"I am 16 going on 17"

I guess 2 and a half going on 17 would be more accurate

Our little Taylee is awesome. She has the fastest and most extreme mood changes of anyone I've ever met-BUT-she can change her mood into a happy mood in a matter of seconds. Seriously. She just decides "I'm happy now" and she is. It's incredible. Her "bad" moods...not so incredible. She is super loving and very nurturing to her big brother...I can only imagine how she'll be to little brother. She has a definite style and loves to pick out her own clothes and dress herself. The dressing herself part I love...the clothes/outfits she picks out...not so much. She is very good at expressing love and lets me and Ty know multiple times throughout the day how much she loves us.

She is definitely our little princess and we are so grateful she's a part of our family

She rarely takes naps now, and if she's does-it's of her own free will. This is how I found her a few weeks ago when she put herself to bed. True princess style...with cinderella gown and all

Some samplings of Taylee's style:

notice the princess crown at the lunch table

headwear's important

as are tights...you can never have too many tights

Now, this was my doing...but I was soooo happy that my girl finally has long enough (and thick enough) hair for french braids! Hurray!

For about 6 months now, my kids have just been doing showers. I was done with doing baths and they were happy to move on. They love their hot (and often long) showers. They're pretty independent with them. A few weeks ago at dinner, Taylee said she wanted a warm shower. She got down, cleaned herself up, and got into the shower. She was being really quiet (there's usually loud singing involved), so we went in to check on her and found her like this:

Sound asleep with the warm water raining down on her back. I was super glad it was a shower and all the water drains right out. Warm showers help me get sleep too. Don't grow up so fast my little lady. These young days with you are too precious