Happy Birthday Taylor Buggy!!!

I promise some of the videos on here are not sideways, I always forget. Taylor had a great birthday I think. She didn't tell me that but she seemed pretty happy. It started out with coming downstairs and seeing lots of balloons. We ate breakfast and then opened presents which of course she liked the tissue paper the best. It was the most beautiful day. It really felt like fall; it was in the 60's and we got our sweatshirts on and went for a walk. We then went to the primary ice cream party at the park which was a lot of fun and pretty low key. Glen played football with a bunch of the kids and Matthew had ice cream and played on the playground. Everyone had naps at the same time except me but I wasn't as tired as the other three. Matthew has been struggling with naps lately so Glen tried to lie down with him in our bed (we have tried this before and it didn't work). Luckily, this time it worked. I went upstairs and peeked in on Glen and Matthew dead asleep. I decided to go to the mall since my whole family was sleeping. I left a note for Glen telling him where I was and when I got back they all were still asleep. Taylor usually doesn't sleep that long so this was amazing. That afternoon we went swimming at an indoor pool and for dinner we had pizza. We actually had the birthday cake on Sunday. It was a great day and I am so glad Taylor is a part of our family. I don't know what we would do without her. She is fun, silly, happy, energetic, and sweet. She jabbers all the time and is strong willed just like her brother. She is walking a lot and loves to climb. She sort of says things.......like all done or ahh duhh and wow....whoa, tries to say hi, and of course mama and dada. We love our Taylor buggy.

Big 1 year old

These pictures look a little like Christmas celebrations instead of birthday ones with the pajamas. We got them at a yard sale and she needed pajamas so there you go. Glen changed her out of her jeans and put her in these for her nap.


The balloons were a big hit with Taylor. She walked around and around playing with them for a long time. They are still in our living room today

In the morning opening presents

Swimming at one of the YMCA indoor pools. It is brand new and was a lot of fun.

We actually had her cake the day after her birthday because we didn't get to it on Saturday

Taylor was smelling the cake; really it was almost like she was sniffing it up her nose.

It looks just like a lady bug right? That is as fancy as I get. Do you know how many drops it takes to make your frosting look remotely red? Too many....you got to love tons of red dye #40, so healthy.

Friday: no school or studying=happy everyone

Glen did have his big shelf exam Friday morning but was done around 11 so we had the whole day together. WOW!!! He just finished his internal medicine rotation which meant he had Saturday and Sunday completely off too. We went to MacQueens orchard and had some apple cider, donuts, and walked around the orchard. We didn't actually pick any apples because we are cheap and didn't want to buy a whole bushel. It was fun all the same. Pictures from Taylor's birthday are still coming. I took way too many and took tons of videos too.

Glen's parents were so nice to come down and watch the kids while we went out on a date. We went mini golfing to this place right by our house. It was a lot of fun and as you can see from the picture below I won! We went to a dinner with a bunch of the doctors Glen has been working with. It was fun and we had delicious food.

Trying my best top model pose. Glen was making me laugh so I was trying so hard not to smile. That left an emotionless ugly face; Tyra would tear me apart.

These kids love to climb. I have to really be careful with Taylor; she manages to get on all sorts of things. Sometimes I let them take all the cushions off the couches to climb, slide, and jump on. They love it! They play so well together sometimes.

Growing up

Our car really needed vacumed and cleaned out so I had both kids out in the garage with me helping, which was interesting but we got it done. I took out both of their car seats and decided it was close enough to Taylor's birthday to give her Matthew's seat and get out Matthew's new booster seat. We had to go for a drive to try them out so we went to the library. They both love their new seats and I kept looking back at Taylor while we were driving because she just looked so cute and seemed so big to be in a forward facing car seat. Well, we are back to the blogging world so here is what we have been up to this last month. I can't believe Taylor's birthday is this Saturday, more about her to come.
Taylor cleaning out the cupboard

First day of preschool

We started a little preschool on Monday for these five sweet kids. We are just trading between moms and doing it once a week for two hours. I had it at my house first and it went very well. I think they had fun and I was impressed with how well they all behaved and listened. Here they are eating their snack (faces made out of oranges, grapes, blueberries, raspberries, and apples)

One of the things we learned about was the body so I gave each of them a stuffed animal that we fixed up by putting band aids on parts of their bodies. We also did some fun things with the letter A and learned about measuring things. I am so excited for this and know Matthew is going to love it.

Pack the Parks

The park had a free lunch last Saturday and some fun blow up toys and marching bands. Matthew could have played on the two blow ups all day if I would of let him. As it is we did stay for a long time. It was great because there were not that many people there and he didn't have to wait at all. Matthew also broke his first board, I think the guy might have helped a little.

Art Festival in Bowling Green, OH

This was such a fun activity for kids. There were so many things for them to do. This is a picture of Taylor on the way home from the festival; we stopped at Mcdonalds and I just handed Taylor a hamburger. She did pretty well although her car seat was filthy. Luckily I switched her to her big car seat after this and washed this one.

Matthew played with this rubberband thing forever.

Farmers Market at Fallen Timbers Mall in Maumee

Every second Tuesday of the month they have horse carriage rides and these fun character people.

Matthew and Taylor loved the horse carriage ride. Taylor of course couldn't stop pointing at the horse and squealing at it.

Matthew remembers this dog from last fall and went right up to him and gave him a hug and said, "I've missed you." So cute!

577 foundation, Perrysburg OH