Baby Grace

Just wanted to let everyone know that Tiffany had our baby this morning. She was born at 8:57 am, 19 and 3/4 inches long, 7lbs 15 oz. Both Tiffany and the baby are doing well. I'll let Tiffany tell the whole story later, but we wanted to show off our beautiful little girl, named Grace Valentine Taylor.



More pictures to come ...

Weekend

We had a really fun weekend. Mark's sister Becca came to visit us. Zach loved having someone else to talk to and give him their full attention. Saturday was a little rainy but still wanted to show Becca Shoshone falls and Twin falls and then that afternoon we went to the soccer complex and flew Mark's stunt kite. Above is a picture of Zach playing in a little sand spot we found on the soccer field.
Becca flying the kite.


Below is a picture of Twin falls. We hadn't seen it before so were excited to see it. We were a little disappointed to find that one of the "twin" falls was dammed up.
Shoshone falls. I love the big rainbow in the background.
This picture is so everyone can see how big I am. (less than two weeks to go) Zach is also throwing a big fit because he wants to walk. I wouldn't let him because there was a big hole by the fence and I was too paranoid that he would slip and fall under the hole and off the Canyon.

Shoshone Falls

On Tuesday I had the day off of work, we heard rumors that Shoshone Falls was really roaring so we went to see it and it was really cool.





The falls were impressive, but Zach was most interested in people's dogs, which is what he's pointing at.


The falls were at maximum flow levels. It's hard to really capture that, but we tried.

Afterwards we had a little picnic with some strawberries. Zach loves strawberries.

Which resulted in a very happy day.

Easter

We had quite the Easter morning. Zach woke up an absolute beast!!! I got up a little early to make breakfast before Zach woke up so that we could eat a good breakfast before letting Zach get into his basket and eat candy. It didn't go over so well. Zach woke up early too and we could not get him to stop crying. Soon after we got him to calm down a little bit he saw the easter eggs that I had put around our apartment he started crying again because i made him sit and eat breakfast first. After fighting him for a little while we finally let him get all the eggs and find his Easter basket. He seemed much happier after a few pieces of candy.


I put candy in some of the eggs and stickers in some. Zach would shake the eggs before opening and if he didn't hear any candy he would throw it back down on the ground and move to the next egg. Zach does love stickers but i guess not as much as candy...
All of Zachs goodies.

Fun Post

I got this post from one of my friends blog and thought it was really cute. Plus I'm curious to see who all looks at my blog. (although I imagine people won't comment if they don't want to do it themselves...)

{The Rules}

1. Be one of the first THREE bloggers to leave a comment on this post, which then entitles you to a handmade item from me - something crafty or yummy, who knows?!

2. Winners must post this challenge on your blog, meaning that you will Pay It Forward, creating a handmade gift -anything!- for the first THREE bloggers who leave a comment on YOUR post about this giveaway!

3. The gift that you send to your 3 Friends can be from any price range and you have 90 days to make/ship your item. And, remember: It’s the Spirit and the Thought That Count!

4. When you receive your gift, please feel free to blog about it! If you are not one of the Top Three Commenters on this post, you can still play along. Go ahead and start your own Pay It Forward chain, and encourage your blogging friends to do the same!

Fun weekend

I had such a fun weekend. My friends in our appartment complex gave me a baby shower on Friday. It was so much fun. The decorations were so CUTE and the food was great. It is so fun having so many close friends and friends that are really excited for me to have a little girl. Mom, Kelsey and Jami also came up for the shower (along with the little kids, Luke, Trenton, Raegan, and Sadie)Thanks to everyone for all the cute and fun gifts!! It was such a fun party.

Mark babysat all 5 of the little kids while we were at the shower (2 or more hours!!) The TV helped occupy the little boys.

Updates from March

After about 3 weeks we finally have our computer/internet working again!! After not having it for a few weeks I realized how much I actually use it! Anyway, Here are a few pictures from our last month.I love this picture. Zach insisted on Mark getting in his toy car with him!
Zach and I spent about a week in kaysville this month. Here are a few pictures of Zach hanging out with his cousins Sadie and Raegan.
Zach would get really bugged when Raegan would touch him. Which would make her touch him even more. I thought it was pretty funny,stead of running away from Raegan he would just stand there and cry. Here Raegan is taking advantage of me taking the picture....she started grabbing Zach's shirt once I got the camera out.
The kids made a fort with Zach.

Zach loves playing with stickers.


Mark and I have been trying really hard to teach Zach to be reverent during prayers. This is rare that he looks like this when we pray . He is pretty good and folding his arms but it only lasts about 1 second.

Mini vacation

Mark had a class in Boise this weekend so we decided to make a little trip out of it. We drove up early Saturday morning. Mark had to be at his class at 7:30 so we left around 5:30 in the morning. Luckily Zach slept most of the way there. We couldn't check into our hotel until 3pm so Zach and I spent the day shopping. We walked around Walmart for an hour or so while we were waiting for the mall to open. Mark got done with his class around 3:30 so we checked into our hotel and took Zach swimming. He didn't like the water as much as we thought but he still had fun. We then went out to eat, which is always fun because we NEVER do. Sunday was also fun. I went to church with some friends in Boise and we had dinner with them. It was a short but a really fun vacation.


Zach loved opening the little fridge. He was constantly opening and closing it!!
And he was a little obsessed with all the buttons to the TV.

Hop 2 It

Mark had the day off of work this last Tuesday so we thought it would be fun to take Zach to the bounce house. He loved the balls and slides. He was a little apprehensive at first though. He didn't want Mark to put him down. After a while he was more comfortable. Unfortunately Mark and I noticed that he was limping around. We were worried he did something to his leg. The next couple of days he seemed fine but this morning he woke up and couldn't stand up or walk. He kept falling over. He wasn't crying in pain, just out of frustration. I was getting kind of worried but after a couple hours he seemed fine and was walking around. Sometimes he limps but was doing better. I was debating on whether to take him to the doctor. Mark called during lunch and said that he talked to a pediatric at the hospital and said that Zach probably has a little fracture in his foot, but going into the dr. wouldn't help because they wouldn't see it on an x-ray at this point. he sugested waiting a week and if he is still limping taking him in. Poor little guy, at least he doesn't seem to be in pain.

Zach

I thought I would give a little update on Zach. Zach is definitely becoming a little toddler. He is constantly throwing major temper tantrums if he doesn't get exactly what he wants...He is still so fun. Here is a little bit about him.

Favorite toy: Zach loves his stuffed animals and blankets. He is almost constatnly carrying one of them. He also loves cars and his bristle blocks.

Favorite food: Zach has become so picky!!! We have such hard time getting Zach to eat anything. He does love bananas and Raisin Nut Bran cereal (forget cheerios...). Zach does not like crackers, especially cheese crackers, and bread. I find that a little strange but he won't eat them. I can get him to eat bread as long as it is homemade and has butter on it. Another strange quirk about Zach's eating habits is he doesn't like cheddar cheese just mozzarella (or at least he won't eat cheedar if we have mozzarella). And of coarse Zach will eat anything sweet!

Favorite show: Zach doesn't really like watching shows very much except for these sesame streat podcast we have. They are short (like 5 min) so they are perfect for his little attention span.

Favorite activity: playing hid and seek with daddy. Almost everyday when Mark gets home from work Zach wants to chase after Mark while he hides. Zach also loves to jump (bum, as he calls it) on either the couch or bed.

Favorite Song: Popcorn popping on the aprocot tree. We have to sing that to Zach every night (multiple times) before he goes to bed. He gets really mad if we sing any other song.

Well, that is just a little about Zach.