taylors new best bud Austin James

well my sister and I were pregnant together this whole time, so it was only a matter of three weeks until we both had new little babies. my sister monica gave birth to little Austin James on wednesday march 25 a couple minutes after 6am. he weighed in at 7lb4oz and was 19 inches long. so he had a couple ounces on taylor but was also a couple inches shorter. he has the cutest big cheecks you've ever seen and a head full of dark hair. she had him at san joaquin hospital which was the same place i had taylor. so when i was there visiting her i stopped by and said hello to my delivery nurse and showed her how taylor had grown over the three weeks. monica did really good with labor even having to push for over an hour. her hubby was a great coach and even cut the cord. hospital policy is to let three people in the room when you deliver, but they actually let four of us stay in so i got to watch her actually deliver him. it was soo awesome to actually watch that happen!! i mean ive had two kids of my own (one of which monica got to watch be born) but its different when you're not the one pushing and can actually see whats going on. we are both sooo anxious for the kids to grow up together and watch them learn all the fun little stuff so close together. im sure we'll be spending alot of time together with the kids!

we survived the first week!!

well taylor is officially ten days old and so far she's been a dream! she eats about every four hours which makes for me actually getting some sleep at night. landen is starting to wonder when this babysitting kid is gunna every go home LOL today he told me he was ready for her to go home. so i informed him that this is her home. he corrected me that this is HIS home. i guess growing up with babysitting kids around all the time, it makes sense that he assumes taylor is just a babysitting kid that has been here for a really long time. i really am enjoying having her here and cant believe that the transition to having two kids from one has gone soo smoothly so far. true i havent attempted to take both kids anywhere by myself yet, but ive managed to keep the house picked up and not had a meltdown yet so i think im doing pretty good. its been really nice having joe home all week and the next two weeks he's just working half days to be able to still help me at night. im anxious for the week to go by cause i heard that the weather is supposed to be real warm and nice later this week. landen does so much better when he's not stuck in the house all day every day. plus i have soo many cute summer type outfits to put taylor in and im anxious to start dressing her up. well both kids are sleeping at the moment so im going to go upstairs and fold some laundry and maybe make my bed for the first time all week :)

new family sticker :)

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figured i needed to post a new family sticker since our family is soo different now :). by the way taylor has continued to be a wonderful baby even allowing me to get 4 hours of sleep between feedings!!!

taylor is here!!!

taylor decided she'd been cooking long enough and has officially joined the brooks family :). for those who are curious here is the whole story. i had a drs appt on thursday at 1130. the dr said everything looked good but that i had slowly been getting some calcium buildup on my placenta that he was a little concerned about. he said it wasnt to the point of needing emergency delivery, but that he felt comfortable suggesting i get induced at this point. i was already nearly 3cm dialated and 90% effaced so my body was already starting the labor process by then. so he made a call to san joaquin hospital and sent me home to wait for them to call me in. about 230pm the hospital called and said they had a room ready for me so we took off. got me in and about 530 my dr came by and broke my water. that got my contractions going pretty strong and about 8pm i decided i was ready for an epidural. besides having a person in training person mess up doing it the first time and having to get it done again once it was finally working we were in good shape! the dr came back to check on my about 1030 and said i was at 7cm dialated and wanted to get me on a stronger dose of medicine to get my contractions to come stronger and closer together. the nurse told me the remaining part of labor could go pretty quick for me to just let her know when i felt any sort of "pressure". about fifteen minutes later i called her back in cause i could tell i felt something different goin on. sure enough after only fifteen minutes it was time to start pushing!! got the bed all set up and the dr ready to do his thing and at 1103 taylor jean brooks was born. she weighed 6lb15oz and was 20.5 inches long. we are now home and trying to adjust to live with our very active three year old and a new baby. we've had tons of family come to visit and some great friends as well. we've taken some more pics of her since we've been home but im still kinda sore to go and get the camera and upload everything at this moment. but hey at least im updating my blog right!? please feel free to come visit as i wont be getting outta the house much the next month or so. taylor is doing good and is super cute, oh and i forgot to mention that she's kidna bald with a little bit of what looks like might be strawberry blonde hair!!!

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36 weeks and counting

k so this picture is a few weeks old, but as you can see I am still getting rounder (and so is my little sister). today i am officially 36 weeks and losing all motivation to keep the house clean or cook meals. im feeling pretty good for the most part, but keeping up with Landen all day long is sooo exhausting. he's currently down for a nap and i should be doing laundry, but am playing on the computer instead. besides still being pregnant, our cat has been missing for two weeks now. i had joe put up some signs today so im hoping someone calls saying they have been keeping him out of the nasty weather. he's been gone this long once before and then magically came home one day, so im thinking someone in the neighborhood just likes keeping him at their place from time to time. our salt water fish tank is starting to come along nicely. we still only have 2 turbo snails, 1 cleaner shrimp and 4 random fish in there but we just added about 30 pounds of live rock so its starting to look pretty cool. im anxious to add some more fish but we only add one at a time about every month so we dont shock the system and kill everything :) i had a GREAT baby shower a couple weeks ago here in town with lots of friends and family showing their excitement for baby taylor to arrive. i have another small one this coming weekend down in san diego with joe's family so im super excited for that too. my sister took lots of pics at my shower but i havent got her memory card from her yet to upload them. my good friend brooke had a baby about a month ago so her three yr old daughter Alaura has been spending alot of time over here playing with landen and they just love each other. its so fun watching them play but man i am soo glad i didn't have twins!!! i seriously dont understand how young parents survive the day when they have 4 or 5 kids running around the house. k well guess thats about as good of an update as you're gunna get today. im not even sure who reads this thing, if anyone. but i go to the dr every week now so ill be sure and keep anyone in blog land updated on being pregnant. hopefully we'll have new baby pictures to post on here in another few weeks!!!

3-4d ultrasound

k so i havent had luck uploading the video of the 3-4d ultrasound but at least we have a few pictures on here now of her. sorry for those of you who read this and dont want to see girly pics to prove the gender. i figure most of the people who read this are girls and some are even pregnant themselves, so i dont think anyone will mind. but we had the 3d ultrasound on friday originally, but her face was turned the other way so we didnt get ANY good shots besides her ear. so they let me come back again on tuesday and try it again and she was a bit more cooperative. she still had her hand in her face the entire time so we didnt get any totally complete face shots, but you can at least see her for the most part. im now a few days past 30 weeks so its the downward slope of being pregnant. i start going to the dr every two weeks which is think its wayy to often to go to the dr, but no complaints. everything looks good and i think ive gained around 25 pounds so far. the only part of me that looks pregnant is my round belly (well maybe my boobs a bit larger now too). but from the backside you'd never even know i was pregnant. its also been really fun being pregnant at the same time as my sister monica who is only due three weeks after me. we both are gaining a belly and both are having dr appts and ultrasounds close, so its fun to compare everything. but besides that things are going good. landen is starting to get the idea of me having a baby in my belly and he refers to her by name sometimes even. i think since ive babysat so much that he'll adjust well to having her around when she's born. he already loves babies and always wants to be a helper. ill try to do another update post later today about christmas.








k so im not sure if the video on here is gunna work or not, but at least we have a few pictures