A Day at The Park!

Taylor LOVES going to the park! We haven't been a lot this year because Jimmy works so late and it's not always easy to take the kids by myself because it's hard to carry Carson around and chase Taylor around at the same time. But when we are able to go Taylor has so much fun! She LOVES going down the slides, the big twisty one is her favorite! This day was actually her birthday, Jimmy has Tuesdays off so we decided to take her for a fun day at the park!

We love our little monkey!

Taylor's 2!!!

Okay, I've really slacked off on this I'm a month behind so I need to get this done before Christmas!!!

Taylor turned 2 years old last month (November 9th)! I can't believe how fast these past two years have gone by. I found myself looking at pictures of her the other day, from when she was a baby and it seems like it was just yesterday! Seriously I can remember it all so clearly and now she's 2 and often acts like she's 22! Anyway, for Taylor's birthday we took her to the Phoenix Zoo! She had so much fun seeing all the animals and riding the train! After the Zoo we came back home and had a little birthday party with pizza, cake and presents!!! She definitely got spoiled, but that's what birthdays are for, right? Since her birthday was on a Tuesday we did most of the activities and celebrating on the Saturday before her birthday. Jimmy had Tuesday off so we decided to take Taylor to the park (which is another one of her favorite things to do!) She had a lot of fun and wore herself out!

Taylor is such a sweet little girl, she can be a handful at times but she's a lot of fun! We're so grateful for her and all that she brings to our little family. She is so happy and full of life all the time, and has the BIGGEST imagination! We love her so much!!!

Taylor and cousin Lyla!

On the train with Uncle David!

She wasn't too sure about the carousel at first but as long
as she held onto daddy she was fine!

They have a petting zoo there and Taylor loved riding on the "horse"


Taylor and Lyla trying to get the horse to come over to them!


That tourtise is as big as Taylor!

The whole gang!

Taylor and Lyla brushing the goat!


By the end they were so worn out!




She loved her elephant cake!!

Halloween!!!

Ok, so I know I'm a bit behind but life has been crazy busy lately! Anyway, since Halloween was on a Sunday this year we didn't really do a whole lot of trick-or-treating. Instead we went to our ward Halloween party on Saturday and they did end up having a few houses on the street set up for trick-or-treating. Then after the party we went trick-or-treating at Nana and Papa's house (which is where Taylor got most of her loot!) Nana gave her handful after handful of candy. Needless to say Taylor was THRILLED!!! Oh and just a side note... I think that Halloween should be like Labor Day... you know how Labor Day is the first Monday of September...I think Halloween should always be the last Friday in October! Who do I talk to about this??!! :)



Taylor was an ASU cheerleader (I couldn't find pom poms
anywhere, so I made some our of Christmas garland!)
I think it turned out pretty cute!

Carson was a football!

Jimmy and I where football players

Taylor's Cheerleader stunt!


Nana bought Carson a cute little puppy dog costume, He
wore it to sunday dinner at Nana and Papa's house.

I'm so excited about this!!!!!

I just found out that Shutterfly is offering this great promotion and HAD to share!!! They are offering 50 FREE christmas cards to bloggers, which I'm totally excited about. I always say I'll send Christmas cards but I never do. This year I really am going to thanks to Shutterfly! Just go to http://bit.ly/sfly2010 and sign up! While you are there check out the rest of their site. I recently signed up with shutterfly because I've been thinking about making some photo books for my kids to preserve their pictures as they grow! I've also been kicking around the idea of a calendar for the Grandparents which can also be done at http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars . I'm excited about this site and about the AMAZING christmas card promotion!!!

All about Carson!

I can't believe how fast time is flying by. Carson will be 4 months old on the 13th! He's getting so big and has such a cute little personality. He loves his big sister Taylor, even though she startles him with her LOUD, high pitched scream (I think he's getting use to it, either that or he's going deaf!) he sleeps right through it most of the time! He loves to watch her dance and play and will smile at her anytime she pays any attention to him. Carson is such a good baby, (there was a period where he was really gassy and fussy but he's getting better) He usually only crys when he's hungry or tired. He is such a cuddler and sometimes he reminds me of a baby monkey the way he cuddles! He LOVES his diaper being changed, whenever we change it (even in the middle of the night) the minute we pull the tabs on the diaper he starts to smile and I can't help but laugh and smile back! He's cooking and laughing a lot more lately it's really fun to see his personality develop!




He always has such a peaceful look on his face!

Such a handsome boy!

He'd rather suck on his hands than his binky!

Taylor was showing him something and he just watched

her intently!

He took the spoon from me....

and tried to feed himself!

All about Taylor!

Ok I'm going to play a little catch up and do a post all about Taylor then next I'll do one for Carson! There's a lot to catch up on so I'll do my best to remember everything!


Taylor is 23 months old now she will be 2 years old in less than a month! And she is such a big girl, She enjoys life and learning she is always looking for new challenges! She's very social and loves to show off for anyone who will pay attention to her. Ever since she was a baby we have called her monkey and that nickname fits her to a T, she climbs on EVERYTHING! And usually falls off of everything too. But she's a tough little girl, she usually won't cry unless she is really hurt and even then she doesn't cry for very long! She loves her baby brother Carson, she usually doesn't pay a whole lot of attention to him because she is so busy doing her own thing (she's constantly on the go!) but when she does notice him she is very sweet and loving toward him. The other day I was in the bathroom getting ready and Carson was in his crib fussing, Taylor came in and stuck her hand through the crib, grabbed onto his hand and said " I help you Carson" then she climbed up on the side of the crib, looked down at him and said "it's okay Carson". Taylor is a very thoughtful and sweet little girl, the other day I when I was feeding Carson I asked her to go get mommy a bottle of water, she came back with two , one for mommy and one for daddy! She is also very polite, She loves to share and say please and thank you! She got her foot stuck in one of her toys and after I helped her get it out she repeated over and over " thank you mommy, thank you mommy". She's learning the alphabet, she knows all the letters in her name and a lot of the other letters too! She is also learning to count she says " two, free, fo, five, segan, eight, nine, twelve!" And she also know shapes and colors! She repeats most anything you tell her to and aslo somethings you don't! Some of Jimmy's favorites have been "sup dude" and Farfignugin She says "faggigin" . Taylor LOVES animals, her favorite toys to play with are her lions, tigers, giraffes, zebras, elephants and dinasaurs that Nana got her. She calls dinasaurs mine-asaures. She also likes to watch Dora the explorer, Dora has taught her several spanish words like abajo, ariba, estrailla, corta, hola, and penguino. Anyway I could go on and on but for now I'll just share some pictures of Taylor and the things she likes to do!





She LOVES riding her horse!


And reading books!

Playing in the water is one of her most favorite things to do,

whether it's the hose or sprinklers, the pool, the tub, the ocean

or even puddles she can't get enough of it!

She loves her piggy bank and putting money in it!

She loves new clothes and showing them off!

Trying to dress herself!

Being silly... she's good at that!


She'll wear her tutu any chance she gets!


And helping mommy bake is so much fun!

Playing with daddy!

She loves swinging and playing at the park!

Wearing Papa's boots!

AND eating icecream!