BIG NEWS!!!

When people post a post header like "big news" in all caps, They are generally pregnant. Not  the case with this fam. Our news however is quite momentous to us. Sophie, is known for her long, long, and incredibly time consuming and tear inducing hair. After seeing me cut my hair, she decided she was ready to part with hers.

Goodbye lovely locks

TADA!!

Do you think she likes it??

We cut it at home, in the Kitchen, while Miles was squawking for attention and there are few things that are screaming at my to be reshaped, but She looks so cute and grown up and a little strange. She hasn't had hair this short since before she was 2. 

what do you get when you cross a ninja, a bear and a bride???

....The Taylor children on Halloween! Sam was ninja for the second year in a row. this year, he was a black one though. Sophies initial costume request was "a teenager girl lion" after that proved to be out of my realm of creativity and Targets inventory, she decided on a "wedding girl" Miles costume was from Sam when he was a year old. 

It was a warm, almost November night, The kids made a haul and Miles fell asleep as we were going door to door. It was a great Halloween

Miles Blessing

We finally were able to bless our babe. We planned to bless him a little later because of winter and my general paranoia of people and the possible germs they might carry. Then we ended up moving and we were in a new ward. Then a few more excuses later, we were finally able to give this sweet boy a name and a blessing. Seeing as he is the equivalent to a 20 pound sack of potatoes that poops and cries and has developed an intense fear of strangers, I was a little worried about the way traditional blessing generally go. Our family is not all that typical so we rolled with it. Steve sat on a stool and held said "sack of potatoes" We got a few forbidden objects like my cell phone, and the remote to try to keep him happy for the duration of the blessing. We just had it at our home which I much prefer than at the church. Just my parents and Steve's parents were there and although I missed our family members, It was so much more relaxed than my older two kids. It was less about cleaning the house and feeding the multitudes and more about Miles. Steve gave him a beautiful blessing. He had a bit of my hopes for his future and some of his, as well as some things from our Heavenly Father because I felt the spirit there even though halfway through Miles looked at the bishopric and didn't like that there were so many people he didn't recognize and he started to wail. Dad persevered through the cries. I was really happy and proud and feel incredibly blessed.

2nd grader

    Life continues to move at such a quick pace. Before I've had time to catch my breath I find that Summer is over and my little Sammo is going into second grade. He is getting over his jitters and nerovousness and is playing hard core with friends all day. I'm so happy for him that he seems to be gaining more confidence and is allowing his little comfortable world to be much bigger. 

His teacher seems fantastic! She seems to be so involved and invested. One of her assignments was for each child to bring his/her favorite book to put on a bookshelf and let the other kids in the class read it. He chose to bring Matilda. When I was putting him to bed last night, I could sense there was something wrong. I knew he was fretting about something. When he does that, It's hard for him to talk about what he's thinking about without crying. He started to tell me as he was holding back the tears. He said, "Mrs Grandstaff said we had to bring our favorite book and my favorite book is Matilda, but then she told us we have to read it outloud in front of the whole class, and my book is 250 pages, that's going to take all day!"  His little logical, rule following brain cracks me up sometimes. I let him know it was totally ok to bring a second favorite book.

Today, Sam even rode his bike to school by himself for the first time. 

Little Martha

My Soph really likes to make anything she can, pretty. She likes to make her bed and decorate thins with her stuffed animals. She loves to pick the roses from the backyard and put them in a vase and set the table for dinner around that. I have not been clothes shopping since I had the babe. It's no fun when you are the biggest you have ever been in your life. The other day, I went to  get some school shoes for Soph. The store was having a buy one get one sale. I decided to check out the women's shoes. Sophie was in HEAVEN. She was pulling every high heel or bedazzled shoe she could find saying, "Mom, You have GOT to try these one!" She really made me feel kind of bold and less frump. She is going to be one great little shopping buddy if I ever get around to doing that. 

She decides what we were going to have for lunch today, I chopped and she arranged. It's almost too pretty to eat.

fatty

We all lovingly refer to this boy as fatty, or tubba. I wish these pictures would show his thunder thighs and his cankles. They are truly awesome. He is now 20 lbs and is moving right along. I spend most of my time lugging this boy around on my hip. Thank heaven for hips! no one can say that God didn't have a hand in creating those for women. They work like an extra appendage.

This babe is unbelievably sweet and incredibly silly. I have never seen a baby giggle and belly laugh like this one does. He laughs mostly at his sister. He also can't not put EVERYTHING in his mouth. I love, love, love, him

Miles is 8 months old today. He currently has no teeth. is not sleeping through the night... Loves his mama best... loves to play on his tummy... doesn't scoot yet but can get around by rolling... is not going to be put up with being weened anytime soon, this boy loves to nurse. Steve calls me the "lunch lady" He has been a really healthy little guy. He has had two mild colds and no ear infections or anything like that. I was so paranoid with him being a preemie but he is doing just fine now. 

Blog Schmog

So much has happened in the last few months and from the looks of my blog, it's as if nothing has happened at all. I like to blog. I need to start doing it again. I like to keep record of my cute kids beacause, lets face it, they are ridiculously great and I am realizing more than ever how fast they are growing and changing. Miles is 6 months old already. He has discovered that his voice can be a great source of entertainment. That kid can scream sooo loud and the pitch is so high it just hurts my head. At his 6 month check-up he was 18 lbs. 9 oz. He has got the fattest legs I have seen. He is all body, his legs are quite short. According to Steve, this is the build of a football player. All I know is that he could be a professional snuggler. This kid loves to be held and he just melts right into me, I can't help but hold him all day. No wonder I get nothing done.


       Another new happening is that we moved.... just down the road.... new ward though. The house doesn't feel like home yet. We have our stuff in here but I haven't even gotten around to organizing my pantry. There are no pictures on the walls, and my bedroom I fear, will never come together. It's a fabulous bedroom. It;s on the top floor of the house and it's huge!! and HOT!! The bathroom is super tiny and there is no vent in there and it may as well be a sauna. Then on the upside, I have a french door leading out onto a little private deck. This has potential to be great of course but as of right now there are pieces of steves desk he has not yet assembled in front of it. maybe by the end of summer, we can enjoy it. The baby's room is nearly finished. What is it about babies rooms that are so fun to decorate? My mom made this great, colorful quilt so it has been easy to just toss whatever color in there and it just works.


      I shaved Sammos head... then Steve wanted his shaved too. I dig Steve with a shaved head... just sayin' I will post a pic soon so you can see what I mean. Miles is also bald. I suppose he is the one that set the trend. Speaking of hair, that is half of my life at the moment. Work has been so so busy. Which is good right? I'm just so glad I son't schedule my own appointments anymore. It's so hard for me to tell someone I can't get them in for 2 weeks It's better that Miss Barbara does it.


     Sophie is so much fun and so trying right now. She loves to do "make-up overs" She was doing my makeup the other night and as she was putting it on me she exclaimed, "Girrrl you look GOOD!" Oh man, she's the best. You should have seen her handiwork too. I looked like I had been beat up.


      Sam has spent his summer playing outside. He goes next door to play basketball. We don;t have a hoop at this house. My neighbor told me that he knocked ont the door to ask to their hoop and then did the same the next day but said, "Am I welcome to play anytime I want, or would you like me to ask you everytime first?" He is such a sweet kid. He has been so helpful to me and always seems to want to lighten my load somehow. Whenever we are in the check-out line, He scolds me if I try to help put the groceries on the little conveyor belt thingy. He has decide that it's his job and I should just "relax". I love him. And I love that he made me a mama. It's my favorite thing to be.


      Maybe with a goal of blogging, I will get some projects done around the house, so I can post pictures of them, and whoever reads it will think I'm super awesome.