A little bit about nothing.

(July,2010)

I was thinking how I need to write more everyday things down for memories sake, so this is going to be on the boring side!

Taylor and I have been getting out last trips to the pool in. Yes, it is still crazy hot so we are still going to the pool. I think that the cool down is coming, at least I am hoping so! We are so ready for cooler weather and more time at the park. We have also been enjoying going to a little music class once a week. It is just a little class at the community center, but Taylor loves it! She tries to sing along and copy everything the teacher does. It is really fun to have something different to do. She seems to be getting so old. She is talking all the time. Most of the time I am not sure what she is saying still but for the most part she says a lot and we communicate pretty good. She also had a little growth spurt and grew like 3 in. this summer so she is just getting bigger!

Things she loves right now:

Her cousin Addy- asks for her on a daily basis

Elmo

Curious George- this is s new love she could watch this movie all day

singing songs

Watching home videos of herself

playing outside and going on walks

her little baby doll- it goes everywhere with us

playing in the water- she is always asking to "wash her hands"

When it comes to foods she doesn't like much, bu her fav. is probably just cheese

She loves to drink though. Pretty much anything.

I feel like I never have much to say about what Rob is up to, I feel bad about that. It is mostly because his time is mostly spent working! Things are going pretty good at work for him. He is mostly just counting down to our vacation to Ca, which is in a week! His biggest love is Tennis. He goes at least twice a week to play, and he would go more if he could. And usually if he is watching T.V it is on the Tennis Channel. Did you know there is a tennis channel? We have also been doing some house projects here and there. I will have to post pics of that later, I think this post is long and boring enough!!

A weeknight date.

Last week, before we went to Vegas, Rob and I got to go on a little date to the Diamondbacks game. Rob got a couple of tickets from work, so we thought we might as well go. At first it seemed like too much of a hassle by time Rob even got home from work, but we had so much fun! We ended up just sitting at the TGIF's that is in the stadium and got to eat and watch the game. And eating makes everything even better. So it was unexpectedly a really fun date in the middle of the week.

Vegas

We just got back from a long weekend in Vegas. It was so fun 'cause we got to meet up with our good good friends from dental school, the Lamberts. We spent most of our time walking around looking at the different hotels and some time swimming and chatting. So good to see you guys!

Don't judge us...

What? You don't let your child sit on the counter and eat frosting at 10:00 in the morning?!

I'd like to introduce you to...

...vacation Rob. Vacation Rob comes around on most weekends and always when we get away on a trip. Vacation Rob is happy, relaxed and care free. It is so fun when he come out to play!

(Just as a disclaimer: Rob knows all about Vacation Rob and my feelings towards him.)

Rob and I were lucky enough to get away on another little trip. This one was better though because it wasn't attached to a work function. Rob had a long weekend so we wanted to go somewhere close to maximize our time. Palm Springs is about 3 1/2 hrs away and since it is as hot AZ you can get killer rates at the really nice resorts. So my wonderful family watched Taylor and Rob and I went to the J.W. Marriott resort and spent 3 days relaxing, eating, sleeping, eating some more and shopping. A true vacation.

Things I LOVE: Thunderstorms...

...or as they are called here in AZ: Monsoons. This past week it seems everyday the clouds roll in and we get a thunderstorm. It makes me SO happy, is that weird? Maybe because it reminds me of summers in KY, or it is just a break from the intense sun and heat, whatever it is I just know they make me all giddy inside!

View of the Valley

For the fouth we just took a little drive up the mountain, or hill, whatever, and watched the firework shows going around all over the valley. We didn't stay long because Taylor was gettinbg fussy, but it was nice to get out and see a little bit of firewroks to make it feel like the fourth. We are pretty exciting, i know....

Slap back into reality...

( photos courtesy of Becky)

A couple of weekends ago Rob and I got to go to San Diego. It was all part of a work convention, but it was a weekend away from responsibility and the heat so we loved it. We headed out on a Thur. afternoon and stayed through Sunday. Rob only had a couple of meetings Fri. morning so all of the rest of the time we just got to hang out. We went out to eat, walked all around, took a ferry to Coronado and ate some more! We just had the best time. I think you start to forget what your relationship is like without the kid and work and day to day stuff that normally comes in between. Not that we don't love those things, well we love Taylor maybe not work! Anyways, it was just fun to have a lot of time just to be with each other. Friday night another group of doctors came in and we got to meet up with our friends from Pittsburgh Joel and Becky, as well as make some new friends. It was fun to see the Tiffany's and catch up. It was so good to see what they were up to and talk about Pittsburgh. Silly though that it took us both going on this trip to see each other when we live so close! Saturday was filled with a lot more work stuff but hanging out with friends made it a lot of fun.

The Brutal part is always coming home and trying to get back into the swing of normal life after playing for days. The day after we got back home Taylor woke up barfing. It was lovely. Our first experience with the dreaded stomach flu. This wasn't just any flu though, it was the never ending stomach flu. She was sick a lot the first day, then she was doing really good the beginning of the next day but by bed time she was cranky and barfing again. Well it went on like that for about a week. Cranky and barfing once a day. It was not fun.

Thank goodness she is better and back to herself. Rob and I were thinking that she was just becoming an ornery child because she was sick and cranky for what felt like forever. This is when I remember why I am a bit of a germ-a-phob, I just hate it when she is sick!

The other horrible first experience I recently had was getting stung by a scorpion. this last Sunday Rob and I were just sitting on the couch watching TV and I felt this prick. I though it was just something on the couch poking me and then I felt the prick going up my back. I yelled to Rob to look if there was a bug on my back and he starts yelling and flicks this little baby scorpion right off my back. IT stung me at least three time going up my back. It was painful at first but it went away pretty fast. I am probably lucky it was just a baby, violating all the same though. We HATE, HATE the scorpions. Nothing makes Rob grumpier than finding one in the house!

Taylor's first visit to nursery.

(a goofy picture of us from a month ago)

So a couple of Sunday's ago was Taylor's first Sunday in the Nursery. I had been taking her in there for awhile now so she was pretty used to it and ran right in! But when I went to pick her up after church I went in and she wasn't there. I asked the girls if Rob had already come for her and they just looked at each other. It was then concluded that she must have escaped during some of the commotion of other kids being picked up. We all went to look for her and she was found just walking around the halls totally oblivious. It was kind of funny. And Taylor is a runner so I am not that surprised!

Yesterday was a different story. She was cranky and clingy and it took me awhile to sneak out, and when I did she cried. It wasn't for long though and they said she was fine for the rest of the time, so we will see!

GAME 4

Rob had the chance to go to the Suns vs. Lakers game with one of his friends a couple of weeks ago. He just kept telling me it was amazing. I don't think many people were expecting the Suns to win, but they did and it turned ou to be a GREAT game. They had some good seats too and really loved every minuet.

Pool Day

It's already that time of year. Pool day instead of park day because it is getting too warm. I am so excited though because this year Taylor really enjoys the pool. I love the beach pool. She just plays in the sand and shallow water and is in heaven ( so am I!).

Mother's Day 2010

Me and my girl - Mother's Day 2010


Just wanted to put up some pics from Mother's Day. I had a wonderful day. Rob took care of Taylor and changed all of the diapers( which is all the present I needed), but he also made me some yummy shish kabobs and gave me a couple of things I wanted for the house. Then we went to my mom's to eat dessert and wish her a Happy Mothers Day. The men were watching the Suns game so we took the kids to the little park nearby just to get out of the house. It was a great day. I am so grateful to live by my mom and sister to celebrate this day with them ( wish you were here too Amber!) It is so great to be able to call them all and get advice on all of my questions! I love being a mom and it is such a fun day. It is also a hard day for us though because we think a lot about Rob's mom and miss her. We wish we could celebrate with her and especially that she could meet Taylor.



Rob's mom

We are so grateful for our moms and all of the love we have received throughout our lives.

Taylor at the park- this girl will only smile when she wants to!

Just a pic in her Easter dress I forgot to put up

The end of March I had my 27th b-day. Starting to sound a little old! My birthday was great. Rob spoiled me and really gave me a birthday week. Starting on Wednesday he had a little surprise for me everyday. One day my mom babysat and we went out to eat and he gave me a little present. Then the next day we went for ice cream and he gave me another little present! Than on Friday he arranged for my family to come over and we ate dinner and did the cake and opened more presents. So Spoiled, huh?!!! Then, yes there is more, on Sat. my mom watched Taylor all morning and Rob and I drove to the outlet mall and spent the afternoon shopping and eating lunch just the two of us! It was all wonderful.

That's a lot of candles!

For Easter we just had a little mini egg hunt inside with Taylor. Which really only lasted about 5 min. and consisted of about 4 eggs. I figured she doesn't know the difference! Then on Sunday we went to my sisters and had a yummy Easter dinner. That was actually the same day that there was that earthquake in CA. I was at the kitchen sink when all of the sudden I noticed the pool water sloshing back and forth. Then rob was like, "I think we just had a little earthquake". I laughed at him like "Please we don't have earthquakes here". But we noticed the chandelier was really swinging too. So we turned the news on and there it was. We were feeling it all the way from CA. Crazy!

Overall, I had a WONDERFUL birthday and a very peaceful Easter :)

We held on as long as we could!

A couple of weeks ago Taylor officially went down to one nap. It is nice that I have more time in the morning to run errands, but hard because I feel like I only have half of the time I used to to get things done around the house!

Well Hello!

It has been awhile. We have had a lot of fun and exciting things going on. Here is the quick run down. I just realized it is in reverse order as you read it but I am far to lazy to care to fix it!!

End Jan. into Feb.: Sick, sick & sick again

This was probably on her worst day. Poor girl couldn't even open her eyes all the way, like it hurt too much. It broke my heart every time I looked at her. Who knows how we got it. I watched a friends kid one day, that is my guess! Taylor got it first than gave it to Rob and me. Then when we were getting better and she finished her antibiotics she got it again, worse. She is finally on her last day of antibiotics today. Which trying to give her that medicine by the way is not fun! She is a lot better about it now but it took some trial and error on our part. Including one night of me trying to hold her while Rob squirted it down her throat and then us both getting puked all over.You can tell she is sick because she isn't moving. She just wanted to lay on Rob and watch him play X-box.
Feb. 17: Taylor is 15 months old She is busy as ever! This girl never stops moving. She loves playing with Rhett, her baby dolls, taking baths and has really gotten into Baby Eisenstein type movies. Mostly she likes walking all around the house carrying things like a purse or just all of her socks she has pulled out of her drawer. She is talking more and more. She say Hi, mama, dada, up, baby, socks, yes, no and then she signs more, please and thank-you. We can tell she is just learning so much and soaking everything up. I am really enjoying this stage with her. She is becoming such a little girl.

Feb. 3rd: Ainsley Arrived
My sister Chrystal had her 4th baby. I was invited to the hospital to watch the delivery. It was amazing, I am do grateful she let me come witness it. She made it look so much easier than I remember it being!

Jan. 19th: Rob's New Office Opened

We are so excited Rob has moved to his new office! He is already home so much more now that he doesn't have to commute. The office has done really well for the first month. He was busier than he thought he would be, so it is great!

Jan. 6th: Anna Arrived

My little sister Amber has her first baby. A couple weeks later Chrystal and I made a little day trip to Tuscon to visit. It was so fun to get to see her. We love having all of these little girl cousins!

Between Thanksgiving and Christmas Taylor really started walking. We had great holidays. It just seems like so long ago though. It is too much to think about going all the way back and catching up so I am just starting from Jan.!

Today I am grateful for...

...the little key pad on my truck.

Because without it I would have accidentally locked Taylor in the car at the post office today!

Bubbles are scary, who knew?

I just thought this was funny. Last night I was giving Taylor a bath and thought she would love bubbles. So I added a little and she just looked at them for a minute and then..

...meltdown.

She wanted out of those horrible bubbles immediately!

Need Your Ideas!!

So I recently was called to be the enrichment leader in my ward. We are having a meeting on Sunday and I am supposed to bring some new ideas for activities this year. I have no ideas though! If anyone has done something fun I would love the help!!

Cooking with Grandma

A few weeks before Christmas my mom and sister came over for lunch and just to hang out. Mom decided to make Christmas cookies and the granddaughters LOVED watching.