WEEEEEEEE!

We recently bought Taylor a slide to play with in the backyard. For those that know Taylor she has A LOT of energy and we figured this would be a great way for her to burn some off in the afternoons! We found it for pretty cheap on Craigslist and after about a month we finally have it...much thanks to my friend Bibi who went and picked it up for us!

Bibi was so great and dropped it off on Thursday and Taylor is obsessed. She comes down stairs and goes to the back window and says "WEEEEEEEE" and wants to go out to play on it. When we put her shoes on the first thing she says now is "WEEEEE" because she thinks we are going outback to play.

I asked Derek to get video today and I apologize it isn't the best one, but I wanted one where she actually said her "WEEEEE", it is so high pitched and hilarious. She normally can slide down with no problems, this particular video not so much, but she handled it very well...we might have a gymnast on our hands.
Editor's note: Please disregard her outfit...that is most definitely a Saturday not leaving the house outfit!

March For Babies 2010

As most of you know our family lost two very precious babies in 2008. Lia and Mason Good our niece and nephew were born premature at 24 weeks 5 days. My sister has become a volunteer with the March of Dimes to help honor their memory. We have supported the March of Dimes in the past through Lindsay, however, this year Derek, Taylor and I are so excited to get to participate in the March for Babies back in Indiana with Lindsay, Chris, Cole and the rest of our family! This is an organization that is near to our hearts and we ask that you consider donating to help the lives of other babies that have been born premature as well as help to prevent premature births. We feel so blessed to have the opportunity to be back in Indiana for this very special walk and to celebrate two very precious lives.

We have a very loyal blog following and I ask each of you to heartfully consider donating to this cause. Even a small amount will help me reach my goal and ultimately help a child in need.

Please use the link on my blog to donate, or even better..if you are back in Indiana, walk with us! Here is an additional link to make donating even faster! http://marchforbabies.org/jenniferkmoon

Sponsor Me at March for Babies!

Our Week in Indiana

Taylor and I headed back to Indiana this week to spend time with my family while Derek headed to Pennsylvania for work. We had a very ROUGH trip going out and spent 7 hours at O'hare and had to have my parents drive to Chicago to pick us up, it made for a long day but reminded me just how amazing of a little girl Taylor is! Taylor was so much better behaved than I was! I am so thankful for the kindness of strangers, there are still some good people out there and they really helped me when I had reached my end!

On a better note I'll include a couple of pictures from our week!

For those of you that know the Megan's we are pretty big Jeep people! Grandpa...or as Taylor has started calling him "Papa" is trying to break Taylor in early! Maybe if she is really good he'll give her this one that he has been rebuilding for her first car!

We also celebrated my dad's Birthday while we were home! Taylor had fun helping blow out the candles. Happy Birthday Dad, I am so glad we got to have a mini-Birthday party with you! Taylor had a great time decorating your cake :) We love you!

I have realized I need to check the settings on my camera, these are the only two pictures that I could post, the rest are blurry because of movement...I am guessing there is a "fast moving kid" setting and I need to find it!

First Artwork!

I have been in a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group for several months now, it has been such a great organization to be involved with and I can't express the excitement I have for each meeting. During our meetings Taylor goes to the childcare they provide which is really amazing, her teachers are all so wonderful. When I picked Taylor up on Wednesday they told us to make sure to take their craft, I wasn't really paying attention because I figured they meant the older kids. I looked over and saw a plate with Taylor's name and I can't even express what happened inside! My heart literally swelled up with pride and joy! I am sure she had a lot of help gluing on the food pieces but to see her first piece of artwork was amazing! I will probably preserve it in a ziplock and I am sure it will mold but everytime I look at her little craft I get all choked up inside! I am so proud of her, and was still proud of her as she was picking the food off the plate trying to eat it on the way to the car!

Bathroom Renovations

We finally have our bathrooms complete! Well...I guess complete until someday when we rip up the floor and replace that, but for now I am calling them complete!

You would think with all of the renovations we have done I would learn to take "before" and "after" pictures, one of these days I will remember before we start tearing things out!

I do have before pictures of our bathroom, just imagine pretty much the exact thing in each bathroom and you'll have a great idea of the changes that have taken place!

Before:

Our Bathroom after:

Our "linen" cabinet:

Taylor's Bathroom:

Family Time

Of course my favorite part about being back in Indiana is spending as much time with my sisters and parents as possible! We had so much fun spending a day in Shipshewana, celebrating Christmas and just being together! Thank you Mom and Dad for spending the week in Elkhart to be near us! And thanks Linds and Chris and Erin and Kordell for everything you all did for us while we were there, we had so much fun and can't wait for our summer trip! We love you all!