Weston's Minecraft Birthday Party

 For Weston's 8th Birthday he wanted to have a Minecraft birthday party.  It was pretty fun planning his party.  My mom and I made his cake.  It turned out pretty amazing.  We found some on pinterest and then made our version of them. We couldn't decide on just one and since we had so much cake and figurines we made TWO cakes.  Look how great they looked and they tasted so good. 

 

 Cake 1

Cake 2

Weston helped me make creeper and spider balloons for decorations.

For favors Weston picked Minecraft parody songs and we made CD's for everyone they also got TNT twizzlers.

 The two cutest attendees of the party.  I just love Taylyn and Quincy they are bound to be best friends.

One of the games we played was Don't Eat Steve which is the Minecraft version of Don't Eat Pete

 

 

 

 Weston also wanted to play pin the pickax on Steve.  I drew Steve and he colored it.  Weston was very hands on with this party this year.

 After playing games the kids opened presents.

Time for cake and singing Happy Birthday!

 

 

For lunch the kids ate pizza, Weston's all time favorite.

As you can see someone really enjoyed her creeper cupcake.  She was a green mess.

8 is Great!

Dear Weston,
Happy 8th Birthday Weston!  Wow 8 years old.  You seem so old and grown up at times and yet me sweet little boy at other times.  I love that at 8 you still would rather cuddle next to me then sit alone or sleep alone.  I love that you are so big that you can do so much independently.  We are so alike that at times it scares me.  Most of our conflicts come because I think we are one in the same.  You amaze me every day with all you do.  Though you stuggle with your eyesight you are very smart and preform well on most academic situations.  You generally only need to be taught once how to do something and you have it.  You definately have a subborn streak (I will blame your father for this), once you have something in your mind there is no way to change it or get you to move on.  I love your current obsession with mindcraft.  Reading all about it in books, watching youtube videos or playing minecraft is your favorite activity.  Weston, you are the sweetest brother to Taylyn.  Such a protector of her and always watching out for her.  I wish you could be as sweet to Cason as you are to Taylyn.  Cason and you are like oil and vinegar some days and others you are best friends.  I guess this is the nature of brothers.  Pizza is your all time favorite food.  Whenever I ask you what you want to for dinner, without fail I hear, "pizza".  For some reason you love to scream like a girl which has resulted in a very hoarse sounding voice for the last 6 months.  You love animals and are such a caretaker.  You just want to love on Daisy even when she just wants to runaway.  I love you so much Weston and I hope your 8th birthday is as great as you are.
Love, Mom

15 months

Taylyn is 15 months.  Where in the world has the time gone?  I don't think I can say that enough.  Time flies by to incredibly fast.

Getting ready to go to Frightmares.

 Cute mustache pic Amanda took.

 Cute Halloween outfit.

Her hair is getting long enough for us to do a pony.  Looked so cute until naptime.

Accomplishments: 

• WALKING!!!!!  She is finally walking.  Tay has been standing for quite some time but she is finally walking.  And guess what got her to walk.  A PURSE!  My mom was watching her one night while I was getting my nails done and she had been playing with this book box that had a handle like a purse and she was wearing it like a purse for hours.  So we took the box and handed it to my mom and put her a few feet away in my arms.  She took the steps she needed to get to the purse.  Ha!  I love that an accessory is what got my daughter to walk.  Such a sweetheart.
• Vocabulary: Hi, bye, mom, dad, cay cay (Cason), no no, Bubba (Weston).  I am sure I have forgotten some. 

Our friend Ryan has twins.  Taylyn was so cute.  She kept looking between the two and saying "baby".  Tay wanted to hold them and feed them.  She also kept giving them toys.  Too cute!

 



Clothes: 6-12 months, 9 months.  Size 2 shoes
Diapers: size 2
Food:  Anything.  Sippy of milk first thing in the morning and then regular meals throughout the day. 
Sleep: 8-7 every night.  Amazing sleeper.

Because she looked so cute!

Stats: 

• Weight: 19 pounds 7 oz (20% biggest she's been since she was born)
• Height: 29.5 (10%)

Snuggling with Daddy.  Those fingers.

Dear Taylyn

Dearest Taylyn,
Happy First Birthday little Taterbug!  How has this last year already come and gone?  I swear one minute you were being placed in my arms and I could hear your first cry and then next minute you are saying "dada" and crawling all over.  Taylyn you have brought so much love and happiness into our lives.  You are so quick to smile and giggle.  When I walk into your room in the morning and you are standing in your crib and you give me that big ole' smile it just warms my heart and I can't help but smile.  You always put me in such a good mood.  When I am upset or stressed all I need to do is sit down and just snuggle you and smell your sweetness.  I can't help but be vainly proud when every where we go people gush over how beautiful you are.  Because I really think you are the most beautiful baby inside and out.

I love your sweet heart.  You are so tender and are quick to give "loves" if I sit a stuffed animal or a baby down for you to play with you instantly say, "awe" and give it multiple hugs and kisses. You can't get enough of Cason.  If he gives you a moments attention you are hugging on him and its so sweet!

Weston takes on the big role of being your pretector and he does it so well.  He is always looking out for you and worrying about you and your safety, its beyond endearing. 

 

To say your dad is wrapped around your finger would be the understatement of the decade.  I see how he is with you and it just warms me all over.  I am so in love with him and fall even more in love with him when I see his love for you.

In the last year you have brought me so much happiness.  It has been such a blessing to have you in our family and I hope I can live up to being the mom you and your brothers deserve.  I love you so much and can't even imagine what my life would be without you.  I have so many hopes, dreams, fears, and wishes for you.  I want you to be strong in character, body, mind, and soul.  I hope you will find a career that will bring you happiness and independence.  I hope you find the man that is worthy of you and may you never settle.  May you bless me with lots of grandbabies I can snuggle and love.  I hope you get to travel and go on adventures.  I wish you will have the confidence I often feel I lack.

  Again happy first birthday to my last baby.  I love you so much!!!!!



11 months old

We have had a lot of fun being home with summer and having Ms. Taylyn.  We got Lagoon season passes and she is so good.  She just hangs out in her stroller and watches everything happen. 

 This is generally what she does whole time at Lagoon.

 Her hair is getting longer so we've been doing more and more hairstyles.  Still not long enough for most but getting longer.

 

Tay has been in the pool a few times.  Mostly she prefers just to be in her tub and not actually touch the water :)

 

 

 Just love this big smiley girl!  She is always so happy unless I move from her side.

 

 

 

I love this picture I took for a father's day picture for Jon.  She is such a sweetheart.

accomplishments:  *Mastered climbing up stairs     *Says momma a lot now     *Her new thing is to point at everything    *she is standing up more on her own but instantly sits down when she relizes what she is doing.

 

 

 

diapers: size 2

 

food: Formual bottle when she first wakes up, then she eats most food we eat.  Has a bottle before and after naps and right before bed.  She loves food.  Tay is definately a fattie in a tiny body #hopeshe doesn't get my weight issues

 

clothes: 6/9 months and some 6-12 month.  Size 1 shoes fit great and now no longer fitting in newborn size :(

 

sleep: same as usual though with summer naps have been harder to squeeze in. 

 

Can't believe next month is the big one year old!  Makes me so sad.  I love she is growing but wish I still had this tiny baby in my arms still.

10 months!

Taylyn is 10 months and is a crawling fool.  Which is certainly taking pictures of her harder.

Okay mom enough!

Now that she can crawl she loves to get into this draw and pull out all the baggies, and even pulled out the wipes once.  The boys used to do this all the time.  Ugh.  But its cute at first.

 

accomplishments:  On mother's day Taylyn started offically crawling.  YAY!  She Pulls herself up to standing.  I often will find her standing in her crib smiling when I come to get her up for the day. When you put her shoes on she will say shoo.  Too cute.  She loves to give hugs and kisses. 

sleep: goes down around at and wakes up around 7.  Sleeps for 2, 2 hour naps during the day.

diapers: size 1-2 costco brand, 2 huggies still little big.

eating: She still has 6-7 oz of formula every 3-4 hours.  Taylyn loves bananas and anything she can eat that everyone else is eating.  She loves watermelon.  This was her first time getting to eat it.

 

clothes: 3-6 months moving more into 6 months.  Size 1 shoes are starting to finally fit.  Yay this openned up a whole new set of shoes.