Weekend with Nana and Maile

While I went into the hospital Taylyn was with Maile and Linda. She had a blast. They went to the park, went shopping, had sleep overs, and much much more. I was a little worried she wouldn't want me to come home but when I came in she ran up and gave me a hug and said, "Mommy you home, I so excited." That made me feel better that she still loves me to be home. During her sleep over Maile was laying with her to help her go to sleep and all of a sudden Tay's face was about 2 inches from her and she said, "you hear that? What that noise?" Any little noise she heard she responded the same way. It happened quite a bit before she went to sleep.
It was so nice to know she was having fun and being taken care of while I was in the hospital. I sure missed her while I was gone.

Jaxon Tione Wilson

After a long awaited week Jaxon Tione Wilson was born. I had an appointment to be induced on March 19, much appreciative of my doctor for inducing me a week early. I had to get up at 2:00 am and call the hospital to make sure they could still take me. They gave me the okay so we got up and showered and headed off to the hospital. We got there at 3:00am and they got the IV in and paperwork finished by 3:30 so they started the patosan (I'm not sure quite how to spell it). I was already dialated to a 4+ when I got there so I didn't think it would take too long. My Doctor came in at 7:00am and broke my water. Then I asked for the epidural as soon as I could. I didn't want to take any chance of not getting it in time. It took awhile for it to kick in on my left side but after a few doses I was not feeling the contractions anymore. The nurse came in around 8:30 to check me and was startled to see a head full of dark hair. She called the doctor and he came right down. I had to do three series of pushes and he was born at 8:57am . He was 7 pounds 8 ounces, 20 inches long, and his head was 13 inches. He was not so sure he was ready to be in this world but everything was great with him. I was surprised how great I felt even once the epidural had worn out. I even felt good enough to get up and take a shower that night. The next day Cody had to drive and work in Beaver so I had the day by myself and I took advantage of the time and slept most of the day, with Jaxon laying by me. That night Taylyn and Cody came to visit again and she took a little more interest in Jaxon without everyone else there. She wanted to give him a kiss but only with her finger.

I thought about coming home on Friday but Cody convinced me to stay an extra day and get one more night of sleep with help from the nurses. Boy was I glad I listened. However, by Saturday morning I was ready to be home. I think Cody was just as ready, his bed was extremely uncomfortable. We are now home and doing well. Jaxon is finally getting on somewhat of a schedule so I know what he needs and when he needs it. He is very mild tempered and so far has been an easy baby. The only time he cries is when I change his diaper. Taylyn thinks it is so funny that he doesn't like his diaper changed. We are hoping it stays that way. We are glad he is with us. All Taylyn wanted to do was eat my lunch the first time she saw Jaxon. She wasn't so much concerned about her new baby brother though. I guess the hospital food was too hard to resist!!

She was finally interested in holding him but for only about 10 seconds and then she told me she was all done. My parents came up the day Jaxon was born and enjoyed holding and loving him. He got lots of kisses from Grandma! Cody's family took Taylyn for us and brought her as soon as Jaxon had his bath. Linda and Maile both took there turns hold and loving as well.

Taylyn didn't wait long to introduce Tea Parties to Jaxon. The day after I brought him home she set up her dishes and had a little tea party with her new brother. It was quite funny how serious she was about the whole party. Here are just a few pictures of Jaxon that we have taken over the last couple of days.After a couple days of being home I finally got him dressed in something other than a onsie or pajamas.

Since bringing him home Taylyn has been a cute big sister. She loves to hold him and help me change his diaper. Whenever she hears him cry she will tell me, "Me don't like Baby Jaxon to be sad make him happy." She is very protective over him and seems to like having him around.

More to Come

I know I have been a slacker so here is just a few pictures of Jaxon until I can get a minute to sit to download pictures and write about the whole experience.

All By Myself!

Well I have finally started getting a taste of the terrible twos!!! She has started whining and crying over the silliest things. We are working hard to nip it in the butt before it gets too bad and we are seeing a little progress (perfect timing considering I will be exhausted for the next couple of weeks and may not be as consistent as I need to be). We give her until the count of three and then if she hasn't stopped she has to go to her room. She runs in there and shuts and locks the door. She will carry on for sometimes up to 10 minutes and then she will walk and and say, "I all done now!" and just like that she is fine. I think Cody is excited to get a little boy in the house so there isn't so much emotions flying around.

She also has started wanting to do everything by herself (that is what a lot of the tantrums are about), once she figures out she can't do something than she will ask for help. Lately when it is time to say prayers before bed we ask who she wants to help her, "I do it myself." We have let her go ahead and try and it is so funny, They usually go something like this, "heavenly father, thank you for Jesus, thank you for my family, and Roxie, bless my mom, bless my daddy, bless my Taylyn, bless my Jaxon, bless my tiger thanks for spirit, name Jesus Christ Amen" I just can't believe how fast she is growing.

Tie Die Twins!

Taylyn finally decided she liked the tie-die shirt that I bought her especially if Daddy wore his too. It was too cute so we had to get a picture. She thought it was so cool that she looked like Daddy!

Baby Update!

Well I went to the doctor yesterday and I am dilated to a 4 and my fluids took a nose dive during the week. I was at 13 last Tuesday and was at an 8 yesterday so the inducing is for sure happening in the morning if they have a bed for me. I went to do the stress test on Jaxon's heart and had to wait about 20 minutes for them to get an empty room so I could lay down.
I have to get up at 2am and call the hospital and find out if they can take me. I am scheduled to go in at 3:00am to get started. I am very excited and hope the delivery is as smooth as Taylyn's was. I am a little worried because on the ultrasound yesterday he was facing the wrong was so I have been poking him in hope he will shift the way he needs to. He has been so active with kicking me anywhere he can that hopefully he has or will have turned by tomorrow morning. I will get some pictures posted as soon as I can, once I get home from the hospital.

Banana Flam Dam

Cody and Tony are always talking about this dessert they had in Mexico and how good it was. They found a recipe and thought they would give it a try. I was a little nervous when they started asking me for matches. It didn't turn out quite like they remembered it but they think they know what they can do differently next time.

Getting ready to start the banana's on fire!

Didn't work so they are trying it while the pan is on the stove.

It finally worked a little but we couldn't get the camera to show the fire on the bananas.

Finally a Hint of Spring!

This weekend I was trying to take it easy and just relax before the baby came. My doctor was also out of town and I didn't want to go into labor without him here. It was beautiful outside and almost felt like spring so we decided to take Taylyn to the park and have a picnic. She was in absolute heaven. She ate her lunch good and was off to play and play hard she did. She was up and down so many times and running all over the place. I think she has spring fever as much as her Dad does. I really enjoyed the fresh air as well, but I didn't do much playing.
Taylyn's favorite part was the twisty slide and the rock crawl.

What has been going on here?

There was beautiful sunset the other day so we took a picture of it. The weather has been so nice lately and Taylyn, Roxie and I have enjoyed being able to go outside. That is until I woke up the other morning to at least 6 inches of snow and it has been freezing ever since. Sometimes I really miss Florida but I do love the mountains!A whole lot of nothing has been going on here. We are just counting down the days until we have the baby. Cody still has to sit a lot to put his leg up, I am getting so uncomfortable I don't do much and Taylyn loves the attention she is getting because we are not busy with other things. She even convinced Daddy to paint her finger and toenails for her. Taylyn decided that Mickey Mouse needed to eat with her and asked Cody to put a bib on him so that he didn't get dirty. She is so much like me with getting dirty and O.C.D that it is a little scary. A funny new thing Taylyn has started it she loves to sing. She sings songs that we have taught her, ones she learned in nursery and has started making up ones of her own about whatever she is playing with. It is so funny to listen to her. For the last couple of weeks in church she likes to hold the Hymn book and sing with us. She sings words like Jesus, God, nursery over and over while we sing the correct words. Yesterday at church she decided she would sing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star in her normal singing voice during the closing prayer. We were laughing so hard that I couldn't sing a word of the song.

Getting READY for the Baby!

Well I am down to 9 days until my induction date of March 19 and I am definitely ready to be finished. My Doctor said that he would induce me a week before my due date and put me on the books. I am hoping to go before then but we will see. I have been doing weekly checks on my fluid levels and baby heart tests for over a month now and I am definitely getting tired of them. I am starting to swell extremely bad and my joints in my hands and feet and not to pleased with the swelling. They have been so bad lately I can barely hold my toothbrush in the morning. My fingers have even started going nub when I used them a lot. I decided two Sundays ago I might be done going to church because nothing fits and I don't have any nice shoes that fit my feet. Last Sunday I decided it was nice enough outside I would wear sandals so my feet didn't swell. No luck, they were so puffy I had lines on my feet that showed the style of sandals I was wearing. This Sunday I wore flip flops and only made it to Sacrament meeting because I was so swollen. I have Kankles for ankles many times during the day. I was on my feet so much with teaching when I was pregnant with Taylyn that I never really had a problem with swelling. It is amazing how different each pregnancy can be. Here are a few pictures I thought in a few years might be funny for me to look at. However, they are much worse now, the pictures are a few weeks old.

Taylyn is very ready for the baby to come. She keeps asking me when Baby Jaxon will come home so she can put him on the changing table and change his bum. She helped Cody put together the changing table and crib and helped me put his clothes and blankets away so she just doesn't understand why he is still in my belly and not home. We will see how she feels once he is actually home and she has to share our attention with something else.

I am getting very excited to have him here and finally be able to hold him. I am a little nervous to have to start all over with the baby stuff but there is nothing like holding a new baby!!!!