summer vacation is here!

can you believe this was just one year ago?!

 

 

emma taylor has grown up SO much. i am so excited about our beach trip this year, and i think e.t. is too. she has been talking about the beach and sandcastles for the last week now! see you in a week. hopefully fully rested from vacation and a little tanner!

joy

i love the zoo and our membership! it is a weekly outing for us. in the summers they have 3 member nights that the zoo is open from 6-9 on Friday and have specials like free carousel rides...next time I will have to remember to bring our real camera but our friend's iphone pic still captures what joy emma taylor has riding the carousel with her daddy!

smoothie prep

emma taylor is NOT a good breakfast eater which means by 9 or 10 she is starving. this summer i plan on making smoothies a big part of our morning snack time. this way i can sneek in things like spinach and carrot juice. today i prepped eight smoothies ready to go in the freezer which makes them a lot more convenient to make.

 

 

too busy to look at the camera because in emma taylor's words they are very nummy!

 

beautifully out of control

...emma taylor's hair that is. i think we are going to need our first haircut soon!

 

macy at 28 weeks

i got to have another ultrasound at my 28 week checkup. they are monitoring baby macy's size since emma taylor was quite big (9lbs 1 oz) and the second tends to be bigger. she was measuring at 84% at 20 weeks and only 67% at 28 weeks. however, the later in pregnancy the less accurate these readings actually are. i didn't mind one bit seeing my little girl again and getting some pictures since at 20 weeks she wouldn't move her hands away from her face!

 

 

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m is for macy!

 

we haven't decided on a middle name yet, but it is nice that baby sister has a name and doesn't have to be referred to as the baby anymore.

 

i got a little crafty the other day and decided to sew some personalized burp cloths for little macy. you know you can never have enough of those lying around.



22 months

it doesn't seem like e.t. should be just 2 months away from turning 2. who let us have a baby with another baby on the way and who let her grow up? time really does seem to be flying in this second year.

 

emma taylor is so vocal. although we can't understand everything she says she can communicate very well for her age and surprises us daily by what words she knows. she loves the zoo, the park, and the library. she would live at those places if she could. she also loves her "friends" and talks about them almost every day. i hope she loves her baby sister just as much!