School Days

Taryn's coming up on 1 month of being in school and so far so good! I guess you could call it daycare but we don't like that word so we call it "school" (sounds much better, right?). Our munchkin is the youngest one in her class but she's doing great learning from some of the older babies and making friends fast. It's so cute when we take her in the mornings and set her carrier on the ground usually some of the babies come crawling up to say good morning and see her. She has 2 great teachers, Ms. Socorro and Ms. Mumtaz, who have both been at her school for over 5 years so we know she's being well taken care of when we can't be with her.

Another cute thing...we get periodic emails from Taryn while she's at school. Usually it's just a quick note letting us know she's having a good day and sending us a picture. My day at the office gets a little bit brighter every time I see an email from her!!!

Second day at school

Mis-matching bibs are all the rage right now

She loves the bouncer at school as much as her bouncer at home

Smiling with Ms. Coco

Time for Big Girl Toys

We pulled Taryn's exersaucer out of the closet a month or so ago thinking she'd be able to play in it but within about 5 seconds she was all hunched over and crying. So we put it away thought it was best to wait a while before we tried it again. For the past week she's been playing in the exersaucer at school so we got ours back out tonight. Here's a quick video of her checking things out. She gets really serious when she plays so I couldn't get any smiles out of her!

And sorry about Lacy's butt being in the shot, she's deprived of attention!

Weight Check

Yesterday I took Taryn for her weight check and I'm happy to report that she gained 1/2 pound in 2 weeks. She's made her way to a whopping 12lbs 3oz! Still on the small side but nothing wrong with that! And to prove that she's getting chunky here are a few recent snapshots I had on my phone.

All 12lbs 3oz of Miss Taryn - she's getting some thighs on her!

The awesome shirt from Aunt Tiff & Uncle RJ from their Ireland trip

Tummy time with her new toy

Afternoon at the Arboretum

The week before Easter we made our first trip to the Arboretum for the Blooms. Evan and I had only been to The Arboretum once and after hearing how beautiful it is this time of year we had to check it out. We dressed Taryn in her Easter dress so we could get a few pictures of her but it's a little hard when she doesn't sit up just yet. Notice her awesome cat girl sunglasses...I love them! I actually got those to put in her Easter basket but she got to wear them a week early!


Our friends, Al and Crystal, have a season pass and they were nice enough to let us borrow it for the day so we got in for free which was an added bonus! I've never seen so many tulips in my life and in so many bright colors.

I promise Evan went with us but as usual he never made it out from behind the camera. I promise I'll get some pictures of him with the little princess soon!