9 Months

I took Taylor for her 9 month appt. and she is growing fine!! They said she looks very strong and right on track! She weighed 20 lbs and 10 oz. and she is 27 inches long. She wants to eat everything now that we eat so it is getting to be easier.

There have been alot of milestones these last few weeks for her! She is saying mama, dada, and I swear I heard her say breakfast!! LOL! Not really but the noise she made sounded like it;-) She is crawling super fast, getting into all the cabinets, and pulling up on everything! I run behind her and sit her down. haha. I am not ready for her to walk yet, thank goodness I know she has a while to go for that.

FISHING

One of the great things about our neighborhood is we can fish! There is a lake at the end of our street and Dan takes Trent up to fish! He really enjoys it, as long as he is catching something. As you can tell, he has the casting part down. LOL!

4th of July

This was Taylor's first Fourth of July! We had a cookout and she LOVED the pasta salad and bread!! Trent and I also made chocolate covered graham crackers, marshmallows, and strawberries. It made for the perfect snack while watching the fireworks. We were going to go to a local park and watch, but decided to stay home because our neighbor was having a show. They lasted well over an hour. The guy definitely spent some money. Trent even got tired and asked to go to bed. LOL! Taylor of course slept through the whole thing. Thought we would share a few pics of the day!

It's been a while.....

Hello everyone!! It has been a while since I have posted a blog about the kids so I thought it was time. As most of you know we have moved into a new house! We absolutely LOVE it and we are having ALOT of fun making it our home. So much to do though. Dan is in the process of painting and getting things fixed up and I am having lots of fun picking out colors and decorations. (Or not) I have such a hard time making decisions.

Also more new news it that Dan just started a new job! He is a maintenance control supervisor now and he is loving his job. Although, he says the 5 day work weeks are getting to him. haha! The kids and I have been having lots of fun this summer. We have been doing alot with the moms group from our old neighborhood so that keeps us busy.

We joined a local recreation center and they have a really cool water park outside and a small one inside as well. We took the kids a couple weeks ago and Trent had a blast! I decided I should get some pictures of him playing. Well, he yelled for me, I turn around, and SPLASH!!! right in the face (while taking a pic). So I thought the camera was done, but it finally dried out works (almost 100%). We may have to send it in to be cleaned though.

I am just gonna share a few pics from the month of June. We took Trent to a meet and greet with some of the PBS characters, well, he looked and that was it. He did not want to give hugs or shake hands. The lines were really long and it was SOOO hot there, so we looked and basically left. He did enjoy a few bounce houses and some ice cream as we left.

I bought a kiddie pool just for him to splash in and if course Taylor loves it too. Good way to stay cool though. And this last week we went to the fire department and took a tour. Trent got to check out the trucks and the ambulance, and of course was shy at first and then was all over them.

Monster Jam

This week, Dan and I took Trent to see the Moster Jam! He loved it. Nana and papaw came to stay with Taylor, which Trent wasn't too happy about. It was nice going out and just making it about him. He made it clear that he would have liked to have stayed home by asking every 30 minutes if we could leave. LOL! He really did enjoy it though so that is all that matters.

We have had a very busy weekend while Dan was off, but you will have to wait a few weeks for more details on that!!! Just remember to keep checking weekly.

I took Taylor to the doctor for thrush this week. She has had it since Christmas and the medicine they were giving her just wasn't killing it off. So now they put her on something different, which she has to have a bath after she takes it because she spits it everywhere. If I did not know better, I would think she may be starting to cut a tooth. She is chewing on anything she can get her hands on. She is also pushing up with her legs more when we hold her up. I had her in the floor today and Trent was laying beside her, she was rubbing his hair. Not long and he will be screaming that she is pulling it!!

SUPERMARKET BOUND!!!!!

We were very busy last week. Monday and Tuesday I babysat and Wednesday we went to get donuts and then the library. This is something I think we will start doing every week, maybe not the donuts, even though I am sure Trent will ask if we can. Anyway they have story time and a craft. Trent really seemed to enjoy it. He got to cut and glue and ended up making a quilt out of paper. Anyway we checked out 5 books and now ready for some more!

Thursday we went to a friends house and Trent got to play with Clayton. He is about 6 months younger and I think it is good for Trent to play with kids around his own age! He really had a ball. When we got back we had a treasure hunt with read cups. That lasted a little over an hour. We had did something like this at the museum last week and he had so much fun.

Friday we went to my moms because Dan had so much work to get done. I had some coupons for dunkin donuts so we stopped and got a dozen to take and share. I had 2, we brought 2 home for Dan, and Trent had what I thought was 2. When we got to my moms, I got the donuts out to give them, and the tops were gone off all of them!!!! Seems there was a mouse in the box!!

Everyone knows that the game was on Sunday and Dan and I were talking about the super bowl. Trent overheard us talking about the game and said, "Yay mommy, I hope they go to the supermarket, I've never been there."LOL!!!!

Finally, little Taylor. I have been trying and trying to work with her on rolling over. Even from her belly to her back. NOPE!! She just lays down and sucks her fingers. Well on Saturday we were in the floor and she was holding my finger and pulled herself over from back to belly. YAY!!! Okay I helped a little. But you know she does have a lot of weight to flip there.

Childrens Museum

Well there is not too much to report this week. We did a whole lot of nothing. We went to the children's museum with some friends on Tuesday. It was Taylor's first visit and I finally talked Trent into riding the carousel. There is just so much to do there.


The weather has been in the low 40's and it is soo muddy where all the snow has melted. Trent got to play outside for a while at my mom's on Saturday while I took a coupon class. Needless to say, he had to wear his pajama's home because he was so muddy. Boys will be boys;-)


Miss Taylor still has not rolled over yet. She is almost 4 months old and when we do tummy time, she gets sooo mad and just screams (I leave her thinking she will get mad enough to flip) but she wears herself out and turns her head and goes to sleep. LOL. I guess she will just do it when she is ready.