Memorial Day!

Taylor had a great Memorial Day Weekend. We spent most of the days at Lake Conroe with Nana and Papa on their boat. She loved it (we think)! She slept a lot and just relaxed. Here are some pictures of the weekend.

Taylor slept a lot.


and slept some more.


Daddy and Taylor


Taylor ready for a sunny day!


Daddy ready for a sunny day!


Nana watching Taylor so I could tan my white fat! Tan fat looks better than white fat right?!?!?


We got a huge blow up "Island" to play on! It was literally huge!! Gotta love Sam's!! Here we are enjoying our very own "Island" and Taylor relaxing on the boat...we got creative to block the sun!

Blowing up the "Island" then launching it off the boat!

Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend just like we did!!!

David and Anna's Baby Shower!

David and Anna (Matt's brother and his fiance) had their baby shower last month! We had so much fun meeting all of Anna's family! They really enjoyed Taylor also. I know they are as excited for David and Anna as we are! Anna is due the end of July (along with another one of Matt's brother's)....I swear my mother-in-law, who I love, placed a pregnancy spell on all of us, and it worked great, all the cousins are going to have so much fun!! Taylor will have 3 cousins within 4 months in age!! Here are some pictures of Taylor at brunch in her Easter PJ's (they didn't fit at Easter, so we saved them and wore them when they did fit)!!

Anna and Taylor

Mother's Day, Belly Buttons, and Birthday Party!

My first Mother's Day was perfect. I actually got a whole weekend full of fun! My very talented daughter made me waffles with strawberries and whip cream on Saturday morning!! Her wonderful dad might have helped a little.

On Sunday morning we had the Wilcox's for brunch. Matt and his brother's made waffles, eggs, bacon, sausage for all the women!!! And on Sunday night, Joni and I brought dinner to Mom and Dad's. We had BBQ from Kirby's in Magnolia..it is the best!

Taylor also has now FINALLY lost her umbilical cord. It only took almost 7 weeks. I even took a picture to prove it!! She has a very cute belly button I must say so myself!!

Abby turned two the end of last month and she had a pool party to celebrate. Here is her brother, Johnny, and Taylor snoozing in his bassinet! I know it is bad of me, but I didn't get any pictures of the party itself...I was enjoying the sun and watching the kiddos swim!

Taylor's Room

Here are a couple pictures of Taylor's Room. She started sleeping in her own bed at about six weeks. It is going well! She wakes up every four hours to eat and goes right back down to sleep. Saturday night she even slept 6 hours!! Hasn't done it since, but we look forward to the day that she does.

Great Weekend!!

This past weekend was very busy for us! We went down to see the Boyd's for Seth's first birthday party on Saturday! It was a pool party, but Taylor couldn't swim because her umbilical cord hasn't fallen off yet...yes I know, babies are supposed to lose those things in the first 2-3 weeks and she is now 6 weeks old. I think it just reminds her of her old "home" and she won't let it go! Anyway, Seth had a great time!

Saturday night we went to Nana and Papa's house to see my Aunt and Uncle and cousins. It was their first time to meet Taylor. They were on their way back from vacation and decided to stop in Houston for a few days to see us!! It was great to see them and hear all about their trip to Australia. We hope to see them this summer again at the yearly family reunion!
I've been lucky to be able to keep Alex a few Monday mornings since I haven't been working. Here is everyone toward the end of the morning...sleeping!! Even Winnie decided to take a nap! Notice the dirty diaper, empty bottle, yogurt container, etc....I was too busy playing to clean anything up!

More Pictures...

Last year Matt and I purchased a "nicer" camera so I could start a photography hobby. I thought photography would be a nice thing for me to be able to do alone. I have since figured out, it is much harder than it looks to take a good picture!! So many things to think about and so many buttons on the camera!! Needless to say, I haven't had much luck with learning all about it...I'm considering taking a class at the college!?!? Anyway, here are some pictures I took of Taylor.

Mimi and Papa Ed came to visit!!!

This is what I woke up to this morning...isn't it precious! She usually sleeps on her hands like that!

Four generations of women!

Taylor and Papa Ed! Mimi and Papa Ed came to visit this weekend to see Taylor and Alex. I'm sure they came to see the rest of us too! We were glad to see them, and Taylor loved sleeping in their arms!

More pictures of Taylor this morning! Not many people get to see her eyeballs! She is staying awake more and more during the days! But she seems to really enjoy the mornings!

All wrapped up in her bouncy seat!

She enjoys her swing too!

Easter Pictures!

This is what Matt and I do when we get bored. Doesn't she look cute in the basket. Maybe next time we will decorate the basket and make it even cuter!


Easter Sunday was Taylor's first trip to church. Saturday night Matt and I decide we would attempt to be up and ready for the 8:30am service. However, in the middle of the night, I realized that probably wouldn't happen, so I started aiming for the 9:40am Sunday School and 10:50am service. Needless to say, we didn't make that happen either...10:50am service is all we made it to, and we were just a tad late for that also. Anyway, we made it and Taylor was perfect during church. She was wide awake for the music and slept right through the sermon.

We went to lunch at Nana and Papa's house! The Easter bunny came to their house...Alex was quick to find his goodies.

Nana wanted to take pictures outside. So here are our best attempt at family pictures!!

Nana and Papa with the grand kids!

Joni, Randy, and Alex! I just love Alex's smile!

Uncle Adam holding Taylor and Alex!

Matt, Taylor and I.

Just like her Daddy!

For dinner we had the Wilcox family over for steaks and baked potatoes!! Here are Taylor and Johnny bonding!! Johnny is so cute, and growing so much!! Matt and I were skinny kids growing up, so Taylor doesn't even have a chance at keeping up with Johnny!


We went to the Pediatrician again today and Taylor went from 5lb 11oz on Friday to 6lb 5oz today!! Yeah!! Hopefully all up hill from here in the weight department!!

First Trip to the River!

Ok, so we didn't take any pictures while we were there...bad bloggers! But we did have a wonderful time and enjoyed seeing everyone! Trey, our good friend from Rosenberg, turned 30 this past week. His wonderful wife planned a surprise party for him this weekend at their river house south of Houston! Matt and I took Taylor down there for the day! She traveled great! She also slept most of the time we were there. We had some crawfish and enjoyed the great weather! Taylor later let me know she doesn't appreciate the crawfish...we had a long night, and I promised her no more crawfish until she can peel them herself!! We promise to take pictures next time! Happy 30th Birthday Trey!!

Taylor had her first doctor appt on Tuesday. She did great. No shots yet, just a check up. She was back up to 5lbs 13.5oz, which the doctor said was good. Only in the 5th to 10th percentile, but we'll take it!! We have an appointment next Wednesday and they expect her to be back to her birth weight. I would personally LOVE that....IF she is back up to her birth weight they said we wouldn't have to wake her to feed her during the night.