Look What Taylor Can Do!!!

Thankfully no crawling, but she stayup up on all four's for a few minutes. If you've had babies, or have been around them, you know the rocking motion they do. Well, she did that a little, got scared and had enough!

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! Kaleb and I were talking last night and I still think Nevaeh should be this size sometimes!

Taylor Jean Gibbs

Our sweet baby.

Nevaeh's Wolf

Can you see the wolf? Nevaeh drew this on her chalkboard and I was a proud mommy...I see a head, ears, body, 4 legs and a tail. :-)

Taylor and Diogie

I still get shocked each morning when I go in to get Baby Tay and she is really a big 8-month old already! How times flies! Here she is really starting to show an interest in Diogie. This reminds me so much of Nevaeh at this age. Diogie is such a sweetie, too. She saunters right up to the girls and lets them maul her. :-)

Monterey Bay Aquarium

As you can tell from the abundance of pictures from our visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, we had a BLAST!!! We'll definitely go back, and sooner rather than later. Nevaeh was thrilled, and has not stopped talking about penguins, hammerhead sharks, starfish, and going to the "ca-carium." Hope you enjoy seeing all that we did, from watching divers clean the glass and wave to the little ones, to seeing penguins trying to swim through the glass to say hello to us!

Mommy and Nevaeh's hands through the barnacles.

Goofy smiley face...

This is what Taylor did most of the time...

Touching a starfish, one of the best parts for Nevaeh!

Dennis the Menace Park

Some of my best memories of my childhood take place in Monterey/Carmel, CA. My Grandma Eich lived there and we would go visit her, often going to Dennis the Menace Park, so I was thrilled at the opportunity to go back and see it as an adult, and let me children experience it as well. I've accidentally posted the pics on here backwards, but you'll get the idea...

Right before we left Nevaeh had to go on the train again, this time with Daddy; Mommy stood shivering with Taylor, trying to catch a few quick pics.
On top of the train! I vividly remember climbing all over this thing as a little girl, very special to see Nevaeh doing the same, and LOVING it.

Tay was such a good girl in her stroller. We're def. going back when she is able to play, too.

Nevaeh climbed to the top!

Here she is starting out...

The maze! Nevaeh laughed like crazy as she RAN through the maze. I was shocked that she'd allow me out of her sight, but impressed that she just went for it!

Crawling through tunnels.

Getting to be a good climber! All by herself!

Slides are her favorite!

On the big bridge with Daddy!

Daddy helping her with the rock wall.

Love at first sight! She couldn't wait to explore the train!

Daddy and his girls!

Forgive me for the limited number of pics of Baby Tay, she just slept and observed, too young to get the full experience, but don't worry, Kaleb and I had such a wonderful time this weekend with the girls that we've already determined to return!!!

Getting clean, and dirty...

I just love that Taylor is big enough now to take baths with Nevaeh. They play and splash together, and it is so adorable.

Nevaeh does a great job of sharing the toys with her little sis. We do have to carefully monitor them because sometimes Nevaeh tries to rinse Taylor off/drown her. :-)

This is what goes on right before bathtime. Taylor is too little to be allowed in the dirt, so she stays in her Exersaucer, but Nevaeh LOVES LOVES LOVES the dirt. Here she is laying on her "dirt bed" as she calls it. It is also referred to as her "mud hole" and the location of her "worm pile". Not very girlie, I know, but I love it!!!