happy birthday, grandma taylor

Sorry for the late birthday wishes. One child was being uncooperative. Luckily, the other one had no choice! We love you.

first day of ballet

Candace has been looking forward to this day for a while now. When she woke up, we got her dressed immediately in her ballet outfit. She's going to this class along with her friend, Rachelynn. Overall, they had a blast. But I learned somthing about Candace today that I didn't know before. She is shy. at least at times. That came as a shock. Candace is our non-stop talker around here. She loves to sing and show us everything she's learning. She loves to tell stories and is quite loud at times. I guess I've only seen her around family or friends that she knows. This was her first experience outside her known world with strange people. She was very timid and just watched before participating. Then she burst into tears whenever the teacher showed her individual attention, even though it was positive. I didn't really know what to do with this new side of Candace, but I'm hoping that she'll warm up to the teacher and the environment and have a lot of fun. She really enjoyed the dance they did with baby dolls and I included that video clip. When we picked up dad for dinner later today, she showed him the whole dance and made him pick up Joshua and do the dance as well with Joshua as his baby doll. The other pictures are from this afternoon at the playground. Joshua loves the car he is sitting in. He will sit in it for over an hour and press the horn, turn the wheel, suck on the wheel and look around. He's a very happy baby. I started taking video of him in the car when he was cooing at another baby at the playground. Make sure you see the picture where he's showing off his two bottom teeth!

guess who slept through the night?

That's right! Candace. After 6 months of trying everything we could think of and praying really hard, Candace had her first night of uninterrupted sleep from 7 to 7! It was great. I hope I have my good sleeper back.

A few funny things Candace has done lately: I left the room for a short while to grab a diaper for Joshua. While in the next room I called out to Candace, "How's Joshua doing?" She replied, "He's chillin' like a villian." How hilarious! Also yesterday while James was getting Candace out of time-out for disobeying, he was explaining why she had to be in time-out and how to avoid it in the future. She pipes in, "Dad, I have a good idea. How bout when I am naughty you and mom don't be mad at me?" She's a cute one.

He loves his watermelon.

Taken the first day of school. This is the picture that James keeps in his office at BYU.

At Walmart

Joshua and Candace playing "church." Kelly and Nick, the names she mentions in the video, are some of her devoted nursey leaders.

Joshua thinks he's the biggest guy for standing up in his crib. Not without help, of course.

This is a favorite game of Joshua's. He loves to copy Candace.