She's ONE!!!!!!!

I can't believe it, but the time has come.. and gone!! Taylor turned one last Friday!! We are so blessed to have her in our lives. She is so much fun to be around and she brings a smile to our face and hearts EVERYDAY!!

Sad news: My camera is missing... all the pics from last weekend(including the birthday party) are gone. We think the camera fell out of the truck when James and his dad were bringing all the dishes in from the party.. and living in this apt.. there's no doubt in my mind that someone picked it up.. and kept it!!

Good news: We closed on our new house on Taylor's birthday!! We are so excited.. we move in two weeks!! Downside to this: We still have our house in laurel..... we have a buyer, but their credit keeps getting messed up... so please keep us in your prayers as we really need to sell that house!!

The Birthday Party: Taylor's actual birthday was fun for both James and myself because we got to spend the whole day with her. We both took the day off from work to close on the new house, and of course, spend the day with our little princess!! She had so much fun.. helping us set up for her party.
We had lots of family and friends join us for this special occasion and we were so thankful to have them all there. The party went well.... and Taylor did a great job!! She had so much fun with all her new toys.. and of course, the bags and bows!!

One Year Favorites: mini marshmallows, ritz bitz crackers, ravioli, mini corn dogs, graham cracker sticks, bread, and apple juice!!
New Tricks: climb on anything and everything, climb all over mommy and daddy, run around, be chased by someone, sing songs: itsy bitsy spider, this little light of mine, the wheels on the bus, and if you're happy and you know it, loves to watch sesame street in the car(lifesaver sometimes :0 ), play outside, swing her hands back and forth while she is walking, stomp her foot(she got this from school), wave bye-bye, say "hey", and yell out "momma, mommma" all day!!
She is such a little ray of sunshine and this is such a fun age!!
Pics will come just as soon as I get some!! Hope some good-hearted person turns my camera in!!

Little Miss "Attitude"

Taylor is growing up way too fast.. and will soon be a year old!! I looked back at some pics this weekend from when we brought Taylor home from the hospital... OMG!! She has changed so much and it really feels like just yesterday!! We are rapidly getting ready for her 1st Birthday and of course.. the party!! We are having so much fun with her right now.. she has so much personality that it is infectious!! We are totally crazy about her (not that we haven't always been) but this age is so much fun!! Taylor is a bit of a climber these days.. I mean ... climbing on anything and everything she can get her little feet on!! She is walking so well.. and trying to run a little. She loves to be chased and thinks that her daddy has "hung the moon".. but oh.. does she love mommy!! Miss "Attitude" brings a smile to our face EVERYDAY!!!

our little climber

and again... she climbs on everything!!

eating cinnamon biscuits this morning with daddy

laughing at mommy

this child loves to throw her arms in the air.. who knows why...

singing her favorite song with mommy.. "the wheels on the bus"

Football and Swimming

taylor loves her mommy

friday morning before school... she was ready to go!!

Taylor with her bubbles at the pool

needless to say, while daddy was playing golf.. mommy was chasing taylor around... she was everywhere!!

our friends came over to the apt to watch football and taylor had a blast.. taylor was having fun making really loud babbling noises with micah

jackson came too... and they finally got to play

taylor is learning how to ride on her little toy.. she can only go backwards though

We had a very realxing weekend!!! We went our to dinner Friday night with our group (that is now huge.. with twin girls and a single sibling on the way). Taylor of course only made it through the first part of the meal and her head hit the table. Bless her heart, she can only go so long before she just passes out!! She is a very routined child that absolutely has to have her sleep!! Anyway, Saturday the group came over to our apt to watch some football. We had a great time visiting with everyone!! This is the time of year that we all get together.. for football. We try all year round, but everybody's schedules just don't meet.

James played golf today while I took Taylor to the pool. Man was that hard!! She was everywhere and nowhere she was SUPPOSED to be. James stopped by the pool after golf to help out and all he could say was... "How did you keep up with her this whole time?" She wanted to run and jump in the pool. There were so many kids there today and she had a blast. She can now stand up in the baby pool, which was kind of sad for me because it shows how much she has grown JUST over the summer months. We had a very relaxing weekend and were happy to spend it with our good friends!!