Taylor- 18 months

What a bad mommy I am! It's been 4 months and no updates! In my defense we did pack our house and move to Katy... but no excuses! Let me just say that our little has blossomed into a little girl overnight! She is so funny and keeps us on our toes nonstop and I am loving he very minute of it! She is now 99th percentile in height and doctor said will probably be 5'9 or so! My child!!?? 

Here are some things she's up to...

Words: ( basically repeating everything but here are her favs and some new ones..too many to list- she's a talker)

- thank you

- mark mark (markers)

-color

-mil mil (milk)

-please

- bless you (after sneezes- makes me so proud!)

- Nenny ( Aunt Jen)

-gaga and papa ( my parents)

- Mimi and boss pa (Kevin's)

-nacks (snacks)

-all done

- bubbles

- neck neck (necklaces)

-bath

-POOL! ( can't get away from this one every hour with where our house is now)

Loves:

-Elmo.... All the time!!!!

- twirling 

-baths

-books

- playing with any little friends

-drawing (and eating) markers and crayons

-puddle pool

-splash pad

- hiding and surprising you

- her new playroom

- her tent

- Jewelry

- Edy (our awesome maid-she's obsessed with her!)

- blueberries or any fruit

-any veggies

-quesadillas (calls them dillas)

-any cheese ( her mothers daughter!)

- sitting in the drivers seat of mo and dads car and pushing buttons and driving

-helping mom with any chores (sweeping, laundry,etc)

Dislikes:

- her breathing treatments she has to do for her wheezing 

- getting her teeth brushed

- diaper changes

- sitting in any grocery cart (unless its shaped like a car!)

- being told no!!!

Our typical days are still finding their own way since we have only been in the Katy house for 3 weeks... but 3 days a week we still head to Lifetime City Centre around 9 for mom to workout and Tay goes with Miss Brittani At the gym childcare. She naps in the car if we are out or at home from about 12-2.  We run errands, etc. Dinner is 6ish, and then 6:30 bath. Around 7 we start books, sing and rock her and say our prayers. I usually out her down around 7:15-7:30... As it seems like no matter when she goes to bed she's up at 6:30 am! She really seems to look forward to "night night" and is starting to get attached to a "Blankey".

We are starting to feel all settled in, and even already badal it'll housewarming party. Tha is to all the old and new friends that came out! We had about 30 friends and kids and it was a lot of fun!

Katy, Texas

The reality of having a 16 month old (tomorrow actually) has set in and big changes are on the horizon. We have been looking for a new house so we can get out of the 3 story heights house, gain a yard and get a better area for our little firecracker. After months of searching in Memorial and the frustration of seeing how little you get for the money, we finally caved and decided we'd prefer house over location. We found an awesome house in Cinco Ranch Spring Lake and I'm counting the days until we move in! We close May 29 and move in June 4th. It's an odd feeling though... excitement, trepidation, anxiousness and fear all at the same time! I think this is mainly due to the fact I claimed I would "NEVER" move back to Katy since I grew up there. But, it's easy to see why are...great house for the money, lots of families and kid friendly, great public schools and best location of a suburb to Kevin's office. So, I look forward to the new adventure, new friends and new house in my old city! I will still make my trek to Lifetime City Centre and I foresee quite a few trips in the loop as I will miss all my peeps, stores and restaurants. So...4 weeks to pack and then we will be in Suberbia!

Taylor is 15 months!

My how time flies! Miss Taylor is 15 months and is the cuddliest, funniest, sweet girl I know. She looks more and more like a little girl every day with an almost full set of teeth and curly blonde hair that had to wave and say hi and bye to every person or animal she sees. She's a busy , social butterfly with swim lessons and music class once a week. She is now a walker too! She took her first steps about 3 weeks ago and grows more confidant every day...although would always rather have her mom holding her (my fault!). She loves to climb the stairs, play hide n seek with her daddy, balls, her dancing puppy toy, puppy dogs in general...and more! Loves being tickled. now too! She is starting to say animal noises now too if we tell her the animal--- ruff ruff, meow, grr, whoo, moo and baa, she has down!
Here are some things she's been up to..

Regular Words (is starting to mimic lots of other words too):
-Mama
-Dada
-Ball
-Juice
-Wa Wa (water)
- Ba Ba (bottle)
-No
- Hi
- Bye Bye
- Puppy
-Poo poo (oops)
- Car
-Uh Huh

Favorites:
Foods: bananas, green beans, sweet potato, oranges, raisins, cheese and yogi bites, iced tea

Toys: Any balls, her pink puppy blanky, the dancing Dog from Aunt Betsy and pink Car

Book: Anything with a peek a boo flap she can turn and the LadyBugs book

Dislikes: blow dryer, me taking a shower, getting her hair done, avocados, the doorbell.

Likes: cuddling with mom and dad in bed in the morning, her barnyard app on my iPad, chocolate milk, peekaboo, dancing and music and making the stink eye (she knows its funny)


We love our little bug! Can't wait for what new things every day brings!

14 months!

We took an impromptu trip to Rockport this weekend to see my sis and Kyle. We had a great time but wished it was longer!

Today Taylor got to take pics for Easter and was lucky enough to have Elliotte (and her mom) in town to pose and play with all day! We miss you Domonoskes! That was followed with lunch and a long day of shopping! We had a blast with Mel, Alli and Ells! We started the day with Tay's first Fundamentally Music class too and she loved it! The parachute, maracas and bubbles were her favorites! She's a busy girl now with swimming lessons once a week and music. She is so cultured :)

Thankful for the end of January!!!

The Morgan family has never been a fan of January... and this year couldn't have proven to be more true! My grandmother passed away, we had some family health scares, Kevin had to go on a two week long work trip, we got the Norovirus (even worse and for the second time) and this last week Kevin's grandfather passed away as well. So, to say the least we are really hoping February has better things in store for us!

We did have some fun in January though with Taylor's birthday, my grandfathers 90th Bday party, a trip to Austin to visit Gaga and Papa, a fun EO gala date night, Panama City Beach, having Melanie and Charlie (6 months) visit and seeing the gals for girls dinner night! Never a dull moment!

I am catching up on my blogging as I am on a flight back from Greenville, SC (thank you Southwest WIFI) . This weekend was my cousin Betsy's bachelorette party in Asheville, NC. It was such a blast in a beautiful place with some fun girls. I spent my very first nights away from my baby girl ever, and although it was painful as anything- it was a wonderful time and mom got a break. I cannot wait to see my child and hubby in less than an hour though!!!! My husband and parents were awesome in all pulling together to take care of Tay while I was gone for 2 nights and were so sweet to send me numerous photos and videos.

Asheville was gorgeous and we visited the Grove Park Inn for lunch, toured the Biltmore Estate (the Vanderbilts 200 room home on 8,000 acres) and went out in downtown Asheville. We stayed in a mountain cabin and had a great time. Such a blast and now I am even more excited for Betsy and Stephens big day in April!!!

As soon as I arrive in Houston I will meet my loves and hop on another plane so we can fly to Kevin's grandfathers funeral in Jal, NM. Pa was such an amazing, sweet man and we were blessed to have him in our lives. It is always comforting to know someone has lived a God filled life and is watching over you in Heaven. What a true example of a family man.

Taylor is now 13 months and is a little busy body! she just cut her 7th tooth- a molar and is finally starting to show interest in her walker. She loves to dive off all furniture (which leaves Kevin and i jumping to catch her regularly). She says more words every day- and she loves to say ruff ruff whenever she sees or hears doggies. Her hair is getting so long and she is strong! I call her the welcome committee because wherever we go she is smiling, waving and saying hi. We are trying to wean off the bottle totally- as she likes sippy cups, but at is point we are still doing one cow milk bottle in the morning. She has a new little smile with her teeth that are getting bigger and it makes her look so much older! My babies growing up! Tear. She is still momma's little side kick and is such a trooper. We have started the initial house hunting process and after looking at several different areas have decided to focus our search to Memorial area and possibly even gutting and renovating a home there. Wish us luck! It's crazy how fast stuff goes in that area. Whoa.

Well, here's to 2013 only getting better and a few snapshots of things we've been up to!

Happy First Birthday Baby Girl!

Obviously I am quite behind on my blogging as always these days! Taylor is now 13 months but here is her recap of her first birthday party. She had a great time and it was so precious to have all the friends and family to come out and see her. She is loved!
At her 12 mo check up she is still our 97% baby in height and weight. Pediatrician is guessing she will be about 5'9! You know she didn't get that from her momma! She is such a social, happy baby girl. She goes to bed about 8pm and usually wakes up around 6:30 or 7 am. She is still taking 2 naps a day and is crawling and pulling up everywhere but not yet walking. Doesn't seem to want to walk at 12 months. She eats all solid foods and has 6 teeth. Shes a crawling machine and loves to climb on anything! Kevin and I are just obsessed with this girl. She makes me smile and laugh non-stop.

TAYLOR'S PINK PUPPY PARTY!


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