THE TAYLOR'S

It's been a while . . . .

2011-07-27T16:37:00.000-07:00

It has been forever since I have posted anything, so this will be a post of themost recent pictures I have, since that's all that matters anyway. Logan is huge and growing up way too fast! He is so much fun and has such a wonderful personality! These pictures are in reverse order, so they go from most recent to oldest.

Logan on 4th of July, we unfortunately forgot our camera when we went to a bbq with my brother and watched fireworks:

My mom cut Logan's hair for the first time, we gave him a sucker to keep him still. He loved the sucker and drooled all over!

The baby mullet before the hair cut:

Eating ice cream at aunt Robin's:

Playing in the faucet at Grandma and Grandpa's:

We went camping with my parents at Ice House Reservoir this year. Logan was in heaven being outside all day.

Roasting marshmellows with grandma:

Logan loved throwing rocks into the river with grandma, it was a good way to keep him out of the freezing rushing water:

There was still snow on the ground about a 20 minute drive up from where we camped so Logan got to experience the snow for the first time.
Cute picture of Logan and daddy:

Logan sledding down the hill on a garbage bag:

Grandpa showing Logan how to throw snowballs:

Logan loved to play in the water at the river at Bassi Falls, but the water was so freezing, he would play for a minute and then cry because it hurt it was so cold, and then he would go right back in for more:

Family picture at Bassi Falls:

This was my first time carrying Logan in the back pack, it's not that bad considering the kid weighs 26 lbs:

Bassi Falls, there was more rushing water than we have ever seen:

Grandma and Grandpa bought a bike trailer and Logan loved to go for rides in it:

Of course like any kid, Logan loves to play on the computer. We had bought this hat for camping, I think it's so cute on him and it was great to keep the sun off his poor little head:

Like most kids, Logan LOVES ketchup and his has mastered the skill of dipping:

Logan loves to play outside, regardless of how hot it is!

Love my Sweet Boy!

2010-11-26T16:47:00.000-08:00

These last few months have gone by so fast and Logan just keeps doing new things and growing everyday! I figured we live so far away from family, that I would give you a little update on our big boy! He is almost 8 months and weighs about 22 pounds! He is so much fun, we can't get enough of him. Just before Halloween, Logan and I were able to go home to California for a few days. It was Logan's first time flying and he did good, however if it was any longer of a flight we might have been in trouble because he likes to move! We were able to see a lot of family the short time we were home. We were able to get Logan's skunk costume that my mom made, it was so adorable! And we took some cute pictures in grandpa's pumpkin patch! Logan has a stuffed Tigger, that the twins gave him, in his bed and he just loves it, when he wakes up, we here him playing and talking and it is Tigger who he is playing with and talking to! He often falls asleep on him too during his naps!

Logan is crawling all over, although sometimes his legs go faster that his arms and he face plants! He can sit himself up and just started pulling himself up on things to stand. He is getting better at eating solids and now loves cheerios! He is pretty good at a sippy cup too! He is getting his first 2 bottom teeth, which has been not so fun, expecially since he has had a cold too! We love our sweet little boy so much and love being parents, it is truely the best thing in the world!

Sleeping with his Tigger!

He is sleeping in this picture, too cute!

Mastering the sippy cup!

One of his new favorite toys is his car seat!

One of his funny faces!

Just my cute boy!

He was so tired and being so sweet!

With his girls!

In Grandpa's pumkin patch.

Bathtime in grandma's sink.

Our cute Little Stinker!

They Grow Too Fast!

2010-08-24T21:39:00.000-07:00

Logan is almost 5 months old. This time has gone by so fast. He is getting so big and growing so fast. At his 4 month appointment he weighed 17.3 lbs and was 251/4 inches long. The doctor even called him a buddha! He loves to smile and he is generally very happy! He rolls over all the time. He loves to stick out his tongue and chew on his fingers. . . . his thumb is now beginning to be a new favorite (we'll see if he ends up being a thumb sucker). He loves the sound of his own voice, and loves all of his toys. He smiles all the time, but as soon as you get the camera out, that smile disappears and he just stares at the camera, such a stinker! We just started him on baby food, so far he really likes sweet potatoes, but he is still learning how the whole spoon thing works. We feel so blessed to have this little guy in our lives. He is so healthy and strong and so much fun! We love him so much and can't get enough of him. . . which leads to sometimes a very sleep deprived mom when I have to work! But it is oh so worth it!

I have a lot of pictures on my phone because it's usually right there, but can't figure out how to get those pictures on the computer. But here are a few recent ones from our camera.

I just love his eyes in these pictures

Watching TV with dad!

I got up from sleeping after work one afternoon and he was so happy, nothing but smiles and giggles for me just talking to him!

And this is his newest look. . . tongue sticking out!

Happy boy!

He loves Champ! And Champ is so good with him! (sorry the picture is the wrong way)

First Few Weeks With Logan

2010-04-22T11:59:00.000-07:00

Logan is now 2 and a half weeks old and all I can say is we love this boy so much and feel so blessed to have him! It is so wierd to know that I am a mom and that this precious little boy is ours! Motherhood is challenging, but I love it. He still has day and night mixed up...thanks to my working nights I am sure, so we don't get a whole lot of sleep. He is a pretty good baby, usually only cries when hungry or now when he has bad gas pains and wants to be held! I love to look at him and love all the faces and noises he makes! He is very strong and I feel like he is growing so fast already! Here are some pictures from his first few weeks.

Logan's first bath at home, as you can see he did not like it.

Much better now that he is all wrapped up.

First real bath, he likes this one a lot better!

But still not too sure about it!

Loves to sleep on mommy. . . and mommy loves it too.

Look at the dimples!

So cute!

Monkey butt.

Precious sleeping boy.

First Sunday at church.

Easter Boy!

Baby Logan is Here!

2010-04-21T17:18:00.000-07:00

So I am going to do this in 2 posts, this one will be of his birth and the next will be his first few weeks.
I had my doctors appointment on thursday, April 1st. I was really hoping I had progressed from my last appointment and the doctor would tell me to go to the hospital. But, despite continuing to work full time (12 hour shifts on my feet and walking!) there had been no progression for 3 weeks! I was a little dissapointed, one because I wanted to have this baby so I could hold him, and two because I was scheduled to work over the whole weekend and really didn't want to! But then the doctor explained that we could wait to see what happened in the next week and then talked about being induced and asked if I would like to have him this weekend . . . of course I said YES! So he went to check to see when he could get me in the hospital to induce me, he came back and said what about today! I said today works great!
I ended up checking into the hospital that night at 11:30, (they were super busy so we had to wait). Once I was admitted and settled in, the nurse checked me and I had actually progressed a little from my doctors appointment...(I guess this kid just needs to be threatened to do what I want!). So they induced me just after midnight and by the morning I was ready! A few good pushes and baby Logan was here!!! He weighed 7lbs 11oz. and was 19.5 inches long and completely perfect! I know I am extremely lucky and had a great pregnancy and birth. Logan is absolutley amazing, we love him to pieces already and can never get enough of him!

Proud Grandma!

Proud daddy!

Ready to go home!

36 Weeks and Ready

2010-03-13T22:31:00.000-08:00

So I am now 36 weeks, and by request (mostly from my mother) I have posted some pictures of the baby's room and my current belly. I am finally getting a little tired of being pregnant, the waking up every couple hours to pee or switch sides is getting old and the swollen feet after a night at work or a long day don't go down all the way anymore! But I really can't complain, pregnancy has not been bad at all and I am so grateful for that. We are so excited for this little guy to come though! Ben always says to him that "it's time to come out and play!" And I agree, so enjoy the pictures and the next post will probably be after Baby Logan is here!

Cute sign my aunt made! Perfect for his room!

Cute quilt my grandma made!

7 Weeks to GO!!!!

2010-02-17T11:59:00.000-08:00

So I am now past 7 months along and counting down the weeks! It is such an exciting time. A couple of weeks ago we were able to go back home for a few days and it was so good to see everyone, but it was way too short of a trip. While we were home I had a baby shower. It was so much fun and baby Logan got lots of cute clothes and blankets!

I have 7 weeks to go and I think the nesting part of pregnancy is really setting in. . . it could also be that we have been having spring like weather with temperatures in the 70's lately, but I have just been trying to get this house ready to have a baby, cleaning and trying to put his room together! (whereas a couple of weeks ago I would be resting on the couch and napping, don't get me wrong this still occurs, just not as much!) This baby is definitely growing as I am getting more and more uncomfortable, and the 12 hour shifts on my feet leave them very swollen! As soon as we get the babies room done I will post some pictures, but here are some from the baby shower.

Me at 7 months!

The cute belly cake that my cousin Laurie made for the shower and it was so yummy!

All of us girl cousins at my shower.

The 3 older cousins who will all have babies within 6 months of each other, Brandi already had her's, baby Emma, and Laurie is due right after me.

christmas 2009

2010-01-02T16:14:00.001-08:00

we were fortunate to have both our families come and visit us here in las vegas. Stacy's parents stayed with her brother down in boulder city, and my parents stayed with us. it was a little crowded but fun. we had christmas eve dinner at our house. stacy and i made our first turkey, which turned out beautifully. we also had a ham and a lot of other goodies. it was great to have both families with us for the holidays. we went to red rock canyon, it was pretty cold, there was snow on the mountains around the canyon. the holidays were wonderful with family around us.

We're havin a BOY!

2009-11-27T09:51:00.000-08:00

It's official we are having a baby BOY!! As you can imagine Ben was extremely excited and very proud! I am excited as well, but I have to admit a little sad. I really wanted a girl and really thought it was a girl, but Heavenly Father has other plans. I'm just happy he is healthy and right on schedule. He is 13oz. right now and he moves all the time, especially when it's time for bed! The ultrasound was amazing. . . being able to see his heart and it's valves, all his fingers and toes and bones, and of course his little pee pee even though he's not even a pound yet!

Cute little profile

Proof he is a boy, his little peepee!

High five!

Another cute profile!

Baby Cake

2009-11-10T23:27:00.000-08:00

Lindsay, my sister-in-law's family, has this tradition of doing a "Baby Cake" for pregnant couples before they find out the sex of their baby. They make a round cake that is half pink in color and half blue and then frost it so you don't know which half is what. Then they spin it around and the pregnant woman cuts a slice and if the slice she cuts is pink she is having a girl and if it's blue she is having a boy. They have been 100% accurate so far.

We did our "Baby Cake" tonight and I cut a PINK piece of cake! I was very excited, however Ben was not so much. . . . I think he even almost cried (out of disappointment). We will hopefully find out next week if the "Baby Cake" is right. I am hoping it is, but Ben is praying for us to break the 100% streak. We will let everyone know when we know.

The truth in Fortune Cookies

2009-09-26T14:40:00.000-07:00

So I figured I should probably update our blog since our life has had some very dramatic changes in the last few months. First, I finally got a job as an RN! Yay!, finally starting my career. . . . But the downside to that is that we are no longer Californians. We are moving to Henderson, NV where we just bought our first home. We are super excited to get into our house, which will be next weekend! And the best news is that we are expecting our first baby!!! I am due in April and can not wait! Now all this great news can be blamed on Panda Express's fortune cookies. We got a fortune predicting something about great news in the future right before I found out I got the job and we got another fortune cookie stating there was news of a personal nature in our future and a few days later I found out I was pregnant! So be careful when you open those fortune cookies...they scare us to death now, cause I don't think we can take any more changes right now.

Why Skunks?

2009-05-05T11:12:00.000-07:00

This was our wonderful weekend:
Saturday- Pleasant day until 9:30 at night . . . Ben lets Champ out the front door to do his business as usual, 5 minutes later Ben gets up to call Champ back in and begins yelling "NO CHAMP, NO, GET IN THE HOUSE!" Champ comes running AFTER being sprayed by the SKUNK he was following! Within seconds our house reeks of skunk, and it's not the skunk smell you smell when there is a dead one on the side of the road, it's stronger and burns and you think you are going to die! We immediately take him to the bath and hose him down because of course it's in his eye! And naturally the pet store is closed so we can't go get deskunking shampoo. Luckily, Toby got skunked a couple months ago, so my parents knew a home made shampoo to use. So after and hour and a half of bathing the dog, then showering ourselves and cleaning up, we lay down to go to bed. The smell is still so strong I have to leave and I go to my parents house to sleep (of course Ben can stand the smell and passed out! Men!) I get to my parents and still smell SKUNK. So I take another shower, change my clothes and finally get a little sleep, however I still get a hint of skunk smell now and then. I realize I didn't wear gloves while bathing the dog and my hands smell like skunk!

Sunday- So now it is time for church. I am just excited to get out of the SKUNKED house. We sit down in Sacrament, and smell skunk! We sniff each other (the people behind us thinking who knows what!!) Of course my hair has soaked up the smell! So I leave after sacrament to get the deskunking shampoo/cleaner for the dog, but poor Ben has to stay and teach primary!
We finally get home from church and spend the day washing and cleaning everything!!! We had to take down all of the curtains and wash them, wash all the clothes and blankets left out, wash our bedding and the dogs bedding! All of the windows are open and fans are blowing. . . And our house still smells like skunk with cleaner and candle smell trying to cover it!

So after this wonderful weekend of ours, I have some questions. First of all why does it not smell like skunk outside where the skunk sprayed and only smells in the house??? Second question, what are skunks good for? I mean seriously why do we have skunks????

In case anyone gets to share this wonderful experience with us:
Home shampoo for skunked dogs: 1 quart Hydrogen peroxide, 1/2 cup baking soda and some dish soap.
Store bought product: Natures Miracle deskunking shampoo
To take away some of the smell in the house and mask it for a couple hours: Spread ground cinnamon on a baking sheet and bake at 250 degrees for and hour.

Oh and a nice little side note here, the lady at the pet store said that if they get sprayed in the nose that, everytime the dogs nose gets wet you will smell the skunk smell. OF COURSE Champ got sprayed right in the face. . . in the nose! So we will be getting little reminders about this experience for months to come! Yay!

Time with Aaron and Lindsay

2009-01-20T15:03:00.000-08:00

Look at how good I am . . . 2 posts in one day! So Aaron and Lindsey were here at the beginning of the month and while they were here we went to Angel Island and to see the Big Trees at Calavera's.

If you ever wondered what was on Angel Island let me tell you. . . Not much! If you go, make sure you where walking/hiking shoes or bring your bike and bring a lunch!!!! Even if there isn't much to do, there is a great view of the city and the Golden Gate Bridge!

Calavera's was lots of fun. It was a beautiful sunny day and there was still lot's of snow on the ground, which I wasn't prepared for (shoe's wise). I fell a few times and almost fell a lot of times!

Very Naughty Dog!

2009-01-20T14:56:00.000-08:00

Everyone blogs about their children. Well, we don't have any yet, but we do have a dog. Champ goes on a walk or run just about everyday. If he doesn't get his walk or run he gets very grumpy and depressed. Well, it was a rainy day and I was not about to go running in the cold rain, so I took Champ on a ride with me to the store so he could at least get out of the house. When we get back home he refused to get out of the car! He just sat there and I could imagine him thinking "I am not moving until I get my walk!!!" Very naughty Dog!!

Really don't know what I am doing

2008-11-15T19:39:00.001-08:00

So I decided to start this whole blog thing and was all into it for one night, but haven't done anything since. Pretty sure it should be due to the fact that I am so busy with school and job applications, but really it's because I don't know what I am doing and because we don't have internet at our house so I have to go to my parents and never bring my pics. Since, I am posting I will tell you that there is not much new. I am almost done with nursing school...only 3 more weeks! And I am currently job hunting and it is tough and I hate it. Ben is working at Pool Chlor and getting his dog training license. Champ is still very naughty and thinks he runs the house (actually he does!). Hope all is well with everyone else!

Our Story so Far . . . .

2008-09-11T15:57:00.000-07:00

This is us Dating

This is us engaged

This is us Happily Married

This is us still happily married

And this is us still happily married and year and a half later!!!!!

Oh and this is our child, the naughty CHAMP!!!!!!