Last weeks recap

Sunday:  Check out of hospital

Tuesday: Cancel preschool because i'm still extremely exhausted and recovering from lack of fluids

Wednesday:  Presleigh gets an ear infection

Friday:  Dad gets admitted to the hospital for double pneumonia and we almost drive 10 hours while i'm 37 weeks pregnant to be with him.

Saturday:  Go to urgent care because I have another yeasst infection only this time it's in my mouth:(  YUCK!!!!

Last week wasn't a very fun one.  This week is turning out to be better and we are getting closer and closer to having this baby!!!!!

Too Early

Friday night after Wayne and I finished watching a movie I started feeling really awful.  I had the chills so bad that I couldn't even lift up my blanket at all or I would start shivering so bad it would hurt my belly.  I have been on medication for a bacterial infection and it has been giving me some stomach problems.  We decided to go to bed but of course I couldn't sleep.  I was up all night either because I was hot or cold or needed to use the bathroom.  I thought I was having contractions but because of my stomach cramps it was hard to tell what was really going on.

At about 3 in the morning my stomach pains had stopped and I was finally able to start timing the contractions. They were 3 minutes apart but still pretty weak.  I honestly was super stressed because this was so different from any of my other labors and I couldn't believe that we were going to have a baby just before we hit 37 weeks.  I didn't even want to go to the hospital because I thought that the contractions would probably just go away.  But of course Wayne was up packing bags and getting us all ready to go to labor and delivery.  I called my sweet cousin at 4:30 in the morning and asked her if we could bring Presleigh and Noah over and she agreed (thank goodness)  and then we headed in.  

When we got there they told us that they would check me and then monitor us for an hour and then check me again to see if I had dialated.  If so then I was in labor.  Of course I didn't dialate barely at all and they detirmined that I was probably dehydrated.  I tried to drink as much as I could but I was so cold and out of it that it was difficult.  Then baby girls heart rate spiked and so the Doctor decided I needed an IV (My least favorite part)  Baby's heart rate stayed pretty high for a while so they wanted to keep me overnight.  I had Wayne and my cousin John give me a blessing which I am so grateful for.  I was able to relax and get a little bit of rest. By morning my contractions had stopped and Baby's heart rate was back to normal. 

As much as I would love to not be pregnant anymore and hold my sweet baby in my arms, I really am grateful that she will get to cook a little longer. And I am so grateful for worthy Priesthood holders who were able to give me a blessing without hesitation in my time of need.  And for the peace and comfort that I was able to receive through that blessing. 

5 Amazing Years

Last weekend we celebrated our 5th anniversary.  Wayne told me kind of last minute (after I had hinted at needing a road trip) that we were headed to Salt Lake to spend the weekend.  I was so excited to get to spend a little time away before this baby comes.  We have so much fun on our road trips.  I love going on road trips mostly because the long hours in the car gives Wayne and me time to have really great conversations.

 We left after Wayne got off of work on Thursday so the kids spent most of the time sleeping.  Friday was our anniversary and we really just wanted to hang out and relax. We got to stay with Wayne's family which was so nice.  Presleigh and Noah enjoyed spending time with their cousins and seeing Grandma (Presleigh called her My Dad's Mom) and Grandpa Taylor.  We spent our anniversary going to Costco, H&M, and Rodizio Grill. Thanks to G-ma and G-pa Taylor for watching our darlings while we went to dinner, which by the way was the worst dining experience ever.

Saturday we went and ordered my anniversary present which is a new diamond anniversary band:)  Yeah best husband ever.  Then we headed to Ikea.  Usually when we go to Utah I have a million places that I want to go but because I didn't want to spend our whole weekend running around town I tried to keep it to just H&M and Ikea.  Saturday evening Julie and Paul came to visit us.  Presleigh was so excited to see baby Laila and had been telling us for days how much she misses her.  It was so nice to be able to visit with them too.

I can't even express how grateful I am that I was able to marry such an amazing man.  Wayne is my very best friend and I love how special our marriage is.  The last five years have definitely been amazing and I am one lucky girl!!!

Presleigh's Prayer Tonight

Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank you for this day.  Thank you for mommy, daddy, me, and noah. Thank you for the earth. Thank you for Jesus and Heavenly Father.  We can't see them but we can feel them. I hope I see the sun.  I hope I stay in my bed and get a pom pom in my little pom pom jar.  I love you.  Name of Jesus Christ.

Amen

Snow Day

A couple weeks ago we finally got to enjoy some snow.  The snow here is the greatest.  It was the very first snow of the Winter and we got like 6 inches and then by the next day it was all melted.  Perfect:)  We have yet to  even purchase a snow shovel because the snow seems to melt so fast.

  The kids were loving the snow and spent hours out in it.  I think their goal was to make as many snow angels as they could.  Noah would jump and do a 180 degree turn and land on his back to start his angels.  They did start a little snow fight but it didn't last very long:) 

Because of the snow storm, Wayne's office chose to take the day off so we got to spend the day with daddy too.   

Happy Birthday Presleigh

Presleigh's birthday was a special one this year.  It was her first friend birthday party and she chose a strawberry shortcake theme.  I felt like I kind of dropped the ball on her birthday last year because we had just moved into our house and pretty much everything was chaos so this year we went a little crazy.  I took Presleigh around to all of her little friends houses and she dropped off her invitations. 

Then I spent the week preparing for her big day.  Presleigh was so sweet and would watch me when I was making the stuff for her party and get so excited about it.  Some days when Wayne would come home from work she would tell him all about the things I had worked on that day.

Presleigh got to open her presents from mom and dad in the morning before Wayne went to work.  She picked oatmeal with blueberries for her morning breakfast.  All of her friends showed up at 10:00 for the party:) 

 All the girls got to wear an apron and a party hat:)

 They decorated these foam baskets and filled them with goodies to take home.

 The snack table.  We had a picnic in the living room.  Presleigh told me this was her favorite part of the party:)

 Cupcakes and the traditional giant cupcake.

 PB&J for snack and juice boxes

 We played bean bag toss with strawberry bean bags and a pin the strawberry on the branch game:)

I couldn't take too many pictures because I was pretty busy with 10 little ones running around.  It probably would have been smart to have someone there to help me a little.  Next time we will do it on Wayne's day off:)

After the party we met Rhonda at Costa Vida for some yummy lunch.  Then we came home and played with all of the fun things Presleigh got from her friends.  We made Presleigh's favorite spaghetti for dinner.  Then the Lewis fam came over after dinner for some cake. It was a really good day and Presleigh was quite worn out by the end of it.  We are so grateful that her friends were able to come and celebrate her special day with her:)

I can't believe my sweet girl is 4.  She is growing up way too fast:(   Some things we are loving about Presleigh these days:

*She makes up her own songs. I would say they are country songs because they are stories set to music:)so cute.  Oh and she loves to sing them after our family scripture study.
*She is a really really good big sister.
*She is my little helper.
*She reminds us to use nice words ("We don't say lame, hate, stupid, butt")
*She is a great artist.  She loves to color and draw pictures.
*She loves to play games.  Candyland is her favorite.  She gets to the ice castle and then refuses to move because she loves the ice castle:)
*She loves to use "Teamwork"  to get things done. 
*She loves to learn and is especially good at listening during FHE
*She is very appreciative of things.  She has a really good memory and is constantly reminding us where she get things. Like her blankets and skirts made by Grandma Patsy.
*She always wants to sit on the side of the van that I will be sitting on.  When we are going somewhere as a family she will ask "Mom, are you driving?"  so that she can get into the carseat behind my seat.

We love Presleigh so much and are so blessed to have her in our family!!!

Howard was my mother's Christmas present this year.  We were super excited to get to meet him when she came to visit us.  He is super little and very very cute.  The kiddos adored him and loved to chase him around. 

 Here is Presleigh in Noah's baker boy get up.  She actually prefers his apron over her own. 

 Last week was Presleigh's first day in Primary.  She was very excited and went right in and sat down with her class.  I took this picture of her after church when she was a little grumpy:( 

This week during Primary they called her up to sing to her for her birthday which is on Wednesday.  She went right up when they called her name and got to pick out a pink CTR bracelet while they sang to her.  I have to admit that I got a little teary watching how grown up she was in there.  The primary president also gave her a necklace with a key attached to take to the Bishop after church was over.  She was so funny about the necklace and said that it has magic powers.  I think she was a little disappointed when she had to give it to the Bishop but she did get a yummy candy bar in exchange. 
She is looking forward to her strawberry shortcake birthday party, and has been counting down the Sundays until her big day.