growing up

So Taylor is going to be 3 months old in one week and things have changed. First of all she sleeps through the night! She goes to bed around 9 and wakes up around 6 and I'm a much more pleasant person to be around now :) She's alos cooing and holding her head up like a pro! Although sometimes after a long play period she gets tired of holding her noggin up and she collides with my nose or mouth, that's an interesting scene. Just picture it, I'm tearing up from the pain and she's screaming from the pain. But the best of it all is she's smiling ALL the time now... okay maybe not ALL the time but you know what I mean :) It's so fun watching her crack up at nothing. So we had this adorable outfit that one of my friends gave me and she looked so cute, so we decided to have a photo shoot and I thought I would share.

Other than that I started work last week at a new salon and I love it! The girls are great and I only have to work 2 days a week, rough I know. But my mother-in-law watches her one day and my friend watches her the other. I lucked out to have them available and willing to take care of our little one! I miss her of course during those days, but it's a nice break and I love my clients! Life is good!

pictures

Sitting up in the bumbo

The last pictures were done by Sean Troeger photography

2 months old

Well once again I apologize for not being good and keeping up with my blog, but my computer is super slow and it's so annoying! But we're working on that. Anyway the month of July has been pretty busy over here. Well let me start with the end of June, Greg and I went down south for a quick trip to attend my brother's and sister-in-laws housewarming party. That was fun cause a lot of people got to meet and hold Taylor for the first time and I got to visit with some old friends and family. Oh and my brother bought an amazing house that he got to show off as well! Then two weeks later my brother-in-law got married! He's one of the twins and his new wife Shelley is super sweet and of course looked beautiful as a bride! That was a fun wedding! The following day we went to a angels/Yankees game, and that was a blast as well! While we attended the game my mom and step dad got some one-on-one time with the little one. They got to show here off a bit too which they said was fun. But they also realize why people my age have children... "because it's tiring". I missed her of course but got to relax with Greg and family at the game which was fun! Then that night one of my best friends Alex hosted a dinner for us. Candace came over and we got to visit for a while. I do miss my friends and I was glad that they took time out of their busy schedules to see us! It was a long couple of days and we had Taylor in tow for all of it, and it took a little bit of a toll on her. She got a little sick when we got home, so I've definitely learned my lesson that I can't go see everyone when I go down there anymore, they'll need to come to me for the most part. She's feeling better but still has a little bit of a cough. Anyway, she's 2 months old today, and this makes me sad cause time is really flying by now! I'm really making an effort to enjoy everyday with her, but it is already going too fast! She's making noises now when she's happy and she smiles back at you when you talk to her. She's becoming more mobile and "playing" with some of her toys in her play gym. Oh did I mention she's adorable? She had a doctor's appointment today and she's still just as healthy as can be, and I can't ask for more! She weighs in at a healthy 12lbs 13oz and is 23 1/2 inches long. She weighs about a pound more than an average 2 month old, but the doctor said that she's longer than most so it's nothing to worry about. She eats the right amount so mommy isn't over-feeding or anything. Seems like she's gonna be tall! Oh and the sleep situation is much better now! She gets up once between 10 and 6 and that's great for a 2 month old! She's turned out to be a great baby! Sure she has her "fussy time" at night before bed, but what baby doesn't? I have no complaints (not even about the sleep), and I am truly loving being a mommy and Greg is a great daddy! We work great as a team which I think is super important! I know I sound cheesy right now, so sorry, but ever since I had her, I'm still super emotional! She's such a blessing, as is every baby, and I couldn't be happier in my life right now. As for me going back to work, I start at a new salon at the beginning of August and I'm working only 2 days (wed and Fridays). My mother-in-law is watching her on Wednesdays and my friend Sheryl has Fridays. I'm so blessed to have people who are close to me watching her instead of a stranger and I couldn't be happier that it's worked out that way! God has truly blessed Greg and I in more ways than one! Check out this video and I will be posting some pictures as well. I was going to call this video puke and play :)

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!