Taylor Turns 2

It is just unreal that our baby girl is 2! First of all I have to send out a thank you to Nannie for making her outfit, and Miss Katie for doing her hair bow!! I asked, and received just what I had expected!! We celebrated her special day by having a family party. We ate lunch, had some very yummy cake, played outside, and opened presents. She loved opening presents this year. Since all of our family lives other places, I also have to thank each and every one of them for coming so far.

I took Taylor last week for her well check and she is doing great. She weighs 28 pounds, and is 35 inches tall. She loved the doc this time, which was opposite of her 18 month check up. She did get her flu shot, which she yelled out when they stuck her, but then she was fine! We have been having some sleeping issues lately.  Both of my kids were sleeping through the night at about 8 weeks, and would wake up at night when they cut teeth. She is waking up at night and not wanting to go back to sleep. Some mornings, like 4:30am. Not cool, since she screams louder than ever (this is also new;-) I am trying to cut back her naps (she still takes anywhere from 3-4 hr. naps) Just pray this helps.

She still loves shoes, purses, and jewelery. She is a daddy's girl, loves to look at pictures, and have her nails painted!! She talks constantly and repeats EVERYTHING she hears. Most generally, she is happy! But Dan and I both say, "when she's bad, she's BAD." Girls are definitely different than boys. I have no idea the reasoning, but anyone that tells you different.......IT'S A LIE!! ha ha. She is a precious gift however, and we will deal with whatever she gives us!!

Picture Day and Parent/Teacher Conference

A couple weeks ago we had Trent's first parent teacher conference. I was super nervous just thinking about what the teacher would say. But, it was fantastic. He is doing very well and is right where he needs to be. Trent LOVES school. He seems to really like his teacher and has made some very nice little friends. He comes home and tells us all about who did what that day, who got on yellow, who left early and just about anything else you might ever want (or not want) to know about all the kids in his class. He is READING!! Yep, you read it right. He is sounding those words out and just doing a great job at it too. 

Picture day was about a week ago, and I hated to NOT buy the pictures....so I ordered a very small package just to have his school picture and just can't wait to see how awesome they are!! LOL We have gotten very spoiled with pics seeing how Dan does the best pictures! We had to do Taylor's 2 year pictures so we took that opportunity to just do Trent's too. Hope you all enjoy looking.  

Trent's picture that Daddy took!

Leaving for school on picture day



Trent Starts School

I can't believe it is this time already. Trent started school!! He was so excited! Me on the other hand....not so much. Dan and I were talking one day and we both still see that little boy that laid there in that tiny little hospital bed for a 7 days with all those horrible tubes! He has been so healthy since then!! We are truly blessed.

Anyway, the first morning of school I had to wake him up which was strange. He wanted pancakes for breakfast, and we had to brush teeth and get that hair spiked up! I have to say he looked so big. Dan and I both took him to school and I walked him in since they had to meet in the conference room and not their classroom. Once everyone got there, they called there names and everyone went with their teacher. Once his name was called, I turned around to walk away and the tears started rolling!

That day seemed to go very well. He was not scared, nor did he cry. Such a big man. Since there were only 3 days of school that week, I parked and walked him in so I knew that he knew where to go. He really wanted to be dropped off in the drop off line, so the next week of school, that's what I did. It is so cute because when he gets out and walks away, he turns around the whole time he is walking in to wave at me as I drive off. Let's see how long he stays excited about getting dropped off.

Arkansas Trip

After our lake trip, the kids and I went back to nannies and Dan came home to work for a few days. He came back and is now off for 2 weeks!! It was very hot hot nannies. Like, in the 100's! Trent went swimming everyday we were there!

We also went to a birthday party while we were there. It was for Dan's cousins little boy Wade, and it was at chuck e cheese! Both kids had a blast! Thanks for putting up with us for so long nannie and papaw!

Lake Norfork trip

This year we went to Lake Norfork and we met Aunt Jen, Blake, Nannie and Papaw there. I will have to say that the 9 hour car ride was the BEST long distance ride with the kids we ever had. We left about 6 in the morning to get there. We went out on the boat for a bit then back to the cabin for dinner. The kids played with play-doh while everyone took showers and nannie fixed dinner.

Play-doh!!

Dan skiing

Aunt Jenn and Taylor (almost asleep)

4th of July

For the 4th, we stayed home and celebrated 2 days in a row with a cook-outs and fireworks. Here are a few pictures of the kids playing around getting ready for the main event. Every year, our neighbor has a HUGE fireworks show. It is very nice to be able to sit in your yard and enjoy something like that!

Record High temps in July

In July, Indianapolis beat it's record straight number of 90 degree days in a row. It was miserable! The kids spent alot of time swimming, or inside playing, watching movies, and EATING!