home. The drive up was very nice and we arrived around 3:30pm. We got Brandon’s business taken care of and then headed to the plaza. Well, it started to get extremely windy and cold and I really was not feeling very well to begin with. We walked around a little bit but decided it was too windy and we needed to eat and head home. We couldn’t find a restaurant that really sounded too good since my tummy wasn’t feeling good so we settled for good ole Dion’s, ate and headed back home. The day wasn’t exactly what we had planned and hoped for, but it was still nice to go for a drive and get away from normalcy for a bit.

 

Here are the kiddos enjoying the ride. Owen got to watch Aladdin on the way up and loved it.

Sitting in front of a pretty fountain outside of this beautiful old church in Santa Fe.

It is seriously gorgeous.

Walking around the Plaza. We went to this adorable Children Store but everything was so expensive we had to leave empty handed. O well, it was fun to look.

Enjoying a bite to eat before heading home. Autumn is really starting to love table food. She is so over baby food. Such a big little girl.

 

Warning: if you are tired of seeing Owen cooking  stop reading now!

Yes, we also did some more baking this week. I guess this is a little out of order since the baking took place on Wednesday night so please forgive me. We were in charge of bringing dessert to small group this week so we decided to make my famous soft Chocolate Chip Cookies. It was Brandon’s idea and boy what an awesome idea it was. Of course my little helper had to join in on the baking. Here he is in action. I know this may get old to some seeing Owen baking for the hundredth time but it melts my heart how serious he is about it and I know it makes the Grandparents happy too!

His faces crack me up. He looks so serious. The last picture he is trying so hard to sift the flour but his poor little hands were just too small.

Mixing & Pouring

Mixing in the Chocolate Chips and sneaking in a taste.

So tempting not to eat all this cookie dough but we did control ourselves. I forgot to take a pic of the final product, but let me tell you, they were amazing.

Just in case you were wondering what this little girl was up to while Owen and I were making cookies. Yes, eating snacks her specialty. She loves to eat veggie sticks just like her big bro!

Thanks for checking in on our crazy end of our week!