It's almost Christmas

It is almost Christmas and I am still trying to get my Christmas cards out!!! I can't believe how far behind I feel I am getting. I have not been able to check email, facebook, and finish setting up my blog for a few weeks now. I just feel like I am drowning in housework and work. Taylor takes up so much time, that my "breaks" I am busy getting everything else done. But finally here I am, getting the background of my blog done, and adding a blog. Now just to send the link to friends and family. Someday it will happen. Oh well. But I am looking forward to Taylor's first Christmas. It should be fun. I have wrapped some of her toys that we have for her that she has been to young for yet, and we will see what happens as we have her "Open" them. We will take lots of pictures. This Christmas is more for Jerry and me than for her I think. I know she will have no clue what is going on. We are also thinking about going up to my parents cabin for the New Year, which would be fun. Hopefully there will be some snow we can play in with Taylor. But it will depend on the weather. As long as no major storms come in that weekend we should be able to go. Otherwise we will risk getting stuck.

Videos

So I am loving the digital world. I love being able to take a few quick video shots of Taylor whenever. Then I love to take those videos and post them online for friends and family to see!!! So for all my friends and family I have posted a few videos for you!!!

November 2008

I can't believe Jerry and I have now been married for five years, as of this last Saturday, November 15th!!! I can't believe it has been that long. So much has happened. Of course spending three years of it trying to figure out what was wrong with me, and trying to figure out how to not be in so much pain. It's funny that I didn't get a good handle of my Interstitial Cystitis until after I got pregnant. Since having Taylor I feel great!!! I haven't felt this good since I first started having problems six months after we got married. Praise God that my IC is finally under control. It does bother me here and there, but nothing like it use to. Now I am able to just ignore it and keep going with my everyday life. So I have to say that God has taught me a lot through it all, at least I am content with my life the way it is. Sure I can't have soda or chocolate or many other foods, but I am okay with that now. I have not lost all the baby fat that I gained, but no one but me can tell. I am glad that I haven't lost too much. I was worried about that. But I am able to breast feed Taylor without any problems. She is as healthy as can be, considering my diet restrictions. Again I just have to praise God for His provision and blessings on my life and Taylor's. Now if we can keep her from being so fussy!!! But I guess that isn't too bad since she is getting better about taking naps, and she sleeps all night.

Halloween was a fun night for Taylor and us. She got to wear her first costume. She was Tigger. She also got to ride a pony for the first time. I promise you it will not be the last time. She didn't seem to mind it at all. It was amazing because she didn't cry that night at all. Unfortunately she seems to have caught her first cold. The poor thing. It is not fun as a mother to listen to her breath as you can hear the congestion in her nose. Bellow is a video I was able to take of Taylor rolling over for the second time. She has done it two other times now since then. Yesterday she did and almost rolled into my face, cause I was laying next to her when she decided she didn't want to be on her tummy.

New to Blogger.com

Okay, so I have figured out how to follow peoples blogs, kind of. I am still learning this thing. It is hard. I still have not figured out how to post pictures. Plus I don't know how to find people. But at least I found a few people so far, thanks to their followers and that they emailed me their blog site. So please hang in their with me, or give me any advice you want on how this works. Well, I better go, I hear Taylor telling me she is awake and would like to be fed.

Taylor is finally here!!! She was born August 1, 2008. She weighed 7.8 pounds and was 20 inches long. She is almost two months old now, and she is holding her head up when she is on her tummy. I can't believe how fast she is growing up. At first it was hard cause she cried a lot, but she is finally getting better and not crying as much. She loves to coo, and sometimes doesn't mind being a long, but it only lasts for a very short time. Jerry's parents are coming the first week of October to see her for the first time. So we are very excited about that. It should be a good time since she isn't quiet baby baby anymore, but a bit more fun and interactive than she was when she was first born.

First Posint

I am exactly two weeks away from my due date for little Taylor Ryan. Once she is here I figure I will have lots of pictures of her to post for everyone to see. Until then there isn't much else to post or even talk about. I know it is very hot and her head is now down in my pelvis, which means my bladder has become her pillow. Yippy for me. I have decided I am now in survival mode until she comes. The pain in my bladder is as bad as it is when my interstitial cystitus is flared up, but I know it is not because I can feel her moving on my bladder causing it to hurt. Plus I know now what foods to avoid to keep my bladder from hurting like it does now. I know this too shall pass someday, and I sure hope soon.