Taylee

While I was in Wyoming visiting my sister one of the things we did was have Taylee's pictures taken. It was so much fun. One of my friends from High School lives there and is an amazing photographer. So I jumped at the chance to have her take some pictures for us. She is so SUPER talented. She has just taught herself and really been serious for only one year. You would think she had been doing this her whole life!!! The pictures turned out so cute. She completely captured Taylee and her sweet little spirit in these pictures. I love them all so much but here are a few of our favorites. Thanks again Carolyn!!!!!!!

Trip to Wyo.

Right before Halloween I finally got to go see my super cute niece. I have been so excited to go and visit and finally get my hands on that sweet little girl. Taylee and I flew out and had so much fun going. It was so fun to see Shalee and Chase and meet Tatum. All I can say is she is sooooo cute. She seemed so tiny, you forget how little they are when they are born. Even though it was only 4 months ago that Taylee was that size. I had such a great time while I was there. I got to just hang out with them and get tons of snuggles from her. It was so funny to see Taylee and Tatum together. They are only 3 months apart but there is a world of a difference between the two of them. It looked more like Taylee was about 6 months older than Tatum. We got some really cute pictures of them together. I am so excited they are so close in age. They are going to have so much fun together as they grow up. We even got to see my Mom while we were there. Which was so fun. It is so hard to live so far away from everyone. It was so hard to leave and say goodbye to them all. I am going to have such a hard time being so far away from that sweet little baby. I am so glad that my amazing husband took time off of work and stayed with Mason and Kinley so I could get away for a couple days. It was a really great trip. I am already counting down days until I can get my hands on Tatum at Thanksgiving.

Sorry about the sideways pictures. I do know how to fix it, but my computer is going crazy and I don't have the time to mess with it. Sorry.

Pumpkin Carving

A couple nights before Halloween we carved our pumpkins. The kids thought it was so neat. Mason just dug right in and loved getting all the seeds and slime out. Kinley on the other hand wanted nothing to do with cleaning out the inside. She would only use a spoon and scrape it a little bit. But as soon as her hands got dirty she would stop and go wash her hands. So as you can imagine she was washing her hands often. Mason drew his own face on all by himself and it turned out pretty good. They both loved it when we got done seeing them all lit up . I love having little kids they think the littlest things are so amazing.

Happy Halloween

We had such a fun Halloween this year. The kids have been looking forward to it for weeks. Mason decided that he wanted to be Batman and Kinley picked out a super girl costume and Taylee was a little pig. Chris also decided to dress up as Clark Kent. We had a really great night and went to our ward Trick or Trunking. The kids loved going from car to car and getting treats. Kinley would look in her bucket and just stare every time she got a piece of candy. It was such a fun night and the weather was great.

So Sweet!!!

This is my new sweet, adorable little niece. My sister had her on Oct. 1, she weighed 5 lbs. 15 oz. and was 17 inches long. They named her Tatum Shalee. She is so stinking cute. I can't wait to hold her. I am so glad that I only have to wait one more week to see her. I am going to take a little trip with Taylee and we are going to fly there to see her. It will be my first trip without Mason and Kinley. My sweet husband is taking time off so that I can have a fun weekend. I am counting down days and seconds until I get to meet my new little niece. Congrats Shalee and Chase. Tatum is a lucky girl to have such wonderful parents. Plus aren't these pictures so amazing. One of our friends from S.V. took them. She is soooo talented. All I can say is she so cute, cute, cute and I already lover her to pieces!!

Happy Birthday Mason!

The Invites



The Cupcakes


Obstacle Course


Birthday Boy



Party Time


Last week was Mason's birthday. I can't believe he is 5 already. He is such a sweet boy. He is an amazing big brother to his 2 little sisters. He is so curious and creative. He is constantly amazing me with the things he thinks of. He is so much fun and I love seeing the world through his eyes. We love, love, love, having him in our family.





He has been looking forward to his birthday for so long. It seems like almost 9 months ago he started asking when his birthday was going to be. So you can imagine how excited he has been. He decided that he wanted a superhero/batman party. So batman it was. I made batman invitations for all his friends which he loved. He carried his invitation around everywhere he went all week long. It was cute. Then I decided to make capes for all his little friends that came to the party. It was a lot of work. But I just kept picturing in my mind all his little friends running around in our backyard with their capes on. Mason loved the capes, he could hardly wait for his party so he could have his cape. Then when all his friends got here he would excitedly hand each of them their capes.





For the party we had pizza and batman cupcakes. We did a superhero obstacle course which Mason loved. Each of the kids ended up doing it over and over. We then did pin the bat on the batman. Then we had tons of balloons that had candy inside of them. We then threw them out and they had to get the balloons (a.k.a the bad guys). In the end instead of doing treat bags I bought a whole bunch of candy and set up a little makeshift candy bar. Each kid got to fill up their bag with candy. It all turned out really fun. Mason had so much fun. He was just grinning the whole time. Throughout the week while I was working on things Mason came up to me and said " Mom I just love when you do really special things for my birthday party. It makes me so happy." When he said that I knew all the work and time was so worth it. I had so much fun doing it and I know all to soon he is going to be way to big. And he will think things like this are so not cool. I figure I need to do it while I still can. He is still talking about all of it a week later. I love that boy!!!!

2 Months Old

Taylee is two months old now. I can't believe it. It has gone by so fast. It feels like just yesterday we brought her home from the hospital. She is such a GOOD baby!!! She has started sleeping 9 hours at night. Which is heavenly for Chris and I. She is smiling and talks a little bit. She loves any attentions she gets and smiles the whole time if you will sit and talk to her. She loves the bears that hang on her swing and I will often find her smiling and cooing to them. (IT is so precious). She loves her brother and sister and will stop crying when they come and talk to her. She has started getting the cutest little rolls on her legs. I could just kiss them all day long. Overall she is very easy going and so much fun.

WE took her to the doctor today and she got 3 shots. I hate those things. I know they are for her own good, but still completely hate them. She is our first kid who I have sat with while they have gotten shots. I usually make Chris do it because I almost cry every time. But the good part of the visit was finding out how big she has gotten. She now weighs 12.5 lbs. and is in the 90% for her weight. And she is 25 1/2 inches long, which is over 100% for her length. Our doctor said she is off the charts on that one. I guess so far it looks like she is on the fast track to being really tall.

Blessing

We blessed Taylee today. It was a really neat day. Chris's sister and her husband and son came for the blessing. And we also had Chris's Aunt and her family at the blessing. We were so glad that they could be here with us on her special day.

My Mom made the most beautiful blessing dress for Taylee. It is amazing!!! I can't even begin to explain how perfect and wonderful it turned out. My Mom is so amazingly talented and we were so lucky she would spend so much time making such sweet dress for her. It is a definite keepsake. She even embroidered on the inside of the dress Chris and my names with the date that we got married. Then she put Precious child of God Taylee Karen Black and then the date she was born. It is so neat. My Mom is soooo talented! She looked so beautiful in the dress. I tried to get some good pictures of her in it. But seeing her in it in person is priceless. I had a hard time taking it off her at the end of the day. She just looked so sweet in it. Mason kept telling me all day long how pretty she was in her dress. It was so sweet. When he got up this morning he came over to Taylee and said in the sweetest voice "Taylee today is your really special day". It was so cute!

Overall it was a really neat day. We are so thankful to have her sweet little spirit in our family. She has definitely been so much fun and brings our family so much joy. We love her so much!!!

The Big 29

Saturday was Chris's birthday. He turned 29, only one more year til he turns the big 30. We had such a fun day celebrating with him. Mason has been talking about it for weeks and helping me plan his day. We woke up early (the kids and I) and had to decorate the house. Mason insisted that it was a must to have the house all decorated special for Daddy. So we decorated and let Chris sleep in and then made him homemade waffles for breakfast. After breakfast the kids couldn't wait any longer for him to open his presents. So we hung out and opened presents. I love how excited kids get about birthdays. As you get older it seems like it gets less exciting. So the kids made the day so much fun. We hung out and went to Cafe Rio for lunch. Then Chris got tickets and he and Mason went to the USU vs. UNLV football game. What a perfect end to the day. We couldn't believe that USU came here for their opening game and on his birthday. It just doesn't get any better than that.

It seems like I am always talking about our kids and I don't post very much about my amazing husband. I definitely got lucky when I married Chris. He is the most amazing father and husband. He always puts the kids and I first no matter what. He is the kind of guy who wakes up in the middle of the night to change all the diapers and help me with the kids. He cleans up the puke since I can't seem to stomach it. ( I am so lucky!!!!). He does all the baths and always has since Mason was born and still does to this day. To sum it up he is AMAZING DAD!!!! And it doesn't stop there he is an amazing husband. He makes me smile everyday and is always for there for me. He is my best friend and without a doubt the man I can't wait to spend eternity with!!!

Happy Birthday Chris We love you !!!

Mt. Charleston

A couple weeks ago we decided to escape the Vegas heat and drive up to Mt. Charleston for a little picnic and hike. We had so much fun. You could tell the kids have been stuck in the house for the last month with nowhere to burn off all that energy. They just ran around in circles and played in the dirt the entire time we were there. I don't think either one of them stopped to rest until we loaded them up in the car to drive home. They both fell asleep within minutes of getting into the car. It was so fun to be exploring and playing in the mountains. I think that is the biggest thing Chris and I miss about Utah. It is amazing that driving for less than an hour and it's at least 20 degrees cooler. Which makes a huge difference when it's 110 outside. Mason was so funny while we were there he kept telling us how much he loved being at "tallest mountain" . I guess that is what he thought it was called. It sounds a little like something off of Dora or Diego. Maybe that is what happens when you live in Vegas that any mountain seems like a huge mountain. Since that Saturday he keeps asking us when we are going back to tallest mountain. Hopefully we can go back soon.

Update

I have been a major slacker with the blogging. I guess since free time is something I don't have a lot of right now I haven't been able to post anymore pictures of Taylee for a couple weeks. Things are getting more normal everyday and we are starting to get a new routine down though.

We are having have been having so much fun with a new baby in the house again. Mason and Kinley absolutely love her. They have done so good with the big adjustment and just love her to pieces. They are both constantly coming over and giving her kisses all day long. They ask about a million times a day to hold her and think it's so fun to sing and talk to her. Mason is such a big help and anytime Taylee is crying and I need him to help he will hold her hand and she instantly stops crying. Which is helpful while we are trying to potty train Kinley. Talk about bad timing. Oh well I can't wait to have her out of diapers so we won't feel like we are going broke with 2 kids in diapers.

And Taylee, well she is the best baby!! She is so easy going and hardly ever cries. She is doing really good at night which makes it so nice for Chris and I. She has been such a huge blessing in our lives. We are so thankful to have her in our family!!

She is Here !!!!!

Our sweet little girl is finally here. We are so excited to have a new addition to our family. She came on July 2. We went into the hospital around 8:30 to get induced and she was here at 11:10. We had an awesome delivery and it was by far the best, easiest and fastest one so far. Which I was so happy about. She weighed 8 lbs 1 oz and was 20 in. long. She has tons of dark black hair and is adorable. We named her Taylee Karen Black. So far she is a perfect baby. She hardly ever cries and only wakes up about 2 times during the night. Which I am absolutely loving!!!! We are having so much fun with her. You forget how tiny and amazing these little babies are. Mason and Kinley are having so much fun with her too. They both love holding her and singing her songs when she cries. They have both done really well with the big change. When they came to the hospital to see her Mason crawled up in bed with me and said " Mom your tummy is gone. You're a real Mom again." It was so funny. We are doing good and adjusting to things but have been so lucky to have tons of help from our family. We are so thankful and feel so blessed to have Taylee in our lives!!!