THE DAYTON FAMILY

Kyla falls asleep in all different positions, but sitting up is the funniest.  The other day, I put her down for her nap and came back in to check on her about 10 mintues later and found this:

I have been getting sick of dealing with my long hair for a while, but just haven't had the nerve to cut it off because it grows so incredible slowly.  But I finally decided to do it last week.  I realized that I had enough to donate to Locks of Love, so I did it - 12 inches !  (Something I really never thought I'd be able to do with my thin & fine, turtle-paced growing hair.) It turns out that they don't give you a cute haircut...just chop it straight all the way around, so I still need to go somewhere and get it fixed, but here it is:

 Sometimes grocery shopping can be SO worth it with these two.  They are just adorable together.  I'm pretty sure that Taylor is Kyla's favorite person in the world and he adores her right back, making it so much fun for me to watch! 

Entwined is a novel by my cousin (well, my cousin's cousin...same thing, right??) , Heather Dixon , that was recently published.  It's an enchanting fairy tale based on the Grimm Brother's "12 Dancing Princesses".  It's a fun and easy read with all the 'good stuff' - adventure,  romance, dancing, magic, etc...  I loved reading this twist on a favorite childhood story! Here is some of her artwork for the story that she posted on a book review blog, she is also an artist!

My brother Thomas flew out to visit us for Memorial Day Weekend!  He is our first visitor after about a month here in Colorado Springs.  It was so much fun for us to have him here.  I was really missing family.  We had a very fun-filled weekend with lots of activities.  We picked Thomas up from the Denver Airport on Friday morning.  After we got home, Kyla randomly fell asleep on him.  It was so cute! On Friday night we went to Seven Falls, a waterfall made of 7 different smaller falls.  It was fun abut scary getting Tay up and down the 230+ rickety little stairs to the top of the falls.   On Saturday Thomas took us to breakfast - mmmmm!  On the way home we were following signs to a yard sale and had to pull over for an ambulance.  When we got to the sale several minutes later, it was at the house across the street - random.  Then he and David spent several hours cutting and hauling tree branches and other rand...

Yesterday Taylor got his foot caught under the door as it was swinging open.  It bled a LOT.  Poor guy.  After he got over the initial shock he kept saying sadly, "I be too closer to the door" He was very good to stay off of it most of the day as I kept reminding him if he moved around it would bleed more.  He kept saying, "I jus' need ta ree-lax!"  Cute kid.  Hopefully it will heal quickly.  It is a pretty nasty & deep cut.  Tay loves to wear this backpack he found that used to be my cousin's.  He wears it a lot: Kyla is a little daredevil always climbing up onto things and is totally unafraid of  heights.  She isn't satisifed to just sit on Daddy's shoulders...she has to stand and bounce: Such a little biter! On Sunday I couldn't get Taylor to settle down for a nap and he was really tired so I told him I'd lay down next to him for just a minute.  David came looking for me an hour later and fou...

Kyla turned one last week. She is still wearing 6-9 month clothes and size 2 shoes. We haven't had her 12-month check yet, but a month ago she was 26 inches and 17 lbs 10 oz. Her petite size makes it harder for me to believe she is actually 1, but then she opens that cute mouth of hers and says, "Hi Mommy!" then points to her toys and says, "baby" or "bear" and then when she gets it, she smiles and says, "Happy!" That's when I realize she REALLY is 1! She has also been saying "thank you", "pretty", "Tay Tay", "Daddy", and "Yay!" a lot. Lately she has said a lot of: "Oooh yeah!" and "Who Dat?" (I think she copied Tay on that last one.) She will copy most anything we say to her including songs. She is still so social and loves to be part of any conversation. She isn't walking yet, but stands up on her own and is very proud of herself when she does it. Favorite Toys:...