Lettie is 3!

We celebrated at the trampoline park and had a great time, even the adults! Lettie loved spending a couple hours with all of her favorite people! 

Measurements:

Weight: 39 lb 2 oz (97th percentile)

Height: 29 in (93rd perenctile)

BMI: 18.12 (94th percentile)

BP: 82/42

Lettie loves to read books and is so imaginative, she loves playing with by herself. I enjoy listening to her talk to her dolls/stuffed animals and hearing the stories she comes up with! 

Serious game of family dodge ball! 

4 Months

Measurements:

Height: 25.5 inches (68th percentile)

Weight: 15 lb 2 oz (44th percentile)

Head circumference: 16.75 in (79th percentile)

3 Months New

Shep is 2 Months Old

Measurements

Height: 23 inches (58th percentile)

Weight: 12 lb (49th percentile)

Head circumference: 16 inches (93rd percentile)

Shep's 1 Month

Two Week old Measurements:

Weight: 7 lb 14 oz (35th percentile)

Height: 20 3/4 inches (17th percentile)

Head Circumference: 15 inches (98th percentile)

4 Day Old Measurements
Weight: 7 lb 8.5 oz (43rd percentile)
Height: 20 in (55th percentile)
Head Circumference: 14.75 in (98th percentile)

Welcome Shep Joseph Taylor

I decided to be induced at 39 weeks so we shipped Lettie off to grandma and grandpa Taylor's. Isaac and I went out to dinner at Baxters for one last quiet dinner along before we became a family of four! We then headed into the hospital at midnight. Pitocin was started and Dr. Dameron came in around 6:30 AM, I was still only 1-2 cm dilated, and she broke my water. I labored for a while on my own and late morning I decided to go ahead with an epidural. I was only 4 cm at this point and was feeling really discouraged. Shortly after 1 PM I repositioned my self sitting up straight in bed. Shortly after that I started feeling some pressure so I hit the RN light to be checked and I was 8 cm! She decided to lay me down on my left side and I just kept feeling contraction after contraction and an immense amount of pressure. She check me again and I was complete, 10 cm!! She had just called Dameron with the 8 cm update and was instructed to start pushing when I was complete! The RN immediately called doctor back and told her she needed to head on in for delivery. I was instructed not to push because baby was so low and they wanted Dameron to make it for delivery! To this day I am not sure how many minutes went by that I was told repeatedly to "just breath through the contractions, don't push." Well let me tell you how NOT easy that is!! In my head I was thinking, "I'm just going to push, I'm just going to push and someone is going to have to just catch this baby!" Nonetheless Dameron got there and just a few pushes later Shep Joseph Taylor was born at 1:58 PM weighing 

8lb 3 oz and 21 in long! 

**I did learn later that my 8 cm cervical exam occurred at 1:30 PM & I delivered 28 minutes later!**

Watching Lettie meet Shep for the first time is something that I will never forget! She is such a good big sister and honestly maybe loves him a little toooo much! 

Belly Pics Baby #2

I was not as religious taking belly pics as I was with Lettie girl but I think I ended up doing pretty well! Second child problems...

This picture was taken the night we went into the hospital to be induced! Look at that belly!

Lettie is 2.5

Measurements:

Weight: 35.4 lb (97th percentile)

Height: 36.5 in (83rd percentile)

Baby brother is about to arrive and I'm not sure how Lettie will handle not being #1! I will say she is quite the lil mama so I am hoping she will handle to well. She is officially in a big girl bed (she likes to tell anyone who will listen all about it!). She also just recently became very interested in the potty and is doing great with potty training! BIG girl!! 

Wisconsin Dells

We decided to take a short family vacation after graduation to celebrate and to spend some much needed time together as a family! I am due in a few weeks so we can not travel far and I am preparing for my boards so I couldn't take too many days off from studying so we decided on the Dells!

We had a wonderful time at Kalahari and definitely plan on going back! Our little fishy Lettie absolutely loved the indoor waterpark, she swam until she couldn't swim anymore! She had absolutely no fear in the big water slide or Daddy throwing her into the air!

Soon baby brother will be here and I hope to have two little fishies because we are a water family! :) 

 

Ice cream stealer! This little stinker loves ice cream and literally took my cone and ran away with it!

Lettie came down with a viral respiratory bug so we had to bring the trusty nebulizer with us but she did great as long as she got to watch cartoons. 

Just a mom trying to get a picture w/her girl and she is too distracted by "mama we high, mama we high!" First time on a Ferris wheel! :) 

Graduation

Well I finally did it! I am now a nurse practitioner and landed my dream job, working in an OB/GYN office here in town! The last three years have been stressful and tough at times but I am lucky enough to have done with through the help of my husband, family and friends. I started the program welcoming my baby girl and in a few short months I will welcome my son! :)

Taylor Taylor MSN, FNP-BC

Gender Reveal

I have told Isaac since before we were married that we were going to have all girls. I can't tell you why I thought that but I just did so when we went to our 20 week anatomy sono for baby #2 I never dreamed it would be a BOY! The sonographer was scanning me and I immediately said, "Oh my, that's a penis!" I looked over at Isaac and his mouth was just hanging wide open, the sonographer even asked him a few minutes later if he was doing okay because he had not said a word by that point! Lets just say we were both SURPRISED! Baby Boy Taylor coming August 2018 :)