Recent developments.

( Rob walked into our bathroom one day to find that Taylor had put on some of my lipstick and shoes!)

Taylor has become a bit of a drama queen lately. Maybe it is being two or maybe it is the fact that she doesn't want to nap anymore. Whatever it is I find myself mentally exhausted some days. She can go from totally happy running around to crying over something in less than a second! She has developed this new whiny voice too that she likes to use instead of actual words a lot. She has also just become more demanding. She wants what she wants and a lot of times that is me. So I hear a lot of "come on, come on"! all day and since I am often trying to do something else there is a meltdown. The problem is I know she can be this wonderfully happy child! And she really is so sweet sometimes. When we put her to bed lately and say "I love you" she says it back, but then after we shut the door she keeps yelling it over and over. It is so cute to us so we always end up yelling it back and forth a bunch of times. I guess it is the sweet moments that get you through the crazy ones!?

I just had been hoping the nap would last till the next kid was ere. Maybe that was too wishful thinking? It went downhill around Christmas. She was still napping, but then couldn't fall asleep for hours at night. So when we don't nap her she will go right to bed earlier. OR sometimes she just refuses to nap. So depressing.

I guess I am just hoping all goes well when our next little one arrives. On Taylor's bad days I am a little scared! Things with the pregnancy have been very uneventful which is wonderful. Besides being a little tired, which I think I always seem to be pregnant or not, I have been feeling great.

We did find out on Monday it is another little GIRL! We are totally thrilled to have two little girls and we are excited for Taylor to have a sister close in age. I love, love my sisters and want that for her so much! It is going to be an adventure.

A pitiful Christmas post.

I have just realized this is really all of the pictures I took at Christmas, which are all from Christmas night at me parents house and not a single one from Christmas morning! We did get a lot of video! Christmas was really fun this year because Taylor was so excited to open presents. She did really get any of the anticipation excitement or any of the Santa business, just really liked tearing off that paper. We had a really quiet Christmas. It was just us in the morning. We slept till Taylor woke up around 8:30 and then took our time, mostly watching her, open presents. Her big gift was this adorable play kitchen that I scored at a yard sale. I had been wanting to get her one and this was a wood one in mint condition for a pretty good price, so I was pretty excited about it. This is the Costco version of the pillow pet my mom got all the grand kids. It is huge! Taylor loves to lay on it at night and read books.

Do you notice the trend with the smile? That is usually what I get when I ask her to smile now. It is such a cheese, better than a frown though!

November

November 17th was Rob and Taylor's Birthdays!
The weekend before we had the family over for some cake and ice cream.

My attempts at an Elmo cake since he is Taylor's favorite. I used so much food coloring though to get him red enough that the frosting tasted bad! It wasn't even frosting anymore, we just fed everyone pure Red 40,yum.

On their actual birthday my parents took Taylor out for ice cream and to pick out a book at the book store. Rob and I took advantage and went out to dinner so he could feel like it was his birthday too.

These aren't great pictures but this was her big present I gave her on her birthday morning. It is a little felt house that I made. She was pretty excited about it. Thank goodness! After all the work I was worried she wouldn't even care about it. It is just a little playhouse my sister Chrystal gave me the idea for like a year ago! There are things on all of the outside walls to play with and a couple of doors. It just took me forever to sit down and finish it.

You can see the mullet in full force here.

We hosted Thanksgiving at our house this year and had most of Rob's siblings come out. We had a lot of fun playing some game and chatting and eating a lot. We rented a bounce house for the kids, which was a big hit and a great babysitter I might add! Yes I was super lame and did not take a single picture which I regret terribly but what can you do!

Oh my...

How did I get so far behind? Let's start with October.

The beginning of October we went to Newport Beach with my family. We had a wonderful and relaxing trip.


The biggest news is that while we were there we found out that I am pregnant! We are super excited (and at times super scared too!) Due in June :)


Then it was time for Halloween. This is us at the pumpkin patch. I guess it was more of a big pile of pumpkins.

Taylor was a little fairy for Halloween. She was SUPER cranky as I was trying to get a picture and this was the best I got. Our ward puts on a big festival in the park that we went to first where we ate and Taylor played a little on the huge bounce house which she LOVED. She did surprisingly well at the trunk or treat, considering when we are usually around strangers she clings to me. She actually would walk up and hold her little bucket out to get candy, she wouldn't say anything to them though.

Anyways, that was our October. Next I will try and do November and then hopefully I will be caught up eventually.