What Taylyn has been up to in the last 6 months!

Where do I even begin to tell about Taylyn over the last 6 months. She has grown up so fast and definitely keeps me on my toes. It is amazing how they go from sweet angel to evil demon in a matter of seconds. I got a glimpse of what it means to be the terrible 2'; I think it should be the terrible 2 1/2. However I can't complain. She has actually let me off easy from what I hear.

She has had some busy months. We have said bye bye to diapers, binkies and cribs. Cody told her she could have a big girl bed when she was ready to throw away her binkies. She thought about it for a minute and said, "OK Daddy I will throw them in the garbage." She found them and threw them right in. She asked for them 2 times the next day and that was the end of it and she got a big girl bed and she is still taking naps most days. I count my lucky stars on that one!!

Here are some comments made by Tay lately.
-"this turned out better than I thought" about a picture she drew.
-"Oh ...." when she dropped her drink on the ground.
-"Damn It Roxie" (I have to claim that one-one to many times cleaning up her water and food when I get home. Roxie has had a hard time with the move)
-She went through a phase when she would get angry she would literally turn red and start shaking as she screamed at whoever was in her path. The Nazi in my came out and I had to help her learn to control her anger appropriately. I did have to turn my back a few time so she didn't see me laughing.
-We went to the Dr. for Jaxon and the minute the doctor walked in the door she said,
"Dr. Acune (Dr. McCune) I don't need to be fixed only Jaxon does." She wasn't about to get a shot.
-She just decided one day she didn't need help with prayers. I was so proud of her I actually wrote it done after she went to bed. I have totally turned into one of those parents but oh well. "Fader in Heaben (Father in Heaven) Tank (thank) you for this day, Tank you for my famwe (family),Tank you for Addy, Tank you for me , Tank you my mommy, tank you for Roxie and Mommy Tank you for my Daddy, tank you for Jaxon Bless have spirit, We wove (love) thee name Jesus Christ Amen." I hope she always remembers to be thankful for so many things. A couple weeks after this she decided it was funny to say prayer and try to make us laugh by whispering, or talking like a robot, or saying it in a whining voice. Needless to say we had a FHE on how to say prayers. She caught us laughing a few times so it was an every night occurrence.
-She was talking to me about something the other day and said, "Her's don't do that." and then said, "Silly me Her does not do that" I don't think I have ever pointed that out to her. I usually just try to say a sentence after her with the correct use of the word but never tell her it was used wrong. What a character!
-Cody asked her if she wanted a PB and J. She looked at him and laugh, "PB don't go with J!" She is learning her letters in a preschool and thought daddy was pretty silly for putting those 3 together.
-I was bathing Jaxon and Tay when Jaxon reached for one of her toys and she took it away. I told her that wasn't nice and she really needed to share with her brother. She looked at me, "Him have plenty of toys mommy." What two year old uses the word "plenty" I don't even think I use that word!!

One of the new girls in my ward asked if I wanted to do a little preschool with some of the other women from the ward. There are 6 of us and we each take a week. Right now it is only once a week so it is nice. I have had a lot of fun with it and it makes me miss teaching a little. Taylyn had a rough go in the beginning. She would start crying the night before telling that she didn't want to go. She would cry all morning and half of school unless I stayed there, even bribery didn't phase her. Finally it started getting less and less and now she looks forward to going for the most part but has to remind me, "Mommy will always pick me up from school right." What ever works!
I finally got back to making bread again now that we are a little settled. Taylyn loves to help but has to have her apron on so she can be a baker. I always have to sweep up the floor afterwords but it is worth it to have her enjoy doing things with me. Hopefully she will still enjoy it when she is older. She always tells Cody, " Mommy is the bestest baker ever, and I am the bestest baker too!" She makes me feel so good; I just might keep cooking!

Tay loves her guys (Mickey Mouse characters) and they pretty much do everything she does. They eat breakfast, have naps, cry, go to the bathroom and so much more. We had breakfast on the porch one morning and Mickey need have some breakfast. He wasn't eating so she said she would have to feed him herself!The new house came with a trampoline. Taylyn was in heaven. It started out her only going on with Cody and I and changed to all day with herself, or us and always her guys!

Her favorite thing to do with Cody is lay down and find animals in the clouds. She is actually quite good at it. I didn't know that is what they were doing until I was out there with her one day and she pointed out an alligator that surprisingly looked like one and I asked her where she learned to do that. She responded, "Oh thats just what my daddy and me do!"

We bought Taylyn a little tricycle. It took a little time but she figured it out and loves to ride on it. Huge fan of her new Play Dough set! I get some delicious pizzas and cakes from it too! She also makes sure I have pretty jewelry!She kept asking me if she could sleep in her hiding place and after 3 times I thought oh well whatever you need to go to sleep. I snuck in after to take a picture. She had about a week worth of naps in there before she realized her bed was much more comfortable. This summer we put Taylyn in Swim lesson so she could get used to the water and be able to have fun at Lake Powell. Two days after she started she ended up getting a really bad ear infection so we have to do another session. She loved to play with the toys but was having non of that putting face in water business. Her teacher asked her to try to blow bubbles and she responded with, "No thank you I will just play with these toys!" By the end of the two weeks she was at least putting her chin in the water. We got caught in a little rainstorm at Walmart and Taylyn decided she needed an umbrella. Of course in Florida I had one in each car and a couple in the house but I don't know where they disappeared to. Needless to say Taylyn picked out a Dora one for us to share! She was so excited when it rained the next time she had to go outside and walk in it.We were eating chicken strips from Training Table and Taylyn was quite excited to see that one of her strips were in the shape of a seahorse. She took a bite and then laughed, "Daddy I bite his head off, that's funny huh!" She loves the hotel thing and started to cry when we packed up to leave. She wanted to live there.

Taylyn was so excited to get her kite back out again once the weather got nice again. She is a little better at it this year. She understands you have to actually hold on to it!!!Mickey was hungry. "Him need to eat off my nippie just like Jaxon." She watched what I was doing and would do the exact same. I was laughing so hard I had to stop feeding Jaxon to take a picture. She is also watching the tv while he was eating. She even tried to do two at a time. I'm not sure where she got that one.

On Sundays we used to have 1:00 church so by the time we got home I didn't really want her to go to sleep but she needed a little rest so I let her watch a movie on the couch and of course the guys had to come too. To help Cody rehab his leg we bought a treadmill from my sister. Tay watched us use it and told Cody it was her turn. She was actually quite good. She had to exercise everyday with us.

This is what I found when I finished getting ready for the day. Yes she is in there with a baby, Mickey Mouse, and 3 blankets. About a month after Jaxon was born we decided it was time to potty train. I had tried once before and quickly realized she was not ready. So I took a deep breath and we began. For some reason the big potty was too overwhelming for her and I had wanted to just start off on the potty and not have the little portable potty. Tay won in the end, I would rather her potty trained by whatever means necessary than still using diapers. It even ended up where we spend most of our day and it worked beautifully.

Within 3 days she wasn't having any accidents and had even pooped by herself. Well about a week or so later she had sat down to poop and I went to put Jaxon in bed and came back to a crying Taylyn with poop all over her hands. Taylyn first of all does not like her hands dirty and secondly she does not forget. She started being afraid to poop. I new 3 days was too good to be true. She used the time wisely to get caught up on her reading.

And watching her movies and shows. Whatever works right!

She was completely potty trained and then we had a very stressful month followed by a move and it went down the drain. She would stand by the toilet and go in her pants. We tried 3 or 4 different things and nothing seemed to work. A couple of our friends told us that cold showers do the trick. So we explained that cold shower take off the poop the best, but if she went in the potty she got 3 stickers on her chart. When she got 10 stickers she got to have a new movie. The chart helped her to stop peeing in her pants. It took about 5 warm showers (we didn't have the heart to make it really cold) and one cold and she has never had an accident again. It was a little embarrassing when she would tell people about how when she poops in her pants she gets a cold shower but was kind of funny when she would come and tell me,"I fink(think) I need a cold shower to make the poo get off my bummy." We are so proud of her and she earned a lot of Popsicles and movies but it was totally worth it.

Taylyn and I had a tea party and lunch on the deck. She had a lot of fun but didn't eat much of anything.

We have started the Princess and Dress up phase. Nana bought her some new dressups and she is having a lot of fun. One Sunday I had her all ready for church and had to finish getting Jaxon ready and out comes Tay in her dress ups ready to play.

We love our new backyard. Taylyn spends as much of her day as possible out there, and of course so do her guys. One morning there was a rodeo going on across the street and she told me she was going with her guys to watch the horses. They also went for a little boat ride and then she was trying to figure out how she was going to bring them all back to the house in one trip. It was really funny to watch.

Before we moved she went through a weird phase and after I would put her in her bed she would get out and take naps in different places. I would find her in her tent, in the corner, under umbrellas, in the closets and surround by toys with just a shirt and pullups on.

She wanted me to take her picture while we were on the mountain and she posed herself.

Big Mic and Taylyn having a pop pop outside. A moment of her terrible 2's.

Maile taught Taylyn the sprinkler, raise the roof and to tell boys to "Drop it Like it's Hot."

Tay and Jax

These pictures are over the last 6 months. Taylyn and Jaxon are so cute together. They just love each other to pieces. Taylyn had a month where I noticed a lot of jealous behaviors but for the most part she has adjusted well. He gets so excited whenever she walks into the room. I hope they will continue to get along and be the best of friends, especially when they are older.

This was one of the first times she every wanted to hold him. She was good for a couple of seconds and then she was done.

She was being so sweet and singing to him and I caught a few sweet moments on camera. He loves it when she sings to him. She will go into his room before I get him out and sing to him so he will stop crying. He gets excited and stops as soon as he hears her trying to climb up bed.Apparently Jaxon needed a bib. I was cooking and she was just talking away to Jaxon and he was spitting so she went and got her dolly's pink bib and put it on him and proceeded to tell me that "him loves my baby's pink bib!"

They both needed a little Daddy time.

New Pajama Day. I set Jaxon down which of course means he has to cry. Cody had gotten after Taylyn for something and this was the result. Cody told me to get the camera before we settled them down. I know it's mean but it was just too funny not too.

I asked Taylyn to keep him busy while I cooked dinner. I looked over and this is what I found...

Notice the finger pointing things out in the book!

Family Fun

Over the last 6 months we have had a lot going on and I did manage to get a few on camera. We have been trying to take advantage of Cody's days off and the fact that our kids are not in school yet and have do some fun things.

We took Taylyn to the Green Show at the Shakespeare Festival. I got her a tarts to try and she took a couple bits but wasn't quite so sure about them. She was more interested in the guy walking around with balloons than the dancing and singing, but enjoyed being outside and seeing the fountain. She almost made it through the whole show until she said quite loudly, "I need to poop Mommy, right now!" We rushed inside the building, parked the massive stroller, went downstairs, waited in lines, helped her on the potty while holding Jaxon and she say, "I guess I don't need to go!" I took a deep breath and we went to see the water fountain.

Jax was so happy in the stroller sucking on the straps I didn't hear a peep out of him the whole night.

She just about went in a few times. This was just a cool picture I took off our deck after a rain storm.

Taylyn was so excited to see a real rainbow!

We bought bikes the last part of the summer . We have talked for a long time about getting some and finally decided to do it. Tony bought one too so we got a good deal and the 3 of them. The boys got to try them out first because of course the bike I wanted had to be ordered. Once I got my bike and child carry we put the kids in and rode over to the park. I just about didn't make it pulling the two of them. I quickly realized I am in very bad shape. Cody ended up pulling them back home, which was a good thing; I almost didn't get myself home.

Jaxon is not a fan of the carrier. If he doesn't fall asleep he screams the entire ride, which makes Tay scream so the bike ride isn't as relaxing as I had hoped for. He will get it figured out by Spring I hope!

This is at the park.She was so proud for going down on her belly without me.

One afternoon Taylyn comes running into my room to tell me she sees deer in the backyard. I thought okay whatever, but went with her so she could show me and sure enough there were 3 deer walking around in the backyard in the middle of the day.

Back in May we went to take Taylyn fishing up the mountain but the road still had snow on it so we couldn't go. Taylyn was heartbroken until Cody told her about a really cool waterfall. She was captivated by the bridge and water.

Trips to Nana Papa's House

We have gone to my parents house a couple times in the last 6 months. Here are a few pictures I took while we were there.

I couldn't find Tay when it was time for a nap and I could just hear a little giggle. I followed the source and found her behind the couch. Oh so tired! My brother's family just put a pool in at their house so we went over to swim and have a BBQ. The pool is so pretty and the kids had a blast.

Addison and Taylyn

The scooter was a big hit!Staying cool by the cooler in the garage!
Poor Bruno. Taylyn was out first thing in the morning and last thing at night. He didn't get much of a break from her but he did get to come inside the house because of it. He is a such a good sport with all of the grandkids. I thought this picture was so cute. A little girl and her puppy in trouble! Taylyn and Addison suckered me into buying them a play dough kit to play with. After I got home and realized how cool it was I felt a little better about the purchase.
Jaxon loves his Papa. Every time my Mom would try and hold him he would cry until she handed him back to me. My Dad would pick him up and he was very content.
This was on the way to my parents. Jaxon was screaming and Taylyn's solution is to plug her ears. When we get in the car she asks me if Jaxon is going to cry, she says, "its okay if he cries a little bit, I will just plug my ears!" What a little snot! I guess it beats her screaming too, which is what I usually hear when he cries.
Nana gave Jax a cup he was excited as can be. Why do we spend money on toys????

Tay decided she needed to get in Jaxon's seat to watch her shows. Taylyn wanted to do puzzles with me and of course I ended up finishing them because my OCD won't let me just put them away unfinished!!!! Jaxon is a huge fan of cereal!

Britt's Wedding

My niece Brittney got married on June 11 in the Salt Lake City Temple. It was a nice sealing and she look absolutely beautiful. I can't believe that she is old enough to get married!

Teasi and Tay waiting for Brittney to get out of the temple.

Brittney and me at the reception!

Taylyn with her Brittie! She loves her to pieces.

Brittney and Danny !My Mom and Dad

Taylyn told Cody she didn't want to hold her glass but he could hold it for her. What a stinker!!!
Tay with her cousins Collin and Dominque Papa with the little girls!

Jaxon's Blessing

We blessed Jaxon Tione Wilson on June 7th, 2009. Cody gave a very sweet blessing and we appreciated all those who were able to come and share this sweet day with us. He did pretty well and waited until the end to cry but he was just getting over his second round of RSV so his voice was so horse you could hardly hear him cry!

Our little family!

Nana and Papa and Jaxon

Nana and Willie and JaxonHere is my Jax Man in his blessing outfit. I really wanted him in a vest so after a lot of searching my mom found a pattern and I found a women's sweater that she used for the material. He looked adorable!

Alldredge Family Reunion

My Mom's side of the family had their reunion in Fillmore this year. Melissa and I took the kids up there for the day. We had a lot of fun swimming, playing at my uncle's house, the famous auction and of course had a great dutch oven dinner. This was the first year without my Grandpa so we all shed a few tears in remembrance of him and we definitely missed his dutch oven potatoes and his teasing us when we asked for potatoes without onions. Thanks Uncle Dennis and Family for a great reunion!

The cabin we are sitting by was actually the one from the Arizona strip where my Grandpa grew up and my Uncle brought it to his house piece by piece and reassembled it.

Jaxon was so glad to finally get his shorts off and just lay in the shade. It was really hot! He was really excited to see Papa. He loves my Dad and will always let him hold him.We had the pool rented for the family for a couple hours. It was a good thing, we filled it up really fast. Taylyn loved the kiddie pool and thought she was such a big girl to be able to touch the bottom.
Jaxon and Aiden just hanging out and absolutely loving the water. Can you believe it... Tay actually got dirty for a few minutes two different times before she asked to get cleaned up. She is really figuring out that getting dirty is fun. Above is a picture after dinner and below are proof that she played in the dirt. She has come along way!

Teasi and Taylyn of course had a blast together and didn't leave each other for even a moment! I made two of these pictures tiles of my grandparents to sell at the auction!Great Grandma Alldredge and Jaxon. He was quite content to sit on Grandma lap. We all had a great time but man did the kids stink up the car on the way home. We got home really late and Cody went to put Tay in bed until he saw how dirty she was and she went straight to the bath!!

Panguitch Hot Air Balloon Festival

Every July Panguitch has a Balloon Festival so I decided to take the kids over because Cody had to work all weekend. We got up at 6am so we could see the balloons take off. The kids thought it was cool for a minute and then they just wanted something to eat. Taylyn's favorite was the Smokey the Bear, but had a really hard time seeing it because the sun was right in our eyes. There was not much wind so some of them had a hard time staying up in the sky. This rainbow one landed right by us.

There is the Smokey the Bear Balloon. That is all Tay wanted to talk about.

After the kids were ready to go, we went back to Michelle's for breakfast. Then headed back downtown for the motorcycle parade. I love Panguitch...you can basically walk everywhere! Jared and Kaeden were in the parade. Jennifer and her family came down as well so of course we made everyone pose for lots of pictures.

And more pictures!

The whole gang!!!

Jaxon loved getting held by all of the girls.

Jaxon and Jennifer

To much sun for the Jax Man! He was not at all amused.

After the parade and carnival we went back to Michelle's and of course the clothes came off and the dress-ups went on.

The kids said they were going outside to play. After a few minutes we went to check on them and this is what we found.

Teasi buried in the sand!

Tay shirtless jumping and sliding (having a blast)!

We went back downtown for dinner and to watch the balloons light up. Teasi and Taylyn are the best of friends!

Once again Jaxon is being spoiled by Tiffney.
Tay was pretty tired by the time it got dark so she decided it was time to be pushed! Tiffney put Jaxon asleep. Here arm finally got tired enough she laid him down. He was so tired he didn't even wake up. This part of the evening was my favorite. It was interesting to watch how they get the balloon filled up. We were watching this one in the background and Taylyn asked me if she could climb inside of the balloon and play. Even with the fire going she was convinced she could still get inside. Thanks Michelle for having all of us there!

Happy Birthday Cody!!!

I took Cody golfing for his Birthday in August. It was a lot of fun to get away from the kids for a minute and be able to play golf again with Cody. It has been at least a year since we have played together and we used to go quite often so it was nice to go together. I even decided to have my niece and her husband come over and babysit twice a month so we could go. It has been fun but now it is too cold for me to play!!
I played better than I have ever played before. I even go to par on two holes. I think I even stayed close to Cody's score. This squirrel stole Cody's peanut M&M once when he was teeing off. It is always just hanging out at the hole and the trash can.

Fishing

Taylyn with her Fish!

(Notice the dirty clothes... yes she is actually dirty and loving it!)

Throughout the summer we had a few fishing trips up to Kids Pond and New Castle. Tay has caught quite a few fish with her little Dora Pole. She even got brave enough to touch one. Tay loves to practice with her pole in the house, in the front yard and anywhere else she can. She is getting pretty good at it. Cody lets her pick out whatever she wants from the fridge to try and catch the fish. She always chooses squeaky cheese from Beaver and it always works! Jaxon's idea of Fishing!!! I was glad I was in charge of him!

She wanted to try on her own. That meant she was poking the rocks with her pole. She eventually got tired and let Cody have a turn holding it.

Yah! We caught one!

Taylyn and Cody waiting for the fish to bite.

So proud of the first fish of the evening! She wouldn't touch it!
Finally a little braver with fish #3...she finally touched it!

We went for a drive to New Castle but we had forgotten her fishing pole at Lake Powell so we couldn't go fishing. All she wanted to do was throw rocks so it was probably a good thing we didn't end up trying to catch anything. Cody found her a crayfish, but she decided she didn't really want to touch it.

Jax 2 month checkup

Jaxon 2 Months

13 pounds 9ounces 89%

22 3/4 in 45%

Head 15 1/4 in 23%

I can't believe how much the Jax Man has grown. In 2 months he has doubled his birth weight. He has the same Acid Reflux problem that Taylyn had when she was a baby, but his doesn't seem as severe. He is on medication twice a day and seems to be doing much better. He is such a sweet boy and I am so thankful he is a part of our family. Jaxon is a big time Mamma's Boy, which is only fair because Taylyn is a big time Daddy's Girl!

Jaxon loves to be held and loved by anyone who is willing.

He especially loves to watch Basketball with Daddy!

Taylyn thinks he is cute but doesn't really have much to do with him. She is a great help, but she doesn't like it when he cries. She told her nursery teacher, "Baby Jaxon loves my Mommy best not my Daddy, but I love my Daddy the best! " Oh the things they say.

Jaxon managed to also inherit Taylyn lungs. He cries almost as loud as Taylyn.

Don't you love the double chin!!!! It doesn't take me long to fatten my little ones up!

Oh The Things Kids Say!!!

Cody was getting after Taylyn for something, she looks at him with water in her baby blue eyes and said, "Daddy don't talk at me like that, talk at me nice." Needless to say she got a hug from Daddy!


Taylyn has decided that she loves to eat at Pizza Factory. Whenever we are decided where we want to eat lunch or dinner she will pipe in with, "I want to go to pizza factory. I want a salad but no salad." (Taylyn language for "I want all the stuff but no lettuce.")


Tay went through a short phase of hitting me when she like my answer to something. One of the times it happened I sent her to her room again. She was crying and crying but finally stopped so I went in the room to talk to her about why she had to go to her room. I told her she needed to tell Mommy sorry for hitting me. She replied with, "I don't want to tell you sorry." I held in my laugh and told her she could come out of her room when she was ready to say sorry. She started to cry again and about 10 minutes later she came out and looked at me with tears still in her eyes and said, "I sorry for hitting you mommy, and gave me a big hug. The problem was fixed she never tried to hit me again.

At Nursery shortly after Jaxon was born Taylyn told her nursery teacher, "Jaxon loves Mommy the best, not him Daddy, and Daddy loves me the best!" Jaxon had RSV at the time and required a lot of my attention and stoped crying whenever I held him. So he was held a lot!

Pictures!

My friend Monica took pictures for me, Jaxon was about 6 weeks old. Taylyn did really well and had fun with the pictures and Monica's kids, Jaxon didn't cooperate as much! The pictures turned out adorable!

He didn't like this type of picture at all. We finally had to give up!

Easter

This was the first year we were not flying back to Florida on Easter in 6 years, and Taylyn was old enough to get excited about it. I even got brave enough to color real eggs. It was a mess but we had a lot of fun. When we were finished she opened the fridge and tried to get the rest of the eggs out to do some more. For the next week all she wanted to do was color eggs.

Here are the finished product!Here she is ready to go find her eggs. We were waiting on Cody's family and she was dying to go outside. She kept asking, "Is it time now!" over and over.

Finally we opened the door!

She was so proud of all the eggs she found and said she was ready to go eat them! She thought the Easter Bunny was really cool and loved the few things he got her.

Taylyn in her Easter Dress!

Daddy and Jax

Jaxon loves to lay on Cody's chest. It puts him right to sleep!

Trip to Overton and the Clark County Fair

Cody had to go to Las Vegas to take the Nevada Boards so he can practice in Vegas if he wants to, so I decided to go with him and stay at my mom's for a couple of days. Monday Cody went to take his test and hooray passed!! While he was taking the test we were having fun at Nana Papa's house. Taylyn loves going down there and bossing my parents and Bruno around. Cody came home that night but had to go back to Cedar the next day to work. We stayed and played and had a blast. The first thing Taylyn did when we got there was go to see Bruno and ask or should I say tell my mom they needed to take Bruno for a walk, which they did! She spent a lot of time with him because they weather was beautiful and we had been stuck in our house because it was cold in Cedar. She wanted to be outside all day!
Jaxon loved all the attention and be held all the time. My sister came the day before we left so he had someone to hold him the entire day. He was quite content with that!
Taylyn loved Papa and needed to know where he was the whole time we were there. She woke up asking me where he was every morning. After her nap she needed to sit with her Papa. Papa fell asleep but Taylyn snuggled with him for quite a while anyway!
Nana was brave and let her help with making bread and cookies. She made quite a mess but made sure my mom washed off her hands if they got dirty with the flour. Tay helped with pouring in the flour but kept getting too close and her measuring cup went in with the the dough. They had to fish it out a couple of times.

She wasn't so sure about the dough on her hand. She had so much fun and loves to cook!

Since Cody and I started dating we have joked about me raising pigs and going to the Clark County Fair. Well after 6 years I finally got him to go and he actually liked it!!!! I wish I could have video taped his face when we walked into the area where I used to show and keep my pig. He couldn't believe it.It sure brought back so many fun memories of caring and showing my 4 different pigs. My nephew Garrett, Taylyn and I standing by his pig!

Uncle Brent even let Taylyn ride on the pig. She wasn't sure about that.

She loved the small animal tent but was on overload and couldn't look fast enough.She absolutely loved the pony ride and even got brave enough the second time and went all by her self. I was sure glad I didn't have to walk around the circle again. We had Cody's cousins come out and Tay enjoyed riding with the kids, but I still didn't get out of riding with her. Here she is with Brynlee and Davis.She really surprised Cody and I and went from one ride to another all by herself. She was having a blast!

Bryn and Taylyn

Cody was pleasantly surprised at how much fun the fair actually is after all those years of making fun of all of us when we talk about it. I made him eat all the foods that I used to eat to make sure he got the full effect. He decided next year we might need to go for 2 days!!!

What the ....?

Yes that is a Snow Lion made from snow in April. I was not at all pleased and was ready to move back to Florida in a heartbeat. I don't mind having snow in the winter but by April I am ready for spring. Taylyn, however, has overcome her fear of snow and was elated with the idea of snow. She asked Cody the minute he walked in the door from work to build her a snow lion. He questioned her with," you mean a snowman?" With which she replied, "No Daddy I want a snow yin (snow lion), that be fun!" So he changed his clothes and out with the winter gear and they set off on a mission to create a snow lion! This was Taylyn's idea of helping to build the Snow Lion.....eating and sweeping the snow!

Here the are hard at work. Cody put a lot of thought in to making Taylyn a snow lion that actually looked like one. Tay was so excited and couldn't stop talking about it the entire time they were making it and for the next 3 days!It's looking more and more like a lion!
Tay and Cody were quite proud of their snow lion. I was too, they did a great job. They were trying to figure out some other cool things to make next year. Hopefully they will have to wait until next year to build them. I am done with the cold and snow!

Here is the final result that actually stayed with us for about 3 days it was so cold!

Jax Update

Jaxon has had a rough time in this new world. Many things have happened to the poor little guy. He was such a good baby for the first couple of weeks and is definitely a momma's boy. The minute he hears me his heard turns and he starts to cry. Most of the time I love it because Taylyn has always been 100% a Daddy's girl, so it is nice to have one of my own. After a couple of weeks he started crying a lot and spitting up so bad I was changing his clothes, blankets and a couple burp clothes a couple times a day. He was also grunting and pulling his legs up all day like he was in pain. Then he got so stuffy he was having a hard time even breathing. So I took him in to the doctor. Diagnosis- Acid Reflux (just like Taylyn), colic and possibly RSV. He sent me home with medicine for the first two and then said that whatever he had was viral and we just had to wait it out. On a positive note he had already gained almost 3 pounds. A week later and he continued getting worse so we took him back to the doctor. They tested him and he did have RSV so this time I came home with a breathing machine and they sucked out his nose. I feel so bad for him because he seems so miserable. Once again he has gained more than a pound this week. He's now 11 pounds 8 ounces. I sure know how to fatten my babies up! He also got the baby acne all over his head. Poor guy!

On a funny note he came out with the biggest hands, arms and feet I have ever seen on a baby. Hopefully he got Cody's height and not mine so he can grow into them. They are not the best pictures but you can get a visual of how big they really are.

He seems so small in that big car seat, which he is not a fan of at all, unless the car is moving. He will start to cry the minute we turn off the car. What a stinker!

My Little Angel!He was not at all amused with his first bath. Once he was out he decided it wasn't too bad. It probably didn't help that Tay had to help and splashed him in the face!!!

He has inherited my ability to sleep for long periods of time! That a boy!!! We are so happy to have Jaxon in our family. He is such a sweet baby and I have loved being able to hold a new baby of my own again. We love him to pieces!

Taylyn Update

What can I say? I can't believe how fast she is growing up. She is learning and picking up on so many things. I laugh a lot during the day at little things she says or does. She has really been loving lately. She tells me all day how much she loves me and Cody and all of the family. Also everything she sees is "so cute," "that makes me happy" and "that's so beautiful." She also lets me know, "I so proud of you mom!" at least a couple times a day. I glad she approves of what I am doing. It is quite funny.

Another funny thing she does is talk to Jaxon. I know exactly what I sound like. She is always telling him, "it's okay buddy, you will be alright." whenever he cries. "Hey Jax Man what you doing," when she sees him. I decided I better watch my mouth, since she is picking up on everything that comes out of my mouth.

She has also figured out how Jaxon eats. The first couple of times she saw me feeding him she was very curious. Then she started trying to breastfeed Mickey and her baby. She stood trying to figure out how to hold Mickey while she fed him, she thought and tried and eventually decided her belly button would do. After a couple of times trying she finally got the hang of it. She even burps them when she is done, and tells me when they need to go to the bathroom or change their diapers, and when it is time for them to go to the bed. She will be a great mom someday!!!

Taylyn did really well when we brought Jaxon home from the hospital and I thought we were in the clear but she started needing her binkie when Jaxon did and talking like a baby instead of using the words she knows. Luckily it only lasted a week but I really tried to spend some one-on-one time with her each day. This day we decided to have a picnic on the deck. She didn't eat much but had a ton of fun.

A couple weeks after bringing Jax home we decided it was time to potty-train Taylyn. I had tried doing it before I had the baby but Tay was not ready and I didn't have the energy to fight her. She spent two days without going in the toilet and then finally she did it. We made a huge deal and things just clicked. We have only had one maybe two accidents a day for the first couple of days and then she went three days without even one. She has been keeping her pull-ups dry most nights and during her naps. The first time she went poo in the toilet was quite hilarious. She told me she needed to go pee pee and sat down on her potty. After a while she jumped up and yelled, "I made a green snake!!" She was so excited and ran in to tell Cody. He of course made a big deal. The next day she went a little in her underwear so I set her down to try and finish on the toilet. I went to change Jaxon and came running back when I heard her screaming. She had tried to clean herself up and had it all over her hands, legs and clothes. She was absolutely freaked out (I sure did a number on her by giving her my OCD), so we had to go straight to the bath. I was so bummed because it made her scared to poo in the the toilet. I had a couple of days cleaning it out of her diapers but finally she made a green alligator as she called it and now she is back to using the toilet. Thank goodness! She has even started using the real toilet which is wonderful for me so I don't have to clean up the little one anymore. Here is her throne that she spent a lot of time on the first couple of days!

We were doing a sticker book together and I put a few on her face. She thought it was pretty funny so I put some more on. We had a good time. She told me take a picture of her so here are a few.

Taylyn has definitely had her terrible two moments but we love her to pieces and she brings so much joy and plenty of laughter to our lives.

Jax and Tay

Taylyn and Jaxon are getting along quite well. Taylyn loves to help and is very interested in everything he does, except for crying. Whenever he starts to cry she tells me, "Mommy Jaxon is crying make him stop!" or "I don't like him to be sad, make him happy!" She constantly wants to hold him or have him sit by her.

She asked to hold him and actually kept him about 5 minutes and then she was finish and told me it was my turn to take him. Thanks for the permission Tay!!!What a great big sister!
She was just checking him out thinking he was pretty cool until he started to scream!

Jaxon is sure lucky to have such a great big sister. We have told her enough, that she will now tell us, "I wuv (love) my brother, I a good sister!" at least 5 times a day. As sweet and gentle as she is with him I guess she can say it all she wants.

Family Visits

Jaxon had many visitors after we got home from the hospital. Of course I only got a few pictures because I didn't think about it until after they were gone, but here are the few I did take.

Jaxon with Aunt Maile. He looks quite relaxed.

Here he is with his cousin Aiden. Aiden is about 10months older than Jaxon. What a difference in size!!!!

Collin and Jaxon just hanging out. Collin had a Jaxon in his belly for quite awhile until I had Jax and then he also had his Jaxon the same day. What a character!!!

Brandon thought he was going to go crazy waiting to see the baby. He got sick so he had to wait until he got better before he could come over.

Here is Jaxon with Addy. She held him until he started to cry and then she handed him back over to my mom!

Tina, Kayla and Rachel stopped by on their way to Salt Lake for a visit and of course each took a turn holding him.

Weekend with Nana and Maile

While I went into the hospital Taylyn was with Maile and Linda. She had a blast. They went to the park, went shopping, had sleep overs, and much much more. I was a little worried she wouldn't want me to come home but when I came in she ran up and gave me a hug and said, "Mommy you home, I so excited." That made me feel better that she still loves me to be home. During her sleep over Maile was laying with her to help her go to sleep and all of a sudden Tay's face was about 2 inches from her and she said, "you hear that? What that noise?" Any little noise she heard she responded the same way. It happened quite a bit before she went to sleep.
It was so nice to know she was having fun and being taken care of while I was in the hospital. I sure missed her while I was gone.

Jaxon Tione Wilson

After a long awaited week Jaxon Tione Wilson was born. I had an appointment to be induced on March 19, much appreciative of my doctor for inducing me a week early. I had to get up at 2:00 am and call the hospital to make sure they could still take me. They gave me the okay so we got up and showered and headed off to the hospital. We got there at 3:00am and they got the IV in and paperwork finished by 3:30 so they started the patosan (I'm not sure quite how to spell it). I was already dialated to a 4+ when I got there so I didn't think it would take too long. My Doctor came in at 7:00am and broke my water. Then I asked for the epidural as soon as I could. I didn't want to take any chance of not getting it in time. It took awhile for it to kick in on my left side but after a few doses I was not feeling the contractions anymore. The nurse came in around 8:30 to check me and was startled to see a head full of dark hair. She called the doctor and he came right down. I had to do three series of pushes and he was born at 8:57am . He was 7 pounds 8 ounces, 20 inches long, and his head was 13 inches. He was not so sure he was ready to be in this world but everything was great with him. I was surprised how great I felt even once the epidural had worn out. I even felt good enough to get up and take a shower that night. The next day Cody had to drive and work in Beaver so I had the day by myself and I took advantage of the time and slept most of the day, with Jaxon laying by me. That night Taylyn and Cody came to visit again and she took a little more interest in Jaxon without everyone else there. She wanted to give him a kiss but only with her finger.

I thought about coming home on Friday but Cody convinced me to stay an extra day and get one more night of sleep with help from the nurses. Boy was I glad I listened. However, by Saturday morning I was ready to be home. I think Cody was just as ready, his bed was extremely uncomfortable. We are now home and doing well. Jaxon is finally getting on somewhat of a schedule so I know what he needs and when he needs it. He is very mild tempered and so far has been an easy baby. The only time he cries is when I change his diaper. Taylyn thinks it is so funny that he doesn't like his diaper changed. We are hoping it stays that way. We are glad he is with us. All Taylyn wanted to do was eat my lunch the first time she saw Jaxon. She wasn't so much concerned about her new baby brother though. I guess the hospital food was too hard to resist!!

She was finally interested in holding him but for only about 10 seconds and then she told me she was all done. My parents came up the day Jaxon was born and enjoyed holding and loving him. He got lots of kisses from Grandma! Cody's family took Taylyn for us and brought her as soon as Jaxon had his bath. Linda and Maile both took there turns hold and loving as well.

Taylyn didn't wait long to introduce Tea Parties to Jaxon. The day after I brought him home she set up her dishes and had a little tea party with her new brother. It was quite funny how serious she was about the whole party. Here are just a few pictures of Jaxon that we have taken over the last couple of days.After a couple days of being home I finally got him dressed in something other than a onsie or pajamas.

Since bringing him home Taylyn has been a cute big sister. She loves to hold him and help me change his diaper. Whenever she hears him cry she will tell me, "Me don't like Baby Jaxon to be sad make him happy." She is very protective over him and seems to like having him around.

More to Come

I know I have been a slacker so here is just a few pictures of Jaxon until I can get a minute to sit to download pictures and write about the whole experience.

All By Myself!

Well I have finally started getting a taste of the terrible twos!!! She has started whining and crying over the silliest things. We are working hard to nip it in the butt before it gets too bad and we are seeing a little progress (perfect timing considering I will be exhausted for the next couple of weeks and may not be as consistent as I need to be). We give her until the count of three and then if she hasn't stopped she has to go to her room. She runs in there and shuts and locks the door. She will carry on for sometimes up to 10 minutes and then she will walk and and say, "I all done now!" and just like that she is fine. I think Cody is excited to get a little boy in the house so there isn't so much emotions flying around.

She also has started wanting to do everything by herself (that is what a lot of the tantrums are about), once she figures out she can't do something than she will ask for help. Lately when it is time to say prayers before bed we ask who she wants to help her, "I do it myself." We have let her go ahead and try and it is so funny, They usually go something like this, "heavenly father, thank you for Jesus, thank you for my family, and Roxie, bless my mom, bless my daddy, bless my Taylyn, bless my Jaxon, bless my tiger thanks for spirit, name Jesus Christ Amen" I just can't believe how fast she is growing.