Honeysuckle Hill

We took T to her first visit to the pumpkin patch (Honeysuckle Hill). This will be an every year tradition for us which is why we took a one month old...even though she can't actually sit in the patch for her picture...lol

She stayed in her sling most of the visit.

Oh yeah...those are scratch marks on her face...they have healed!

This is her main picture for this year...she didn't even manage to open her eyes...lol

Hope everyone has a safe and Happy Halloween!

The know it all that actually didn't know anything at all......

Oh yes....I am so talking about myself....lol I am one of those people who always thinks my way is best. I always have an opinion and no they are not always right. I have said probably more than a dozen times..."My kid won't do that" or "When I have kids I won't do it that way" or "Why on earth would you let your kid sleep in your bed, your starting such a bad habit" HAHAHA!

Can I just say that I didn't have a freakin clue what I was talking about....lol You do what you can when you can and the best way you can at that moment. For the record:

My kid sleeps in the bed with me...because I am a better mom when I have had some sleep and the only way I get any sleep is if she gets sleep which is only happening when she is in bed with us. I want to break this habit but man we are struggling.

We are having formula issues so right now we are switching back and forth until her tummy decides that it will process one or the other.

I let my child sleep in her car seat because she will sleep there for a long period of time and that is not in my bed.

I left my hair dryer running this morning because the sound soothed her....long after I had finished drying my hair.

All the things that I said I would do ....yeah those are out the window...I will do what works and pray she turns out ok...lol

Since she is screaming as we speak and her Daddy just doesn't do the trick for her this week...I gotta run!

1 Month!

Can you believe that Taylor is 1 Month old today? I know I can't....now if that is because I haven't slept in a month or time really does go by that fast, I am not sure..lol Now really I have slept, she is doing better and better at night.

Here are a few things you will want to know about Taylor (and that I will want to remember)

*She weighs about 7.75 lbs
*She can roll from her back to her belly but not from her belly to her back
*If she is laying on her belly she will push up on her knees (I know she isn not about to crawl or anything, I just think it is amazing how they already know what to do)
*She grunts like a goat...ALL THE TIME!
*She is getting hair....in the front... finally.
*It seems that the hair in the back is gonna stick around for awhile.
*She sleeps in my bed.....I HATE THIS!
*She is a mommas girl...which I am sure will change.
*She eats 4oz. about every 3.5-4 hours
*She is sleeping better (only getting up once) in our bed of course.
*She finally likes her swing...if the blinds are open and she can see outside.
*She is a VERY messy eater (and slow)
*She has had her first cold and did very well according to the Dr.
*She has baby acne....if anyone knows how to get rid of this please let me know...I can't really find anything except to wash her face twice a day with a warm rag and no soap.
*She LOVES to ride in the car...I did too (ok still do)

I think that is about it for now....I really can't believe how much bigger she has gotten....see:

 @ 1 Month

@ 1 Week

Due Date....

Today was Taylors due date.....can you believe she will be a month old on Thursday? I sure can't! I don't know if it is because the time just goes by so fast or because I have been in a daze for the entire month due to a lack of sleep...lol
She is growing so very fast and changing everyday. (I just can't believe she is mine sometimes) I have got to be better about blogging and taking pictures because if not I am not going to remember anything. Well I take pictures everyday (of her sleeping) but they are with my phone not the extremely really nice camera I bought....lol I will eventually figure out how to get my pictures from my phone to my blog without re-saving them from facebook.
We took some pictures of T for fall...thought I would share....

Someone was tired of having a picture taken!

She's Here!

So I know this post is a little late and it will probably be really long, but its been a very active couple of weeks so I will try to fill you in..and keep a reminder for myself.

I will cut to the important parts....I stayed on bed rest until she was born..spent one night in the hospital being monitored...my kidneys were in full rebellion...my blood pressure had a mind of its own and went up and down like a yo yo.....but our goal was 36 weeks....AND WE MADE IT!

Taylor was born on Tuesday Sept. 21, 2010 at 10:28 pm, she was 6bs 2oz. and 18 3/4 inches long. (all of that equals tiny) I did end up having a C-Section. The doctor nor I either one wanted that but after 14 hours of all the drugs they could give me to make me have her and it didn't work we had no choice. I was so scared going into this to have surgery, however once all was said and done it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be.

We were in the hospital until Saturday. When we came home Taylor had a little jaundice and weighed 5lbs 13 1/2 oz. So we had a doctors appointment that Monday to check her levels and we are watching her weight pretty close because she was a preemie and I am trying to breast feed.

Now, she weighs 6lbs and 3oz. and I can't believe she is almost 2 weeks old. It makes me cry to think about how fast they grow, I want her to stay a baby... completely unrealistic I know. She is just the most beautiful little girl I have ever seen. I know I am partial but still. :)

So here are a few pictures:

She was pretty beat up after so many hours of hard contractions.

Going to the doctor.

 Hospital Pictures (its a picture of a picture so it does look better)

I LOVE this picture. He doesn't but I do!

Going home from the hospital

She was supossed to be eating...instead sleep was more important.

Some serious lounging!

Bed Rest ....

Can I just tell you that I am no good at bed rest...in fact I am a terrible patient. I am stubborn and like things done my way which makes it hard for me to let anyone do anything for me.

I went in for a doctor visit yesterday totally expecting a normal visit. In fact the worst I expected was that he would tell me that I was dilating and would have to rest more. I had not been feeling great but I had totally chalked that up to being 34 weeks pregnant, swelling more, and being huge. (I had only gained 6 lbs. but it felt like 100) My allergies were sucking but its that time of year and I can't take my usual allergy meds I am having to use over the counter allergy meds and they SUCK! So I was stuffy and my head had been hurting...

My blood pressure has been perfect through out this entire pregnancy....until yesterday! It was high then we weighed....I gained 7.5lbs in two weeks. That is a huge jump considering I had only gained 6 in 8.5 months. So I was in the process of freaking out a bit over how I managed to gain nearly 8 lbs....when the nurse told me there was protein in my urine. I completely ignored her and ask how in the heck I had gained so much in such a short period of time. She said "Sarah its water..you are swelling WAY to much"....so in an instant...I got it...this was a bad visit.

So when the doctor came in...I actually looked at him and said " This is a bad day" and he said well yes it is....
He listened to her heart beat and then did not even finish with the visit. Nothing was wrong with her heart by the way. He just didn't see the need in checking me if he was sending me to the hospital. He paused for minute and said we are going to do some blood work...do not eat or drink anything until you hear from us. Your also going over to ultrasound. Side note: this was our 10th Ultrasound and we didn't have insurance. We were super close to having coverage (Justin changed jobs to a company that would offer us insurance) so we were trying to wait on the last ultrasound until it would be covered..I (joking because that is how I handle stress in front of people) said to the doctor that I was trying to wait because we would have insurance in the next two weeks. He turned and looked at me and said...."you won't be pregnant in two weeks"
It all sunk in at that moment....I was only 34 weeks.....it is to early! I held in all my tears and my moments of freaking out until I got through the blood work. Of course I went by myself....so I cried the whole walk back to my car...luckily I had a little time before they could work me in at the ultra sound place so I could get my crap together...lol I didn't have a lot on information at that point and my visit had already taken longer than normal so my phone had like 5 missed calls....lol I didn't want to worry people just yet... especially since I was waiting about 2 hours to get a call back from the doc to find out if they were delivery her that day. He had told me that if it wasn't going to be that day that I would be on VERY strict bed rest.

So...to the ultrasound I went. She is amazing! She weighs about 6 lbs and was practice breathing...they scored her an 8 out of 8.  That made me feel so much better!

I had made it home before the nurse called me back....with good news. I didn't have to have her yesterday! (Praise GOD and thank you to everyone that was praying) I am on bed rest...I get potty breaks that it...boo. I go back on Monday to check my protein levels again...and its a 50/50 chance right now that we will have her on Monday. It's still early and I don't like it. I know that babies are born early all the time and they do just fine. But NO mother wants her baby to born early when the certainty of lung maturity isn't available. If she is born Monday I will be 35 weeks 1 day, I actually think I may be about a week further along (she even measure that way in with her belly and head) but the doctors have me down at 35 so it will be considered 35. I know that she will be ok..but I am still praying that we don't have to have her on Monday. If I get to come back home on Monday then I will be back in bed and I will go back on Thursday to be checked again.

Now your all up to date and I gotta change sides...lol

Still waiting....

We are thankfully still waiting on a baby...she has decided to hang out a bit longer. Nothing new to report really..she is about 5 lbs. and will get to see her again (we have only had 10 ultrasounds) next Thursday.

Just imagine all the pictures you will get to see once she is here...   : )

We did have a really awesome baby shower this month. I do have the greatest friends imaginable.

I wanted to attach a picture of the cake and brag about how awesome it was and give you a chance to order for yourself (or the next party)
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Have a great night!