THE DAYTON FAMILY

Taylor loves his "Da-dees" (Daddy) ! ...and his "Ba-Pa" (Grandpa) ! I got to hang out with my best friends, Jamie & Tashina, when Jamie visited from Seattle. Taylor & I have had fun with the warm weather (which randomy disappeared the last few days) , and have gone to the park lots & had a few picnics. Taylor LOVES helping me in the kitchen. He likes throwing the chopped up veggies into salads, mixing things up, and his favorite is helping me scoop flour or sugar into whatever I am baking and then turning on the Bosch Mixer and watching it go around. He even attempted cracking an egg this week...luckily it didn't make too much of a mess! He also loves to unload and load the dishwasher. What a helpful boy I have!!! *** Also - I turned 25 this week...I am OLD! Thanks for all of the wonderful Birthday presents, cards, wishes, etc..!

One of the things that I enjoy most in life is reading. Since becoming a mom that has become much harder for me than I thought. Especially because I spend most of my son's naps/early (& sometimes late) nightime sleeping working on medical transcription. My little sister Mary is always in the midst of several books and recommends plenty of them to me but I usually don't get around to reading them. However, about a week ago she brought me 'Hunger Games' and told me I had to read it and that it wasn't due at the library for a while. So, I decided to read it and did so in a couple of days. Today I finished the 2nd book in the series, 'Catching Fire' and I LOVED them both. I can't wait until the 3rd one comes out in August. The 2nd one left so many things hanging that I feel so unsettled/excited/nervous about what is going to happen - I love it when good book does that to me! So, if anyone is looking for something that is an easy but excellent read - yo

I woke up yesterday morning to snow and thought that it couldn't possibly be snowing in April, so surely it would be gone by today. Well, true to the weather report, it snowed all through the night and I woke up to this view of our backyard this lovely April morning. I think nature is playing an April Fool's joke on us. :) This was the most disturbing part for Taylor - the ball that we played with outside a few days ago all covered in snow. On another note - poor Taylor has been sick so many times this winter. He will just barely get over one thing when he catches something else. I think the last couple of weeks have been some of the worst of it. He started out with a terrible cough, congestion, fever, and sure enough another ear infection (3rd & worst one in 2.5 months.) Luckily - his Grandpa is an Otolaryngologist with a specialty in inner ear surgery...so he gets the best care when it comes to his ears. :) He is so good every time he gets his ears examined - my Dad clean