Mother's Day 2012

We spent most of the weekend out at the lake for Mother's Day with the rest of the Austin Taylor Clan. It was wonderful to finally be out there and made us all look forward to many fun weekends out there this summer.

Matt gave me a sweet card and some candy. And all the kids had made something precious at school that they were beyond excited to show me. Another wonderful gift was getting to sleep in until 10:45 am. Yes, you read that right! When I realized what time it was I jumped out of bed and ran outside expecting to see my family in complete disarray, the kids wandering around naked and having gone without food for hours. HA! But Matt had it all under control (like he always does). Thank you Matt for taking such good care of me.

3 1/2 months old

John's 2 year stats

Height: 34.5 inches (50%)

Weight: 29 lbs (60%)

We saw Dr. Dawson a few weeks ago for John's 2 year well child check. Everything looked great. He got a few shots without too many tears. My only concern about John is his propensity to get laryngeal croup with every sniffle and URI that comes around. Dr. Dawson agreed to let me use nebulized steroids with albuterol when he begins to have that barky cough and continuing for a few days/weeks after the cough resolves. We will resort to oral steroids as a last resort.

Alivia's Dance Recital

Her actual recital day was while Matt and I were in Santa Fe for the wedding. So, we went to the dress rehearsal instead and treated as though it were the real thing. It actually was pretty fun to go to the rehearsal because we got to see both Avery and Alivia in their finest, and they practiced the dance to music a few times so we got to see them on stage for a longer period of time. Alivia looked precious and has seemed to really like dance. We plan to continue again next year at Dancer's Workshop.

Avery and Alivia

The dance was a tap number

Precious cousins!