Look at me...Sitting all by myself

Look at me momma...she is so happy to be able to be able to sit and play with toys. Makale sat-up at 5.5 months and Abigail did the same.

On Nov 2nd she sat-up for about 5 minutes before falling over, by the next day, she was sitting with no problem.

That smile makes my day =)

Bennett checking out Abigail..both are almost 5.5 months old

We went to Kid Planet on Monday and Makale had the place to himself

Chewing on a letter and waiting for breakfast

Now that Abigail is sitting-up Makake has fun bringing her toys and sitting next to her, it is fun to watch them together.

Some lovin for his sister

I couldn't leave Makale out of the post..he had fun lining-up all his cars

Happy Halloween week 2009

Last weekend the weather was really nice and we joined our neighbors for the Great Pumpkin launch, it was really fun. We also had a good Halloween with the kids.

The cannons were aimed at road signs and the pumpkins would shoot holes through the signs, it was crazy to see in person

This pumpkin cannon shot pumpkins 3/4 of a mile..crazy

Makale thought it was too loud so Jeremy had his hands on his ears the whole time.

Abigail started sitting-up for 30 sec at a time this week

Abigail was curious to know what Makale was doing

Makale also liked his card from Grandma Sammie and the stickers

Costume contest winner

Abigail won the costume contest at Signature Point's party

Abigail enjoying her card from Grandma Sammie

Happy girl in the bath...5 months 2 weeks old

Sweet boy after his bath

I made this sign for Makale the night before

Makale's 1st Halloween; 2006

Abigail before her breakfast

I had no orange food coloring, so I made green pumpkin pancakes

Makale loves to glue stuff

Makale's finished art projects

Dezdin Taylor will be a year old Nov 16th

The boys waiting very patiently for their daddys to come home so we could go out. We had church and there was clean-up after.

Our neighbor Nikki carved 14 pumpkins with her family, it was really fun to see.

Checking out the candy he got from our neighbors house

Daxton, Draes and Makale

Tasting his finger after eating a candy part way through

Dusty and the boys going to a neighbors house

Makale led the group from house to house

Makale went straight for the dum-dum sucker

Trying to get the Taylor boys to take a picture was pretty funny.

Fall is here!!!!!!

The weather has been in the mid 60's the past week and we have been walking to the park everyday. The trees by the pond and park have all changed and are so pretty.

Makale likes to run in the leaves

I was able to get some more pictures of the kids when we walked to the park by our house.

Another fav picture

This tree is so pretty in person

Makale loves to swing also and always wants me to run under

Sweet girl loves to swing next to her brother

Makale was concerned that she had a stick in her hand

Makale handing Abigail a leaf to look at

Abigail checking out a leaf and Makale laying next to her.

Our little family of pumpkins. I love, love, love this time of year. All the trees are so pretty and the temperature is good. By Nov it cools down a lot and we won't be able to be outside too much.

My cousin Michelle and her boyfriend Jake were in town from UT and came by for a visit. It was great to catch-up with them.

Makale playing with Michelle's phone.

Makale playing with buttons that my mom sent

We went on a walk around the block and we found some great piles of leaves

The colors around the city are so beautiful, I had to take the kids to the park to take pictures.

My big boy...3 years old

Look momma I found leaves

My goal was to get some cute picturs of the kids at the park and it was a success.

Sweet kids

Ann Morrison is so pretty right now

Of all the pictures, this is by far my favorite

If she had been looking at me this would have been a fantastic picture..it is still cute

This was the 2nd place we stopped for pictures

I thought it was funny that they were both looking different directions

He loves his sister

Showing Abigail a leaf

My friend Brie and her two girls met us at the park. Jane is about 2 months older than Makale.

The kids found this rock and decided to climb it

The pictures hardly do it justice

It was such a beautiful day to take pictures

Brie and I were both shocked how well the kids were getting along

The kids exploring in the leaves

Brie was the 1st mommy friend I met when I moved to ID. Our kids started playing together at the park and we soon became good friends. Our families have grown also in the past year. She just had baby #2 about a month ago.

At least one of us is looking at the camera

I set-up a photo shoot with Abigail a couple days ago. She was pretty entertained with the leaf and pumpkins.

Abigail- 5 months old

My sweet pumpkin girl

Anything will go in her mouth

My pro-eater. She now eats oatmeal 2xs a day. We have tried bananas and applesauce and butternut squash, she loves them all.

Makale painting the pumpkins; not sure yet if we are going to carve them this year.

She is pretty good at sitting with a little help; if I move the pillows, she topples over.

She was really trying to get that block

Linder Farms pumpkin patch

Momma and Abigail at her 1st pumpkin patch..10/17/09. She was a cute little pumpkin. It was a windy day, but unusually warm for this time of year.
My Halloween sweeties in the wagon
They had this fun swing and Makale went on it twice
My little pumpkin. This was Makale's outfit when he was her age.
Jeremy, Makale and Abby on the hay ride
A pumpkin covered with warts...gross
Looking for the perfect pumpkin; he was really excited this year.

My boys and Jeremy holding Abigail; looking for the pumpkins
Makale found a good pumpkin but then dropped it and put up a really small one to carry.
Before we left, we had to say "hi" to the camel

Swinging into Fall

It has cooled off a lot more here. We still go on walks, but not everyday and it we have to be all bundled-up. The next 3 days are going to be close to 70 so I plan to take advantage of that.

The snow was so pretty, it only lasted that day. Can't wait for more

All bundled and headed to the park

Makale found some leaves and was clearing off the sidewalk

It has started to cool off here. We walked to the park on a sunny day and Abby went in the swing for the 1st time on 10/6.

Makale and Abigail swinging together

Changing colors by the pond

Abigail officially ate baby oatmeal with applesauce on 10/12/09. Still messy, but she eats most of it now.

All bundled-up and having a good time

sweet girl on the swing

Going head down the slide

Swinging can take a lot out of you =)

I love my Fall decor

Makale likes my table cloth and counts the pumpkins.

I found this pumpkin guy in our Halloween box

so cute

Abigail is getting better at moving around all by herself to find new toys

Art projects

Our neighbor has a farm and they brought us a couple of pumpkins and a hay bale. I let Makale color one of them on Sat morning; he had a good time. I think this year he will have a great time at the pumpkin patch.

coloring some art projects

He was very proud of his glue job

Finished artwork for the grandparents in CA

Celebrating the little victories

Update on potty training: So, Makale has a follow-up appointment with the GI specialist on Monday. He has gone about 4 days with no pee-pee accidents. He doesn't have any more pain when having a bm, but he still isn't consistent and it's not as solid as it should be. I know he is not 100% trained but the fact that he goes pee and has no accidents I plan to celebrate. I don't want this to be a trama experience for him. I've decided that if it takes him longer, that is okay.