Documenting life...: My Tae Tae

Friday, May 29, 2009

My Tae Tae

My little babes is 3. It seems like she was just born. It seems like I was just 14. It's so weird because I still feel like the same person I was when I was 14...perhaps a tad more mature, but not much. Where does the time go?
I love these of Tae and wanted to share...
Doesn't frolicking in the meadow look fun?
That look....she is getting to fiesty. Hands on hips ordering me around. The girl means business when she wants something. But mostly she's just such a sweetie.

10 comments:

Sarah Welsh said...: She's just DARLING! I can't believe she's already THREE, but I guess that's what happens when we only get to see you once a year!; May 31, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Rachel Clare said...: Did you get the Eye Candy by Sheye?! I think that's what these are- no? Love them, either way!!; May 31, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Emily said...: Oh, I LOVE these pictures. Where are you??? I love Tae's pink birthday outfit, and she looks so much older without her bangs. Sweet little girl! Three is actually a really fun age! It's when they start to say all those fabulously funny things and make you laugh (and possible cry) several times a day. What a roller coaster!

On the way home tonight, Paige said (while buckled in her car seat): "Daddy, I want to go to Tae Tae's house. Can you drive me there?" We just said "yes" to avoid the tantrum, and she fell asleep happily content to believe she was on her way to see her favorite person. We ALL love her!!!; May 31, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Brian and Kim said...: I saw you taking her pics on your front lawn the day before her b-day. I've been waiting for you to post them but I love these in the field. She is a bEaUtiful babe and can I say the sweetest ever. Can I keep her? Pleeeease;); June 1, 2009 at 9:00 AM
Barbara said...: She is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Those are amazing pictures! Sassy little girls are just too much fun. I think it is more fun that way. :); June 1, 2009 at 3:10 PM
Mary Lynn said...: She's so beautiful!! Three already.. It really does seem like yesterday I was holding her in the park for what seemed like forever. I just couldn't get over how beautiful & precious she was. You probably don't even remember it, but it's etched in my memory. That beautiful innocent face is three.. Hard to believe for me- I can't even imagine how it is for you! She's growing up quite nicely :); June 2, 2009 at 3:54 AM
Sandy said...: Three year old girls are feisty!! But sooo sweet. Tae is so gorgeous. I love the pink ruffly outfit. All Emma wears is pink. She is such a girly girl.; June 2, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Robyn said...: So cute! Time flies, huh?; June 2, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Ali said...: Bee-Yoo-Ti-Ful pictures! I love how soft they are. Perfect for a little girl. ;); June 2, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Aislinn said...: cute cute cute. Love the pictures.; June 4, 2009 at 9:18 AM

Out of the mouths of babes

5/11 Tae: "My dad is bigger than my mom and my mom is mini-er than my dad"
5/11 Tae: "Don't coffee me!!!" she and paige seem to think the word for copy is actually coffee.
05/11 Tae: After going in the front yard after me telling her not to.. " oh mom, I accidentally thought the front was the back"
03/09: Maddie: " Why do we have to pay taxes? Why do they have to have laws...like pay your taxes? Or don't stand on swivel chairs?" Ha ha!!
12/08: Tanner: "mom, don't pick your nose and throw it on the ground or you will slip on it like a banana peel. So you have to put it on a picture, or a high shelf"
Tae 3/09: Today she was looking for little scab on her hand and noticed it was gone. So she said "Mom, my owie went home!"
2/09 Maddie: Kimi is eating a burger, Mad hates red meat. "Mmmm, that looks good" Me: "But you don't even like hamburgers!" Maddie: "But if it were the only food left on earth, I'd pound it."
12/08 Tanner: "Mom, when can we get out our bean stocks?" I realized he was talking about Christmas Stockings. :)
11/08 I'm in the bathroom, alone. But never really alone. Maddie comes to the door and says "mom what was your best moment?" Uh, can we talk about this later?
11/08 Tanner: "Mom, is my bones warm or hot?" later that day..."I wish our house was made of nachos." Ya, me too.
10/08 Me" Well Maddie when I was little I only got a quarter or 50 cents for a tooth" Maddie" Ya, well that was in the OLDEN DAYS mom! The tooth fairy hardly had any money then."
9/08 Tan:" Mom, when you have the new baby, will we sell Taelyn?"
01/08 Maddie: "Guess what Mom, when I lose my front tooth the tooth fairy brings me $20" What?? Who said that? "A girl in my class! I'm so excited to get my very own $20!"
10/07 Madeline: "Mom I remember what it was like to live with Jesus before I was born" Oh really? "Ya, it looked just like it does here, but it was on clouds."
09/07 Tanner: "Mom sometimes your mean to me, but Sister Castleberry (nursery teacher) is always nice to me...like this many times ( he holds up his little 5 fingers right in my face)" How cute is he??
Just the other day Madeline came to me after practicing some intricate dance moves with Jaren and said "Mom, I just wish I could marry Jaren because he dances with me, he does whatever I say, and he's such a gooood guy. Why can't I marry my brother? " I then explained just why we don't marry our siblings. Hopefully she'll have no problem finding a guy just like Jaren in 20 years.
"Shake your bootie, shake your bootie..." This goes along with a mooning of sorts by the 3 yr. old Tanner
“Do you wish you were Dad so you wouldn’t have to change Taelyn’s diaper or do all the work, and you could be at church on time?” -Maddie
"I'm the last number strong" -Jaren

Deep Thoughts...

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "mank" and "ind". What do these words mean ? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.

If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.

I bet one legend that keeps recurring throughout history, in every culture, is the story of Popeye.

When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges.

To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.

We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me.

Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.