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Taylor’s First Christmas

amy — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:50:10 +0000

We spent 10 days in Connecticut with my parents over Christmas. We drove up the night before the big snow storm hit the East Coast. Pennsylvania got dumped on. My inlaws got more than two feet of snow. We got about 8-10 inches in Ashford bringing Taylor his first big snow…

We were very glad we drove up the night before. Otherwise we would have been stuck in PA with no food in the fridge for a couple of days.

We did a lot of different things while we were in New England. We cheered for the Patriots. Even Taylor got excited.

We gave Taylor a bath in the kitchen sink. As always he loved his bath. He has since transitioned to the big tub and home. He is such a water baby.

Gramzee put him in a Santa hat. Here he is hamming it up for the camera.

He also took some flying lessons with Gramzee.

He also became Bugs Bunny…. “What’s up Doc?” Nom, Nom, Nom. At one point he had both carrots in has hands. It was pretty entertaining.

We also went up to Josh’s grandparents house in Beverly, MA just north of Boston. He got to meet some new friends. Here he is with his Great Aunt Pat. He was being quite a flirt.

Auntie Jane and Aunt Pat brought their dog Molly and Taylor got lots of puppy kisses. He responded very well to all of the doggie attention.

Here Taylor is flirting with Great Auntie Jane.

All of that flirting can tire a little guy out. He took a nice long snooze.

I gave Taylor a laundry basket to play with for a little while.

And all of that was before Christmas morning. Here are some great shots from Taylor’s first Christmas.

Here’s the whole family by the tree.

Taylor by the tree before he saw the presents…

Here he is after he found the presents…

Rody was a present from Santa. Taylor thinks he tastes good…

Taylor also had some fun with Tante Karen

and Unkie Junkie J

He also got to spend some time with his Great Grandma Cookie…oh yeah and a spoon. He has one of those most of the time now.

Taylor even helped Gramzee bake me a birthday cake.

We had a great holiday and are looking forward to next Christmas when Taylor understands the meaning of presents!

Bouncing

taylor — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:23:33 +0000

I love to bounce in my baby casino (that’s what Tante calls it). My legs are getting quite a workout.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYLUUPTmbc0

5 Generations

amy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:00:46 +0000

Wow! I’ve really fallen behind on posting to the blog. Bad Amy! There have been a lot of exciting things happening so I’ll post a couple of posts over the next few days to bring you all up to speed.

Last week we (Taylor, Josh, and I) took a trip up to CT/MA/RI to do the family tour. Taylor got to meet a lot of people:

From the Feierman/Frost Side: Nana & Grampy (Granna was there too)

From the Roy/Carlon Side: Great Grammy Cookie, Great Aunt Ann, Great Aunt Carolyn, Great Aunt Bobo, Cousins Kara & Ada, Great Great Aunt Pat, Great Great Uncle Paul, Great Great Uncle Gordon, Great Great Aunt Carol, Mor-Mor-Far (?), Great Great Grandma Carlson. (Gramzee, Gramps and Tante were there too)

We didn’t meet everyone all at once. That would have been slightly overwhelming for everyone. Instead we spread it out over 4 days and met small groups on each day.

While all of the relatives are special to Taylor’s life only one helps complete 5 living generations – Great Great Grandma Carlson (mormors farmor in Swedish – I think). She is my mother’s father’s mother. She is 105 years old and will be 106 coming up on August 17. She was very excited to meet Taylor. Below is a picture of the 5 generations:

Top Row (l-r) Arnold Carlson (Mor-Far to me), Marji Roy (my Mom)

Bottom Row (l-r) Elsa Carlson (Grandma Carlson to me), Taylor & Me

Of course Taylor won’t remember this meeting, but we have the picture as proof. Maybe he’ll write about it as a 5th grade history project.

Amy

Bathtime – Sisters

amy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:34:45 +0000

OK so the last post was from Taylor about how much he loves his bath. At the end of the post he mentioned how his Mommy didn’t learn how to have fun in the tub until her sister came along. Here is a picture of Karen (right) and I (left) having fun with bubbles in the tub.

Look at Karen’s big grin and my tentative smile. Aren’t sisters wonderful!

Bath Time with Daddy

taylor — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:54:25 +0000

Today Daddy gave me a bath. He’s never given me one before. I wanted to show him how much I love my bath. I’m a water baby! I even love to splash.

Daddy giving me a bath. I like looking at the tiles on the wall.

Smiling at Daddy. He’s doing a good job.

My Gramzee says that Mommy used to scream when she took baths at my age. I don’t know how anyone could not like the water. I’m more like my Tante. She was the one who taught my Mommy how to splash! Mommy says she’ll find a picture of her bath time growing up to share on the blog to. Maybe Gramps can send some along.

Musical Toy

amy — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:39:32 +0000

Taylor is awake a lot more these days and very alert. His Tante gave him some musical flowers by Lamaze that he loves. He gets his arms and legs totally in to it. See below:

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=diOOZ54BaJk

Hanging out with Tante

taylor — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:02:18 +0000

My Tante Karen has been visiting since Wednesday. She’s been cooking good food and spending lots of time with me. Today we:

Worked in the morning and got a lot done…

She read me a story on her Kindle…

And we took a nap together…

Oh what a life I have!

Taylor

Oh, by the way “Tante” is Aunt in German for the non-German speaking readers.