Mommy of 2

Almost a week ago we met our little girl after nine long months of waiting! We arrived at hospital at 4:45am, checked into room to get prepped for surgery and headed to OR room at 7:15 just as scheduled. Riley Brooke was born at 7:38am weighing 8 lbs 1oz, and 19 inches long. She is perfect! We spent Mon-Thurs in hospital as I was recovering from csection and tubes tied. Recovery for this little girl was a lot harder on my body than Drake, but luckily each day it is getting better. Things definitely are different these days for us Taylors as we all adjust to having a family of 4. Drake of course is having a hard time adjusting but we are doing our best to stay patient and pray after the newness wears off he will calm down. Riley is eating, sleeping, peeing, and pooping great..all the things a newborn is suppose to do! :) She is sleeping 5-6 hours at night.....so far she has only one middle of night feeding so she is a great sleeper! Okay well this blog alone and getting pics uploaded has taken me all evening since I am doing it one handed. (miss Riley is spoiled already and loves to be held) I will continue to update as often as I can. Check out pics in our online gallery by clicking link on the side if blog!

Drake's birthday

Drake had a great "football" themed birthday! :) Here is some video that Bo got from the party. The funniest thing was that he started the birthday song all by himself. As soon as he saw me light the candles he just started to sing and we all joined along.

The bounce house was a big hit! He still looks in the backyard and asks when it will come back, so we will definitely have to do that one day this summer.

Baby Riley will be here soon! 3 more weeks till our scheduled day...not sure if I will make it that long or not! I am huge and uncomfortable and so ready to hold and kiss her! :) At the last doctor visit 2 weeks ago she was measuring one week ahead, and everything looked good--fluid levels, etc. I go again this Tuesday and hoping for some more good news on her growth.

I will update again after doc appt. Keep praying for a healthy baby girl, and for a safe labor/delievery/c-sect..whatever is to come! ;)

Cord Blood Link

Welcome to Cord Blood Registry's Gift Registry

We have decided to save Riley's cord blood. If you are interested in checking out our registry I posted the link. :)

I am super excited about my shower on Saturday for little miss Riley! Special thanks to my sister and cousin Carrie for hosting it!
Will post some pics this weekend! Will also update after doctor appointment Monday---sonogram scheduled to check fluid level
and her growth. She must be growing cause I am feeling more and more uncomfortable each day....I am sooo ready for March 28th
so I can hold her!

Drake's 3rd birthday party was a success! I was not great at taking pics, but Bo got some pics and video on his phone so I will try and get
those uploaded this weekend also! He had his 3 year checkup today. I can't believe he is 3....seems like just yesterday I was taking him to
pediatrician all the time for checkups and shots....luckily he only had to get one shot today and didn't even cry! But I am already dreading
his 4 year checkup because doctor said he has to get 4 shots...yuck! I hope this next year goes by slow.

Okay gotta get to bed so I can make it through another crazy Friday with 21 crazy first graders! :)

February Snow Day!

We are starting February with a snow day! How awesome! It has been a great relaxing day at home with my boys.

I am 31 weeks now and really feeling the "joys" of pregnancy! I am so ready for the last week of March to get here so we can meet our sweet little Riley!

Drake is fully potty trained! This started over Christmas break--he just said he was gonna go potty and went into his bathroom and next thing we know we heard his little potty start singing a song which means there is something in it! I am so glad he did this on his own and it wasn't such a huge battle---and just within the past few weeks he has become completely potty trained--yay to no more pull ups!

We are in the process of getting Riley's room ready. We have the bedding so now we are just working on getting her walls painted, and getting some decor! I am so excited!

Will post some videos of Drake and what he has been doing lately! And some pictures from Christmas,etc on our online album!
Stay warm everyone!