First Comes Love...

First, I just want to say that Taylor is a GREAT big sister. She is such a help, and can make Kate laugh like no one else. Kate searches for Taylor every morning, just waiting for her to wake up.

This year for general conference, we watched over at Braden's fam's house. They put up little jars with candies in them, and when the kids hear the word on each labeled jar, they get a candy. Well, Taylor sure loved this! She told me " Mom, the prophet is so nice, he gets me marshmallows" (the jar with marshmallows was a word the prophet used repeatedly in his talk).

A few weeks ago, she had her first primary song performance in sacrament. After it was over, she walked up to me and said "Mom, was that wonderful?"

She is obviously picking up on things I say to her, because the other night I asked her to do something for the third or fourth time that day that she had still not gotten around to. She exclaimed "You don't have to tell me firty (30) times in one day!"

On Mother's Day, Taylor was over at the potluck at Grandma Tracy's house. Aunt Denise was taking pictures of all the kids playing outside. Taylor was bouncing on the trampoline, and Aunt Denise bent down to tell her she was so cute and say hello. Taylor looked up at her and said "Excuse me, I am trying to get by." Well, I guess we're missing some manners!!

We went to a wing bar the other night for dinner. After we left, we asked Taylor how she liked it. "I just did not like that place Mom, there was just too much loudness. I just did not like it!"

And last but not least for tonight..a conversation we had in the car a few days ago.

"Mom, can Jesus see us from heaven?"

"Yes, he can"

"Well, how can he do that?"

"I'm not really sure, but he can"

"Does Jesus have really good eyes?"

"Yes! That's it, he has really good eyes"

(Pause)

"Well, I have really good eyes too, but I can't see him. But that's ok Mom, because I know what he looks like. He has long hair and wears a white dress. I saw him in my book at church."

Love my girls!!

Well first, I should apologize to Kate that I have done such a crappy job of posting about her..sorry baby girl! We really do love you!

Kate turned 1!! Yeah!! She was VERY uninterested in cupcakes..I even had to smash it on her mouth a little bit just to get some fun pics!

Since our last post, Kate has gotten 10 teeth total now. We got one a week for 6 weeks in a row, and then a molar, which gave her fevers of 104!! Miserable!! But we are so grateful to have those done before this next little one pops out!

AND..Kate is finally walking!!!! I have just been dying for her to walk, because I don't know how I will carry 2 babies around everywhere, and she finally started last week. Very unsure, but this week, she now stands up and walks everywhere she can. She is so proud of herself, and we too are so excited for her! She loves it!!! Her cousins Sam, Calvin, and Emry are in town, and she just loves to walk around with them and be one of the "big" kids!

Kate has gotten some sign language down, and is really excellent at pointing out exactly what she wants. She has tossed out a few things we are pretty sure are first words, but nothing definite yet. She's waiting until she's got something real important, I just know it!

Kate has also started throwing fits ...(yah, she's a little young for this darn it!). When she does not get her way, she throws herself on the floor and just lays there crying. It is unfortunately really funny and cute to watch. If I hadn't dropped my camera the other day, I would post some pics of it, because it is HILARIOUS! I'll work on getting a video.

Kate is learning very quickly how to snatch things she wants (where could she have learned that, Taylor?) She is a bit possessive of her toys, story of the 2nd child I guess.

Fav snacks are pretzel sticks. She could eat them all DAY!!

A funny Kate story..Kate LOVES her bed...LOVES! She goes down for naps like a champ. The other day, I put her in bed, gave her little kisses and said goodnight. A few mins later, I heard some whining, which is very uncommon for her, so I peeked in to see what was the matter. Kate was sitting up, but her eyes were totally closed. Everytime her body started to fall down, Kate would let out a whine, but she was dead asleep. Sooo cute! Of course, I went in and laid her down, and she was finally able to sleep peacefully. Poor little girl!