Pumpkin Patch... Minus the Pumpkins

Me, Taya and Jami all headed out to the Hee-Haw Farms today to go pick out a pumpkin, but when we got there we realized it wasn't so much a pumpkin patch! :) Taya had a lot of fun though, they had pretty much a whole petting zoo and lots of games for little kids... and Jami! haha. Being 9 months pregnant, Jami had to play with Taya, carry Taya, push Taya, lift Taya... you name it. Thanks for coming with us Jami! Here's some pictures from our fun day...

Empty pumpkin patch...
This kind of looks like a creepy pumpkin patch we thought...

Taya had to help push the wagon the whole time. She wouldn't let me near it, "Nami" had to do everything...


Finally, a few tiny pumpkins...
This was a little corn stalk tunnel that Jami was chasing Taya through. Made for some really cute pictures...


Taya started feeding this goat and it just clung to her forever, it was adorable. This picture isn't the best, but still cute...
Am I a bad parent that I let my daughter kiss bunnies?? :) ...
This was about the only picture I got with Taya, she seriously won't let me touch her when Aunt "nami" is around! ...
Taya and Jami making piggy faces...
Jumping into the hay trampoline thingy...

The day was lots of fun, I'd recommend that place to everyone... just not for picking out a pumpkin :)

Ready or Not...

The doctor scheduled my c-section for next Thursday, October 22nd!! We're so excited, me especially not to be pregnant anymore! I've forgotten what it's like not to have a belly and I can't wait to wear normal clothes again. Taya always sits on my lap and tries to scoot back but can't! It's actually pretty funny.

I've been super busy lately trying to get ready for this baby. Cleaning, sewing, painting ... you name it! Haven't done anything too exciting though, I'm trying to get up the energy to take Taya to do something Halloweeny :) , but haven't gotten quite there yet!

I'll try and post a few pictures of Taya and some projects I've been working on before the baby comes. I've been such a slacker with my blog lately! (sorry)

Taya's 2nd Birthday

Taya's Birthday was on September 1st and I'm a little late at posting, but have been a little busy unpacking! I think she knew it was a special day, she walked around all day saying "Taya is 2" and "Taya's Bootday". It was SO cute!! Cameron was in town for the morning of her birthday so we decided to take her here...

I know, who takes their 2 year old DAUGHTER to a motorcycle store for their 2nd birthday?? BUT she's OBSESSED with motorcycles so we thought it'd be really fun for her! :) And turns out we were right, she LOVED it! She walked around like she owned the place, it was so cute!
Had to get a picture on the pink bike! :)

Daddy and Taya checkin' out the bikes.

Taya was SUPER excited to open these new dress-up shoes from Grandma. She wears them every single day and has to make them click on the tile floor. I think she could've cared less about her other presents at the time, but was still happy there were more!

We had to take Cam to the airport later that day so she hasn't had an official birthday party yet, but I let her celebrate that night with a delicious, store-bought cupcake :) It had a kitty on it so she liked it.

I thought this picture was funny :)

Happy Birthday sweetie pie, we love you so much!!

Sleeping Beauty... the nude version :)

So I apologize for the partial nudity, but I thought this picture was too cute not to post! I had just taken Taya out of the bath and she insisted that I put her pink converse shoes on (a present from Aunt Jami). I went in her room for a minute to do some packing and she was being way too quiet so I peeked out the door and found her like this...

Maybe if she wouldn't wake up so early this wouldn't happen! :)

Yay Visitors!!!

My friend Shea and her family came to visit last week and I couldn't have been more grateful! :) They were our first and only visitors of the summer and our girls are ony 2 weeks apart so they had a blast. Taya doesn't cooperate very well when I pull out the camera so the pictures aren't that great, but they really were adorable together. A few highlights of the trip:

*They took turns pushing each other around in the mini stroller, which had Shea and I dying! Speaking of which, after many sewing attempts on the stroller (let's be honest, that thing has been through a lot!) I've decided it's time to buy her a new one. Good thing her birthday is just around the corner!

*Have you ever seen two 2 year olds communicate with each other?? HILARIOUS! In the car we'd catch London talking to Taya and Taya nodding her head. So cute!

*London taught Taya how to find sticks...

*Went to the aquarium and got to see the Beluga whales, or "boota"s as Taya would say...
Why is she obsessed with the most random animals? Belugas, Camels, rhinos, and now seals!

*Lots of loves

*And kisses

*And of course, the family photos...
Shea, Brendan, and London
Me, Cam and Tay

Taya has been asking me where London is ever since she left. Or, actually where "Tessa" is. She called her Tessa the entire time they were here! Tessa is her cousin that has been here all summer. Apparently every little girl her age is Tessa! :) Haha.

Anyway, we had a blast, thanks again for coming!

And P.S., it's official, I'm coming home next Saturday, August 29th!!! YAY!!! I'm so excited to be home and back in our house with more room for Taya to run wild! Cameron isn't coming back yet, probably the end of September. We haven't figured that part out yet, but will miss him a ton! See ya soon Utah!

Utah/Washington Trip

The last couple of weeks have been so much fun! Taya and I flew to Utah on the 23rd and stayed for a few days then went back home to Washington on the 30th for a week. It was SUCH a nice break, but of course I was sick for more than half the time :( So for those of you I told I'd come see, I'm so sorry! In spite of that though, the trip was seriously so much fun, thanks everyone for entertaining us! Taya was a completely different little girl there with so much freedom to run around! It's making me so excited to be back in our house! She is turning into such the entertainer these days with so many new tricks :) I guess she's always been a little show off, but her personality keeps developing more and more. I'll have to post a video soon of all the funny things she does now.

Anyway, I wish I could say here's a few pictures from the trip, but let's be honest, here's a TON of pictures :) . . .

UTAH

My mom, Jenna and Taya

This was the morning after the 24th of July so the kids all had leftover fireworks that Taya got to enjoy :)

Who knows what Taya's doing in this picture, but I thought it was cute :)

This is Taya trying to steal Jenna's sunglasses at a family reunion we went to.

Jace, Taya, and Cole making funny faces.

I looked outside one day and saw Cole and Taya drinking the water off the sidewalk from the hose. Sorry my daughter is a bad influence on your son, Kym :)

Me and Taya swinging

Taya can now roll her eyes, it's pretty cute :)

Cam flew in for a few days for a family party. This was actually our 4 year anniversary, exciting huh!?

Good ol' fashioned slip'n'slide!

Taya didn't really like being thrown down, just liked playing in the puddles of bubbles.

WASHINGTON

We got out the slip'n'slide at my parents house too with my brother and his family...

Taya LOVED playing with Pheobe, my parents dog, while we were there. It was so funny, she loved giving her loves and Pheobe would just come right up to her and lay on her back for Taya to scratch her. Taya still asks me every day to see pictures of Pheobe on the computer.

This, by far, is my favorite picture from the trip. Taya and my dad are seriously best buds! I was so happy to get such a good picture of the both of them :) Thanks, Dad, for watching Taya so much on the trip and taking her to get goodies at the store! She still asks me all day everyday for "nummies". Thanks for that too :) haha

25 weeks...

I know you've all been dying to see my belly shot :) so this was me at 25 weeks, sorry it's a few weeks late, I'll post a more updated picture later ...

Don't mind the fact that I look partially disgusted, but all the other pictures from my photoshoot were too dark to see. Ok, so just kidding about the photoshoot :)

Nascar

Cam got to go to a Nascar race a few weeks ago and got royalty treatment. Apparently not many people ever get the chance to be this close, so he was totally stoked about it.

Cameron and Scott

Nice view of where they got to be

Andrew, Scott, and Cam

"Mmmmmm Nummy!!"

You can't help but laugh at 6:00 in the morning when your daughter comes into your room, after going through your purse, with a wide open mouth and 2 packs of gum saying, "mmmm nummy! nummy mommy nummy!!" and chomping her mouth up and down. That'll get ya out of bed for sure! :)

You'll NEVER Guess...

So you'll never guess what I bought for Taya at the grocery store yesterday...

A motorcycle magazine! HA!

She's OBSESSED with motorcycles and bikes and always looks at our magazines for bikes in them :) So I did her a favor and bought this magazine FULL of motorcycles! She couldn't love it any more! It's so cute, she just sits on the couch and says "woooowww" and "whuusss at?" to every single motorcycle. Cameron is excited because he thinks maybe this will help his chances of getting a motorcycle someday, haha.

Lounging on the couch flipping through the pages

Happy 25th!!

It's official, I'm old... or something like that. Today was my birthday. Started out the celebration at the doctor's office with a delicious glucose drink and a needle stuck in my arm. Happy Birthday eh? :) Went to lunch with friends (thank you!!), Mickell made delicious cupcakes, got a nap, went to the zoo and finished with a movie. Thanks everyone for a great birthday! ... Including Taya, who slept until 7:00 AND had a 2 1/2 hour nap today, which is pretty rare these days! I seriously never thought I'd see the day where I'd actually say I got to "sleep in" until 7:00. Ridiculous. Anyway, thanks for all of your phone calls and beautiful songs that were sung on my voicemail. :)

And since a post really isn't that great of a post unless there's pictures (unless it's Jami's Bachelor Blog which is a hilarious must read :) ) ...

This is me and Taya at the zoo today with the monkeys in the background...

This is Taya's best buddie, Cammie. She LOVES her!! Taya follows her around and gives her loves all the time! This is from last week at the zoo...

Taya watching Cammie do her elephant impression...

For some reason Taya has been obsessed with camels lately. Kind of random! She always looks at her animal book and reaches out to hold the camels, but gets so frustrated that she can't. Every time I video chat with anyone she always see's the skype logo (which has a camel in it) and says "ooohhh wuuusss aaaattt?" ...

I love taking Taya to the zoo, she LOVES the animals. The whole ride there she makes elephant noises and says "rhino", I think mostly because that's the only animal that's pretty easy to say :)

Potty Training

Taya is doing SO good on the potty!! I haven't wanted to fully train her yet because I'm going to Utah the end of the month (YES!!!), but she's basically been doing it all on her own! She won't keep her pants on at home so she's either been running around half naked or sometimes I can get her to wear panties. No accidents though, I can't believe it! I've even left the house a few times and come back and she's still been dry. She's been so good at telling me when she needs to go, but still just likes to look at her magazines so sometimes she sits on the potty A LOT! Gets annoying, but it's funny. She flips through my US Weekly and looks at the motorcycles and bikes :) I think we'll have to purchase her a bike for her birthday for sure! Here's a few pictures of our big girl!

I love this picture... "um, excuse me Mom, I'm using the bathroom". haha!

So into her potty book.

Biggest Loser Update...

Apparently I can't or shouldn't say too much because the network likes to keep things secret, but Cam's interview went good yesterday. We won't know anything for a little while, but we're still hoping he'll make it on the show and are so excited to find out!