Growing Jackson and Silly Addie

Jackson had his 2 week appointment last week and he gained a pound! He's up to 7-6, and I'm not surprised because he eats ALL THE TIME! He's such a good boy! We're continuing to do well with our 2 kiddos. Addie is still better with Jackson than I ever expected, although she does get into a little mischief herself! Here are some pictures:

Here's Addie after pulling out all our plastic sacks:


You can't see it really well, but Addie had put on my makeup. She even got the eyeliner by her eyes! How pretty!


Well, that's the Taylor family update. We also got a new computer that works MUCH better, so maybe I'll even update my blog more often! We'll see!

Our New Baby Boy

He's here! Jackson Terry Taylor was born into our family on March 10 at 12:56 AM. He weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces and was a long 20 1/2 inches! He has a head full of blonde hair, a dimple in his chin, and is as sweet as can be. Everything went so well! We couldn't have asked for a better labor, delivery, and beautiful baby boy. Here are some pictures of our new man:

Addie loves her little brother. She wakes up every morning and comes in to see him, always softly whispering, "He's sooooo cute." She likes to help change his diaper and asks to hold him often. She has been very sweet, which we are very grateful for. Addie has also recently discovered that she likes bubbles in the tub. This seems pretty normal, but until now she has been deathly afraid of them. Here is a picture of her in the bath:

Eight Favorite Things Tag

OK Genessa, I don't know how I feel about this, but here goes:

8 Favorite TV Shows:
24
House
American Idol
Friends
So You Think You Can Dance
The Biggest Loser
The Amazing Race
Heroes

8 Things I Look Forward To:
Having our baby
Addie finally being potty trained
Eating cheeseburger soup for dinner
Having 3 months off of work
Winter being over
Going on vacation this summer
Taking our kids to Disneyland one day
Having time to scrapbook

8 Things on My Wish List:
A dual channel DVR
New skis
The Twilight books
Tickets to Ailey 2
My old dance performances on DVD
A new fridge
A new oven
A Wii

8 Things I Did Yesterday:
Went to McDonalds
Ate lunch with Addie and my mom at her work
Went shopping at Wal-Mart
Had another OB ultrasound
Returned books to the library
Made dinner (this is unusual for me)
Watched 24
Danced with Addie

8 Favorite Restaurants:
Wingers
Red Lobster
Applebees
Olive Garden
Johnny Carinos
Grecian Key
Jimmy Johns
Senor Iguanas

8 People I tag:
Jackie, Jill, Kendra, Brandee, Jennifer, Teresa, Amy, and Sarah

The Beloved Pony

Well, I know it's a little late, but we wanted to share our wonderful Christmas festivities with you. On Christmas Eve, Addie heard Santa's bells while she was in the bathtub and got out to find that he had left her a cute princess nightgown to wear to bed as she waited for Christmas morning. (She won't take the princess jamies off without quite the fight, even today!) When she woke up on Christmas morning, she found that Santa brought her just what she wanted- a pony!!!! She loves it! It was so much fun to have Christmas with an excited 2 year old. We opened presents at our house Christmas morning and then headed to Idaho Falls where Addie was excited to see Matt's family and play with her cousins. The next day we headed to my parents' house for more present opening. Addie loves spending time with her grandmas and grandpas. We had a lovely time. Addie was sad when we had to take down the tree and pack away her Rudolph movie, but she is having so much fun playing with all her new gifts. Today we were at Red Lobster and this cute little old man with a long white beard was sitting next to us. Addie pointed and yelled "SANTA CLAUSE!" and said, "thanks for the pony." She is so cute!
We hope you all had as wonderful a Christmas and New Year as we did!

We love Christmastime!

Addie has discovered who Santa is this year and has realized that if she sits on his lap, he might bring her a pony!























On Matt's birthday, he had to go to Salt Lake for a conference, so we joined him and went to see the lights at temple square. Addie was intrigued by all the waterfalls. She also was fast to point out "baby Jesus". The temple looks even more beautiful lit up at Christmastime!













We love Christmastime and are having so much fun this year with Addie. She loves driving around and looking at the lights. She points out them all by saying, "OOOOOHHH pretty!" She especially loves the train under our Christmas tree. Ocassionally we have to tell her it is "broken" or else it would be running 24 hours a day!

We also want to let Amber Moon and her family know that they are in our thoughts and prayers. Her new baby girl, Ali, is at Primary Children's and we wish the best for her in her recovery!

Happy Birthday Addie!

Well, it was Addison's birthday on Saturday, November 15, and I can hardly believe that my little baby is two!! We had her party at Outer Limits and it was a lot of fun. The kiddos loved running around in the playland and even the adults got to have some fun in the game room. Addie got so many presents that I think we'll rewrap half of them and put them under the Christmas tree (wink wink). She loves them all and just likes to sit on the couch and have me pile them all around her. Thanks everyone for celebrating with us on Addie's big day!

Here are some pictures from the party:

DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION

CLINT AND MATT IN THE ROLLER COASTER









THE KIDDOS PLAYING SKEE BALL

It's A Boy!

That's right - our little baby is going to be a boy! Either that or it's a girl with 3 legs. Seriously...do you see that in the picture? It's pretty obvious! We are so excited! The ultrasound went really well. Everything looked fine and the dates are right on, so we can expect him around March 26/27th. Matt will have himself a little wrestler after all!