Taylor's First Date!

Taylor has had a boyfriend, Brandon, for quite a while now! Brandon is on Taylor's Tball team, and I went to school with his parents. He is such a cutie, and quite the gentleman. He brings Taylor flowers, gave her a ring (from the $.50 machines), and we have caught them holding hands a few times at practice and games - they are just adorable!



This past weekend, Taylor and Brandon had their first date! We all went to see Up in 3D. Brandi, Brandon's mom, called that morning to tell me that Brandon was soooo excited, and that he was helping his Daddy in the yard to earn money "to buy Taylor popcorn" - isn't he just the sweetest? Taylor had to wear a dress, and she had me fix her hair in braids. So cute! We all had a great time at the movie (even after Trace was "done" wearing the 3D glasses and decided that if he didn't run around a little he might fall asleep...unacceptable to him, of course). The little girl closest to the camera is Brandon's little sister Hailey, she is an adorable little girl, and quite mature for 3 1/2!





John didn't make it to the movie, but I was telling him about it afterwards. He has been giving Taylor a hard time about Brandon, and now has her convinced that he has purchased some "Anti-Hand Holding Cream", that he is going to apply to Taylor's hands to keep Brandon away. Last night, John told Tay that he had the lotion and that he was going to put it on while she was sleep (nice, could have been a disaster if she refused to sleep - but Daddy's don't think about those things...). So John and Trace were in bed, and I was in the bathroom getting ready for bed. Taylor was in there all worried about this lotion and was thinking of ways to keep him from putting it on her. This is what she came up with...




That's right...Taylor slept with gloves on. She has decided that until she either finds the lotion to get rid of it, or is old enough to date (John says that's at 40), she is sleeping with gloves on. She is so funny, and smart too! **Bad parent alert** The kids both still sleep with us (has to end soon, no room in the bed because a certain little boy insists on sleeping sideways), and were both still asleep this morning when John and I were up getting ready for work. I snapped those pictures, and told John to check out Tay's hands...he couldn't get over her dedication!

As long as Taylor sticks with Brandon, I think we are good - he's quite the gentleman, and has a great family!