Whoops!

Just when I was getting my blogging game back on track I took two months off. Here is a little Taylor family round up...

Al turned 31!

Aidan had his first x-ray. A run-in with the elevator. Nothing broken thank God!

We got another stroller! Great for traveling and Rory has since gotten more used to sitting next to his brother.

Aidan still loves peas.

My Aunt Maureen came to visit (aka Mo-Mour) and then flew back with me and the boys to Chicago.

Gracie and Rory got reacquainted.

And GG and Rory got reacquainted too!

Liz and Mehul got married

Our flight back to Chicago was canceled so we drove back and took a pit stop to the birthplace of KFC in Corbin, Kentucky.

Dave came to visit! And we had our first visit to the Highline.

Aidan had his first milkshake...and loved it!

My brother, Sean's first full length comic book came out to rave reviews!

Stephanie saved me and Aidan and Gracen had a impromptu, scandalous play-date.

Rory and I took a road trip to Harrisburg to get Thuy-Anh & Matt's wedding celebrations started. (A side note: I like taking pictures with Rory...he makes me look tan!)

My Parents came to visit.

And my Mom watched both boys so that Al and I could attend all Butler and Courtney's wedding festivities.

Congrats to Butler and Courtney!

I can't believe that Rory is 5 Months old! He is getting so big and moving around like crazy. Every once in a while, he and Aidan look at each other and smile and it makes me the happiest woman in the world!

Easter

We had such a Happy Easter this year. So happy that we celebrated it over two weekends!

First we celebrated the week before with Pat, Bob, Rob, Beth and Ryan at The Rockville Links for an Easter Brunch. We had a great time and Aidan did pretty well at his first Easter Egg Hunt with some help from his cousin Ryan.

Erin, Gracie and Sean came to New York for Easter weekend and we had the best time! Rory and Gracie picked up right where they left off and I think having a lady in the house had a softening affect on Aidan!

Aidan was so excited to see his Uncle Sean again!

Rory and Gracie were beyond excited to see each other again!

Gracie felt right at home in New York City! She loved her first subway ride.

Because of the rain, we headed up town to The Children's Museum of Manhattan.

Aidan loved dying Easter Eggs!

We had a really nice brunch after Easter Mass at Landmarc in Tribeca.

Dressed up in their Easter best!

I had to put this picture in because Gracie looks so darn cute!

Little Easter bunnies!

Uncle Sean reading to Aidan about Chicago.

For more pictures of brunch, click here:

http://gallery.me.com/nora.taylor#100287

For pictures from April (including Easter) click here:

http://gallery.me.com/nora.taylor#100303

Spring Round-Up

Aidan will be 20 months old tomorrow, April 19th and Rory will be 3 months on the 22nd...I really cannot believe it. This may have been the fastest three months of my life...here is a little round-up:

On March 5th, Grace Elizabeth Mogensen (my Goddaughter!) and Rory James Taylor (Erin Mogensen and Rob Taylor are his Godparents) were Baptized together at Nativity of Our Lord Church in Chicago.

It was so great to have the Ryan (Taylor/Mogensen) cousins together. Aidan behaved pretty well with his new cousin and little brother.

My parents could not be happier!

My Aunt Maureen flew back to New York with us and stayed for a week! She is amazing and we had such a great time with Maur Maur (what Aidan has started calling her!).

Al ran the Manhattan Half Marathon (in a record time of 1:36 minutes!) although Rory was born in 30 minutes so I don't really know how impressive that time is. :) What is impressive though is that he raised over $8,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation!

One of the highlights of the Spring was Matt and Suzie's wedding! The ceremony and reception were held at The Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island and it was as beautiful as it was fun! A BIG thanks to my Mom who flew to New York to stay with Aidan while we were celebrating in Florida.

The next generation of Taylor/Tallaricos!

Most recently we celebrated Bob's 65th Birthday! Pat cooked a delicious meal and we had such a great night celebrating Bob!

For more Taylor Family pics:

March Pics

http://gallery.me.com/nora.taylor#100248

Baptism Pics:

http://gallery.me.com/nora.taylor#100257

Matt & Suzie's Wedding

http://gallery.me.com/nora.taylor#100273

February...so far

Aidan is a year and a half and Rory is one month! These past four weeks have flown by faster than any other four weeks I've ever lived! Aidan has started saying more words now. His repertoire includes: Ice, Abby, Apple, Mommy (finally!), Boppy, GG, Car and Ball. Rory is doing well too. He's just shy of 10lbs and every once in a while will give us 5 hours at night!

Here are a couple of my favorite pictures from February:

This is one of the professional pictures we had done by my friend Mary. They turned out more amazing then I thought. I'm pretty sure this one is my favorite!

Here is Rory enjoying a few moments on the floor in his "rain forest" while Aidan is napping and the living room is safe!

Aidan had his 4th haircut! Just in time for his 4th tooth that is poking through!

Here is Aidan picking out a monologue. Perhaps he could give me a few pointers.

Rory James Taylor!

T2 has a name and it is Rory James Taylor! He arrived one week early on Saturday, January 22nd at 9:36am. Al and I arrived at the hospital around 9:05am so it was another speedy delivery! He is amazing and it is so fun to already see how different he is from his big brother.

A big thanks to Judie, Pat and Bob who looked after Aidan while Al, Rory and I had our two nights in the hospital. I was so thankful to Al who got us a private room and stayed with us for both nights.

So far Aidan and Rory are getting along well. Aidan likes to point at him and say "baby" and grab his feet, hands and nose and Rory doesn't seem to mind. It was also great that my Mom and Dad came for a week to provide Aidan with 24/7 attention and taught him some new "tricks".

Rory came into this world 40 hours after his cousin Grace Elizabeth Mogensen! My sister and Mark welcomed the little lady two weeks early and she is adorable. Al and I are so excited to have a niece and I can't wait to shop in the girls section!

Gracie is the cutest little thing and I can't wait to get her and Rory together for their big joint Baptism in March!

For pictures from Rory's first week, click here:

http://gallery.me.com/nora.taylor#100230