Tayleeisms

Yet another opportunity to record and store in my memories, the cuteness that is Taylee . . .

* Back in October we brought Taylee to Primary Children's for her craniofacial clinic appointment. This is an afternoon of torture, meeting with 5 different doctors at the same time as 40 other children. The stuff nightmares are made off . . . However, Taylee enjoys playing in the waiting room, and was soooo excited to go to mommy's hospital! She wanted to meet all mommy's sick babies. Unfortunately this is against NICU rules. To help appease her disappointment, I tried to make her excited to go see Cindy, mommy's favorite friend at work! (my favorite nurse manager, really!). She was a tough sell but eventually decided Cindy would be an adequate second place to the sick babies.  We got in to see the first doctor and Taylee told him "we are going to mommy's work, and I can't see the sick babies..." then she looked at him very seriously and said "You know Cindy?!" The poor doctor looked at me in confusion. I could only laugh!

* Taylee is 3 months into her school career, and has already started whining about going. (Despite the fact that she LOVES it!). Must be a kid thing? A couple of weeks ago she started telling me how she didn't want to go to school first thing in the morning. With a little prompting she revealed that "sometimes at school I get tired." I told her "well, tell Miss Amanda you are tired. Then you could lay down for a few minutes." She looked at me with disdain "For Goodness sake's mommy! I'm tired right now!" This, while standing in my bedroom, having just woken me up at 6:15 in the morning. Good Grief!

*We are BIG fans of Cafe Rio. Taylee enjoys their cheese quesadilla as well as their black beans and rice. Recently we tried a new mexican restaurant in town, called the Cantina. Which BTW, we all really enjoyed! Her kids quesadilla was served with refried beans and rice. She took one bite, then looked at me and said "how come it's not good like Cafe Rio?!" I guess refried beans aren't her thing...

*While styling her hair last week she asked "are you putting gel in my hair?" "Yep." I replied. "So now it's jelly!" she pronounced.

*Taylee has a few imaginary friends. Sometimes they have interesting names. Things like Callilay, Natalay, or Melanie (created by poppi, who has less imagination than Taylee when it comes to names). At naptime recently, Taylee was playing with her imaginary friend. She told me "mommy, me and my friend are going to play in my room for a minute, then come back and play in the kitchen. Is that a good idea?" "Sure," I said "but I am going to set the timer for 10 minutes, and when it goes off it will be nap time." "No," she said "don't set the timer!"

"Why?"

"Because my friend doesn't want you to! And don't say those words mommy!"

"What words?"

"Nap time!"

*The latest and greatest thing around our house is Christmas songs. Taylee insists on listening to them incessantly. She was riding in the car recently with nana and poppi, listening to "O Come All Ye Faithful." She likes to sing along. Well, sort of. Her singing skills leave a bit to the imagination, but it sure is cute! She stopped singing just before the final line in the song, Christ the Lord. My parents questioned her - "why don't you sing Christ the Lord?" Her reply? "I don't do Christ the Lord." Maybe we better start going to church! 

Happy Thanksgiving!

I apologize. I was remiss, and waaay too busy having fun over the Thanksgiving weekend, and I failed to take even one photo. Oops. So, a recap in writing is all I've got to offer. :0)

We started the Thanksgiving week with a family fued. I'm sad to report that we finished the week in the same fued. :( So, although we had a great holiday, we are a little sad that we weren't all able to be together. Maybe next year . . .

My holiday started with a nice surprise when I was called off work on Wednesday night! It was a little short notice, and I didn't get the call until I was 10 minutes from the hospital, but hey, don't look a gift horse in the mouth, right?! I will take that little gift in whatever package it comes! I turned around, and was able to surprise Kent and Taylee by coming home just after 7 pm! This made for a much more relaxed morning, because we had to be at Grandma and Grandpa Judson's at 12:30 on Thursday for a quick pre-dinner birthday celebration for Kira and Cody. Who ever heard of cake and ice cream before Thanksgiving dinner?! It sure was yummy!

Dinner at Grandma Judson's was delicious as always, and we were able to relax and enjoy some family time and some football before we headed up to Nana and Poppi's. When we got to my parents, everyone was just finishing up dinner and working on the sick post-meal phase of the evening. We exacerbated the sickness by wrestling with all the small kids. Taylee had such a blast playing with her cousins Aden and Xavier all weekend. She was a little sad she couldn't play with her cousin Kaydence, and asked me repeatedly if Kaydence could come "next week for Thanksgiving."

Friday had us up early for some Black Friday shopping. Not early early, but 10ish, when there are stills deals to be had, but less risk of being trampled. :0) After getting our fill of shopping we spent the afternoon relaxing with the family, sharing a few drinks, and EATING AGAIN! Mom made ham and scalloped potatoes. Yummm!! Beer Kent even made an appearance, much to my family's delight!

Saturday we split up so that the mommy's could go see Twilight. I am so grateful that Kent is willing to take Taylee so I can enjoy the show! (Mostly as a great excuse for him NOT to see the show :) While us ladies enjoyed Twilight, the daddy's and kids got to enjoy "Wreck it Ralph." Taylee fell asleep 10 minutes into the show, then was surprised when it ended 5 minutes after she woke up. Silly girl! Luckily her nap provided her with lots of energy to play, play, play with her cousins all afternoon! We closed out the evening with a trip to see the Christmas lights in Layton park. We had a great time, and were sad to say farewell to Great Grandpa, Aunt Ginger, Skip, Aden, Garrett, and Xavier. Hopefully we will be seeing them soon with a trip to Denver for a Broncos playoff game!

Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving as well!

Halloween 2012

Halloween brought so much fun to our house this year! Kent and I got to dress up to attend Mark's Birthday/Halloween party. We don't do this very often, so we had lots of fun with it! Kent is NOT a nerdy football player, he is Von Miller, who does indeed wear nerdy glasses. And I am, of course, a Replacement Ref!

This is our friend Jeron. Yes, that's right, it's a guy. Definitely my favorite costume of the year!

Winners of Best Couples Costume. And they deserved it. Cami worked on these for 3 days straight!

The Very Classy Jim Lahey and Lucy

And for the real fun of Halloween. Trick or Treating with the cutest little ladybug on the block!

Taylee lasted much longer than we expected, but once she started making Nana carry her, it was all over!

Skyler may not Trick or Treat anymore, but he will definitely carve pumpkins!

Excuse Taylee's outfit please (or lack thereof). This has been her outfit of choice for about a month now. And she is one stubborn little girl! If we are lucky, we can get her into a pair of leggings. Jeez, I would be freezing!

                                   Happy Halloween Everyone!

Viva Las Vegas!!

Two weeks ago Kent and I had the opportunity to travel to fabulous Las Vegas to see these two crazy kids get married! This is my only female cousin, Denise, and her adorable husband Damien. And yes, all that hair is his own!

 

 

Kent and I spent much of our two days in Vegas exploring the Strip. The new stuff, and the stuff we have seen lots of times! It seems like Vegas is once again reinventing itself, moving away from the "theme" resorts like Paris, Venetian, New York New York, etc. to ridiculously extravagent, showy hotels. The new Aria, Vdara, & Cosmopolitan resorts were near our hotel, so we had lots of fun exploring them! Not that we could afford to buy anything in their shops, because it was all Fendi, Gucci, Versace, etc. Ha, we would have to hit a BIG jackpot to be able to buy something there!

 

 

The outdoor lobby at the Aria.

This waterfall at the Aria stretched around the entire vestibule, at least 30 or 40 feet long. It was gorgeous!

Inside the Cosmopolitan.

In front of our hotel, the Monte Carlo

Here I am, glowing in front of the fake Eiffel Tower

I also dragged Kent to the Broadway hit "Jersey Boys" while we were in Vegas. I found it to be spectacular, and Kent thought it was an event to be endured. What a great husband, sitting through a Broadway musical for me. Love him!