Happy Easter

Bear from Grandma Taylor

Grandma Bartlett's Easter egg hunt

All 13 grandkids! Go us!

Crew's Easter basket

The Easter bunny made a visit to Crew...He is such a lil' man

3 weeks old already?!

Time sure flies! My little man is three weeks old already. I am finally starting to feel better, and get into the swing of things. Last night was Crew's first night in his own bed, in his own room. He slept from 11 to 4, it was heaven! I can't believe how fast he is growing. He changes every day. I can't wait for my sister Alyson and her family to get out here to meet him.

Grandpa put a clock next to him to show 6:39. 3 weeks EXACTLY!

My boy!

He looks just like a little man

Crew Reed Taylor

Crew was born on February 26th at 6:39 p.m. He weighed 8 lbs. and 6 ounces and was 21 inches long. He was a little stubborn boy towards the end and he didn't want to make his appearance. I had to be induced, which was quite the process. It all started on Thursday the 25th at 3:00 p.m. So as you can see my labor was not quick, nor easy to say the least!! But he is here and is such a joy. It is a big transition, but Eric and I just can't get enough of him.

Just after he was born

Crew and Dad

Headed home from hospital sporting his U of U outfit

Dad and Crew in their matching outfits and shoes!

His first bath

I guess it's time for an update....

I know, I know it's been a long time! I was looking on here, and saw that people have been commenting on my post from a year ago! So pathetic! This last year has had some ups and downs. Everything with my head is stable for now. I am going up to the Moran eye center every 3 months for check up's, but all is well. As most of you know Eric had the best fathers day ever. I had not been feeling well, so we decided it was time to take the test! I think when it came back positive we didn't know whether to scream, or cry. We just looked at each other with a blank look. After a few seconds (felt like minutes) we both freaked out. We have been to the doctor a few times. I am now 24 weeks along, and we will welcome our precious little boy into the world on February 19, 2010. We had another appt. today and also a follow up ultrasound. She was able to see his face more and said that right now everything looks healthy. The last few days I have been able to feel him move around alot. It is the most amazing/crazy thing ever! We are both really nervous, but so excited as well. What a joy this will be.

Alyson, Kawika, and Emma just left last week. They were here for over a month, and it was not easy saying goodbye! They were here for so long, it just felt permanant. I love that Emma so much, she is a doll. We love when they come to visit and we hope they will be here for Christmas!!

Eric lost his job the end of last year. It was hard to get that news, and we knew it would be hard for him to find something else. We felt it was going to best if we put the house up on the market to see what would happen. Eric ended up finding a great job working for the Canyon's School District, he loves his job. We had a few offers on the house so we still decided that it was probably for the best if we were able to sell it to do so. We did sell it, and are now living in Eric's parents basement. We are going to try to save as much as we can and start looking for a home next spring. We feel we are so blessed to even have a place to go. They take good care of us!!

Alright, so there is a quick update. I will try to do better at this blog posting :)

Disneyland

Brian and Julia planned our family reunion this year. We went to disneyland for a week. We also spent 1 day at the beach which was great! We had a blast together as a family!









Our first day there!











He did not like it when I called him Frotto....Sorry Frollo














The character's were so cute all dressed up in there halloween costumes!











Eric and I at the beach.....














Yes we have disney shirts on...My mom bought them for us and we all (26 of us) had them on...We got the stare downs..But it was great!

Think it's time for a new post/update!

Eric and I had a bit of a scare the last month or so. I have been having some really bad headaches, and some pressure build up in my head. It has not been fun. I started by going to my family doctor to see if he could tell me anything. All he said was to just go get a brain MRI done because I have signs of a brain tumor. Well Eric and I didn't feel to comfortable with just getting the MRI done because my doctor was so iffy about it. We talked to some people and figured maybe it was possibly my sinuses. I went to an ear nose and throat doctor. He saw that one of my tubes in my ear was not closing all the way, and said that is usually caused from estrogen. He advised me to get off my birth control and see if that helps and we would check back in a month. Well with in the month I had gone for my annual eye exam for some new contacts. That Dr. told me that I had some swelling behind my eyes, and that he could see some lumps. He didn't act to fast on things, and there I was worried as heck. My sweet sister, Amy, has a friend in her ward that is an optometrist and she talked to him, and he wanted to take a look so he could send me in the right direction. Well, he saw the swelling as well. He made an appointment for me up at the Moran eye Center with a Neuro-Ophthalmologist. We just went up and saw her last week, she was 99% sure it was not a brain tumor. But to be sure she wanted me to get the brain MRI to be 100% sure. She described to me Pseudotumor Cerebri is what I have. The results of the MRI came back clear, and what a relieve that was! Thanks to the many prayers! My next step may be a spinal tap...So now we are praying again :)