9 months

Avery is now 9 months old. Almost 9 and a half months to be exact. Its gone by so much faster than any of my other kids. i feel like i blinked and this year just went by.
At 9 months, Avery has her two bottom teeth that she just got last month. She pulls herself up to stand on everything. She loves to climb the stairs and tries to climb on stools and any thing within her reach. She says dada and bye bye. And just recently she has sometimes started to wave goodbye on command. She loves to look at books and will sit and listen to you read her books as long as you will read them to her. She is so petite for her age, which is crazy since she was almost 9 and a half pounds was she was born. Regardless of her petiteness though, she is strong. She is already trying to stand up without holding onto anything in the middle of the floor. Her tongue hangs out of her mouth 90% of the time and when it's not hanging out its probably because she's sucking on her thumb. She also sucks on her tongue when she is sleeping. She is the happiest baby and the sweetest. She is very animated and makes some of the best faces you will ever see. Her duck face is my all time favorite. She absolutely loves to spend time with her brothers and Taylor. If they are out in the backyard she will crawl to the back door and scream at them until they pay attention to her. She is starting to let me rock her to sleep at night and I am loving it.
She melts my heart. I love having this little girlie in our home.

Avery's Duck face

 I love this face

Happy 9 months baby doll!

double digits

Our Taylor is 10! I can hardly believe it. 10 years ago this girl brought us more than joy then she will ever know and she continues to be such a blessing to us. She was born after 3 hours of pushing and about 14 hours of labor. We went into the hospital around 8:30 pm on March 1st because I was having contradictions that were a few minutes a part. I got my epidural about two hours after we arrived there and around 5:30 that morning I was ready to push. After 3 hours of pushing my doctor came in the room and informed me that she didn't think she was going to come and I would need a c-section. I cried, made sure the baby was OK, and asked for a second opinion. Another doctor came in and said "oh ya we can get her out" and they used some forceps to help her along the way. Around 9:42 that morning, on her exact due date, she was finally here and holding her in my arms was the best feeling I had ever felt to that date. She made me a mom and I loved her in ways that I had never imagined and I still do.
11 days old

 6 weeks old

6 months old

Two years old

Five years old

Taylor is such a great helper and so easy to love. She makes friends where ever we go and we tease her that she has a fan club of boys who like her at her school and in the neighborhood. They door bell ditch us almost ever single day. I'm pretty sure she loves the attention. Taylor loves to sing and write songs, and do tricks on the tramp. She loves to go shopping and to put outfits together. She has always loved playing dress up. She loves ham and cheese melts in tortillas, and spending time with her friends. She is our social butterfly, always has been. Her favorite colors are teal and yellow, she embarrasses easy, and continues to be very passionate about gymnastics. She is loving and kind and very sensitive. She has a tender heart. She is a little mother and loves babies and little kids. She sets the perfect tone in our family. There is no doubt in my mind her being send to our family first was not a accident. We love you our Buggy Wuggy. Happy 10th birthday! You make us so proud. Now stop growing up so fast!
Opening presents from Mom and Dad and her brothers

It was a friend party this year. She wanted a spa party theme. We had 15 girls running around here for 3 hours. We did pedicures, and facials, ate cake and ice cream, jumped on the tramp and watched a movie. I'm tired just thinking about it! It was a very fun party. Taylor was beaming the entire time. Mission accomplished. 

Me and my girl. Love you Tay! Happiest 10th Birthday to you!