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Life Loves Leah

a wedding and trip home

Oh how I love Boise. Or Eagle I should say.  I fully enjoy living in Utah, but oh how I miss Boise.  I love  my parents house in Eagle.  It is so homey and cozy. 

This trip was quick- but packed! One of my best friends from High School got married to a wonderful guy.  She was one of those girls that everyone just KNEW would find the perfect guy for her. 

Well, she found him and it brought tears to my eyes to see her happiness. 

They are a darling couple. 

Since Chase had a work meeting that he couldn't miss, Leah and Jonny graciously offered to drive Beck and me.  It was so much fun catching up and seeing how much Leah and Jonny love each other. 

They held hands THE entire five hour drive, both directions.  I was impressed.  They also said they didn't mind hearing the "Baby, Baby, baby signing time" song over and over again from the back seat. 

I don't believe them. 

The Grandkids LOVE to go to Mimi and Papa's house. They are such hands on  grandparents and have the coolest toys!!  Beck and Ryenn loved the mini 4 wheeler.  They could even ride it themselves!

This weekend, Papa was busy making a cradle for Tiffini's baby.  I helped him for a little bit and man, it is no easy task to make it just right.  What a loving gift! 

It is always so wonderful spending time with Mom and Dad.  I miss them!

live in action

Our little Beck has been so much fun lately. He seems to be extra happy now that he has the freedom to walk around. He is quick to laugh-especially when he is tired. The last video is one of his favorite activities. I must admit. I stole this laugh-inducing technique from my Dad and Bro-in-law Garrett.

Every now and then when we are driving in the car or while I'm cleaning the kitchen and he is in his high chair, he will start blowing kisses (smacking his lips) with a huge grin until I look at him. He'll do it a few times and then go about his business, almost to say, "Just want you to know I love you Mom!" It makes my day every time. (first video)

I think he understands I lot more than I give him credit for. The other day he found a binky on the table and plopped it in his mouth. He only has them at nap time so I saw him from across the room and said "Beck, can momma please have your binky?" He immediately crawled right over to me, pulled his binky out of his mouth and put it in my outstretched hand. Genius I tell you! haha just kidding-but I was impressed. I've tested it out a few times since then and he usually knows what I am asking.

Lastly, here is a video of the little guy in action. 

This was one of the first days that his walking really took off. 

Spring has Sprung... or so we thought!

This week gave us beautiful weather.  On Friday Beck and I enjoyed a picnic with Jalene and then met Chase at the park with Kyle and Jade. 

The parks were packed with people all trying to remedy our vitamin D deficiency. 

It makes me grumpy to admit what kind of weather we have as I am typing this. 

Here is a picture for those of you who are visual learners.  :( This is me with a sad face. 

Sometimes I feel like Spring is one big April fools joke! 

You want to know what makes me happy though?  Listening to our prophets words!  Wasn't general conference awesome?!!  AND!  A temple in Meridian Idaho! wahoo!!

Anyway,

Here is one more picture of the cute little guy- just for fun.

thats my cue.

I always planned on stopping nursing when Beck turned one.  Then the day came and he wasn't ready to give up his last morning feeding.  ...or it may have been me that wasn't ready.  ;-) Either way, I decided to keep going awhile longer.  This morning while Beck was nursing he kept pulling off and pointing to the bottle on the dresser.  After the third time of him stopping, I went down and got him a bottle and he downed the whole thing.  I guess that means this is the end.  farewell ugly nursing bra.  Hello big boy.  Can I still call him my baby? Because I'm not ready to give that up yet. 

the everyday

When people ask me what I've been up to, my only real answer is "chasing Beck around, and regular life".  Nothing SUPER exciting is going on in my life,  we're just living every day, glad to be alive and happy.  I know I sound like I have a super boring life, but its not true!  I LOVE chasing Beck around all day.  I love coming up with what we're going to have for dinner, and taking care of our home.  Every day when Chase gets home from work we hang out and decompress about our day.  I tell him about Beck's poops and naps for the day, he tells me about the people he helps at work.   thrilling right?  But its real life, and I like it! 

This was my exchange with Chase over text today.
Him:  "I love my job babe!"

me:  "I'm so glad you love your job, that makes me sooo happy!  Guess what!  I love my job too!"

See?  Life is great, even though we aren't planning fancy trips and having grand adventures, its great.  Yes. that stuff would be nice, I'm not saying that.  I'm just saying that we love life even when its regular.  When every day almost seems to repeat itself. 

I do want to post more often though.  I love that when I look back on my blog I get a glimpse of what life was like when we were newlyweds.  I used to post about every day life.  I just need to get it out of my head that I post when we have an event.  I want to post about the little things.  The funny things Beck does, the day to day fluff.  So, here is my goal.  I am going to post more often, and I am not going to worry about how well it is written, or if it will be boring for other people to read.  This blog is for me, so I can look back and remember what this stage of life was like.  So, no judging here, or there I should say!  hehe

For now, here are some pictures of Taylor "moments"

Happy Happy Birthday Party!

Beck's birthday is one day after my brother Kyle's,
so we had a combined party for them the Sunday before.   

I wanted to do something inexpensive, but focus on making it actually fun for the birthday boys.

I think I can safely say that everyone thoroughly enjoyed the balloon room. 
There is something magical about all those colors and the way balloons make you feel lighter than air.

Most of these pictures were taken by my wonderful sister-in-law Jalene.
 Check her out at J. Taylor Photography.
She also happens to be doing a pretty great wedding special right now!  

All the decor was fun to make and I spent less than twenty bucks on everything!

On Beck's actual birthday, my Mom and I just made the day all about him! 

We took Beck ride the Carousel at the mall. I love all the funky animals on this carousel! 

I think he enjoyed watching it go round and round better than actually being on it. 

We also let him ride a few coin machine rides.  This was the same story as the carousel.  He liked playing on it just as much as when the ride was moving.  He is easy to please I guess! 

I remember that the first warm day of the year was the day I brought Beck home from the hospital.  His birthday was just the same!  We still had snow on the ground but the park was warm and sunny.

Beck had a BLAST climbing the slide with Mimi and exploring the playground with his cousin. 

Honestly I can't believe how fast his first year of life went. 
It scares me because now I actually believe people when they say
"You'll blink you're eyes and you'll be sending him off to college!" 

This kid has brought Chase and me more happiness than we could have fathomed. 
Here's to another great year, Beck!!