Happy Father's Day Daddy!

For Father's Day this year we went out in the boat and went tubing and then had a picnic by the lake! Uncle Eric shared his ice cream with Taylor so now she has decided that she likes him. Prior to the ice cream, she has cried every time he looked at her. I think that they will be friends now!

Scott thinks he is Kind of a Big Deal now that he got the big promotion at work, so my mom bought him the T-shirt to match mine for his birthday. Since it was his first Father's day, he decided to be a big deal that day!
For my two favorite Daddy's, I decided to bake a cake! It was my first attempt at doing the icing with the writing and borders. Mom came over to help me and I think it came out pretty good. I have big aspirations now of becoming a master cake decorator and making all of Taylor's birthday cakes! I am pretty pumped up about it and getting all kinds of ideas for her first birthday! So, if anyone needs a cake for something, I need lots of practice so let me know!

All in all it was a great day! It was a hot day, but we enjoyed being out on the lake and in the pool.

I'm Such a Big Girl

Aunt Ginger and Grammie bought Taylor this adorable 4th of July outfit. Its a 12 month outfit and already fits her perfectly! We are styling and all ready for the 4th of July parade!

Ever since we got back from vacation (where we found out that Taylor was old enough for a high chair) we have been using her high chair for feeding. She seems to like her new chair and it makes it a little easier to contain the mess. We had been using the bumbo and it took two of us to contain those flailing arms while one tried to feed her.

Beach Baby!

So Scott and I decided that taking a trip to Mexico for his 30th birthday was a great idea! We figured taking the baby would be no problem since when we booked she was sleeping through the night and napping during the day fairly well. Well, as it turns out, taking a 6 month old on a vacation with ambitions of it being a relaxing vacation is not a good idea! We still had fun and she enjoyed the beach, but we have never been more happy to be home from a vacation in our life. Taylor decided that she needed to wake up 3 times a night and wouldn't nap unless one of us was holding her. So most of the vacation was spent holding a baby or trying to get a baby to go to sleep!

So now that we are back, little Taylor is in Baby Bootcamp to break her of her needing to be held ALL of the time! She has done pretty well crying herself to sleep the past two days for naps and night time. She doesn't really even cry at night. The first night we watched her on the monitor and she rolled around from one end of the crib to the other for about 45 minutes until she passed out! It was too cute! We stopped swaddling too! And she seems to like sleeping in on her tummy. We were so scared of when we would have to stop swaddling because it seemed like such an important ingredient to her sleeping through the night. Scott kept saying, we will cross that bridge when we get there. Well is seems we have come to several bridges this week. No more swaddles, no more picking her up in the middle of the night when she is crying and hopefully soon...no more breastfeeding. We are trying sippy cups and bottles and she is reluctantly taking to them.

Taylor's favorite thing these days is singing. She loves when we sing to her. It usually calms her down when she is upset and makes her laugh and dance when she is happy. Bathtime and swimtime song is "Splish splash I was taking a bath". Scott finally looked up the words so that we could sing it right.

Taylor is also trying all kinds of new foods. I know that you are only supposed to introduce one new food a week, but the resort had Organic Gerber baby food in all of these new flavors so I was a bad mom and just tried all kinds of new fruits and vegetables..Ooops! She had the worst gas the whole week and I can't begin to determine which food was the culprit. Scott and I were having pineapple all week and she wanted some too so I gave her the rind to suck on which she seemed to enjoy, but 5 minutes later threw up. Guess that wasn't the best idea on my part.

All in all it was a great trip, but we will be leaving Taylor with Grammie next time we want to go to Mexico!

Green Beans and Toes!

So it has been awhile since I have posted anything to the blog. so let me catch you up on what Taylor has been doing lately! She had discovered her toes and loves to snack on them. Occasionally she gets both feet in her mouth at the same time! She is also rolling over very well both ways. When I get her up in the morning she is never in the same place that we put her down at night. She somehow makes it to the other end of the crib, even in a swaddle!

We started solid food a couple of weeks ago. She loves the sweet potatoes, squash and peas, but hates the green beans. I had this lovely idea that I would buy organic vegetables and make all of her food. So last night I steamed some carrots and then chopped them up in my food processor, but they were still too chunky to feed to her. So Scott tried to mash them through a cheese grater and all we ended up with was a big huge mess. I tried to feed them to her and we just had carrots all over the counter and the floor. A few bites into my whole "make my own baby food experience" we ditched the carrots and went back to the Gerber peas which she proceeded to down. It is so cute, she takes your hand that has the spoon and brings it to her mouth if you don't get it there fast enough.

A Big Weekend!

We took Taylor on her first trip to the zoo yesterday. Uncle Eric came with us and we had a great day! Taylor slept through most of it, but we enjoyed the day anyway. It was a little hotter than I had hoped so we decided to heat up the hot tub and jump in when we got home. Taylor's first dip in the pool was a success. She seemed to like it and already does a great job kicking her feet!

Discovering New Toys!

I didn't think she was ready for it, but someone suggested that I try out the exersaucer. Yesterday, dad was late getting home from work, Taylor was fussy and Mommy was frazzled so I figured, "What the heck, let's give it a try!". She seemed to like it and was concentrating very hard on the toys but couldn't quite make the connection between her hand and her brain to reach out and touch the toys. Today she seems to have gotten the hang of it and it is so cute! She has only discovered the one toy for now, but I don't think it will be long before she gets around to the rest. I think the Bumbo is history. She has learned to arch her back and launch herself out of the Bumbo! So I am afraid to leave her alone in it. That was a waste!

Other milestones...Taylor loves to hold onto your hands and pull herself up onto her feet. She loves to be in a standing position and I think she is going to think for the rest of her life that every time she stands it should be accompanied by a "YEAH Taylor!" Also, in her world, every song ends in "YEAH Taylor!". She had her first trip to the Beach this past weekend and put her toes in the sand and immediately picked her feet back up in the air. She did take a nice long nap on the beach being lulled by the waves.

We took her 3 month pictures last week and I will post some soon. I have seen a few and they are adorable!

Taylor playing with Bailey

We were sitting outside this evening since it was still daylight (thanks to daylight savings time) and a nice night. I guess Taylor has never seen Bailey up close and personal before, but I think this is a sign that she likes Bailey. We have never heard Taylor laugh like this out loud before and didn't know she could. It was hilarious and we were lucky enough to catch it on video. She did this for about 3 minutes and then quit. We couldn't get her to laugh again.