After the blessing we went to Mike's mom and dad's for a little luncheon of soup and sandwiches. Then it was family picture time. What a special day for a special little princess.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Mia's Blessing Day
We were able to bless Mia while my family was all visiting for Christmas. Her daddy gave her such a sweet blessing and she didn't even cry. She wore the dress that Asia wore when she was blessed. My mom made it for Asia out of some left-over fabric from my wedding dress. She also made it to look like my wedding dress. It is quite a treasure!
After the blessing we went to Mike's mom and dad's for a little luncheon of soup and sandwiches. Then it was family picture time. What a special day for a special little princess.
After the blessing we went to Mike's mom and dad's for a little luncheon of soup and sandwiches. Then it was family picture time. What a special day for a special little princess.
A Christmas Post... Finally!
I just wanted to document our Christmas happenings, even though they happened almost a month ago! My whole family came and stayed with us for Christmas. My mom and dad and Naomi and Christina slept downstairs, James and Cynthia were in Mia's room, and Mariko slept in Asia's room. It was a pretty tight fit, but we made it work. They all got here the day before Christmas Eve and all went to dinner at Craigo's. Very yummy. Then, Christmas Eve we let the kids open one present. They opened up their pajamas which were from their Grandma Yamada this year. They love new PJ's.
Here's all of the loot under/around the tree.
Christmas morning, the kids all slept in until about 8 a.m. The night before, we told them to come in our bedroom and wake us up before they went downstairs. They actually did as they were told! They couldn't believe all of the stuff that was under the tree! And they were so excited about what was in their stocking that we probably didn't even need to open any presents! They were fine with what was in their stocking. Ethan always gets a bag of white powdery cake doughnuts. I think Jacob like them even better than Ethan this year!
The two things Asia wanted for Christmas were make-up and lip gloss. She got the lip gloss in her stocking and the make-up was under the tree. She was in heaven!!
This was the first time for some of my family members to meet Mia. My dad hadn't even seen her yet. He loved to just put her on his chest and rub her back. They were so cute!
Check out my little gamers. Ethan got a DS so he let Asia play with his GBA for once!
That night we all went over to Mike's Mom and Dad's to have Christmas ham and funeral potatoes. The neices and nephews exchanged gifts and the adult couples also exchanged gifts. It was a fun time with great food and great company.
Here's all of the loot under/around the tree.
Christmas morning, the kids all slept in until about 8 a.m. The night before, we told them to come in our bedroom and wake us up before they went downstairs. They actually did as they were told! They couldn't believe all of the stuff that was under the tree! And they were so excited about what was in their stocking that we probably didn't even need to open any presents! They were fine with what was in their stocking. Ethan always gets a bag of white powdery cake doughnuts. I think Jacob like them even better than Ethan this year!
The two things Asia wanted for Christmas were make-up and lip gloss. She got the lip gloss in her stocking and the make-up was under the tree. She was in heaven!!
This was the first time for some of my family members to meet Mia. My dad hadn't even seen her yet. He loved to just put her on his chest and rub her back. They were so cute!
Check out my little gamers. Ethan got a DS so he let Asia play with his GBA for once!
That night we all went over to Mike's Mom and Dad's to have Christmas ham and funeral potatoes. The neices and nephews exchanged gifts and the adult couples also exchanged gifts. It was a fun time with great food and great company.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Dancing Queens/Kings
The weekend before Christmas, Amy invited us to go to a fundraiser dance that Extreme was having. All of our children love to get their groove on so we all went. As soon as we got there, Jacob was all over the dance floor. I wish I videotaped it so you could get the full effect! He had so much fun! He didn't want anyone to carry him and mess up his groove!
Santa also made an appearance. It was Amy's dad so I was worried that the kids would recognize him. They didn't. I don't think they even looked him in the face because they were so shy! I forgot to have Jacob and Mia sit on Santa's lap. Whoops! We'll have to remember for next year! As Santa was coming in, Jacob ran to him and hugged his leg. I guess that will have to do for this year!
Thursday, January 8, 2009
T'was the Weeks Before Christmas Part Deux
Here are some more events that happened before Christmas. Asia missed a day of preschool and it just so happened to be the day they were making gingerbread houses. She was so sad, but, luckily, her teacher is her auntie and she brought over her undecorated gingerbread house for Asia to decorate. Then I had to make the rest of the kids one (including the kids I babysit) so they could all have fun decorating them together. I only got a picture of the 2 that were finished, though. It was fun seeing how each kids' mind worked. Asia is very particular and had to have patterns of candies on her house. Ethan just wanted to put all of the good candy on his house in whatever order. Ethan's had to have a door and windows though. That's the technical side of him. 
Mia also turned 1 month old last month on the 12th. She's starting to be awake more and open her big blue eyes more. I can't wait for the little smiles and giggles to start. The kids love her to death. They always want to hold her and kiss her. Even Jacob likes his baby sister. Whenever I'm feeding her, he will come over and kiss her on the head so gently. Sometimes, especially if it's naptime, he will want to sit right next to me and have me read him a book. That's about all the jealousy he's showing so far. Here are some 1-month pics of Mia:
Ethan played basketball for the first time this winter. He had a lot of fun and actually scored a few baskets. This might be something he'll actually stick with and maybe be good at.
Mia also turned 1 month old last month on the 12th. She's starting to be awake more and open her big blue eyes more. I can't wait for the little smiles and giggles to start. The kids love her to death. They always want to hold her and kiss her. Even Jacob likes his baby sister. Whenever I'm feeding her, he will come over and kiss her on the head so gently. Sometimes, especially if it's naptime, he will want to sit right next to me and have me read him a book. That's about all the jealousy he's showing so far. Here are some 1-month pics of Mia:
Ethan played basketball for the first time this winter. He had a lot of fun and actually scored a few baskets. This might be something he'll actually stick with and maybe be good at.
T'was the Weeks Before Christmas...
I need to update a few things that have been going on in the Taylor household. I find myself taking pictures just so I have something to put on my blog. Now I have all of these pictures that I've downloaded and I feel like I have to blog about all of them. I think that is why I stopped scrapbooking; I couldn't pick and choose which pictures to scrapbook and which ones to just put in an album. I didn't want someone to think that their picture was not "scrapbook worthy"! So I felt guilty and overwhelmed and that had to stop. I hope blogging doesn't become like that. I actually like to blog, when I have time! Lately I haven't had the time. I'm realizing now that if I don't keep up on it at least weekly, things pile up and it becomes overwhelming. I guess this would be one of my resolutions for the year: to not be overwhelmed, at least in the blogging aspect!
Anyway, enough of this mindless dribble. On to the stuff I need to "scrapbook." We took some cute pictures of the kids when it snowed for the first time this year. The kids had fun making snow angels and snow forts. I think this was Jacob's first encounter with snow. He had a blast and didn't want to come inside!
The kids burried him in the snow, then he was ready to come inside!!
Anyway, enough of this mindless dribble. On to the stuff I need to "scrapbook." We took some cute pictures of the kids when it snowed for the first time this year. The kids had fun making snow angels and snow forts. I think this was Jacob's first encounter with snow. He had a blast and didn't want to come inside!
The kids burried him in the snow, then he was ready to come inside!!
Monday, December 15, 2008
Prayer Time
The other night when we were getting ready for family prayers, we said "prayer time" and Jacob ran over, knelt down and folded his little hands together. What a little sweetie! He's pretty awesome!
Family Pictures
We got our family picture taken for the year and some other fun shots. We went to JC Penney and they actually did an ok job. When we got there, though, they were way behind and we had to wait for about 45 minutes. Not fun with 4 kids and nothing to do. We made it work by playing hide and seek in the clothes racks. It was pretty fun for the kids, but maybe not for the employees. Oh well. Put a playplace in there or something for those that have to wait. Duh! 
Friday, December 5, 2008
She's Here!
We had our baby! She decided to come 3 weeks and 2 days early! All of our children have decided 40 weeks is way too long to stay inside a belly. They can't wait to see the world and have to come out 3 weeks early to experience it! I don't mind one bit!
So, now for the labor story. This is mostly for my benefit so I don't forget, or maybe I do want to forget! Anyway, I started to have contractions at about 10:30 p.m. but figured it was too early for her to come. I mean, I didn't have a bag packed, her room was not finished, and it was time to go to bed! We counted contractions every 5-7 minutes for about an hour and then they stopped, so we went to bed. At about 1:30 a.m. they started up again, only this time they were a bit more intense. I woke up Michael and said we'd better get ready to go to the hospital. He said to just go back to sleep! I reminded him about last time and how I knew he didn't want to deliver this baby at home. So he called his parents and I frantically packed things while breathing through contractions.
His parents came and we left for the hospital. Thank goodness for family to help out, or my friends would've gotten a rude awakening! Anyway, we got to the hospital at about 2:15 a.m. and I knew I was pretty close. They wheeled me into the delivery room and I started throwing up, the tell-tale sign that I'm almost to 10 centimetres dilated. I hurried and got my gown on, hopped into bed and then they checked me. I was at a 9 1/2 and my water still hadn't broken. The contractions were pretty intense by then until they broke my water. Then all that pressure was released and I hardly felt the contractions after that. Then it was time to push. That's when it got ouchy. I pushed a couple of times and she was starting to come, then she got stuck. Her shoulders wouldn't come out. I pushed a couple more times and Michael said the doctor had to bear down and really yank on her head to get her out. He was scared because she was pulling so hard. When she came out, she wasn't moving her left arm. After about an hour or so, she was moving it and everything was fine.
She was born November 12, 2008 at 2:54 a.m. She was 6 pounds, 11 ounces and 20 inches long. After a day and a half, we named her Mia Rae Taylor. Mia is another form of Michael, and Rae is her grandma and aunt's middle name. She had hair on her ears, shoulders and back and was bruised from her nose down to her chin. Poor little thing. It's amazing they come out in one piece! What a little miracle! We feel so blessed and thankful that she got here safe and sound. Now let the fun begin!
So, now for the labor story. This is mostly for my benefit so I don't forget, or maybe I do want to forget! Anyway, I started to have contractions at about 10:30 p.m. but figured it was too early for her to come. I mean, I didn't have a bag packed, her room was not finished, and it was time to go to bed! We counted contractions every 5-7 minutes for about an hour and then they stopped, so we went to bed. At about 1:30 a.m. they started up again, only this time they were a bit more intense. I woke up Michael and said we'd better get ready to go to the hospital. He said to just go back to sleep! I reminded him about last time and how I knew he didn't want to deliver this baby at home. So he called his parents and I frantically packed things while breathing through contractions.
His parents came and we left for the hospital. Thank goodness for family to help out, or my friends would've gotten a rude awakening! Anyway, we got to the hospital at about 2:15 a.m. and I knew I was pretty close. They wheeled me into the delivery room and I started throwing up, the tell-tale sign that I'm almost to 10 centimetres dilated. I hurried and got my gown on, hopped into bed and then they checked me. I was at a 9 1/2 and my water still hadn't broken. The contractions were pretty intense by then until they broke my water. Then all that pressure was released and I hardly felt the contractions after that. Then it was time to push. That's when it got ouchy. I pushed a couple of times and she was starting to come, then she got stuck. Her shoulders wouldn't come out. I pushed a couple more times and Michael said the doctor had to bear down and really yank on her head to get her out. He was scared because she was pulling so hard. When she came out, she wasn't moving her left arm. After about an hour or so, she was moving it and everything was fine.
She was born November 12, 2008 at 2:54 a.m. She was 6 pounds, 11 ounces and 20 inches long. After a day and a half, we named her Mia Rae Taylor. Mia is another form of Michael, and Rae is her grandma and aunt's middle name. She had hair on her ears, shoulders and back and was bruised from her nose down to her chin. Poor little thing. It's amazing they come out in one piece! What a little miracle! We feel so blessed and thankful that she got here safe and sound. Now let the fun begin!
Asia's Window Mouth
Asia had a loose tooth for about a month. About a week after her birthday I asked her to show me her loose tooth. She had been wiggling it for about a month and it was really starting to get loose. I asked her if she wanted me to pull it out. She was very nervous about that and didn't want me to do it. So I just continued to wiggle it for her and tried to pull it out gently. It almost came out, but Asia freaked out when she heard it come loose. I said we'd have to take her to the dentist and have it pulled if she didn't let me pull it. She remembered what Ethan had to go through with that whole process and decided to get me a tissue and let me pull it. I gave it one last tug and it was out! She could taste blood and could feel a hole and started to panic. I just made a big deal about how the tooth fairy was going to come now and how she would get money. Then she thought it was pretty cool. She put her tooth in the tooth fairy pillow and the next morning she found a whole quarter in the place of her tooth. Now she has a cute little window in her mouth to match her top tooth gap. She has fun sticking her whole tongue through the gap!
Asia's Birthday
Now that I've taken more than a month off, I figured I'd better start updating what's been going in our crazy lives! Asia did have a bithday. It seems like a million years ago! She turned 5 and was so excited to be the same age as her friend Mara. We had a family party with the Taylor's at Russ and Joy's house. We celebrated Russell, Logan and Asia's birthday since they are all within a week of each other. Then, on her real birthday, we celebrated with our little family. We ate what she wanted to eat; cheeseburgers and fries. We made burgers and red potato fries in the oven. Then we opened presents. 
On Friday she had her friend party at Blast Off. She invited some of her friends from dance and preschool. It was a "blast" indeed! They played in the huge jungle gym thingy, played make-believe with dress-ups, had pizza and cake, opened more presents and played the video games for tickets and lame prizes! That was their favorite part!
I don't know what it is with kids and lame dollar store prizes! Anyway, then she got a chance to catch balloons and win prizes. She was a little unsure about it at first, but Ethan reassured her that it would be just fine. What a good big brother. She was able to catch 5 balloons and win free stuff to redeem there at Blast Off. I think she had a great day or week I should say!
On Friday she had her friend party at Blast Off. She invited some of her friends from dance and preschool. It was a "blast" indeed! They played in the huge jungle gym thingy, played make-believe with dress-ups, had pizza and cake, opened more presents and played the video games for tickets and lame prizes! That was their favorite part!
I don't know what it is with kids and lame dollar store prizes! Anyway, then she got a chance to catch balloons and win prizes. She was a little unsure about it at first, but Ethan reassured her that it would be just fine. What a good big brother. She was able to catch 5 balloons and win free stuff to redeem there at Blast Off. I think she had a great day or week I should say!
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