5 Months

So on my 5 month birthday I finally decided to roll over a bazillion times, now that I'm home with mommy I'll keep her wondering by just being content on my back and belly. Here are a few of my very favorite things:
bathtime.
snuggling in bed with mom.
my bumbo chair.
grandpa being rough with me.
daddy rubbing his face on my belly.
mommy kissing me neck.
riding in my bob stroller.
my flower head toy.
attention. attention. attention.

My grandpa tells me I'm the happiest baby in the world, as long as I'm getting the attention I need. Grandma tells me I'm the prettiest little thing she has ever seen. I finally have to sleep in my own room. I'm not a huge fan. The first night mommy put me in the crib I screamed in the middle of the night because it wasn't comfy. Mom lasted about 5 minutes before she came sang to me back to sleep. She says people tell her to let me "cry it out" she tells me that's pile of crap. The next time she made me a more comfortable bed then I decided to sleep through the night like I usually do. Mom and dad were quite relieved. My mommy gets really sad that I have to sleep in my own room now, she liked me in the pack and play next to her bed. I think daddy likes me in my own room, he gets a better nights rest and so do I not listening to him roll around all night. That's all for now.

4 Months.

I am turning out to be one happy baby! Let's be honest until I was 8 weeks I was a handful! I got a little easier, but didn't grow out of all my discomforts until I was 3 months. At 3 months mom says I did a 1-80! I am now a happy, smily, giggly baby all day long. Except I do throw fits sometimes for no reason at all. My mom laughs and talks to me, so I laugh back. She never believes me when I'm throwing them, unless I'm hungry. Most people say they have never heard a baby scream like me...I guess I have some good lungs! My first smile was when I was about 1.5 months, and from them I'm just getting happier and happier. So hear is the rundown of my reflux and pooping problems. I started getting reflux when I was about 4 weeks old, then I grew out of it at 12 weeks. I still spit up quite a bit, but it doesn't hurt anymore. I still only poop every 3-5 days. I'm completely happy and content with that schedule, and so it mom and dad. I have learned how to use my voice and I talk alllll day long. Everyone laughs and laughs at me. My favorite things are bathtime, flower head, and my bumbo chair. I am still a mommy's girl, but sure am getting along better with daddy. He take good care of me Saturday nights while mommy is at work. I hang out with grandma Evans on Monday's while mommy work, she is one of my favorites. I still sleep in the pack n' play by mom in the night. I think she has anxiety about me sleeping in my own room. I go to bed at 10:00 and sleep until 6:00. I usually get to sleep with mommy for an hour or two if I wake up at five and jabber...so sometimes I do that. Life is good. We are in our new house in Morgan, and we all love it. Life couldn't be better!

2 weeks and NO poop!

It's been a rough couple of weeks. I am now 6 weeks old and haven't pooped on my own for two weeks now. Last week when I was 5 weeks my mommy gave me my first bottle with prune juice in it to try and help. It was hard to get the hang of the bottle, I got it all over me but then sucked it right down. I still like my mommy's food lots better. Prune juice won't help, suppositories won't helped, warm baths won't help, sitting me on the toilet (advice from grandma Evans) helped once, but my mommy has resorted to using her little pinky to help because that's the only thing that gets the job done down there. So I've had about 4 poops with my mom's help in the last two weeks, but haven't went on my own. My mom has totally changed her diet for me which has been really hard for her because I know she loves food! My doctor isn't worried about me a bit, he says I'm perfectly healthy and I'll get the hang of it soon. Hope so! I'm loving life when I feel good though. Mom has got me on a pretty good schedule. I eat, then have playtime with her for about 45 minutes, then take my nap for a couple hours, then wake up and do it all over again every 3 hours. If I feel good I can sleep 6-7 hours without waking up, but if I don't I'm up every 3 hours. Nights are my favorite time to hang out with mom. If I'm really lucky she lets me sleep with her, I could sleep all night. She has only let me couple times though cause she knows she shouldn't...only when I really don't feel good. My dad works early in the mornings so we try not to wake him, but I love the play with him in the evenings. My favorite is when he sings to me. He will sing "Taelyn Sue..." followed by something that never rhymes, it's pretty funny. I am starting to get out more. My parents took me to the Bees game and out to dinner last week, I hated it. I also went bowling with Max and Mason, but I stayed in my car seat the whole time where no one could touch me. My moms turned into a germaphobic! Anyway pray that I poop soon!

My First Month

My first two weeks were lots of fun at home, my little body was working great. I did have to get lots of pokes on my feet because the doctors wanted to make sure my bili was doing well. It was! 

My third week of life my mom noticed I may have a little reflux, she called the doc and started me on Prevacid. That wasn't working so she started me on Zantac too...I hate the medicine. I scream every time she gives it to me it's so gross. I was pretty uncomfortable that week until the medicine started to kick in.

My week four was the hard too because I suddenly forgot how to poop. I grunt all day and all night trying to get it out but it doesn't want to. I'm really uncomfortable. I don't sleep and I scream a lot. My mommy feels so bad for me, cause she says there is not much she can do to help. She will sometimes stick the thermometer up my bum to try and get it out. As weird as it is, I kind of like it. It helps me feel better. This week I hadn't pooped in a few days and I had a major blowout all over my mommy. She loved it, she told me it was music to her ears. 

My first month has been great! I sleep pretty good at nights when I'm not feeling crappy. I wake up to eat every hour to two hours when I don't feel good, and every four when I do. Once in a while I'll sleep through the whole night to make my mom and dad happy. I am starting to love me baths, and all the million trillion kisses I get from my mom and dad all day. It's a pretty good life!!

My First Week

I'm here! I arrived May 10, 2011 at 12:39 pm. My mommy and I worked very hard for 12 hours until I finally came out awake and alert ready to conquer the world. They first put me right on my mommy's bare chest which made me feel safe. I didn't feel like I needed to cry or anything, I was bright eyed just calm as can be. I loved snuggling with her when I took my first breaths. My daddy was right there smiling at me holding me mom's hand. I even think I saw some tears in his eyes. He must have been pretty excited to see me! My grandma Evans was holding my mom's other hand, she too was crying. I then noticed me aunt Dani and aunt Alicia who were also crying. I sure must be loved! It was an exciting time for everyone. My mom had some complications after I came out so I hung out with daddy for a while until mom was out of surgery. When we were all back together as a family my mom and dad didn't let me out of their sight. I spent the first couple days and nights with them, and meeting all my new family. I then had to spend a night in the nursery under bili lights because I had a little jaundice. After 3 days in the hospital I got to go home! I spent one more night at home under bili lights then it was smooth sailing from there. I am such a good baby, my parents LOVE having me home with them.

From Mommy

My dear sweet Taelyn-

I can't wait for you to be born! I have never been so excited for something in my whole life. I have prepared my whole life to be a good mommy to you. I was the towns baby sitter, I was the girl at the family party who always had a baby in her hands, I was the one who offered to change diapers, the one who liked the smell of baby throw up, the one you worked at Primary Children's for one purpose, and the one who would only marry someone who loved and wanted kids. Now your daddy and I couldn't be more excited to welcome you into this world. We are as prepared as we could possibly be. We hope to not only raise you to be a healthy girl physically, but spiritually too. You are so lucky to be born into the gospel of Jesus Christ like your daddy and mommy were. It is such a blessing! I can't wait to teach you all about the gospel.

 I was really really sick the first 20 weeks you were in my belly, I threw up almost everyday, sometimes all day. After about 20 weeks it all went away, and I could finally see you start to grow. I had a great pregnancy, you are well worth all the sickness. I didn't mind a bit, it made me feel like everything was working right in my belly. I soon got bigger and bigger, and now I'm at the very end and have gained almost 30 pounds with you in my belly! I now am getting swollen ankles, and my blood pressure is going up so you better come this week. I can't even describe the emotions I have when I think about seeing you for the first time. I have waited for this moment my whole life. All I have ever wanted is to be a mom. Nothing else matters to me...well of course besides finding you a dad. :) Which by the way I can't wait for you to meet him, I think I did a pretty darn good job. He has so much love to give you, and I can't wait to see it. I hope you are growing ok in there sweet girl. I want you to know that we love you already, and we will do the very best job we can in raising you to be healthy and happy. We may make mistakes here and there, we may have arguments along the way, you may not think we are always right, we may sometimes do things that bother you, but I will promise you one thing Taelyn we will love you more than anyone ever could love forever and ever and we will ALWAYS be there for you no matter what. I will see you soon sweetheart. I love you!

Love, mommy