Pumpkin Patch and Birthdays!

Taelyn  is 17 months now and I can hardly believe it. She loves to talk and express her emotions in so many ways. Her new word is shirt. I'll give you one guess as to what it sounds like? I know she is saying "shirt" though because it's always when she sees a shirt. We were in target the other day and as I was picking up a shirt for me to try on she kept repeating it... "shirt..shirt..shit...shit..shit!! " I looked around and of course there had to be two other moms standing right next to me giving me the eye. Yep, Mother of the year award right here folks! lol. She's is pushing the boundaries and testing my patients,all part of being the mother of a toddler. However, she is sweet and mellow for the most part. I just always try and avert the inevitable melt down by making sure she is fed and rested. She LOVES books!! I always have books stashed in my diaper bag and the car because she will read anywhere. If I have to get some shopping done I bring a few books and can usually finish before shes done looking at all of them. If you are sitting on the couch she will go over to her toy area and bring you a book and climb onto your lap and wait for you to start reading to her . I guess I should be stoked she loves such a quiet activity :).

She also loves to dance and listen to music.I put music on when I'm cooking and most of the time I find her spinning around in circles and stomping her feet, the cutest thing ever.That's what shes up to these days. We have had a very busy month. My birthday, Taelyn's bff Gwen's 1st birthday and lots of other fall activities. We took her to the pumpkin patch and she was able to really enjoy it this year, such a fun age shes at. She rode the pony, went to petting zoo, picked out a pumpkin and had a blast. We went twice. Once with her group of Tae's baby friends and once with the family, my sister-in-law and nephew. Alexander is 5 months older then Taelyn and they are supper cute together. I love that she has a cousin close in age she can grow up with. Here are some of the pictures from this month.

Fall 2010

Fall 2011

Daddy and Tae 2010

Daddy and Tae 2011

My Little Pumpkin.

Gwen's 1st Birthday!

All Tae's Friends. (Tae is in the lamb costume)

Helping Mama with her Birthday cake that Daddy made!

The family dinner.
The next day all my ladies and I went and got mani/pedis and had an amazing lunch.

Happy 29th Birthday to Mommy!

I find myself rocking Taelyn to sleep a lot more now, I stopped rocking her to sleep when I stopped bf and I guess I just started to miss our intimate cuddle time at night before bed. She is so precious and growing so fast. It's funny that as a mom you try so hard to do everything just right. So much info out there that says what to do and what not to. I sometimes listen but lately I've found this "gut instinct" every other mom has told me about and I tend to stick with whatever it tells me. Right now it's telling me the moments spent in the dark rocking my daughter to sleep are moments I will never get back and I should soak up every last one!

The Joys of Motherhood!

I'm really trying to keep up with the blog and every time I think about sitting down to write a post something needs to be done and I put it off. Taelyn is currently talking to herself in her crib and this usually last for about 20 min or so until she falls asleep (because of recent events I'm trying to minimize how long she is in there unattended for, but I'll get to that later). This is kinda new..before I would be able to just turn on her music, lay her down and in 5 minutes not a peep. Which leads me to believe she is starting to phase out 2 naps a day to just one. Selfishly I don't want to give up the morning nap yet because it's when I get to enjoy a cup of coffee, a shower or watch the news etc. Its my favorite time of day to myself. Oh well.
  So, about a week ago I laid Tae down for her morning nap and decided to take a shower. I could hear her babbling to herself on the monitor. I took a quick shower and when I got out she was still awake. I got dressed and started to get ready for the day, about 20 mins had gone by and she was still talking to herself. I decided to go in and see if I could rock her or soothe her to sleep. I was not prepared for what I saw and smelt when I opened her door. (Disclaimer: This is absolutely disgusting and I'm semi embarrassed to even be sharing this story but kids will be kids and now its kinda funny) She had taken off her pj shorts and her cloth diaper and thrown them on the floor and pooped in her crib and was playing with it!!!! Now I have heard other moms tell me this happened to them but I never imagined it would to me. It just never crossed my mind. EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW...I could do nothing else but cry.
  For those of you who know me well, I can be a tad bit dramatic at times but this called for tears!! I SWEAR! I had no idea where to start or how to even begin to clean her or the mess. It was everywhere....IN her ears, socks, hands, hair on the wall behind her crib, in the sheets on the blankets on the crib.....I wanted to shut the door and pray it away. It took me almost 2 hours to clean it all up and I felt like I could still smell it on me and her and everywhere, although I'm sure that wasn't the case. So, if I learned anything from this experience it is to buy a video monitor, don't put them to sleep with out a onesie or something they wont be able to take off themselves and should this happen to you take em out back and hose them off. I put her in the shower cause I didn't need my neighbors calling CPS on me for hosing off my poopy daughter in the backyard but then I spent the next hour bleaching my bathroom and my shower. UGH!!!!
  I called my husband to tell him what happened and as he was laughing hysterically all he said was "Did you take a picture?" Is he serious??? OMG! hahaha I guess it's kinda funny. I didn't take a picture and am glad I didn't. That's not a moment I want to relive. The wine drinking started early that day. The Joys of Motherhood!