Taysia Brianne - Week 5

This week Taysia had her first real bath in the sink (instead of just a sponge bath). She enjoys "talking" with me and she responds with a happy face, especially in the morning. She has even voluntarily smiled and cooed at me a few times. This week we also celebrated 1 month since Taysia was born. She’s doing a little better with the reflux and we continue to make progress.

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Taysia Brianne - Week 4

This has been a rough week due to Taysia’s reflux. None of us have slept very well and we haven’t taken many pictures, unfortunately. The reflux makes it so that Taysia can’t be horizontal, which makes it difficult to sleep, especially at night. The doctor did get her a prescription and she is starting to do better, but it can take up to two weeks for the medication to reach its full effect, so we just have to patient for a bit.

Otherwise, Taysia is doing really well. She loves her daddy. In the picture above, she’s with her bear. Taysia’s birth mom also has the exact same bear so she can see how big she’s getting. And she is getting big. She’s still eating good despite the reflux. Taysia is just a really sweet girl.

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This week Taysia had her first doctor’s appointment. She has grown 2 inches and gained 8 oz, making her 20 inches long and 7 lbs 11oz. Taysia does have a belly button now - yay! She is wanting to sleep through the night, only getting up for feedings, but we are having issues with reflux right now and she has a hard time being horizontal, so we are working with the doctor to figure it out so she can feel better and we all can get some more sleep.

Alaska and Kira love Taysia and have to make sure she’s okay when she cries. I think they are wanting in the attention department, though, so I do try to give them attention when I can. Same with Scott - I try to give him attention when I can. :)

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Taysia Brianne - Week 2

Taysia is a good eater and she is growing. She likes to have her feet and legs rubbed and loves to be cuddled. Taysia finally went "cordless" yesterday and her little belly button is taking shape. She is a pretty sweet baby. Scott had to go back to work yesterday and he missed her.

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Taysia Brianne - Week 1

Well, of course, this has been an eventful week. We were able to be there at the hospital when the baby was born and it was awesome. She came home late Thursday night. We are calling her Taysia Brianne right now, and hopefully that will stick! :) It really was hard to start the naming process until we got her home.

Ever since Taysia got home, it has been quite the adventure. Her tummy didn’t agree with the formula the hospital gave us, so we switched brands and she’s doing well now. Scott likes to say she has a flair for the night life, or that she parties all night and sleeps all day. Both dogs have taken to her and they follow us around thinking that they are "helping."

Taysia has met extended family on both sides and they all adore her, especially both grandmas. We have all waited a long time to meet her and she is definitely loved.

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She's Finally Here

We are so excited to announce that we have adopted a sweet baby girl! She was born on Tuesday, May 26th, at 7:46 am, 7 lbs 3 oz, 18 inches long. She’s just beautiful and healthy and we couldn’t ask for more. We don’t have a name for her yet but we’re working on it. Our birth mom invited me to be in the delivery room with her during the c-section (which was awesome, by the way!), and we have been at the hospital with our birthmom ever since, that’s why it has taken so long to make an announcement. The next few months will be a tough time for our birthmom, so we would appreciate you keeping her in your prayers also, if you feel so inclined. Thank you, everybody, for all your prayers and support and patience!

Pictures

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Adoption Video

Just did a video/slideshow of us. Check it out!

Breakfast at McDonald's

We have a lot of family traditions, and there were a couple more traditions we did today. My Mom’s family has a holiday tradition of going to McDonald’s for breakfast the day after Christmas. (Above) Scott and Jen at McDonald’s.

(Above) Aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews all at McDonald’s for breakfast.

Celebrating Christmas with Scott's Family

Another thing we do every year is have Christmas brunch with Scott’s family. We usually have it the Saturday before Christmas, but this year it just worked out to be today. I always love this celebration with Scott’s family. We just relax the entire day, and since we don’t do it on Christmas Day we don’t have to rush off to another family celebration - we can take our time and do whatever we want. :)

(Above) Scott helping with breakfast.

(Above) Usually the guys end up playing computer games all day.

(Above) Everybody else usually watches movies. Looks like everyone is pretty tired from Christmas!