4 Month Check-up

On December 19th Tay had her 4 month check up. She weighted 15 pounds 8 ounces and is 24 1/2 inches long. She is very healthy and is hitting all the goals the doctors look for. One thing that the Dr said was that we can start introducing food to her diet. So I have decided to make the majority of her baby food. It's much cheaper and you know exactly what is in the food. My Dr recommended a great website that has all the information you need to know about introducing food as well as making it yourself. In case any of you are interested in checking out the website here it is http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/

Here are a few new picts of Taylin

Back to Work I go...

So I have survived my first week back to work. I'm already super busy and feel like I'm back into the swing of things. What I'm not used to is how crazy life is. I get up at 6:30 work all day and then go pick up Taylin from Kelly's house at about 4:30 and then go home and try to figure out what to eat!! It's out of control and the hard part is I know it's only going to get crazier!! I start back to school on January 5th and will be taking 2 classes so hopefully I can keep it together and still enjoy all of the amazing things going on in my life!!

On another note Taylin has been trying to roll over for a few weeks not and of course she decided to do it at Kelly's house the second day I was back to work!! I still haven't seen her do it!! but now we have to be really careful where we set her down so she doesn't roll of something and get hurt.

We have put up our tree and getting really excited for Christmas with Tay. Even though she won't understand it's still fun having her here and part of our traditions.

Here are a few new picts of her she is growing fast and I think she is around 16 pounds. We will find out in a couple weeks at her 4 month check up.

Happy and Chunky :)

Our daughter is the happiest and chunkiest (Sp??) baby in the world it's so fun spending the day with her in the last month she has gotten so much personality. I weighed Taylin the other day and she weights 15 pounds!! She is a good workout for my arm...LOL. I go back to work December 1st and am sure it's going to be a hard transition for me but at least Tay will be with family (my sister-in-law)!! well here are a few new picts I took of Tay...when I'm board my daughter and I have a photo shoot...LOL

The Latest

Well it's been about a month since I have posted anything Tay has changed quite a bit she smiles everyday, she "talkes" alot!! She has learned how to do a high pitched squeel when she is really happy...it's super cute. Tay holds her head up and really likes to look around. She likes to be part of the party so she doesn't want to be alone in a room. She is always content as long as she is in he same room as you. Well here are a few new picts from the last month.

Taylin's 7 Week Update

Today we went to the doctor and Taylin had her check-up...the doctor said that she is developing perfectly. She currently weights 11 pounds 3 ounces and is in the 75th percentile for her weight. She is 21 1/2 inches long which is the 50th percentile for her length so she is getting a little chubby!! She had to have 3 shots today and she was screaming the second she got the first one...it just made me want to cry becuase I had never seen her scream like that before. But overall it went well and she is healthy which is always a good thing to hear.

These pictures are courtesy of Completely Yours Events and Photography. A friend from church took them for us and they turned out great!!

Taylin and I

So I thought I would post a little about Taylin Rue. She is an amazing baby she is very chill she doesn't cry much unless she is hungry or needs to be changed. She has just started smiling at us intentionally which is a lot of fun. She has a very laid back personality and is a lot of fun to be around. Tom has nicknamed her monkey because she is constantly wiggling. We just had some pictures done of her so as soon as I get them back I will post some new professional picts of her.

An update on me - After being sick in the hospital for a week I have completely recovered and am doing well. I am feeling pretty rested these days since Taylin is an amazing sleeper. She has started to do 5-6 hour stretches during the night. The other night she slept for 7 1/2 hours!!! So we are definitely blessed with a great baby.

5 Weeks Old :)

Couple New Pictures

Tom's sister Kathy had her baby on 9/11 so here is Taylin and Jocelyn meeting for the first time! they are about 3 1/2 weeks apart.

The Last Couple Weeks

So since we have been home from Taylin's birth we were trying to figure out her schedule and we have been blessed with such an amazing child!! She is a very content baby she really only cries if she is hungry (or has gas) but other then that she is a really good baby. She sleeps anywhere from 3-5 hour stretches at night so we are blessed with a great baby. Well as we were just getting settled into her schedule I ended up getting sick.

I had been having sever chills and hot flashes for about a week and finally my mom said that's not normal let's take your temp so to make a long story short on Saturday 8/30 I had a temp of 104.3!!

We went to a walk in clinic where they were concerned that I might have some sort of infection in my uterus so they sent me to the ER. I ended up spending the last week in the hospital, I didn't have the infection in my uterus but I did have mastitis (not fun at all!!) So they began treating me for "normal" mastitis but I wasn't getting better. They finally had the infectious disease doctor come see me and they did some more tests and figured out that I had a staph infection. Once they started treating me for that I started to improve much more quickly and I was finally released from the hospital on Saturday 9/6!! They still have me on oral antibiotics so lets just pray that kicks the rest of the infection. It's really nice to be home!!!

More Pictures

Our Cute Little Family


Her First Ride in a Car



Just Chillin!



Lookin at Uncle Seth

Taylin's Here !!

Here are a couple pictures I will post more more stuff later. She was 7lbs 2 ounces, 19 3/4 long and was born 8/18/2008 at 7:00pm. She is doing great eating well and sleeping for a couple hours at a time.

Feet

So I thought I would share a picture of my feet with you...they are swelling more and more and my right foot is always more swollen then my left foot...fun times I just thought I would share this with you guys!

38 Week Belly Pict.

Here I am at 38 weeks just thought I would post a side shot for you guys! I am HUGE!! I feel like a whale...but that's ok I'm almost done and it's all worth it for Taylin!

Dr. Apt Update

I went to the Dr today for my weekly appointment and found out that I had progressed to 3 cm dilated and 80% effaced!! So I am happy with that! Last week I was only 1 cm and 80% effaced so I'm happy that things are moving along! I have been trying to walk every night and I think that definitely made a difference! Here are a few pictures from Tom's cousins wedding. As you can tell I am really tired these days!! It takes alot of energy to do anything!!




This is me and my sister-in-law Kathy, she is due on September 25th (also with a girl!!)

This is me and my other sister-in-law Kelly, she has 2 boys and is going to watch Taylin for us when I go back to work!! What a huge blessing for us!!

Baby Update

So I am almost 37 weeks which means at that point I will technically be "full term" whatever that is supposed to mean! I have am currently dilated to a 1 so hopefully there will be some progression at my next appointment on Friday. I have like 8 friends who are all pregnant and due within about a month of me and so far 2 of them have had there babies so I am getting anxious to have Taylin!!

Here is an updated belly shot of me at 35 weeks!

Baby showers!!

I have started having my baby showers so that has been fun. We have so many friends and family that want to bless us that we am having 4 showers!! I just thought I would share a few pictures from the showers!! I have had 2 and still have 2 more to come in the next couple weeks!!

These are pictures from my shower that Hannah hosted for me!! It was at my grandma's house and we had a lot of fun!! We got a bunch more cute clothes and lots of stuff to get Tom and I set up for when Taylin is born!!











These pictures are from my first shower that Tom's mom and aunt threw for me! We got alot of great stuff including, clothes, diapers, our stoller and carseat combo, a hamper and lots more great stuff for Taylin.