Bounce house day at preschool

Yesterday was officially Taylor's last day of preschool, but today they had bounce houses set up for the kids to play in for their "last day" of preschool. Since Taylor only goes on Wednesdays, she was told she could come up to play with her class during their bounce house time at preschool. She was so excited all morning to get to go up to school and bounce. She had a great time with her friends and was not to happy with me for making her leave when none of the other kids had to leave.

Last 2 weeks of KDO

All of the kids with summer birthdays got to bring snack one day this month to celebrate their birthday at preschool. Last Wednesday was Taylor's day to celebrate her birthday. I had planned to take cupcakes for the kids, but Ms. Danielle asked me the day before to not bring cupcakes because all the other kids had brought them and the kids were climbing the walls afterwards. So, we took rice krispie treats. I wanted to make them from scratch, but in the past when I've tried that, they have never turned out good. I went ahead and bought premade rice krispie treats and that made my life a little bit easier. We had a few aprons left over from her birthday party last year and we had just enough for all the kids, so she took them as "party favors". She enjoyed getting to celebrate her birthday early.







Birthday girl with the "3" hat




All the kids wearing their aprons and eating their rice krispie treats

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Today was the last day of preschool. Taylor was so excited for school. I'm pretty sure she absolutely loves school. She asks every day if she gets to go to school tomorrow.




Last day of school pic with Rody




Doesn't she look so old? She looks like she could be going to Kindergarten or something.

Our little ballerina is getting geared up!

Yesterday April and I took Taylor and Abigail to Spotlight Dance to get their ballet outfits for their beginner's ballet class that starts in 2 weeks. The girls had a blast trying on leotards, getting their tiny ballet shoes, picking out hair bows and they had to have matching bags to carry their shoes in to class.

I can't wait to see Taylor in her ballet class. I hope she enjoys ballet. I loved ballet when I was little, it makes you feel like a princess. Too bad I have 2 left feet and zero coordination. I pray Taylor got her fathers coordination!

It's official!!! We picked her name

We picked Baby Theaux #2 first name last night and we are going with Zoey. Nathan and I both love the name and it's both our favorite, so why not!?! We haven't picked a middle name, but at least now I have something to call this little baby. We are wanting to use a family name for her middle name, but we are having a hard time finding anything we like that goes with Zoey.

The name Zoe (also spelled Zoey) means LIFE in Greek. Love it!

Zoey Theaux - I like it!

Baby Theaux #2 needs a name

When we were pregnant with Taylor, we had her name picked out before we knew she was a girl. We did not have a boy name picked out when we were pregnant with Taylor. This time, with baby #2, we had a boy name picked from the moment we found out we were pregnant - Zane Eugene Theaux. We have not been able to pick a girl name this time. We thought we had it narrowed down to Juliet (and call her Jules). After we found out it was a girl on Tuesday, we asked Taylor what she wanted to name the baby and she said Zoey. Nathan and I both love the name Zoey, so I think that is what we will name this precious little girl. We aren't 100% sure yet, but we are pretty sure (if that makes sense).

My mom and brother came into town Tuesday afternoon and we spent 2 hours in front of the computer looking up baby names. It was kind of funny because we were looking at names and we were asking each other what middle names work with Zoey as the first name. Hopefully we can find a middle name soon and my vote is for Zoey as the first name!

My parents had picked my name Katherine Abigail Koester and they were going to call my Abby. My brother was 3 1/2 years old when I was born (just like Taylor will be when baby #2 is born) and he told everyone that my name was Katie. My parents didn't have a choice, Zach had decided I was going to be Katie. I love the fact that Taylor has picked Zoey for her baby sister and that is probably what we will name her.

It's a...............GIRL!

We had our gender sonogram this morning and found out we are having another girl. I really can't believe we are having another girl. I really, really, really thought it was a boy. But, I also thought Taylor was a boy, so I have decided that I have zero maternal instincts.

We are super excited to have another girl and Nathan is sooooo ready to start on the nursery. We kept all of Taylor's stuff, but I think we are going to go with a surf/wakeboarding theme this time. My mom said she would recover Taylor's bumpers and stuff if we wanted to change the bedding. I'm kind of excited to do something new with the nursery.

I'm just glad that we finally know the sex and can start getting ready for the baby. I think it will be great for Taylor to have a little sister. We have a few names picked out, but we aren't sure which one is our favorite yet. We'll let you know as soon as we pick the name.

Baylor Graduation

One of my oldest and dearest friends graduated from Baylor this past weekend with her MBA in Health Care Administration. We were all suppose to go down for her graduation Friday night, but Taylor ended up with a viral infection so Nathan stayed home with her. I drove down Friday night for the hooding ceremony. Ashley opted to not go through the large graduation ceremony and just attend the hooding ceremony. I took our good camera hoping to get some great pics, but realized during the ceremony that I did not put a memory card in the camera, so I got no pictures! I was so sad.

After the ceremony I went to dinner with Ashley and her family and her new fiancee and his family. Ashley and Brooks got engaged 2 weeks ago and they are the absolute cutest couple! They are going to get married in Houston next April.

We all met for breakfast the next morning and then Ashley had to go pack up her apartment to move to Houston. I went to the Baylor bookstore and Spice and did a little shopping. It was kind of nice I was on my own and didn't have a husband asking if I was done yet and a little kid touching everything. I met Tracy for lunch at Georges (YUM!!) which was nice. It was good to catch up with Tracy and spend some time with her. I haven't seen her since Taylor's baby shower 3 years ago.

I drove home Saturday afternoon and spent the rest of the day with Taylor and Nathan. She was starting to feel better, so that was nice.