update on Taylor

So I'm sorry I haven't been updating all of you on here, but as I'm sure most of you know, time is hard to come by with a newborn... plus I'm bad at it anyway :)
Everything is going great! We've had a few rough nights, but nothing to complain about. She doesn't sleep too well during the day unless we are going places or are holding her, but at least she likes to cuddle and likes the car. Other than that life with our new baby girl is awesome and she has our hearts!

We've had visitors on and off. The weekend before last Jeff met his new niece and Connor his new cousin. That was fun to watch, and Tracy bought them matching pj's so it will only get better :)
This past weekend, my mom, Steve and Allison came up to visit because Steve had not met her yet. Allison helped pull a calf and Greg taught her to drive our big loader tractor. So that was fun having them up here! While Allison was pulling the calf my mom was taking pictures (from outside the pin) and she accidentally dropped my camera. Now this sounds like it would be a bad thing, but for me it worked out great, for my mom... not so much. She felt really bad. But I got a new camera that I love! It's a Sony and it takes pictures faster and has a better quality of pictures, so right when I got it, I took a picture of Taylor and actually caught her smiling in her sleep! Because of this, I'm so in love with my new camera. Thanks mom :)

She's here!!!

Taylor Rae Douma proved my doctor right and made her appearance early! She was 2 weeks early almost to the day, and she's perfect! She weighed in at 7 pounds 5 ounces and 19 1/2 inches long and born at 2:04 the afternoon of May 20th. My labor and delivery went pretty good up until right after she was born. Some of my placenta was left in my uterus which cause unstoppable bleeding. About 15 mins of my doctor working on it I was rushed to the operating room for a D&C. While in there she noticed that my cervix was also torn so she stitched that up. I was close to having a blood transfusion, but my hemoglobin levels rose back up in timely manner, so there was no need. Other than that drama, it was an awesome experience!

Now baby and mom are doing great trying to figure each other out! I'm healing fine and she is a healthy as can be! Greg is already so in love with her he can't see straight and it's so fun to watch! My sister and sister-in-law Tracy were there for the birth and that was awesome as well! What a huge help they were! Now my mom has been here for a few days helping with cooking, answering 50 million questions, bathing and clipping of nails and such. Everyone has been so awesome and I really appreciate it!
So here are a few of the million pics I've been taking of our little girl.

Week 36/ 9 month appt

So nowadays pregnancy is divided into weeks, not months. Pregnancy actually is 40 weeks/ 10 months. With that being said, I had my 36 weeks doctor's appt this last Friday. My doctor wanted me to have another ultrasound because she thought the baby was big. Comes to find out she's perfect! She's measuring exactly what she should be and they guessed her weight to be about 6 pounds. My due date still is June 4th and everything looks good with her! As for me my blood pressure is a little high and I'm swelling by the minute everywhere BUT I'm 2 centimeters dilated and my body is preparing itself to give birth! Good news cause now I have a 50-50 chance of delivering early! Which with my hands being numb all the time and my feet looking and feeling like balloons, sounds good to me! Other than that everything is all ready to go, set up and washed, and I'm ready for the sleepless nights... kind of :) So hopefully in 2 weeks our little one will be here! Here's a little sneak peek at her (yep it's still a girl). This pic is her face close up and her big ol' lips clear as day. Other than that she's a little squished in there so we couldn't get a good pic like last time. I can't wait to see what she looks like, but I think she's cute already!

San Fransisco "babymoon"

So the week of April 27 Monday-Thursday Greg and I decided to take one last vacation before the craziness of having a baby becomes our life. We chose to go to San Fran because I've never been there and it's been about 20 years since Greg was there. Not to mention my aunt has a great condo there that she let us use as our baby gift. Well we had a blast! My aunt's place is amazing and located in the heart of San Fran! We got there Monday and got acquainted with the place and surrounding area by walking to market street. That area has a ton of shopping! Then on Tues we had tickets to the Giants vs. Dodgers baseball game. It was 48 degrees and windy, but we stayed the whole time and it was fun! They are rivals which made it even more fun! Then on Wednesday we had tickets to go to Alcatraz and that was just as cool as everyone said it would be! I have a weird obsession with prisons, so to go in one was awesome! Then we walked around Fisherman's Wharf the rest of the day. We took it easy cause my back and feet would start to hurt when I pushed it, but Greg gives me a foot rub every night these days, so I'm not going to complain too much =). Greg got to sleep in for a couple of days so he's not complaining either. Overall a good time with my wonderful husband!

3 showers for Taylor Rae!

So I am super late on posting this, I 'm still waiting on pictures from one shower and when I sit at a computer for a while, my feet swell pretty bad! You'll be able to see what I'm talking about in later pictures, I swear I'm turning into Shrek!

My first shower was on April 18th, and my mom, sister and sister-in-law Tracy threw it for me at my moms house. I had friends and family from down south attend, and it turned out to be such a great day! I got all kinds of outfits and stuff that I needed, so I really made out! PLUS I got to see all the people I love in one shot, instead of the usual running around the world trying to get to see everyone, they came to me! So, needless to say, it was awesome!

My second shower was the very next sat April 25th. That one was a friends shower from some of my friends that I've made up here. Sheryl, Natalie, and Laura threw it. It was at Laura's house (soon to not be her house anymore cause she's moving :() and if you know these girls, they set everything up so cute! I'm waiting on the pictures from that shower but I'll put them up once I get them because they did such a great job displaying everything! You'll see what I mean when I put a picture up of the diaper cake Laura made, it's amazing! It ended up being a fun and relaxing shower with friends, and I happened to get some good stuff there as well!

My last shower was on May 2nd at my mother-in-laws house (the new one about 1 mile away from me). She, my father-in-law, and some of the brothers kicked butt to get together and the furniture set up in time for the shower. They worked their butts off to get it ready (Greg and I went to San Fransisco for our "babymoom") and we appreciate it! While all this was going on my sister-in-law was planning the whole thing mostly by herself! Mind you, she has a 1 year-old and she lives down south! That shower turned out, like the others, decorated so cute and had great food! She did an awesome job as well! It was my biggest shower and I got all kinds of things I needed from my registry and some cute outfits as well! My mom, sister, Amie, Jackie, aunts, and friends and family all came from far away to attend, and I still can't believe they did that for me! I have never felt so loved and blessed!

In conclusion, I can't believe how generous people are, and I feel so blessed to have all these people in my life! They have all bent over backwards to help Greg and I start our family and I couldn't be more grateful! Thank you again to everyone, I love you all!
P.s. I can only post the pictures other people put up on their blogs cause I can't figure out how to get them from my email to here... frustrating!

update on pregnancy

So last week (week of the 9Th) I thought my "good luck" in pregnancy was over. Last week at my 7th month appointment I went in for a routine doctor's appointment and we did a glucose test to test for gestational diabetes. There's not really any cases of diabetes in my family so I wasn't too worried about it. Well... no one told me not to eat anything before the test! So I had a pop tart. Two days later my doctor's office calls me and say the sugar in my blood was a little high (like only 5 points over) and that I needed to go into the hospital and due a 4-hour test. So I did. First of all you have to fast starting the previous night, which isn't a good thing to hear for a pregnant lady. Then, they draw your blood, you drink the glucose juice stuff and they draw your blood every hour on the hour, for 3 hours... BORING! Well I passed with flying colors and everything is fine. I curse that pop tart till this day, not worth it!

Other than that everything is great! I'm still sleeping just fine (maybe too much) and still no heartburn or anything! I consider myself pretty lucky! Although I have been getting bigger which in turn makes things a little more uncomfortable, but that's unavoidable. Next thing to look forward to is the baby showers!

family, registered, and baby furniture weekend

So this past weekend Tracy, Jeff, Connor and Allison all came up to visit and to do some helpful baby stuff. It was so fun to get to spend time with all them and to see what new things Connor is doing! He is such a good boy and so funny! Since I don't get to see him but maybe once a month (if I'm lucky) its so fun to see all the things he's up to. He looks like such a big boy with him walking so good, and sitting on regular chairs! And he's just such a happy boy that it's so fun to play with him now! I wish I could see him more, but that's just how the cards are dealt I guess.
Anyway Tracy and Allison were such a huge help on Saturday when we went to register at "babies r us"! Tracy has all the "new mom" knowledge and Allison did all the clicking of the merchandise. And although Allison had to be Allison by clicking on some loud toys, it was what made it so fun! And they also did something else huge... they bought me my crib as a baby present! I still can't believe they did that, it was very generous of them! They also helped me pick it out. My mom and steve are also helping in a huge way too, they are buying me the dresser to match! AND my dad and stepmom already purchased the carseat and stroller to match! I am so blessed to have such a great family to help me with stuff like that! Thanks again!
Well it was obviously a great weekend and I now have pictures to put up of the completed nursery! Jeff and Greg set it up right when we got home and not to mention that they had dinner in the oven when we returned as well! What great guys!