June 2008 Update

Here is the Utah Taylor family update:
Our girls are growing up. Genevieve is starting to talk in understandable sentences now. Sometimes we have to ask her to remove her pacifier so we can understand her. I think she is getting tired of us saying "take out your pacifier." It might be time to go ahead and get rid of them, we think. The other day, a friend was over and asked for a blessing, so I gave her one. A few days later, Brandy was sitting in that same chair and Genny went up to her, put her hands on Brandy's head and said "Hevnly Fodder....Amen!" She did it the other day downstairs too, then sat down in front of Brandy and said "prayer" as she put Brandy's hands on her head. Then Brandy explained that daddy gives blessings. Genny is really starting to pick up things from us. We even have to change the way we say a few things, such as, "Oh my gosh," "Get back here", "I don't want to", "Give it back". She does parrott other things that we like, such as, "come on, mom", "lets go, Anna." "c'm'ere, Anna". "AnnaBelle, cute", and our favorite "I love you". They all bring a smile to our face. She walks around talking on her cell phone too. She will have a full conversation usually with gampa or gam-ma. In fact she loves talking to them soooo much that pretend isn't good enough anymore. Everytime she gets a hold of Brandy's phone she ends up calling one of the numbers on it thinking all numbers call grandma and grandpa... so we end up taking the phone and dialing the real number for grandma and grandpa so she can talk with them.

Anna can roll over now. She gets from one end of the room to the other in just seconds. She and her friend Nora love to play on the floor together holding hands or stealing pacifiers. It's really cute. She can almost sit up by herself too. She lasts a good ten or twenty seconds before she starts to leeeeaan to the floor. She just cut two more teeth today, her top eye teeth. She now has four teeth, the two bottom front, and the top eyes. She is starting to make sounds as she tries to communicate. She has quite the talent for making rasberries with her tongue. So far we've been fortunate enough to not get sprayed with her food yet. She gets around really well in her walker. She will book-it over to you when you talk to her or have her food in your hands. She is eating some solids. She eats applesauce, carrots, peas, pears, and squash. This week she will get to try mangos and sweet potatoes for the first time.

Both of the girls are starting to get up before 6 am. That has made for a couple of tired parents this last week. Last night, we went and bought some darker drapes for Genny's room so she won't be awakened by the sun in the morning. We will see how it works tomorrow morning. We bought AnnaBelle a new crib set. It is adorable...she fits right in.

They are such a joy! And they just get prettier and prettier everyday! We Love being their parents. Check out the recent pics and videos!