I should have known...

that when I asked her to go up stairs to take nap and she actually did something must be up. When I went up to check on her this is what I found- sound asleep in Little Man's bed with his binkie, she always loved that bed and I guess still does! 

Our little Sleeping Beauty

First Camping Trip

The Bug with her new soccer ball- her potty present for getting potty trained!!!

What do you do camping? 

Roast Marshmallows? Not Us, It started to rain when the sun set.

Hike? No, not Us, Daddy was working too.

So We danced, played soccer, and spun in circles!

Again, Daddy! I'll help you up!

No? Okay maybe in a little bit.

I love my Daddy!

Ultimate summer photos!

What did Little Man do during all of this?

Slept of-course!

Rockin' Out With Uncle Bronco/ Ladies Men

What do you do why you turn 1 month old?

Find a nice Lady to hold you close!

Thanks- Celeste! Mark's looking a little jealous!

It's okay I'll find some other ladies to adore me! -Charlie

The original boys of summer:

Davi, Jared, and Rich

The Cutest girl in the world- ready to rock out!

"See what I toe-ga"

Uncle Bronco- Rockin it with Due West

Check out the moves! Hot!!! White HOT!!!

Even with all that he's been replaced!

Not even his hot buns or white belt can keep her interest...

I'm mean just look at Tanner- Adorable, sweet, and the Heir to the RC Willey fortune- if they'd quit had all these sale and squandering it away (sorry Mikey- I just had to work a sale jab somehow).

Oh, What a wonderful summer night! Thanks Bronco! You Rock!!!

First's

First Carnie ride- July 23rd

First Smile-August 3rd

First Haircut- July 30th

First Cotton Candy- July 23rd

12 years and counting...

We celebrated our 12th anniversary on July 10th. I can't believe how amazing our love is, and each year just keeps getting better! I was talking to my childhood best friend last night (we've been friends since we were 6) about how if you were to bet I probably wouldn't be the one of about 9 of us to get married and stay married. Crazy how life turns out, I didn't want to date Davi let alone marry him. I'm glad he knew better and has had so much persistence and patience with me over the years! Now I can't imagine what my life would have been like without him. Just like our wedding invitation said, "My Love, My Life, My Best Friend" for now and for eternity! 

Finally a Name

With a landslide We named our Little Man Charlton Robert Hancock-Taylor. I love that Xadi picked it! After  the ultrasound back in Febuary Davi and I were discussing boy names we liked, we mentioned Charlie. I guess that was the one Xadi liked, that was it she called him from then on. We'd suggest another name and she'd say, "No, that be silly!" Finally about a month before she really started to like the movie Juniors Giants, the baby boy in the movie is Little Man, so we got her to start calling him that in case we didn't go with Charlie. She loves her baby brother.

Birth

I'm finally together enough to catch up on my posts... or at least attempt to.

I thought I'd start out with the birth story of our little man. On Friday the 19th I had this intense urge to get my house clean. Davi thought it was strange that I was exerting so much effort but I almost got it the way I like it! That felt good for being an incredibly slow 9 months prego! Then later that same night I was feeling strange (read-I'm about to have a baby strange). Davi had plans to go see a DJ from from out of town so he left about 10pm and I called him to let him know that things were afoot. Luckily, he was with our good friend Randy so his wife Jill became my backup while they were out. I had him stop at my Cousins house to pick up their old car seat and it's a good thing because we were needing it just 36 hours later! 

That night getting all the critters to bed was a joke! They all wanted mommy loves and it was a struggle all the way till 2 am! Then, I woke up at 4am with contractions about 5 minutes apart, lasting 1-2 minutes. I got up, had a snack and waited for them to stop. With Xadi this happened all the time so I still wasn't thinking I was going to have a baby that day, but they just kept on going and finally around 5 I had Davi call his Dad to come and watch Xadi because I figured he'd already be up....he was. :) Then, it was off to the hospital to meet up with our amazing Doula (birth-coach) Claire and have this baby. She was awesome! I can't say enough how great it is to have an ambassador in the room that's there for you and has the experience to keep the staff from doing wacky stuff.

So here he is! Nothing like having a baby on 2 hours of sleep and no pain medicine whatsoever right? Ugh, hopefully I won't be doing that again. "Little Man" was born Saturday, June 20th. 12:03pm. I obviously got side-tracked on getting all the fathers day presents and cards I wanted to so to all the dad's in our lives: Happy Fathers Day! I hope you love your little present! 

My little ones meeting for the first time.