Welcome Little Regan!!!...March 2007

On Sunday, March 18th, little Regan was welcomed into the world!

After 2 days of monitoring in the hospital, it was decided that it was time for Regan to arrive. This was earlier than expected, so it was a shocker to all of us. We thank God for the wonderful doctors that have watched over me and this little one. They were on top of things and knew it was the right time!

Taytum is SO proud!
After a week in the hospital on a heart monitor, we brought Regan home. Taytum is such a helper and a wonderful big sister!

Jefferson City #2...March 2007

In March one of the soccer teams I coach went back to Jefferson City. This time we stayed in the hotel. Taytum thought that was so awesome!! She loves hanging around the girls! But maybe she likes going to the fields and eating more???

Coupla pics just hangin' with the girls...

...and playing with some of the girls' siblings...except for Megan, the bigger girl in the wagon, she plays on the team that I coach. But she's just a big kid and loves playing with the little ones!
In this tournament we lost in the semi-finals 2-0 to a very good Oklahoma team. It was a lot of fun. We sure were pooped when we got home, but it was worth it! Mind you, I was pretty pregnant at this time! :o)

Jefferson City #2...March 2007

In March one of the teams I coach went back to Jefferson City for another tournament. This time we stayed in a hotel. Taytum thought that was the BOMB!! She loves going to tournaments...either that or she just loves going because she gets to eat!!!

Just hangin' with the girls!

And playing with their siblings...except for Megan...the bigger girl in the wagon. She's actually on the team! She just loves playing with the little ones as well!

Hockey Game...Feb 2007

We took Taytum to a hockey game. Blues vs. Stars...

Daddy like the Stars...

Mommy likes the Blues...
...guess who won??

LET'S GO BLUES!!!

SNOW DAY!!!...Jan 2007

The new year brought us some pretty cold and pretty cool weather!

Let's get bundled up to go outside!

Kinda hard to walk in this stuff, huh?
Helping with the snowman...
...the finished product!
Is Taytum resting or making a snow angel?

Christmas 2006

'Tis the season!! Here's Taytum helping put up the tree. The dogs were big helps too! Ha ha!

LOOK!! Santa ate his cookies and the reindeer food is gone!
We went to TX for Christmas. Here's Taytum having fun with her cousin, Hunter.
In TX we love to visit Gatti Town, which is a suped up version of Chuck E. Cheese. The main differences are that the pizza is actually good and they have stuff for adults to do too! Here is Taytum having her face painted like a princess.

Taytum's favorite thing by far is to ride the pirate ship. Here she is with two new friends (her dad's friend's kids) Sydney and Skylar. They had a blast!
...and riding a roller coaster video game...

Christmas at Nana and Pop's

Playing with Hunter and his new truck.
Later that month we had Christmas with my family as well. My brother, Chris, has a dog named Buddy. Buddy does some cool tricks, including jumping through a hoop. Check out BOTH of the animals do the trick...



Taytum had a blast jumping through the hoop with Buddy. The rest of us had a blast laughing at them!

November 2006

Here are a couple of pics of Taytum in her soccer class and of her helping Granny paint her new big girl bed.

Taytum will be 3 in May and she has a little sister on the way, so it's time to get started on her new big girl room! Painting the bed was one of the first steps!

Jefferson City...Oct 2006

In October Taytum went to her first out of town tournament. We took one of the teams I coach to Jefferson City, which is about 1 1/2 hours away.

Here's Tay posing with the team...

Hey everybody!! This is some of the team before a game...
These next few shots are the cutest ever...

Maybe she does have a future in soccer?
I didn't post a picture, but we won 2nd place overall in the tournament...awesome!

Pumpkin Patches and Halloween...Oct 2006

In early October Taytum went to the pumpkin patch (Rombach's) with her playgroup. It was hard to get her off this tractor! And to think she wasn't big enough to sit on it last year!!

Hard work...must rest!

WOW...HUGE!!

Lookit me! I can get all dirty!

Later that month we took Taytum to the pumpkin patch (Theiss Farm) where she got to play with her cousins. She doesn't even LOOK like the same kid!

They had so many cool things at this pumpkin patch. Taytum's favorites were the horse swings they had that were made out of tires...

...and the zip wire. She thought that was really fun!

They also had lots of mazes and tunnels to go through. They were pitch black and you needed flashlights to go through. Brave kid!

Taytum also enjoyed some time with her cousins.

Hay ride with Mom, Dad, Taytum, Uncle Chris and Nathan.

I pick this one!

Taytum said this one looks like a 'muffin.' She still talks about the pumpkin she found that year that looked like a muffin! Can you see her mouth? She's saying 'muffin!' Too cute!
Helping Dad haul...

Taytum wasn't too interested when it was time to carve the pumpkins, but this picture of her is too darn cute!
TWINS!!! Taytum was Strawberry Shortcake for Halloween. See any resemblences?
We went trick-or-treating with some friends this year. Taytum had a blast...and what a big girl, carrying around her own candy and knocking on doors by herself!