Happy Mother's Day

Taylor

Taylor enjoying the outdoors. She did bring a tick home with her that we found tonight when we gave her a bath.

Daddy giving Taylor kisses

Daddy trying to get Kaylie to sit next to Taylor for a photo...needless to say...there are no photos of the girls together. I may do this for a living but there is no getting Kaylie to do something she doesn't want to do......I have no idea where she gets that.

Daddy and Kaylie

Kaylie's "Bunny"

She LOVES this bunny. She carries it around and gives it lots of hugs and kisses.

Ba-Ba's before bed

Happy Mother's Day Mom and Fran and all the other mother's who check in on the blog! I have the best mother in the world so I am very grateful and blessed. I just hope some day that my girls feel the same about me. I love being a mother!!! Today we were driving in the car and Taylor said "Dada Mama". It was the first time she has said two words together. Those are the moments that just make my day. I love coming home and seeing the girls get excited when they see me and rushing over to give me hugs and kisses (which are still open mouthed but I love them). I love them coming over and laying their head on my should or my lap. I love their little giggles......and their dancing. I love how Taylor gets so shy that she smiles and has to look away. I love how Kaylie giggles and tries to be funny. That is my life and I am very grateful for it.

Playing in the Pool in the Backyard

Look at me!
I'm not really digging the pool

Kaylie being Sassy. She lifts her chin up in the air and acts silly and if you ask her to give you a hug or a kiss she will keep her chin high in the air and smile and turn her head away from you.

Kaylie is a talker...she has been full of baby talk...... She even has her hand going....she means business!

This puzzle tastes good

Grandpa George trying to help the girls with their puzzle

Rocking to music

The warm weather is here and the girls love to play outside. Taylor prefers the playhouse and Kaylie likes the pool. Both girls love the music. We play it and they start dancing....Kaylie especially. As soon as I get the video camera they stop but I am going to catch them in action because it is precious. Kaylie went potty in the bathtub tonight...that was a lot of fun. HAHA...oh well....life is good.

Double Trouble

You're not coming up here
Oh yes I am

I'm not liking this gate on the stairs

Drinking our ba-ba's before bed

In Action

Touching Toes

I love my Daddy

I put a gate on the stairs. It isn't very stable but it is safer than the girls constantly climbing the stairs. Taylor got her first behavior report at daycare for biting someone who had a toy she wanted. She is getting bad about biting when she gets mad or when you have something she wants and won't give it to her. We are working on it....Taylor said "Kaylie" for the 1st time this morning. I told Kaylie to give her sister a hug this morning and I got a very dramatic headshake no. Sisterly love.......

15 months - Happy Chaos

I do know I am not supposed to be doing this......

Putting a flower in my hair

Taylor 20.11lbs (10%), 30 inches (25%)

Kaylie 19.8 lbs (5%), 31 inches (50%)

Neale and I just celebrated our 5 year Anniversary. We have actually been together for over 11 years. We took the girls to Ripley's Aquarium and lunch at Margaritaville to celebrate. They were more interested in the moving sidewalk than the fish and sharks but we had a good time. The girls are everywhere. Taylor loves to climb stuff and if you take your eyes off her for 5 seconds she will have made it to the top of the stairs in our house and Kaylie is usually not too far behind her. Taylor does it because she loves to climb stuff and Kaylie does it because she knows she is not supposed to. If you tell Kaylie no she laughs. We have tried time out, counting to 3 (which sometimes works), etc. The girls just went for their 15 month check up and the girls were not behaving. The nurse recommended instead of constantly saying "NO" that we try to distract them with something else when they do something bad. It actually works most of time....and they are constantly doing things they aren't supposed to do (hitting, biting, getting into all the cabinets, playing in the dog's water bowl, climbing stairs, etc). So Neale and I are working on the distracting method. Wish us luck.....I think we need it.

Sweet Girls

Taylor in her new Dora big girl pajamas

Kaylie in her big girl pajamas

Kaylie and Sydney

Kaylie and Mommy

Taylor holding Daddy's hand

Kaylie dancing

Taylor picking flowers and then putting them back

The girls went with me to Greenville last weekend. I had a rehearsal dinner and wedding so they stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Stovall. The normally less than 4 hour ride took 6 hours.....the girls had Croop and cried almost the whole way there. It was rough but we had a good visit. The girls are better but still have a little cough. It is hard to believe the girls are almost 15 months old. Kaylie can't sit still. She is all over the place and seems so smart to me. She understands and responds to me. She has started dancing and it is the funniest thing ever. She sticks her little behind out and squats down with one arm out. My description can't do it justice but it is a sight to see. Tonight I came home from work and both girls ran to meet me the door and hugged me and Kaylie kissed me (without me asking them to) which was so sweet. Taylor likes to climb things, open and close things, and hold things. She still is very "baby like" where Kaylie seems like a little adult. Taylor is starting to rebel some and is very jealous of her sister. If you turn around she takes off up the stairs. She is still her giggly adorable self. Both girls are so sweet and happy and I couldn't be more proud of them.

Busy, Busy, Busy

Here are some photos from Easter. Taylor wanted to hold all the eggs in her hands. Kaylie ran around and picked up the eggs and put them in her basket.

Taylor discovered the Animal Cookies from Grandma and Grandpa Pettigrew that we put in the eggs.

Yummy cookies.

Kaylie knows how to talk on the phone

Taylor singing on the microphone

Neale and I took some Easter Eggs and laid them in the front yard (we didn't hide them) for the girls for Easter. Kaylie loved it. She ran around and got eggs and we told her to put them in her basket and she did. She really understands things we say to her. Taylor doesn't understand as much but she was content just sitting down and holding as many eggs as she could in her hands. She liked the animal cookies we put in them also. The girls wore their new dresses from Grandma and Grandpa Pettigrew. Happy late birthday to Dale! I know I haven't posted for a while but it has been crazy. Work is really picking up so I am back to needing about 10 more hours in the day. Neale is substitute teaching still but looking for a job for the summer when school gets out. The girls are growing so much. The girls can say alot of words and they know how to say mama and mommy but they rarely used to say it. Now they say it all the time but Kaylie calls me "Mimi" and Taylor calls me NahNah...close to mama but not quite. The girls love being outside. They are sweet little girls and life couldn't be better.