Catching Up...

I've been so bad about blogging lately - so here's a huge catch up of what we're been up to since January!

Jesse broke his leg snowmobiling January 9th. He's doing really great now - he was back to work in 3 weeks - but he still walks with a limp. He'll be able to get on his mountain bike in a few weeks - but I'll have to pull the bike stroller this year :(

He had a tib-fib break and now has an internal rod to secure his tibia. He'll be beeping at airports from now on!

Julie, Libby and I did a wine tour in Medford at the end of February. We didn't make it too far on the tour - as we passed The Lounge - we decided to head in for a Bud Light - and well - that ended up to be our last stop! But we had a lot of fun catching up.

We also ran into Jessica Werner who was back into town from NC. It was a fun night!

In February - I got a bright idea to buy a sewing machine to make blankets and curtains. Jesse wasn't really too keen on it - but I set out on my first project - a small lap quilt for Taylor. I planned it would take me a few weeks - but I cranked that thing out in 9 hours over the weekend! I'm already starting on quilt number 2 - it's a little more complicated - but it felt really great to actually make something!

The beginning of March.... At 18 months old - Taylor's hair was looking like a mess of a mullet - so I tried to put pig tails in her hair. She actually let me and has been sporting them daily since then. It really makes her look like a big girl!

Taylor and Her BFF

Taylor and Bernie are inseparable these days. In this photo sequence you can see Taylor trying to do so many things...

1) Eat a cookie
2) Put on Bernie's collar
3) Give Bernie a kiss
4) Tell Bernie a story
5) Keep Bernie away from her cookie
6) Give Bernie a hug

And Bernie is only trying to do one thing...

1) Eat Taylor's cookie

Typical Morning

The other morning Taylor was so cute ~ and these shots totally sum up every morning we have together (all 20 minutes of it). Check it out...

She always drinks her cup of milk. Ok ~ not always ~ but usually if it's Chocolate!

She has to have some snuggle time with Bernie. She's trying to have him eat pretend desserts from her tea set ~ he licks them and she thinks it's so funny!

She has snacks ~ that Bernie always tries to steal.

She gives me many looks of confusion as I run around the house trying to get ready, take care of Bernie, and get us both out the door on time.

And inevitably a tear or two always falls...

Voss Christmas 2009

Our final Christmas celebration was this past weekend in Sun Praire. My Aunt Sue and Granny were kind enough to have us all over. My best estimate puts the people count at 57! Taylor was the youngest one there ~ but managed to keep up with the big kids.

My Aunt Sue played Santa. This is about half the great grand kids ~ the others were too busy playing! Granny really enjoyed seeing them open their presents ~ and as you can see they enjoyed playing with them!

Carly got to hang out with Taylor too!

Of course Taylor found the only animal brave enough to venture out into the crowd!

Pancake Tree

The other morning Jesse was home and made pancakes for us. As you can see - there were a lot of them - and at the time it really looked like a miniature 'tree'. Taylor was proud to show off her Daddy's creation!

Christmas of 2009

Sorry for this super long post - but we had a lot of get togethers for Christmas this year. One more to go next week! Check out the madness - I mean fun! :)

Christmas #1 - Great Grandma & Grandma Klingbeil's

The little ones "played" pool and piano.

Christmas #2 - Sebold's

Before we left I got a pretty good picture of Taylor in front of our tree.

Pretty sure she at half that bowl of popcorn.

Taylor really got into delivering everyone's presents and opening them up! She even liked it when Uncle Steven taught her how to put the bows on her head.

We ended the day with the best pork crown roast ever!

Christmas #3 - Our House

Taylor just couldn't wait to open her gifts!

The doll house was a big hit!

Christmas #4 - Klingbeil's

One of the only pics that turned out with all the kids was Conner holding Taylor.

The little one's went for a ride in G&G's new hammock swing.

Aunt Callie will definitely be jealous --- all 3 little kids got these amazing Radio Flyer Horses that make noises and play songs while they're being ridden. They had a blast racing each other!

Finally - we did manage to get one picture of the 3 of us.

Taylor's New Hobby

Taylor recently discovered the piano... and can't get enough of it. She'll play for 20 minutes! When we're done - I'm trying to teach her to bow - but she's too mad because she just wants to keep playing! Grandma Dani is going to have to start lessons with her!

Halloween

We forgot our camera today for the Halloween Parade - but I got a few shots of Taylor in her dragon costume. The last photo shows the dragon in her lair ~ she can't get enough of the dog crate - and always plays with her toys in there!