I just had to post about our weekend today because it was amazing!
We didn't have anything planned, except Jake working and studying. It was nice to just have a relaxing weekend spent together. Friday night we cooked curry and then went to the library and got a few books to read together while we are in the car the next few weeks. Then we went and got a snow cone after a very short walk in the park (note: best snow cone ever is orange, guava, and passion fruit). We came home, put Avery Mae to bed then watched Les Mis in bed. It was awesome! (we could skip whatever parts we wanted so it really was so good without any gross!)
Then on Saturday Avery and I had a relaxing morning and went on a walk while Jacob was at work. He called me and said he wanted to go to the temple and bc of recent ER events with our sweet baby (more later) I wanted my family to watch her. Well, we went up to Bountiful...did sealings while baby girl was at home with the family. Then we went swimming with Sarah and Katie and spent a relaxing night up at my parents home enjoying good conversation and food; delish grilled salmon was served! We drove home with a beautiful sunset, summer music blaring, windows down and Avery asleep in the back seat. It was awesome!
I love how my best friend is also my husband and father to my baby. It's so awesome and I feel so blessed. I was grateful too that Jake decided not to study :) haha. I need to help him to do it though bc he takes the GRE in basically a month.
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Friday, July 12, 2013
busy busy time
Ok,
Avery is 6.5 months old. She is the joy of my life and I seriously love being her momma! I literally find so much happiness in her.
Here's what she's doing:
grabbing onto everything, especially noses, glasses and the hairs on the back of my neck
She seriously smiles every time I say "HI" in a high voice
kicks kicks kicks
she has stopped drooling like a mad women, thank goodness!
She LOVES swimming! Seriously, like she played in the blow up pool we got her for an hour and a half! we were both raisins :)
peek a boo
Her daddy
loves to look outside
She is intrigued with water bottles and the noise they make when she plays with them
She's liking her swing a ton right now
She loooved solid food, but her belly didn't. :( Hilarious actually!
She's such a happy girl most of the time (I say most bc she cries when she's tired, but don't all babies?) and such a pleasure to have around. I know she wont remember this time, but it is so fun to do everything together and to just love her so much! I know I won't have time like this with any of our other future children so I am trying to just soak it up so much right now!
She's not been sleeping well at night for like the past month, and it is hard to figure out why. We tried getting an ac to cool off her room (helped), feeding her solids (didn't help so we stopped that for a while. I'm thinking I will start back up bc she really loved eating food but her poor belly had a hard time digesting it all), ear infections, traveling and not being on a schedule, so who knows. I finally broke down and let her sleep in her swing at night. AHHH! I said I'd never do that, but seriously. I need sleep too! Thank goodness that's working right now so I need to try having her sleep in her crib again at night.
We went to Idaho Falls for the 4th! It was her first fireworks and first boat ride. She HATED the life jacket, but eventually consigned herself to it. It was so great to be up with family and to celebrate the 4th. I'll post pictures.
We Sun Valley and the Cabin in about 2 weeks so that is exciting to look forward too. So great!
Also, I have the information on her growth from her 6 month appointment, so I actually don't know where that paper is right now, but this is what I can remember:
Head: 11%
Weight: 14.5 lbs.
Length: 26 inches
I wish I could find that paper so I could record the percentile, but oh well!
Avery is 6.5 months old. She is the joy of my life and I seriously love being her momma! I literally find so much happiness in her.
Here's what she's doing:
grabbing onto everything, especially noses, glasses and the hairs on the back of my neck
She seriously smiles every time I say "HI" in a high voice
kicks kicks kicks
she has stopped drooling like a mad women, thank goodness!
She LOVES swimming! Seriously, like she played in the blow up pool we got her for an hour and a half! we were both raisins :)
peek a boo
Her daddy
loves to look outside
She is intrigued with water bottles and the noise they make when she plays with them
She's liking her swing a ton right now
She loooved solid food, but her belly didn't. :( Hilarious actually!
She's such a happy girl most of the time (I say most bc she cries when she's tired, but don't all babies?) and such a pleasure to have around. I know she wont remember this time, but it is so fun to do everything together and to just love her so much! I know I won't have time like this with any of our other future children so I am trying to just soak it up so much right now!
She's not been sleeping well at night for like the past month, and it is hard to figure out why. We tried getting an ac to cool off her room (helped), feeding her solids (didn't help so we stopped that for a while. I'm thinking I will start back up bc she really loved eating food but her poor belly had a hard time digesting it all), ear infections, traveling and not being on a schedule, so who knows. I finally broke down and let her sleep in her swing at night. AHHH! I said I'd never do that, but seriously. I need sleep too! Thank goodness that's working right now so I need to try having her sleep in her crib again at night.
We went to Idaho Falls for the 4th! It was her first fireworks and first boat ride. She HATED the life jacket, but eventually consigned herself to it. It was so great to be up with family and to celebrate the 4th. I'll post pictures.
We Sun Valley and the Cabin in about 2 weeks so that is exciting to look forward too. So great!
Also, I have the information on her growth from her 6 month appointment, so I actually don't know where that paper is right now, but this is what I can remember:
Head: 11%
Weight: 14.5 lbs.
Length: 26 inches
I wish I could find that paper so I could record the percentile, but oh well!
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Avery 6 months and Random
Hello Everyone!
Time for an update with Avery Mae. And our family activities.
Avery: SHE IS 6 MONTHS OLD! How did that happen?! It doesn't seem that long but in some ways it does. I can't imagine life without this little rascal. She is sooooooooooOOOOooooOOOoo active. She is always moving moving moving. Even strangers or people who meet her for the first time comment on how active she is. She's constantly kicking her legs, grabbing at everything and arching her back if she's on the floor. She plays with toys for long periods of time and she is so smart. She's loving peekaboo. She loves swimming!! (that is an understatement). When she gets excited she bobs her head up and down and flaps her arms like she's a bird. Often when someone is holding her and she's sitting on their lap looking outward, she just rams the back of her head into their chest. She wiggles wiggles wiggles all the time and I already have a hard time keeping a hold of this one. haha. She is not crawling, is not rolling (ok she's rolled a few times but not consistently by any means), is not walking or even standing up and I am just scared for when she does all those things because I already know we've got an explorer on our hands. She looks at everything and everyone and is seriously adorable. People comment on her bright blue eyes and they are definitely so beautiful. I love her so much and we can't imagine our life without this little elf. (Avery means "elf ruler" if anyone is wondering. I found that out about 2 months ago. So I will call her "my little elf" often). She is recognizing people now too, which is always fun. She gives good hugs, which everyone who gets one LOVES!
Jake got a new calling: 2nd counselor in the Bishopric. It's been good and there is a lot of work to do in our ward so it keeps us busy. I don't see him much on Sunday but that is ok.
Megan got home! It's so great to have her home! We spent about 4 days up in Bountiful with the family and it was so wonderful. Our whole family together for the first time in 4 years! She loved her time in Germany and was such a good missionary. It's fun to talk to her about the differences and similarities of being a missionary 1/2 way around the world. Love the gospel that brings the world together!
This week has been a week of AC concerns. Our Durango is in desperate need of AC and we took it in and it's worst case sencario....$1,100 to fix the whole thing. LAME. Then our house has no way to be cool and so we've bought an AC unit for Avery's room bc it got so hot she was waking up every 1.5 hours. LAME. and poor girl. She'd be just sweating.
We are excited for our trips this summer, first of which is IF for the 4th of July! So excited about that. Then comes Sun Valley, then Cabin so we've got some fun things to look forward to.
Time for an update with Avery Mae. And our family activities.
Avery: SHE IS 6 MONTHS OLD! How did that happen?! It doesn't seem that long but in some ways it does. I can't imagine life without this little rascal. She is sooooooooooOOOOooooOOOoo active. She is always moving moving moving. Even strangers or people who meet her for the first time comment on how active she is. She's constantly kicking her legs, grabbing at everything and arching her back if she's on the floor. She plays with toys for long periods of time and she is so smart. She's loving peekaboo. She loves swimming!! (that is an understatement). When she gets excited she bobs her head up and down and flaps her arms like she's a bird. Often when someone is holding her and she's sitting on their lap looking outward, she just rams the back of her head into their chest. She wiggles wiggles wiggles all the time and I already have a hard time keeping a hold of this one. haha. She is not crawling, is not rolling (ok she's rolled a few times but not consistently by any means), is not walking or even standing up and I am just scared for when she does all those things because I already know we've got an explorer on our hands. She looks at everything and everyone and is seriously adorable. People comment on her bright blue eyes and they are definitely so beautiful. I love her so much and we can't imagine our life without this little elf. (Avery means "elf ruler" if anyone is wondering. I found that out about 2 months ago. So I will call her "my little elf" often). She is recognizing people now too, which is always fun. She gives good hugs, which everyone who gets one LOVES!
Jake got a new calling: 2nd counselor in the Bishopric. It's been good and there is a lot of work to do in our ward so it keeps us busy. I don't see him much on Sunday but that is ok.
Megan got home! It's so great to have her home! We spent about 4 days up in Bountiful with the family and it was so wonderful. Our whole family together for the first time in 4 years! She loved her time in Germany and was such a good missionary. It's fun to talk to her about the differences and similarities of being a missionary 1/2 way around the world. Love the gospel that brings the world together!
This week has been a week of AC concerns. Our Durango is in desperate need of AC and we took it in and it's worst case sencario....$1,100 to fix the whole thing. LAME. Then our house has no way to be cool and so we've bought an AC unit for Avery's room bc it got so hot she was waking up every 1.5 hours. LAME. and poor girl. She'd be just sweating.
We are excited for our trips this summer, first of which is IF for the 4th of July! So excited about that. Then comes Sun Valley, then Cabin so we've got some fun things to look forward to.
Monday, June 3, 2013
awesome
I don't know if any other mothers out there have days like mine was today, I'm sure you do, but today was so amazing. Every little expression from Avery had my heart melting, her little hand on my hand, her cuddling me, her laugh, seriously she could do no wrong today. It was awesome! I am just awed that this sweet little girl is MINE! haha! That she gets to be with Jake and I forever! I love her so much it's incredible to think that Heavenly Father would bless me with such a sweet baby to raise.
Since I have gotten my new phone, I have proceeded to take 227 pictures. (I think part of it is because I just want to document everything for Jake since he is gone most of the time). I am pretty amazed at this shocking number (haha!!) because I have never considered myself a picture taking person, but then again, I have never had the worlds cutest baby with me 24/7. I'd better get some of them on here :)
Since I have gotten my new phone, I have proceeded to take 227 pictures. (I think part of it is because I just want to document everything for Jake since he is gone most of the time). I am pretty amazed at this shocking number (haha!!) because I have never considered myself a picture taking person, but then again, I have never had the worlds cutest baby with me 24/7. I'd better get some of them on here :)
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| With Grandma! |
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| Trying out Rice Cereal. She likes it! I think it's fattening her up too :) |
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| First time on the swings and slide. haha. She liked the swing much better ! (I held her down the slide don't worry!) |
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| She's so close to rolling all the way over! She just doesn't know how to get that arm out from underneath her. |
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| Josie Rae and Avery Mae |
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| As Adam says it "she's got some swag!" haha! |
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| Jake took Avery out on a run with him! |
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| I love snuggling with my baby girl! |
Monday, May 27, 2013
Remember that Memorial Day?
Two years ago, Jake and I got engaged on Memorial Day!!...so not officially exactly two years ago, but two years ago according to the holiday.
I am so grateful for him and all the hard work he puts into every thing that he is doing right now. I honestly don't know how he fits in time for us, but he does and i just cherish every moment we can be together with our little family! He loves us so much and I am so grateful for his righteous leadership in our family. He inspires me to be better and I am so glad that I said yes two years ago!
How things have changed. But all changes for the better. Jake and I are so close; we have a great marriage and we are so happy! Our little Avery brings so much joy to us! Sometimes we just look at each other and laugh saying "we have a little baby girl!" It's still so hard to believe sometimes. We have had some hard times and some stressful times along the way of our two years together, but those times have honestly brought us closer to each other and the Lord. We trust that He will lead us to where we need to be and what we need to be doing.
I know the Lord watches over us and will lead us along our life's journey, whatever and wherever that may be. I am so grateful for all my blessings and look forward with faith to the future. Also, on this Memorial Day, I am grateful for my family and the wonderful heritage I have. My family means the world to me and and I know I am who I am today because of all the amazing people who have gone before. I also am so grateful for all the pioneers and people who have created this place for the Church to thrive. Their sacrifices are incalculable and we owe them so much!
I am so grateful for him and all the hard work he puts into every thing that he is doing right now. I honestly don't know how he fits in time for us, but he does and i just cherish every moment we can be together with our little family! He loves us so much and I am so grateful for his righteous leadership in our family. He inspires me to be better and I am so glad that I said yes two years ago!
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| I don't know what's up with this pic right now, but I'm keeping it in here bc I love it so much! haha! So precious! |
I know the Lord watches over us and will lead us along our life's journey, whatever and wherever that may be. I am so grateful for all my blessings and look forward with faith to the future. Also, on this Memorial Day, I am grateful for my family and the wonderful heritage I have. My family means the world to me and and I know I am who I am today because of all the amazing people who have gone before. I also am so grateful for all the pioneers and people who have created this place for the Church to thrive. Their sacrifices are incalculable and we owe them so much!
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Real Quick update
I have been meaning to write a post for a while about Avery's development, but I don't have much time now. I decided I'd better just get it down before I forget.
She loves loves loves:
- Her daddy! She grins really big when she sees him.
- BATH TIME She splashes like crazy! She splashes so hard that water gets in her face and the first time she did it, I was way scared for her, and sat her up and patted her back. But now after she looks way startled bc of the water in her eyes/face, I just tell her she's ok and she gets back to spalshing like crazy! haha.
-She loves her little doggy! (stuffed dog, no you didn't miss us getting a pet. that will never happen).
-Looking at herself in the mirror. I call her reflection, "your little friend"
-Going to go check the mail
-Outside
-Her butterfly toy. Best thing ever! She plays with it for like 10 minutes non-stop. haha.
-Wiggle time of course.
-Going on walks with Mommy! She loves looking around and then she'll fall asleep in her little carseat/stroller thing. She's a doll.
-I recently tried her out on rice cereal and she likes it. She proceeds to get herself completely messy and wet so I have given her a bath after every time she's eaten rice cereal. haha. (that could be because I don't know how to feed her without it getting all over her as well :) ).
-Being held facing out (especially if it's not me or Jake). She likes to look at everything.
-Being almost thrown up in the air...we don't let go quite yet, but she likes it a lot.
Funny things she's doing:
-Drooling a ton
-Her left foot "thumps" the ground repeatedly. I call her Little Thumper when she does it.
-Grabbing her feet (especially during a diaper change)
-Pulling hair
-Drooling...oh, i already mentioned that? ;)
-Holding her breath and then while she keeps her lips closed, she'll blow bubbles
-Touching faces. pretty gently actually (adorable)
-Did I mention drooling?!
-Cuddling with Mommy!
She is a little small for her age, so I've been worried about her. However, the doctor is not worried bc she's growing. But that is why I started her on rice cereal (she's about 5 months) so a little earlier than I was planning on but I think it is already helping her to beef up a bit. haha.
Basically same old, same old. I'm loving being a mommy and Jake is doing a great job with all that he has on his plate: school, internship, club, work and calling...oh and husband and father! He is so supportive of me and what I am doing with Avery Mae! He is wonderful and I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband. He loves Avery so much and it is so sweet to see them play together.
We are really trying to be better at doing scripture study together and having family goals. I can really tell a difference. It's awesome!
oh p.s. I had a wonderful Birthday! The big 2.6. It's pretty crazy actually because now I am closer to 30 than I am to 20. Freak. Where did the time go?! My parents gave me a sewing machine and now my mind is exploding with ideas of things I want to try and sew for Avery. I'm way excited. I also got a new phone from Jake and his parents and I love it. That was so needed. My old phone was so. gross. (I sat trying to think of an adequate adjective for my old phone and nothing was coming...gross is what came out). Because of the new phone, I am now also on Instagram...bectaylor17 follow me there if you'd like!
She loves loves loves:
- Her daddy! She grins really big when she sees him.
- BATH TIME She splashes like crazy! She splashes so hard that water gets in her face and the first time she did it, I was way scared for her, and sat her up and patted her back. But now after she looks way startled bc of the water in her eyes/face, I just tell her she's ok and she gets back to spalshing like crazy! haha.
-She loves her little doggy! (stuffed dog, no you didn't miss us getting a pet. that will never happen).
-Looking at herself in the mirror. I call her reflection, "your little friend"
-Going to go check the mail
-Outside
-Her butterfly toy. Best thing ever! She plays with it for like 10 minutes non-stop. haha.
-Wiggle time of course.
-Going on walks with Mommy! She loves looking around and then she'll fall asleep in her little carseat/stroller thing. She's a doll.
-I recently tried her out on rice cereal and she likes it. She proceeds to get herself completely messy and wet so I have given her a bath after every time she's eaten rice cereal. haha. (that could be because I don't know how to feed her without it getting all over her as well :) ).
-Being held facing out (especially if it's not me or Jake). She likes to look at everything.
-Being almost thrown up in the air...we don't let go quite yet, but she likes it a lot.
Funny things she's doing:
-Drooling a ton
-Her left foot "thumps" the ground repeatedly. I call her Little Thumper when she does it.
-Grabbing her feet (especially during a diaper change)
-Pulling hair
-Drooling...oh, i already mentioned that? ;)
-Holding her breath and then while she keeps her lips closed, she'll blow bubbles
-Touching faces. pretty gently actually (adorable)
-Did I mention drooling?!
-Cuddling with Mommy!
She is a little small for her age, so I've been worried about her. However, the doctor is not worried bc she's growing. But that is why I started her on rice cereal (she's about 5 months) so a little earlier than I was planning on but I think it is already helping her to beef up a bit. haha.
Basically same old, same old. I'm loving being a mommy and Jake is doing a great job with all that he has on his plate: school, internship, club, work and calling...oh and husband and father! He is so supportive of me and what I am doing with Avery Mae! He is wonderful and I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband. He loves Avery so much and it is so sweet to see them play together.
We are really trying to be better at doing scripture study together and having family goals. I can really tell a difference. It's awesome!
oh p.s. I had a wonderful Birthday! The big 2.6. It's pretty crazy actually because now I am closer to 30 than I am to 20. Freak. Where did the time go?! My parents gave me a sewing machine and now my mind is exploding with ideas of things I want to try and sew for Avery. I'm way excited. I also got a new phone from Jake and his parents and I love it. That was so needed. My old phone was so. gross. (I sat trying to think of an adequate adjective for my old phone and nothing was coming...gross is what came out). Because of the new phone, I am now also on Instagram...bectaylor17 follow me there if you'd like!
Monday, May 13, 2013
My first (offical and legitimate) Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mothers in my life! My own mother, my grandmas (both of them), Jake's momma, his two grandmas, and all the mothers who are my peers who I look up to and admire for all their hard work, it's time to be appreciated. Thank you for always putting your children first. Thank you for working hard to teach the gospel in a loving and nurturing way. Thank you for your example in everything and for just talking. We wouldn't be where we are today without you. WE LOVE YOU!
Being that this was the first Mother's Day that I was actually a mother, I feel like I should express some of my feelings. First of all, being a mother is the best thing to happen to me ever! It is so awesome! I have so much love in my heart all day for this beautiful daughter of God that Heavenly Father has trusted me to raise. She is such a joy! Watching her learn new things and grow and develop is the best thing and just truly makes my heart happy all day long. Avery has so much personality that I tell Jake I feel like I am talking with someone all day; it's amazing how well we can get to know her and communicate with her without using words. Every smile is precious and I am so proud of her. I can only imagine how much the love I have for her will grow as she grows. When I will be watching her do more than just being happy around new people and charming them with grins ;) Yes, there are some days that are much harder to keep this eternal perspective about motherhood because of all the dirty diapers, the not-napping-well, the wants-to-be-held-all-day moments. However, I just remind myself that these days are because I am a MOTHER. I have a daughter! And it all goes away. I am so happy and feel fulfilled in this role.
Avery Mae, I love you so much! You will not know how much I love you until you have your own babies, but this love I have for you is unconditional. It is crazy how much JOY I get from you! I love it when you settle into my arms and fall fast asleep. I love it how you grin up at me and make little adorable sounds as you look up at me with your bright big blue eyes. I love how you have blue eyes like me! I love your little blonde hair and your swirl in the back. I love how it gets sweaty in your carseat and then sticks straight up after I pull you out. I love how you stretch in the morning when I get you out of your little swaddler. I love how you grin at me in the morning. You are precious and your daddy and I love you so much! Never forget this. You are our sweet little heart. And we are so happy you have come to us. WE LOVE YOU!
Happy Mother's Day!
p.s. did I cry while writing this? yes. yes I did.
Being that this was the first Mother's Day that I was actually a mother, I feel like I should express some of my feelings. First of all, being a mother is the best thing to happen to me ever! It is so awesome! I have so much love in my heart all day for this beautiful daughter of God that Heavenly Father has trusted me to raise. She is such a joy! Watching her learn new things and grow and develop is the best thing and just truly makes my heart happy all day long. Avery has so much personality that I tell Jake I feel like I am talking with someone all day; it's amazing how well we can get to know her and communicate with her without using words. Every smile is precious and I am so proud of her. I can only imagine how much the love I have for her will grow as she grows. When I will be watching her do more than just being happy around new people and charming them with grins ;) Yes, there are some days that are much harder to keep this eternal perspective about motherhood because of all the dirty diapers, the not-napping-well, the wants-to-be-held-all-day moments. However, I just remind myself that these days are because I am a MOTHER. I have a daughter! And it all goes away. I am so happy and feel fulfilled in this role.
Avery Mae, I love you so much! You will not know how much I love you until you have your own babies, but this love I have for you is unconditional. It is crazy how much JOY I get from you! I love it when you settle into my arms and fall fast asleep. I love it how you grin up at me and make little adorable sounds as you look up at me with your bright big blue eyes. I love how you have blue eyes like me! I love your little blonde hair and your swirl in the back. I love how it gets sweaty in your carseat and then sticks straight up after I pull you out. I love how you stretch in the morning when I get you out of your little swaddler. I love how you grin at me in the morning. You are precious and your daddy and I love you so much! Never forget this. You are our sweet little heart. And we are so happy you have come to us. WE LOVE YOU!
Happy Mother's Day!
p.s. did I cry while writing this? yes. yes I did.
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