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Oh Taya...

Today we were driving to lunch for my brother's birthday and, once again, had another laugh-out-loud moment...

Me: "I'm pooped!"

Taya: "Ya gotta go poo, Mom?"

Me: (laughing) "No, sometimes when you say 'pooped' it just means you're tired"

Taya: "Ya tired of goin poo, Mom?"

I forget how literal 3 year olds take things. Guess there will be no more "pooped" comments around our house :)

Family Pictures

It's that time of year again! :) Cam LOVES taking pictures. He wishes we could take family pictures every day! I literally have to calm him down before we take them because he just gets way too excited...

Oh wait, no. Not at all. He HATES them! I don't think a person could hate them anymore than he does. Even my kids. Dodger was an angel. Taya just wanted to run around. But for the most part they went well and we got a few good ones, thanks to Jocelin at www.photographybyjocelin.com. Here's a few favorites...

Taya and her crazy eyes- we practiced "keeping our eyes open" when we smile the day before pictures and this is what it turned into! ...

 Don't you just want to SQUEEZE him!?!? ...

 My little Mama's boy ...

 And our princess...

Thanks so much Jocelin, once again!!!! You're amazing! :)

Christmas stockings...

They're finally done. Check them out by clicking HERE!

Taya-ism

Taya was "helping" me finish all of our stockings tonight and sneezed about 5 times in a row. She looked at me and said, "Whoa, Taya has wotsa bwess you's Mommy!". I thought it was so cute! :)

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Dodgie-Poo

Yes, unfortunately for the poor kid, that has turned into Dodger's nickname :).

Since it's almost month past his birthday, I thought I'd do a quick post about our sweet boy! My blog has been completely neglected lately because of my other blog (click here), but my kids need the attention for minute, so here it is...

Dodger turned 1 on October 22nd... he had a great day, but had no idea it was anything special. :)

We had a ward Halloween party that night and a busy day that day, but we still managed to squeeze in presents and cupcakes- which, by the way, he was not a big fan of! (what!?!)

Hate that his name has created a theme for this, but I guess he'll have to deal with it... hope he likes baseball when he grows up (sorry Dodger!)...

(I know, cheesy, right? :) )

What kid doesn't LOVE cupcakes?! ....

Finally opened up a little...

 

 And there it is....

Yummy presents! ...

A Few Things About Dodge:

13 months: 

19 lbs 10 oz, 5th percentile

height 65th percentile

• He, still, is the happiest, most smiley baby you'll ever see
• So super cuddly, he gives me hugs every morning
• He'll give kisses with a WIDE open mouth :)
• When he hears music he dances by bobbing up and down and side to side!
• Sits on his knees all the time... so cute! ...

•    He falls asleep sitting with his head leaned against the bumper...

•  Still a mama's boy! Have to admit, I do love it :)
• Still fits in 3 month onesies and other 3-6 month clothes!
• LOVES his sister
• He waves
• Just learned a new trick...

**We LOVE our little boy and could not have asked for a sweeter baby! He really is such an angel and we are so blessed to have him in our family. Happy late Birthday Dodgie, we love you so much!**

Another Taya-ism

So I realize it's been forever since I had a real post, and I promise I'll do it soon, but I had to write this one down real fast...

Today after church Taya used the bathroom by herself and came out...

"Taya, did you wash your hands?"

"No, it's fine. Taya not get my bum on my hands."

Cam and I were both DYING laughing! So now the question is, how do you teach your 3 year old that just because they don't "get their bum on their hands" doesn't mean they don't need to wash them? :)

Taya-isms

I know, I know, I've been neglecting this blog lately, but I have to write down a few things real quick before I forget! I'll do a longer post later, but Taya has been hilarious lately and has said some pretty funny things. Let me just say first though, she still speaks in third person and can't say her "L" 's so things come out much funnier...

*Last week I was trying to hurry and get the kids in the car because we were late for something -shocker- and I hurried and buckled Taya and as soon as I was done she looked at me and said, "y'all done freakin' out Mom?" WHAT?!?! Where did she get that from?? Cam!! :)

*Taya is always curious about aunts, uncles, sisters, brothers, cousins, etc. so one day she said

"What's Taya?"
"You're my daughter"
"Tay's not daughter, Tay's pretty princess"

*Today Taya got in the car and wouldn't sit in her car seat so I got mad and her response was this:

"Don't get mad at Taya anymore Mom"
"Well, you need to start listening to me, Taya, then I don't have to get mad"
"Taya isten you when Tay gets bigger"

Again, WHAT?!?! Haha, I couldn't help but laugh at that one!

Never a dull moment with Taya, that's for sure!

Furniture Fix

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One Year Ago Today...

Our sweet baby boy was born

We can't believe it's been a year already! He's grown so fast, but is still our tiny little man :)

Hard to believe this is the same baby...

*more on Dodger later*

A New Blog

Took me long enough, but I finally did it... I started a new blog! I wanted a place where I could share all my furniture make-over's without having to use our family blog, so visit my new site by clicking HERE if you're interested. It's not 100% up and running yet, I still need to add more things, but check it out, hopefully you'll like it! And if you're nice, you'll become a follower to make me feel extra special! :) Thanks!!

*I just posted more from my mom's house, so go look, you'll like.

here's a little preview...

Mom's House Make Over

This past week I flew to Washington and my mom and I spent every day working like crazy trying to get all of her stuff refinished. Believe it or not I had a blast and hopefully she did too! :)

My mom told me on the phone that I could have the chest in her bedroom because it was so old and nasty and she wanted to get rid of it. Long story short, as soon as I saw it I fell in love and made her keep it!:) I think she's happy she did! This is only the beginning of MANY things we accomplished this week...

It's still missing the drawer on the bottom- we kind of forgot about it with all the other projects we were working on at the time, but I LOVE how it turned out and hope to someday be able to find something like it for my bedroom too! :)

Another Update...

Sorry for the inconvenience, but my mom decided to change the date of the Washington furniture class to Wednesday from 1:30-3:30pm. Hopefully that still works for everyone! And again, please email me or leave a comment if you're interested. It will be at my mom's home in Pasco. Thanks!

Update on Washington Class...

Sorry if I haven't gotten back to any of you, it's been a CRAZY week, but yes I have gotten your emails and comments! The date is set for Thursday, October 14th at, I believe, 6pm. I will be away from the internet for a week so if you have any questions please let me know and I will get back to you as soon as I can! Thanks!