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!!!

5 Days and Counting

Only 5 days left until we have our baby. We are getting so excited. Especially me since it is now 100+ everyday. Not to fun to be pregnant and baking in the Las Vegas heat. So the day can't come soon enough for me. Although it really hasn't been half as bad as I had expected. Our doctor has us scheduled to get induced on July 2. I can't believe that this is our 3rd time through all this. It brings back so many memories of when we did this with Mason and Kinley. And every time it is just as exciting and amazing.

We have been busy getting things ready the last month. It finally hit me that I was running out of time and had better get going on some of those last minute projects that had been adding up. So I got out the sewing machine and started tackling them all. I was able to make some really cute burp cloths, blankets and changing pads. They all turned out really cute and I had so much fun. I am glad to say that I have been able to get everything on the list done. Thank goodness she didn't come early I have needed everyday to get things accomplished. But I can now say we are completely ready. What a great feeling. Now we can just sit back and enjoy our time until things get fun and crazy around here!!!

Fun on the Strip

I am really behind on blogging! So my goal is to get caught up before we have our baby. Since I know free time will be hard to find soon. A couple weeks ago Chris's sister Sarah and her husband and little boy came to see us. One day while they were here we decided to go down on the strip and walk around. This is something that I think we can count on one hand we have done since we have moved here. I think the only time that we go down there is when we have family in town. When we go down there it feels like a whole other world. It's almost like we are on a vacation ourselves. But we had a good time. It was nice because it wasn't to hot and the kids had a good time. Here are some fun pics of our trip. For some reason Mason is not in many of these pictures. I think he was sitting in the stroller and not in the mood for pictures. Oh well.

Starving Little Girl!!!

The other night I guess I started dinner just a little to late for Kinley. By the time I had things ready and was putting it in the oven she just started crying when I told her that we had to cook it. So this is how she spent the next 25 mins. I felt bad, but it was so cute I couldn't help but laugh. Oh and don't mind the Utah State jersey she is sporting. She absolutely loves it. This was one of Mason's first USU jerseys that we bought him and he found it and lovingly passed it down to Kinley. I have to hide it from her or she would try and wear it everyday. She runs around yelling football. It is so cute. So far she is following in her brothers footsteps and loves everything about sports. I think mostly because she wants to be big and do everything like him. She is so cute and we love having her in our family!!!!!

Fathers and Sons Campout

This last weekend was our ward fathers and sons camp out. Mason has been so excited he could hardly stand himself. He has been counting down for weeks waiting for this weekend to come. He and Chris have talked about it every night when we tuck him into bed. So he was so happy when it was finally time to get things packed up and leave the girls behind. He was so cute and helped me make a list of the things that he thought he might need up at camp. Then when I asked him what kind of snacks he thought he wanted to take camping he thought for a couple minutes and told me Jerky and Tootsie Rolls. I then asked him about drinks and something a little more healthy and he told me "no we don't need anything else Mom just Jerky and Tootsie rolls and we will be just right". They had such a great time. I think he smiled from the minute they backed out of the driveway until they came home. When he got home he told me all about the sticks and rocks that he had found while he was up there. When they got up there they set up the tent and then were hanging out around the campfire and Mason kept telling Chris come on Dad lets just go back to our tent and eat our snacks. I think all he did from the time they got there until they came home is eat jerky. Oh well I guess that is what,s fun about camping is eating whatever you want. Mason had so much fun and hasn't stopped talking about their trip. I sent the camera with Chris and lectured him forever about getting some good pictures and he did a great job. Here are some cute pics of their trip.