Our life looks different

Between my last post and today,

things look a lot different around here.

Our littlest: Bubba-Grey-Grey-ChunkersMonkers-Baby Greyson

(sometimes we really call him that whole string of names)

 in the last two months, Greyson has gone from coos and kicks

to sitting up, army crawling, solid food scarfing and biting with his very own set of (two) teeth

He loves to be free and play with all of Beck's toys -to big brother's dismay of course.

 

He suddenly hates to be swaddled or rocked

and much prefers to be laid down

 and left alone to fall asleep with nothing but his binky

 (and a spare to hold in his hand)

Any spec of dark hair that he used to have has been replaced with blonde fuzz that sticks straight up.

He reminds me so much of Beck at this age, yet looks so different at the same time.

He adores his brother and doesn't mind a bit when Beck rolls, flips, and attempts to lift him.

Beck has really grown up in the last couple months too.

He started climbing out of his crib so we put the toddler attachment on.
 

He did awesome with his new-found freedom for two straight weeks
 and then suddenly it was a nightmare.

For a good month and a half we would spend HOURS every night
putting him to bed and fighting for naps.
 

He was not falling asleep until after 10, waking up between 5:00-6:00am and skipping naps.

Oh and 1-2 middle of the night awakenings too.
 

I honestly thought it would never end and worried that my happy, well rested Beck was gone forever.

Luckily we got through it and have settled into a much more normal routine.

I think the big move affected him more than we realized because after a few weeks
month of living here

 and moving  him to a cool "rocket bed" that he loves, 

he finally calmed down and goes down without much of a fight most days.
 

Sadly though, the only way we get a nap is if he falls asleep running errands and I carry him to bed.

I can deal with that though.

Besides sleeping in a big boy bed, Beck's language skills have blossomed even more.

He says the most hilarious things lately 

and we are always chuckling behind his back about how adult he sounds.
 

He also is adorable with his little Greyson. 

Yesterday I couldn't help but tear up when he kept saying 

"We're best friends!" and "He's the best baby ever!"

I just love it.
 

As far as Chase and me,

some things have changed for us too!

I died my hair dark, 

which takes a little getting used to but it is actually closer to my natural color.
 

We celebrated our SIX year anniversary on October 21.

The number of years that we've been married keeps getting bigger, 

but how we feel about each other has only grown as well.  

(insert cute couple picure here)  

:( Its hard to get shots of us lately!

at least I got a cute one of my man though.
 

We went to the Cheesecake Factory and the temple to celebrate

and spent the 45 minute drive up recalling all the details of how we met and fell in love.

Who would have thought that the boy who laughed at my jokes from two seats over at at an Aggie basketball game would be my husband 6 1/2 years later?

Our surroundings have also changed a bit.

We bought a house!

It is so wonderful to have our very own space.

We love it so much and often feel like we are too young to deserve it.

Decorating has been sooo much harder than I imagined.  

Between having a small budget, and my picky, indecisive self,

I have to admit its pretty bare still.

Any volunteers to come visit Kansas and help?

I mean it, we love visitors!

I promise I will post more pictures soon.

Even our families have had lots of change in the last couple months.

My dear sister Tiffini had a darling baby girl in July:
Piper Milan Tyers

My dear little sister Kaela had a beautiful baby girl in August
Raegan Kae Frame

and another of my wonderful sisters, Abby, returned home from serving a mission in Chile.

 

It does look like a lot has changed for the Taylors over the last few months,

but really we are just the same. 

Loving our little boys one day at a time and trying to savor every minute

because as I can see as I look back on these couple short months

nothing stays the same for long!