Taylor - October 26th

We’re starting to get the hang of two kiddos… normalcy is starting to return… see?

Meeting Karmyn

Cousin Karmyn came over to meet little Taylor today!  It was so fun to see her so excited!  Yay for family!  Of course Aunt Emily and Uncle Matt had to share a little of the cuteness too!

   

Getting Decorated

Nathan loves stickers and always has. The other day, he wanted to “decorate” me. Didn’t I turn out pretty? :)

I wasn’t the only decor-ee… even little Taylor managed a few decorations.

Thank you Nathan for the decorations!

First Sponge Bath 10.23.10

so tiny!!!!!

Taylor and her basket

1 week old 10.21.10

We got a Moses basket for Taylor but I didn’t like the bedding, so… tada! I made new bedding. Pink and Brown fuzziness! She hangs out in it all the time and we love the portability of it! She’s a week old in these pics – and so teeny tiny! Look how big the legs of the preemie onesie are! Comparison pic to our remote. :) She’s doesn’t have any body fat yet and you can see her wrinkly skin on her knees. Such little chicken legs! :) That’ll change in due time I’m sure!

Nothing like some puppy love too! Bailey loves to give her kisses and was protective of her from day 1. She was the same way with Nathan. Such a good girl!

Taylor Grace – 1 week old

At one week old, Taylor is already developing a little personality! She is very calm and easy going and incredibly alert. She has long periods of wakefulness and makes all kinds of precious faces as she takes in the world around her. She DOES NOT like to be hungry or gassy (I know, what baby does?) but if she's either of those, her lung power fills the house! She eats every 3 hours during the day and every 4-5 at night. She loves to hear us talk to her! What a sweet girl! At 4 days old, when we went to the doctor, she'd gained enough weight that she was 5 pounds 10 ounces, almost back to birth weight! She's nursing like a champ too! Taylor Grace loves to lay on her belly and even seems to enjoy tummy time. She can pick her head up and turn it when on her belly... amazing. Such a cutie too! She's still wearing preemie clothes and preemie diapers. We've finally gotten some preemie sized cloth diapers and are cloth diapering almost exclusively! Thank you Bethany for finding those itty bitty diapers! They fit in the palm of my hand and are way too cute!

Pumpkin Patch

Nathan’s class at school got to go on a hayride and visit the pumpkin patch. Not wanting to miss this, Chad and I headed up to school with 5 day old Taylor in tow and enjoyed the morning through the eyes of our little man.

Taylor’s first bottle

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Taylor got her first bottle of pumped milk on 10/18. Thanks to cracked, bleeding, and sore nipples, for 2 feedings I could only pump, but amazingly, all healed quickly. Since she took the bottle so well, we’ve started doing one bottle a night and Chad really enjoys helping out with the feedings. He’s such a good daddy! I love to hear him talk to Taylor. So precious!