New cup, dress and a New look for Mommy!

Well, like a said a few post back not too much going on in the Taylor home just being busy at work and being mommy! I do think I'm getting into the swing of things of doing everything alone. It's still hard but I'm adjusting!



On another note, we are successfully off of the bottle!! I know you're probably thinking Kennedy was a little old for a bottle but she had some serious attachment issues to it. I finally decided it was time to let it go! After 2 hours of crying she finally new I wasn't giving in and took her cup!! SUCCESS!! It was SUPER hard for me doing it alone but Adam talked me through it the whole time and reminded I am the parent not the child...lol....sometimes I forget!!

Kennedy and her new big girl cup!! (she refers to it as her big girl bottle!)
This was at church Sunday morning. Me and my mom teach the 1yr. old Sunday school class and boy are they active...but fun!
Since we weren't going to be here for Valentine's Day she wore her Valentine's dress to church that her Grammy made for her!

Hunter and Kennedy

She was loving some chocolate chip cookies!

I had been trying to grow my hair out for the past um.....I would say year and it wasn't working for me! After I had Kennedy my hair thinned out A LOT!! I mean A LOT! So, I decided I wasn't completely happy with it all and went for a change! After all, I am a hairstylist I'm suppose to have fun, crazy and different hair (I'm really not the crazy type though!! pretty conservative!).

Shorter and a little different color!! MUCH less drying and styling time too!

We leave to go see my hubby bright and early in the morning. (insert a huge smile on my face!) Pray that we'll have a safe trip and keep in mind I'll be traveling with a 2yr old and 20 hours in a car! Praise the Lord my parents are being our chauffeur (and a babysitter so me and my sweetie can have date night!) so that will be a huge help!

Not sure if I'll be blogging but will have tons of pics to post when I get back!

Look Out D.I.Y.!!!

We have been in our new house for a year now and I have yet to decide how I wanted my decor to be! I find myself loving a wide variety of styles and colors! I would say vintage(with color if that makes since?!) and with a country twist is what I find myself going toward most! A country twist meaning older but not too country but not modern either...lol!!

My mom is quite the decorator (praise the Lord because I have NO clue how to put things together) so since my hubby has been gone we have been adding some spice and color into the Taylor house hold and D. I. Y. ing it up! We have transformed some new and old pieces and made them flow a little better in our home and trying to make it feel comfortable and welcoming! It has been such a great project that me and my mom have enjoyed doing and I think that i have found a new LOVE for house decor!!

Project #1- These picture frames in my hall were black and i wanted to add some color to the area...brighten it up a little. I decided to spray paint them red!! It made it much brighter and changed the look of the of the space!

Project #2- I had this cute little hutch/not really sure what to call it thing and it was a cream colored....well, it matched my house but it was pretty boring looking! i had, had some red spray paint left over (from the picture frames) and i decided what the heck....paint it red!!! Well, i wasn't too sure about the whole thing red so, to add a little more spice to it i painted some of it green!

Project #3- My mom had this old wooden bench on her front porch that had be there for years and I needed another piece of furniture to add to my living room and she suggested us use it and kinda refurbish it! She made a seat cushion out of an old camo out door cushion and covered it with some great fabric!!

The finished product of both!! It definitely added some color and spice to my living room! Our next project will be the other side of the living room!! lol!!

Other than redecorating my house we haven't been doing much!! What we've done most is this:

Chatting with daddy as much as we can! Thankfully we leave in about a week to go and see him!!

This past weekend we did go to a baby shower for a dear friend of ours! Baby Annaleece is coming into the world very soon! Praying for mommy and daddy!! EmmaRae and Kennedy

Kennedy's One, Two Step!!

I've been wanting to put Kennedy in some sort of dance or activity of some kind and this past week I found out our local dance studio offered a toddler class! The class ranges from 18 months to 2 yrs. old! It's perfect because Kennedy just turned 2 and the class is one day a week for 45 minutes, not very long or not very much of a commitment! It works for mommy and Kennedy!

Tonight we had our first visit/trial run. The studio lets you come and have one session free to make sure the child likes it and you don't waste your money! I would say it was a success! She done great! She's not too sure of what to do but most of the girls didn't either! She was super cute and not to mention it was a great way to burn off some of that energy! When we first walked in she wasn't too sure what to think!

After a few minutes or should I say seconds she got over being shy!

Goodness is she Really 2 already!!??

Because we celebrated Kennedy's Birthday 3 weeks ago before Adam left I still felt like we needed to do something on her actual Birthday....
So, it was off to Chuck E Cheese!!
As you can see she wasn't to fond of Chuck E Cheese but she did love the food and games!
Me, Jess and David.

Grammy and Grandaddy with the grand girls!!

We (us adults) enjoyed this game as much as the girls did!

Grandaddy and the girls!

After Chuck E Cheese we had a small family gathering at the house for some cake! First we had to dial in daddy on skype so he could join the party! The kids loved it! and daddy got to be apart of the party! The kids talking to Adam!
Kennedy and Kate talking to Adam!

Cake time!

Paw (yes we say Paw with a "W"! The girls have a southern twang to them so that's what we call him.) talking to Adam! Now, he's the one that was SUPER amazed how technology has provided this for us! I don't think they even own a computer! lol!

Cousin Kate

Aunt Traci and Payne

Adam (yes, he's making a crazy face as usual and as you can see i need to clean my computer screen ...oops!!) even got to get in the family photo!

Kennedy had a great Birthday thanks to family and some very close friends!

Dinner and 3 weeks down!

There is not too much going on in Taylor ville right now......

My hubby has been gone for 3 very LONG weeks so I'm trying my BEST to stay VERY busy! Anytime a friend offers to go to dinner or invites me over....i take off !! Leave at daylight arrive back home at dark..lol! No really if I'm not at home I'm chillin at my mama's! They have been so awesome! Praise the Lord for parents/grandparents! Traci and I at dinner!

The girls! Kennedy and EmmaRae. (Kennedy wouldn't leave Mickey in the car she said "he wanted to come too!")

Traci and Payne

Kennedy and I!

Just keep us (and Adam) in your prayers! We have a good bit of time left of daddy/hubby being gone but each week has gotten a little easier! Let's just say I have a new found RESPECT for single mommy's! My hats off to you single mom's!!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Kennedy's first Trim!

Kennedy has had slow growing hair sense she's been born!I just new if I had a little girl she would have all of this hair that I would get to play with and cut it .....but I thought wrong! Leave it to me to have a little girl with NO hair!
With her about to turn 2 I decided it was time to trim those fuzzy little baby hairs! With me being a hairstylist it was a huge deal for me to be able to give my daughter her VERY FIRST haircut!

She done so well! She's at the salon ALL of the time so she was a PRO at it!

The back...finished product! She has super curly hair!

Wordless Wednesday!