another reason to adore Reagan

fashion sense.

yucky

Greyson's puking. Grr!!! He started Saturday night...was kinda fine yesterday...and woke up a couple of hours ago..well, covered! Poor little muffin. I hope it doesn't make its way to the rest of the Taylor Clan.
Other than that....its been going really well around the household. I can't believe it's April tomorrow already! Hooray!

I guess I best go check on da baby.

Easter at the Taylors

Photo courtesy of Reagan Taylor

Happy Spring!!!!

Hooray for Spring! I can't believe it! This has been the longest, coldest, wettest, darkest, windiest, snowiest, iciest, freezingist, burriest, frigidist, itchy-dry skinniest (although not really skinniest in the other sense), below zeroist winter I can remember! Yeah Spring! go YOU!! Are you feelin' it?

Greyson

The little man's rolling all over the carpet...and doing the army crawl. He's super duper close to the real crawling deal. yikes! where'd my little baby go already?? and yes..that IS red nail polish you see there. What's wrong with that??

Flashin' Back Friday

Here's a picture I took of my childhood home in Helena, Montana when we were there the other week. My! How those bushes have grown! We painted the house this color...I remember cause it had been lime green! but that was27 years ago! Update, new owners, update!!! yikes!! ..but kinda fun nonetheless!

Boys' Room

Here's a shameless plug for "uppercaseliving". (shameless...because I don't sell it!) I got this cute little sticker thing for something like 16 bucks! You order them from a catalog...and they have everything under the sun! You can also personalize your order (like...put your kids' names on their walls) Super fun. I was talking to a good friend yesterday who hadn't heard of it..so I thought I'd best put the word out! (hi Jen..love ya! Sorry I thought you were a socilitor so I gave you my grumpy voice!) What's your new favorite thing??

Stinker...

So...Reagan's latest naughty thing (one of them) is that she likes to make a quick blowing sound after I ask/tell her something to do...or something that she doesn't quite agree with. For instance..I might say, " Reagan, it's time to start getting ready for bed now.". That would quickly Reagan's lips puckered up and she'd immediately "blow" at me. Rather sassy, and obviously disrespectful...her little way of talking back without realllly saying anything. I've been trying to call her on this little nuisance whenever it happens. So...yesterday I had asked her to do something...got my usual "blow off"..and I promptly told her it was unacceptable, disrectful, etc...."It's just the wind, mom!" That's what I got. Whew...what a stinker!

TIME

OH...the horror of time for me lately. It's sick. I'm simultaneously freaked out about how quickly it's all going...and how fast my kiddos are growing up...and at the same time, wishing it all away. One year. Geoff will be done with residency in one little year. Everyone I know whose husband's have recently graduated keep telling me how quickly this last year goes by. I'm glad to hear that..sooo anxious to see where God leads us next (Montana...please!:) and at the same time trying to savor all the moments of Greyson's fleeting days as a baby, and taking in the adorable and tender things that Reagans tells me daily. I can hardly fit Brooks in my lap. In fact...I thought I would show him how strong I am last night by carrying him to bed...and had to hand him off to Geoff half way there! I want to be mindful and purposeful with the gift of this time. That's my thought as of late.

6 Word Memoir

I've been tagged by my dear Christie...the challenge is to write a six word "memoir" to sum up your life...or your thoughts...or something you'd like someone to remember you by. I've been stirring this over for a couple of days...and I think, at least for now...here's mine. This is what He's been whispering to me lately:

**"When I am weak, He's strong" ***

ok sounds better to say He IS strong....but I was trying to squeeze it into six! :)

and now...I tag....Cory, Bryn, Julie, Laura, and Ann. You have to tag five people..and leave a link to this page...

Friday Flashback...I just love these

and now..to talk about these pictures. Here's Geoff's mom with the kiddos. I desperately needed to buy a bigger "card" to hold the pics on our new camera. durr...I have no pics of my mom and dad and stuff. I realize I look like fat turd in this pic with Geoff...but it was the first time we'd actually had our picture taken together in a long, long time. Cory, Nicole, Reagan, Brooks, and Kaden dancing at Cory's wedding. precious! oh...and my wonderful friend Ann on the bottom photo drove over from Great Falls (our husbands met in med school) Sorry we didn't get to see you, Dave..and thanks for the Macaroni Grill..Ann! What fun to see you! We hope God opens up the doors for us to move back to Montana next year. It was great to see everybody!

Montana Happenings..

VACATIOn

We're on one...well.....leaving today anyways...for Montana! Pics to follow...we're driving....kids are sick....say a prayer, will ya?

More Friday Flashbacks

These were taken in Feb of 2004. Geoff was a 4th year med student..and we were living in West Des Moines. Look at how tiny that apt. was! How'd we do that?? Reagan's torticollus (sp?) wow..we never thought THAT would resolve! also...loook at the NOT FROZEN pond! It really IS a cold winter this year!

The snow.....

see that mailbox??? do ya?? do you see it? Poor Rick...the mailman...he must be ready to quit about now. Oh...I hope he doesn't go postal!
Yes..I DO still have my Christmas wreath up okay? But check out the funky skinny snowman. P.S. we got five MORE inches since this.....wish I could say I wasn't bitter..

Grandpa's new Spider Man Valentine's Day "tat"
A mean game of "Membory" with Grandma...Reagan kicks everyone's boot on that one!
Grandma always loves a craft~
Sweet how they always squeeze in our big chair..

"sprinkling" the Valentine's cupcakes..Reagan and Grandma..

Can I Wake UP????

Reagan...
this is how she "wakes up"..rather...doesn't go to sleep when she's taking her afternoon nap!! I fear the worst. I'm troubled. Alarmed...frightened......I'm afraid..the afternoon naptime has come to an end. Reagan lays down now for about fifteen minutes..and then begins to hollar out, "CAN I WAKE UP?" She USED to just fall asleep! Yikes.....I really think her days of "napping" in the afternoon are over (not like Greyson will sleep while she is, anyways)..dangit. Oh..and today...I found her hidden in her closet eating her Valentine's Chocolate!! Where oh where...would she ever learn that kind of behaviour?????? :) Dear, Sweet, Reagan.

If you don't like the Weather....

just wait five minutes...it'll change? Ya know...we've lived in Montana, Texas, Colorado..and now, Iowa. EVERY place we've lived..the people love that phrase. I will say, however..that within FIVE minutes this morning....it finally rang true! (Geoff and I are always bugged, severely by this expression...just find it annoying to some degree) Anyways..weatherman "Schnackenberg" (yes....it IS his real name..I didn't make that up!) predicted rain today....although we just had about five inches of snow in the night. Being the conscious home owner that I am...coupled with the fact that we missed the little "window" of shoveling opportunity LAST time we had a big rain/ice storm predicted..I got my little hiney out about 6 before the kiddos were too roused to shovel! (G had already left for work about an hour prior..poor guy) anyways...I'm shoveling along like a regular person..when it started to THUNDER/LIGHTNING..and rain on me!!! about two minutes later...it hailed!!! True story.
and now..I'm getting old...because I'm a little too obsessed with weather.

Flash Back Friday...

I've always adored this little picture of Brooks taking a half time break. I guess the picture says it all.

My Mom and Dad are coming!

it's gonna be excited!!! (as Reagan would say) Hurry up and get here mom and dad!!! We can't wait to see you!! I'm gonna be exciting (again..Reago)

Six Month Old Greyson...

How is that possible?? My little baby...my last....my caboose....a half year already? Here's what he's into:

• pulling my hair til I'm forced into his face while he bites my cheeks
• "flubbering" my cheeks...or anything he can get ahold of
• NOT pacifiers
• sitting up
• working over the exercauser......he can make it move all across the living room by rocking it
• wearing 12 month clothing
• smiling whenever he sees Brooks or Reagan.
• loving the "wheels on the bus" song....especially the verse where the kids on the bus go up and down!
• not such a big fan of the solid foods as of yet...getting better. He doesn't gag on the bananas with oatmeal!
• he loves you to read, sing, dance to/with him
• he rolls...and kinda sorta..but not really crawls...but he does manage somehow to get places a little
• robs me of mine heart

Daily Occurences....

is that how you even spelll occurence?? occurrence? ocurrance? ocurrence? looks wrong for some reason...anyways. here goes:
The latest thing I continually hear out of Reagan is the following:...

• "When we go to Montana....can I bring my puppy and books?" (Not a real puppy..no to worry)
• and if it's getting dark out..because we once mentioned in passing that we'd either leave early in the morning or in the evening after G gets off of work...Reagan says..."it's dark out..can we get in the van for Montana now?" 15-19 times a day we hear this.

one might wonder...when ARE we actually really going to Montana?? yeah..that'd be the end of February..this has been going on about two weeks already. Maybe next time we'll wait to tell the kids we're going til a week or two before we're actually going to leave, ya THINK?