Look who is almost 16 months old

Ok, I know, it has been 10 months since we last blogged. We are so sorry, but at least most people who read our blog see us on a regular basis, so you know a lot of the updates. Anyways, here we go.

Taylar is almost 16 months old now, and she truly has turned into a little person. I was reading through our blog before writing this and saw the pictures of Julia while she was still pregnant with Taylar and pictures from when she was born. It still feels like just yesterday that I cut her umbilical cord, but now she is so independent and is a little person.

Taylar began to crawl at about 9 months, and we called her mogli because she did not like to crawl on her knees so she crawled like Mogli on the Jungle Book. It was so cute to see her crawl around. When she first started crawling, she only went backwards, but was soon moving forward quickly.

It was not long after she began to crawl that Taylar took her first steps. She took her first steps at about 10 and a half months and by 11 months, she was trying to run. We were both very excited to get Taylar mobile, and now it is hard to catch her sometimes.

For Taylar's Birthday, we did a Sesame Street Theme and Julia and Courtney made Cake Pops with the different Sesame Street characters. It was a great 1st Birthday for Taylar, and she got lots of cool new toys. Some pictures of the Cake Pops are in this blog. Take a peak.

We had a cold winter, and the day after Groundhogs day we got our biggest snowfall of the season with over a foot of snow. After that, our weather got really nice and we have had record tying or breaking days throughout a good part of March and even into April. Because of this, Taylar has gotten to spend a lot of time outside, and she loves it. She is such a little outdoors girl, she reminds us of Matt.

Well, we think that you are up to date now. Hopefully it won't be 10 months before we blog again.

Love,

Matt, Julia, & Taylar

6 Months ago...

Taylar was born. Yes, it has already been 6 short, but wonderful months. It is so crazy to see how much our little munchkin has grown already. She is so close to rolling over it is scary, she is cutting her first tooth, and she now makes a motion with her lips when she is hungry. Everyday is something completely new with her. We are so excited for the next 6 months in her journey, and hopefully, we can blog more as she begins doing more things. Hope you enjoy these next pictures of her from the day she was born to every month of her life.

Pictures are in sequence from

Newborn to 6 Months.

Thanks for reading,

Matt, Julia, and Taylar

Taylar Update

Well, the first month of Taylar's little life has come and gone so quickly and she now fits in newborn clothes and is actually almost out of most of them. We are enjoying our time with Taylar and are absolutely loving being mommy and daddy. We figured out that Matt does not know how to use a computer and lost all of is pictures from the past 5-6 years including Taylar's birth pictures. Luckily, Daniel was able to get most of Taylar's pictures back for us. Here are some new pictures for our loyal blog readers.

We are so happy that all of these wonderful people could share in Taylar's birth with us. In the pictures above are Taylar's Aunts Becca and Lori, Cousin Emilie, Uncle Thomas, Nana Ru (Grandma Ruth) and Papa George.

Taylar Kay Richards

Here we are, sitting at the hospital on December 23, 2010 with our Brand New Baby Girl. We came to the hospital for an induction on Tuesday night at 8:00. After 30 hours of laboring, the baby was just not making any progress so the Doc opted to do a C-Section. Taylar Kay was born at 7:05 A.M. on December 23, 2010 weighing in at 6 lbs. 2 oz. and 20 inches long. Here are some pictures. Matt got to be in the Operating Room during the C-Section, but had to scrub up... Here is his picture.

It's the BIG Day!

Well, tonight at 8:00 PM, we go to the hospital for induction!!! Baby will be here within the next couple of nights! Will have pictures up soon

Christmas 2010

We love Christmas season. We love it a little bit more this year, because our baby will be here just in time to celebrate with us. Matt put up our Christmas lights today, and tonight, we are decorating our Christmas Tree. We just need to go get our "Babies First Christmas" ornament and a cute little Newborn Christmas Dress for her to wear. We are so excited for our little bundle of joy to be here, and just in time to meet her Aunts Becca and Lori, her Uncles Jerry and Brian, her cousins Avery, Will, Lucy, Ethan, Vaughn, Faith, and Emilie, and her second cousin Bobby and his family. We are also so excited to see Becca in a few days and get to spend Christmas with her... We can't wait to see her new little girl sometime around March! It's such a joyous time of year, and we are so lucky to be able to spend this time of year with our wonderful families!

Beautiful 36 Weeks

Well, we are 4 weeks from the Big Day.. At least the Big "Due" Date. Here is Julia's 36 week picture! Our friend is going to do Belly Pictures in a couple weeks so that both Matt and Julia can be in the pictures. Here are some pictures. She is so beautiful.