3rd post of the day

Seen as Tayla is taking an uncharacteristically long nap and it looks like we will not be attending baby group thought I'd share my other project with you all......www.happilyeverafterwp.blogspot.com

Seven Months

That's right our "baby" girl is not so much of a  baby anymore... Whilst this does make me a little sad, it is so exciting to see her growing up each day! She is a very active little girl, gone are the days of cuddles on the sofa, she is in to everything! She has not yet mastered crawling forwards but she is pro at the backward "crawl" I will have to get a video on here to show her skills! She rolls, drags and shuffles herself around. She will not keep still for anything. She is weighing just under 20lbs ( yes she is a chunk!- I think its all in her thighs!) She  loves her walker and has recently mastered moving the walker around the room. Even though I have been trying to get her to eat solids consistently since just before the 6 month mark she has only just gained a love for her food. It is so much fun to watch her try new foods. When she is hungry she goes "mmmmmmm" 

 She makes lots of little noises and loves to just "chat" away! She sits perfectly well by herself and her favourite position to sit in seems to be the splits ( I wish I had that flexibility!)Oh and both her bottom teeth r in and she has the cutest little toothy grin! ( Well I think so and yes I am bias!) But all in all she is a very healthy happy little girl. No she still does not sleep through the night I am giving up stressing about it though we have tried everything it just doesn't work. She is a stubborn little girl so I guess she will sleep when she wants to. Anyway who needs sleep when there are so much more exciting things to do! 

Steve....

So my husband is amazing there is actually no two ways about it!

For the past 18months that we have been married (yes 18 months crazy where has the time gone?!) He has worked, studied and had a major calling at church which keeps him pretty busy and still had time to be fantastic husband and daddy! Yet he has still found time to get his dream job! He technically did not qualify but he has decided he will be taking like 17 exams between now and next september plus writing his dissertation to make sure he can start on September 2nd! We are all so excited about it (especially Tayla she cannot even sleep due to excitement.....) It will be a new start for us all as we will be moving to a new house, new ward and new town. There are loads of little girls in our new ward so I am excited for Tayla to have lots of little friends! All in all we have got a HUGE year ahead of us! Well done Steve!!!!!!

Nearly half a year.....

In 2 weeks time this little bundle of joy will have been with our little family an entire half year.

She now weighs 17lbs 5oz! She can kinda sit up (see above photo) and has started solids she is a big fan of broccoli and today we will be trying out the sweet potato!yum yum.......No she is not sleeping through the night but she is sleeping so I cannot complain!

IN the past month she has become quite the traveller we went to spain for a week and she LOVED swimming! We have a little water baby on our hands!

We've also been to Michael and Faith's wedding which was a great excuse for us all to get dressed up!

As you can also see I really am not good at getting the photos in the right place the all upload at the top of my blog post soo if anyone can tell me how to do it properly it would be greatly appreciated!

Well thats all for today!

I wish....

I could write like this or like this but unfortunately I can't and you have to deal with my random ramblings!

As a family (well as a couple, Tayla hasn't really been sharing any pearls of wisdom recently...although she does blow a mighty fine raspberry) we've been sitting down trying to figure out what the future holds for the Mateers, as individuals and as a family and it has really made me think what I want out of my life. I LOVE being a mum but some days I do feel like I want something else to do, I mean once the baby is in bed and the house is tidy I need something to fill my time other than Wii Fit (which I am a huge fan of now days trying to get my pre baby body back) so I am looking at courses I can take to make me more well rounded so when Tayla and her future siblings ( no this is not an announcement.... don't be expecting one for a longgggg while I can still kinda remember child birth!) are in school I have something to do with my time.

We made family goals which include getting our butts out to America, buying a house, travelling a bit more and getting Steves education finished! I'm excited for all that our future holds its quite exciting setting some concrete goals!

Well I feel like I can't post this without some Tayla facts..... She now weighs 15lbs, we've got a fab nighttime routine which means we have her in her bed by 8pm and she gets out of bed between 6:30 and 8:00am, with just 2 or 3 wake ups most night.....which is a HUGE improvement that I am loving. Shes now fully on the bottle and seems so much more content since we switched her over and for some reason in the past fortnight has become a dummy baby! She loves them and she looks pretty cute sucking on it so I can't complain!

Anyway she is getting more and more fun each day, she rolls over one way and on occasion can go from her tummy to her back but its rare! She went on her first swim and didn't seem to bothered by it, she wasn't smiling but she wasn't crying either so we'lll take it as a positive!

Anyway life is great!

Englands new dribbler

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I'm pretty sure she's better than the ones on the field. Daddy's dream of having a son to watch the football with have had to change slightly but as long as shes got a bow in her hair mummy is happy and in matching outfits so is daddy. Especially since Tayla screamed unless she was watching the footy!

I love being a mummy!

Well wouldn't you if you got to look at this little one all day long!

Tayla is now 11 weeks old and we are loving having her in our home, yes we miss sleep and eating our dinners hot but we wouldn't change a thing! 

Other news in the life of the Mateers Steve has finished his exams for the summer (yay!) So we are loving having "daddy" around!