Snapshots!!

The weather has been so pretty and cool this past week. We stay outdoors all afternnon/evening after school. Taylor has had lots of fun with her sidewalk chalk. Her daddy drew lots of pictures for her and then she went around and colored them!! She has been real proud of the drawings and thinks that she did it!!


This is how we play in the bathtub now.... by SWIMMING!! Tay loves a bath and she is now wanting to "swim" in the tub every night. We have to bribe her just to get out!! Nonetheless, she is having FUN!!

An evening at the putting green!! Taylor absolutley LOVES to go out here with her daddy. She knows exactly what to do and runs around chasing the balls after james hits. This is our future little golfer!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Drew!!

I cannot believe Drew is already TWO.. which means Taylor will be TWO in a month!! Time is flying by so fast with us!! Drew had a Cars 2nd Birthday party!! He had so much fun playing with all his toys, and Taylor enjoyed HELPING him open all the presents. She has been talking about her birthday party for quite some time now, so we kept reminding on the way there that is was DREW'S party, not hers!! She understood and I'm so proud of her for being so big!! Now she's ready for her birthday, except her daddy's comes before hers. She keeps naming the people's birthday's before hers and then she will say...... AND THEN IT'S MY BIRTHDAY PARTY!! She totally understands what goes on at a birthday party.. especially the presents, so I think we are in real trouble. I guess it doesn't help that I have been planning her party for 2 months now!! Anyway, we all had a great time at the party and I think Drew had a wonderful birthday!!

Columbus Trip

As usual, we are always rushing around from place to place when we go home. We met my dad, Wanda, Mal, and The McBrayer girls for lunch on Sunday. Taylor and madyson had a big time playing with each other and... running!!! If you know Madyson, you know the energy she has.. well, when Taylor is around Madyson, she is FULL FORCE!! She loves it!!


Poppa is trying to keep all 3 girls under control.. but they seem to keep running off!!

see what I meant when I said running!!

Andrew, Linda, and Drew came home this weekend also. Taylor and Drew have not seen each other since April. They have both changed so much that it was funb to watch them interact!! They are so cute together!!

This was after church on Sunday. Drew was not interested in taking a picture at all, but as you can see in the next picture... taylor wasn't being shy at all!!! She loves her cousin Drew!!

just one little kiss!!!

Busy, Busy, Busy

School has started back!! And that means, mom is back to work and oh so BUSY!! I LOVE my new class at school and I'm really looking forward to another great year!! Taylor has gotten settled in her new class as well and she is LOVING it!! She's such a big girl. It amazes me how much she changes each month. She will be TWO in a month and I really don't know where those years have gone.. but with the new baby coming, I'm trying to spend every free second I get with Taylor!! Enjoy the pics... they are really random!!

Taylor loves to steal your seat if you get up. She makes a "bee line" whenever someone gets out of their chair. Who knows why, but it is always funny and she seems to think she is funny doing it. She stole my seat here, but continued to lay for a while!!


We found this outside in our back yard last week. Taylor wanted to hold it so bad, but I couldn't let her. Whose knows what a turtle will do :) Of course, she had to wear her turtle outfit to school the next day and talk about it non-stop!! She doesn't forget a THING!!



This is another reason we stay soooo busy!! We finally got a golf cart and I can promise you we go for a ride EVERY day!! Taylor absolutely LOVES it and it gets us outside for a while. We live accross the street from the club so this makes it real easy to get to the pool, eat, and of course.. play golf.

Back to the Routine...

Taylor had her very first day of school yesterday also. She is now in the 2-year old room at her school and it will be such a big change from her last classroom. They will learn to walk in line holding a rope, drink from a regular cup(tay can already), and play on the "big" playground!! I know their activiites will be very different from before and I just know that she will learn so much! We are so pleased with her school and so excited that she loves it so much!! Here is a picture of Tay on her first day!!


Cici and Pop came to visit last weekend and Tay just adored her Pop!! He plays real rough with her and she loves it!! She was supposed to be getting ready for bed here, but as you can see... she was wide awake.

Afterf she played so much with her Pop, she got on her daddy's lap and they started telling secrets! Taylor loves to do this, but she has no idea how to whisper. She just makes sounds real soft. I couldn't catch her actually whispering, but she adores her daddy so much that I couldn't pass this one up!

As you can see, Taylor puts anything and everything in the back of her car and rides around. On this particular ride, she had the bug spray in the back and was proud of it!! ha

I know I mentioned earlier that Taylor is really into her babydolls, well this is proof. Last week, she decided that Bella (her doll) needed a nap and she was going to lay with her.... on the kitchen floor to be exact. Notice the food bowl she was pretending to cook and feed Bella from. I am so happy she loves babydolls..... I just hope she continues that!! Atleast she will get some good "mommy" practice before the REAL baby comes!!

Tay at the pool playing in the Reed's bag. They have 3 girls and brought lots od toys, well Taylor decided to take abreak from the pool and dig in their bag!! Thank goodness she didn't try and take any home :)

Sneak Peek Into Taylor's Everyday Life...

We took Tay to the cheesy parking lot carnival ONLY because everytime we drove by it she squealed because she wanted to go. We had dinner with some friends, and headed over there afterwards. All Tay could talk about during dinner was the carnival, then we get there and this is as far as she got. She SAT on the ride, but wanted off.. and didn't ride a thing!! (I don't blame her.. they may have broken ha)


did i mention that I can't do ANYTHING around the house without Tay wanting to help? this is a GOOD thing but sometimes it's a lot easier to just do it an d get it done without a 22 month old putting everything in the wrong place:)

she's really busy playing...

can you tell??

I cannot tell you how many times a day these two fight!! Taylor hits Kane with anything and everything in sight. He hates it, therefore he runs from her, which she thinks is funny.... so she continues to follow him. We tell her to stop, and she does get in trouble for it, but sometimes it is just too funny to watch!! Kane does love her though, ONLY because she feeds him EVERYTHING she eats. They have a love/hate relationship!!

Taylor's new favorite spot to sit.

Our little angel before church!!