You're Hired!

At lunch today Tay got to play receptionist!  He had fun listening to the tone and pressing the buttons.  How could I not take pics?!  O and we have officially found his nickname, he's been called Bubba, Bug a Boo, Big Boy, but since these are all very common names we wanted something special for our boy, so by accident Gus came up with

Tater Tot

Perfect!

Veggies

Taylor is ready for food so instead of doing the baby food purees I decided to do Baby-Led Weaning. It’s a method surrounding the idea that a breastfed baby will eat when they are ready to eat. It follows the path of letting them touch real food and experiment with it as much as possible and what gets in their mouth gets in! They don’t like the idea of spoon fed cereals but I figure we need to go ½ way with this. Tay gets oatmeal in the morning, a veggie at lunch time and rice cereal at dinner with 5 nursing sessions in between (he’s still on a good schedule). He loves this new adventure! Soon I will be able to throw whatever is on my plate on his tray and he can munch away! We tried broccoli last week and it was OK, it kinda fell apart everywhere so this weekend we did zucchini and he loved it. Next we are moving on to avocado, sweet potato, then bananas.

 

Coca

No he's not trying to kiss him....he's doing COCA!!!

Gramma Nicky taught all her grandkids to do “coca” and knock foreheads together. So we say “coca coca coca” and Tay bumps his forehead to yours, so when he met Little Rey after a few smiles he bumped his forehead to Rey’s to say Coca! It was so cute. Rey is 8 days older than Tay and let’s just say after all the comparison photos and stories…. my kid’s a TRUCK!!!

 

Luke's 1st Birthday Shell-abration!

Doc and Maria's baby boy turned 1! It was a turtle themed party which included actual turtles! Taylor had a wonderful time laughing and clapping with all his cousins and finally passed out in daddy's arms around 5pm. He was a trooper!  My Uncle Clem and Aunt Marilyn brought their new puppy Jaxon to meet the family and he is the sweetest thing!

 

Paul and Kim's Wedding

Paul finally took the leap! Gus and Paul have been friends since they were 9 years old and Gus had the pleasure of standing with him as he wed his beautiful bride Kim. They got married at the LA Equestrian Center and the weather was beautiful. We had a fun night dancing and hanging out with all our friends! Wendy styled me up with some BEAUTIFUL Stella and Dot, can't wait to add more to my collection!

 

Mother's Day 2011

I had 1 request for my 1st Mother’s Day, DISNEYLAND!!! We woke up early and had breakfast and got ready for a brunch at Ray and Christi’s with the family before we headed out to the park. We got there a little late in the afternoon but it was nice and cool for a quick family trip! We cruised thru ToonTown for dinner and to say hello to Mickey (he LOVED Taylor) then off to FantasyLand for some rides. I was so excited to ride rides all together and we went on Mr. Toads, Pinocchio and the Carousel. Even tho it was Tay's 3rd trip to the park we got him a 1st time visitor's button (because all the other times they were out) and as we strolled out of the park he fell asleep and I got the cutest picture of him concked out with his button. I can’t wait to go back to take him on more rides, especially Pirates and Small World!!!

And after a long day of family and fun I got to sit with my feet up and cuddle with my other kiddos the twins, and a glass of vino of course!

Awesome April

The Paci Halo

Tay loves to sleep with his Paci.  He doesn't really use it during his awake time, only when he is ready for bed and this is how he likes em!

We have learned that if they are in arms reach by his head we don't have to get up or come in at all to plug him up.  He's so cute especially 1st thing in the morning when he reaches up for one with his eyes closed, grabs it and puts it in his mouth then rolls over with a smile.

Cereal!

On his 6 mo birthday Taylor got his 1st taste of food!  He was very serious and curious why we were huddled around him in this strange chair he had never seen and shoving a spoon in his face.  He ate about half very slowly and has been doing really well ever since!  I think he likes it!

First Bite