Taylor is 8 Weeks Old

I can't believe 8 weeks have already passed!  It is going by so fast!

• starting to smile now and coo which we all love
• according to our home scale she weighs 13.5 pounds
• still eating every 2-3 hours
size 1 diaper
size 0-3 month clothes
sleeping schedule of waking up 2 times a night (normally around 1:30 and again at 5)


still very fond of mommy especially at night and only wants me to comfort/nurse her when she wants to go to bed.
Lauren and Colton still love her to pieces and are still a little too hands on at times...but that comes with being the 3rd kid.  :-)
still hates her car seat but it's getting better
acid reflux maybe?  she will spit up for no reason (not after a feeding but an hour or so later and it's almost like she is gagging until it comes up and then she cries and wants to eat after she spits up...almost like eating again will help it?) so we are going to ask the Dr that at her 2 month check up in 2 weeks.
will take a bottle now but reluctantly and NOT from mommy.  We need to work on that in the next month so that she will be happy when she is in daycare and taking bottles during the day.
She is a great baby and we are so lucky to have her to complete our family!

We love  you Taylor Marie!

Go Hogs!!!  She is ready for the game this weekend also!

This is how I get my picture taken these days since I'm normally the one taking the photos of the other kids with other people...haha

Happy 35th Birthday Daddy!

Happy Birthday to my best friend and love of my life!  You are a great father, husband and friend and I look forward to celebrating many more birthday's with you!  We love you!!!



Sibling Love

Kindergarten!!!!!!!!!!!

Lauren is LOVING kindergarten!  She has been so hyper the last two nights after school because she is just so excited to tell us all about what they did that day.  She LOVES the pick up line system they have at school for when we pick her up.  We don't get out of the car, we just drive around and they call her name on the walkie talkie and she comes outside to us and gets in the car.  She asks to ride the school bus daily but we live so close that we can use that as an excuse for her to not ride the bus yet (she is just too little in my eyes).  She LOVES taking her lunch each day and is so proud to help me pack it each morning.  After the first day I asked her how it went and she said one of the best parts was that they don't take naps anymore!  She had a grin on her face when she said it almost like "mom did you know that" or "guess what I got away with today!" so it was pretty cute! 

I will admit I did ok the first morning and didn't even cry...however I had Kraig and Taylor with me and we had a busy day ahead so I never had time to stop and think about it.  We were also able to walk her all the way into her classroom so I knew she was nice and safe.  Tuesday, Taylor and I took her to school without daddy and she was already like "ok mom see ya later"...that's when it hit me that she is at the first age of "I don't need you as much as I did in the past" so I made it to the parking lot so she would not see me and I started tearing up.  My baby girl is growing up too fast!  Today I walked her to her hallway (instead of her classroom) and tomorrow I'll walk her to the door and by Friday I'll just drop her off in the car line and let her walk in all by herself (she asked to do that today).  So little by little I can get used to the idea that she is a big girl.  :-)  One step at a time people.  LOL

We are so proud of you Lauren for being so independent and just going in and being the big girl you are becoming.  You light up our lives with all your funny stories, smiles, laughs, etc and we love you more than you will ever know!  Here's to a wonderful year of Kindergarten!

Little brother getting in on the action showing me his car (even if it is without clothes on)

Singing in the car on the ride to school the first day

Day 2

Just us girls

Miss Schleisman with Lauren

Day 3

Super happy to be wearing a dress today with her new Twinkle Toe shoes!

She had P.E. on Monday and Tuesday so we made her wear shorts those days.  :-)

Walking down the hall by herself

Play Date with The Rogers and Judkins

Saturday the boys had their annual Football Draft at Greg and Jen's so Lori, Jen, Julie and I decided to get together with the kids.  It seems our kids are the perfect ages to play together as Lauren and Katie are best friends, Cole and Colton play great together and then we have Addy and Ryan.  :-)  So glad we are all close enough now (thanks to the Rogers moving back from TX) that we can get together and hang out!

You can't see it here but the girls were inside holding hands watching TV.  :-)

Swimming with the Family

Kraig played in the SCC Swingfest golf tournament this weekend so Sunday morning I met up with Kristen, Brian, Ryan, Lisa and the kids to swim for a bit.  We had a great time and after our swim party we had lunch outside on the patio at Las Fajitas so the kids could run around.  This was Taylor's first lunch out!  Thanks for the pics Kris!!!  As you can see the kids all had a great time together!

Kraig and Jason Fields won 2nd in the tournament and won the Calcutta overall!  So proud of you babe!

Visit from Katlyn and Austin

Katlyn, Austin and Aunt Tammy came by to visit so the kids could see Taylor.

Taylor is One Month Old!

Taylor turned 1 month old on 8/5!  I can't believe it's been one full month already!  Time really does go by too fast!  She just started taking a paci on 8/5 and has yet to take a bottle which limits what Mommy can do...but that's ok...I know it's just a phase and one day she will be "too cool" to even want to be around me so I'll soak it all up when I can!

We love you Taylor Marie!

My little chunker weighs in at 11 lbs 3 oz!

We visited Aunt Tammy Thursday to get a weight check on Taylor.  Thanks Aunt Tammy! 

My chunk a monk!

Olympics At Bright Haven

All week before the big parade Friday, Lauren kept saying "I get to carry the torch" because I've been good all week!  I sure was hoping that when Friday came she was the actual torch carrier because she would have been so disappointed if she didn't get to.  The teachers apparently put the kids name in a box every time they were doing good things and the kid that had the most names in the box got to carry the torch.  Lauren must have been on her best behavior all week because she got to be the torch carrier!  Colton's class mad mini torches so they could all carry one but the parade started early (for the first time ever) so I missed his class walk around.  :-(

Since Colton's class had already gone around the building I decided I would take his photo with his gold medal when we got home.  Future Michael Phelps anyone???

Love this boy!

So proud of our little Olympians!

Fourth Week At Home

Sleeping Beauty in one of Ava's outfits

Aunt Lisa, Uncle Ryan and Cousin Kieran visited this week

Look at that smile!  I think Kiki is ready for a little brother or sister!