Taylor was talking to Derek and me SO much today. I finally remembered to grab the camera and caught the tail end of it. She is so cute! I feel so lucky to get to be with her all day, she is so much fun!

I got tagged...again! This time it was by my sister in-law, Britt.

My friend Shelleen tagged me, so here are six random things about myself.

1. I love, love, love the TV show FRIENDS. Derek bought me all 10 seasons for Christmas a few years ago, it was the best present ever! There is never anything on TV during the day, and I spend A LOT of time nursing Taylor, so I watch them over and over. When I am done with them, I take like a week or two break and start them back over. I never get sick of it. It's sad, I know.

2. I am ridiculously shy and I wish that I wasn't. I try really hard to pretend that I'm not, and just talk to people to try to get over it. It takes me a really long time to let my guard down and just be myself around people. It really bothers me. I am trying to getting over it, I am not nearly as bad as I used to be. So, if I'm talking to you and don't have a lot to say, it's not because I don't want to talk to you, and it's not that I'm annoyed, I'm just really shy. Someday I hope to get over it and just be normal.

3. I really like to cook, especially bake. My Kitchen Aid has been my best friend since I got it.

4. I hate dressings with a passion! Any kind of salad dressing, Miracle Whip, mayonnaise, you name it. I have tried them so many times, and I hate them even more every time I do. Yuck!

5. I am petrified of birds! They scare the crap out me of. The sound that their wings make when the flap make me cringe! I remember in elementary school we were on a field trip in Provo or something, I would not get off the bus to eat my lunch at the park, because there were seagulls all over the place. Every time that I go to Seven's Peak, I get pooped on by a seagull. I've been attacked by a chicken, and last time I went for a walk by the river, a duck got out of it and followed me for a half an hour. I hate them, and I swear that they hate me even more!

6. I hate doing laundry. I hate sorting the clothes and switching them from the washer over the dryer and getting them out. I have no idea why it bothers me so badly, but it does. I really don't mind folding clothes and putting them away though.

I am not going to tag anyone... if you want to do it, you're more than welcome to. :)

My little peanut is six months old today! Holy smokes, time flies by so fast! I can't believe how big she is getting either. I know she's still pretty small, since she still is in newborn clothing which is still big on her, but she seems huge to me. I have been trying to find her some jeans that fit her since we brought her home from the hospital. She is so stinkin' skinny, that they always fall right off of her. Even some preemie jeans my mom found still are WAY too big. (I'm pretty sure they labeled those ones wrong.) Anyway, I was at Old Navy yesterday, and I saw some with a belt, worked like a charm. Granted, they have to be cinched up super tight, but at least they work. I think she looks pretty darn cute in them! Anyway, she has made our lives so much more fun, and brings us so much joy. We love you baby girl!

Today PEEP (Provo Early Education Program) came to do an evaluation on Taylor to see what she needs help with. It is an early intervention program that does physical therapy & occupation therapy with babies 3 and under that need extra help. Basically they are just going to come once a month and play with her to help her develop. After filling out mounds of paperwork, we found that we qualify to have them come for free. Trish, the lady that was working with Taylor kept saying, "She has such good muscle tone." It was good to hear. She also said that of all the babies with Down Syndrome that she has ever worked with, none of them had as good of muscle tone at that size! Way to go Taylor! I'm excited for them to continue to work with her, and watch her grow and learn new things!

The last few days Taylor's poor nose has been so stuffy and her eyes have been watering like crazy! It makes me feel so badly for her. I'm not sure whether she has allergies or a little cold, but either way, it's not fun. The other night I woke up around 1:00 am and I could hear that she was having a hard time breathing, and she kept whimpering. It made me so sad, so I picked her up and tried to suction out her nose with an aspirator, and spray her nose with some saline drops so that she could breathe better. It didn't seem to work very well, and she just started to cry. I nursed her, and then she went back to sleep, stuffy as ever. She doesn't seem to be getting any worse, but it just makes me sad. Hopefully her nose will dry up soon... I hate watching my baby suffer.

We went to Roosevelt for the Labor Day weekend to spend some time with my family. On Saturday my mom was playing with Taylor, and she giggled for the first time.The picture of her smiling was actually her first laugh, but the ones I got on video were the next few. It was super cute! I love watching her grow up, she is so much fun!