Another milestone…..

Well you have officially grown out of your Newborn outfits….sigh….but you have so many cute 3 month outfits!!! So I am really excited to dress you up in the new ones :)

4 Weeks Old....already!

Wow…four weeks old today!!! You will officially be one month old in three days!! I can’t believe how fast the time has gone by! So what has happened over the last month?

You are still wearing your newborn diapers and clothes but starting to grow out of them. You are becoming that in between size; not quite newborn and not ready for the three month size yet.

You are starting to focus on our face which is so neat!! You will turn and look at us for periods of time and starting to follow our movements!

You are going longer in between feedings and sleeping better at night. We are on a four hour schedule now. After your first morning feeding when I put you in your bouncer you usually take about a five hour nap before you wake up for your next feeding.

Dad and I went on a date to Cracker Barrel so your Grammie and Grampie got to watch you last Saturday for a few hours and they loved it!

You have had two Doctors appointments and will get your first set of shots in December.
Here are your stats from your two Doctor’s visits.

October 27th:
Weight: 8.1lbs,
Height: 20 inches
Head circumference: 14 ½

On November 11th:
Weight: 8.14lbs
Height: 20 ½ inches
Head circumference: 14 ¾

The First Week!

You are now a week old or 168 hours and we just can’t get enough of you!! You are such an amazing, wonderful and beautiful baby! In the last week you have brought so much joy to our lives as well as to many others!

The first day home; Fri. Oct. 22nd from the hospital was such a fun day! You had so many visitors that came by the house to visit you! I think you only hit the floor one time and that was for 20 minutes otherwise you were being held by someone. Needless to say the first night was a little rough but we loved every minute of it!!! You’re Daddy and I stayed up all night because you were a little fussy since you were not use to falling asleep in your pack n’ play. During the times that we were not holding you, I couldn’t put down the baby monitor; I just kept staring at it all night. Every little noise you made, every little turn or twitch of the hand I jumped up to check on you! You have no idea how much you have your Daddy and I already wrapped around your finger!

Saturday and Sunday night were much better! We had you staying up a little more during the day so you would be more tired at night and it worked! Right now you are on a good schedule of feeding every three to four hours.

On Saturday Oct. 23rd you got to meet your cousins; Camryn and Kelsey by video conference. On Sunday you got to meet your Aunt Brittney as well! You got your first washcloth bath on Sunday Oct. 24th and did great!

Your Grampie is already wondering when he can take you fishing and your Uncle Michael is asking when you are going to start walking!! You have and will always be surrounded by so much love Taylor!

So far, the items we seem to use the most are; the boppy, the changing table, the bouncer and the pack n play.

Checking In- Mon. Oct. 18

It’s finally here!! We checked into the hospital Monday Oct. 18th at 9pm to start the process of being induced. Your Daddy and I are so excited to meet you and keep saying “in less than 24 hours we will be parents” or “in less than 12 hours we should be parents!”

When we got to the hospital they checked us into a room and hooked me up to the IV, which looking back was the most painful part of everything! Once they got the IV in and all the monitors hooked up they realized I was already having regular contractions so they had to call the Doctor to see if they should still give me the pill to soften me. The Doctor said to go forward with giving me the pill so now we are another step closer to meeting you!! They put the first pill in around 11 and the second one in around 3am.

On Tuesday morning they checked to see how dilated I was and when they did, I was only at a two but was about 80% effaced. So they decided to start the pitocin drip. That was going for about 45 minutes when they started to notice a not so good pattern. I was having lots of contractions but each time I did your heart rate would drop so they took me off of the pitocin until they got in touch with Dr. Beckner.

Dr. Beckner made it to the hospital around 8am and came in to check and see if I became more dilated but was still only at a two. So while he was there they went ahead and started the pitocin drip again so he could monitor what was going on. He sat in the room and talked to us for a bit while he monitored the charts and unfortunately we both were still having a bad reaction to it. He made the decision to stop the pitocin.

He then told us he was afraid that if he let us go home and go into labor naturally since I was already having contractions that once we came back in it might be more of an emergency situation. Dr. Beckner said if I was his wife or his daughter he would recommend going forward with a C-section and Jeffrey and I both agreed right away that is what it was going to be because your health was the most important thing. It is now about 8:40am. I called my Mom to tell her that the Dr. recommends a C-section and that Jeffrey and I have agreed that is the best thing. She asked when she should come up and we said it would be a while and that she has plenty of time to go and vote.

Right after we hung up the phone the Doctor came back in the room to say he was going to have the Nurse’s get us ready!! The Nurse came in to get us ready and said they would be taking us back within the next ten minutes because the Doctor had a 9:30am appointment! Jeffrey called my Mom back to tell her to come up as well as his parents because it was going to be a lot sooner than expected!

It was great because both his parents and my Mom made it up to the hospital before they rolled us back at 8:55am. My Dad did not make it there before we got rolled back but was there waiting for us to get out of the surgery.

Once they had us ready and started to wheel us back I began to get a little emotional. I was so excited to know that we would be seeing you very soon but was so nervous about the needle I was about to get in my back!

I remember the double doors being open and seeing the surgery room and table where I was about to begin the next step. It was kind of scary looking, a table in the middle of the room with lots of bright lights around and every one wearing the blue scrubs over their clothes.

They moved me over to the surgery table and got the needle ready! I was very nervous about the needle but had such a wonderful Nurse and Doctor that both helped sooth me during the process. Once they did the needle; which really didn’t hurt nearly as bad as I was working myself up for it to be my whole lower body went numb. Once I was numb, Jeffrey got to come in once they were through with the needle. They put the catheter in and started cutting away.

You were born at 9:28am and you’re Daddy and my heart melted! You weighed 8lbs 6oz and measuring 19 ½ inches. Daddy got to hold you first since I was still on the surgery table and he had the biggest smile on his face!! He finally brought you over to me and I got to give you a big kiss! What an amazing feeling!! I couldn’t wait to get off of the surgery table and hold you!

They finally got done with my surgery and wheeled me back to our recovery room. Once we got settled into the room, they brought you in for me to hold and feed you!! What an amazing moment, one I will never forget!! You are so beautiful and perfect!! You did so well on our first feeding and have done so well since!

Once we were done with the feeding you had so many visitors that day! It was so much fun to see everyone and to show you off!!

36 Week Check Up and work Baby Shower!

We had our 36 week check up and Ultrasound on Thurs. and the Ultrasound Technician said my placenta had moved up!! So now if we were to go into labor we can just go ahead and go into labor instead of rushing to the hospital for a C-section. It was so great to see Baby Taylor on the monitor!!! She is still facing down and is really, really low they said which is good and right where she needs to be. They said she weighs approximately 6lbs 8oz. right now and her heart beat was a strong 140 beats per minute. We now start going weekly to the Doctor!

We had our work Baby Shower on Wed. and it was so much fun!! It was over the lunch break in the University Room and so many coworkers showed up. We played a really fun game where everyone was broken up into four teams and had to draw a card out of a bag. On that card was a Nursery rhyme along with several genera categories. They had to pick a music category; Reggae, Country, Jazz, Rap, Opera, etc. and sing and dance the Nursery Rhyme for me while I got to judge the teams for a winner! The winner was the Country version of Old McDonalds Farm! Baby Taylor got so much stuff!! She has more clothes than we are going to know what to do with and they are all so cute!!!

We can’t wait to meet our little Taylor!!

34 Week Check Up

Last Thursday; Sept. 9th was my 34 week check up and I just love getting to hear Taylor’s heartbeat!! It is such a soothing sound to hear! The Doctor didn’t have any answers for me as to why I got so dehydrated and sick the other week which is kind of frustrating. All he said was that the Baby was ok and that is the most important thing. The Doctor said she is face down already so the little hump I always feel under my ribs is her little tush =) He did say for my next appointment; 36 week check up, we will be doing an Ultrasound to make sure my placenta has moved up because at my last Ultrasound when we found out if she was a Boy or Girl he said my placenta was low. I really hope it did! He said 95% of the time it will move up as the Baby grows. I asked him what if it didn’t and he said we would have to do a C-section. So I am praying that it moved up and we can have a Natural delivery.

We are getting so close!!! Only 5 more weeks left until we get to meet our wonderful Gift from God!! Thank you Lord for blessing us each and everyday!

A Night in the Hospital

For the last week I have felt very light headed at times and nauseas. At my Dentist appointment last Thurs. I had to ask them twice to lean me back up and for some water because I kept feeling like I was going to pass out. It was not a very fun feeling but at least I got out of the fluoride part =)

Then all day Thursday at work I kept getting that feeling again of light headedness and nauseated. I called my Doctors Nurse at the office to ask her about it and she said I may becoming anemic which is very common in your third trimester and for me to start taking an iron supplement like Slow FE. By the time I got home from work at 5 I started throwing up and not feeling good at all. I tried to eat a bowl of cereal after that and within 20 minutes of finishing that it came right back up. My Mom suggested that I call the on call Doctor and see what they say because by this time it was 9pm and I had thrown up 16 times. I called the Doctor and she said try drinking just water and fluids and if you are not able to keep that down then I need to come up to the Labor and Delivery part of the hospital immediately because they did not want me to get dehydrated. As soon as we hung up the phone I made a huge glass of ice water and laid down for about an hour and a half before it all came up. I called my parents; they always make me feel better when I am sick and they came over and took me to the hospital at 11. Once we got there they had me do a urine test to see if I was dehydrated and sure enough I was. They then took some blood to continue running tests. Next they hooked me up to an IV and gave me some nausea medicine because I kept feeling like I was going to throw up and sure enough once they got me hooked up and gave me the medicine through the IV I started throwing up again. My body was not reacting well to the nausea medicine they gave me so they called the Doctor to see what they could do. All I wanted was a glass of water but they couldn’t let me have one because the ice chips they gave me earlier were making me throw up. She told them to give me another kind of nausea medicine and all I remember was that I think it started with a G and it worked. I was finally able to fall asleep. It took three full bags of IV fluid before I was finally starting to feel better and rehydrated. Once I woke up they gave me a couple of ice chips and two saltine crackers to see if I could keep those down and they said once I was able to keep something down they would let me go. I was able to successfully eat the ice and crackers without throwing up so we got released Friday morning around 9:30.

They got all my blood work back and everything was fine which was good. They were able to rule out food poising and the flu but were still unable to figure out what caused all of this. They said they have seen cases of this before so that made me feel a little better. I would have to say out of everything it was such a great feeling getting to hear Taylor’s heartbeat all night because I was hooked up to monitors so they could monitor her as well. And the ice chips they give you are really soft and good!

I am finally starting to feel better but all day Friday when I got home all I did was sleep which was much needed because those hospital beds were not very comfortable.

Friends and Family Baby Shower

Saturday August 28th was the Friends and Family Baby Shower that Kacee, Kacee’s Mom and Veronica threw for us. It was at a little restaurant called “The White Flamingo” in there Tea Room in Old Town Spring. Everything was set up so cute and it was such a great shower!! We feel so blessed to have such wonderful friends and family supporting us and sharing in this wonderful time with us!!! Taylor got so many wonderful and adorable gifts!! She got her bedding, a bouncer, tons of cute clothes including her first pair of jeans!! Every girl needs a good fitting pair of jeans =) We also got the diaper bag, her backpack carrier thing and lots of blankets.

I had the day off of work Monday so I could wash and sort out everything which has been so much fun!! Her room is a mess right now but we will soon have everything in order.

32 Week Check Up

We had our 32 week check up on Tues. and we got to hear her heart beat again….such an Amazing thing to hear =) We are measuring at 32 weeks as well which is great!! The Dr. told me the next milestone will be 34 weeks because if I were to go into labor now until then they would do everything to stop it but once I hit 34 weeks if we were to go into labor they would let us go! So exciting, it is getting so close!!

Below is Taylor’s first room decoration that we got from our friend and neighbor; Michelle =) It looks so good in her room!

The other two pictures are of the Beautiful quilt that our other neighbor and friend; Sarah handmade for her!! It is so pretty and soft!!

Happy Birthday to Me!

The last 24 hours have been a wonderful celebration with family and friends! Last night we went to dinner with Kacee and Bobby at Raffa’s on Lake Houston which was really good but even better was the company =) Kacee surprised me with four cupcakes; white cake with white icing and sprinkles, a Red Velvet cup cake and two different kinds of chocolate cup cakes that we all split into fourths. These are from the same place that she ordered the cup cakes from for the upcoming Baby Shower! They were all really good but the two chocolate one’s were way too sweet for all of us so we took those two home. Well sometime today while I was at work Titan decided to help himself and ate both of them; wrappers and all!! That was a lot of chocolate!! I guess he wanted to celebrate my Birthday as well!!

Today at work my Mom and Dad sent me a Flower cake which is a cake made of only flowers!! It is so pretty and I had never seen one before!! Then for lunch some of my wonderful co-workers took me out to TGI Friday’s for lunch! THEN we went to TX Roadhouse for dinner with my Parents and Brother and got completely full!! We have had lots of food in the last 24 hours!!

We got the Pack N’ Play from the UPS guy today that my Brother got us!! Even though we will be taking it down to make more room Jeffrey got to put it together so we could see what it looks like!! We also got the matching car seat too!! Below are some pictures of some of Taylor’s stuff =)

Flower Cake





Pack N Play




The Matching Car Seat


The Big Girl Car Seat appropriately called “Titan”


The Bouncer


The Boppy

10 Weeks Left!!!

We had our 30 week check up today and everything went well!! She is an active little girl, who was bouncing around for the Nurse when she was letting us listen to the heartbeat. Baby T had the hiccups when she was listening to the heartbeat which was 150 beat per minute! We measured at 30 which is good since we are at 30 weeks now.

Now it is time to sign up for the birthing class coming up in September, find a Pediatrician and start looking around at Daycares in the Kingwood area! If you know of any recommendations for either please let us now!! I am taking two days of this month to start looking at some daycares so hopefully that will go well.

Baby Shower

We had our first Baby Shower last Saturday and it was so much fun!!! It was a Couple’s Shower just for our Neighbors =) We have been so Blessed to have such great Neighbors and Friends here!! Jeffrey and I can’t thank yall enough and express how much it all meant to us!!! Everything was beautiful and much more than we ever could have imagined!!

Baby T got so much great stuff and we have already started putting it all together!! The Nursery is looking so cute now with all the Baby stuff in it! Below are a few pictures from the shower!

The food was so good, everything that we like and lots of the foods we have been craving, the cakes were beautiful, the decorations were so cute, the sign in table with all of our Baby pictures were a great surprise, the games were so much fun but the best part was the company!!





The gift/sign in table


The Food

Baby Drawing Game

It’s beginning to look a lot like a Nursery!!

Mom and I went shopping in the Woodlands last weekend trying to find decoration for the Baby Room but didn't find to much. We did find the matching Mobile to our bedding at Pottery Barn and some curtains at Bed, Bath and Beyond! The curtains we really liked though were just a little too pricey at Pottery Barn; $180 total!!! Also, they didn’t have the right length for our window which we are kind of glad because that is a lot of money for curtains!! We ended up going with some solid pink one’s from Bed, Bath and Beyond for only $40 and they look great in the Nursery!! We also got the changing table in and Jeffrey put that together last weekend. Below are some pictures!! Now we just need to find some decorations for the wall!





Here is the pillow with the curtains and paint which all match really well!


The Mobile

French Doors

I have been saying I would love to have some French Doors where our Study/Formal Dining room is instead of a baby gate and Jeffrey suprised me and went and bought some. He is not done installing them yet but here is the progress so far!! I forgot to take the before picture though. So excited to have them done!

27 week Check Up

I passed my Glucose testing!! The score was 112…not sure how it is measured but we passed! We got to hear her heartbeat today and it was strong and so neat to hear! I wonder when and if I will get to do another ultrasound because I really want to see her! I go back now in three weeks so the appointments are getting closer together and soon will be weekly! We are getting so close to meeting our precious Angel!

Jeffrey said he is really proud of me because I had to get the shot today and I didn’t even cry!!! I have to say I am proud of myself too!! I told the Nurse not to take it personal if I start crying and don’t make eye contact with her once she goes to get the needle because I always cry when I have to get a shot. Her response was “We will go easy on you then.” This kind of makes me nervous because were you going to be rough otherwise?! Once she has the shot ready she told me to stand up because they have to give it to me in my hip…I have never had a shot in my hip and that seems like such a vulnerable place! Jeffrey said the needle was as long as his pinky finger…I don’t know if he was saying this to make me feel brave since I didn’t cry but I did feel it!!! Especially afterwards, it has been a little tender all day and burns! The Nurse said that is because they have to keep the shot cold. I am so glad that is over with!!

Taylor Nicole

It’s official!! We are going with the name “Taylor Nicole”! Jeffrey and I decided that is a name we both really like and can see using it when we are Happy with her, calling her name, and when she does something bad, etc. =) Pretty soon we will have a Taylor and a Titan (our dog) running around the house!

Last Friday I went and did the Glucose testing and was really nervous because everyone I talked to always said how bad it was or “O’ just wait until you have to do that” and it wasn’t bad at all! They gave me the Fruit Punch taste and it tasted like the old Hi-C or Hawaiian Punch juice box’s we would drink as kids. The only bad part was waiting in the waiting room for two and a half hours but it actually went by fast. I should get the results tomorrow at my Doctor’s appointment so fingers crossed. Tomorrow is also the day I have to get the shot. I still get so nervous around needles and always feel the need to cry when the Doctor mentions anything about getting a shot so prayers that tomorrow goes well and everything is healthy!

Jeffrey and I are really excited about the upcoming Baby Showers!! Our Neighbors are throwing us a Couple’s Shower on Sat. Aug. 7th and Kacee is throwing us another one on Sat. Aug. 28th in Old Town Spring! We are so excited about both of them and so appreciative of everyone who is pitching in to make it happen!! We are truly blessed and have so many things to be Thankful for!

25 Weeks= 3rd Trimester!

I can’t believe I am already in my third trimester!! What an exciting time this has been!! We have hit so many milestones and it has been such a wonderful experience learning about all her developments!

I just bought my first pair of maternity pants last week and boy are they comfortable!! I still really enjoy my milkdud’s as well as some gummy bears! =) I don’t crave meat like I did before the pregnancy but Jeffrey still does =) He will cook a steak for himself and I am content with spaghetti-O’s! We (Baby and I) really enjoy a bagel on Sat. mornings if we make it to the back of Kingwood and can’t miss our after work bowl of Trix! We love homemade cupcakes made by Kathy and Sarah! They are so good!!! I am not as tired as I was all the time at the beginning of my second trimester but I do like taking naps on the weekends and sometimes after work! We got to register this trimester and had so much fun doing that! There is so much cute stuff out there for babies! We did put together her crib this past weekend so the room is starting to come together!! She is moving all the time now but still gets shy when someone tries to feel her kicking. Jeffrey did get to feel her kick last Sat. and he was so excited!

We are looking forward to the rest of the pregnancy and can’t wait to meet her around Oct. 19th! We love you Baby!!

The Crib

The crib is in and Jeffrey put it together!! We really love it and below are some pics!





Titan tried to help

Taylor?

So we are thinking we are going to go with the name Taylor and if we do we need some help coming up with some middle names. Here are some thoughts that we have so far....we would love some suggestions!!

Taylor Nicole
Taylor Grace
Taylor Lynn
Taylor Anne

Jeffrey finally got to feel her kick and he loved it!!! I am so glad he finally got to feel her =)She was kicking alot and he kept saying "I felt it!" "Was that her?" "I felt it!"

23 Week Check Up

We had our check up today and everything went well!! We got to hear her heartbeat; a very strong 150 beats per minute. =) They also measured me for the first time and said I was right on measuring exactly 23 inch’s! The Dr. also gave me the lab request to go do the Glucose testing where you get to drink some sugary drink then wait for an hour to give blood. Yuck! She said you do not have to fast before you go just don’t eat Frosted Flakes or Lucky Charms for breakfast….which is kind of ironic because right now I eat Frosted Flakes every morning for Breakfast. So I am wondering what do I eat then....?

It is amazing how far medicine has come these days; due to my blood type being O- I will have to get a shot at my next appointment so my body does not develop antibodies to fight off the next baby. The Doctor said this Baby will be fine but if I do not get this shot, the next time I am pregnant my body will try to fight off and attack the Baby as if it is a foreign object. We do not want that!! She also said if the Baby is born and has the blood type of RH positive they will have to give me another shot. (This is all a cliffs notes version of what was sai, and what I can remember from what the Dr. said… I am not a Doctor.) I do not like shots but know this is something I will have to do and will be well worth it to make sure we are healthy. it is amazing to me that we are able to catch and prevent these things…God is Amazing!

Bedding and the Crib!!

The bedding is in and the crib has been ordered!! The bedding is so cute!!! Below are some pictures of the bedding and the crib we ordered!









She is so active anymore and I love it!! It is so neat to feel her bouncing around!! Jeffrey says she is playing hard to get because as soon as he or I puts our hand on my stomach she stops, even if it is just a finger she stops! She is so silly! =) She is bouncing around right now and I can't help but smile =) I can’t wait for Jeffrey to be able to feel her kicking around.

And my coworkers are still at it with the names!! We definitely don’t need a baby book!! We are leaning towards Taylor Nicole right now. We do like Riley but it is so popular anymore.

Baby Bedding!

We have found our bedding!!! Well my Mom found it for us online at Pottery Barn Kids and after both Jeffrey and I liking it, she has ordered it for us!! Thank you Mom!!

We will not go overboard with the birds and will only keep the bedding in that pattern. The room is already painted a green which will match perfectly!! I can’t wait to see it all come together!!

Here is the bedding
http://www.potterybarnkids.com/products/kelsey-nursery-bedding/?pkey=bgirls-nursery-bedding

Baby Registry

We just got finished or half way finished with our Babies R Us Registry!!! That was so much fun!! We never realized how much stuff there is and how much stuff you will really use! I think we are going to do Target tomorrow. If you have any suggestions on our registry; what we forgot to register for, what we registered for and won’t ever use please let us know!! We really need to decide on our baby bedding so we can start narrowing down our baby bedding color choices. Jeffrey did want to know if we could register for some new truck tires w/that store gun =)

You Make Me Smile

This has been such a joyous time in our life and I can honestly say so far I have enjoyed every minute of being pregnant! One of my favorite things to do since we found out we are having a little girl is to go open up her closet and look at all of her clothes so far!! You just can’t help but smile when you see all of those adorable and cute clothes hanging there!!!

We are starting to look at Baby Bedding and would love some feedback!!

Here is the link to the first one, we like the light green but it also comes in light pink.
http://www.bacati.com/imagelib/sitebuilder/misc/show_image.html?linkedwidth=actual&linkpath=http://idealtikusa.site.aplus.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/BIODGM3CS5.jpg&target=tlx_piczuoy

Then we have
http://www.babybeddingzone.com/metro-pink-no-houndstooth-4-piece-crib-set/

This one is very neutral but you could always do pink accents!
http://www.babysupermall.com/main/products/lai/lai31004v.html

Let me know what yall think or if anybody else finds any that are cute send them our way!!

The Name Game

When I got to work today everyone had started writing Baby Girl names on my board yesterday and by today my board was pretty full of some really cute names!! Keep them coming!!

It’s a Baby Girl!!!

We found out today at our Doctor’s appointment that we are having a precious Baby Girl!!! We are so Blessed and Thank God everyday for this Amazing Gift!! We got to hear her heartbeat; 150 beats per minute and she weighs 6 ½ ounces! We just love her so much!!!! Below are some of the ultrasound pictures from today!!






After our appointment my Mom and I took the day off of work to go Baby Girl shopping and it was so much fun!!! We got her so much cute stuff and can’t wait to dress her up!! We went to Macy’s, Babies R Us, Target, Kohls and Zio’s for lunch!!! We ended up with 16 adorable outfits =) Below are our finds! Love you Gramie!!

My First Trimester

I can’t believe my first Trimester is already over!! I have really enjoyed every minute of it! I was very fortunate to never get the “Morning Sickness” but I sure did get the cravings!! My cravings changed daily or should I say hourly. Here is a list of a few that I can remember.

*Ice water and I mean lots of ice!!
*Apple Juice
*Apple Sauce
*Hamburger Pizza
*Hamburgers with cream cheese -Jeffrey wouldn’t let me eat it with Cream cheese though, probably a good thing b/c now it sounds gross!
*Popeye’s Biscuits- Thank you to my Co-workers for introducing me to those! =)
*Star Crunch’s – which I hadn’t had since Elementary school
*Chocolate milkshakes made with Vanilla Ice Cream – the only way to go!
*Pancakes
*Pecans
*Homemade Rice Krispy Treats
*Milkdud's

Now I am just hungry!

Big Brother Titan

We bought some diapers and wipes at the grocery store today and Titan really wanted to see what we got….he is going to be such a good Big Brother =)