The Taylor Report - Week Ending Aug 4th, 2007

Well its hard to believe its been another week already, but once again it is time for another installment of the Taylor Report. This is Taylor Van Sant, your roving reporter in the field here in Kazakhstan. Its been an eventful week. Mom and Dad went to court and were officially made my parents. After the fifteen day waiting period (which is set to end on Tuesday August 14th), I will get to go home with them. There is still the matter of my passport after that, which will take approximately one week, so I will get to hang out with them here in Astana during that time. I have been thinking long and hard about what my passport photo will look like. Below, you will see which face I decided on:

Pretty cool huh?

So over the course of this past week, I have spent a lot of time thinking about what I want to do when I grow up. I can't keep reporting on myself forever after all. Its cute while I'm a baby, but I don't think anyone will find it quite as funny when I'm in my mid-forties and I take a picture of myelf with drool running down my lip. Here are some of the things that I have come up with:

Investment Banker.

As you can see here, I'm pretty good with money. This is a job I could really sink my teeth into (well, my gums that is... at least for now)

Food Critic.

I could go to the finest restaurants and share the best places to dine with my readers. I have already developed quite a taste for fine cuisine. I even manage to get some of it in my mouth. Here I am sampling a little Duck-A-La-Plastic.

Cab Driver.

On second thought, I'd better pass on that one. I have quite a bad case of the road rage...

WNBA Superstar.

I could be the biggest basketball star ever. Look at me soar...

Professional Musician.

Here you see me rocking out on my drum! (Sorry Uncle Keith & Aunt Tammy, my daddy already bought me a drum, so you don't have to get me one now.) Daddy has already been singing me lullabies by Bon Jovi, the Eagles, and Jimmy Buffett, so I think I have a pretty good head start already.

Ballerina.

I'll have to convince my dad that little girls are not meant to grow up and be football stars first, but I think I might be able to pull it off.

Arctic Explorer.

The penguins are cute, but its oh so cold. Maybe not.

Human Resources Manager.

I could follow in my Daddy's footsteps and work in Human Resources. Here I am practicing scolding him for not putting all of my toys away when he was done with them. I put these policies in place for a reason. Some Daddy's just don't listen.

On second thought, maybe its better for me to just be a cute baby for a little while. Mom and Dad would probably appreciate it if I just played with them for the rest of their lives anyway. I keep hearing them say things like "Wait until she gets older and she can mow the lawn and do the dishes. How great will that be?" I'm not sure exactly what that means yet, but I think those must be games I can play with them when I'm a little bigger.

As always, thanks for tuning in! Talk to you again next week!

LOVE, TAYLOR