August, Gotcha Day and Labor day!

This summer has been wonderful. The month of August was packed with fun things, celebrations and more fun things! Taylor has decided (yes she decided for me after I asked her how come she peed in her pull-ups and replied with "you'll just put a new one.") to become potty trained! She had a few accidents for a while, but for about 3 and a half weeks we have been accident free. Taylor doesnt want to start nght training so we are not going to push it. She stays dry all day and during nap!

Taylor has had much fun on the wave runners this summer, riding with almost everyone! She no longer wants to putz through the water, but she wants to go 25 mph!

Gotcha Day 2009 came and went very fast this year. August 13th marked the day that Taylor was placed in our arms forever! We have officially been a family for two years! It is so amazing that we will forever be a family and we feel so blessed. We celebrated this year by going up north and having some friends visit. Jeff, Renee, Danielle and Dominic came up to celebrate with fun on the lake, shopping and cupcakes in Kazakhstan colors! We had wonderful weather and Taylor really enjoyed playing in the lake with everyone! After the kids went tubing, Taylor wanted to go too! So we put her in the tube and pushed her around for a while. She loved it.





This summer Taylor has really shown us how much she has grown and matured. At the playground she wants to climb everything, without help. When she realizes that she is so small and may have difficulty doing things, she figures out ways to do them! Climbing bars, swings and low slides are no match for Taylor! She will conquer all!



August 31st Tony, Taylor and I went to the Toledo Zoo. She enjoyed every minute of it! At first she was afriad of the giant polar bear as it swam towards her, but once she realized the the animals were behind glass and cages she wanted to be real close. Her favorites were the polar bear, the sloth bear, and the fish. She did not lihe the spider crabs, stating "I don't like those Mommy. They are scary!" The Toledo Zoo has a new childrens discovery area this year. It has a playground with a stream to mine in, and a little house that perfect for her! It was a great day and Taylor has a blast! Afterwards we went to dinner where Taylor (our social butterfly) asked where her friend was. When questioned about who her friend was she pointed to our waitress! Taylor then continued to amaze us. When asked how old she was she replied "2, but I'll be 3 in November." We all looked at one another and laughed!




Labor Day Weekend was a lot of fun. We all went to visit with Grandma and Papa. On Saturday we all enjoyed the sun and played outdoors, and on Sunday Grandma, Papa, Daddy, Taylor and I went to the Fulton COunty Fair. This was Taylors first experience with carnival rides, but not with the animals. She loved looking at the horses, goats, sheep, pigs and rabbits. She went on her first carnival ride and then rode a whole bunch. We warmed her up with the train but then went onto the Crazy Bus, the cars, the carousel, the strawberry and a pony ride! Taylor also got her face painted to look like a kitty! She sat still the entire time and loved how she looked when it was done. She moewed the rest of the night!









What a great summer!