Easter Weekend!

I'm so happy to say that I have a FOUR DAY WEEKEND! I couldn't be happier! It's been such a nice little break. We spent a lot of time outside and with family.

Before the actual weekend, we had a sick little boy on our hands. Wednesday evening Blair and I went out for a five year anniversary..just dinner and a little shopping. It was so nice!!  Our good friends watched Tate for us and when we got there to pick him up he was on fire! We brought him home, took his temp, and within minutes he was throwing up. Poor guy was miserable all evening long. Blair stayed with him for the morning on Thursday and then I came home at noon to be with him. His temp spiked to 104, but he was no longer getting sick. He just continued to act lethargic and cried a lot. I decided to take him to the doctor. Well, his throat and mouth were FULL of sores. He ended up with Hand, Foot, and Mouth. How miserable!

On Friday, he was finally starting to feel better but I kept pushing the Tylenol. He and I drove to Emmetsburg. We left Blair at home to work on grad work. My mom scheduled me a Peek-a-Boo ultrasound at the Emmetsburg hospital. We got to see Baby Taylor! The 4D ultrasound is amazing, but she was a little stubborn and didn't give us the best view. She had her hands up by her face. We got a couple good pictures. I just can't believe that she'll be in our arms in six short weeks!

On Saturday, my good friend Kendra had a baby shower. The shower was very nice, and she got lots of awesome baby girl things! On Saturday evening, we headed back to Nevada and my parents also headed down to our house to celebrate Easter with us. We got home just in time to dye Easter eggs!

Today we got up and made a big breakfast and headed to Easter Mass. Of course the Easter Bunny came too! :) Mike and Jean Ann came for the afternoon. We grilled a big lunch and played outside all day! We had a very nice day!  Tate was very dirty and exhausted. He was promptly in bed at 7:57 this evening. He was a tired boy, but had a wonderful day playing with his Nanas and Papas!

I'm SOOO excited that I still have tomorrow off! We're heading to the doctor in the morning for a quick check on Baby Taylor!


Here are a few pictures from the weekend:

 

 

 

Creston

I feel like spring  weather is starting to get here and this weekend we got to enjoy a little of this nice weather! We went to Creston on Saturday for Grandma Janis' birthday party. The whole Taylor clan came to Mike and Jean Ann's…even Grandma Ann came. It was so nice to see everyone and Tate loved playing with all his cousins. The food was so yummy! We ate so much and had a nice time visiting with everyone.

Before all the company arrived on Saturday, Papa Mike took everyone (Kayson, Cora, and Tate) to the fire station. Tate's been wanting to go check out all the fire trucks. He was in heaven!! He's been talking about it ever since! 

Every night when we put Tate to bed he asks me to tell him a story. The stories always have to be about something that has happened in his past. The stories we always tell usually have something to do with Papa Dick's farm but tonight when I was tucking him in he said, "Mommy, tell that story of that time when we went to the fire station with Kayson and Cora." haha! As if it was so long ago! :) Even though it happened three days ago it's like it's this story from way back when and he loves hearing the same stories over and over. 

Anyways, on Sunday we celebrated Easter with a yummy lunch and an egg hunt. Grandma and Papa even gave Tate a 'big boy' basketball hoop for outside. Tate has turned into quite the little basketball nut, and this was the perfect gift. We had to come home on Sunday and put it together. After a failed nap and a trip to the hardware store, Daddy finally got it put together. It even started raining and he continued to shoot and shoot. He was filthy and looked like he had eaten dirt by the time we made him come in for a bath. I know that basketball hoop is going to get lots of use this summer!

Here are a few pictures from the weekend-

 

Fire truck!!!

The boys giving Core a ride!

Colby and Tate

 

Easter baskets!

Daddy working on the basketball hoop...Tate waiting patiently.

 

Playing in rain!!