http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09.html 2 years old! I know it’s a cliche, but it really is amazing how quickly they grow and change. He’s talking constantly, doing imaginative play (showing his toy elephant all sorts of things, etc.), and just being insanely cute. We also had some great news to announce in November: Ben’s going to be a big brother next year! We’re very excited. (Not sure what Ben thinks about the idea yet.) http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09.html#0 2aa25195-1e40-4ff7-b754-7bfe32022cfd http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0284.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0284.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0284.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_202_54"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Oct 7. At bedtime, I read books with Mommy and Daddy.</p></div></div> http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09.html#1 fc97cc0e-c730-4ec7-b3bd-e52ab3e242eb http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0484.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0484.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0484.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_202_54"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Oct 11. And every night I take a bath. Sometimes Daddy blows bubbles!</p></div></div> http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09.html#2 a43bfe0d-8536-4508-9085-2d462a8ade78 http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0049.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0049.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0049.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_202_54"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Nov 09. Ami got me a new backhoe for my birthday!</p></div></div> http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09.html#3 2a21eae2-3099-4dd1-95d5-b51a8239a522 http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0103.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0103.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0103.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_202_54"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Nov 11.  Berries are yummy!</p></div></div> http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09.html#4 386ed5f8-b677-4145-b107-c04ccd549e8c http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0203.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0203.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0203.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_202_54"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Nov 21. I had a birthday party today!</p></div></div> http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09.html#5 19f882f8-af9e-49db-8ead-2e99f67d221b http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0112.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0112.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0112.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_202_54"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Nov 21. My cake had an AIRPLANE and a TRAIN!!</p></div></div> http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09.html#6 aa3ff21c-4fc3-4037-af3b-cc6b31de6cea http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0169.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0169.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0169.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_202_54"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Nov 21. Lots of friends came over to play for my birthday party.</p></div></div> http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09.html#7 d987b375-d13a-4bbe-a088-f5860fa7314a http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0262.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0262.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0262.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_202_54"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Nov 21. And Lola was there, too!</p></div></div> http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09.html#8 77c4d59e-1b1c-4513-8540-87b57a82b34f http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0279.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0279.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0279.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_202_54"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Nov 21. I was really tired afterwards.</p></div></div> http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09.html#9 bf8a659f-073f-47df-a892-8b78ec3bea0d http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0292.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0292.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0292.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_202_54"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Nov 22.  I am also discovering the joys of hats and toilets!</p></div></div> http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09.html#10 a10c5d98-11d7-4ea5-a374-00588224d029 http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0417.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0417.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0417.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_202_54"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Nov 28.  There were leaves all over the ground, and I got to rake them!!</p></div></div> http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09.html#11 7ba80639-2c10-423b-b20c-3d105eac71a9 http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0429.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0429.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0429.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_202_54"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Nov 28.  It was lots of fun.</p></div></div> http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09.html#12 c33212cd-fcfe-4bc1-86fb-e453c3e75f78 http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0489.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0489.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0489.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_202_54"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Nov 28. I got to play outside with Daddy, too.</p></div></div> http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09.html#13 a083355a-7138-41be-9818-3c71d51249ac http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0547.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0547.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/DSC_0547.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_202_54"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Nov 28.  I LIKE raking leaves!</p></div></div> http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09.html#14 2d16b78e-a210-4dba-bd53-8c8a07f2665e http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/Ben%202%20yr%20school%20picture.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/Ben%202%20yr%20school%20picture.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/Ben%202%20yr%20school%20picture.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_202_54"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">November 2009.  My first school photo!  I was not too impressed with the photographer, though...</p></div></div> http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09.html#15 10513547-22d6-4934-9a30-cc768f2d31ef http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/Number%202%20US%209%20wk%20.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/Number%202%20US%209%20wk%20.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.taylortan.org/TaylorTan/Our_Family/Pages/Oct-Nov_09_files/Media/Number%202%20US%209%20wk%20.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_202_54"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Nov 29.  I’m going to have a new baby brother or sister this summer! (9 week ultrasound) </p></div></div>