the everyday

When people ask me what I've been up to, my only real answer is "chasing Beck around, and regular life".  Nothing SUPER exciting is going on in my life,  we're just living every day, glad to be alive and happy.  I know I sound like I have a super boring life, but its not true!  I LOVE chasing Beck around all day.  I love coming up with what we're going to have for dinner, and taking care of our home.  Every day when Chase gets home from work we hang out and decompress about our day.  I tell him about Beck's poops and naps for the day, he tells me about the people he helps at work.   thrilling right?  But its real life, and I like it! 

This was my exchange with Chase over text today.
Him:  "I love my job babe!"

me:  "I'm so glad you love your job, that makes me sooo happy!  Guess what!  I love my job too!"

See?  Life is great, even though we aren't planning fancy trips and having grand adventures, its great.  Yes. that stuff would be nice, I'm not saying that.  I'm just saying that we love life even when its regular.  When every day almost seems to repeat itself. 

I do want to post more often though.  I love that when I look back on my blog I get a glimpse of what life was like when we were newlyweds.  I used to post about every day life.  I just need to get it out of my head that I post when we have an event.  I want to post about the little things.  The funny things Beck does, the day to day fluff.  So, here is my goal.  I am going to post more often, and I am not going to worry about how well it is written, or if it will be boring for other people to read.  This blog is for me, so I can look back and remember what this stage of life was like.  So, no judging here, or there I should say!  hehe

For now, here are some pictures of Taylor "moments"

Happy Happy Birthday Party!

Beck's birthday is one day after my brother Kyle's,
so we had a combined party for them the Sunday before.   

I wanted to do something inexpensive, but focus on making it actually fun for the birthday boys.

I think I can safely say that everyone thoroughly enjoyed the balloon room. 
There is something magical about all those colors and the way balloons make you feel lighter than air.

Most of these pictures were taken by my wonderful sister-in-law Jalene.
 Check her out at J. Taylor Photography.
She also happens to be doing a pretty great wedding special right now!  

All the decor was fun to make and I spent less than twenty bucks on everything!

On Beck's actual birthday, my Mom and I just made the day all about him! 

We took Beck ride the Carousel at the mall. I love all the funky animals on this carousel! 

I think he enjoyed watching it go round and round better than actually being on it. 

We also let him ride a few coin machine rides.  This was the same story as the carousel.  He liked playing on it just as much as when the ride was moving.  He is easy to please I guess! 

I remember that the first warm day of the year was the day I brought Beck home from the hospital.  His birthday was just the same!  We still had snow on the ground but the park was warm and sunny.

Beck had a BLAST climbing the slide with Mimi and exploring the playground with his cousin. 

Honestly I can't believe how fast his first year of life went. 
It scares me because now I actually believe people when they say
"You'll blink you're eyes and you'll be sending him off to college!" 

This kid has brought Chase and me more happiness than we could have fathomed. 
Here's to another great year, Beck!!

{Almost} FREE LOOT!

Lets play a game, shall we? 

The Price is Right.

Look at this group of  items here, and take a gander at what you think we paid for it all. 

1.  XBOX with Kinect   2.  Dance Central for Kinect  3.  Alpha Omega Car Convertable Car Seat
If you know your stuff, you probaby guessed around $450.00.

Wanna know how much we actually paid for it all? 

a whopping $45!

You can call it good planning, or blessings, or the Luck o' the Irish, but all I know is, we are happy about it!

Just for fun, here is how we did it. 
Xbox kinect:  We sold our Ninendo Wii for $225, had a $50 Visa Gift card from Christmas, and spent $25 of our own money.  (we got the Wii for free doing summer sales 3 years ago)
(Side note, have you heard of the kinect? YOU are the controller, Its amazing!)
I went to the dentist (for free with insurance) and got a $50 Gift Card to Walmart.  Dance Central= FREE
Car Seat:  US Bank was holding a special on Checking accounts.  If you opened a new one, you get $75 .  no catches.  thus, a new car seat costs us $20 for the difference since it was on sale!

$450=$45!!!

I am happy because I think I am dancing, but really I'm working out. 
Chase is happy because he gets to play NCAA football on the xbox.
Beck is happy because he is forward facing in the car.

Win. Win. WIN!!

Hermana Taylor

A few weeks ago we said goodbye to our sister Abby. She is on her way to a wonderful adventure in Santiago Chile! Although the goodbye's were hard, I know she is right where she is supposed to be.  She will be sharing her  testimony of the gospel with the good people of Chile for 18 months.  That seems like a long time, but when thought of in terms of how fast Beck's first year went, I know she'll be back before we know it. 

The night before we took her to the MTC we had a rousing game of Curses. 

That one is always good for a laugh.

Jalene had to dance with her arms every time she spoke. 

Chase had to pretend he had teeny tiny arms

and here is Abby giving her Miss America acceptance speech

On our way down to Provo to drop her off,

we stopped at PF Changs for some good eats and last minute mission advice.

Beck looked like such a big boy in his booster seat!



We all miss her like crazy around here, especially this little tyke.

We know she is going to be an amazing missionary.

March 1, 2010

February 28, 2010 12:00:00 AM 

I was driving with Chase down the empty Salt Lake Avenues towards the hospital to be induced. 
It was almost two weeks before my due date because of Pre-eclampsia. 
It was a quiet night, and I didn't even notice the rush of cold that usually happens when I go outside
I was so nervous.  So scared.  not for the baby part, just the unknown of being medically induced.

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Fast forward 10 hours exactly


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10:00:00 AM.  I looked into this angelic little creature's eyes for the very first time and to be cliche',
it WAS love at first sight. 

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One year later.  I don't know how time passed so quickly.  but I'm still in love. 
...but my angelic creature is not the same teeny tiny newborn that he was a year ago. 
he has grown, a lot.

We had a family party for Beck and Kyle on Sunday, and today we are just making the day all about fun for Beck.  Here are a few sneak peaks of Beck at his party.  He LOVED these balloons.  They entertained him for a whole thirty minutes ;-)

Guess who took these great photos?  You got it! Jalene!

Happy Birthday Little guy!  You are LOVED!!!

I have my cake and eat it too.





I was extra lucky this Valentine's Day.  I had not one, but TWO Valentines. 

The littlest one spent the day with me, and the handsomist one spent the evening.

This year I had a new kind of love to add to my Valentine's Celebration, thanks to this little man. 

One that includes someone needing me for survival, although I feel like that need is reciprocal. 

      

The Mister and I had a delightful evening enjoying Pei Wei Shrimp and watching this girl in Hairspray. 
(What a great show!)
After sending the babysitter home we reminised about how we fell in love-
and there was some tickling and giggling involved.
I love this guy so much.
We also talked about how we are so happy.  In our marriage, in general with life. 
Happy Valentines Day Tom Love!

this little guy...

...is ELEVEN months old!

and I can't even believe it.

What is even crazier- is that he'll be a YEAR in one month. 

 I am frantically trying to figure out how to freeze him so he can be my baby forever.  so far, no luck. 

It feels like every day he learns so much more, looks so much older. 

His latest tricks are dancing when he hears music, and smacking his lips for kisses.  We love it.

He tries to stand on his own every now and then, but only lasts a few seconds. 

I'm fine with him taking his time to walk honestly!

His little personality (and attitude!) is coming out a lot more lately.  I think he will be a tease.

The kid still loves all food, and is slowly weening himself. 

He still nurses twice a day but I can tell its all business for him and then he wants to get to exploring. 

He really has developed into a great little sleeper. 

 He has learned to put himself back to sleep if he wakes in the night. 

This has also made naptime much easier on Momma, which historically he has not been very good at. 

Happy Eleven months little man.  Your parents sure LOVE you!!!!