Monday, June 23, 2008

Taylor's Newborn Photo Shoot...






My talented sister took Taylor's first pictures this weekend and they turned out amazing!! We are so lucky to have such a talented member of our family. Taylor behaved so well this weekend...hopefully she will keep it up for all the future photo sessions to come!



Thursday, June 19, 2008

27 years ago...


My mom brought over some of the baby clothes that I wore when I was a newborn. This yellow nightgown is the same one that I wore 27 years ago! Taylor loved how soft it was and we think yellow is definitely her color!

Emmitt and Taylor's first meeting...


It was the day we had been waiting for...Emmitt and Taylor's first meeting! And, Taylor blew it...she was very aloof towards him all day and even cried during their first picture session together! She needs to step up her game if she expects this relationship to go anywhere. As you can see here...Emmitt was trying to console her but she was having nothing of it!

Splish Splash, she's taking a bath...



Daddy did a great job giving Taylor her first bath. With all that hair, bath time is going to be more often than she would probably like=) We don't want that dark hair looking greasy!!

Happy 1st Father's Day!





Taylor made her first trip over to Uncle Kevin and Aunt Carly's house for Father's Day. She sported her "Daddy's Little Sweetie" outfit and got some serious lovin' from the family!

Just a Swingin...


Taylor loves her swing!! Here she is showing a little shoulder=)

Active Alert Time...



Taylor is opening her eyes more and more these days, here she is hanging out on her tummy time mat and chillin on her round boppy!

Big Brother Maverick



Maverick has been such a good big brother to Taylor! He is very curious about this little creature who has taken over the household. He sniffs her every chance he gets...it will only be a matter of time before Taylor is chasing after him!


Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Delivery Details...

So, I finally have a few seconds to give the details of Taylor's delivery... She was supposed to be induced on Monday, June 9th...but she had different plans. Around 9pm on Thursday night (5th), Luke and I were ironically watching "Knocked Up" when I felt this overwhelming urge to go to the bathroom. I am talking major loss of bladder control! I did not think that my water broke because only 5-10% of woman's water breaks on their own, so I figured I wouldn't fall into that category. So after spending the whole night going back and forth to the bathroom and having to change my pants several times, I decided to call the doctor's office in the morning. They got me in that afternoon and sure enough, my water "broke"....so at 3pm they admitted me to the hospital. My contractions had not started on their own so after many hours, 2 bags of pitocin, tons of antibiotics (since my water had broke they wanted to prevent infection), Taylor finally arrived at 9:36 am on Saturday morning! She was head down but face up....so things didn't start progressing until she decided to get into position. So I was at "4" forEVER...and then in a matter of 45 minutes I progressed to a 9...and out she came!!!

The first 10 days have flown by!! I keep looking at this beautiful baby girl and keep thinking that somebody is going to come take her a way because there is no way that she is mine! I am getting use to running on very few hours of sleep and and I am just trying to enjoy every moment that I can with her and not take things so seriously. I am letting my motherly instincts take over and just go with the flow (which is easier said than done for this Type A very routined girl). I have to send a very BIG thank you to my husband and my mom. I couldn't have made it through these past few days without you. My husband was born to be a father...its amazing how you fall in love with someone even more when they are holding your baby girl in your arms. I love you honey! And my mom was born to be a grandma....she has made my pregnancy so much fun and has been an amazing support so far through my first few days of motherhood. I love you so much mom...and even though I am a mommy now too...I feel like I need my mom more now than ever. Thank you for being there for me!

Thursday, June 12, 2008

More pics...

I will give Baby Taylor updates soon but wanted to post some more pics in the meantime...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26706382@N05/

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Taylor's Here!


On 6-7-08 at 9:36am (after 18 hours of labor), Taylor Katherine is finally here! Weighing in at 8 lbs, 4 oz. and stretching 20 inches, she is absolutely perfect with a full head of dark hair!

Here's a teaser. More pics to come!!!!!