More pictures!

What a fun weekend we had! My best friend Lacey flew out from Utah on Thursday morning and stayed until Monday afternoon. We've been best friends since she moved into the house across the street from mine when we were 8 years old. After Taylor and I got married we moved to CA and for the first time in my life since Lace and I became friends we weren't able to get together whenever we wanted. For Lacey's birthday this year her husband Travis surprised her with a round trip here to Roseville to spend the weekend with me and meet our new baby. We had a blast and I miss her already!

A few of the photos include Mercedes' adorable and almost cheesey little grins. It just warms my heart every time I see her crack a smile! She seems to be a pretty happy little baby.

As far as that random photo with the crazy bread roll character goes... I happened to find it in the bag of bread we bought and noticed that it had a nose and a mouth so I felt it was only right for me to give it the rest of a face.

17 days old

Mercedes is 17 days old today but it seems like she's been with us for at least a month or so. Becoming parents for the fist time has been great! We're just trying to adjust to the new schedule (or the lack there of) with a newborn but we are just absolutely in love with our little baby girl. My recovery is going smoothely, with the exception of a couple of bumps along the way... Mastitis, which I am trying to recover from at the moment. I'm just going to post an array of pictures, enjoy!

Beautiful Mercedes

This is our baby girl sucking on her index finger. She is so cute. She just melts both our hearts! (So I am trying to upload videos of Mercedes, but don't know how. Can someone comment and explain to me how?)

Baby Mercedes is finally here!

Okay guys, I will leave the blogging to my wife but my job is just to get some of the pictures out there so everybody can see our beautiful little monkey! Wow, she is such a blessing in our lives. There really is a plan for us all and our little Mercedes is a testimant to that. And without further adieu... this pictures.

FEBRUARY 17th

Well today is the "big due date" as was given to me last summer, however still no baby. They say that only 5% are born on the D Day anyway, so I don't even know why we make such a big deal about the due date. Maybe it's because we like the anticipation and just need a specific date to look forward to? Anyway I'm realizing that my due date is really just a random day smack dab in the middle of all of the other days that our baby could come. Makes me wish I wasn't SOO excited to reach this day. It is a landmark however, keeps me on my toes and now that it is passing I know that the baby really is coming SOON. They say that around 50% of babies are born before the due date and 50% after. Well now that I've passed that mark I figure I'm now at a 100% chance of her coming any time! :)

I have my 40 week appointment in an hour and so hopefully my midwife will have some good information for me. In the end, however, no matter what the midwife might say, the body is the ultimate one to decide WHEN labor will begin. We'll keep you posted. Have a good day!

Mmmm H2O

Sometimes I feel like these guys. Just can't seem to get enough water.

Manly man's Painting

Okay folks! Taylor here. After my last post, remember? the "Manly man's pizza"? Yeah I decided to do a manly man's painting. I had never done a painting with oils and have been wanting to. Kenz, my beautiful, amazing , sexy wife, showed me how to use oils. I had been looking at guns all day and thought, "What more perfect than to paint a beautiful Smith & Wesson 1911 .45 cal with Crimson Trace laser grips!". I mean come on really. Well I did it and the following pictures is the progression of the painting. Hope you all like it!