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<i>My favorite part of the trip was Maddie's face on the Mater ride at Car's land. This alone makes me want to take her back right now</i></div>
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<i>Couldn't get enough of the sand or the water</i></div>
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<i>Maddie was thrilled to run around California Adventure at night in her Elsa dress. This may have been the highlight of the trip for her</i></div>
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<i>Love these 3</i></div>
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This was such a good vacation for us. Beckham's first time flying, and Maddie's first time that she will really remember. It was cute - she talked non-stop before we left about what kind of drink she was going to get on the airplane. Josh's parents were kind enough to let us drag them along with us. It was so fun having them there - the kids were in heaven and we felt so lucky to do this with them before they leave on a mission for 3 years. We spent one day at Disneyland and one at California Adventure. The rest of the time we hung out at the beach and the park and kind of just kept things low-key. I think my kids loved the beach and the ocean almost as much Disneyland. It was really such a fun trip. </div>
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<i> The cutest dad ever in my unbiased opinion</i></div>
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<i> Madds finally at her home away from home</i></div>
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<i>She tells everyone she's from California and I think this is why</i></div>
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<i>he was mesmerized</i></div>
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<i>One of the many churros we ate this trip </i></div>
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<i>happy girl on the teacups </i></div>
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<i>Day 2, outside of California Adventure</i></div>
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Oh my goodness. This boy.</div>
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He has been the greatest, sweetest, most fun blessing in our life since day one. When I think of one word that describes him, it is good (or great) in every meaning of the word. He has been such a good baby, such an easy temperament, so happy and lovable and independent in just the right ways. He's a little bit of a mama's boy and I will be the first to admit that I love every bit of it. Josh and I always are commenting on how Becks is just happy to be here and happy to be a part of things. He strong and determined (almost to a fault). Diaper changes are near impossible and he hates getting dressed. He is the happiest boy (did I already say that?). He has the biggest, happiest smile and a contagious giggle. He started laughing early and hasn't stopped since. </div>
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At his one year appointment:</div>
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22 pounds even (38%)</div>
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30 inches (58 %)</div>
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46.6 cm head (57 %)</div>
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Becks never quite got the chub that Maddie did at this age and has proven to be almost completely opposite from her in almost every way (one of then few similarities they share is their love for white swaddle blankets and sucking their thumbs).</div>
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He just started walking and is already cruising around and trying to run (4/4/2014)</div>
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He can saw a handful of words - mama, dada, bottle, hi, bye, jesus, hey, balloon, whoa!, and his personal favorite - BALL which he says from the minute he wakes up until just before bedtime (Josh is so proud).</div>
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He is always on the move. Always. He climbs on anything that is climb-able and is constantly trying his best to get hurt or do something dangerous (again, totally opposite from his sis).</div>
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He gives the sweetest hugs and kisses, but only if he really wants to</div>
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He loves water - showers, baths, swimming, putting his hands in the sink etc.</div>
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He is obsessed with his sister and follows her around all day</div>
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He is also obsessed with balls and can spot them from what seems like a mile away and won't rest until he gets it</div>
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His favorite foods are: any kind of berries, PB (and now honey) sandwiches, any kind of pasta, fruit leather, and milk.</div>
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He has 5 teeth</div>
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He loves people and waves to everyone he sees when he's in his stroller</div>
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He loves being outside, jumping on the tramp, swings, eating stuff he shouldn't and pulling everything out of any and every cupboard and drawer - especially in the bathroom</div>
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We love this boy!</div>
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<br />Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934271525710880211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435287716968234136.post-31144721264917348552014-03-12T12:05:00.003-06:002014-03-12T12:10:39.606-06:00Three year pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few of my favorites of Maddie's three year photos. I can't get over how much she has grown and changed since last year <a href="http://jandjtay.blogspot.com/2013/01/in-case-you-wanted-to-see-lots-of.html">(two year old pictures).</a> Don't be fooled - she was having a particularly rough day. The first few weeks of being three were tough on both of us, but lately this three-year-old thing has been so incredibly fun for both of us. She never stops surprising me with how smart and sweet and clever and funny she is. Last night, after laying her down for bed, Josh and I heard her calling for us. Josh went in to check on her and she told him she was scared. Josh reminded her that if she was scared she could sing a primary song to help her feel all better. She said she already sang "The church of Jesus Christ" song and was still a little scared. She asked Josh if he would sing her a song. He started singing to her and after the first line she said "Ahhhh, I feel much better now." </div>
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Such a sweetie. This girl is loved more than she'll ever know.</div>
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<br />Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934271525710880211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435287716968234136.post-4501801898395243722014-02-12T14:44:00.000-07:002014-02-12T14:46:09.526-07:00Happy {third} Birthday Dear Maddie!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At some point I blinked, and Josh and I now have a three year old. I still can't quite wrap my brain around that idea. I spent the night before she turned three in tears looking through photos of her from these past three years. We've been obsessed with her from the beginning, and for good reason. Ever since I could remember, all I really wanted to be when I grew up was a mom. And now that it's here (the mom part - not the grown up part), all I can say is that it is better - and probably harder - than I ever imagined. We love this girl more than we ever thought possible.</div>
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We had one big party celebrating Maddie with my whole family and Josh's whole family. Maddie was thrilled for her big day and had been anticipating it for weeks. She had a "Frozen" cake that she was so proud of and lots of treats. We also broke a piƱata at her request - she kept telling me before that she was going to "bat it with a stick" but when it came down to it she was a little timid, so her cousin Sebi broke it open. It was a perfect day for her.</div>
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At three years old, Maddie is a talker - she talks all day long and never stops surprising me with her understanding and increasing vocabulary. The other day she came and asked what I was doing and I told her I was mopping the kitchen floor. She said "Oh thank you Mommy! You are the best Mommy in the whole world!" The next night, after helping clean her room, she told me "Thanks mom! You are really impressive!" (I'm taking the hint that I should clean a little more).</div>
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She loves her dad and asks me, without fail, every morning where dad is. I think she (like me) lives for Saturdays and Sundays when we have Josh home with us all day. She loves when he gets home and screams and runs to the door to see him. </div>
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She is getting better about playing with Becks - she has always loved him and been VERY protective of him, but is starting to want him to play with her more. She loves to make him laugh and always tells me what he needs and makes sure that I am taking care of him. </div>
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She loves reading and learning. She knows all her ABCs by sight and is a good counter. She loves to sit and read stacks of books with me. She lives for her weekly dance class and sunbeams and loves to sing and dance around the house. I'm not sure if there is anything about her that is shy and I'm pretty sure she would try to take charge in a room full of adults if she felt like she needed to.</div>
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I still can't believe she's already three!</div>
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I'm almost two months late in posting these and Christmas already feels forever ago, but I think I can speak for both Josh and I and say that it was our best Christmas yet. Maddie is at such a fun age and was so excited about everything. She actually asked me the other day if we could get another Christmas tree. I think both of our babes were a little overwhelmed by the end of Christmas night - lots of presents, lots of sugar, and not enough sleeping - all signs of a successful Christmas day. Having little ones in our house for the Christmas season makes things even more magical and really magnifies the spirit of Christmas. </div>
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Maddie was thrilled to get her beloved Elsa doll</div>
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Becks wasn't quite sure what was going on but, as always, was so happy to be a part of things</div>
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loves playing pretend</div>
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can name too many songs on the radio</div>
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has already seen Frozen twice (and will probably see it twice more in theaters)</div>
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loves Curious George and clementines</div>
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still sucks her thumb</div>
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her favorite thing is a stack of freshly-washed blankies</div>
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loves her dance class and insists we pray for her teacher "Miss Katie" every prayer</div>
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her best friends are Dad, Papa Mark and Grandma Jill</div>
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still calls Josh by his first name occasionally</div>
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the only person more stubborn than her mama</div>
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her mom and dad obsess over her long, blonde hair (mom is a little envious)</div>
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can sing probably 25 primary songs by memory</div>
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is excited for her birthday on "January twenty"</div>
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would do anything for chocolate chips</div>
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could read and be read to for hours on end</div>
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Whenever Beckham is crying she sings "I am a child of God" to him</div>
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When eating at Grandma Jill's said "What the Joe Poe is in my cereal?"</div>
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How can anything be as good as two?</div>
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<br />Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934271525710880211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435287716968234136.post-1900789179258552832013-12-03T13:46:00.003-07:002013-12-04T11:25:36.611-07:00Beckham 8 Months.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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the happiest little boy</div>
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loves crawling, being tickled, showers, and anything involving his big sister.</div>
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loves being a part of things</div>
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has the cutest laugh I've ever heard</div>
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taps his hand when he drinks his bottle</div>
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loves to clap</div>
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gets into dangerous situations constantly</div>
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a bit of a mama's boy (and she loves this)</div>
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sucks his thumb and cuddles with his blankie in his hands - <i>just</i> like his sister</div>
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we think he's a lefty</div>
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brightest big blue eyes</div>
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still working on the hair - and it's white blonde</div>
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crawls to mom when she calls him</div>
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can find a ball anywhere<br />
laughs at and plays with his shadow and reflection</div>
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smiles all day long</div>
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loves to eat, especially if mom was eating it first</div>
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laughs extra hard at uncle joey</div>
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cute little birthmark on his left elbow<br />
follows mom and maddie around the house all day</div>
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pulls himself up to stand on everything and tries to let go</div>
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cruises along furniture</div>
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always has a bruise or scratch somewhere</div>
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100% boy and we love him for it<br />
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He did it! He's doing it! As of October 31 (at 7 months old) I'm obviously late on posting this. By now, Beckham is a professional crawler and is faster than Maddie was at 15 months. Any down time I had has decreased by 100% as I chase him around all. day. long.</div>
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But some days (a lot of days) as parents are really, really good. You have moments where you realize that despite the sleepless nights and tantrums, and hair falling out and endless messes, that you wouldn't want to be doing anything else in the world. You realize you are the luckiest person in the entire world to spend your days with these little ones who really are the greatest people you've ever known.</div>
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We've had lots of good days around here (and yes, lots of tough ones too), but this day sticks out in my mind as just a really good day. Maddie had been working hard on potty training and filling out her sticker chart. She was doing really well, and the deal was she had to have her chart filled up and be potty trained and she could pick any toy that she wanted from the Disney Store. She finished her chart and we had a rare Saturday afternoon where we didn't have much going on so we decided to let Maddie get her toy. She was beyond excited. She picked a Rapunzel animator doll immediately when she walked in. She had been talking about getting a Brave doll but as soon as she saw Rapunzel there was no changing her mind (and believe me, we tried - she already has 2 other Rapunzel dolls). She gave the cashier her potty chart in exchange for her doll and we were off. She was thrilled!</div>
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We went to Kneader's after to grab a quick dinner and Maddie was on cloud nine - and pretty proud of herself I think (and we were proud of her too). She kept saying "This is the most perfect doll" while hugging and kissing her Rapunzel. Life was good for her. In between bites of her soup, sitting across from us, she stopped and looked at us and said "Hey guys, you are the best family ever!" I teared up right there and she went on eating. (Maybe it's easy to be the best family ever - buy your girl a doll right?). We spent the rest of the night walking around city creek and shopping and watching the fountains. It was such a simple thing but Josh and I kept saying as we drove home and the rest of the night how much fun we had with our two babes and how this parenting thing is pretty awesome.</div>
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<br />Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934271525710880211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435287716968234136.post-28780384932330923272013-11-07T16:13:00.001-07:002013-11-07T16:14:13.210-07:00Halloween 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Halloween this year was my favorite so far. Every morning for the past 3 or 4 weeks the first thing Maddie would say to me in the morning was "Well Happy Halloween Mom!" and then she would quickly add, "Let's go trick-or-treating!" So needless to say, Halloween was kind of like Christmas morning around here (I can't wait to see what the real Christmas will bring).</div>
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Maddie switched off from wanting to be a witch, to a spider, to a pumpkin, to a ghostā¦ etc - anything Halloween-related, so naturally we went with Rapunzel (maybe because we already had it, and it's pretty dang cute). Beckham was a cowboy and was as happy as can be to be a part of things like usual, sweet boy.</div>
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This last picture might be my favorite. Trying to get a photo of all four grandkids turned out to be a huge joke.</div>
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Today our sweet Beckham is six months old already - six months!! Another six months and we'll be celebrating his one year birthday.</div>
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I've spent the last few minutes of precious nap time going through recent photos, thinking about the many blog posts I want to write, but haven't yet. We've been busy to say the least, and sometimes with motherhood, and life in general, this little blog gets neglected, but I suppose there are far more important things and I'm perfectly fine with that.</div>
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In an effort to record a few fun memories since the birth of our sweet boy, here's a little re-cap... in a very small nutshell. A few of my favorite memories from the past little while:</div>
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(1) We welcomed a new baby into our family, (2) celebrated Josh's BYU graduation and a wonderful new job (3) and celebrated our third anniversary (4) Maddie and Beckham have spent lots of time getting reacquainted and loving one another. (5) We said goodbye to our Provo home of 3 (on and off) years and our wonderful 93 and 95 year old neighbors Francis and Leo (who Maddie still says prayers for at night). (6) Spent a perfect week at a house on the beach in California and celebrated Josh's 25 birthday. This vacation impacted Maddie enough that she tells people she lives in California. (7 & 8) We experienced one of the greatest miracles of our lives with our sweet baby boy Beckham (maybe another blog post on this at another time). We are grateful beyond words for this little angel boy and the love our Heavenly Father has shown us. (9) Spent lots of summer nights and evenings outside, often completely disregarding bedtime.</div>
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(1) We moved to (and are loving) our new place. Lots of days at homes with the two babes (2) celebrated another Father's Day with the greatest dad there ever was. (3) Spent a few fun days boating. (4-6) Said goodbye to one missionary uncle (James), and welcomed home two others (Mikey and Jake). (7) Maddie got her first scooter which she is still slightly afraid of (8) Blessed our sweet Beckham boy (9) Josh and I spent a few blissful days at Lake Powell, kid free. One of my top 3 favorite places on earth</div>
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(1) Tried unsuccessfully to stay overnight up at Snowbird thanks to a very terrible two day from Maddie. Tried again much more successfully the next night. (2) Fun days in Park City (3) Lots and lots of swim days at Grandmas (4) Monsters University and Despicable Me 2 (which Maddie saw... ahem... 3 times in theaters) (5) Had fun watching our little Becks grow and grow and grow (6) A few precious date nights with the love of my life (7) Got to visit Elder Holland in his office - Beck's first time meeting him (he's even more amazing in person) (8) Bear Lake for labor day - this girl is a beach bum (9) maddie started her first dance class!</div>
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I can't get enough of the relationship these two are developing lately. Probably the only thing that comes close to the joy I feel as a mother, is the joy that I feel watching these two little ones interact with each other. Maddie cannot get enough of her brother (I wish I could say it was like this when he was born). She asks where he is every time he is napping and gets so excited to play with him. </div>
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She has become obsessed with all things baby - "they are sooo tiny and sooo cute"as she says (in the highest pitched voice imaginable). She points out cute babies everywhere we go and always asks me to draw a tiny baby one of whatever we are drawing. She told me the little shapes in her book yesterday were "soooo cute." She can't get enough of her brother's tiny toes and hands and toys. Beckham is a champ to put up with all of his sister's love. He just laughs and smiles and is his happy, easy-going, loving self. I sure am grateful for this about him.</div>
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**And let it be noted that big sister is in her bed right now, refusing to nap and yelling/singing "Mommy!!! I'm ready to go to the park!!"**</div>
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At two and a half, this girl is FULL of personality (to say the least). Some days she thinks she's twenty and can hold her own in a conversation with the best of us. She talks all day long about anything and everything and her vocabulary never ceases to amaze me. She wasn't a super early talker, but has exploded over the past several months. I honestly don't know where she hears or comes up with a lot of the words and phrases she says. </div>
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She has always loved books and reading and now loves to read the books to us - and she does a really good job! Her favorites are The Sea of Bath, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Ten Apples up on Top, Are you my Mother?, and pretty much anything else she can get her hands on. She loves to talk on her play kitchen phone and has some of the funniest conversations with whoever is on the other end (usually she is talking about her "parents"). </div>
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She loves her name now and goes up to random people when we're out and says "My name is Maddie" and then proceeds to introduce both me and Beckham (she's started a lot of awkward conversations for me that way). She also introduces herself as "Elizabeth Taylor" a lot of the time (Elizabeth is her middle name). I wear a gold chain necklace with discs for both my babes and she loves to point it out and says "one for Beckham, and one for me!"</div>
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She loves to watch movies - especially princess movies. One of my favorite things she's been doing lately is singing the "flower gleam and glow" song from Tangled while she brushes or combs someones hair. She also sings it in about 3x slow motion which is also pretty funny and makes it take forever.</div>
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She's gotten pretty good at saying her prayers at night and for meals and always says she is thankful for "not the fireworks" and the asks Heavenly Father to bless "not the fireworks." I think the fourth of July might have traumatized her a little. She also will carry around the scriptures saying "I've got my scripture power" or "it came to pass." </div>
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She loves music - especially listening to the radio in the car and knows a bunch of songs by name just by listening to the intro music. Her favorites are "Catch my Breath" by Kelly Clarkson and "We found Love" by Rihanna. She always asks "What's this song called Mommy?" Or will say "This is a perfect song!" </div>
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She loves wearing dresses and told me yesterday that a goat we saw at wheeler farm loved her pretty pink dress. She calls all shoes tap shoes and has the girliest animated mannerisms I've ever seen. She loves jumping on the tramp, swimming, playing with her toys, and her Dad. We've been working on manners lately and I honestly think it's been detrimental to me because she now asks for things so sweetly and politely that I really can't say no. </div>
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Maddie keeps us laughing pretty much constantly. She is smart, strong-willed and sweet and I'm beyond grateful that she still asks me to cuddle and hold her. She definitely runs the show at our house and probably will forever and we wouldn't have it any other way!</div>
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<br />Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934271525710880211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435287716968234136.post-42674071194172742972013-08-15T13:31:00.003-06:002013-08-15T13:31:53.854-06:00Beckham James: 4 1/2 months<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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weight: 16 pounds 8 ounces ( 77%)</div>
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Height: 26 inches (82 %)</div>
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Head: 42.2 cm (44 %)</div>
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He is hands down, the happiest, most-easy going (and easy) baby! He laughs and smiles pretty constantly when he is awake and I love him so much for that. He started laughing pretty early - around 2 to 2 1/2 months and hasn't stopped since. Often when I am holding him and talking to someone they get distracted mid-conversation because Beckham will just be laughing and smiling at them. </div>
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He is a wiggler and does not sit still unless he is asleep. He is rolling all over the place and already covers quite a bit of ground. He has found his little hands and grabs everything - If I'm holding Beckham and something else, he will grab it away from me pretty quickly. He's really close to sitting up on his own and two days ago I found him on his tummy with both his arms and legs extended straight and his stomach off the ground. He is one anxious to move little guy. This is pretty new to me because Maddie was just so content to stay still and was a pretty late crawler and walker because of it. </div>
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Like his sister, Becks sucks his thumbs - both of them, but prefers his left (makes me wonder if he will be left-handed). He loves to cuddle with his little Aden + Anais swaddle blankets (we are beyond attached to those things around here) but I rarely can get him to cuddle with me - he'd rather stand on my lap.</div>
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He loves watching his older sister, being tickled, wrestling with his monster toy, being outside and just being a part of everything. This boy has been the most wonderful and perfect addition to our family and I really couldn't imagine our family without him.</div>
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<br />Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934271525710880211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435287716968234136.post-17705739554329386972013-07-22T15:06:00.001-06:002013-07-22T15:07:09.680-06:00A name and a blessing.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our sweet Beckham James Taylor was blessed on July 7. It was such a perfect day for our little family and Josh gave Beckham an incredible blessing that we will love forever. We blessed Beckham at my parent's home wearing the same blue and white nike's that Josh was blessed in. We sure feel blessed to have this perfect little boy as part of our family. It's impossible to think of our family now without realizing the huge part the Beckham is, and always has been. We've had many tender and special experiences with this little babe so far and he has already taught me more than I could ever have imagined. <br />
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Beckham is the sweetest, most easy-going, happy baby. I've been spoiled beyond reason by his calm and constant temperament. He slept through the night early on and continues to sleep 11-15 hours a night, with one early to mid-morning feeding, amazing boy. He has made this rough transition to 2 as easy as he possible could for this new mama. <br />
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Being a mother is the greatest gift. I often sit as I feed Beckham or play with Maddie and feel completely humbled and overwhelmed with gratitude for these two precious little ones. Gosh, we are lucky!<br />
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I probably could - and should - have combined this into one post, but I had the hardest time narrowing down pictures that I decided to just post a bunch in two posts. One of the evenings, we decided to head down to La Jolla Cove to show Madds the seals. Despite a pretty bad fall and a scraped forehead, she loved them and kept calling them whales. After we stopped and got ice cream and started driving back home (on the drive I discovered Josh's deep love for the top hits of the 80's and I loved it... he never stops surprising me). As we passed the beautiful San Diego temple, Maddie said "It's a princess castle. I want to go there and dance with Daddy in a pretty dress!" Obviously we headed straight there as that's a request that no one, especially Josh, could pass up. She was completely in heaven dancing around the temple with her Daddy. It was one of those moments as a family I hope to never forget. </div>
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After graduation we were ready to celebrate and decided to brave a 12 hour road trip with our new little family of four to southern California. Maddie and Beckham were so good - everything went a lot smoother than we anticipated and Josh and I even said to each other on the way home how we would totally be willing to do this again in the future. </div>
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We had so much fun. It was one of those trips where you just aren't ready to come home when it's time to leave and you find yourself devising ways to make the trip last longer. Josh turned down a job offer in San Diego, and it was fun to go visit where we were considering living. We couldn't keep Maddie out of the waves but couldn't get her to touch the dry sand. She's such a girl. We hung out at the beach, went to the San Diego Zoo (more pics on that later), ate way too much, and just loved being together with no school or work or anything to worry about - other than two babies.</div>
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We had beautiful sunshine, perfect company (thanks C and Laur!) and have been planning our trip back since ever since. </div>
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<br />Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934271525710880211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435287716968234136.post-30121124979150638502013-06-28T09:27:00.002-06:002013-06-28T09:27:49.094-06:00He did it!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Josh graduated from BYU and we couldn't be prouder of our guy! He's been in school ever since we got married and it feels so good to have a break (until grad school hits us in a few years). </div>
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Here's to a change of scenery (we were more than ready for a move), a new job, and the next chapter of our lives!</div>
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Josh, you are the smartest, hardest-working, most handsome guy we know and we are so proud of you!</div>
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<br />Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934271525710880211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435287716968234136.post-6746763693585402452013-06-12T16:01:00.001-06:002013-06-12T16:03:08.643-06:00Rubber ducky laugh...<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="881" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/68248878" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <br />
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Grandma Paige getting some dang cute laughs out of our little backs. His laugh is the cutest!<br />
<br />Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934271525710880211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435287716968234136.post-41156838725077369352013-06-12T14:23:00.000-06:002013-06-12T14:23:00.743-06:00He's perfect<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We're finally getting settled in and my desktop is covered with folders of photos to upload here. But until I get to that, I just couldn't help but share these. He has already grown SO much it almost makes my heart hurt. He is such an angel baby and our life just couldn't be complete without him. I am literally adoring everything about this boy and hoping time decides to slow down because it already is moving too fast.</div>
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<br />Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934271525710880211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435287716968234136.post-66733718418581811322013-04-17T14:38:00.002-06:002013-04-17T14:38:40.128-06:00Adjusting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: left;">Having a newborn at home again has been nothing short of magical - most of the time. In all honesty there have been several times in these first few weeks that I have sincerely asked myself how people do his - have two children (forget about three!). But as we've been getting back into the swing of things and learning to let some things slide I can honestly say life has never been better. We're learning together and figuring this out. We're tired, things are busier, the house is never quite clean, and laundry is more endless than usual but we are so happy and so so lucky. These two little ones are the most precious things in our world. At night when we Maddie and Beckham are both in bed, Josh and I talk about just how blessed we are to have these sweet babies in our family. Life is so good.</span></div>
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I wondered when I was pregnant how my heart would ever find room to love another, but these past three weeks have shown me exactly how that is possible. I feel like my heart has grown and my capabilities are trying to keep up. I love, appreciate, and adore Maddie even more and my tiny innocent Beckham has proved to me just how strongly I can love someone so new and helpless. This motherhood thing is pretty amazing.</div>
Maddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04934271525710880211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435287716968234136.post-87119312685248994452013-04-09T22:04:00.002-06:002013-04-09T22:04:52.808-06:00My wild-haired Rapunzel girl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Maddie's first Disney love was Tangled - it will always hold a special place in both of our hearts because of it. So naturally, when I was in the hospital with Beckham and my mom was watching Maddie, she decided to <i>make</i> Maddie a Rapunzel dress - braid and all. To say my little ones have the world's best grandparents is a complete understatement. They are well taken care of. I still can't get over how darling and intricate this little dress is. And the way she twirls and curtsies and holds it up - she's got this princess thing down. Such a girl and I'm loving (almost) every minute of it. </div>
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aaaand don't mind the finger in the nose in this last one - princesses can't <i>always</i> be perfect ;)</div>
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