Tay Learned a New Trick!

Well Actually we learned a new way to bug a reaction out of her, ha, ha. But that's one of the perks of being a parent, right? Basically the trick goes like this; pinch her nose and watch her do a Charley Chaplin shiffel minus the mustache of course.

Not too much...

Caution: This post may be a little boring due to the fact that my husband has my computer so I cannot put any pictures on. Lame-o.

Ok, now that you've been warned, I will continue with my awesomely boring post.

First off, I CANNOT believe it's March! Seriously, where did February go? Hmm...not that I'm sad or anything, but that was just crazy fast! Second, HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLIVIA (my niece who is turning 3, going on 30!)!! I tried to get all excited and tell her yesterday that her birthday was in ONE day, but then I was quickly hushed by her momma (something about they don't want her getting too excited about it, because she's not having a party till later...can't really remember why). So, I wanted to tell her happy birthday, but decided that this was the safest way, considering she probably won't be reading this!:)

Now, onto our family news. BIGGEST NEWS OF ALL: We are moving to the Phoenix area! Yeah, that's a big change. Eric's uncle has bought a number of properties down there that need to be fixed up and then rented out. So, off we go to a new adventure! We are excited about doing something new, and meeting new people, but we are sad to leave our families (most important), and our ward and friends. But, we hope to be up here often to visit, or have many visitors down there! How about we come up here in the summer, and you all come visit us in the winter. Plan? I get more and more excited about moving down there each time Eric leaves again to go work down there. It will just be nice to not be a single mom 1/2 of the time. We will leave as soon as we get a house down there.

NEXT BIGGEST NEWS: Tay is taking steps. Like lots of steps. Well, the highest so far is 8. Some days she's really into it, and other days she gets all nervous and makes funny sounds out of her throat. It is too cute. We don't have it on video yet, but when we do, I'll try and get it up here.

Also, Tay now has two bottom teath. It is adorable. And, her hair is coming in so super fast. It is so fun. Sometimes I put a cutie little clip in it, which will stay with lots of hairspray for about an hour! ha. She eats like crazy. She will chew anything up with those little baby teeth. It seems like her favorite thing so far is fetuchini alfredo, and ANY form of potato. Looks like she's taking after her mom. Or maybe she has no other choice, because I just feel her all the carbs I love to eat. Oh wait, she also LOVES cake and ice cream, but who doesn't?

She has turned into such a good sleeper. She is taking two naps for about 1.5 hours each, and sleeping about 12 hours at night. Ohhhh heaven! It is amazing. She is really cute when I put her down for naps and bed time, because she'll play in her bed for about 15 minutes before she goes to sleep, and she usually doesn't cry. What a doll face. I SO wish I had some pictures to put up, but that just means I need to do another post later.

I got to go to a couple of concerts this past week which were way fun. Last Sunday I went with my sis-in-law to the Celine Dion concert. She was awesome. We tried to get the best seats ever on the second row, but dumb guy showed up like an hour into the concert (before Celine had even come out), and we got kicked out. Dang. Then, Eric and I and Eric's parents all went to the Brian Reagan concert. He was sooo funny. It was a great night. I just love him, because he is a clean comedian. If you've never heard his stuff, you should check it out!

When Eric was home last week he started painting the outside of the house. It is going to look great!! It already looks like 100 times better, because it just looks so much cleaner! Love it. Thanks babe.

Well, Tay is awake from her nap, so I will stop here. I swear I'll get some pictures up when Eric gets back.

She's Getting Fiesty!

This innocent-looking little girl

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a hot bowl of soup

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A mommy with some hot-nasty legs!! Gotta watch out for this one!:)

Tagged...

1. What time did you get up this morning? 6:00
2. Have you brushed your hair yet today? Uh, yep
3. What is the name of the last song you listened to? Hmmm...I don't even know. Probably a song on one of Taylor's Baby Signing Time movies:)
4. Do you like to text? for sure
5. Facebook or My Space? Facebook, please.
6. Where is your favorite place to go? Cancun with my family, and the cabin with Eric's
7. Do you have a passport? YES
8. Are you in love? Definitely
9. Have you ever had a broken heart? Yeah, a little bit
10. When was the last time you "laughed your head off"? Last night
11. When was the last time you cried? 4 days ago
12. What is the best gift you have ever gotten? My husband
13. What was the best day of your life? When Tay was born, and my wedding!
14. What was the worst day of your life? The day my dad fell from the tree
15. Pepsi or Coke? Yuck, neither! Ha
16. Are you wearing socks? Oh, ALWAYS!
17. Did you like high school? Yes
18. Where is the last place you went out to eat? Original Pancake House
19. What is your biggest accomplishment in the past year? Being pregnant and having my first baby!
20. What is one random fact about you? I was homecoming queen. haha

Wow, I'm a horrible blogger! We had a great Christmas! We did Christmas with my family first the Saturday before Christmas. It was so fun to spend time with everyone, and we had lots of good laughs. Then we went down to Vegas for the rest of everything. We had so much fun seeing everyone and celebrating. Also, it was close to 60 degrees there!! It was hard to leave the warm weather, but we came back on New Year's Eve. Everything was great!!! A huge thank you to everyone who helped make our Christmas season wonderful.

This post will mostly just be about pictures, as I have sooo many to choose from. Here we go...

To kick off the Christmas season, Eric and I got sooo lucky and got tickets from my friend Maria to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas performance! It was amazing. Plus, we had like 3rd row seats just to the right of the center section!!

I don't think she quite knew what to think of him...but she didn't cry. Maybe that will be next year!

E and I at my parents house for our Christmas party. Good times.

Taylor sure had fun ripping open her gifts!

She was so funny with this crown on. It was like she didn't even notice it was there. She didn't try to take it off or anything. Silly girl.

E and T playing a little peek-a-boo. Tay is at such a fun age!

T got this toy for Christmas from Eric's parents. She can't do it by herself yet, but I'm afraid that's not too far in the future!

Here is Taylor just splashing away in the water. It was a cold, snowy day (what day isn't, I swear!), and I was trying to think of something fun to do. At first she was really nervous, then she started going crazy!! By then end both of us needed to change our clothes. We sure had a lot of fun, though!

Here she is just chillin in her bath. She LOVES bathtime. Sometimes if she's really fussy I just stick her in the bath, and she's all good.

I am having soo much fun with Tay these days. She is a crawling machine. When I am walking around the house doing things, she tries to follow me everywhere. Except usually she just makes it to the kitchen, then has to turn back around to follow me again. It's soo cute. One day I was in the computer room and she didn't see where I went, she crawled into the laundry room looking for me, then into the bathroom, then finally found me. It was too cute! Also, she can pull herself up onto most things and stand up now! She is too cute!!I just love being a mom, and she is the best baby ever, except her crazy crying at naps and bedtime...but we're working on that:).

Here is Tay working on her crawling. Notice in the video how she totally goes around her toy and straight for the Christmas tree!

But For Now...

Someday Taylor will be able to crawl and walk and get around all by herself…but for now I love how she reaches her arms up for me to pick her up.

Someday she will be able to tell me what she needs…but for now I love her cute little babbling, and guess work to figure out what it is.

Someday she will got to bed all by herself…but for now I love cuddling with her and holding my sweet baby.

Someday I won’t be changing a billion diapers a day…but for now I love that time when I get her full attention.

Someday she will be aware that my singing voice isn’t that great…but for now I love unabashedly singing to her, and her loving it.

Someday she won’t want me with her while she watches a movie…but for now I love holding her and her laughing after I laugh at something while we watch Baby Einstein.

Someday she will be able to cleanly feed herself…but for now I love working on my patience everyday as she grabs her food and sticks her hand all over the mess on her face.

Someday she will actually call me mama on purpose…but for now I love the times when she accidentally says it, and I get so excited.

Someday she will have teeth to eat normal food…but for now I love her precious gummy smile.

Someday she will stop nursing and taking a bottle…but for now I love holding her while she eats.

Someday she will have other people and friends that she will want to play with…but for now I love being her favorite playmate (aside from Eric).

Someday she will have cute hair…but for now I love her bald head, and hairline resemblance with my dad.

Someday she will sleep all night and actually want to sleep in…but for now I love the early mornings with just her and I, when everything else is quiet and we cuddle in bed.

Basically all I really want to say is that I LOVE little miss Taylor right where she’s at now. We have a ton of fun together, and I love being with her. I am excited for her to learn and grow, but at the same time I don’t want her to grow up too fast. I love you Tay!