Happy Earth Day and Easter!

In honor of Earth Day on April 22nd, we wanted to do a quick post to document Taylor's first movie experience "Earth" by Disney. Al and I had heard about this movie coming out and really wanted to see it. It chronicles three "families" (Polar Bears, Whales, and Elephants) as they go through a year in our ever-changing environment. It also has many co-stars of birds, monkeys, lions, penguins, etc. My dad happened to win some sneak preview passes for Sunday morning, so we took advantage of them!

Side note: Disney will plant a tree in your honor for every ticket purchased opening week. The movie comes out April 22nd and is a great one for kids of all ages! :)

Taylor was so tired when we got there even though it was a 10am movie. She had too much fun partying with Great Aunt Joan and Great Uncle Bryan the night before! Thanks again for watching her, she had a blast!!
She became alert though the minute we walked into the theater and saw grandma and grandpa. When the movie started, she was a little nervous (because of some loud music), but she soon got really into it. She would do her signs and call out the animal names. Luckily there were other babies and kids in the theater so no one was annoyed. Actually, I think grandma and grandpa were louder than Taylor making funny noises at her and calling out the animals. I actually "shushed" them more! Too funny. :)

She made it through the whole movie and traded laps between everyone. She would tend to go into Al's lap during parts where there was intense music, but seemed to enjoy it. She ended up passing out with about 20 minutes left and woke up right at the end. We really had no idea how she would do since she doesn't watch much t.v. right now, but overall, it was a great experience!

Relaxing in daddy's lap after her quick snooze. We actually gave her the Nuk for two reasons, 1) it quieted her down a little and 2) we kind of wanted her to nap a tiny bit.

Not the best picture of everyone, but we had to capture the moment.

Family shot at Mall of America (outside the movie theaters):

For those of you who have never been to MOA, here is the indoor amusement park. Taylor was in awe the minute we walked in. I think it was too much for her to take in, maybe in a year we'll check it out.

Now for Easter!

We started the morning with grandma and grandpa and had breakfast out:

Then headed to Rochester to spend Easter with great-grandma and extended family.

Sweet face..one of the rare times that we get a smile out of her for the camera!

Taylor Jean with her cousin Benaysay (Joni's cousin's daughter) who will be 3 in May:

Frankie (Joni's cousin Matt's son), Taylor and Benaysay..guess who the loud one is??

Sweet hug after sharing the eggs from the egg hunt:

Common face she makes...I think I have some like this when I was her age...

Family shot, it was hard to get a good one with Tay, but this works!

Four generation picture:

Funny video of a duck that does the funky chicken (how does that make any sense?). My aunt Ann bought it for Benaysay (her granddaughter) and Taylor was really riveted by it. You see Benaysay coming in at the end to reclaim her toy. Hehe.



Ok, just for fun, I had to add this photo that my aunt Mary found of me a little while ago. I was about 2 and could really see Taylor in this photo...we have the same glazed look apparently. ;)

Coming up....our trip to Austin happening this weekend!!