Sunday, February 10, 2013
My little Turkey
Well- our Thanksgiving in Amarillo was basically canceled due to stomach virus and Hand, Foot & Mouth disease (our poor Amarillo family!). So, we just made a short impromptu trip to Rockport to see my sis and Kyle. Sorry Taylor--- but for Christmas you will get the whole turkey dinner!
Monday, November 19, 2012
Texas Renaissance Festival
We took Taylor to the Texas Renaissance Festival this weekend and it was such a blast! It was the first time for Kevin too so it was quite an experience. We ate lots of crazy food, drank some beer, rode some rides, pet a goat, and saw LOTS of interesting people! If you've been to Thanks! Festival... you know what I mean! We got her a princess hat and she was so excited to wear it all day. It was a long trip out there but well worth it. We can't wait to take her again next year when she can experience more!
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Nine Month Nugget!
My how time flies! Our sweet baby girl just had her 9 month check up and a lot of action has been going on around the Morgan household! At 8 months Taylor started scooting and three weeks ago it turned to crawling. Around the same time we heard her first words... MAMA! I was quite proud and she loved to squeal and yell mama. I must admit that everything was mama, not just me! We took a family trip to Las Vegas last week. That was interesting to say the least, but we had a good time. Taylor and I were kicked out of several areas in Vegas, and learned the only places you are ok to go in Vegas are shopping centers! We used a nanny service in Vegas at night and it was actually pretty amazing. The lady we used was so sweet and Taylor just loved her. Kevin and I did decide that would be our last trip to Vegas with a baby! I was not prepared for hr time change which = her waking up at 5 am Vegas time. She was great on the flights and was such a trooper as always the entire trip. We have the sweetest little social butterfly. Mommy & daddy love you so much!
Here are the rest of her updates!
Stats:
Height: 29 in. /90%
Weight: 22 lbs/ 90%
Head: 47th percentile (don't remember size)
Taylor loves:
-Crawling everywhere!
-Crawling in the bathtub/ splashing
-Baby Cheerios
-Barney and Wonder Pets
-Feeding herself her bottles and even baby food pouches when we are on the go (so independent)
-Blabbing and squealing
-talking and smiling with anyone!
-Playing with the chihuahuas
-drinking out of any straw and bottles of water
-Exploring and putting everything in her mouth! Yikes!!
-napping in her swing (a big problem as we are already over the weight limit!)
-her big girl sit-up stroller
-runs at the park
-still loves the jumper
- a big fan of the new tent her aunt titi and uncle Kyle got her!
Day to day:
- down to breastfeeding once a day
-eats 3 meals a day and 2-3 bottles
-napping 2-3 hours/ day
-sleeps 8pm- 7am, occasionally waking up in middle of night (mom tries to usually stay strong and let her fuss it out, but sometimes ends up doing a midnight feed)
- her 3rd tooth just popped through on the top right
-hates avocados (if you know my entire families love of them, than this is insane)
-bath and books every night! She loves her stories!
Here are the rest of her updates!
Stats:
Height: 29 in. /90%
Weight: 22 lbs/ 90%
Head: 47th percentile (don't remember size)
Taylor loves:
-Crawling everywhere!
-Crawling in the bathtub/ splashing
-Baby Cheerios
-Barney and Wonder Pets
-Feeding herself her bottles and even baby food pouches when we are on the go (so independent)
-Blabbing and squealing
-talking and smiling with anyone!
-Playing with the chihuahuas
-drinking out of any straw and bottles of water
-Exploring and putting everything in her mouth! Yikes!!
-napping in her swing (a big problem as we are already over the weight limit!)
-her big girl sit-up stroller
-runs at the park
-still loves the jumper
- a big fan of the new tent her aunt titi and uncle Kyle got her!
Day to day:
- down to breastfeeding once a day
-eats 3 meals a day and 2-3 bottles
-napping 2-3 hours/ day
-sleeps 8pm- 7am, occasionally waking up in middle of night (mom tries to usually stay strong and let her fuss it out, but sometimes ends up doing a midnight feed)
- her 3rd tooth just popped through on the top right
-hates avocados (if you know my entire families love of them, than this is insane)
-bath and books every night! She loves her stories!
Thursday, September 27, 2012
On the Move-8 month update
About 2 weeks ago Taylor started officially scooting. Fast forward two weeks and she is crawling like a champ! This lil thing is on the move! It is so cute and she will especially crawl towards a cell phone or remote control.
Taylor Loves:
- runs with her daddy
-going to the play gym with mom
- sippy cup with straw
- looking in the mirror
- playing with her bows
- her evening bath time
- reading books
- PUPPY DOGS (she's obsessed)
- water fountains and sprinklers
- other little kiddos
- her talking puppy dog, Violet
- feeding herself her own bottle
- any food!(she wishes she could chew)
- visiting with Anyone!
Dislikes:
- the vacuum cleaner
- getting her Pj's put on
- being left alone!
She is also a straw-loving machine. She use to always try to put the straws from cups in my hand in her mouth and chew. Then, I looked down and she learned to actually drink! She is non stop smiling and a social butterfly. Her tooth count is at 2 in the bottom, middle. She still likes to bury her head in my neck when she gets shy but then will quickly look up to smile and do it again. She is so ridiculously cute, it hurts! Her 9 month check up is in two weeks, but she is about 22lbs and I think about 25 inches. She has the best giggles that are usually brought on by mom barking (the things you do now as a parent-ha!), her mimi making funny faces or gaga and Aunt Titi dancing. She gets very excited when she sees and other little kids and wants to play so badly. She is babbling but no ma ma or da da's yet. We keep trying though! We have witnessed a few waves though. I think we may start a new music class for her next month which will give her a chance to socialize more too. Her newest trick is to shake her head back and forth. She isn't saying "no", it is more of her expressing excitement. Our online research said they like how the dizziness makes them feel. Oh great! Ha ha.
I am getting so excited for the first holidays with our little love... How fun is it going to be! That's all for now... Can't believe I'm already starting to think about her 1st birthday! Gasp!
Taylor Loves:
- runs with her daddy
-going to the play gym with mom
- sippy cup with straw
- looking in the mirror
- playing with her bows
- her evening bath time
- reading books
- PUPPY DOGS (she's obsessed)
- water fountains and sprinklers
- other little kiddos
- her talking puppy dog, Violet
- feeding herself her own bottle
- any food!(she wishes she could chew)
- visiting with Anyone!
Dislikes:
- the vacuum cleaner
- getting her Pj's put on
- being left alone!
She is also a straw-loving machine. She use to always try to put the straws from cups in my hand in her mouth and chew. Then, I looked down and she learned to actually drink! She is non stop smiling and a social butterfly. Her tooth count is at 2 in the bottom, middle. She still likes to bury her head in my neck when she gets shy but then will quickly look up to smile and do it again. She is so ridiculously cute, it hurts! Her 9 month check up is in two weeks, but she is about 22lbs and I think about 25 inches. She has the best giggles that are usually brought on by mom barking (the things you do now as a parent-ha!), her mimi making funny faces or gaga and Aunt Titi dancing. She gets very excited when she sees and other little kids and wants to play so badly. She is babbling but no ma ma or da da's yet. We keep trying though! We have witnessed a few waves though. I think we may start a new music class for her next month which will give her a chance to socialize more too. Her newest trick is to shake her head back and forth. She isn't saying "no", it is more of her expressing excitement. Our online research said they like how the dizziness makes them feel. Oh great! Ha ha.
I am getting so excited for the first holidays with our little love... How fun is it going to be! That's all for now... Can't believe I'm already starting to think about her 1st birthday! Gasp!
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
September happenings
It seems like a lot of big changes have been happening around he Morgan household! Our little bug is growing leaps and bounds and our house has now been officially baby proofed thanks to Precious Baby company. I will do a separate post on just Tays big changes as that deserves its own :) in other news, we had a great visit with my grandpa, Elaine and my mom for a week, so that was a nice treat. Kevin and I were even able to have a wonderful date night at Morton's and an insanely good bottle of Insignia. Mmmm...
TRAVEL
Taylor and I went to Rockport, TX with with my mom and met my sister who lives there. They are building a house and it was amazing to see and it is only about 4 weeks from completion. It is just gorgeous. We spent lots of time shopping for house stuff, went to a hummingbird festival, shopped some more and and ate at some great restaurants. Tay was such a trooper and literally passed out on me after a day of shopping. She was the star of the trip of course and had a blast (although she couldn't sleep in her pack-n-play with made for a sleepy mama!). Dad held down the fort at home and got some good football in, but was pretty lonely with out his girls:)
SWEAT
One of the other big changes in my day is that I started training with a personal trainer at lifetime. I have been wanting to do it for a while and am fitting in my pre-baby clothes but its just not the same. Also, it is a big financial commitment but my sweet husband agreed to letting me do it-- so here we go. I just finished my 2nd week and I can say that I am totally getting my Butt kicked. Marquis doesn't mess around!!!!
My goals---
1. Lose the last 7lbs of baby weight
2. Gain lots of muscle mass and tone
3. Be in the best shape I've ever been in and be there when I get prego with #2
4. Keep my muscle mass while prego with # 2 ( I ditched all weight training and just did cardio while prego)
So, adios to my nightly glass of wine (nights out are still ok) and chick-fil-a. Farewell, but seeing my abs again will be all worth it!
TRAVEL
Taylor and I went to Rockport, TX with with my mom and met my sister who lives there. They are building a house and it was amazing to see and it is only about 4 weeks from completion. It is just gorgeous. We spent lots of time shopping for house stuff, went to a hummingbird festival, shopped some more and and ate at some great restaurants. Tay was such a trooper and literally passed out on me after a day of shopping. She was the star of the trip of course and had a blast (although she couldn't sleep in her pack-n-play with made for a sleepy mama!). Dad held down the fort at home and got some good football in, but was pretty lonely with out his girls:)
SWEAT
One of the other big changes in my day is that I started training with a personal trainer at lifetime. I have been wanting to do it for a while and am fitting in my pre-baby clothes but its just not the same. Also, it is a big financial commitment but my sweet husband agreed to letting me do it-- so here we go. I just finished my 2nd week and I can say that I am totally getting my Butt kicked. Marquis doesn't mess around!!!!
My goals---
1. Lose the last 7lbs of baby weight
2. Gain lots of muscle mass and tone
3. Be in the best shape I've ever been in and be there when I get prego with #2
4. Keep my muscle mass while prego with # 2 ( I ditched all weight training and just did cardio while prego)
So, adios to my nightly glass of wine (nights out are still ok) and chick-fil-a. Farewell, but seeing my abs again will be all worth it!
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Home Again...
We have officially been back in Houston for over a week and boy has it been nice. It's funny the huge amount of changes that have taken place with Taylor since we moved to Austin 3 months ago. I actually have to worry about a scooting baby now and before we left she just stayed where ever I set her! Whoa! All these changes had me pretty freaked out about our 3 story home, but we have decided to hang in there until at least the Spring and re-access our home situation after that. We still couldn't even figure out where we would have wanted to move in Houston and we have debated staying in the 610 loop, Memorial, and all the way to Fulshear. Nothing seemed right at this time, so wait it out we will. It's funny too that we still are one of the first of our friends to have a baby so I don't think we were ready to make the suburbia jump yet. If I had he choice, I would love to move to Austin (especially with my parents there) but I also love my home which is Houston and where a lot of our closest friends are. We will see!
Here is a little bit about what has been going on in our little world...
- Tays ulcerated hemangioma is finally starting to heal after getting to the size of a dime. My poor sweet girl.
-serious summer deep cleaning with coming back with two's of a lot of things and having a ton of baby clothes Miss T has already out grown
-getting back into the gym--- I LOVE my lifetime city centre. (7 lbs left to go!)
- Had some fun play dates with Alli & Elliotte and dinner with Sabina
-Kevin and I had one of our first dates Friday at UP. Babysitter situation didn't go so hot so we are still in search for another good one...
-Preseason football started this last week...so all TV's in our home are already stuck on 24/7 espn and football! Ugh.
That's all for now! Have I mentioned that I'm ready for the fall yet?
Here is a little bit about what has been going on in our little world...
- Tays ulcerated hemangioma is finally starting to heal after getting to the size of a dime. My poor sweet girl.
-serious summer deep cleaning with coming back with two's of a lot of things and having a ton of baby clothes Miss T has already out grown
-getting back into the gym--- I LOVE my lifetime city centre. (7 lbs left to go!)
- Had some fun play dates with Alli & Elliotte and dinner with Sabina
-Kevin and I had one of our first dates Friday at UP. Babysitter situation didn't go so hot so we are still in search for another good one...
-Preseason football started this last week...so all TV's in our home are already stuck on 24/7 espn and football! Ugh.
That's all for now! Have I mentioned that I'm ready for the fall yet?
Monday, August 6, 2012
Taylor's 7 months!
(update: i never posted this so its 3 wks late!)
Our little girl is a month closer to ONE and I want the time to stop. I am loving this age. She doesn't seem as fragile, but is still a baby. She is expressive and loves to smile and laugh but cannot run away from me cuddling her :) . She is seriously the BEST and CUTEST baby ever...its not like I am partial or anything!
Today Taylor's first tooth finally broke through on the bottom! We knew it was coming as she has been chewing on everything and drooling a lot! Sure enough, there it was this morning! She was running a low grade fever and a little fussy but was still a champ. Taylor has also had a Hemangioma(sp?) since she was born on her bottom. It has grown since she was born but seems to have about evened out the last few months. For those of you who are not familiar with what that is...it is basically a cluster of blood vessels on the surface of the skin that can grow up until they are about 1 year old. After that point they slowly start to shrink and most will eventually disappear. Taylor's is on the best place visually...in the middle of her left butt cheek. We hadn't had any issues with it at all until about a week ago. It started with a small dot in the middle that looked like a hole. I called the doctor and they said all was fine if it didn't bother her, there was no fever of visual inflammation. Fast forward 5 days and it is now about the size of a pencil eraser and she fusses when you have to use a wipe on it. So, we have been on the phone with Blue Fish Pediatrics (again). Since we are in Austin we have been referred to a pediatrician here so that they can check it out. Hopefully they will take us tomorrow and all is well. There can be serious issues with bleeding when they become ulcerated, so prayers dr. Says its ok and heals quickly!
Our little girl is a month closer to ONE and I want the time to stop. I am loving this age. She doesn't seem as fragile, but is still a baby. She is expressive and loves to smile and laugh but cannot run away from me cuddling her :) . She is seriously the BEST and CUTEST baby ever...its not like I am partial or anything!
Today Taylor's first tooth finally broke through on the bottom! We knew it was coming as she has been chewing on everything and drooling a lot! Sure enough, there it was this morning! She was running a low grade fever and a little fussy but was still a champ. Taylor has also had a Hemangioma(sp?) since she was born on her bottom. It has grown since she was born but seems to have about evened out the last few months. For those of you who are not familiar with what that is...it is basically a cluster of blood vessels on the surface of the skin that can grow up until they are about 1 year old. After that point they slowly start to shrink and most will eventually disappear. Taylor's is on the best place visually...in the middle of her left butt cheek. We hadn't had any issues with it at all until about a week ago. It started with a small dot in the middle that looked like a hole. I called the doctor and they said all was fine if it didn't bother her, there was no fever of visual inflammation. Fast forward 5 days and it is now about the size of a pencil eraser and she fusses when you have to use a wipe on it. So, we have been on the phone with Blue Fish Pediatrics (again). Since we are in Austin we have been referred to a pediatrician here so that they can check it out. Hopefully they will take us tomorrow and all is well. There can be serious issues with bleeding when they become ulcerated, so prayers dr. Says its ok and heals quickly!
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