Teething Time

The last few weeks have been pretty tough. My happy, easy baby has turned into a grumpy, needy baby. She has her days that she is still her normal self, but especially the last weeks has been hard. She has only been sleeping 2 to 3 hours at a time with a few exceptions, and that has been really hard for me being up all night and working the next day. I feel like I have been a bit of zombie all week. The good news is both teeth broke through towards the end of the week. I am hoping now she will calm back down and we will get our happy baby back. We were so spoiled we don't know how to handle the grumpy one. She is such a sweet baby even when she is grumpy she will smile and laugh, but it will change in a second and she will cry. It catches you off guard, and it is hard to handle. Let's hope she doesn't get any more teeth for a while and we can all have a break.

Has it been 4 months already?

Taylor is now four months old. Well, today she is four months and 12 days to be exact. I am amazed how big she is. At her 4 month check up she weighed in at 13 lbs 11 oz (53 percentile), she is 26 inches tall (97 percentile) and her head is 42 cm (78 percentile). She is getting so big, but she is still pretty slender. She still wears mostly 0-3 month clothes because the bigger clothes don't quite fit her around the waist. It depends on the clothes, but in most cases the 3-6 month bottoms just won't stay up.
She is generally a pretty happy baby. I love to make her smile & giggle. She has several ticklish spots, but you have to get them just right in order to get a good laugh out of her. There is no greater sound to me than her little laugh. She has been a little grumpier lately because unfortunately she is teething. Of course she has to get her teeth a little early. I don't want to give her tons of Tylenol so I have tried 3 different homeopathic remedies and nothing seems to help a ton. If she is hurting bad, she has to have the Tylenol unfortunately.
She has been rolling from front to back for a really long time, but now she rarely does it. She just rolls from back to front and then gets mad because she still doesn't love tummy time. She tolerates it better than she used to, but she usually ends up getting mad. It gets frustrating. We decided we need to get her a entertainment exerciser thing so she can play standing up, she loves to stand when we are holding her, and I think getting something like that will enable us to get things done in the evenings besides turning her back over.
We started Taylor on "solid" foods right on the four month mark. Because she is such a good eater and she seems to always be hungry my doctor suggested it. She doesn't do the best with the rice cereal, but she loved the apple sauce. She did a lot better with it and actually got some into her belly instead of all over her face and chest. It is a work in progress, but I'm sure she will get it. She loves to eat, and she tries so hard to gobble up the food, she just needs more practice on how to get it to stay in her mouth.
Here are a few pictures I took of her in her fourth of July outfit even though we didn't get it in time for her to wear it on the fourth. She loves to be outside, so we decided to take pictures outside.

The 4th

Taylor's first 4th of July was a busy one. We actually had more time to ourselves than I thought we might, and that was nice. We also had family in town on both sides. On Saturday morning Scott got up super early and went golfing and Taylor and got back in bed around 8 and slept till 10. It was so nice to get a nap for the first time since I have been back to work. Once Scott got home and I got myself and Taylor ready to go, we went to lunch where Scott took this picture.

I absolutely love it. I actually don't look too bad in it either for half of a face. Anyway, after lunch we headed up to the freedom festival arts & crafts show. I of course bought some more little flowers for Taylor's hair and a little onsie for her to wear on the 4th. I bought her an entire outfit online, but it didn't come in time. We met up with Scott's family for a few minutes while we were there and then headed home and put Taylor down for a nap. Later that night we went out to home depot and bought some flowers to re-do our flower bed out front. It was looking pretty sad, and we were happy to get that done.
Sunday evening we headed down to Nephi to visit with Scott's family. The entire family was there for Sunday & Monday, so it was nice to hang out with them. We played ultimate frisbee and realized how old we are playing against the kids. First time I have felt old and out of shape in quite some time, but I guess having a baby 3 1/2 months ago gives me an excuse. We had a BBQ on Monday night and then headed home early because Scott got called in to work and got Taylor to bed a decent time. No fireworks for us.
We also spent Monday morning at my parents house visiting with my sister's kids. My sister and her husband brought them down on Friday, but they had some sick kids so we weren't able to visit until Monday. We didn't want Taylor to get sick. We were going to go to the parade on Monday morning with my fam, but we didn't make it in time. By the time we got there, the kids were ready to go home. Maybe next year when we have a little older baby. Right now I let life revolve around her and her sleep. It was nice to see our nieces and nephew and spend some time with them as well. I am sad we didn't get to spend more time with them because of sickness, but we go to see them for a little while. On the 4th we ended up leaving both places because of Scott having to work. We will see everyone again towards the end of August for Taylor's blessing (I know, finally, it was hard to get all the fam able to come on one weekend). I am looking forward to that.
Here are some pics of the fam in Nephi. I took my camera, but didn't get any pictures. I need more. I don't have very many of me and Taylor or me and Scott for that matter.

This is our niece Alyssa, Taylor looks like her baby pictures.

All the Morgan grand-kids

How the time flies by

This beautiful little one is 3 months old already. It makes me sad how much she has changed and how quickly the months fly by. She already has such a cute personality and is also very strong-willed. She still smiles a lot and coos and giggles. She really likes to smile at fans and talk to them. She will talk to people too, as long as you are letting her lay down. She fusses if she is held too much. She is not a little cuddle bug like I would like her to be. She loves to lay on her blanket and kick her little legs and roll over. She started rolling over from her back to her front, and then fusses because she doesn't like tummy time. It is pretty cute. She also very much enjoys sucking and chewing on her hands. Apparently they taste pretty good. All in all she is a very good baby and I can't get enough of her.

Back to Work

It has been almost two weeks now since I have been back to work. It sucks. I miss being around Taylor all day and it is clear that her schedule has been thrown off because she is taken care of by different people all the time. Her sleeping is pretty random. Some days she naps really well and others she doesn't. We have had a few rough nights as well. She sleeps 4-6 hours straight before she wakes up in the night and I am grateful for that. I just wish I could be home with her to provide a little stability. Hopefully this won't be for more than a year. I have registered and made a deposit for the winter 2012 bridal fair at Provo High. I figured if I made the deposit I would have to actually do it instead of just talking about it. I desperately want to be able to do flowers as a full-time job. I love to do it and I wouldn't have to be away from Taylor. My boss asked me how long I plan on being at work and what my intentions were and I got emotional telling him I wanted to be home. I bawled my eyes out the second day of work on my way to drop her off at my mom's house. I can't imagine what it is going to be like when I drop her off with someone that is not family. Luckily, it is looking like I might have a good prospect for watching her that a friend is currently taking her daughter too. Recommendations are good and she is willing to work with us on price. I am really hoping that works out.
It is really nice to see people at work and spend time with adults during the day. It is nice to have the interaction, but I don't like dealing with grumpy clients who don't want to pay for their coverage and want to complain about anything else. Being a mom is much better. Although it is a struggle, it is easier to understand why Taylor is crying even if I don't know why. She doesn't know how to tell me what she wants. Clients at work are just ignorant. Anyway, it is a really good place to work and I really do like my boss, but life has changed. I would much rather be with my precious little one at home. I know it is a righteous desire and if I work towards it, I will be blessed with the ability to accomplish it.

Daddy's Day

I know this post is a little late, but I wanted to post it anyway. For Father's day, I got Scott a cute plaque that says, "A daddy is his daughter's first love." I saw the quote somewhere and had a work friend of mine make it for me. It turned out so cute. Scott decided to go to Mesquite and go golfing for a few days as well, so I gave him some money for that. I know, super sentimental right? It was what he wanted and he had a good time having some time away from the stress of work.
Scott is a great dad. He doesn't feel like Taylor knows him, but I have no doubt that she will. He is so good with kids, she will soon like him more than me. A few weeks ago, I was getting ready to go in the morning and I walked in our bedroom and Scott was dancing with Taylor to daddy daughter songs. It was so cute I tried not to cry. The following morning was Sunday, and I actually got a picture of it.

I'm sure she knows who her dad is and feels his love for her. Watching him with her makes me love him so much more. I am so grateful to have such an amazing husband and father for Taylor.

18 Holes

Saturday Scott and I were able to play 18 holes of golf together for the first time this year. Scott's parents are sweet enough to watch Taylor for us every Saturday. We usually do grocery shopping and some errands, but this time they offered to watch her long enough for us to play golf. It was kind of a rough night with Taylor, but we were able to get out the door shortly after 8 and get out before it was too crowded on the course. I started out pretty well, then got really crappy for a while. At about hole 15, I pulled it together and felt pretty good about how I played the last few holes. Considering this is the third time I have played this year, and the two other times I only played nine holes, I think it went pretty well. It was so nice to get out in the sun and not have to worry about a little one.
We played the front nine pretty quickly, but when we got to the tenth tee they had sent some people out on number ten that were pretty slow. It took us and 1:45 to play the front nine and 2:45 to play the back nine. At the eighteenth tee while we were waiting for the group in front of us, mr. tough guy in front of us came back to tell us that there were people in front of them and hitting into them wouldn't do us any good. Scott asked him when we hit into him, and he said we didn't. Scott and I were boggled and more than slightly annoyed. We had waited for them and waited for them, and then he comes back and acts like a jerk? Really? Wow. The marshall had to ask them to speed up around hole 16 and they actually did, but they were SOOOO slow. I did accidentally hit into them on one hole because my aim sucks, but he went from me looking like a jerk to making himself look like one. Good times. Gotta love people.