Update on Taylor's 'big girl bed'

Taylor loves being able to crawl into her 'big girl bed'. She has done great so far! She just lays in her bed and reads books and plays with her stuffed animals till we go in and get her. I'm sure this won't last forever, but at least for now, she is content in her big girl bed.

I think around Christmas time we will get her real 'big girl' furniture and move her crib into another room. I'm not sure how she will feel about that because she is pretty attached to her crib. We will just have to wait and see!

Taylor in her big girl bed

Tonight we converted Taylor's crib into a daybed. We added on a little side rail so she doesn't fall out. She is super excited about her big girl bed and she is just awesome. She crawled right up there and laid down and went to sleep. We kept telling her that she has to stay in bed when she wakes up and she has to call for mommy and daddy to come get her. We added a gate at the top of the stairs and told her that she isn't suppose to touch it (that way she doesn't try to open the gate herself). Hopefully she will listen to us and stay in bed when she wakes up. I guess we will see in the morning!

KHS 10-year reunion

Nathan and me at the reunion!

When I first heard that we were having a high school reunion, I wasn't sure if I wanted to go. I figured that I kept in contact with the people that I really cared to keep in touch with. Then I got on facebook a few weeks ago and reunited with several people from high school that I haven't talked to since high school and I started to get super excited. I have been looking forward to my high school reunion since then. I found a dress Thursday that I just had to have and totally fell in love with. It is a champagne color with tiers of fabric down it and it made me look skinny. We went and picked up my dress Friday on the way out of town (it's a long story). I searched the mall in Kingwood Friday night to find some shoes to match since mom didn't have any gold dress shoes to go with my dress and I sure didn't have any gold dress shoes. I finally found some Saturday afternoon just hours before the reunion.

We got all ready and headed downtown at 8pm (that's when the reunion started). We arrived at the Westin Oaks at the Galleria and went up to the 21st floor. There were a lot of people already there so that was nice even though I didn't recognize half of them. There were almost 900 in my graduating class, so I didn't even know everyone when I was in school. We walked off the elevator and Nathan ran into a guy he use to work with before I even saw anyone I knew! Come on! When we walked into the room, I started to see more people I knew.

We mingled the rest of the night and got to catch up with tons of people. One of Nathan's fraternity brothers, Kyle Lewis was there so Nathan knew 2 people at my reunion, so it wasn't so bad for him. They only played fast music, so we didn't get to dance. Usually we would of danced, but one of my brand new high heels broke within the first 30 minutes of being at my reunion, so all night I had to be real careful when I walked not to step hard on my heel so I didn't fall on my face.

It was so wonderful to get to see everyone at the reunion and hopefully we can stay in touch better this next 10 years.

Kim Muerlle and me

Beki Smith and me

Morgan Alexander and me

Fabulous weekend away

This past weekend we went to Houston for my 10-year high school reunion. Nathan's mom came in town to stay with Taylor here in Dallas and Nathan and I went to Houston by ourselves. My parents were out of town this weekend, so Nathan and I were completely by ourselves all weekend! It was fabulous! Friday night when we drove in, we went straight to the movies and saw a double feature. First we went to G.I.Joe which was actually good. I guess it helped that we had low expectations, but we both enjoyed it. Then we went to The Proposal. Okay, that movie is hilarious! Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds are awesome together. We loved it.

Saturday morning we drove down to Pearland to see baby Hannah Schneider. My sweet friend Bethany had Hannah on Tuesday, so it worked out perfect that we were coming in town this weekend and could come see her. Hannah was itty bitty and precious! Sooooooo cute!

After meeting little Hannah, we met Ashley and Brooks for lunch downtown. It was great getting to see them again. Ashley and I grew up together in Kingwood (we were next door neighbors for years) and have stayed in touch. After lunch we headed home to chill and get ready for the reunion. Awesome, awesome day!

Passing down my Barbies

We cleaned out the attic last week to allow the guys to install radiant barrier. We finally got around to putting all the stuff back into the attic last night. I found a box of my Barbies. I pulled out the Barbie corvette and the horse. Taylor absolutely loves horses, so as soon as she saw the horse, she asked me if she could have it. She kept putting the horse in the corvette and pushing him around. It was so cute. We named the horse Cocoa which is the name of the horse in the Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa books (totally recommend them!) that she loves.

Tonight she tried to ride Cocoa and I was afraid she would break him considering he is 20+ years old and made for a Barbie. I pulled out a barbie that was dressed like a horseback rider. Taylor got sidetracked with her riding boots and kept putting them on and taking them off her. Aren't kids funny!?

Playing with Cocoa (with his raincoat on....according to Taylor) and her corvette.

Cocoa riding in his corvette

Running out the door with Cocoa and her corvette when we said it was bedtime!

Fun with the sprinklers!

Yesterday morning the sprinklers came on and of course Taylor wanted to go outside and see them. Normally I would of said no, but it sounded fun and we weren't doing anything else at that moment, so why not?! When we first went out to them, she wouldn't touch the water. Then I got her to touch the water, but she wouldn't step into the sprinkler. Finally I got her to run around in the sprinklers and she loved it! When they turned off, she kept saying, "Where did they go?" and she would look at the ground where the sprinkler had been.

Neglect.....

I have been neglecting my blog lately and I'm sorry. I swear I have just been crazy busy with tons of things right now. My blog isn't the only thing I have been neglecting. I neglected to put sunscreen on my husband last weekend and he got burned. Yep that right, my 30 year old husband - somehow it is my fault for not making him put the sunscreen on. Go figure!

We went to the lake last weekend with my parents and it was overcast all day Saturday. We put sunscreen on Taylor, but Nathan thought he would be okay without it. He was lobster red Saturday night and is still pretty red. He held Taylor most of the time, so he is splotchy and only red in certain areas. It's funny.

Putting sunscreen on Taylor and not on himself!

Playing dominos with the family!