Kids!

So Makayla is funny and witty, a little too witty for her own good. The other day she was eating strawberries, and kept going in the kitchen to cut the "leafs" off and then come back in the living room. Well at one point, after eating about 15 strawberries (the girl can down an entire pack from Costco in one sitting!) I hear her voice from the kitchen saying,

"Um, yeah, about this strawberry mess in the kitchen, Don't look at me."

and comes causally walking back into the living room with her strawberry in hand and innocent look on her face! Where do kids come up with this stuff?!?!

Chyler's Blessing

So I am really REALLY behind . . . again. But here are the pictures from Chyler's Blessing day. It was on September 6th and she looked beautiful! Nathan gave her a beautiful blessing and I am eternally grateful that he holds and honors his priesthood so that he can do this for our children.

This is Great-Grandpa Taylor with 3 of the 4 Taylor babies born within a year of each other.

Grandma Barb. We love her!! My girls love her and I am soooo glad that she was able to come over for the blessing. We always love it when she comes to visit.

Aunt Cole is so pretty!! She finally gave Makayla a girl cousin. Ryiah Bell was born March 25th. We are hoping that she and Chyler will be BFF's. :-)

Aunt Allison!! She was here for 2 weeks!! She looks so beautiful and she wore green on the blessing day for me cuz it's my favorite color! I love you Allison!!!

My BEAUTIFUL angels!!! I seriously couldn't ask for 2 better babies. I'm soo glad that I have 2 daughters and that they have each other. I'm also so grateful for the Gospel in our lives and knowing that these girls will be my daughters for eternity!

All About Chyler

So, I would be considered the worst when it comes to keeping people informed on my life. Hey, I warned you all in the beginning, so I don't want to hear any complaints! ;-) Just kidding, I love you all for caring and checking up on my blog even when I do slack of for a couple months.

Well, in these last couple months I did have my beautiful new daughter Chyler. She is amazing. We are so glad that she is in our family and Makayla is most excited to have a sibling, but most especially that she is a sister!!

Would you like some of Chy's stats, since we just went to the Doctor today for her 2 month (yes it's late) checkup? Well here they are whether you want them or not:

Head size: 37 cm - 5th %

Weight: 9 lbs 14 oz (skinny butt!) 5th %

Length: 23 & 1/2 inches - 75%

So the basic rundown, she is a tall skinny butt!! I love it! She got 2 shots and one oral vaccination today and so far so good (it's only been 3 hours, but here's to hoping it continues this way) I really hate vaccinations. I know they are necessary and they have helped the US become healthier overall, but I still hate giving my baby shots.

Chyler is such a blessing in our lives and we are so grateful for her. I am grateful also that Makayla is 6 years older because she has proved to be a huge help (sometimes a little too much help). It's also nice that Makayla goes to school all day because it gives me quality time to bond with Chyler.

Here are some pictures from the last couple months:

Nathan is such a sucker for his little girls. He loves them soo much and has a hard time saying no to things they want. He is such a good daddy and I am grateful for his support.

Makayla really loves her and just wants to be close to her all the time. I love this picture because both of their faces are turned towards each other. I LOVE HAVING GIRLS!!

You can't quite tell by looking at this picture, but Chyler had fallen asleep and I put her in her little papasan, well, she has scooted down and her legs were up in the air and she had covered her face with her blanket, it was hysterical. Maybe you had to be here, or maybe you should just trust me.

She's just cute here sleeping on my boppy, which I think is only good for this!

Here is me and my beautiful daughters! they are the joy in my life and I can't imagine not having them. They make me smile when days are rough and they make me love when I feel like I want to explode. Even when Chyler screams all day and Makayla whines, I LOVE THEM!! Thank you thank you for sending me these beautiful girls to teach, love & care for!!!

This is probably the best smile ever!! She has such a cute smile and when you can get them they melt your heart. We love her and are hoping we can be the great parents that both she and Makayla deserve.

Makayla's new hair & 29 weeks

Here is my beautiful little almost-done-with-kindergarten Makayla MaQua. She has been begging me to let her cut and I have been saying no, no, no. Finally, it's gotten so hot that I have had to pull is back everyday - well, she hates having her hair done and I got tired of dealing with it, so I let her get her hair cut. We went over to Aunt Cole's and she did it. I thought I was going to die! But after a few cuts, I realized how cute it was going to be. I LOVE HER HAIR!!! And more importantly, she LOVES her hair! Nathan measured a piece that we cut, it was almost 12 inches long! I love her hair long cuz I can braid it, and curl it, and pony tail it (that is all when she would let me of course). But now, we just have to brush and go. Well, round brush and go. But she's stinking cute!!! I love her!!

I'm now at 29 weeks! And the best news is, as of today, May 27th, it has been 6 weeks since I last had to worship the porcelin god (aka, the toilet). THATS AMAZING!! I don't think I ever went a full week without throwing up when I was pregnant with Makayla. I still have to take my medicine every night before I go to sleep, but as long as I do that, I don't get sick. Today, I do feel a little yucky, and I have a couple of times over the past several weeks, but I'm not throwing up! I have put on about 24 pounds finally, but the funny part about that is it has all been since about my 18th week, so 24 lbs in 11 weeks. If I keep going this way, I'll have put on almost 5o lbs before this baby is born! I put on a total of 55 lbs with Makayla (now I had lost 15 at the beginning of that pregnancy) but we'll see what happens here.

The think I have noticed that I didn't with Makayla is a lot of abdominal pain. The Dr. calls is round ligament stretching. I don't care what it's called, it hurts! I do have a belly band that I wear, and as long as I wear it (cuz I'm not so good at that) I can do a lot more. Nicole and I went to babies r us yesterday and I found a crib I LOVE and the bedding that I LOVE!! The crib we had for Makayla was passed down to Nathan's little brother Nick and is still in use so we're going to need to get a new one (it's okay, cuz Nate's mom bought Makayla's so we don't feel shafted really), but this way, hopefully we can get a new one. It's amazing how many new things they have for babies that they didn't have 6 years ago! I have also decided that there are plenty of things that I don't have a problem borrowing from family instead of buying new, but there are several things that we are going to need to still get new things of. We'll see what happens.