I'm losing it!

No, not my mind, weight. I am finally losing weight again and I couldn't be happier about it. My weight has been crazy with the pregnancy and everything. I gained 40 lbs during my pregnancy and then lost 33 within the first 6 weeks after Taylor was born. Then I gained 13 back slowly. Towards the end of nursing, I started weight watchers because I was fed up with how my body looked. I have now lost 11 lbs. It has taken two months, but I am ok with losing slow and doing it healthy. I am sure I could lose more if I added working out, but I still haven't figured out how to do that successfully without sacraficing something important to me, like time with Taylor, Scott or sleep. Anywhoo. I am currently 11 lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight and once I lose that, I am going to stay on weight watchers to lose another 20-30. I am really enjoying it because it is not restrictive and I don't feel like I CAN'T have certain foods. I just pick and choose what I want and what I am going to sacrafice to have it. It doesn't go as fast as HCG, but I don't feel like I am not eating anything either. This is something I can definitely do long term. Hooray!

Boring

Recently I have decided my life is VERY boring and extremely predictable. My week goes like this:

Monday Thru Friday

• Get up between 6 and 6:30, shower and get myself semi decent, get my snacks ready for work, get Taylor ready, drop her off at the baby sitter and go to work.
• Work 8-5, with the exemption of my lunch break that usually consists of running errands. After work, if Scott hasn't picked her up, pick up Taylor and make it home by 6.
• Fix dinner if Scott is hungry or find something for me to eat if he is not.
• Play with Taylor and then feed her dinner at 7 and give her a bath if it is bath night.
• Give Taylor a bottle and get her to between 8 and 8: 30.
• By 8:30 I am spent, so I clean a few things up and then drop into bed and cuddle with hubby and watch TV for a little while.
• Wake up at least once a night and feed Taylor again and sometimes wake up a couple more times with her.
• Repeat

Saturday & Sunday

• Get up when Taylor does
• If I am lucky, take a nap when Taylor takes her morning nap, if I am not, clean the house or take care of things that didn't get done during the week
• Get groceries
• Get lunch
• Run errands
• Play with Taylor
• Spend time with one of our families
• Church if we don't sleep through it or miss it because we didn't realize it is Stake Conference.
• Spend as much time as a family as possible

Then the week starts over and we do it all again. I would really like to add in a workout, but I just don't know where I would get the time or energy to do it. This week I have told Scott twice that I want to work out and didn't end up happening. I guess running around the house for 2 hours between getting home and Taylor going to bed has to count for something right?
The weird thing about this is I am not even complaining. I am actually pretty happy these days. We are still struggling with sleep, so I have bad days, but I am pretty content with how my life goes. I just wish there was more time in the day so I could get more done, or do something exciting to change up the routine. I am excited for the upcoming holidays to change things up a bit, and I am really excited that some day (not as near in the future as I would like) I will get to stay home and be a mom and I can decide what we are going to do that day and not be a work drone. But...with that being said, life is good, and I have a lot of blessings to be grateful for. I get to spend time with my adorable daughter and fantastic husband every night and every weekend and right now I couldn't ask for more than that.

We've Been Doing Stuff

I can never seem to find the time and desire to blog anymore. When I get Taylor down to bed at night there is usually plenty to be done, and therefore, I don't spend time blogging. I do post pictures on facebook, but that is a lot quicker then writing an entire post and putting in pictures. So here is a recap on what we have been doing for the past month.

We went on vacation the end of August. We decided it wasn't hot enough here in Utah and we headed to Arizona. When I think about what we did for our vacation, all I can think is we golfed. The golf was good. We enjoyed it a lot. I played really well for only playing maybe twice in 2011 previous to our trip. We also went to Tombstone (thought it would be better). The coolest thing we did there was a ghost tour at the Birdcage Theatre. The history was really insteresting. The only other thing it seems like we did was eat. We tried to find some really good places to have ribs. And if anyone ever goes to AZ, Scott recommends Scottsdale BBQ Company. Good food. We also went out to dinner with a good friend of mine from BYU-I and visited at their house. It was great to see her and her little guy. We left Taylor with my in-laws. I did cry twice while we were gone because I missed my little one. Once in Tombstone when we were playing with a little girl at dinner, and once on the way home when we decided to stay the night in Vegas. Vegas was a lot of fun, but the minute we booked our room, I started crying. It sucked for Scott because we booked it on his phone, so when I burst into tears we were walking the strip. He said he got some looks. Anyway, while we were doing this:

Taylor was doing this:

I think she had a good time at Grandma's house, but I'm sure she missed us as well. Right when we got back, she was a little grumpy with us.
Honestly life has been a bit of a whorlwind since we got back from vacation. We both work all day long and spending  time with Taylor takes up our evenings so we only have the weekends most of the time. We are trying to fit in date nights where we can.
Two weeks ago Scott took me up to the Heber Creeper while my parents watched Taylor. I had never been on a passenger train and I was super excited once we go there found out what we were doing. Scott surprised me and took me on a sunset BBQ. It was a little chilly, but it was a lot of fun and it was a different kind of date and that is never a bad thing. I love surprises.

That last two weeks I have barely even functioned with how crazy things have been. Last Monday Taylor had her 6 month check up and I didn't work that day because or baby sitter had an eye infection. Taylor threw up at the doctor's office, but acted pretty normal so no one thought much about it. I guess teething can make babies puke, and I have really sensitive gag reflexes so it wouldn't be super crazy if Taylor did too.
Tuesday was normal until that night when I started throwing up. I threw up all night long and part of Wednesday. Of course I didn't work. I did take Taylor to the baby sitter so I could get some sleep which turned out to be a bad idea, but we are not there yet. Scott has been working crazy schedules because he has had some changes in his employees, but was able to come home Wednesday night and take care of Taylor and I. I was so grateful! I don't know how I would have functioned that night because I didn't have enough energy to walk up the stairs holding Taylor. He also got up all night Tuesday night with her. It was a huge relief while I was so sick.
I felt better Thursday morning and went to work, but my baby sitter was then sick. So I ended up picking her up at 11 and taking her to my parents to watch her until 3. They had already had the stomach bug so I figured I wouldn't be spreading it to them. I had to leave work early to take care of Taylor on Thursday.
Saturday Taylor couldn't keep anything down. She pretty much spit up or threw up everything we fed her except apple juice mixed with water and then her dinner that night. But Sunday she did much better so we still took her to the baby sitter on Monday. By Wednesday she was doing awful. She started screaming at night and not taking her naps. She had a horrible day at the sitter's on Thursday, so I made a doctor's appt for her on Friday. By Friday she was feeling much better though. The doctore thought she possibly got the stomach bug twice or she was just throwing up from her teeth. These two teeth have been really hard for her... ugh. So finally yesterday Taylor was back to normal and did really well. Hopefully we are done with that craziness for a while...

So that is pretty much all that has been going on with us...

Taylor is 6 Months Old!

Every time Taylor gets a month older I am shocked how quickly the last month went. The last six months have gone by so fast. She is such a big girl! She is 29 inches long (99%) 17 lbs 5 oz (76%), and her head is 43.5 cm (79%). I always have to remind myself that she is as young as she is because she is so strong and so big I expect her to act like an older child.
She currently has 4 teeth and one more I am guessing will come in in the next few days if not sometime today. She has really struggled with the last two teeth coming in. They are really hard on her and she has had two that were so close to cutting for 2 weeks. One came through and we are still waiting on the other. I don't know why her teeth take so long to come in and cause her so much pain. It is really sad and it is hard to be so helpless against it.

She doesn't quite crawl yet, but she would really like to. She gets up on hands and knees a lot and can move her knees forward, but can't figure out how to move both the hands and knees together. She ends up in downward dog position a lot too. Haven't gotten a picture of it yet, but it is really cute.
She sits up by herself now. She of course still topples over, but she is getting much better.

She is a really good eater now too. She eats everything I have given to her and now that she has a booster seat with a tray, she is really enjoying meal times. She eats her entire dinner most of the time.

When she is not in pain, tired, or hungry, she is a lot of fun to be around. She laughs at her toys and at her self. She loves to show off her top teeth now and will smile really big and scrunch up her nose so you can see them. It is pretty cute. We adore her and love playing with our happy little baby.

5 Months

Baby Taylor is 5 months now! I can't believe it. She is growing so fast. She is so big and so active. She wants to be moving all the time. She has been eating "solid" food for a month now and it depends on the day how well she does. She started out pretty rough, then got better, and now it seems like she is always distracted when I try to feed her. She will get the hang of it sooner or later. Right now it is like she just doesn't want to sit still to eat. Hopefully that goes away! I think part of the problem is I am feeding her in the bumbo and we need to get an actual space saver high chair instead. I think she would be more restricted that way.
We have been pretty sure that she is still teething. After the first two came in, we got a small break and then she seemed to be in pain again, but the last two days she hasn't acted like there is much pain. Who knows, baby teeth a little unpredictable.
She still smiles a lot and most of the time she is a joy. She can get frustrating at bed time and during feeding time, but she enjoys her baths and playing with mom and dad. We take her outside every night before bed and she LOVES to be outside. She loves to watch the wind blow through the trees and will make all sorts of excited noises out there.

She does a lot of crunches when you lay her down. She doesn't like to be laying flat. She wants to be up and moving, so she will lift her head and shoulders and her legs and try to get up. It doesn't work, but it is super cute. We did buy her a exerciser/activity center that she gets to be upright in. She didn't like it at first, but I think she is getting to be a little more fond of it. 

She has started going to her new baby sitter, and she seems to really like her. She is taking better naps now and she smiles like crazy when I drop her off. I am so glad we found someone that will work for us. She doesn't have a day care center and won't take more than two kids. Right now she has Taylor all the time and a friend's daughter once a week. It is really ideal for us, and she really is great and she seems to love what she does. It would be even better if I could stay home, but this is a better solution than a lot of our options.
Now if we could only get Taylor to sleep better at night...

Taylor's Blessing

We finally had Taylor's blessing on Saturday August 20th. With it being Scott's first blessing, we decided to do it privately. We reserved the relief society room and the pavilion and had the blessing inside and then a lunch for our family after. All of our siblings made it to the blessing except for one.
Scott gave Taylor an amazing blessing and of course I cried. It was really special.

Taylor did really well even though I scheduled the blessing right during her nap time. We didn't get very many good pictures though. Taylor did well for the blessing, but wasn't loving picture time. Guess she takes after Scott. I don't particularly love getting pictures taken right now either, but for different reasons ;)

After the blessing we had A LOT of food. We ordered a 7 ft Sensuous Sandwich which was a big hit and both sets of parents and my sister brought salads and fruits and veggies. We had to wait a little while after the blessing to eat, so I guess I didn't plan that part the best, but hey, it was my first time doing something like this, so I am not going to beat myself up about it. All in all, I thought it went really well and everything turned out really nicely. I am so happy to be blessed with a husband who is a worthy priesthood holder. It was a great day.

Demo Derby 2011

We have started a little tradition of going to the demolition derby in Nephi every year. This year was a little bit crazy. Right after the first heat, a big storm came in. The wind was blowing so hard there was dust everywhere and there was no way we would have seen the cars running into each other if they had been going. Then they called announced that the Fire Marshall had declared an emergency and because of the lightning we all needed to get out of the bleachers for at least 1/2 hour. So we all went and sat in our cars for a while. The storm sort of past and we all went back out. I think some people left, and it was chilly, but this derby was awesome. This was the first time Scott or I had seen a car get completely flipped over, and it happened TWICE! I had forgotten my camera, but my sister took this pic on her phone:

This was the second time. The car on bottom actually had a fire and that is why the firetruck is there. We left right after the grudge match because it was getting late and we needed to get Taylor home. She was sleeping soundly at her grandparents house. I was soooo glad we didn't take her to the derby to be out in the crazy weather. We had a good time overall I think. When the wind wasn't blowing and it wasn't rainy, it wasn't too bad.