My Baby....

My baby's birthday is today. Taylor is 8. Holy crimony, where did the time go???

I had her via a scheduled c-section, which turned out to be a good thing, because she was breech. I loved our time in the hospital after her birth. It was not only great bonding time, but I got to sleep, was fed 3 square meals a day, other people changed my bedding, read when I wanted to, and more.

She's been such a joy in my life. She's a really good kid, and wears her heart on her sleeve. She's a friendly person, and has many friends at school. She gets along with everybody. She's not perfect, but she really is a great person.

So happy birthday, baby girl. Mommy loves you........

She thought this thing sticking to her butt was the funniest thing ever!!

Taylor loves her tubbies.

She was falling asleep while eating popcorn. When trying to take the bowl from her to put her to bed, she would wake up and throw a fit; she wasn't ready for bed and wanted that popcorn, lol.

That's just my silly Taylor....

I love this picture; she's so sweet.....

Hmmm, wonder what happened to her shirt? lol

She fell asleep in the Elmo chair while watching a movie.

Brushing her teeth.

She loves her Daddy....

Cute little conehead.

Fun Day with the Brownies

Taylor had a Brownie outing today; we went to Lewis' Farms in New Era. They have a corn maze, a giant inflated pillow to bounce on, pumpkin patch, petting zoo, and more. (Of course I had to buy some fudge and strawberry preserves). The kids had a blast, and Taylor was one wore out puppy by the time we got home.

One big-ass inflatible pumpkin

This camel was funnier than hell, trying to sniff Taylor.

Taylor and her donkey friend

Taylor & Emily

Taylor on the big bouncy pillow

Emma & Taylor looking like a ghost

Taylor feeding her friend

Monday, Oct. 20, 2008

Today was a busier day than usual. The a.m. kindergartners had no school and the rest had a half day. So we served 11 at lunchtime and were very productive, lol.

Taylor had a pizza party for cheer leading (end of season). It was at Goodrich Park in Whitehall. It's such a nice park, right on the lake with some new play structures. Of course the girls ended up playing football with the boys. Taylor got tackled pretty good, but came out fighting!! While she was there I went to the gym. Only got 25 min. on the treadmill, but it's better than nothing! I then stopped at Plumb's for milk & pop. (Katie doesn't have to call me and moo into the phone now..... That's either her way of calling me fat or telling me that we need milk, lmfao. I know, it's the milk, but I still think it's funny.

Came home and Judy was telling me how good Ethan was at cleaning up. He usually gives her a hard time, so that was nice to hear. But just as she was telling me, I looked over to see Bretten BITING Ethan on the arm; I mean RIPPING into the boy!!! If it weren't for Ethan's long sleeves, I'm sure Bretten would have drawn blood. As it was, he broke the skin AND left scrape marks. I have NEVER had such a bad bite in my daycare!! I felt sorry for Ethan, that had to of hurt like hell!! We put an ice pack on it and he had a pop tart for snack, so it was all good for him then, lol. His mom was ok with it; Ethan's 2 year old little brother is a biter, too, so she was understanding. Bretten is 4, and should be over that stage, but he's only been here for a couple of weeks, and he hadn't been here in 4-5 days because he had been sick. He's never been in daycare before, so it's been a bit of a tough transition. He'll be fine, though, as long as he keeps his fangs to himself. :)

I guess I'll go lay down, maybe I'll be sleeping by 1 if I go now......

So Taylor says today at lunch....

My Mom gave us some donut holes yesterday. After lunch, Taylor looked at them and said, "I wish I was a donut so that I could eat myself".

A little disturbing, I thought..... lol

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Got woke up at 11 this morning by the phone. Got up and showered and started homework. I have to make blocks for my ECE class. And reading, holy cow is there alot of reading!!

Met Mom in Rothbury to pick up the girls. We had an awesome day; they didn't fight, Heather was super good, and I got alot of homework & more reading done. Made dinner, Taylor showered, and got them to bed.

On Extremem Makeover Home Edition they had a woman & her family on there from North Carolina. She's a childcare provider, too. They got a 5000 square foot house and a 500 square foot daycare that's attached to their home. So Katie, Judy & I hatched out a plan.... Have them build a house here on our property for us, build a house on Judy's property for Katie, and build a mother-in-law type apartment for Judy. She said that was fine with her; she'd give up her property for that. Man, that would be nice....

So it was a really bland day, but I feel like I got alot done homework-wise.....

Saturday Stuff

Taylor had her last football game to cheer for today. They had it at the Tri-City's Field, which turned out to be 45 minutes away. Strange since all of the other games have been more local. My Mom & Grandma went to go see her, too. Grandma Great hadn't been to see her yet, and I'm sure she enjoyed it.
I had Riley & Bronson today, so I had to stay home. They were turds; they hadn't napped (they're 2 & 3 year old brothers). I spent most of the day cleaning. It's getting too cold to hang the rugs out on the porch after washing them, though, because it's getting so cold. It only got up to about 53* today. Not too bad, unless you're trying to dry rugs.

Mom & Grandma came and got the girls after they ran errands. The girls are spending the night with Mom & Tom tonight. They're going to church in the morning, too. They enjoy going. I guess I should take them, but we're either doing something, going somewhere, or once in awhile I get to sleep in. Maybe I'm just lazy...... I just don't think that you need to go to church to know what you believe in. Of course we're talking about kids, and they will eventually make their own decisions...... I guess it's one part of parenting that you won't know if you did ok until much later.......