Potty trained

On February 17th, this little boy decided that he was going to now use the big boy potty. We have tried many differet things in the past to try to encourage him to use the potty but none of them worked. One day he decided to sit on the potty and actually went. I naturally rewarded him with lots of candy and made a huge deal out of it and ever since he has been going on the potty. We have had a few accidents but for the most part he remembers to go all by himself and even goes #2 on the potty. It took him a few days to figure that one out but he was so excited when he finally did. He went into the potty and closed the door and told Ben that it was going to get stinky. A few seconds later he screamed "I just went poop!" Such a proud moment. So even if his fashion skills are still in the works (as pictures below...this is how he dressed himself one day all by himself) he is now officialy potty trained!

4 Months Old

This little sunshine turned 4 months old on February 4th. At her 4 month appointment she weighed in at 12 lbs 14 oz (50th percentile) and was 25.5 inches long (95th percentile).

She learned to roll over from her back to her tummy on February 15th and has been doing it non stop since. She now spends a lot of her time on her tummy trying to figure out how to make herself go. She has in the past few weeks (closer to 5 months) been able to get her legs under her but can't figure out how then to move. I am thinking within a month that this little girl will be crawling. She loves to be moving.

She also is now quite intrested in the remotes, phones and table food. She loves to grab your glass and take a sip of your water. We haven't introducted her to solids yet but will in another month.

One of her favorite things to do recently is sit in her bumbo and play with toys. Think she likes the different perspective.


Lastly, this girl is all smiles and just loves to smile at everyone. She has brought so much joy to our life. She continues to sleep 10-12 hours at night which also brings us more joy!

Logan continues to love his little sister so very much. He always says that he is going to protect her. Sure hope he keeps up that promise!

Two Months Old

It's crazy how fast things can change over 2 months. Taylor is now sleeping through the night. Like 12 hours between feedings, the wonderful child. The first few times I thought it was just lucky but at about 2 months she started to do it regularly. It has been wonderful.

She is also starting to smile at just about anything. She loves to be sung to and will let out a few short laughs. She made her first trip to Idaho the week before Thanksgiving and did wonderful.

At her two month appointment she weighed 11 lbs 3 oz (5oth percentile) and was 23.5 inches long (90th percentile). She still continues to be a fabulous eater and takes a bottle wonderfully. I went back to work at 8 weeks and have been adjusting to that. I have decided to work 2 ten hours days and then a few days from home. I think it will work out nicely for us. We are also having someone come to our house to tend the kids on those days which is nice. Hopefully we can avoid getting Taylor sick during this RSV season.

Here are just a few pictures (ok a lot) of pictures of Taylor over the last months.

These are from a photo shoot at home when she was about 2 months old. Trying to catch a smile. Got a full body one. Thrilled to be putting up the xmas tree.

Love this hat. Our sleeping cutie at 1 month old.

Big Brother is very interesting.

With my mommy!

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Happy Halloween

Due to our Hawaii trip, last year we never made it over to our local pumpkin patch to pick out pumpkins. This year, although we just had a little one, we decided to make a trip over to pick out our pumpkins. Logan loved walking around the pumpkin patch and decided that he wanted a little pumpkin. He also enjoyed running through a maze that they had. Once we had our pumpkins we got together with some neighbors to take on pumpkin carving. I always somewhat dread this task but am always glad that we do it. We kept it pretty simple this year and only carved two pumpkins. I carved the happy traditional pumpkin and Ben carved the other one. Logan was very interested to see what was inside the pumpkins but when he saw it was slimy seeds he bailed and went and played with his friend and let his daddy finish the yucky job. Taylor spent the whole night in the swing. Even though we put forth the effort to carve our pumpkins this year we still forgot on Halloween night to put a candel in them. Oops.
On Halloween night, we invited my parents and sister and her husband over for some dinner, cookie making and trick or treating. Logan told us this year that he wanted to be an elephant because he loved the baby Zuri at the Hogle Zoo. Thankfully Ben's sister had a wonderful elephant costume that she let us borrow. At first, I thought it looked huge but really it fit him perfectly. I love these pictures of him and just smile every time I look at them. Taylor was a black cat. We dressed her up in this cute little outfit that I found. I loved the hat and the kitty on her bum.
The weather was a little wet this year so we waited until the rain stopped before we headed out that night to trick-or-treat. It was cold but it wasn't raining on us. For some reason, Logan didn't want to wear his elephant hat that night but regardless he still looked cute and the costume kept him super warm.


Due to the weather, we opted to leave Taylor at home with my family while we went out with Logan. When we were done trick-or-treating we came home and made some of these yummy sugar cookies.

Then on Sunday night we headed over to the Ellis home and had our traditional Ellis Family Halloween party. This year I made some mummy hot dogs that the kids really seemed to like. Ben was Al from Home Improvement (last minute idea) and I was a witch. The party was fun but the kids seemed to be a little more energized since we did it after Halloween instead of before. Nevertheless, we enjoyed our time playing games and eating yummy food.