Friday fun......

Taylor's 1st Birthday dress came in the mail today. I was contemplating keeping this quiet until her party (whenever that happens to be as it's 5.5 months away yet!) but it's so cute I had to share. I saw it online with a different name, so now that it's HER name.. its even cuter! She will have to wear black leggings and a black long sleeve onesie underneath (or something) since it'll be February, but I loved the dress and it was exactly what I was looking for. As you can tell, it will be a cupcake themed party!

And little J. He's such a joy- yet so difficult to photograph anymore!! I will be beginning his grandma and grandpa to help me out one of these days to wrangle him long enough for a few shots where he's sitting somewhat STILL... if he looks at me with a camera in my face, it's for a split second, therefore I have no sharp eyes popping out at me which is what i NEED for my wall in the house! Argh!!

Final 6 month photos!

Well, I finally tortured Taylor with her hats. Well, I shouldn't say torture because as soon as I put the first one on, she laughed out loud! She loved it! Enjoy!

Hat in August?

Even though it's only August, and should be 90+ degrees outside, we had a beautiful day! I took these photos around 8pm tonight and it was a tad chilly and breezy so I decided to try on the hat that my mother-in-law had got for her to wear back in February. I had wanted this hat for so long but couldn't find it in her size, and she found it in Omaha! Soo... I was afraid that it would be too small, but wouldn't you know? It fits perfectly! I'm going to have so much fun torturing Taylor with her hats this fall... until she learns how to pull them off. Then, I'll go through a good year or more until I can talk her into wearing them again. That is- if she's anything like her brother! Well, Hope everyone has a wonderful Monday!

You may be wondering where Jaden was this weekend... he was in Weeping Water having a blast with grandma and grandpa! Pooped beyond belief, and wouldn't even let me finish my walk. All he kept saying was "Mommy house... mommy house...wiggles...night night....." over and over, so I gave up and took him home at 8:30pm! Here's Jaden last week with Daddy:

My little girl is 6 months!!

Official 6 month photos to come soon!

Jaden got a boo-boo!

Darn that driveway!!

Tuesday

So our Tuesday was pretty un-eventful really. Jaden was a little angel. I drank LOTS of coffee today, Taylor enjoyed her exersaucer again, and before Jaden woke up from his nap, I decided to do a little "session" with Taylor with the new flower I got for her headband.

To my surprise, Taylor decided to roll over for the first time during this! She thought it was pretty cool, too! She rolled from this position in the first photos to her back. This is also the first time she's held herself up this far when I tried to put her on her belly, so I was happy about that as well.

The only bad news today- Jaden was in the driveway playing with daddy this evening (without shoes- just socks!) and was running.... so a 2 year old running on concrete with no shoes = ouchies! He fell and scraped his nose on the driveway. Luckily he didn't hit too hard and just has a scrap on his nose. Better than a broken nose I guess! He got over it pretty quickly and then thought it was pretty cool. I will post a photo tomorrow but it was so close to bedtime that he just got a bath and went to bed without the torture of my camera!

Our Monday

Sooo we had a pretty good Monday around here. Nothing too eventful, but IMO it was a great day. The kid slept pretty well last night, woke up in a good mood, etc. I moved Taylor's exersaucer upstairs finally from the basment, and both the kids thought that was pretty cool. Taylor loves being in it, and Jaden loves to "help" her play with her toys. I told him to show her how to play with her toys and he will make all of the things go/make noise and she'd crack a smile and just watch him like a hawk. She sure loves her big brother! The photo of the two of them together is her in her exersaucer and him standing over her, thinking of giving her a kiss.



Now- let me explain. This was almost midnight for the next two. Taylor woke up to eat and was in such a great mood, Daddy sat down to play with her for a bit. He was kissing her on the cheek like this and the face she made in the next photo was so cute I had to go grab my camera. But when I fired my flash with it being DARK in the family room, I just got the "deer in the headlights" look instead of this cute one! So I janked up my settings so badly just to get this shot, that no amount of editing would fix it.

SO I just proceeded to run an "old photo" filter on the first, and an "old paper" filter on the second photo. I tried to save the second photo because I love how she smiles when daddy kisses her!

Hope everyone had a great Monday!