Happy Mother's Day 2010

I had a nice relaxing day today with Justin and Taegan. We have been in the thick of repainting and moving Taegan to her new bedroom-which is now complete. This also meant that I had to repaint her old room which became the office. This was a busy last week and my only wish for Mother's Day today was for Justin to help me get all the furniture moved and back into the rooms where I wanted them!! We got it all moved, cleaned, and now tomorrow I only have some organizing to do in the office. Ahhh, it feels good! I LOVE moving and rearranging furniture so really this was pretty therapuetic to me. I was glad to have it all back in the rooms and to know that it is almost done. I ordered wall dots for Taegan's room and they came yesterday, so I will be putting those up tomorrow:)

Justin and Taegan got me cards, flowers, and donuts for breakfast this morning-loved it! So simple, but so perfect. We had a fun day together and love watching Taegan change into a big girl!! I can't believe how big she is getting. For fear of jinxing how she is doing in her new bed, I will just say we are shocked:) The next hurdle-potty camp!!!

Also, Justin and I are going to start running and exercising a lot. I can't wait and am so excited for the summer!!! I got a part time job at Target and think I might start this week or next, look forward to that as well!!!

Hope your Mommy's Day was relaxing and peaceful. Thinking about those of you that are still hoping and praying for a blessing-keep believing.

Birthday party...part 1

Justin, Taegan and I celebrated her birthday on Tuesday and her are the pictures from that evening and the next day(her actual birthday). I will do the rest of her birthday tomorrow!

Her presents and balloon from us.
Actually sitting and posing for the camera!

Pretty excited about her playdoh!

Showing off her princess bat.

Posing with mommy.

Super excited about all her new stuff.

Posing with daddy.

Using her new mower to "mow" outside.

Eating her birthday breakfast-a cupcake!

Sound asleep after our day of shopping for her birthday!

Happy 2nd Birthday Taegan McKenna!!!

I can't believe that my little girl is 2 today!!! Where has time gone? I can still remember this day 2 years ago as though it was just yesterday. What a great day that was-and scary as well. Sometimes I wish it would have been a normal birth and delivery, instead of her being sick right away and having to go immediately to the NICU. After 7 days though she was ours to love and hold forever. What a ride it has been and the ride is getting faster everyday. We celebrated last night with Justin, Taegan, and I for her birthday. We went out to dinner to Famous Daves and she cried when they came to sing Happy Birthday to her! We opened up presents and even made a special trip to the Toy Store to let her spend this gift card they sent her in the mail(it was 3 dollars!). Then we came home and played outside with her new bubble mower while I picked weeds! We are headed to Kansas City today just her and I to shop and get some new bedding for her new "big girl" room!!! We are repainting the office and moving her over there because it is bigger and transitioning her bed from a crib to the toddler bed. I'm not sure I'm ready for that, but we are hoping that she is:) We are also beginning to tackle potty training-wow! We have her big party on Sunday and I will have lots of pictures then. For now here are two:

Her nails painted for the first time.
Opening her first birthday card that came in the mail!!!

Two weeks???

Has it really been two weeks since I have written? Wow, where did the time go? We have been busy and having fun. We had Taegan's 2 year old pictures taken and they turned out great. She is not much for actually looking at the camera and smiling, so we have to be tricky about it. Although I do love pictures where she is just being her silly self or even whining a bit. They make for some great ones too:) We have also been working on redoing some of our backyard, which is now complete. I will take pictures and post some on here-we are almost ready to take the pool out and get it setup!!!! A dear friend of mine lost her Dad in a motorcycle wreck the first week in April and that was a rough week. I still think about her everyday and how hard it must be to keep going. She is very strong and is holding up well!

Wednesday is Justin's birthday and then things start getting crazy for a week or two! I got a temp job with the Census and I start training on Sunday and have it everyday until next Saturday. Next Wednesday my baby girl will be 2 and her party will be on Sunday. WOW-it will be May! I have some pictures on my camera that I will try to load in the next few days.

Happy Monday.

Easter in pictures...

We had a great weekend with family!!! Saturday morning we started off with an Easter Egg hunt here in town(Taegan did great!), then off to my parents for the evening. Sunday we headed to church and then made our way to St. Joe with Justin's family for Easter lunch and a wedding for his aunt. What a special day it was to spend with family. Taegan loved playing outside for hours with her cousins, and slept like a rock on the way home and all night!!!

Swinging like a big girl.
Wearing the same dress, but not planned at all!!!

Movie night with Mom and Dad on the bed.

This was our backyard this morning covered in hail.

Riding her new bike outside.

Heading to her first egg hunt.

Waiting patiently.

Her 2nd egg hunt at my parents.

Checking out the loot from the eggs.

Her Easter basket.

Easter Egg hunt at home on Easter morning.

Checking out Mater.

Kind of grumpy before church.

Picture Craziness

Showing off her new bows!
She loves going to the pet store and watching the dogs.

Daddy being silly with her hair in the shower.

Showing me her letters on the wall.

Disney on Ice

Watching very closely to everything going on.

Mater-her favorite now!

Ariel and Flounder-she loved this scene.

Simba and Pumba.

Tink

This is what she looked like after the show and shopping all afternoon with us!

Going to dinner that night-with her princess snowglobe.

Showing Daddy the book the next day!

Glamour Girl!

I was trying to get a cute picture of her outfit-she didn't want to pose!

My Big Girl's first 2 crafts she made at playgroup and MOPS!

Sorry so long...

I can't believe it has been almost a week since I have posted, geez what a slacker I am! Actually we have been super busy and playing like crazy. I will do a picture post tomorrow maybe? Today I will just tell you what we have been up to! For starters, KSU is rocking it out in the NCAA tourney. We are in the Sweet 16 and play in Salt Lake tomorrow night!!! Can't wait to see how well they do. Last Friday, Taegan, mom, and I went to Disney on Ice in Kansas City. To say that Taegan loved it is quite an understandment. We had AMAZING seats-front row with not a soul blocking our view. She was in heaven. She danced, ate, clapped, laughed, danced more, and then started it all over again. What a cutie she was. I couldn't believe how much it kept her attention and also how expensive things are in those events. YIKES!

Saturday we had a snow storm-are you kidding me? Taegan and I stayed home while Justin, my dad, and Ryan drove to OKC to watch KSU play. What a night that was for them:) Sunday we got up and went to church. We have been looking for a new church and we think we may have found one. My friend Jamie attends this church and invited us to try it. We went a couple weeks ago, tried another church, and decided to go back to hers Sunday. Taegan loves playing in the nursery there and in about a month or so she will move into a Sunday school class!! She is getting so big:(

Monday we tried out a playgroup that the Parents as Teachers program in town offers. What a fun time that was. Taegan was very shy and not herself, but I think the more we go the better she will be! And-it's free!!!! Tuesday we had MOPS and Taegan moved up to the 2 year old room...growing up so fast. She did really well in there. They do a craft, play outside(if it's nice), snack, and watch a short video. She didn't do so well with the video-but I am hoping she gets better at that! She also played outside last night for 3 hours...what a beautiful day it was outside!! That brings us to today and it is gloomy and rainy out. So I am headed for a nap-Taegan has a cold and is not sleeping well at nights. Which means I don't sleep well either!

March Madness...

I love March Madness time!!! Justin and I each filled out 2 brackets, hung them on the door, and are competing against each other. The winner with the best bracket gets a day planned for them:) It isn't much, but we love to compete against each other. So far-the games have been super close and well-I'm not sure my stress level can handle this for the whole tourney. Let's just hope the Cats pull out the big guns today and play great!

This morning Taegan and I got up, I worked out while she ate, we messed around here at the house, and then we headed to lunch and the zoo with my mom!!! Taegan LOVES the zoo. I can't believe how smart she is and how much she knows about the animals. All my crazy noises and examples are paying off. She continues to talk so much and loves to mimic what we do. She is crazy, and had recently started being a little stinker about running off when asked for help or to do something. She also has quite a temper streak if she wants to show it. We will have to work on that and also sharing!

I am off to watch KSU play and then outside to play with Taegan(it is 60 out)!