In the past few days my kid has broken 2 bottles - 1 bottle full & unopened of Three Olives Mango vodka (she was strapped in her car seat and a few bottles were next to it ....thank you Brian Dunn, well this one has a pretty cap so she grabbed at it shook it and bamm over on the granite). #2 was one of her large Avent bottles. It's plastic. She slammed it down - on the granite. hmmmmm I think we are on to something here.
Well, Taylor has perfected her crawling and is pulling up to standing on everything. Now, she is just busy exploring everything. She especially loves to crawl under tables and chairs. She started clapping about 2 weeks ago and for about a week and half has been doing 'So Big' where I say "How big is Taylor?" and she raises her arms in the air and then I say "Sooooo Big!" She now has her 2 big upper teeth. And she's back to napping again, haleluyah! (that lasted for about 2 weeks).
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
7 Months - I'm Crawling
Taylor has had quite a busy month learning how to move about. She took her first "step" in crawling 8/27 while visiting friends in Pompano, I week later she started sitting up unassisted, then 1 week after that, 9/10, she mastered the crawl. It was quite hilarious watching her figure it all out. She would move her bended right knee forward then straighten out her left leg, fall to her belly and reach for whatever she was after. Doing that movement I think helped her figure out how to sit up. It's amazing that in less than a week of her crawling how much it has turned everything upside down! My excellent sleeper now has no time in her day for napping! Only crawling and moving! (This includes when changing her diaper - such a chore now - kicking and rolling.) She was so good, when I would walk her into her room and she would see her crib I would lay her down and she knew right what to do, suck her thumb and grab her blanket. Now she flips over crawls to the rail, pulls up, screaches with excitement. So I've been battling that, trying to get Joey's business books done for tax returns (now late), and still have not caught up on rest or routine from going to Pompano 3 weeks ago (I will post on that later).
Thursday, August 20, 2009
6-1/2 Months - 1st Tooth
Taylor's 1st tooth popped up yesterday. It is her bottom left (right on screen). What a doll baby!Last week was her 6 month checkup.
18 pounds
27-1/2" long
16-3/4" head
3 shots. She got her first fever that night. I had no idea what to do! And then the next day she was a bear, cried allll daaaay looong. Then of course Friday was ready to get down!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
6 Months Old
Wow, I can't believe she will be 6 months old tomorrow! I will take official measurements and update tomorrow. She is now rolling over from back to belly .... every time you lay her down. Changing diapers is now a chore, but I'm learning the art of distraction! I know I say this each time, but she is getting so active. I guess she is learning how to use her arms and legs.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
23 Weeks / 5 Months 1-1/2 Weeks
My gosh this kid is big! 16#s and 26-1/2" long... I think Joey has caught 'big' fish smaller than that. Well, as always, once ya get used to her 'ways' she changes on ya.
[This is for the moms out there, everyone else just skip you wont get too bored] The past month has had some big eating changes for this baby. Taylor is now eating big girl food (like a champ), and formula. Still nursing a little each day, in hindsight, I guess she has sort of self weaned herself which was good cuz I was having a hard time deciding when to make the transition. I wanted to do sooner rather than later, but didn't know how - but like everything else with this baby stuff you sort of just figure it out. She started taking a bottle really well about 2 months ago and she has done well with the few brands of formula we had as freebies but we settled on Enfamil cuz it mixes the fastest and our dr likes it the best. She has now grown into size 3 diapers. Ok, so I went to the hell store (Babies R Us) and spent $75 on formula, diapers, and wipes.... they will probably last about 3 weeks.
[This is for the moms out there, everyone else just skip you wont get too bored] The past month has had some big eating changes for this baby. Taylor is now eating big girl food (like a champ), and formula. Still nursing a little each day, in hindsight, I guess she has sort of self weaned herself which was good cuz I was having a hard time deciding when to make the transition. I wanted to do sooner rather than later, but didn't know how - but like everything else with this baby stuff you sort of just figure it out. She started taking a bottle really well about 2 months ago and she has done well with the few brands of formula we had as freebies but we settled on Enfamil cuz it mixes the fastest and our dr likes it the best. She has now grown into size 3 diapers. Ok, so I went to the hell store (Babies R Us) and spent $75 on formula, diapers, and wipes.... they will probably last about 3 weeks.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
20 Weeks / 4-1/2 Months - Blogging Update
Ok, it's been almost 5 months since the little critter arrived. I've been wanting to keep up with this so everyone can see her grow, but you know how it goes. Now that I'm home allllll day long, I seem to get even less done... oh well. So, I'm going to attempt to back fill with milestones and pics.... more to come....
What Taylor is doing now:
Well, she is becoming a very sweet little girl. She's pretty good, really only cries if she is hungry or bored (I think she gets bored a lot). She likes to do things and get out of the house. Yesterday, Angie's bday, she rolled over 3 times - tummy to back - so, like any mommy, I ran to get the camera to video and that was it, no more.... She is in her screaching phase of talking which is pretty funny and cute. I swear she does the "oooOOu oooOOu" (spelling??) like you hear in the club. She is getting very grabby now, so watch you stuff! Her eating habits are starting to change too. She is getting very fussy during the day when nursing, so weaning may be in her near future, but not sure if it's because I haven't been feeling well, gas bubbles, or she is just getting pissed at something. She is starting to eat some rice cereal, but doesn't have it down pat yet. We're gona try apple sauce here any day. Her temperment is pretty happy except after 6 p.m. she doesn't really like new faces or to be held by others than mom and dad (which is usually when others see her, so we get the whole gamut of "she's colicy," "she needs to be eating solids," "she's gassy," "she's [fill in the blanks]). She's been doing this since she was probably a couple weeks old, but we've just determined it is her personality.
We've been in the pool nearly everyday. Since the first day we took her we've been very interested in teaching her how to swim. I know that at 4-1/2 months of age a baby aint gona be swimming laps in the pool - my goal is to simply get her used to the water so that she is not afraid of it and she'll have fun around it in the future, not to mention the safety factor of her knowing how to swim. My experience with kids are that they are afraid to put their face in the water, so we practice that each time. I blow in her face so that she holds her breath and dunk. Next, we practice floating on the back - that's going slow, but getting better.
What Taylor is doing now:
Well, she is becoming a very sweet little girl. She's pretty good, really only cries if she is hungry or bored (I think she gets bored a lot). She likes to do things and get out of the house. Yesterday, Angie's bday, she rolled over 3 times - tummy to back - so, like any mommy, I ran to get the camera to video and that was it, no more.... She is in her screaching phase of talking which is pretty funny and cute. I swear she does the "oooOOu oooOOu" (spelling??) like you hear in the club. She is getting very grabby now, so watch you stuff! Her eating habits are starting to change too. She is getting very fussy during the day when nursing, so weaning may be in her near future, but not sure if it's because I haven't been feeling well, gas bubbles, or she is just getting pissed at something. She is starting to eat some rice cereal, but doesn't have it down pat yet. We're gona try apple sauce here any day. Her temperment is pretty happy except after 6 p.m. she doesn't really like new faces or to be held by others than mom and dad (which is usually when others see her, so we get the whole gamut of "she's colicy," "she needs to be eating solids," "she's gassy," "she's [fill in the blanks]). She's been doing this since she was probably a couple weeks old, but we've just determined it is her personality.
We've been in the pool nearly everyday. Since the first day we took her we've been very interested in teaching her how to swim. I know that at 4-1/2 months of age a baby aint gona be swimming laps in the pool - my goal is to simply get her used to the water so that she is not afraid of it and she'll have fun around it in the future, not to mention the safety factor of her knowing how to swim. My experience with kids are that they are afraid to put their face in the water, so we practice that each time. I blow in her face so that she holds her breath and dunk. Next, we practice floating on the back - that's going slow, but getting better.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
9 Weeks Old - Easter
Happy Easter! April 12th
Well it's been a long time since we blogged. Here's what Taylor has been up to lately......
Daddy (naturally) got a giggle out of her on her 2 month b-day (4/5). No such luck for mommy! She is such a daddy's girl and Joey just loves it! She is working on holding her head up and is now starting to 'chill' in her seats for longer than 5 minutes which means mommy can attempt to get something done during the day (although it aint much). We still watch a lot of tv though since Taylor eats all the time, so if there is a show you need updating on let me know. Taylor did her 2 month dr. visit last week and got 3 shots and 1 oral vaccine - talk about torturing the baby and mommy! She did well that nite. I just held her a lot and let her eat as much as she wanted. At that visit she was 12 lbs 5 oz, 23" - 90th percentile. She also has graduated to size 2 diapers. She is very active and is smiling a lot (like someone I know and which she looks just like).
Monday, February 23, 2009
Baby is Born.......
It's a ....... G I R L !!!
Baby Girl Lawhon was born February 5th 2009 at 12:55 p.m. in Suite 5. She is the 5th grandchild on both sides of the family. Mommy was pregnant 40 weeks and 5 days and labored for 5 hours 20 minutes. ....could 5 be her lucky number?
At birth she weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces and measured 21 inches long.
My last dr appt was Friday, January 30th and within that week I had progressed from 1 to 2-3 cm dialated and from 30% to 80% effaced. My doctor was sure the baby was gona come any day but wanted to schedule an induction the following Thursday (5th) just incase because that was the last day she would be in the hospital before I was a week over due (at 1 week overdue they would induce anyway). We agreed, however, I really did not want to induce. So the next few days we played the waiting game with just one nite of I 'think' it might be time (that Friday nite). Induction (eviction) day morning I think was the coldest day of the year and we were late, of course, but I didn't care. Were suposed to be there at 6 a.m. and got there at 6:30. When we got into the truck, Sawyer Brown was on the radio - I took that to be a sign that it was definately a boy since baby would be named Sawyer and didn' think much of it until "she" came out.
They broke my water and started the meds at 7:45. I was kind of bummed out because I had not made any progress since my last appt when I felt like I had - I was still at 2 cm! At 9:00 my nurse was like "honey, do you want me to call for your epidural?" I was like 'it's been an hour? don't I have like a bunch more hours of this?' she was like "you might, but you are climbing out of the bed with each contraction." I wasn't ready to be tied to the bed so I refused. Up to that point I have done very well with my pain but after the nurse asked me that it went downhill from there. 30 minutes later she insisted and Joey begged me to get it so they ordered it. By 10 - 10:30 I was shot up, oh and they decided to check me THEN rather than while I was cussing or blubbering and I was 9 cm dialated! The anestition said if I'd waited a little longer they wouldn't give it to me and we'd have to go 'a la natural' (which my mom said I could have done it if I'd gone that far with nothing). After the shot all the meds went to my left side, which means I could feel my contractions on the right side, and they hurt like a mother. Imagine what it's like when your whole arm or leg is asleep, that is what my left side felt like - then excrutiating pain on the right. They rolled me to the right to get the epidural to flow that way but the baby's heart rate dropped drastically so they quickly flipped me to the left and the dude pulled the tube out a little bit and the meds began to flow to the right. They put an oxygen mask on me and I think I fell asleep. This is when Joey sent out his text 'the egg has cracked' and bam the family was at the hospital.
As a surprise baby, not knowing the gender, she really was a surprise. The whole pregnancy 95% of people were sure the she was gona be a he - even Joey and I were leaning more towards a boy so when she first popped out the doctor sort of held her close to her and said "hey you guys don't know do y'all?" I wasn't even thinking which she was, just that OMG there's the baby! The doctor took a peek, flipped her around and showed us "It's a girl!" She had this big smoshed wide face with puffy eyes and the biggest hands and feet I've ever seen on a bebe. I thought she's huge, gotta be a 9#er. When she started crying she really sounded like a girl - so cute. I thought good thing she's a girl cuz she really sounds like a girl. Next thing you know the nurse brought her back to me and said try to feed her, I was like are you serious? She was and the baby took to it in no time (big eater....wonder who she got that from?). Mom came in (she always unwraps babies to get a good look), she had to undo her diaper to be sure that it was a girl. Dad came in and said "did you have a baby" I said 'yup, it's a girl' and he was like "what the hell?" (in a disappointed tone). Sounds terrible, but it was pretty funny in dad's humor. Aunt Jessica, Lisa and Candice were also one the first there and they were taking lots of picture. I think Candice had her on Facebook within the first 2 hours of her life.
Next, she had her big first bath, one of daddy's proudest moments - you've probably heard him tell this story. There was a sink in the room with a kitchen faucet, when the nurse held her under to rinse, the baby grabbed with both hands and sort of pulled her self up - she's very strong.
Later, Joey's parents Ed and Neenie and Uncle Kelly came by. And Aunt Trish who took the best picture of us, our first family photo. We look so happy and tired! Joey's dad took him to eat and while they were gone my nurse got me up to go to the bathroom. I think it had been about 7 hours. And of course she was called out and the baby started to cry. I was about to cry too cuz I just wanted someone to help me (where was my mama!). Little did I know that this was a precursor to the next several months. Thankfully, Neenie was there to get the baby while I figured out 'how' to go pee ... really.
My appetite set it quick and all I wanted to eat was candy! So, Jessica to the rescue! That nite, Jessica, Ericka, Robert, Robin, David Mankus, Tana, and Leah came up for a visit. Mankus brought up some very good Crown (which I finally got to taste a month later with my granite guys when the counters were fully installed), so we had us a little baby birthday party in the hospital. While they were there they moved me to the small room.... pooie.... but it was ok, the bed was much more confortable and we had some really great nurses that nite.
We were pretty much up all nite and went to sleep good at about 7 a.m. - David Merritt came to see us at about 10 and was like "why are y'all stillll sleeping?!" Then Andrew Castleman came .... in the firetruck! Cool! We got to hear all the calls on his radio, then he left cuz there was a structure fire - we later saw it on the news. We had many visitors this day. Mom, aunt Cheryl, cousin Mike also stopped in that morning. Aunt Jess, Jane, Jason and cousin Madilyn soon stopped by. Tom, Crazy Christi, Chuck Moats, Vickie and Katie; Eric, Angie and Emma; Mike, Jeannie, Sharon and Devyn; Joey's parents, Kelly and Melissa. I'm sure I forgot some - I'm sorry, mama brain.
Saturday, we were slated to leave this morning, but they would not let us go without naming her. At 7am, utterly exhausted, I woke up Joey and said please name the baby. I had officially given up. All those childhood 'I'm gona name my lil girl this' was out the window. But, in my state of mind nothing sounded good or right or she looks like a [fill in a name], so I thought he could make the best decision. He picked his girl name for her first name and Anne we decided on months ago because we liked how it sounded with Taylor and plus the fact we met thru Anne so it has some meaning to us.
Baby Girl Lawhon was born February 5th 2009 at 12:55 p.m. in Suite 5. She is the 5th grandchild on both sides of the family. Mommy was pregnant 40 weeks and 5 days and labored for 5 hours 20 minutes. ....could 5 be her lucky number?
At birth she weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces and measured 21 inches long.
My last dr appt was Friday, January 30th and within that week I had progressed from 1 to 2-3 cm dialated and from 30% to 80% effaced. My doctor was sure the baby was gona come any day but wanted to schedule an induction the following Thursday (5th) just incase because that was the last day she would be in the hospital before I was a week over due (at 1 week overdue they would induce anyway). We agreed, however, I really did not want to induce. So the next few days we played the waiting game with just one nite of I 'think' it might be time (that Friday nite). Induction (eviction) day morning I think was the coldest day of the year and we were late, of course, but I didn't care. Were suposed to be there at 6 a.m. and got there at 6:30. When we got into the truck, Sawyer Brown was on the radio - I took that to be a sign that it was definately a boy since baby would be named Sawyer and didn' think much of it until "she" came out.
They broke my water and started the meds at 7:45. I was kind of bummed out because I had not made any progress since my last appt when I felt like I had - I was still at 2 cm! At 9:00 my nurse was like "honey, do you want me to call for your epidural?" I was like 'it's been an hour? don't I have like a bunch more hours of this?' she was like "you might, but you are climbing out of the bed with each contraction." I wasn't ready to be tied to the bed so I refused. Up to that point I have done very well with my pain but after the nurse asked me that it went downhill from there. 30 minutes later she insisted and Joey begged me to get it so they ordered it. By 10 - 10:30 I was shot up, oh and they decided to check me THEN rather than while I was cussing or blubbering and I was 9 cm dialated! The anestition said if I'd waited a little longer they wouldn't give it to me and we'd have to go 'a la natural' (which my mom said I could have done it if I'd gone that far with nothing). After the shot all the meds went to my left side, which means I could feel my contractions on the right side, and they hurt like a mother. Imagine what it's like when your whole arm or leg is asleep, that is what my left side felt like - then excrutiating pain on the right. They rolled me to the right to get the epidural to flow that way but the baby's heart rate dropped drastically so they quickly flipped me to the left and the dude pulled the tube out a little bit and the meds began to flow to the right. They put an oxygen mask on me and I think I fell asleep. This is when Joey sent out his text 'the egg has cracked' and bam the family was at the hospital.
As a surprise baby, not knowing the gender, she really was a surprise. The whole pregnancy 95% of people were sure the she was gona be a he - even Joey and I were leaning more towards a boy so when she first popped out the doctor sort of held her close to her and said "hey you guys don't know do y'all?" I wasn't even thinking which she was, just that OMG there's the baby! The doctor took a peek, flipped her around and showed us "It's a girl!" She had this big smoshed wide face with puffy eyes and the biggest hands and feet I've ever seen on a bebe. I thought she's huge, gotta be a 9#er. When she started crying she really sounded like a girl - so cute. I thought good thing she's a girl cuz she really sounds like a girl. Next thing you know the nurse brought her back to me and said try to feed her, I was like are you serious? She was and the baby took to it in no time (big eater....wonder who she got that from?). Mom came in (she always unwraps babies to get a good look), she had to undo her diaper to be sure that it was a girl. Dad came in and said "did you have a baby" I said 'yup, it's a girl' and he was like "what the hell?" (in a disappointed tone). Sounds terrible, but it was pretty funny in dad's humor. Aunt Jessica, Lisa and Candice were also one the first there and they were taking lots of picture. I think Candice had her on Facebook within the first 2 hours of her life.
Next, she had her big first bath, one of daddy's proudest moments - you've probably heard him tell this story. There was a sink in the room with a kitchen faucet, when the nurse held her under to rinse, the baby grabbed with both hands and sort of pulled her self up - she's very strong.
Later, Joey's parents Ed and Neenie and Uncle Kelly came by. And Aunt Trish who took the best picture of us, our first family photo. We look so happy and tired! Joey's dad took him to eat and while they were gone my nurse got me up to go to the bathroom. I think it had been about 7 hours. And of course she was called out and the baby started to cry. I was about to cry too cuz I just wanted someone to help me (where was my mama!). Little did I know that this was a precursor to the next several months. Thankfully, Neenie was there to get the baby while I figured out 'how' to go pee ... really.
My appetite set it quick and all I wanted to eat was candy! So, Jessica to the rescue! That nite, Jessica, Ericka, Robert, Robin, David Mankus, Tana, and Leah came up for a visit. Mankus brought up some very good Crown (which I finally got to taste a month later with my granite guys when the counters were fully installed), so we had us a little baby birthday party in the hospital. While they were there they moved me to the small room.... pooie.... but it was ok, the bed was much more confortable and we had some really great nurses that nite.
We were pretty much up all nite and went to sleep good at about 7 a.m. - David Merritt came to see us at about 10 and was like "why are y'all stillll sleeping?!" Then Andrew Castleman came .... in the firetruck! Cool! We got to hear all the calls on his radio, then he left cuz there was a structure fire - we later saw it on the news. We had many visitors this day. Mom, aunt Cheryl, cousin Mike also stopped in that morning. Aunt Jess, Jane, Jason and cousin Madilyn soon stopped by. Tom, Crazy Christi, Chuck Moats, Vickie and Katie; Eric, Angie and Emma; Mike, Jeannie, Sharon and Devyn; Joey's parents, Kelly and Melissa. I'm sure I forgot some - I'm sorry, mama brain.
Saturday, we were slated to leave this morning, but they would not let us go without naming her. At 7am, utterly exhausted, I woke up Joey and said please name the baby. I had officially given up. All those childhood 'I'm gona name my lil girl this' was out the window. But, in my state of mind nothing sounded good or right or she looks like a [fill in a name], so I thought he could make the best decision. He picked his girl name for her first name and Anne we decided on months ago because we liked how it sounded with Taylor and plus the fact we met thru Anne so it has some meaning to us.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
39-1/2 Weeks - Belly Shot (Last One)
Ok, this is the last one.... 40"ish of belly. My how I've grown since the last pic 9 weeks ago!
Close I'm sure. Over the last week I've been cleaning and recleaning - I notice every spec of dust. Nowadays I'm either full of energy all day or I would climb into bed for 'just a few minutes' and be there for hours. Hips and front very tender and crampy and getting a shooting numbness down right inner thigh - mmmmh lovely. Dr we saw last friday said I'm slightly dialated and starting to thin. Also thinks the baby is 8#s, yikes! (If anyone has a tramoline please call me!) We see the doc tomorrow so we'll see if some more progression has been made or what.
Overall, we're ready to get 'r done!
We'll be delivering at St. Luke's Hospital off of Belfort and JTB.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
38 Weeks - Shed Shower
Ha ha ha ha ha HA !!!
The guys have to play the games this time!
"Baby Bottle Drink Off"
Winner: Benny
Prize: Reusable Breast Pads
"Diaper My Man"
Winner: Tire Pump & Robin
Prize: Nipple Cream
"Diaper Eating Contest"
Winner: Acuff
Prize: ....I can't remember....
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
37 Weeks - Almost there!
Wow, it's been nearly a month since a post, well a lot has been going on.... Holidays, Showers, Shopping, Dust, and a little Pain. Sorry no pics lately, I don't think I have a bare wall in this house to do one. Excuses, excuses, I'll try to get up some nerve to do one soon.
Well, since New Years I have really popped even more. Even my doctor last week was like "wow, you look really pregnant now!" The doctor I saw the week before told me I was measuring big from my long torso and that the baby felt big and then guessed that the baby would be over 8#'s, if you have a trampoline let me know and I'll be by. (This doctor told Jane the same thing and her's turned out 2#'s smaller so we'll just see.) The baby just feels bigger too. Last week s/he rubbed across my ribs with it's little foot and scared the poo out of me. Sitting and laying down is a challenge also, tough to get comfy. Also, getting into the pain; pelvis, low back and overall pressure and yet the kid is still in my ribs!
The house is coming together as well. Although our little one will not have it's own bedroom done s/he will have a new kitchen and updated living room - isn't that what every newborn wants? The drywall was complete last week and everyone was right, it gets everywhere. This week our kitchen floor is going down and the winders and door arrived.
Well, less than 3 weeks to go, signing off now to go pack my bag.....
Well, since New Years I have really popped even more. Even my doctor last week was like "wow, you look really pregnant now!" The doctor I saw the week before told me I was measuring big from my long torso and that the baby felt big and then guessed that the baby would be over 8#'s, if you have a trampoline let me know and I'll be by. (This doctor told Jane the same thing and her's turned out 2#'s smaller so we'll just see.) The baby just feels bigger too. Last week s/he rubbed across my ribs with it's little foot and scared the poo out of me. Sitting and laying down is a challenge also, tough to get comfy. Also, getting into the pain; pelvis, low back and overall pressure and yet the kid is still in my ribs!
The house is coming together as well. Although our little one will not have it's own bedroom done s/he will have a new kitchen and updated living room - isn't that what every newborn wants? The drywall was complete last week and everyone was right, it gets everywhere. This week our kitchen floor is going down and the winders and door arrived.
Well, less than 3 weeks to go, signing off now to go pack my bag.....
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
36-1/2 Weeks - Work Shower
My lovely (and wild) ladies at work threw us a shower... they out did themselves!
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