Happy Thanksgiving!!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!! We did! We stayed in Birmingham due to the little present we are expecting. It was nice, it was just us. I am proud of us! As time draws near I treasure ever moment i have with Jackson and Jonathan. We ate until we popped!!

Baby Update 36.5wk: We went to the Dr on Tuesday. Everything is fine. Her heart rate has started to decrease, it was 154. I am measuring 37 week, i.e... i am huge!! I am still 1cm dilated. She will be here soon!

Jackson's 3rd Birthday!!!

Jackson's third birthday was wonderful!! We would like to thank everyone who attended. The PUMP IT UP Staff did a wonderful job to keep us all entertained. Between jumping, sliding, climbing, running fun was had by all ages and memories for a lifetime. By the time it was over we were all worn out. This is Jonathan's first ever post to the blog so please forgive me if not as informative as Jennifer, but Daddy is learning for when Juliette is coming which could be any day now.

Please Check out this site for all of the pictures from the party.

http://jtaylorfamily.shutterfly.com/

Jackson's 3 year old Check Up

We went for Jackson's 3 year old check up yesterday. He did great! He weighed 40 lbs and his height was 40.5 inches. For weight that is the 95% and height is 97%. So he is just a big boy!!! The Dr told us that to expect him to be at LEAST 6'2" when he grows up. They also tested his vision and he can see better then Jonathan and I (hahaha). They did this by putting a patch over one eye and stepping about 12 feet away and he had to identify the pictures. When they put the patch on his eye he looked at the nurses and said "I a pirate, uurrrrggg" and put his fist out. Everyone laughed. He got a good report. The dr did recommend we see a speech therapist for his annunciation but that he was right on target just may be an issue later. So we want to nip it in the bud early. So we have a happy and health 3 year old!!!

Baby Update - 35.5 wks

We went to the Dr today! Everything is looking good. Her heart rate was 164. My blood pressure and blood sugar looked good! Still 1 cm dilated. So we are still on track for December 8th.

4D Comparision

As time grows closer for Juliette to be here i am really starting to wonder who she will look like. So i finally pulled Jackson's 4D ultrasound. SO what do you think?

Being a Big Brother Class

So they have a class for everything now a days. If you know me, I love taking classes so i enrolled Jackson in the "Being Big Brother Class". It was this past Saturday at the hospital we will be having Juliette (and we had Jackson at). It taught me and Jonathan just as much as Jackson. The way they taught the class was a little off because they keep telling the kids "What NOT to DO" such as not poking their eyes out, which Jackson demonstrates in one of the pictures. But to their credit Jackson was the youngest in the class. We learned that Jackson will not be at the hospital that much because he pushed EVERY button and pulled on every drawer in the room. All in all it was a good if nothing else to show Jackson the hospital.

Baby Update - 34.5 wks

Well it has been an eventful couple of days!I started having contractions on Tuesday but i just kind of thought that was normal. The reason is that they hurt but not horrible hurt. (Keep in mind i didn't even know i was in labor with Jackson. So i have no idea what a "contraction" felt like.) But the contractions slowed down so i just figured i have a Dr appt on Thursday I'll just wait till then. Well i succeed at doing that. I went to the Dr on Thursday. But that Thursday morning i woke up with lower back pains (which is what i had with Jackson) so i was starting to get worried. I told the Dr what had happened. He checked Juliette's Heart rate which was in the 180 and 190. This got him concern on top of me hurting. He checked me and i was 1 cm dilated. SO he put me in the hospital to check out what was going on!!! We ended up staying until about 1pm yesterday (so half a day). I was having contractions, at first pretty regular (6 in a 30 minute time frame). So i had a shot which stopped them for about an hour then the started back up so i had to have 2 more shots. I forget what the shots where called but let me tell you, they made me feel like i was jumping out of my skin, i was shaky. Juliette's heart rate did finally come back down to normal (158 - 165). I did finally get down to just 1 or 2 contraction an hour. I told the nurses and DR when i got there "I would be leaving the hospital that day!!!" and i meant it. But seriously i am glad everything is back to "normal" and feeling ok. Everything else looks good. I go back for a check up weekly now. Oh and if your counting its 25days (including today).

See we know she is a girl because of all the drama she is causing!!!!!