Taija's First Time at the Beach

Taija loved the beach! She liked to play in the water as it came up over her toes.

Florida Vacation

Here are some pics from our vacation to Florida - Enjoy!


Taija on the 4th of July

Bathing with the cousins! Ryan had to get out, he bonked his head

Playing with Daddy on the hammock at the beach house

They all wanted to be IN the crib

It's Coming Up Quick!

Taija unpacking her books I just packed

Our BIG move is coming up quick! We are moving to Florida! Justin and his parents will be driving all of our stuff out on July 25th while Taija and I are flying out on the 29th. I am still trying to pack all of our stuff, but easier said then done with Miss Taija crawling around taking things out of the box just as quickly as I put them in...

Taija's New Shoes

I thought you all would like to see Taija's new shoes - she actually likes them! Okay, well not like exactly, but she tolerates them. She needs some shoes so that when we go out to places she can walk around on the floor without me wondering what is getting all over her little feet!

All is Well!

Just thought I would give an update of things Taija is doing now...she loves to pull herself up on anything possible. She loves for you to help her "walk." Taija's personality is really coming out now - she is so much fun! Here are some random pic..

Taija's 1st Time Swimming

So Taija went swimming! She absolutely loves the water! Enjoy the pics

Taija's Great Grandmas!

I wanted to post a couple of pictures of Taija with her Great Grandmas. Great Grandma Yamashita loves when we visit and likes to show us her pretty flowers! Great Grandma Smith has a parrot that Taija loves to talk to!

Taija and her DVDs

So...Taija's favorite thing to do is play with all of our DVD's. She likes to pull them all out and spread them across the floor!

Taija at the Zoo

While we were in Southaven, MS we went to the Memphis Zoo. Taija's first time at the zoo was so much fun - she loved the polar bears!

From Vacation

Daddy even got to pet a penguin!

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From Vacation

Taija the babysitter

Taija is such a good helper - Mommy was taking care of Kirari and Taija was helping. It was really funny because Taija would be crying and Kirari would start fussing and Taija would stop and just look at her...

From Vacation

From Vacation

First Plane Ride

So...Taija went on her first plane ride! We all went to visit Uncle Bryan, Auntie Reiko and new baby cousin Kirari. Taija was extremely good on the airplane - she slept 75% of time!

From Vacation

From Vacation

6 month pics!

Today we went to Sears and had Taija's pics taken because tomorrow is her big 6 month milestone! She was such a good girl - smiling and playing with the photographer who did an excellent job! Enjoy!

Rice Cereal

The other day Taija and I decided we would try rice cereal...let me tell you it wasn't very tasty. Taija loved her little spoons, but wanted nothing to do with the yucky cereal - I can't say that I blame her! So...next time we are going to try mixing with some yummy tasting juice.

Hot Winter Nights Volleyball

So...Justin, Taija and I joined my mom, dad, josh and Christina last night at the Hot Winter Nights AVP volleyball event. It was so much fun! It was at the E Center and we were actually in a suite which was so nice because then nobody cared if taija cried and she could lay out on her blanket and we could just move around! Fabulous - thanks mom! Well, like a dummy I totally forgot my camera so sorry no pics. The volleyball was awesome Jake Gibb - from Bountiful was there and so was one of the guys who won a gold medal in Beijing - Rosenthaul. Of course the girls were there in their bikinis and the guys all had their shirts off. All in all it was a wonderful Valentines Day evening!

Florida...here we come!

So it's official we will be going to Fort Lauderdale, FL for med school come Fall. Well, actually orientation is on July 27th - a little sooner than we thought. We will be flying out shortly after Kate and Scott's wedding which is on the 23rd. We are all excited, although I am a little scared to be moving so far away from family and friends. Wish us luck!

Jump, Jump, Jumperoo

For Christmas Taija received a Jumper toy from her Grandma - she loves it! I thought I would just put some pics of her for you to see! She is not quite big thus the box underneath!

From Taija

From Taija

Go GATORS!

So...for Christmas Uncle Josh gave Taija the cutest little outfit - a Gators onesie with matching booties, pacifier and bib! Like any other Gator fan we were watching the big game on Thursday night! What a game?!

Taija and Santa

A couple of weeks ago at our Ward Christmas party we had a special visitor - Santa! Taija was being so good - so we got her picture taken with Santa. Isn't she cute?!

From Taija

From Taija

From Taija

Taija's Bath Time

The other night Justin and I were giving Taija a bath - when we brought her into her room in her little hooded towel I just couldn't resist taking her picture. Taija was so cute smiling and stretching out. I put a diaper on her before taking the pictures - I didn't want to embarass her!

From Taija

From Taija

2 Months!

So Taija made it to two months! Hooray! Taija had her two month check-up on Dec. 2nd...she had to get 4 shots! Not too much fun for her, but she did really well. Luckily I had to go to work right after so Justin had her most of the day, but she pretty much slept becuase of the tylonel. It was so much fun to see how big she has gotten - or rather how little she is. She is 24 inches long which puts her in the 95%, but sadly she is barely 10lbs. which puts her in the 27%. She is definetely her daddy's little skinny girl!

Taija's BFF Sophie

Yesterday Justin, Taija and I all went to the blessing of our good friend's daughter Sophie. Sophie Ann Call was born only 3 days before Taija and her mom and I have decided for them that they are going to be BFF's. After the blessing we took some pics of the two of them together. They are so cute!

Taija's a BIG girl

So the other day Justin thought it would be fun to sit Taija up on the couch - well she looked so cute we just had to take a bunch of pictures. From the couch she was moved into Justin's BIG chair - she looks so little sitting in it.

Family Pics

So...Justin, Taija and I went and had our pics taken for our Christmas cards. She was extremely fussy that morning and I was worried that none of the pics would turn out, but thankfully our photographer Mike was AWESOME! Here are the pics - enjoy!

Taija's Blessing Day

Well, Taija is officially one month old! And on her one month mark Taija was blessed by her daddy! It was such an amazing experience. Sadly the microphone did not work and so most of us weren't able to hear it, but luckily the chapel was very quiet and so mommy was able to hear a little bit of it. Taija's Auntie Janet made her beautiful dress and her Great Grandma MorMor made here the cutest little booties. Funny though because she actually recieved two pair because the first ones weren't big enough for her long toes!

Afterwards everyone came over for dinner and to celebrate. It was so much fun - a little bit of a tight squeeze in our home, but we made it work! Thanks to everyone who helped out and were there to celebrate with us!

Med School here we come!

So FINALLY Justin has been accepted to med school! NOVA Southeastern has officially accepted Justin! Hooray! It is such a relief to know that we are for sure going somewhere for med school Fall of 2009...