Sunday, June 29, 2008
DETOUR
Busy summer activities have included:
-Getting used to a new routine of hanging out with mom and my cousins.
-Grandma Trish visiting me for nine days!
-Grandpa Steve visiting, then going to Portland, Oregon, then coming back, then going to Daddy's company golf outing, then coming back one more time to pick up Grandma Trish and get in one more play session with me.
-Daddy going to his company golf outing.
-My friend Vernie's daughter's graduation open house.
-Going shopping at Albertville with Grandma Trish, Mommy, Aunt Sue and Uncle Lars.
-Going to Como Zoo TWICE-once with Mommy, Megan and Nate, and once with Grandma Trish, Mommy, Aunt Denise, Lacy, Maddie, and Anna.
-Going to the splash pool in South St. Paul.
-Going to Stillwater with Grandma Trish, Aunt Sue, Aunt Tracy and Jayden
-Having a Tupperware party at my house.
-Going to the Kaposia Day's parade in South St. Paul.
-Having pictures taken at the portrait studio with Megan and Nate. We are so cute!
-Going to dinner with Grandma Trish, Grandma Jan, Grandpa Bob, Nate, Megan and Mommy.
-Going on lots of walks with Grandma Trish.
In light of that, I'm sending you on a detour this week. Please find pictures and videos of my "goings on" for the last couple weeks on my flickr site.
Happy day to you!
Taylor
Thursday, June 19, 2008
As Promised, Rainy Day Play...
Here is the video of me playing in the rain. Please remember, I was taken inside to be dried off and warmed up immediately after the camera stopped rolling.
Enjoy...
Monday, June 16, 2008
Such a big girl am I!
Here's a good shot she got of me sitting by our garden. All this rain has really helped the flowers grow big and pretty. I like to help Mommy when she "deadheads". But since I take the live ones, I guess we could call it "picking flowers".
We caught a good video of m playing in the rain. Don't worry, Mommy took me in right when she stopped the camera, got me all dried off and into my pajamas and snuggled me until I was dry and toasty warm. Unfortunately, Blogger seems to be a little slow tonight and the video won't load. I'll see what I can do about that later in the week.
Sorry I don't have any weekend pictures to offer you. On Friday, Mom and Dad went to Omaha to go to Tim's surprise birthday party, thrown by his wife, Tara. (Tim and Tara are my boyfriend Morgan's parents.) I got to stay with Grandma Jan and Grandpa Bob. Daddy drew the short straw at work and had to be at a show on Sunday so it was a real quick trip and Mommy and Daddy were back by Saturday afternoon. That was alright though because Grandma Trish and Aunt Steph were in town for a baby shower for Cousin Sam. So we all got to go to dinner with Great grandpa Larry Saturday night at Lucky's 13 in Mendota. (Grilled cheese with three different cheeses?!?! Now they know how to feed a baby!) The unfortunate part of all this is that nobody seemed to take any pictures of me to post on my blog. You'll have to use your imaginations.
Grandpa Steve sent a book home with Mommy this weekend and I did a little preview of it this morning. I sat in Mommy's lap so she could read to me, which Mommy thought was really fantastic and a good sign that maybe I'll start liking stories but this one didn't trip my trigger. One sentence into it and I was off to explore again. Better luck next time Mom.
Here's a picture of me back in January eating a rubber duck. Some things never change...
Here I am at it again today!
Well that's all I got today. Hope you enjoyed the update and I really hope you're enjoying summer.
Love and hugs!
TaterBug
Monday, June 9, 2008
Bring on the fun Mr. Summertime!
Dad had a brilliant idea the other night when it was web cam time. He brought my booster into the office and gave me a snack. I sat still and happy the whole time we were talking to Grandma Trish and Grandpa Steve. That dad of mine is pure genius.
Here's Nate and I in deep discussion between games. He has much wisdom to share with a baby like me.
This is my friend Maddie. Well, she's really Meg's friend but I feel like I know her well enough to claim her as my own.
Here's my cousin Meg. Someday I'm going to be a jock just like her.
I have a new thing. I like to attack people. But maybe people should lay on their stomachs when I attack them. I'm not saying, I'm just saying.
I had a lot of fun climbing in and out of lawn chairs. It's a great upper body workout.I went for a ride in the swing tonight. I love it! I'm not sure why I ever thought differently.
That's all I got this week people. I'm off now to plan my summer adventures. I'm thinking a little Splash Pool, maybe a little trip to Fort Snelling, then some berry picking, mix in a little beach time and maybe even Nickelodeon Adventure at Mall of America and, man oh man, we're going to have us a good ol' time! Bring on the fun Mr. Summertime!
Woop woop!
Tater Bugger
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Mea culpa, mea culpa!
This weekend Mommy and Daddy destroyed our kitchen then fixed it up again. Now we have a new fridge, new stove AND new counter tops. It looks pretty darn nice! Since our kitchen was destroyed during lunch time on Sunday, I got to have picnic lunch out in the yard. My Husker blanket was very handy for that endeavor. It was nice and thick so the grass couldn't tickle my legs. My cheese and carrot quesadilla was so good that I tried to eat the whole thing at one time. Yum.
Again, my sincere apologies for my temporary disappearance from blogspot. It's good to be back.
Love hugs and sloppy kisses to all!
Taylor McKenna
Bon Voyage!
Here is a picture of us all trying to look in the same place. Tough thing for babies. From right to left: Sophia, Antonio, Yours Truly, Nolan, Riley, and Evan.