4mth Appointment

Taylor went to get her 4mth check up and shots on Friday, which is always a dreaded day for any mother. You just hate to see your baby have to experience anything that unpleasant. She was in such a good mood that day too, she had no clue what was in store for her. She was cooing and smiling at her self in the mirror at the pediatricians office. She didn't even cry when they stretched her out to measure her and check her ears like she normally does. She thought everyone was funny and past her 4th month check up with flying colors. We found out that Tay is in the 93% in height for her age, so she's really tall. Then the shot time came, after the 1st shot I could have probably calmed her down relatively easily but after the 2nd she freaked out, so I did my normal hold her close and pat her back till she feels better about life =(. My poor little monkey. We found out that we can start to introduce baby food to like 3 times a week, 1 flavor a week to start getting her used to different flavors so that by the time she is about 6mths old she'll be used to a lot of different flavors and ready to start eating baby food regularly. Well that about all that new. Love y'all!

My First Mother's Day!

My first Mother's Day was kind of serial. It was nice to feel special for a day. For me it was just a day to kind of thank God for Taylor and a reminder of how blessed I am to have her. While being a new mom can have it's rough days I still feel Taylor gives far more to my life then she takes. Taylor gave me the best mothers day present ever, she started laughing out loud last night for the first time. Danny would take her Binky baby (it's this little 1/2 bunny,1/2 blanket toy she absolutely adores) and put it right in her face, make a funny noise and then she would bust out in laughter =)! It was so precious. It's crazy to see how much personality she has at 4ths old. Lately it seems like everyday she is doing something new. Her newest thing is she loves to sit in her bouncer /saucer that has toys surrounding her and try to eat/play with everything she can reach. I love her!

Life is good....

Taylor was 3mths old on the 5th and everyday she reveals a little more of her personality to us. She has started interacting with us so much now by smiling, cooing & ooing, swing her arms, kicking her legs and raising her eye brows or eye brow(like her dad). She is such a sweet baby. I'm loving life right now and I have more energy then ever. Taylor gives me something wonderful to look forward to every morning when I wake up and every evening when I get off work. I'm just so...happy to be a mom and happy to not be pregnant any more as bad as that sounds, it was just such a miserable time in my life, I was sick ALL the time, I was always starving, always hot, and had no energy. But I can say it was worth the terrible pregnancy because Tay is such and easy baby, she rarely cries, she sleeps through the night in like 10 hour stretches, and has been for over a month now, she is so easy to put to bed, so long as her diaper is clean and she has a full tummy I can just lay her in bed and she goes straight to sleep- no rocking, no patting, nothing but her passy and she'll lay there till she falls asleep. I feel so blessed. Everyday I'm reminded of this wonderful gift I've been given and pray God gives me the wisdom to be the kind of mother Taylor needs. God is so good!

Taylors 8 week shots =(...

Well my sweet girl has to go get her 8 week shots today so that means I have to be strong and think of the greater good. I wish I could treat her to ice cream or get her something special but when all they can eat is milk and she's not too much into toys or dolls yet, it kinda limits your options =). I guess lucky for me she's still at the age where snuggles and TLC makes her most happy. Anyway, I guess the only good thing is anytime after a babies 8 week shots you can get their ears pierced and I know everyone has different opinions on when to pierce your child's ears and most are based on how there parents did it- I can't wait to get little Tay's ear's pierced. I don't think there is anything sweeter then a little girl baby with earrings. So each to there own =).

Taylor is becoming so animated these days. She has so many facial expressions and I love them all. She has started looking at everything and is trying to take it all in. She is smiling all the time and it melts my heart because I am curtain now she knows I am her mommy just by the way she looks at me. She still has the girliest cry which sound more like a scream and goes from 0-10 in 5.2 seconds. Her Uncle Amick said it sounds like a girl that got caught in the shower or a Pterodactyl and I have to agree. She is getting so big it seems like she's always so much bigger then the day before. She absolutely loves cartoons, every morning after I feed her she watches them for like 10 minutes. I'm sure it's just all the bright colors and sounds but whatever it is, she has a mesmerised expression, she smiles, coos. oos and kicks her feet at the TV. I think it's funny. I think she thinks the TV is playing with her...I'm sure one day I will regret introducing her to the television but for now it's cute =).

I'm still waiting....

It's just crazy how all your priorities change when you have a baby. Taylor has changed my life, I laugh now at all the people that said the good old, "you just wait" in that negative tone I would always hear it in. Any small sacrifice I now have to make for Taylor is COMPLETELY worth it, she brings me more joy then any of the things I might now miss out on because I have a child. The positives far out way the negatives. I'm not saying there are days where your exhausted, or that there aren't bad days and challenges because there are, what I am saying is that I wouldn't trade all the benefits and the fulfillment that putting someones life before you brings. So for all those people that said " you just wait...." I'm still waiting =).

Long over due for some updates??

Its so hard to even know where to start the past 6 1/2 weeks of my life have been some of the most wonderful weeks of my life. From the moment I held Taylor for the first time I knew my life would never be the same. Danny is an amazing father he helps feed her and he even helps with dirty diapers, he has been rapped around her finger since the day she was born. I am so proud of the way he's just jumped right in with me and we're both just trying to figure out everything together, I think we make a good team. We both just enjoy her so much she's are snuggle muffin =). she is 100% girl she love to be held and snuggled, she even screams like a girl and her favorite color is PINK =) ..ok so I made that part up.



BRING HOME THE BABY.........



The first week at home was just a blur, a lot of sleepless nights, sleepless days, diapers and feedings. I had trouble sleeping because I was afraid I would miss something. But I can honestly say I loved every part even the nights that I was so tired and all wanted was for her to go to sleep, when she would look at me with her bright wide awake eyes I couldn't help but love her and be thankful I had a baby to keep me a wake at night. I wouldn't have traded one of those sleepless night for anything. I genuinely love being a mom, as pathetic as it sounds it feels like what I was made to do. I knew I always had a deep love for children and babies but there is nothing like having your own.



OUR ROUGH START........



When she was exactly two weeks old I woke up to feed her at her 7:30 feeding and I noticed she felt warm I walked into the living room to say good bye to Danny because it was his first day back to work since the baby was born and mentioned to him that she felt warm and he told he noticed it too. I instantly knew something was wrong. After going to see our pediatrician me and the baby were headed to the hospital. Danny decided to stay at work while I got me and the baby all checked in since this couldn't have happened at a worse time with it being Danny's first day back after being off for 2 weeks. Everything started to move really quickly and to say the least I was scared to death for my baby. Her fever was still extremely high and they told me they were goes to have to do a spinal tap, draw some blood and start an IV. I felt so completely helpless. I had to endure her getting 3 spinal taps, two unsuccessful IV's in her right hand, two unsucessful IV's in her left hand and then one in her arm, FINALLY they got an IV stated in her foot. All this last a good 3 or 4 hours and I felt like breaking down, she was sick and then I felt like she was being tortured on top of everything. My stomach was in knots and I was filled with fear. They were not sure what was causing the high fever so they started two different broad spectrum antibiotics. While we waited for results. By the time Danny got to the hospital they had finished all the heart breaking torture and I was about to go into melt down mode. I was so glad to see him. The last place i ever expected finding my self with my new born baby was the hospital. They ended up finding out that she had a bacteria in her urine that spread to blood stream -she was a sick little girl. They ended up having to do and IV pick line in her head which resulted in them having to shave her hair =(... which was small price to pay to get my healthy baby back. The doctor working with us said that luckily the infection did not spread to her brain, had that happened we would not have had a happy ending. We spent a total of 12 days at the hospital, it seemed like much longer since I pretty much stayed in the room with her day and night I just wanted to get back home and start enjoying my baby again. We discovered through a test on her kidney's that she has reflex in both kidneys which does maker her more prone for UTI's which could land us right back in the hospital. Some kids grow out of this and that's what were praying will happen. No more hospitals!!!



LIFE AFTER THE HOSPITAL......



The past few weeks have been wonderful I have enjoyed every moment with Taylor, after the hospital scare I was so aware of how I should never take anything for granite. She is growing so fast and it's to think I go back to work in a little over a week. I am not sure how I am going to stand being away from her 10 hours a day at this point is hard for me to imagine being away from her all day but I'm sure I'll find a way to cope. The time I've had with her has been so special and has gone by so fast, I can't get enough of her =)!

Updated PICTURES soon to come =)

Taylor Lynn Raney!!!!