Gordon Racing

Teeth

2011-08-15T08:55:00.000-07:00

Taylor now has:

4 front teeth and two "molars" (I think they might be bi-cuspids) on top

4 front teeth and one "molar" (I think it might be bi-cuspids) on bottom

11 teeth total!!!!

New stuff

2011-08-14T19:05:00.001-07:00

Kid-sized table and chairs.

Taylor gives it an A+!!!

Micke Grove Zoo

2011-08-14T11:59:00.001-07:00

Finally made it to the zoo!!!

Aunt Lisa suggested this trip months ago and we finally got ourselves to the zoo for the first time. Granted it's no San Diego Zoo, it was an hour or so of fun for Taylor and good practice for the family to enjoy a place like that. We tend to do a lot of activities at friends houses so going out there was fun.

Big girl...

2011-08-13T19:00:00.000-07:00

Taylor ate most of her dinner with a fork. She had the concept down but needs some fine tuning of her coordination.

To Grandmothers House We Go...

2011-08-04T12:40:00.000-07:00

Grandma Brown (in the woods) broke her ankle so Taylor and Mommy went to visit and granny-sit her for the weekend.

Daddy loves hugs!!!

2011-07-30T22:00:00.000-07:00

Waterbaby

2011-07-30T19:00:00.000-07:00

Taylor loves the water. She just relaxed and floated in Great Aunt Pat and Great Uncle James' pool.

Prince Daddy

2011-07-28T12:30:00.000-07:00

Jason decided that if Taylor was going to "kiss the prince" that she should keep the kisses in the family...

Sooo big!!!!

2011-07-26T08:00:00.000-07:00

Don Pedro - Day 3

2011-07-24T14:00:00.000-07:00

Our little bunny camping friend.

Swimming lagoon.

Don Pedro - Day 2

2011-07-23T17:00:00.000-07:00

Marshmallows!!!

Don Pedro - Day 1

2011-07-22T12:00:00.000-07:00

Who knew that so much fun was only one and a half hours away???

Pigtails

2011-07-09T13:59:00.001-07:00

Fourth of July Weekend

2011-07-04T20:00:00.000-07:00

Milk does a body good...

2011-06-28T08:00:00.000-07:00

Taylor is officially off formula!!!

And pretty much off bottles!!!

Family Reunion Flower Girl

2011-06-25T10:07:00.000-07:00

Family Reunion (Part 2)

2011-06-25T08:10:00.000-07:00

Family Reunion (Part 1)

2011-06-24T11:05:00.000-07:00

Hat Creek, CA

One year old photoshoot

2011-06-22T23:00:00.000-07:00

Birthday Fun

2011-06-22T12:00:00.000-07:00

Prepping for pictures.

It's hard work being this cute.

I like boys...don't worry, my daddy is at work.

Busy girl on the move...watch out!

Happy Daddy's Day!!!

2011-06-19T15:39:00.001-07:00

Half Moon Bay. Pillar Point Pier. Crab Fishing.

Happy birthday party day!!

2011-06-18T11:57:00.001-07:00

Before...

During...

After...

Shared birthdays are always better!!!

Walking...

2011-06-05T12:05:00.000-07:00

Taylor walked around at Great Grandma Brown's house on her own!!!

Learning...

2011-05-24T15:30:00.001-07:00

Back by popular demand...

2011-05-23T15:22:00.000-07:00

Cool girl!!!

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11 months...

2011-05-22T15:21:00.000-07:00

It's hard work being this cute...

Crazy Eyes

2011-05-21T15:24:00.000-07:00

Tipping back some juice...

Applause...

2011-05-16T17:14:00.001-07:00

Taylor clapped for the first time today!

She also gives hugs to the dogs, uses her car to walk around the living room and sings all the time.

First Mothers Day...

2011-05-08T15:20:00.000-07:00

First hair trim...

2011-05-08T09:20:00.000-07:00

Today we trimmed your bangs. Nothing major but it made a world of difference. You can see now with your hair down.

New friends.

2011-04-25T15:15:00.001-07:00

Happy Easter.

2011-04-24T20:50:00.001-07:00

10 months old.

2011-04-22T11:10:00.001-07:00

Taking pictures is hard work....

2011-04-21T17:00:00.000-07:00

We never really did get a good one.

Reading is fundamental

2011-04-20T15:30:00.000-07:00

Now sometimes when it takes me a minute to get in to "rescue" Taylor from her nap I find her like this...

Sometimes I also hear her "reading" on the baby monitor.

Daddy time...

2011-04-15T16:15:00.000-07:00

Daddy's Daredevil

2011-04-15T09:19:00.001-07:00

Taylor's version of Mount Everest is her mirror and the tv stand.

I wanna ride...

2011-04-13T19:51:00.001-07:00

Trying new food...

2011-04-11T17:44:00.001-07:00

Hmmm I think I like ribs...

Patience is a virtue...

2011-04-05T13:30:00.000-07:00

Four Generations

2011-03-31T12:00:00.000-07:00

Taylor with Mommy, Grandma Brown and Great Grandma Wilson.

9 months old...

2011-03-24T20:39:00.001-07:00

First cold...

2011-03-10T12:00:00.000-08:00

Snuggling in daddy's blankie with a binki and a mum mum makes it all better.

Going out in style...

2011-03-04T13:30:00.000-08:00

Getting greedy with the toys...

2011-02-27T18:27:00.001-08:00

Wow...toys...

Hey I think I can reach them...

I need two hands for this job...

Too many toys!!!! I've fallen and I can't get up!!!

Pull ups...

2011-02-22T10:30:00.000-08:00

...Up from my knees to my feet...

Trying to fly the coop...

2011-02-15T14:00:00.000-08:00

I'm innocent!!! I'm innocent!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

2011-02-14T15:00:00.000-08:00

On the road again...

2011-02-05T10:25:00.000-08:00

Ready to go...

...to sleep. Running errands is hard work!

Carrots are good...

2011-01-19T12:15:00.000-08:00

This is easy...

See it just goes in your mouth...

Maybe a side bite will work better...

It's not working...i think I like the purée stuff better

Hello? How does this thing work???

Oh! It's not for me to eat but just to bite on? I get it!

Naptime...

2011-01-19T11:00:00.000-08:00

Sitting with Daddy...

2011-01-10T13:00:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Joe!

2010-12-31T14:00:00.000-08:00

Teething

2010-12-24T16:40:00.000-08:00

They started to come in around December 15 and by Christmas we had two little ones on bottom.

First tooth brushing experience... On Christmas Eve we went to Concord to celebrate so Taylor brushed her teeth for the occasion.

Mommys Bday

2010-12-15T18:30:00.000-08:00

Sears Portraits...

2010-12-04T11:30:00.000-08:00

Two peas in a pod...

2010-12-01T19:38:00.001-08:00

Puppy Love...

2010-11-30T14:30:00.001-08:00

Motocross...

2010-11-27T15:33:00.000-08:00

First Thanksgiving...

2010-11-25T21:26:00.001-08:00

Dear Taylor...

2010-11-16T20:45:00.000-08:00

21 weeks, almost 5 months old!!!

Eating baby food is going well as the pictures have proved over the last few weeks... You love sweet potatoes still and rice cereal and make mean faces at me when I slip in a spoonful of sweet peas or green beans. There is no tricking you!!!

You can almost sit up on your own. You get settled for a little bit then seem to fall over if the wind blows!

You are chewing on everything these days and seem to attack chew toys. (it's strange to call them chew toys since we also have doggy chew toys but I don't know what else to call them.)

Everyone says you are a pretty girl. Most people say you look like Daddy but have my eyes. I'm not sure really who you look like. To me you just look like you. Your pictures over the last few months have changed a little but you look just about the same as you did when you were born, only heavier and taller.

Your biggest accomplishment these days other than sitting is grabbing up your binkie when it falls. Sometimes you put it back in backwards but at least it's getting back into your mouth without mommy having to get it for you!

Food Glorious Food

2010-11-15T22:36:00.001-08:00

Long weekend...

2010-11-14T22:20:00.000-08:00

Fishermans Wharf

2010-11-13T20:17:00.000-08:00

Holding her own...

2010-11-12T14:23:00.000-08:00

Rockin' & Rollin'

2010-11-12T10:21:00.000-08:00

Dear Taylor...

2010-11-02T20:45:00.000-07:00

19 weeks old.

You made it through your first halloween in tact and weren't even afraid of the scary costumes at the party we went to even if we were only there for a short time.

The first ER trip went ok. We thought you had an eat infection but they said you didn't. You screamed all the way there but when the doc saw you, you were all smiles! We concluded that you might be teething and having eat trouble because of it. A follow up with the pediatrician will see if that theory is right or not.

Other than that you're getting more predictable. You nap about every two hours and I think you're outgrowing all the toys we have for you. Although you still seem to be interested in the exersaucer still.

Sleepy time...

2010-11-02T09:26:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween.

2010-10-31T21:53:00.000-07:00

Milestone of the day was the first ER trip for an ear infection... Jury is still out as to how bad it really is. Doc said it wasn't bad but you sure are a fussy kid!!!

Visiting Grandma Brown (in the woods)...

2010-10-30T23:23:00.000-07:00

There are two Grandma Browns... One in Hawaii and the other who (as it states above) lives in the woods...

Bigge girl...

2010-10-29T17:30:00.000-07:00

Taylor was working hard so Daddy thought she needed a hard hat...

Dear Taylor...

2010-10-26T21:32:00.000-07:00

18 weeks old = over FOUR months old!!!

This week we started eating big people food. We tried rice cereal and apple sauce. You like the cereal but aren't sure if you like the apple sauce. Hopefully in a few days you'll be just as excited to try something new.

Other than the introduction of food to your diet you've also started to reach for things and you've started to try to sit up. It's very tiring though as you can see.

Dear Taylor...

2010-10-19T20:45:00.000-07:00

17 weeks old...

You're doing a lot of standing with mommy and daddy's help and love your exersaucer a lot. You are doing a lot of chewing... on your hand and chew toys. You also have gotten coordinated enough to start pulling mommy's hair.

You take a nap about every two hours. Right before you go to sleep you get very cranky but mommy has found the secret to getting you to sleep: a little bottle, a binkie and a good rock in the recliner or in the swing and you're out like a light. You also are a good car sleeper. The silver trucks engine puts you right to bed.

This week you'll get your four month shots. Mommy hopes you handle them as well as the two month ones.

Dear Taylor...

2010-10-12T20:45:00.000-07:00

We spent part of the last week in Pismo Beach. Even at just 16 weeks you loved the beach and listening to Momma Tom sing to you. There was one about riding a pony to town and of course rock a bye baby.

You're growing so quickly. You've outgrown a lot of your clothes and are wearing six month old clothes loosely and are fully in size 3 diapers.

You've learned to turn on your side and curl up that way to sleep as soon as your binkie hits your mouth.

Dear Taylor...

2010-10-05T20:45:00.000-07:00

15 weeks and you're almost sitting up on your own. You can balance in the Boppy pillow but end up falling over.

Your hair is growing in slowly and you've started to reach for things! It started with a toy and now you even hold onto your binkie sometimes!

You take regular naps as 8, 10, noon, 2, and around dinner time. You sleep best curled up with mom and have been known to cry for 20 minutes loudly if you aren't ready for bed yet.

Almost sitting...

2010-10-05T15:30:00.000-07:00

Dear Taylor...

2010-09-28T20:45:00.000-07:00

14 weeks!

Mommy and daddy can't believe how big you're getting. You've really started to "talk" and seem to like the sounds uh and oh and sometimes say the word uh-oh but it seems more coincidence that it happens rather than you really wanting to say it. You smile lots and almost laugh and seem to think the voices mommy sings in when we sing "12 monkeys jumping on the bed" are funny.

This week you're big enough to sit in a chair on your own...

This one was taken in the downstairs bathroom while you helped mommy clean.

Dear Taylor...

2010-09-14T20:45:00.000-07:00

12 weeks old!

This week we had to take you to the doctors because you have Thrush. It's a yeast infection in your mouth that mommy thinks you had weeks ago in a mild form but now is full blown. You have to drink medicine for it and we put medicated powder on your diaper rash. We also have to boil all your bottles and anything else that goes in your mouth which is a lot of extra work.

This week we also got into a pretty steady sleep pattern. You sleep from about 8pm to about 1:30am then sleep until about 4:30am. When you're fussy it takes longer to get you down to sleep and the musical swing has been the magic that has induced sleep on tough nights.

One tough night was your cousin Crystals bday party. We had to leave early cuz you were ready for Ned before the party was over. You did think though that daddy's borrowed wig was great!

The sock fairy...

2010-09-13T09:21:00.001-07:00

The sock fairy has attacked. I took Toots outside with me to potty the dogs. She left with two socks and came back with one and I went outside to look for it and couldn't find the missing sock.

Be on the lookout for the sock fairy! Hide your good and clean socks so she doesn't get you too!!

TGIF

2010-09-10T14:54:00.001-07:00

Dear Taylor...

2010-09-07T20:45:00.000-07:00

We celebrated 11 weeks with your first camping trip!

Mommy and daddy thought you'd do ok camping but we were surprised...You were a champ! You loved the trailer, hanging out with the puppies and sleeping in your pack n play.

Dear Taylor...

2010-08-31T20:45:00.000-07:00

10 weeks old!

This week went by quickest of all. We had about five great nights of sleep. The good ones were really good and the bad ones really bad. Daddy says Mommy looks well rested which definitely means there was more sleeping than fussing.

You're getting more and more steady holding your head up and you've almost mastered watching tv upside down when you're supposed to be playing on your mat that aunt Lisa gave you.

Speaking of Aunt Lisa, this week we celebrated Uncle James' bday so we got to see your cousins Lizzie and Joe for dinner. Lizzie includes you in her prayers every night and mostly prays for you to be big enough so she can hold you. I can't wait until you guys are Crystal and Ava's age so you can really play together. Joe is busy running around but definitely knew that there was a baby in the house.

You also made your first trip to Clark Court to see the Whitehead family. It was fantasy football draft day so you and Maddisen got to meet since her daddy and your daddy play in the same league. It was nice for mommy to talk to another baby mommy since all the other kids in the family are bigger.

The last news this week is that daddy got a new truck and on Friday we are taking it and you on your first big camping trip!

Dear Taylor...

2010-08-24T20:45:00.000-07:00

9 weeks!?!

Your 2 month shots have been had and mommy and daddy were so proud of you. You smiled and cooed all the way up until shot time then cried for about two minutes before you fell asleep then ran errands with mommy for an hour before we went home.

Another big development is that you are now 13 lbs and 2 feet tall!!! You're almost out of the 3-6 month clothes you have and are about to graduate from size 1-2 diapers to size 3 diapers next time we go shopping.

You still like your green binkie but aren't sucking on it as often. You also still love your green white and yellow blanket.

So far this week we've had three great sleep nights in a row. You woke up a few times still but went right back to sleep without screaming.

Two Months!

2010-08-22T20:45:00.000-07:00

Dear Taylor...

2010-08-17T20:45:00.000-07:00

8 weeks old! How fast is this ride going to go?

Up until now you really haven't been on a schedule but mommy is tying to work with you to get more predictable. One night this week you did really good and basically slept all night but the next night you were up until about 2 am so we were back to square one.

You're already growing up to be a big girl! Mommy weighed you and you're almost double what you were when you were born. It's great news except you are out growing out of some of your clothes already and you're into the 1-2 size diapers!

You've lost most of your newborn hair and your real hair is growing in slowly. You look like you're going to be brown haired and while it's not certain I think you're going to have dark eyes.

You still love your green binkies, sleeping in your Bobby pillow and your swing but also have had some great stretches of sleep in your crib in your room.

Pretty in Pink...

2010-08-16T12:34:00.000-07:00

Funny Faces

2010-08-14T17:00:00.000-07:00

Taylor was a good sport while mommy and daddy shopped around for a truck on Saturday.

Dear Taylor...

2010-08-10T20:45:00.000-07:00

7 weeks old today!!! Unofficially you weigh between 11 lbs and 14 lbs. Mommy measured you by weighing myself the holding you while stepping on the scales.

Your fussy time sadly is between about 9pm and 1am but after that you sleep in about 3 hour naps until morning. When you're angry you really start talking. No real words yet but there is something that comes out that sounds like a mix between "me" and "mom" so I can only imagine what you're really trying to say. The longest you've sleep so far is 4 hours in the car on the way back from Bakersfield.

You drink between 2 oz and 4 oz when Mommy and Daddy feed you bottles. You had a really fussy time with enfamil so we are keeping you on Simalac like you had in the hospital. We still use the hospital bottles but Mommy should get you a bigger more permanent set of bottles soon cuz you eat so much these days.

We've switched you to Costco diapers and so far so good. They are a lot cheaper to afford cuz as we all know babies go through lots of diapers.

This weekend we are planning a trip to Alta to see Great Grandma Brown. I wonder what Great Grandpa Brown and John Luft would think of you. I'm sure they'd spoil you like your grandparents and I'm sure Great Grandpa Brown would tell you all kinds of great stories.

Empresses new clothes...

2010-08-06T20:50:00.000-07:00

Dear Taylor...

2010-08-03T20:45:00.000-07:00

Taylor, you are six weeks old today! This week you met your Grandpa Brown, saw Great Grandma Wilson, saw Momma Tom and stIll had your first vacation trip to Bakersfield. You met all your Gordon relatives including your cousin Braleigh who wasn't quite sure what to do about having a baby in the house.

Your newest trick is to smile. You seem to just be practicing so far but a happy voice causes it sometimes or a tickle on the cheek.

Dear Taylor...

2010-07-27T20:45:00.000-07:00

Mommy can't believe that its been five weeks since you arrived! Some days it seems like such a long time ago and others it seems like yesterday. You still are attached to your green binkie from the hospital, but there have been a lot of other changes, like the fact that you're almost fitting into the size one diapers instead of the newborn ones. Mommy has to start going through your clothes so that you get to wear all of them before you grow out of them.

This upcoming weekend you're going to make your first big vacation drive to Bakersfield to see the Gordon side of the family. Four hours in the car is going to be the longest car ride you've had and while it's going to be a challenge packing for you and making sure we don't forget anything, so far you really like to ride in the car. You listen to music and sleep a lot while in your car seat, but don't seem to protest too much unless Mommy runs out of bottles.

Your first big car trip over the weekend was to go to "the beach". Mommy, Daddy, and Uncle Tyler packed up the dogs, RC cars and you with the intention of going to Half Moon Bay, but we ended up driving by Daddy's work then headed to Alameda near Encinal High School and the rock wall. Your "brothers" got to run around, Daddy and Tyler drove the RC cars and you and Mommy hung out in the car since it was a little too windy and sunny for us. You got to wear your sunhat Grandma Brown got you and Mommy learned how to change a diaper in the car!

As you get bigger you're able to sleep longer and longer and the "bubble monster in your tummy" seems to sleep a lot more too, which makes you and mommy and daddy happy. Most nights you wake up at midnight, two am and around five when daddy goes to work. Then you and mommy watch West Wing episodes and fall back asleep until about eight in the morning. After that it's frquent bottles, napping throughout the day with a few different times where you stay awake and watch the ceiling fans or practice smiling at mommy until daddy gets home from work.

The "Beach"...

2010-07-24T10:30:00.000-07:00

Our first attempt as a family to take a long car trip was to go to the beach. Originally we were going to head to Half Moon Bay and see the ocean, but about half way there Daddy decided it would be better to head to someplace closer to home. We headed instead of Alameda but realized that the doggies couldn't go on the more popular beaches there so Daddy had the great idea of going to "the rock wall" which basically is a parking lot/boat launch/fishing area near the water.

Dear Taylor

2010-07-20T20:45:00.000-07:00

Today you are four weeks old.

As you started your third week mommy had to start you on formula. Some babies don't like this stuff but you don't seem to mind it much. You've gotten so big that you have almost grown out of your newborn diapers into size 1 diapers.

As much as it's bad for you, you like to sleep on your tummy and side. You even seem to roll onto your side on your own but I think it's more on accident than on purpose.

This week you got to listen to some music and like the lullaby channel on mommy's iPhone. Jack Johnson seemed to soothe you although that might have just been a coincidence that you fell asleep to his song.

Today you're going to go to the park near our house to play with your cousin. It should be a fun morning!

Taylor faces...

2010-07-19T11:39:00.001-07:00

This is what we look like when we don't get fed on time.

Cool girl...

2010-07-18T10:00:00.000-07:00

This morning we went shopping and Taylor hid from "the papperazzi" under daddies sunglasses.

Day in the life...

2010-07-16T20:11:00.000-07:00

First we slept...

Then we got dressed up...

And we went on a walk...

Before we packed up to go see Great Grandma Jeanne...

Then we had to take a nap...

Namesake...

2010-07-16T17:00:00.000-07:00

Taylor got to meet Great Grandma Jeanne today! As you can see she was very excited to meet her Great Grandma. I guess at this age if she's not screaming then it's a good meeting.

While Taylor's cousins are named after family members on the Brown side of the family, Taylor is named after the Wilson side of the family.

Hopefully our next little one will have a Gordon name so that we can keep each family's names alive for the next generation since Jason has a Gordon name and I have a Wilson name in my name.

Dear Taylor...

2010-07-13T20:45:00.000-07:00

Today you are three weeks old. Amazing how time flies!

Today we had another doctors appointment so we took Grandma Brown with us. You were 9 lbs and 5 oz and 21.5 inches "tall" and while Mommy has been dealing with antibiotics and getting over hives you've been thriving!

Your favorite thing to do after a bottle is to lay on mommy or daddy or Grandma Brown's tummy.

Your least favorite thing is mommy wiping your face with a baby wipe.

You had your first tub bath in mommy and daddy's bathroom. Mommy started it but Grandma Brown had to finish it cuz mommy wasn't feeling her best. Luckily you actually had an ok time with it.

This week you got to meet your Cousin Joe and got to visit with Cousin Lizzie who practiced and practiced and sang you a great version of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star". Also on your social calendar were visits from Great Aunt Pat & Great Uncle James, Great Grandma Touchstone, and Great Grandma Brown. Grandma Brown came to stay with us from Hawaii and Grandpa Brown will be here at the end of the month!

Meeting the family...

2010-07-08T18:57:00.000-07:00

Taylor got to be held by all the Browns today...

Cousin Lizzie...

Auntie Lisa...

Uncle James...

And Grandma Brown!

Dear Taylor...

2010-07-06T20:45:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my little girl is already two weeks old. On the one hand it seems like a very short time and on the other it seems like you've been here forever.

Your favorite song is anything that daddy can sing to you even if it happens to be a tv commercial song or something about stupid drivers on the road. "Daddy's getting you a bottle" is your favorite song that mommy sings.

You still are in love with your green binki from the hospital although we thought we lost the original so he one you have actually is from the store, but you don't seem to mind. The original one is going to go in a keepsake box for when you're older.

You still don't seem to like the cold and the times when you've been out in the sun and heat you don't like that either!

Yesterday you lost your belly button. Daddy was right there with you for the big occasion, changing a diaper when it decided to fall off.

This week you finally got hugs from Uncle James and got to see Lizzie again who has been praying every night ( according to her daddy) that you grow up big and strong so she can hold you too.

Today daddy went back to work. As much as he hated to go I think he was getting antsy to get out and about since you are too small still to do much playing or traveling. Next year we'll be in Pismo Beach with everyone since we missed out this year.

Mommy can't wait until next week for your second doctors appointment to see how much you've grown.

Love, Mommy