A very long overdue Mother's Day post

Well, I'm only a week and a half behind but, I had an almost wonderful first Mother's Day. It didn't turn out exactly like planned, but it was exactly like I had expected, but I won't go there...

My mom, Saylor, and I went to church and had lunch with my mother's side of the family in Jackson. I won the award for the youngest mommy at their church. It was pretty funny, I was trying to hide, but when you're the only person in a congretion of about 50 with a baby, I guess you tend to stick out?! But, hey, I got a giftcard to WalMart, ha :)

Here Saylor and I are at my grandparent's house. (Since Stephen was at work I made her be my twin for the day, haha!)

And, I can't complain that my hubby didn't do Mother's Day right, because he totally did!

He's really good picking out jewelry, from day 1 he's done a fantastic job. Funny thing is, I am totally not a jewelry person, haha but I do love my wedding rings!

Anyway, the earrings were nice, but I had my little doll baby with me, and my mom, and that was all I needed!

Picture Tag

Rebekah tagged me in a game of photo tag.

Here's how to play:

1. go to your photo files, select the 8th photo folder.

2. select the 8th photo in that folder.

3. post that photo along with the story behind it.

4. then pick some blogging friends to do the same.

This was taken right after Saylor was born. Best. Day. Ever!!

And for fun, here is our first family photo :) Gah, she looks JUST like her daddy!!

Ok, here's the deal, I don't have many blogger friends yet, so TAG you're it anyone reading, haha!

real quick...

...check out my etsy!

more to come both here and there :)

5 months!

Saylor, you are 5 months old today!

You get sweeter and funnier everyday! For the past two days, you haven't stopped laughing, and I love it! You are becoming quite the roly poly, I can't keep you on your back, everytime I lay you down, you promptly roll right over to your tummy. I'm afraid to leave you alone, because I don't know what kind of position I will find you in when I come back! You are almost hugging now, it's so sweet how you put your little arm around out necks and then bury your little face in our shoulders. Also, you must really like shoulders, because you always seem to be trying to eat mine!

You are barely fitting into 3 month clothing, you wear mostly 6 months and a few 9 months here and there. You are almost busting out of size 2 diapers, but hopefully we will be able to use up the ones we have left first!

You really enjoy making noise, I mean singing :) And the past few days you have learned how to squeal? I don't quite know how to describe it, but it sure is loud. I can see a little chatterbox in our near future!

You are eating mostly formula these days, thank goodness we found one that agrees with you! You are starting to eat solid foods now, but you really could care less about rice cereal I have decided. You get so excited when you see the spoon coming at you, but the second you taste it, you give me a look of pure disgust, ha! Today you tried carrots for the first time, and I think you really liked them! You got mad when I wasn't feeding you fast enough!

This was before, all nice a clean...

...and after, what a mess!

You really are such a doll, and have brought so much joy into our lives! Everyday is something new with you, and I'm looking forward to what's in store for this month with you, sweet girl!

And I almost forgot! Yesterday I took Saylor to get her ears pierced! I was a bit of a wreck, but Saylor did pretty good. I think she fussed more because she was hungry, as soon as I gave her the bottle she calmed right down, and has been smiling ever since. The earrings look great, I'm glad we did it!

Show us your baby name

Over at Kelly's Korner its show us your life Friday and the topic is baby names. I love this, so I had to participate :)

I have been dreaming of my children's names, for pretty much ever, haha. So, when it came time to actally name my child, I was so thrilled! I did not realize how stressful it would actually be! My husband and I could not seem to agree, I looked up baby names for hours on end every night from July to December! We had a boy name we both liked- Jackson (I know its really popular now, but we got married in Jackson, SC so I still wanted it because it had a meaning to us) but we could not agree on a girl's name for anything! Finally, we had it narrowed down to Lila Kate or Saylor Kate. I liked Lila because it was a family name (which I did not know at the time I picked it out, ha I had just finished watching season 3 of Friday Night Lights and was really liking the name!) but for years I have loved the name Saylor, I think it is so cute and different, but not totally out there. So, we went to the hosptial without a name (gasp!) I was waiting to see her name to make a decision...but, we really were leaning towards Saylor Kate because her initials would be the same as ours.

Of course, we ended up naming our sweet baby girl Saylor Kate, and it totally fits her. Although, poor kid will probably getting really tired of correcting people for calling her Taylor, but such is life :)

Cinco de Mayo firsts

The first time I saw my little baby doll was last year on cinco de mayo. Not only was my pregnancy confirmed, (yay!) but we got to see a picture of our little doll and even hear her little heartbeat. Love, love, love!

And now, just a (short?!) year later here she is, and almost 5 months old!!

And, just for fun, here is this one. Yeah, I couldn't find her brush today. I swear, pregnancy took every last one of my brain cells!

Feliz Cinco de Mayo!

I can't wait...

...for Mother's Day!! I feel a little silly about how excited I am for Sunday, but I can't wait :) I've planned matching outfits for Saylor and I (and maybe my mom too?!). So far the weather report is looking awesome for my first real official Mother's Day; wonderful!! We're heading to Jackson for the day, my grandparent's church does a bbq, and it's a nice little get together with friends and family. I can't wait to experience my first Mother's Day as a mom, and I can't wait to share this special day with my mom! I love and appreciate her so much and want her day to be very special too!