Tavvin Lately

Tavvin is full of energy and he's running everywhere! He loves to play and be active! Which is frustrating for both of us because my energy levels have been pretty low since being pregnant. This has made him become a major daddy's boy. I loves that dad will always run around and play with him.

He likes to talk and has quite a few words. I feel like one of his greatest frustrations right now is not being able to communicate what he wants to us all the time, but we understand each other more all the time. He says "beep beep", "up" (open), "down", "this" (referring to anything and everything), "step", "bite", "cheese", "brush" (for brushing teeth, which he loves, but mostly to eat the toothpaste), "Bella", "book", "back" (for piggy back rides), "hold you", "binti" (for binki), "oss" (for off), "drink", "bye", "pizza" (usually referring to any food), "outside", "uh oh", and others that I can't think of now. A lot of these are only understood by Shad and I, but it's fun to watch him start to communicate with us. He likes to mimick things we say too, which is sometimes funny. 

Tav likes giving kisses and blowing kisses too. His kisses are big open mouthed ones and they're so funny and sweet.  He has been very loving lately and will sometimes just lean against me and pat my back, it's the sweetest thing. He'll also some times just lay on our chest for a while, we love it. 

Fries and ice cream, satisfying moms prego craving ^^^

At Kangaroo Zoo ^^^^

Tavvin loves "outside" and the playground behind our house ^^^^^^

Yes... He's on the treadmill. But he BEGS and we're really really careful. ^^^^
He recently discovered "dipping" food in things. This was toast in smoothie. ^^^^

We went to Discovery Gateway with friends and Tavvin loved it. ^^^^

Wearing breakfast^^^^

He handed me his hat to put on then grabbed my hand and said "bye?" Wanting to go outside. I had to convince him he needed more clothes on. ^^^^^

He's really been struggling with transitioning between 2 naps and 1 (so have I). This day he finally gave up and relaxed on my chest and watched a show. ^^^^^

He frustrates the heck out of me but also I love him more than anyone or anything ever (ok maybe not Shad, but it's different). Being a parent is so weird and so wonderfully amazing. We love you so very much Tavvin. 

Baby #2

We already announced this to our families on Christmas, and to everyone else a few weeks ago, but we are expecting a baby. I'm due August 18th and we're very excited (and scared). I'm 15 weeks along now and so far I feel pretty much the same as I did last time. I was really tired at first, but I feel pretty good most of the time now. We won't know the gender for 5 more weeks, but we both are convinced it's a boy. We are thankful to be pregnant and we love being parents-usually ;). 

Houston, Texas

Conner leaves on mission on March 12, which has come up so fast! When he got his call, I think it was back in November, March seemed so far away, but now it's here and much too quickly!  About a month ago Shad and I got to go through his first temple sessions with him and some of my other family members. It was such a great experience and I just feel so proud of him and who he's chosen to be. He's 5 years younger than me and I've always felt he was like my baby so it's hard to see him being all grown up, but really neat at the same time. I just love him tons and I'm really going to miss him!

Tavvin "Helping"

I'm using my iPhone blogger app to document a few of our recent photos. Something Tav likes to do is "help" me in the kitchen. Especially with the dishwasher. I can't open it without him climbing in and moving everything around or taking things out. It's really sweet and helps me with my patience :).