Binky Fairy

Don't judge me.  I let my daughter have her binkies until she turned three.  I know I know.  It's terrible for the teeth.  I think I was more attatched to them than she was.  I didn't want to take them away and have sleepless nights again.  I do have to brag about how I took them away because it worked like a charm with no sleepless nights. 

We had been talking about getting rid of the binkies when she turned three.  We talked about how a binky fairy would come and take her binkies to little babies that are sad because they didn't have any, and in return Taycee would get a present from the fairy.  Well after she turned three, and the binky fairy decided to get her butt up and get her a present, we left them out one night for the fairy to come. She woke up to a couple of new movies and a bell for her bike.  I was completely shocked at how willingly she left them that night.  She didn't cry once for them and hasn't mentioned them since.  If I would have known it would have been that easy I would have done it a long time ago.  So to anyone out there that is thinking about getting rid of the binkies try the "Binky Fairy" It worked for us :)

A funny story that happened while we were in the process of talking about getting rid of them.  One night we were saying prayers before bed as a family.  After we finished we talked about how when Taycee turned three the binky fairy would come visit.  (We talked about it a lot a couple of weeks before she actually visited so Taycee knew what was going on.) As we were talking about it I saw Taycee's eyes start to look around the room.  All of a sudden she looked at both me and Scott and said, "I'm going to hide them."  I seriously laughed so hard.  She was looking for a place that she could hide her binkies so the fairy wouldn't take them :)

Princess Birthday

Our baby girl turned 3 on April 29.  I guess she isn't my baby anymore.  We celebrated this year with a princess party.  I of course had to dress up like a princess too so I was Snow White.  Taycee thought it was so great that I dressed up and the whole day she referred to me as Snow White.  She would say things like, "Thank you for the presents Snow White."  It was so cute! 

We are so blessed to have this little girl in our family.  I can't believe how fast the last three years have gone by.  People always tell you how quickly it goes by but I can defenitely say now that it goes by sooo fast.   We love our little Taycee and can't wait to continue to watch her grow up! Happy Birthday Little Miss! We love you!

Disney On Ice

4.20.2011

In April I saw that Disney on Ice was coming to Phoenix. We decided that it would be something fun to take Taycee to for her birthday and we were right. She loved it! She dressed up like Belle from Beauty and the Beast. She didn't take her eyes off of the show once.

Best Friends

                                                                     Ryder and Taycee                     

 How are we ever going to split these two up after dental school? They are best buddies!

Newport Beach=Heaven on Earth

We went to Newport Beach a couple of weeks ago during spring break with my family.  We absolutely fell in love with the place and decided that if it wasn't so expensive to live there we would want to live there.  One can dream right?!? We had so much fun hanging out with the family and Taycee was definitely spoiled with attention from everyone!

Building sand castles.

Driving the boat with Gpa Alan



She was so excited to bury Justin in the sand.

Tennis anyone?

Panties

So we went to a friends house a couple of weekends ago. We were in a hurry to get out the door so I left the responsibility to her of getting her shorts back on after going potty. When we got there I noticed that Taycee's Shorts were on backwards.   I didn't bother changing them because she was busy playing.  But, the entire time she was there she kept picking her wedgies.  I thought it was just because her shorts were on backwards.  Well we got home from the party I pulled down her pants to put her jammies on  and this is what I found... 

 Apparently we need to work on putting panties on also. :)  Atleast it's a cute bum.

Ann Romney

Classy.  This is the one word that I think describes Ann Romney best.  She is a true class act.  I love watching her introduce her husband at victory speeches. I love watching her interact with people after the speeches.  I think that the White House would be lucky to have Ann Romney as the First Lady of the United States of America.  I may be a partial to her considering that we both share the disease of Multiple Sclerosis.  She definitely is an inspiration to me when it comes to this.  I look at her and hope that when I am as old as her that I will have been able to keep up with my child and raise her the best that I can, that I will look as good as her, and that I will be able to be as positive about life no matter what this crazy disease throws at me. Neil Cavuto interviewed her recently and she talked about her life and dealing with MS.  For me very inspirational.  If your interested in it you can watch it here.

So on this Super Tuesday I am hoping the people get it right.  I would love to see Mitt Romney become the next President of the United States, but I would also love to have Ann Romney as the First Lady. :)

Happiest place on Earth

We went to Disneyland over President's weekend with Scott's family.  Taycee was so excited to go.  We had been talking about it for weeks and she was so ready to meet Mickey.  We had gotten everything packed in the car and were on our way.  I had to stop at the bank before we left town and when we pulled into the bank Taycee said "Mom is this Disneyland?"  She was very disappointed. :)

On our way to the happiest place on Earth

At the California adventure land hotel

Dinner at the Rainforest Cafe

Disneyland!

Staring in awe at Minnie Mouse.  She loved her

Not quite sure about the placement of Taycee's hand.  Oops!

Exhausted after two full days at Disneyland on the ride home.

We had such a blast and it was so fun to watch Taycee get so excited with everything.  Thanks to Scott's parents for the awesome vacation.  We loved it!

New Bike

My Grandma B had given Taycee some Christmas money and we hadn't decided what we get her with it.  Then she saw a little girl on a bike and fell in love with it.  So we bought her a bike.  I realize it is a big bike but I figured it something she will definitely grow into and she controls it really good.  I can't believe how big my baby girl is getting. 

Self Check Out

Usually I get so mad when I use these stupid machines because something goes wrong, or there is an error somewhere.  You name it, it has happened to me.  But I went to the store yesterday for three items. I decided that I didn't want to waste time standing in line with Taycee to check out and I would brave the self checkout lane.  To my surprise we got through the three itemes without any major glitches.  As our receipt was printing the machine said "Please take your reciept" I took my receipt and the machine said "Thank you for shopping at Bashas"  Taycee was standing there and she leaned in to the machine and said "You're Welcome"  Ha Ha!! I was so glad we used the self checkout after that comment!

Prayer

We sat down for dinner the other night.  I asked Taycee if she would say the blessing on the food.  She asked if Daddy could help her.  So she started to say the prayer.  Scott told her to say we're thankful for Jesus, and the prophet.  He then started to bless the food and she said, "And Moroni Dad.  And Moroni. Thankful for Moroni"

ipad

My parents gave us an ipad for Christmas this year.  Taycee of course loves it even though we got her a leappad.  The other day she was playing on it and I asked her if I could see it for a couple of seconds to look something up.  She ignored me.  So I asked her a couple more times.  Finally she turned around with her hand in the stop position and said, "Mom, just be patient ok?? Just be patient."  Seriously.  Where does she come up with this kind of stuff??

Wedding

Hailey, Scott's sister got married while we were home for Christmas.  It seems like everytime we are in Idaho there is a wedding.  It was so pretty and we are so happy for her.  

 Congratulations guys!!  Welcome to the family Logan!