Happy New Year!

Yesterday was a day of rest for Taylor's crew. We spent the day in our pajamas, taking naps, and playing with Taylor's new toys. Taylor got a pair of giraffe boot slippers from the Counihans for Christmas, and let's just say she has the coolest slippers in the family! She hung out in style.

Christmas Day

Santa came to vist Taylor!!! He was pretty low key with presents, but only because Taylor's family was so generous. Too much of a good thing IS possible when you're only 14 months! One of the most popular gifts was the Hokey Pokey Elmo from Uncle Scott. Here are a few pics from the day...

Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas to everyone!

We all want to wish everyone a Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas! While we will miss spending time with our family out of state, we're thinking of you and loving you lots. Taylor is blessed to have such a big family who all have been generous during this season. We can't wait to see you all soon!!!! Love, Scott, Karin and Taylor

So big!

Sometimes I have to stop what I'm doing and ask myself who is this little girl who wants to do everything herself? Her baby days are long gone.

It's Tuesday... and Tuesday means Swimming!

This is Taylor and me at swim class. She is doing really well with it, and is so much better than she was 5 or 6 weeks ago when she cried the entire time. Now, she dunks her head under water, and loves playing all the swim games. Here she is swimming with a noodle (with limited support!) and holding onto a red ball. The red ball is important... she loves it, and she calls it "Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah" and tries to swim towards it with the help of the noodle.

Happy Birthday, Gram!

Taylor wishes her Gram a Happy Birthday! We all hope you have a great day.

Happy Birthday Mama!!!

Mama, Happy Birthday!! I love you!!

Taylor's First Steps

Taylor has recently been flirting with steps all by herself. For a while now she's been standing and balancing but we really didn't think she had any interest in walking. Well, this week while I was at work, Taylor decided to take a few steps. Scott called me to excitedly tell me what was happening and I said, "get the video camera out and send me a video! I do not want to miss it!" He had a hard time doing it by himself because her path is right into someone's arms. So far, she does not walk anywhere that doesn't have a comfortable landing (she's no dummy!). So Scott waited till Gram came over (it happened to be a school day for Scott) and filmed her while she walked into Gram's arms. Thank God for technology! Even though I was at work, I got to see her first few steps over and over (and over) again. Admittedly, not a lot of work got done that afternoon.

Her first solo steps... they're very tentative and careful and check out that look of concentration!

Taylor's First Halloween

Taylor had a very fun day on Friday!! We started the day with some breakfast. Taylor likes to start with some grapes, a few cheerios, and then a waffle. This is her favorite meal.




After breakfast, we took Taylor out to run a few errands. She loves the fact that her car seat faces forward now.



Then after we got home from errands, we said to Taylor, "It's Halloween! Do you know what that means? That means you get to dress in your costume and get candy!"

So, off Taylor went in a hurry to get in her new costume.



We could barely keep up with Taylor. Next she made us take her upstairs and put her in her costume. Here she is dressed as a ladybug!

Finally, we got to take Taylor to get some candy! Here she is in her new wagon, and off to get some goodies!

Happy Birthday, Papa!

We will celebrate next week with you, but Taylor wants to wish her Papa John a very happy birthday. Have a great day!!