Jingle, Jingle, Jingle

 

 Taylor waiting in tha hall with her class!

Taylor had her 1st dance concert!  She did a fantastic job!  She look so cute!  She was very excited to wear make up... thanks to my Mom for helping me... she is much more patient with my Grammie!  I loved watching her, she made me so proud!  Here is to many, many more dance concerts!

tAyLoR gRaYcE

TAYLOR GRAYCE

Taylor has been learning and growing so much the last couple months!  She has become such a tease, she likes to tease her Dad and her Bompa!  She likes to go to my parents and either cook or bead with my Mom or jump on the bed with my Dad!  Everyday she makes me laugh! She is always telling me when she gets bigger she can have gum, or when she gets bigger she can shave her legs!  Another thing she askes me everyday is if Madi can get bigger!  She does not foget anything you tell her or anything you say!  You really have to be careful, my parents dog Annie is always getting herself in trouble, she eats rose bushes, her food dish, trees and anything she can get her paws on... one day we found part of a rose bush with thorns all over it half eat,  Someone called her a stupid dog... well guess what!  Taylor heard and the next day she was in the bath with Madi and in the cutest little voice asked if she was a stupid dog... she did not know what it mean't, the way she said it was like is was a good thing!  I had to sit her down and explain that that is not a nice word!  I am very lucky to have her as a daughter, from the time she was born to now she has been such a good girl!  She has her moments but for the most part she is very well behaved!  She has her times when she does not want to listen or cries over everything, but most of the time she will realize she is being naughty and say she is sorry!  Today after I got her out of the bath she gave me a hug and told me I was a good Momma... nothing makes you feel better then that!  She is very loving, always kissing you tell you she loves you!  She requires her sleepm if she does not get it she is does not cope well.  Most days it hits about 1 oclock and she askes me if she can take a nap!  She is still very much a Daddy's girl and tells me all day she misses him! 

Miss Madison Danielle

Madison

Little Madison, well she is not little anymore!  She is now 5 months old as of yesterday!  She is so much fun, we is usually happy... but make her mad she will let you hear it!  She never stops moving, she started rolling at 3 1/2 months!  She likes to be able to see whats going on, she is not a huge fan of laying down!  Her Bumbo seat is a lifesaver! She would rather be held then be on her own!  She will sit in here Bumbo seat and watch her sister play, but lately she tries her hardest to get out of it... she just wants to play with her sister.  Madison LOVES Taylor! When we drive if Madi is awake she is looking at Taylor and she will sit and talk to her!  Luckily Taylor loves her too!  We have started giving her food... she loves sweet potatoes, carrots, potatoes, and bananas!!  She started throwing fits when we would eat, she wanted food SO bad!  She is not super interested in her bottle and most the time does not finish it!  She sleeps from 8pm to 7 am!  Her naps are not very consistent but are getting better, she will go down around 8:30 and sleep for 30mins to an hour, stay awake tell 11:30 then she usually sleeps until 3:00, then at 5 she needs a little cat nap!  I wish her nap schedule would be better take two naps, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, but she thinks otherwise!  She brings so much joy into our lives, we love her! 

Playing Dress Up!

   A couple of Thursday nights ago I came home from Young Women's to find Mark and Taylor doing this....

She dressed him all up and was calling him a baby!  What a good Dad and sport he is! 

LOVE these girls!

I love these two little girls!

Taylor has taken to being a big siter better then I could have ever ask for! She loves her little sister! She is always kissing her and telling her she is so cute. Most of the time she calls her that baby but she is getting better about calling her Madison or Madi. She is grwoing up so fast, she is a joy to have around... most of the time!! I feel really lucky she is such a good girl, she of course has her two year old moments but they dont last long and they could be much worse. She likes to be on the go, many mornings she wakes up and wants to go to Grammie's house or she will tell me she is going to Walmart or Target. She loves to color, ride her bike, cook with Grammie and follow Bompa around and she is getting really good at teasing him...whatever she wants Bompa does!! Her favorite Dani is one of her BIG time favorites! She continues to be such a good sleeper going to bed around 8 or 8:30 and usually waking up around 7:30, she stills to take naps and most of the time she is telling me she wants to go to bed. I love her so much, I love her random kisses she gives and I LOVE when she tells me she loves me.


Madison reminds me a lot of Taylor as a baby! There schedules are so much the same, and neither like the idea of nursing! Madison, like Tay, only wakes up once in the night to eat and every night is about the same time, she eats and most nights goes right back to sleep! While Tay rarely cried Madi is more vocal but most the time its only if she is really mad cause she is tired or REALLY hungry!! Our biggest problem is the spitting up... its random and sometimes worse then others but its a pain in the butt. She likes to be cuddled and is not a huge fan of being swaddled but I dont it anyway! We are so lucky to have in come into our lives and look forward to watching her grow and interact with her sister!

Madison Danielle

Madison Danielle was born April 20, 2010 at 6:28 weighing 7lbs 2 ounces, 20 inches! She came almost two weeks early! She is doing well, she is a great sleeper just like her sister! Just like her sister she is a good eater BUT only from the bottle! We are so happy to have her with us!

THANKFUL FOR...

A few things I am thankful for...

1. Mark- A great husband and father. I cant explain how much I love him! I am extremely blessed to have him in mylife. With all he has going on,work, school and Bishopric he is so good at balancing it all. I am thankful for his love for me, sometimes he knows me better then I know myself. I love to watch him with Taylor, they both love each other so much. He is in trouble when she gets older, she has him wrapped around his finger!! All day long she tells me I just want my daddy come home and the second he is home he is doing whatever she wants to do from dancing to playing babies! He is an amazing man!


2. TaYlOr GrAyCe- What an angel... for the most part! I am lucky to be her momma! She keeps me happy all day long. I love the little things she says to me throughout the day... some cute examples... she will come up to me and say Momma your not Jessica, your momma, for about a week she did not like baths so in order to get her to like it Mark would sing her a song We wash our bodies yes we do, now whenever she wants to take a bath she sings we wash our bodies yes I are! She is so sweet, if she can tell something is wrong, either your sad or dont feel well she is all over you kissing you and hugging you then she will say you not sad anymore. I am so thankful to have her as my daughter.

3. My family- First Mom, she is such a great example of being a mother. She is always there for me knowing my needs and helping my when I need her!!! Taylor loves her grammie and is always following her around helping her cook or clean! Second Dad, he is such a hard worker and has always taken care of his family. I am thankful to have him as my workout buddy. I am very much like my dad, which can be a good and a bad thing. He is stubborn and competitive and so am I!! While those can be bad things they can be very good too. He is such a great grandpa and so great to deal with all his girls he is surrounded by! After he gets home and Taylor is over at there house you cxan find him either in her room playing kitchen or taking he outside to see Annie! Anything she wants she gets from Grandpa! Third Dani, I remember my mom telling us that one day we would be best friends and it happened! She is a great big sister, and Taylor's favorite Dani. I dont know what I would do without Dani, she always listens to me and encourages me and she watches Tay almost everyday so that I am able to go to the gym!


4. Pregnancy! Hardest thing I have ever done in my life but most rewarding!! I am thankful to be pregnant because I know what I am doing is bringing another of Heavenly Fathers children into this life and giving them a chance to return to him. I also know at the end I will have this new little angel to hold in my arms and to love and have her love me! I am also VERY thankful she will be coming very soon and I can begin to return to normal!

5. Working Out!! This too his my Dad's fault, I am totally addicted to it. I am thankful that I am able to still workout being 38 weeks pregnant! It makes me feel good and happy!! I am excited to be able to push myself soon and be able to run again... I CANT WAIT TO RUN! Its been a good ten weeks since I was able to get a pretty good run in. I am thankful that we took up swimming a year ago it has been a lifesaver with workout and being pregnant! I am able to keep the same pace I had before I got pregnant!

6. YOUNG WOMENS! I love, love, love being called into this program! I love these girls! I love the ladies I serve with! I know that the Young Women's program is inspired and is so important in these girls lives and I am thankful that I get to chance to take part in it as a leader. With this I am thankful for the Church. I would be lost without it, it gives me direction and meaning in my life.

BABY UPDATE!

I hav just about 4 weeks and about 3 days before my due date! I went to the doctor on Tuesday and I am dilated a finger tip, 50% effaced and she is at a -3 station! I am happy to have any progress towards labor at this point =) I am feeling... well like I am 35 weeks pregnant! Luckily I have been able to continue to workout. I have been able to keep up with swimming and have not had to back done, I am just barely feeling pregnant in my swim workout... and I blame my dad. A couple weeeks ago he found a website with some great tips and after applying what he learned he was able to increase his speed a little leaving me a lap behind him by the time we are done grrr!!! Cardio... running has been a different story!!! I stopped running about 5 weeks ago due to the fact that I could not hardly walk the next day much less get out of bed!! So, I started walking on an incline but even that has begun to KILL!! So, I have decided to mostly swim and eliptical for my cardio! I am very grateful for being able to workout through my pregnancy not only for my sanity but makes me feel somewhat in shape with my belly!! My blood pressure is all over the place... sometimes is normal and sometimes its elavated. This happened with Tay too but progressively got worse so not slo abnormal that its happening again. Its not bad enough that I have to be down, Iwas just told to take it easy and rest throughout the day BUT I can continue to workout!! I will be going every week from now on! Here is to hoping for progress at every visit!!!

Our Little Family

It has been a great sabbath day today. Mark has been able to spend most of the day with us!! I LOVE IT! When we came home from church and he was here with us it felt kinda odd! It has been a year since Mark was called to serve as 2nd Counselor in the Bishopric. I loved spending some time with Mark and Tay before church. Since Taylor was in her Easter dress we took some pictures. I have made all of Taylor's Easter dresses with my mom's help! This year I got a cut pattern that was simple and easy and I with little direction I was able to sew the dress all by myself!!

Last Couple Months

I have been a slacker as of late, one because our camera does not like to hook up to our computer and two cause I have not been in a blogging mood!!! To catch up(kinda) I am just going to post some fun pictures of what we have been up to!


Dani's Christmas to us! BYU Basketball Tickets, We LOVE this present and would be so sad if we did not get it!!!! We have been to 3 games this year and have had so much fun.

Us at Zions! We spent a long weekend in St. George and Taylor got sick so on the last day we took a ride out to Zions with my Grandpa and Grandma Sprouse. It was fun to see the sites and good for Taylor to be able to rest!

One of Taylor's Favorite Christmas presents was her tent my parents gave her. I think everyone took a turn spending some time with her in there because she did not want to get out and would beg you to come in!

Christmas morning picture, waiting on the staris to go open her presents!

Another one of Tay's favorite past times! Cooking, she has a kitchen and our house and myparents and she loves playing with them. One time I went to check on her and this is what I found! She insisted on him sitting down and our course he did!

We have had a great couple months. Taylor makes us SO happy, she is such a fun and happy little girl. She loves to be busy, either playing or coloring BUT she loves to help especailly in the kitchen! She loves to help Grammie Kerrie cook and is so serious about it! She can count to eleven but dont ask her to cause she will not do it... infact she does not like to do anything unless she wants to do it... wonder where that comes from!! She can almost spell her name, can sing Sunbean, I am a child of God, Cougar fight song and so many others! Loves her big girl bed and her sleep, if she is tired she asks to go to bed!! She is our sweet little stubborn girl!

I have been busy with Taylor and being pregnant. I am 29 weeks now, and I am truely counting down! I am exicted to have a new baby girl in our home but I am ready to feel normal again! My pregnancy has been fairly good! I have been able to keep active, but even that is becoming harder. Until now I have been able to run but my ligaments and sciatic nerve or putting a stop to that... guess I will have to stick to walking as fast as I can and swimming, a workout I can do and not fell the affects of pregnancy. This child never holds still and is constantly letting me know she is on there with sharps kicks!

Mark is busy with work, school and Bishopric stuff, but is always so good to give us the attention we need!! I love him dearly and I think he is SO amazing! With his busy schedule I sometimes miss him so bad but he has a way of making that better! I know the sarcifices he is making now are helping our family and we have been so blessed for them.

Life is good and busy but would be boring if it where something else... RIGHT?