Blessing The Food!!

In August Sammi blessed the food for the first time!! It was the cutest thing ever!! Yes I cried!!! She has such a sweet little spirit about her and we are so happy she is learning by our example! Spencer looked over at her when we sat down and she always says "Pray" so he asked her if she would like to bless the food that night! she said in her sweet little voice "Otay" and Spencer began to tell her what to say and she would repeat it!! We are so happy are little Sammi is growing and learning so well!! Mommy and Daddy love you Sammi!!

Sariah's 9 Month Check Up!!

On Aug 17 we went to Sariah's 9 month checkup!! She didn't have to have any shots this visit!! Yeah!! She did have to have one little prick to check her iron which of course didn't phase her sweet little spirit!! Sariah is always such a happy little girl not much makes her cry! She is growing like a little weed, although she did lose a couple of pounds from last visit!! Which puts her and Sammi a pound apart again, although Sariah weighs less this time! Sariah is crawling like a pro and is standing up and walking along EVERYTHING!! Her new thing is standing all by herself not holding onto anything!! She is going to be walking in no time!! She loves to clap and loves to wave to her daddy!! She loves when we read to her too!! She loves to follow Sammi around the house, Sammi will go running down the hall to her room and right behind her will be Sariah crawling as fast as she possibly can!! What a blessing she is!! Well here are her stats!! Sariah is 28 inches tall which puts her in the 50-75 percentile, she weighs 22.4 pounds which puts her in the 90-95 percentile, and her head circumfrance is 45cm, which puts her in the 75 percentile! We love you Sariah Jo!!

Sammi's 2 Year Check Up!

On Aug 17, we also had Sammi's 2 year checkup!! I still cant believe are little girl is already 2!! Her checkup went great! She wasn't too fond of the Dr. sticking that tongue depressor thing in her mouth but other than that she did great!! She had to have one shot, but now she is all up to date and does not have to have anymore until she is 5! Well I take that back she will have to have her normal yearly flu shot but that's it!! Sammi is growing up so fast! I know she is only 2 but it seems like she is doing something new each day!! She loves to sing and dance around the house!! She loves to play dress up and loves to play pretend with her kitchen and her dolls and with her princess!!She is talking so much more now, we can understand a lot of what she is saying!! It is so cute to listen to her talk!! She still loves to be read to and is still enjoying story time at our public library!! She is having a lot of fun learning the alphabet, her numbers and colors!! She is enjoying having her little sister to play with too, We are learning to share!! ha ha!! She sometimes has a hard time with that, but we know she will get the hang of it!! She loves her daddy daughter days as well and loves wrestling with her daddy!! She too is such a blessing!! Here are her stats!! She is growing so fast!! Sammi is 33 1/2 inches in height, that puts her in the 25-30 percentile, She weighs 23.8 pounds and that puts her in the 10-25 percentile, and her head circumference is 46 cm which puts her in the 10-25 percentile!! We love you Sammi Ann!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Sammi!!

On August 16 our little Sammi turned 2!! We cant believe it!! These past two years have gone by so fast and we now understand when our parents say it goes by so fast so enjoy it now!! Sammi had a wonderful birthday!! We went down to Bakersfield and had a big party for her!! The whole family was there minus Mikey and my side of the family but they were all missed, but we still had a great time! Mom and Sunni went and got all kinds of decorations and party bags for the kids!! Sammi truly had a great birthday! She still talks about it!! Thank you everyone for all her cute gifts and making it such a wonderful day for her We love you guys so much!! Also while we were there Sammi swam in the pool with floaties all by herself for the first time!! Yeah!! Way to go Sammi!! We love you our little Sammicans!!Aunt Jaime made these cute cupcakes!! She did and awesome job!! Thanks Aunt Jaime!!

Sammi blowing out her Birthday candles!!

Sammi opening up her presents with the help of her cute cousins!!

This is the bike Spencer picked out for her!! You should have seen her when he came out with it!! It was hilarious!! She was super excited!!

Already dressed up in her new Birthday gifts!! She Loves to play dress up!!

I wouldn't be a party without a jump house!!

Luke, Sammi and Grandma enjoying a Popsicle!

Jumping to Daddy!

Swimming with the cousins!!

Sammi showing off some of her moves by floating on her back!

Joey's Jersey!

So Spencer has had Joeys signed jersey for some time now, actually since last year!! My moms boyfriend Pat knows a guy that does the framing for all his jerseys so we were going to surprise Spencer and get his jersey done, well I snuck and took it out there when I went to visit last time, but chickened out that Spencer would be upset with me, like what if it got lost when they mailed it back or something? I can be such a worry wart sometimes! So I told him and asked if it was alright!! He laughed at me when I told him how I was worried about it!! So they got it done for him and mailed it off!! So here it is!! It is really nice, and Spencer LOVES it and hopes to add more to his collection!! Thank you Mom and Pat it looks really nice!!

Mornings With The Taylor Family Part 2!!

Back a little while ago I posted about our mornings here in our home!! Sammi was waking up super cranky for a couple of weeks so I decided to blog about it! Well after those hard two weeks of her waking up on the wrong side of the bed she has gone back to being her happy, cheery little self in the morning!! She yells for me so I know she is awake, which brings a smile to my face many mornings!! Sometimes she yells for everyone if I am slow at getting in there!! I go in and get her and she is usually jumping up and down with excitement!! See the picture there is my proof!! ha ha. Don't you just love the bed head too!! Well Sariah is still always happy in the morning she actually is happy most of the time!! Sariah does get really excited when I walk in and starts rolling around with excitement!! So there you have it another happy ending with the Taylor family!!

Sariah's Teeth!!

Ok so many of you know that USUALLY when babies get there first teeth, they get them in a certain order right? Well not this little girl!! Sariah got her two bottom teeth as normal, but instead of getting her two top front teeth next she has one of her canine teeth coming in along with one front tooth on the other side!! Poor child!! I told Spencer she must get that from him!! Ha ha!! We are not worried about it or anything I just thought it was funny that she was going to have teeth in speratic places until the others come in!! She still is the cutest baby ever though!!

Logans Visit!!

In June my little sister Logan or Lo Lo as we call her came to visit us for a week!! She flew here by herself for the first time from California! We had so much fun!! We really didn't do anything special but just being able to hang out and mess around was such a blast!! We loved having her here, and Sammi had a ball too!! Its so funny no matter where we go for some reason if Sammi sees a young girl with blond hair she assumes its Logan and starts yelling Lo Lo!! The other day we were listening to music on the TV and the person that is singing the song will show on the screen, so Hillary Duff came on and Sammi starts yelling "Lo Lo, theirs Lo Lo" its is so funny!! We had so much while Logan was here and cant wait for her next visit out here!!I think Logan was a little tired of me taking pictures, what do you think?
Logan and Sariah

Sammi helping Logan blow up Sariah's swim toy

Sammi and Logan coloring

Sammi giving Logan goodbye hugs

Spencer and Logan battling it out in Guitar Hero

Talking On The Phone Already!!

Look who already loves the phone!! Sariah is so funny, everyday she goes right to the phone and puts it up to her ear! I cant figure out where she gets it from!! Ha ha She is so cute! I just love watching her and all the new things she does! I remember when Sammi started with the phone, she used to walk around with a phone (not much has changed!!) and when she couldn't find a phone she would put her hand up there instead! But now Sammi has three phones and has to have one with her at all times!!

Yummy Lasanga!!

So the other night we had Lasagna. This was not the first time Sariah had lasagna, but it was the fist time she had it like this!! Spencer looked over at me while we were all eating and said "maybe we should have fed it to her?" then we just laughed!! She had is EVERYWHERE!! So we had to pull the camera out and share our funny dinner night!!

Sariah's First Swim!!

So in June when Sariah was 7 1/2 months old yes that isn't a typo, we took her out for her first swim!! She loved it!! It wasn't a surprise to us, there isn't much that she doesn't like she is such a sweet easy going little girl!! Here are some of the pictures from our fun day!

Lake Mead!!

In July we went out to the Lake Mead with the Martins. Stephanie and her fiance' were in town so we got to hang out with them too! We all had so much fun! We went jet skiing and tubing and played in the mud as you can see below! I had so much fun tubing and cant wait to do it again! Sammi had so much fun riding on the jet ski with her Daddy and playing in the mud!! Sariah had a good time too she thought it was real funny to try to put the dirt in her mouth!! Here are some pictures of our fun time!!

Sammi playing in the mud!
Daddy and Sammi on the jet ski!
Sammi and David
Fun times at the lake!!
Stephanie and Sariah!

Spencer's Hike With The Deacons!!

In June Spencer went on a overnight camping trip with his Deacons. They hiked a total of 12 miles, 6 miles up and 6 miles down. The day they left they hiked into the night 10:oopm to be exact, but then had to stop because it was too dark to hike anymore! Luckily all the kids remembered there sleeping bags this time so Spencer didn't have to give his up!! So they camped and started up again in the morning. Spencer was real tired when he got home he slept most the rest of the day!! Here are some pictures of his camping trip! Here is Spencer before the hike!
Spencer and some of the boys!

This is the abandoned miners cabin that was kept up by the scouts they hiked to

Spencer and the boys

Spencer after the hike!!

4th of July!!

For the 4th of July we went over to the Martins to celebrate! We had so much fun we had dinner over there, jumped on the trampoline and watched some fireworks! Sammi had a lot of fun up until we started doing the fire works!! Many of you know that Sammi isn't afraid of much but boy she did NOT like the fire works! I took her inside to see if that would help and that way she could still watch from the window but she wasn't having it!! We then made a second attempt to try it again, but no luck!! So Rene took her back inside and they hung out! Sariah on the other hand enjoyed the the fire works! She just sat back and watched!! All full and tuckered out after dinner!!
Sammi loves David and David loves Sammi it is so cute to see them together! David asked us if he could be Sammi's god parent and Spencer responded well what about Sariah? David looked at him and Spencer said that's a packaged deal! We all got a good laugh
Sariah and Rene enjoying the fire works!

Daddy holding Sammi who is not to sure about the fire works!

Enjoying the fire works, well some of them!

Daddy Daughter Day!!

So this month Spencer and Sammi had a daddy daughter day as Spencer calls it! (he's so cute) They started out by going to the airport and watching the planes!! Sammi LOVES airplanes!! She is so funny, the planes fly by our house somewhat anyways, and Sammi goes crazy every time yelling PLANE!! So Spencer decided it would be fun to take her on a little outing and go watch the planes take off and land!! They had a really good time and Spencer said she loved it!! She was so cute when she walked in the door she instantly said "mommy plane!!" After that they went to the store to buy stuff to make cookies!! They were so cute making them, Spencer was cracking me up as they made them!! They then ended there little day with a movie!! I am so excited for our girls to be able to have daddy daughter days in the future they are going to love it!!

Home For Lunch!!

So this past month or so Spencer's job site has been real close to our house so he has been able to come home for lunch or sometimes we would go meet him at the park next to his job site!! The girls have loved it and me too!! Everyday around the time he should be here Sammi starts asking for him if he is running a little late!! It is so cute!! We are so happy to be able to enjoy our lunches with him!! The girls trying to eat his lunch!! (Dont you love Sammi's hair in this picture?)
Sammi wanting Daddy to play in the water with her!!

Sammi enjoying the sprinkler park!!

Showing Daddy the water!

Daddy and his little girl!!

Our Fun Trip to Cali!!

Back in June the girls and I went to go visit my mom and family!! This trip was the longest one we had ever taken, we got to stay 11 days!! Poor Spencer missed us soo much and we missed him too, I really really missed him I even cried!! So I don't think he will ever let us stay that long again without him!! Well we had such a fun time!! The girls especially Sammi had a blast!! My mom has her backyard all set up with kids toys so Sammi was in heaven!! She was outside playing everyday!! We went and stayed a couple of days with my brother Kai and his wife Elizabeth and there little girl Luciana who is 4 months younger than Sammi! The girls had a lot of fun together!! They played and played!! My brother Jesse took us out to eat at a yummy restaurant in Mill Valley also! We had a really nice time at dinner, Jesse knew everyone there it was so funny, and I am not just talking about the people that worked there he knew everyone that came in too!! So here are some pictures from our trip to Cali. Oh and I am so mad I didn't get any pictures of my mom, Tucker, Kai or Jesse with the girls!! Next time for sure!! Sammi blowing bubbles!! She loved the hot tub, the pool was freezing but she still liked getting in that too!!

Logan and the girls! Logan is probably going to kill me for posting this picture!! Ha ha!!
I thought it was cute!!

So my mom got this water toy and my brother Kai set it up and he was telling me how Luciana loved the one that they got her, and how safe it was that there was no way for them to drown in it and so forth, Well later on we went to check on Sammi and leave it to my child she was sitting in the middle of it like it was a pool or something sopping wet!! We couldn't help but laugh!! The water was not deep or anything but it was so funny!!

Sammi and Luciana having fun with the Elmo sprinkler!

Having fun IN the water toy again!!

Relaxing in the chair watching some TV!

Sammi and Luciana giving each other hugs!!

Sariah loving being outside!! The weather was beautiful!!

Grandma and Grandpa Reber's Anniversary!!

So we drove up to St. George on Memorial Weekend to spend some time with Sunni, Nick and the boys and to go celebrate Grandma and Grandpas anniversary. We drove up to Pine Valley and had a little party for Grandma and Grandpa with a bunch of the family! We had such a wonderful time with them!! They both are such inspirations to Spencer and I!! The girls had a lot of fun too! Here is Sammi enjoying something sweet with Grandma and the girls hanging out with Grandpa!! We cant wait for our next visit up there!

Learining To Crawl!

This is when Sariah was first learning to crawl! She couldn't figure out how to crawl forward so she would scoot backwards instead!! We kept finding her in the funniest places!! Here she is scooting backwards under Sammi's crib!

Girls Weekend!!

So back in ? man I cant even remember what month it was! I believe it was May we had a girls weekend! Mom, Mauri, Jaime and Sunni all came to Vegas so we could have a weekend of fun!! Everyone left there kids with the hubbies, well except me! Spencer had a race weekend planned that weekend and that was the only weekend everyone else could come, so I had a friend watch Sammi during the day and I took Sariah with us, Sariah was so good while we shopped all day!! We had so much fun!! I don't think I have ever done so much shopping!! We shopped literally all day and then went back to my house I met the sitter there and dropped Sariah off and we left and went to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and then did some more shopping!! We even talked Mauri into piercing her ears!! We had so much fun and cant wait until our next girls trip!!Me, Sunni, Jaime and Mauri
Mauri and mom

Mauri getting her ears pierced!!

Daddy and Sariah!

I love this picture of Spencer and Sariah look how little she was then! I cant believe how much she has grown since then! She loves her daddy so much, she already is a Daddy's girl!

Sammi and Stella!

So a friend of mine asked me to babysit awhile back, her little girl Stella and Sammi are pretty close in age! So they were playing in Sammi's room and I walked in and they were sitting there laughing at each other with there sunglasses on!! I had to take a picture I thought it was so cute!!

Mom's Visit

Back in April my mom came to visit us!! She actually was going to surprise Spencer for his Birthday because when she asked him what he wanted for his birthday he responded "for you to come visit" she said I wish I could but I cant! Well she had planned to surprise him but ended up having to tell him because the Sunday before she was supposed to come Spencer found out that he might have one of the monthly camping trips with the Deacons on that Friday that she would be here!! Well she got here on his birthday and we got a sitter and she took us out to Spencer's favorite Sushi place called Island Sushi, it is a fresh all you can eat sushi restaurant!! It is by far the best place in town! So we all ate until we couldn't eat anymore and went home! While she was here we did a ton of shopping!! She helped me do some decorating to our home which made our home feel more homier!! I will post those pictures in another blog!! We had such a wonderful time while she was here, and the girls loved having there grandma here to visit!! We cant wait for her next visit which we hope will be real soon!!