Lately...

...we've been busy, busy!! Lots of playdates, walks and new milestones have made this past week quite fun!! :-)  In less than two weeks, Taylor has rolled over, sat up on her own, and eaten cereal! It's been a fun week!

New shirt - all the way from Disney World

It even has all the signatures of the main characters on it :-)

Playing with Lucy and Molly (the sweetest girls that I used to babysit when they were little)

Playing with Brady

This is Taylor's excited face :-)

Moms and babies

A family picture (Taylor is sitting up on her own now! :-)

Bath time!!

This is for Ryan...

Since Ryan is gone all day at a softball tournament, I thought this mutts comic was appropriate. :-) It illustrates our two views of what "batter up" means. :-)

Video: Taylor Eating Rice Cereal!

Food!! :-)

Taylor, Ryan, and I all experienced something new this evening... rice cereal!  It was a new eating experience for Taylor, and it was a new adventure for Ryan and I as we tried to feed Taylor with a spoon for the first time. :-D  I think that it is quite fitting hat her first food was cereal (because cereal was a big part of my life when I was growing up...big fan of Tony the Tiger, although it will be a while before she has Frosted Flakes or Rice Krispies :-)).  

It went pretty well - she seemed very curious about what was going on, licked her lips a lot, and I think she actually swallowed some of it!  We only tried between 1-2 tablespoons, and will continue trying out this new routine tomorrow evening.  A fun new stage of this whole parenting thing! 

Lots of funny face pictures...

Oh, do we love this little girl!!! :-D

Camping with the Slagh Family!

This weekend we were able to take Taylor out to the campground for the annual Slagh Camp out!  She had a great time hanging out with her Grandpa and Grandma Slagh and the rest of the family!

 With Grandpa Slagh and Uncle Jason....

With Grandma Slagh, Uncle Jason and second cousin Jayme.

Taylor held by Great Aunt Elaine, with Grandma Slagh, Jayme, and Great Aunt Karen

With Great Grandma and Grandpa Slagh!

and with Grandpa Slagh and Great Uncle Dean!

Five Months - She's just a bundle of FUN!!

We hit the five month mark yesterday, and I have to say that this five month age is quite fun!! 

Here are some pics of our little cutie!!

Taking a bath... she is a big splasher now, and like to play with her little bath toys

Laying out by the lake...

Playing in her exersaucer...

At five months, Taylor is...

** Still wearing size 2 diapers

** Wearing at least 6 month clothes (some pj's and hoodies are 9 month sizes already!)

** Rolling over from her tummy to her back, and ALMOST from her back to her tummy

** Going to try her first "solid" food tonight - rice cereal, yum, yum! (pics to come for sure!)

** Laughing

** Smiling and cooing like crazy

** Grabbing, kicking, banging, dropping and chewing on her toys

** Very interested in watching me eat and drink 

** Getting up once or twice a night - going to sleep around 9:30pm, and getting up around 7:30am

** A very content kiddo during our runs with the baby jogger - we did our longest run together (6 miles) while we were up north last weekend

** Watching very intently when her daddy or I walk out of the room, and sometimes quickly announcing her displeasure at the prospect of being alone

** Starting to pay more attention when we read books - a few favorites include a touch and feel animal book, a Mirror Me book by Baby Einstein, and a introductory sign language book (usually the morning after breakfast is when we look at our stories)

** Continuing to bring her daddy and I lots of joy and reasons to laugh and smile every single day!!  

At one week old...

Five months old...

Video: Taylor Rolls Over!

 

Taylor rolled over 8 times today!  Here is a little video.....

(edit: the video appears to be uploading only about half the time - so check back or try refreshing your browser, if the video doesn't pop up!)