9 months

9 months old! I can't believe it. I still like to think that she is my little tiny 5 lb newborn... but that is definitely not the case. She is getting bigger and smarter every time I blink. It makes me so sad., Kaden was 9 mo. when we got pregnant with Taycee. That doesn't seem that long ago and he is a little boy now. She is on all fours crawling now, she can sit herself up, pull herself to a stand, she picks things up with her fingers and puts them in her mouth, and she has her first 2 teeth now. She is our little sunshine and she always has a smile to give.

Taycee you are our little princess. We love you so much! You make every day so much fun. Here are 9 things we love about you
1- How you scrunch up your face when you smile
2- How you always have your tongue sticking out
3- Your chubby cheeks
4- When Mom comes to get you in the morning you smile and screech and kick your legs
5- You LOVE and ADORE your big brother. You never take your eyes off him.
6- You are so smart. Dad can't handle how fast you are growing up.
7- Your beautiful big blue eyes
8- Your crazy hair that sticks straight up
9- Your fun happy go-lucky personality
You are our angel and we are so proud of you. We can't wait to see what great things you will do in your life!

xoxo- Mom and Dad

Taycee 9 mo. Old

Weight: 21 lbs - 83 percentile

Height: 29 inches - 95 percentile

Head Circumference: 17 inches- 23 percentile

Kaden 9 Months
Weight: 24.5 lbs - 97 percentile
Height: 30.5 inches 97 percentile

This is how Taycee sleeps now

Finally!! They are friends

Taycee 9 monthsKaden 9 months

Busy Busy Busy

** Warning** This is a long post with many pictures... but whats new? We feel like we are on the go all the time around our house. We are in definite need of a STAYcation where we just stay home and do nothing. But it has been so fun to see so much family and do so many fun things. Mandy got home on Wednesday from her mission in Spain. It was so fun to see her at the airport and spend some time with her this weekend. She is such a cutie and we are glad to have her back. Friday we headed out to Hansen Park in Tremonton for a reunion with my Grandmas siblings and their families. It always proves to be a fun camp out with lots of good food, good camp fires songs, and good company. Kaden was in heaven as he ran around the feild of grass doing whatever he pleased. However when it came to sleeping in the tent that night Chris and I were about as far from Heaven as it gets. Taycee was awake from 1-4 singing us sweet melodies. However we have weighed the good and the bad and decided it was totally worth it. Chris got to shoot his gun and play steal the flag. He ended up with a bruised shoulder and a torn up knee. Again he says "totally worth it".
Saturday night Chris and I took Kaden and Hunter to the Fair. Kaden loved seeing all the animals, my nose didnt appreciate it so much. His favorite was by far the pigs. He kept watching them move their noses and he was trying to grunt like them. Actually he does a pretty good pig grunt. When he saw the rides it was all we could to do keep him away from them. But at almost 5 bucks a ride there was no way we were going on any fair rides.

Sunday was Mandy's homecoming. She did a wonderful job with her talk and we all got together for some yummy yummy food afterwards at the Tolmans house. Again, Kaden was ecstatic with the freedom and the many many kids running around. It was a great weekend and to be honest I am totally pooped. The house is in major disorder and I have a lot of cleaning/putting away to do. Only to pack it all back up again to go camping this weekend with the Claytons!

HERES TO FUN TIMES!!

Pictures in no paticular order...

PLEASE DAD can I go on those rides???

I love these piggies


Hmm this sheep is boring.. what else is there

Mooooo

He is doing a piggie noise

Lovin the corn dogs


Where's Waldo... I mean Chris


My little nerd

Here is that yummy food I was talking about



Mandy MOO is home!

The welcoming committee

Hansen Park

This is Kaden showing us his muscles

The shooting game

Oh so happy

Taycee lovin her some Uncle Mark

Kaden and his mask he made... not so happy

36' inch inseam pants from the 60's - 4.00
Long Sleeve shirt that come to your elbows - 5.00

Finding an outfit at the DI for your cousins homecoming because you left your church close at home - PRICELESS

I love you uncle Hunter

Taycee loves grandpa

I've been watching you

I've been watching you dad, ain't that cool
I'm your buckaroo, I wanna be like you
And eat all my food and grow as tall as you are
We like fixing things and holding mama's hand
Yeah we're just alike, hey ain't we dad
I wanna do everything you do
So I've been watching you

I love that song. Mostly because it is so true. I have noticed a lot lately that Kaden watches everything we do and wants to copy us. He has started calling Chris, "Chris" so I am trying to call him dad now. Last night we went and watched Chris play ball with a city rec team. Kaden wanted to be out there so bad with him. We had to keep him on his monkey leash to keep him off the court.

The he tried sitting on his bum and scooting out... that didn't work either.

This is Chris about to make a sweet dunk. ( terrible picture) I need a better camera desperately

Kaden finally settled down on the bench next to me. He kept yelling at the players and telling them to shoot when they got the ball. Occasionally he would yell out "missed"

He was getting pretty into it
Taycee was also cheering for daddy

She liked watching him score

This was the face she gave the ref when he made a bad call

At half time Taycee tried to sneak Kadens snacks away from him while he was contemplating the game.

Another way Kaden is just like his daddy is he loves brownies and brownie batter. I was making brownies a few days ago and Kaden saw me mixing them. He started pointing to it and saying "HUNGY... HAVE IT?" When I said yes and went to hand him the whisk he said "NUMMMMY" and apparently it was... he spent about 15 minutes licking that thing clean.




It use to be when we went outside to play I could sit Taycee on a blankie and she would be content...

Not any more! I cant keep this child out of the dirt.

Yesterday I walked into Kadens room to find this.....
FISH FOOD all over his bed and in between his sheets. GRRR




Don't worry though, with a spoon, a vacumm and about 20 minutes, all was restored to normal.

Oh and by the way... Chris's team dominated in their game. :D