Here is our summer in a few pictures!
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Monday, September 22, 2014
sooo...
Talk about a busy summer and life. HAHA!
We are officially in Virginia! Richmond VA to be exact and we have been here for about 6 weeks.
So far we are really enjoying this time together and have been exploring the area and are pretty much loving it. Jake likes his school and I am really enjoying this time with Avery before baby comes. She is such a little doll! She is almost 21 months and I can't believe it! Avery has grown up so much even in the past 6 weeks! She is talking so much, has a ton of blonde curly hair, can say prayers with us (melts my heart), loves playing and reading books by herself, loves to roughhouse on our new bean bag, loves scriptures and is obsessed with Frozen! We took her to Frozen on Ice last week and she loved every second of it!
I am 37 weeks along now with Baby #2 so she could be coming very soon! We've made good friends here already so we feel supported even though we are so far away from family. I am sure we will be fine once she comes, though I am nervous about it as well. We have a name picked out for her...Lyla Jane Taylor! We are excited to welcome her to our family! So happy!
It was a huge pain getting insurance and doctors worked out once we got here but it finally worked out and I feel confident and ready as much as I think I can be for our new little addition.
I can't believe I have done such a terrible job in blogging about our life this summer, but I will do a massive picture update and call it good. (My computer has been having issues and I had to get it fixed and a new hard drive so I haven't had it for a while and I currently don't have pictures on it right now otherwise this would be the massive picture post. And yes, I lost quite a few of my pictures from the past 5 years, which was seriously tragic! I am so sad!)
I really want to get caught up with blogging before baby gets here so it can be all about her once she arrives. I will try to post several times a week now that we are out here and away from family.
Exciting changes for us right now, but we feel prepared and strengthened by the Lord so I'm sure all will be well.
We are officially in Virginia! Richmond VA to be exact and we have been here for about 6 weeks.
So far we are really enjoying this time together and have been exploring the area and are pretty much loving it. Jake likes his school and I am really enjoying this time with Avery before baby comes. She is such a little doll! She is almost 21 months and I can't believe it! Avery has grown up so much even in the past 6 weeks! She is talking so much, has a ton of blonde curly hair, can say prayers with us (melts my heart), loves playing and reading books by herself, loves to roughhouse on our new bean bag, loves scriptures and is obsessed with Frozen! We took her to Frozen on Ice last week and she loved every second of it!
I am 37 weeks along now with Baby #2 so she could be coming very soon! We've made good friends here already so we feel supported even though we are so far away from family. I am sure we will be fine once she comes, though I am nervous about it as well. We have a name picked out for her...Lyla Jane Taylor! We are excited to welcome her to our family! So happy!
It was a huge pain getting insurance and doctors worked out once we got here but it finally worked out and I feel confident and ready as much as I think I can be for our new little addition.
I can't believe I have done such a terrible job in blogging about our life this summer, but I will do a massive picture update and call it good. (My computer has been having issues and I had to get it fixed and a new hard drive so I haven't had it for a while and I currently don't have pictures on it right now otherwise this would be the massive picture post. And yes, I lost quite a few of my pictures from the past 5 years, which was seriously tragic! I am so sad!)
I really want to get caught up with blogging before baby gets here so it can be all about her once she arrives. I will try to post several times a week now that we are out here and away from family.
Exciting changes for us right now, but we feel prepared and strengthened by the Lord so I'm sure all will be well.
Friday, May 2, 2014
hello again.
We have been super busy busy lately. Avery is growing so much and she is a little toddler now. It is so fun! I will let these pictures update you because I don't have much time but haven't blogged in so long that I needed to do something.
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| Silly faces with mommy! ;) |
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| Old woman face! |
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| Jake ran a half marathon this April. He did great ran a 1:47! So proud of him! |
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| Helping Megan move. ha! |
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| We had a picnic for this Birthday boy! Such a great dad and husband! we are so blessed! |
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| Avery's allergy testing. Poor thing. We found out she has a gluten intolerance. ahhh :( |
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| Hannah (Bytheway) and Avery! We will miss being so close! These two are the best of friends! |
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| Love this pic! |
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| This one too! |
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| Adorable jammies...ha Avery is talking a ton! Here are her words since last time: truck, bubbles, bath, done, moo, yucky, drink, sticker, poppa, granma, katie, adam, and possibly sarah. Probably more too, but that's all I can think of right now. We are loving life and enjoying our journey. There are a lot of changes coming up for us but we are excited and (thanks to this talk, see below) grateful for all our experiences. Elder Uchtdorf April 2014 General Conference talk |
Friday, February 28, 2014
Recently
Wow. Where to start?! When I am overwhelmed with things, I tend to turn to lists to sort out my mind so that is what today's post will be. Be prepared for random.
1- Avery is walking everywhere! She started walking around 10.5 months, but now she cruises all around, I need to post a video. She walks kinda side to side like a cowboy but it gets the job done! It's adorable. Church is now very different and even more crazy! :)
2- Avery is officially weaned.
3- She has allergies. Milk/dairy for sure. We're keeping her away from gluten as well right now, but I need to introduce it back into her diet to see if she reacts. I kinda don't want to bc if she does react, it will be about 3 days of horrible sleeping for her and us, but it would be awesome if she wasn't allergic to gluten so I should just do it.
4-Jake and I decided that VCU (in Richmond, VA) is going to be our future home...at least for the next 2 hopefully 3 years! Bittersweet for sure.
5- We took a trip out there to find housing etc. this past weekend, more to come on that one later! It was great and we enjoyed it but we were gone 3 full days and 2 half days so we were anxious to get back to our little girl! It was the first time we left her for longer than a dinner/movie date. We did find housing and we feel really good about it. Richmond is great and I already love it.
6- Words Avery is saying: doggy, daddy, mommy, ball, katie, poppa, hi, bye, baby, Jesus, drink. She also says "hi daddy". She makes TONS of other noises all the time too and it's just great!
7-She gives kisses, follows directions very well, can "find the doggy" in her favorite books. Loves to read and will grab a book and bring it over to me so we can read it together.
Well, Avery's up and so my day begins. This is all for now.
1- Avery is walking everywhere! She started walking around 10.5 months, but now she cruises all around, I need to post a video. She walks kinda side to side like a cowboy but it gets the job done! It's adorable. Church is now very different and even more crazy! :)
2- Avery is officially weaned.
3- She has allergies. Milk/dairy for sure. We're keeping her away from gluten as well right now, but I need to introduce it back into her diet to see if she reacts. I kinda don't want to bc if she does react, it will be about 3 days of horrible sleeping for her and us, but it would be awesome if she wasn't allergic to gluten so I should just do it.
4-Jake and I decided that VCU (in Richmond, VA) is going to be our future home...at least for the next 2 hopefully 3 years! Bittersweet for sure.
5- We took a trip out there to find housing etc. this past weekend, more to come on that one later! It was great and we enjoyed it but we were gone 3 full days and 2 half days so we were anxious to get back to our little girl! It was the first time we left her for longer than a dinner/movie date. We did find housing and we feel really good about it. Richmond is great and I already love it.
6- Words Avery is saying: doggy, daddy, mommy, ball, katie, poppa, hi, bye, baby, Jesus, drink. She also says "hi daddy". She makes TONS of other noises all the time too and it's just great!
7-She gives kisses, follows directions very well, can "find the doggy" in her favorite books. Loves to read and will grab a book and bring it over to me so we can read it together.
Well, Avery's up and so my day begins. This is all for now.
Friday, February 14, 2014
L is for the way you look at me....
I am just so thankful that the Lord blessed me with this amazing man to call my own! He is wonderful, caring, so compassionate and thoughtful of others. I am so happy to be with him forever! He makes every day a good day! I love you, Jacob!
Also, Avery Mae. You make our lives complete! You are the happiest little girl I know and you make everyone around you smile. You have so much joy to give to others and I know your whole life will be full of you making people happy, just by being you. I love you, Avery!
Happy Valentines Day everyone! I hope you all feel so loved and cherished by those close to you! I love you!
-Rebecca
Thursday, February 6, 2014
teeth, walking and allergies
I am sorry I haven't written for so long.
Avery finally got some teeth! Her first two teeth appeared without warning about 3 weeks ago. Yes, she is 13 months and just got her first teeth! No complaints here.
She is walking around like a little pro! She really has made a lot of progress within the last two weeks and now she chooses to walk when she could easily crawl. She walks like a little zombie. I will try to get a video up here soon of her walking skills.
This month or so has been difficult because we are figuring out which foods Avery can eat. She has always had problems digesting food, so I've gone slow to introduce foods for her, but we realized at about the first of the year, when we tried milk (and she had ice cream for her b-day) that she really doesn't do well with dairy. I thought it was just milk, but after many sleepless nights and experimenting with yogurt and cheese, it looks like even those things bother her belly. The last week or so, I have also cut out all gluten from her diet because I am suspecting a gluten intolerance as well. We have an appointment with an Allergist on Friday so hopefully we will get some answers. If anyone has suggestions on eating dairy and gluten-free, I'll gladly take them. It's like I have to learn how to cook again. Jake and I do feel good eating this way though. It is healthier for sure.
With all these food issues however, you would never know because Avery is such a happy little girl! I am so grateful for that and she brings such joy to everyone she meets. This little girl is special, she even makes strange people smile and wave to her in the grocery store :)
Photos to come soon.
Avery finally got some teeth! Her first two teeth appeared without warning about 3 weeks ago. Yes, she is 13 months and just got her first teeth! No complaints here.
She is walking around like a little pro! She really has made a lot of progress within the last two weeks and now she chooses to walk when she could easily crawl. She walks like a little zombie. I will try to get a video up here soon of her walking skills.
This month or so has been difficult because we are figuring out which foods Avery can eat. She has always had problems digesting food, so I've gone slow to introduce foods for her, but we realized at about the first of the year, when we tried milk (and she had ice cream for her b-day) that she really doesn't do well with dairy. I thought it was just milk, but after many sleepless nights and experimenting with yogurt and cheese, it looks like even those things bother her belly. The last week or so, I have also cut out all gluten from her diet because I am suspecting a gluten intolerance as well. We have an appointment with an Allergist on Friday so hopefully we will get some answers. If anyone has suggestions on eating dairy and gluten-free, I'll gladly take them. It's like I have to learn how to cook again. Jake and I do feel good eating this way though. It is healthier for sure.
With all these food issues however, you would never know because Avery is such a happy little girl! I am so grateful for that and she brings such joy to everyone she meets. This little girl is special, she even makes strange people smile and wave to her in the grocery store :)
Photos to come soon.
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