At the Pumpkin Patch

On Wednesday, Oct 22 Todd and I took little Taylor to the pumpkin patch in Woodland Hills. What an adventure. First of all, I've been looking for a little onesie that I saw weeks ago that say "My 1st Halloween".  Well, we go to find one and they are all gone and they are starting to put up Christmas stuff. I couldn't believe it. I did find her a cute little outfit with a matching hat.  Plus, her auntie Amy bought her these really cute halloween socks that matched perfectly! My sister Wendy sent a really cute mermaid outfit but it's HUGE.  She'll be able to wear it next year. 

 

The pumpkin patch was huge and had so many fun things for kids to do.  Taylor is going to love it when she gets older. So the plan was to get one shot of her amongst all of the pumpkins and one family shot. We headed to the pumpkins and saw that David and Victoria Beckham were gathering pumpkins with their kids too. We put Taylor down and got one shot of her before the tears came.  Every picture after that she was crying. We think it was the hat. The evil, evil hat! For some reason she HATED it!! 

I didn't want every picture we had of her in the cute little outfit to look like we beat her so we set up a little photo shoot at home. It turned out to be really cute AND we got the one picture of her smiling! SOOO CUTE!! 

Taylor's First Photo Shoot

Last Thursday Todd and I took Taylor to her first photo shoot! My friend Kate is an amazing photographer so I was really excited to take Taylor to her for her first shoot (http://www.katerochaphotography.com).  I found a picture that I wanted to duplicate and Kate went above and beyond to make it happen. 

Well, like any model before a big shoot, Taylor broke out. That's right, baby acne! I couldn't believe it. All over her little cheeks and chin. I was so upset but at the same time I know the magic of photoshop! Not only did we have the big shoot on Thursday but Taylor was meeting her Grandma and Grandpa for the first time on Friday.  Todd's parents were due Friday morning after the shoot. I seriously considered putting cover up on my one month old baby girl. 

We get to the shoot and Taylor was fed (I'm learning to nurse in public, and by public I mean the back of Todd's truck with my Hooter Hiders on) and awake and happy.  It was perfect timing. We set up and took Taylor's clothes off and got her ready for her first layout.  At that moment I see a perfect yellow stream flowing down Todd's shirt.  The princess piddled all over daddy. I, of course, thought this was hilarious!  Fast forward to another shot where Taylor was

 laying on Todd's legs and sure enough another tinkle. Where was it all coming from? 

We really wanted to get some shots of her sleeping as well but she was too excited to be in front of the camera. Overall I think she did really well. She's a natural! 

Enjoy the pictures!!

One Month Birthday

Yesterday was our little Taylor's one month birthday. What a month it has been.  She is growing before our eyes. I knew that she had gained some weight and my guess was around 2 pounds.  Well we go to the pediatrician last week and sure enough the little tiger gained exactly 2 pounds.  The pediatrician was shocked! Normally at that time babies just gain their original birth weight back. Not our hungry little monkey! :o) Apparently I have magic milk! She went from 7 pounds 5 oz to 9 pounds 5 oz in a little less then a month. Todd can't stop touching her chubby little cheeks. 

Overall she has been a really good baby.  She has 3 or 4 nights a week of colic so I'm really trying to watch my diet and make sure she is getting all the air out after her feedings.  Of course on the nights that daddy is home she is just an angel.  I'm not kidding! She will cry for 2 to 4 hours a night when he is at work and on his nights off she is napping or being all bright eyed and adorable. Ahhh, daddy's girl already! 

She has her first photo shoot tomorrow and we are so excited! One of my friends Kate is a professional photographer and offered us an amazing deal on a photo shoot with her.  Like any model she has broken out all over her little cheeks and chin. I think she might be nervous about her big day! ;o) I will hopefully have pictures as early as next week.