The Taylor Family

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Pitter Patter of LITTLE Feet

It has finally happened. Juliette is walking. She decided when we got home from Meridian on Sunday to start letting go and walking. Since then she thinks she is hot stuff and walking is the preferred method of getting around. I am happy for her, it is a milestone of my baby growing up, so for that it is bittersweet. The funny thing is I told her Sunday morning "Juliette you have a week to start walking OR your brother bet you to walking earliest." Well little did I know she would take that challenge to heart. LOL

We also took her to the Dr for her 12 month well baby check up. The Dr walked in and said "you really have beautiful children. " Thanks Dr Darby I think so also. Juliette is growing like a weed. She showed Dr Darby her new trick of walking and pointing. She also said "Thant yu" to Dr Darby and Dr Darby clapped.

Her stats are:
20lbs 1 oz (40% )
28.5 inches (50%)
17.25 inches HC (50%)

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Jackson Singing Baby Bumble Bee

OK I have promised i would post Jackson singing Baby Bumble Bee. I want to do it this year, I just got under the wire on that. So consider it a gift from me. LOL!! I love to listen to him sing this song. Enjoy.

Merry Christmas 2009

We had a wonderful Christmas. WOW we are truly blessed with all the people who love us. AND WOW my kids are spoiled, LOL!!! Santa visited the kids at the Taylor household. Santa was very good to the kids. Juliette must have heard Santa that night because she cried off and on ALL night BUT Santa did bring her her two front teeth, LOL. Jackson woke up and forgot about Santa until we reminded him then i think he was scared and very cautious but he he quickly snapped out of it. Jackson got his Optimus Prime Transformer and his Train, along with a few others item. His favorite being the Thomas Christmas DVD (which the elves picked up at Walgreen's right before the sleigh took off for $10 reindeer bucks, hahahaha). Juliette received her Tinkerbell doll (2) and teddy bear, also along with a few other things. All of which Jackson loved playing with while Juliette played with Jackson's toys. Poppa G and Gran B gave Jackson a nice portable DVD player, bumblebee transformer arm, and some clothes. They gave Juliette an American Girl with accessories, one of which was a dog named Sugar. (That was my mother's beloved dog whom passed this past year.) They also gave her a small fold out couch which was her favorite toy. We spent the entire morning enjoying Santa's loot and spending time with the Taylor's. We then ate the BEST Christmas Meal i believe i have ever had. MMMMMM, it was delicious; turkey, dressing, mac n cheese, green bean casserole, rolls and sweet potato casserole. After we ate we headed over to the Partridge household to partake in another slaughter of Christmas presents. Both kids enjoyed themselves with all the presents and unwrapping of them. Jackson got some more Optimus Prime Stuff (one of which is the helmet you see all of us try on) and cowboy boots. He had to put them on with the Woody PJs he had gotten from us. Juliette got a cabbage patch kid, clothes and toys. WOW what a day. Oh, Jonathan and I had a wonderful Christmas also. I gave him some stuff for his Wii, underwear, Mstate shirt,and some Mstate basketball tickets (I stuck to our agreed upon budget). Jonathan gave me a nice Lacoste Sweater, Mstate earrings and shirt, underwear and my FAVORITE THINGS were the Pandora bracelet and he turned my blog into a book. Obviously he did not stick to our budget, but i didn't get mad, LOL!!! His parents gave us a flat screen TV for our bedroom. My parents gave us towels, shoes, firesafe box and clothes. So as you can see we are blessed beyond measure.

The loot!

Is this real?

Let the unwrapping begin!!!

Jackson "helping" everyone open their gifts. HE basically opened EVERYONE'S gifts.

MORE TOYS!!!

Trying to get some good pictures turned out almost impossible.

"Autobots roll out"

"Howdy Partner" "There's a snake in my BOOTS!"

We went to a Christmas Party at my friend Danica's house the weekend before Christmas. The party was for the kids and Jackson really enjoyed himself with karaoke, jump house, wiener roast and a visit from Santa.

Jackson and Juliette had a party at school that Friday before Christmas and never got around to posting pics. The two women are Jackson's new teachers, Ms Emily and Ms Collette. Yes that is Juliette enjoying a Cheeto and yes it was in her hair. So here you go.

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Visiting Santa

What can I say!? One kid loves him the other one hates him. Can you guess which is which? LOL!!! Jackson runs and hugs his neck and tells him "I want a Transformer Optimus Prime and a train like Thomas. Sister wants a Tinkerbell and teddy bear" Then I placed Juliette down, which i had to pull her away from her death grip around my neck, and she screams bloody murder. OH WHAT FUN!!! I am late posting this but Santa was very kind to both of them and brought them what Jackson asked him for (both for him and sister). This picture is worth a thousand words, but the first that comes to mind is "FUNNY." I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas. We did! I will post more pictures of Christmas, this week.

Juliette's 1st Birthday PARTY

We had a great time with Juliette at her birthday party. I think she enjoyed herself. She loved opening the gifts and LOVED eating her cake. Thanks to all the family and friends who were able to attend and to those who sent their best wishes to our little girl. Jonathan, Jackson, Nana and I baked a huge cupcake for her party. Cupcake was the theme of the party. We had Edgar's bakery for the small cupcakes and her smash cake. People who attended was: Jonathan, Jackson, Nana, BunkBunk, GranB, Poppa G, Angelia, Daniel, Monnie, Aunt Donna, Granny, Aunt Linda, Shannon Wright, Joey Fields, and myself. She tore into her smash cake and ate 75% of it, she really didn't get that messy. We gave her a small buggy car and I think she loved it (and so did Jackson). We had as much fun as her (if not more). After her party the immediate family stayed (and Mitch and Lindsay) joined and we enjoyed a family cookout. MMMMMM!!

Monday, December 21, 2009

Juliette's 1st Birthday

Ok, I am a little out of order. Juliette had a fun birthday (or at least i think so). She woke up to opening presents, fell asleep after opening presents and had a party in between. Jackson had a little trouble with the concept of not being able to open a gift but we will work through that. Let's just say good thing Juliette really didn't care (hahahahaha). I can't believe it has a been a year.

The following pictures at the party at her daycare. She had a ball eating cupcakes. PLUS I am classifying this as her first official steps. She took more then one step, it was more like 5 or 6.