Spring is here!

We have been enjoying the beautiful weather lately! Taylor had some friends over last weekend (Lilley Grace and Jake). Brett almost threw Jake out of the back yard, but decided to give him a second chance after they had a long talk about his unacceptable behavior...

Lilley Grace and Taylor had a fun time in our back yard...



Brett had a few days off, and our back yard was in some major need of some tlc. We laid a bunch of sod and mulch for 2 solid days.
Before...



After...

We tried to keep Taylor as entertained as possible while we were working outside, but I think she enjoyed it.


Taylor does the exact same thing I used to do when I was concentrating while playing the piano. She sticks her tongue out when she's thinking extra hard!

Her life is just exhausting...

Taylor still loves to play with Bailey and can now follow him around the house while crawling.



We also went to the zoo on one of the days Brett was off... by the looks of Taylor's smile, I think she enjoyed being carried around by her dad!

We let her get down and crawl around for a little bit... she kept trying to eat the dirt and it was all over her face!

She also LOVED the donkey in the petting zoo... she laughed so so hard when he would come near her.

This is her new permanent smile... she scrunches her nose...

I can't believe she is already 9 months!

Easter Weekend

Here are a bunch of pics from our Easter weekend. My mom came down on Thursday and brought Taylor's Easter dress that she smocked. She did an amazing job on her little bunny dress!

On Saturday, we went to our church's Easter egg hunt and had a picnic. It turned out to be a beautiful, sunny day.


We had several visitors come over and visit on our blanket... here are our neighbors, Mitch and Jake.

Taylor is already showing signs of becoming a dc girl.


My dad and Linda came into town on Saturday and spent Easter day with us.

We went out and played on the swing set in our backyard. Dad took lots of great shots of Taylor...




Here we are on Easter morning in our front yard before we went to church.




It was a struggle to get a decent picture of Taylor sitting by herself. She kept crawling away and digging her hands in the dirt!



We really enjoyed visiting with all of our families on such a special weekend!

Mexico Trip

Last week, we went on a vacation to Mexico with Tim and Jen. We had a great, relaxing time... it seems like a dream now. I was, of course, a little nervous about leaving Taylor for the first time, but once we got there, I thoroughly enjoyed the break. Plus, Taylor was in extremely wonderful hands (Mom and Mike came down to Memphis for their spring break), so I knew I had nothing to worry about.

So we went to an all-inclusive resort south of Cancun called NH Riviera. It is brand-new, so we got an incredible deal on it... overall we loved it. They still have a few kinks to work out and need to hire a few more people, but it definitely exceeded our expectations. The facilities were beautiful...




During the day, we did nothing but sit by the pool, read, and eat. Brett and Tim couldn't sleep past 6, so needless to say, we got prime seats by the pool. Jen and I both have a love for hot dogs, so we'd usually get them from the pool grill and eat a huge pile of guacamole and pico with it for lunch. Classy, I know.




Brett should have given cheerleading a chance...

At night, we went to dinner, watched movies, and were usually in bed by 10. We tried the Asian, Mexican, International, and Italian restaurants.





We had a great time!!