Two Months Old Already!!!

Our little guy is already two months old!! I swear since having three children I wonder all the time how my day can go by soo fast!! Its just CRAZY!!! We are all enjoying our sweet baby!! The girls love there baby brother and constantly want to hold and touch him!! We still have to be real careful with Sariah around him but she is getting better! Sammi on the other hand is absolutely great with him! She loves to sing to him and loves getting him to smile at her!! He is such a good little baby!!! I am soo blessed to have such a great little boy, I couldn't ask for anything more!! We took him last week to his eight week check up and the Dr. said he looked great!! Here are his stats!! He weighs 11lbs, he is 21 1/2 inches long and his head circumference is 15 1/4 inches. He hated the bath at first but is now liking it!!
All ready for bed!!

Sammi holding her baby brother after his bath!!

Sariah holding her baby brother before his bath!!

They love giving brother lots of kisses!!

Happy Halloween!!!

What a hectic day Halloween was!! We woke up and Sammi had gymnastics and then we were off to find Spencer and I a costume for the Halloween party we were all going too! What a nightmare that turned out to be!! We finally found a costume for us at 4:30 pm and the party was at 6:00!! And we didn't even get a picture of us!! We were a receptacle and a plug!! ha ha!! The costume was quite funny looking!! The kids had a lot of fun at the party we went to and loved going trick r treating!! They got lots of candy that we went through and put Sariahs separate from Sammi's, (because of her nut allergy) she had no clue and was just so happy to have some candy!! They ask for candy all day!! Especially our little Sammi! She has a major sweet tooth!! It was all gone by day 3!! My mom bought the girls there costumes and she brought them when she came to see the baby being born. The kids looked soo cute! Sammi was Ariel, Sariah was Tinker Bell and the baby was a dragon!!

Pumpkin Patch!!

The day before Halloween my neighbor invited us to this really cute pumpkin patch!! It was at this little farm off of Dean Martin way!! It was super cute and the kids had a blast!! They got to feed all the animals which Sariah was not too sure about!! She didn't want to get out of the stroller, but Sammi on the other hand LOVED feeding them!! Sammi was non-stop and once Sariah got used to it she too was non-stop!! They had a hay ride, horse rides, a place for the kids to dance, snacks, and a swing set for the kids to play on, and of course a big pumpkin at the end!! The baby was really good the whole time, he just layed in the stroller and fell asleep!! At the end of it he woke up and wanted to eat so that was our que we should go!! Here are some pictures of our fun little outing!! Sammi ran right up and started feeding the horses!!
Not afraid at all!!!
Sariah and I

Our cute little boy!!!

Me trying to get Sariah to touch the horse!!

Sariah not liking it very much!!

Sariah soo excited she fed the pony!! I told her to stick the carrot through the fence and to feed the pony, instead she threw it over the fence and threw her arms up and said "Yeah!!"

Out cute little Jo Jo getting ready to take a bite of the carrots that we got for the animals!! Ha Ha!!

Sammi not too happy about riding on the swing!!

Sariah riding on the swing!

They had this really cute spinning thing!! The kids loved it!! Here is our cute little Sammi enjoying the ride!!

Sariah getting her groove on!!

The clan!!

I thought this was so funny of Sariah!! I told her to look at me and smile and this is what she did!!

Sleeping it up!!

My girls and I!!

Our Smiling Litte Boy!!

This past weekend Spencer started to really smile!! He loved smiling at everyone except me! ha ha!! I even tried to change my voice to get him to smile!! Yes I know I am a dork!! Sunni took these great pictures of him!! Isn't he the cutest baby ever!!!

Spencers Blessing!!

This past weekend we blessed our little Spencer!! We had a lot of family come to town as well!! And missed all those who couldn't make it!! Spencer did such a great job blessing our little Spencer it was definitely an unforgettable day!! The girls loved having there cousins Luke and Logan here for the weekend as they always do!! Mom and Dad watched ALL the kids so all of us adults could go do some shopping on Saturday thanks so much again!! That night we watched the fights with the family and some friends!! Thank you all for coming and being a part of our little guys special day!! Here are some pictures of our eventful weekend!! All the little kiddos with there shirts off!!
Getting ready to go to some shopping!! Jaime and Michael met up with us a little later!!

Our little family on Spencer's Blessing day!!

The Taylor's!

The two Spencer's!!!

Father and Son!!

Our Funny Little Girls!!

Our girls are constantly making us laugh!! They bring smiles to our faces everyday with the things they say and do!! Here are some funny little pictures of them!! They think its so funny to sit on each other!! The one on bottom is usually always screaming!!
So while Grandma and Grandpa where here we put the girls in to sleep together!! Sariah was in the pack and play so we thought and Sammi was in her bed! I went to go tuck them in and here is what I saw!! Too cute!!

I went back into the room for something and this is what I saw when coming back in!! ha ha!!

Pumkin LOT

This month a group of girls went with all our kiddos to the pumpkin lot at the Sunset Station. The kids always love going!! As you see I wrote lot instead of patch because it is in a parking lot! ha ha!! That's Vegas for you!! There were rides and a jump house along with a little petting zoo! The girls loved it all, well except Sariah hated the petting zoo!! She wanted nothing to do with the animals! She actually clung to my leg the whole time while little Sammi chased after all the animals trying to hold them!! Here are some pictures of them having some fun!! On one of the rides!
Sammi holding a rabbit!!

Waiting there turn!

Sariah on the swings!!

Sammi on the swings!

Sariah playing in the little pumpkins!

All the kids on the little train ride!

Sammi's First Day Of Pre-School!!

Our little Sammi had her first day of pre-school this last month!! She was so excited as you can see in the picture below!! We went the week before and she picked out her little Tinker Bell backpack! She kept telling everyone how she was going to school and would ask me daily if she was going to school today!! We went for orientation the week before so she could meet her teachers! We are in the second month of it now and she is absolutely LOVING it!! She has made lots of friends and loves her teachers!! I am so happy we signed her up it has been so worth it!! The teachers were so impressed that she knows all her ABC's! Her teachers tell me that she loves to help all the other kids!! What a cute girl!!

Little Spencer-Sabraw Photography

When Spencer was 11 days old Dawn took his newborn pictures!! She did such a wonderful job!! Spencer was a little trooper through it all!! Most newborns like to be all curled up in the fetal position but not our little one!! He wanted to be all sprawled out!! We kept trying to get him to curl up it was so funny!! There were soo many pictures to choose from, but here are some of my favorites! Thanks again Dawn!!!

Spencer Michael Taylor

As many of you know heavenly father blessed us with our baby boy Spencer on August 29! Here is the story of how our little boy entered this world! My Dr. had to take my cerclage out early due to my contractions. The following day Spencer drove with the girls to Bakersfield to be there for his brother Mikey's wedding. He was going to hurry home if I went into labor! My mom flew in to be with me so I was not alone. We had a lot of fun together the next couple of days! I will admit it was soo nice to have my mom all to myself!! Thank you mom for coming and staying with me!! The wedding was on Friday afternoon and the reception was in the evening. It was really weird I started contracting right when the wedding was over, I took one of my pills terbutaline to stop my contractions but they were not stopping!! My mom called Spencer and told him he should come! Of course about 2 hours later they had stopped!! Spencer and his mom and the girls drove all night to get there, they arrived around 3:00am. We all went to bed and woke up it the morning and hung around the house. We all were able to take a nap and when we woke up the contractions started again!! They started out about 15 min apart and then got to 5 minutes apart. We all got in the car and dropped the girls off with Dawn and Megan Tatum who the girls absolutely love!! Thank you guys soo much for taking them!! And we were off to the hospital! When we got there the contractions were 2 minutes apart! They got us in the room and after about 20min. told me they were going to keep me, keep so I told them to get that epidural in route!! ha ha!! My labor and delivery nurse was the best I have ever had!! Her name was Haze and she was so funny!! Come to find out she too was LDS so that just made it even better!!! I was soo happy to have Spencer and both of our moms there!! Well during my labor little Spencers heart rate started to drop a lot so they got Spencer all suited up to take me in for a C-Section.His heart rate started to normalize so I was good to go!! It was really scary though! Poor Spencer was so worried! Our moms had gone to grab a bite to eat in the cafeteria so when they got back they were like what in the world, when they saw Spencer all suited up!! When I was pushing they realized the baby was post terior, meaning facing up so we was stuck so they had to use the vacuum to get him out, not only that but I had a placenta abrubtion, meaning my placenta tore away from my uterus, so the baby ingested a ton of my blood. Our little Spencer came into this world at 7:32pm weighing 6lbs. 8oz and was 19 1/2 inches long! After he came out they took him right over to the little heat table to suction all the blood he had ingested. He was a month early so between him ingesting my blood and his little lungs not being quite ready he was put into the level 3 NICU. He was there first level 3 patient. The poor little guy stayed there for a week. He was on oxygen and on a feeding tube the firs 6 days of his life. They had to give him servectin for his lungs and he was also on an antibiotic. On day one our dear friend Pat Thompson came to the hospital and Spencer gave our little Spencer a blessing! Each day he progressed, I was able to hold him on day 3 for about 5 min. so that was soo nice! I had only held him for a min. when he was born. On day 3 he had a little set back and they had to put him on a si-pap machine, but they were able to take him off of it the following day. He was a little jaundice on day 4 so they had him under the lights for a couple of days. In the middle of the night on day 5 they started to feed him a little, it was so nice to be able to hold and feed him regularly. I was able to nurse him a little starting on day 6. He came home that Saturday!! During his stay at the hospital we were able to room there for free, what a blessing that was. We didn't want to leave him. We would go home to see the girls during the afternoon for a couple of hours and then hurry back to the hospital. The girls were such troopers during all of this. Thank you to both our moms for all you did for us!! We are truly grateful. The girls were so excited when we went to go pick him up to bring him home!! They couldn't wait to hold him!! Thank you all for all your prayers! Here are some pictures of our eventful week! Waiting for them to let us in!
On our way to labor and delivery

We got in our room at 3:39pm and delivered him at 7:32pm!

Waiting for him to come!

Spencer all suited up and me on oxygen

Our little guy!

6lbs 8oz, look at his head! He had the biggest cone head ever!!

Our little blessing!

Soo cute!!

Loving our new baby boy!

Daddy and his boy!

Under the lights in the NICU

His little set back

Spencer holding little Spencer in the NICU

Me holding Spencer in the NICU

So sweet!

Sariah so excited to see baby brother!

Bringing him home!!

Sammi already being a little mommy!!

Sammi holding and loving her baby brother!

Sariah so exctied and trying to touch his eyes!!

Taking it all in!!

Love it!!!

Our little Spencer on his second day at home! Welcome home little guy! We love you!!

Family Pictures!!

A couple of days before our little Spencer was born our neighbor Dawn, who is the owner of Sabraw Photography (www.sabrawphotography.com) did a photo shoot of our little family!!! She did such a great job!! There were soo many good ones, but here are some of our favorites!! Thank you soo much Dawn!!!The Taylor Family!! So In Love!!

Our sweet girls!!

Baby brother

Loving the tummy!

My Sweet Jo Jo!!

My Sweet Sammi!!

Our little family!!

True Love!

For all eternity!!

Proud Daddy!!

Being goofy!!

Big hugs!!

Sammi's 3rd Birthday!!

Our little Sammi one day old!!

August 16th was Sammi's 3rd Birthday!!! We had a little party at the park for her!! Sunni and Nick and the boys surprised us right before the party!! It was soo fun to have them here!! Sunni helped me soo much, I wasn't as prepared as I thought I was!!! I did have the cupcakes done though! ha ha!! So many friends showed up!! Thank you all that came!! The kids had a lot of fun playing and eating the mounds of frosting on the cupcakes!!! Our friend Chris brought a pinata and they all went to town on it!! After the party we went back to our house and had pizza with Sunni, Nick and the boys!! Sammi opened all her gifts so she could play with them!! They were everywhere to say the least!!! Our friend Chris brought over his little monkey Zoe!! Sammi was so excited!!! Here are some pictures of Sammi's day!! Happy Birthday Sammi!! We love you!!! Sammi's Birthday Invitation


Waiting patiently for the cupcakes!!

Getting Ready for some cupcakes!

So excited that everyone was singing to her!!

Blowing out her candle!!

So happy!!

Sariah and Landyn enjoying there cupcake!!!

Too cute!!!

All smiles!!

Luke enjoying his cupcake!!

Logan loving his cupcake!!!

So many presents!!

Sisters!!

More presents!!

Sammi so excited to see what mommy and daddy got her for her birthday!!

The pinata

Daddy watch out!!

Nick helping Sariah out!!

Sammi and Zoe!!

Too cool!!

Rock star on a quad!!

Taylor Family Reunion!!

In July we had the Taylor family reunion at Carpenteria State Beach!! It was soo much fun!! Spencer was able to get some time off work to go!!! We all had a blast! The girls loved camping!! It was a very tiring four days and it took us about a week to recuperate but we cant wait to to it again!! Here are some pictures of our fun trip!! Group Picture!
Being Silly!!

Logan and Sariah

Spencer and Sariah having some fun in the water!!

The 2006 babies growing up!!!

Sammi and Luke!

Having fun in the water!!

Ring around the rosy!!

Spencer and I-8 months pregnant with little Spencer!

Spencer and his dad!

Spencer and Sariah putting the kite together!!

Sammi hanging out by the fire!!

Sariah very fascinated with the bubble machine!!

Ellie and Sammi after a game of bingo!

Sammi and Spencer playing bingo!

Jaime and Sariah!

Too cute in there itty bitty bikinis!!

Sammi showing great grandpa her sea crabs!

Sariah all worn out from a fun day at the beach!!!

California!!

In June we went for a visit to California! We flew out on a Friday night, our plane had been delayed like two hours so that was just wonderful! We finally made it there around midnight!! Jerrol picked us up from the airport and we stayed the night with him and then in the morning headed to my moms! Oh did I mention little Sariah did not sleep all night long!!! ha ha!! What a fun night that was!! We all got to my moms and they were having a barbecue that evening so we enjoyed visiting with everyone! Spencer had to leave on Sunday to go back to work, so him and Jerrol took off that afternoon after a game of golf! My mom and Pat were leaving a couple of days after that for Canada. My Grandma was there with Tucker and Logan so we got to have a nice visit with them!! We also got to go spend a couple of days with Elizabeth and the kids and also got to see Kai and Jesse at there fire stations!! We had such a wonderful time! The plane ride home was a complete nightmare! Our plane was delayed once again!! the girls were overtired and pretty much cried the whole plane ride! I had a girl in front of me that obviously didn't have kids that kept huffing and puffing in the seat in front of me because she was trying to sleep!! ha ha!! So needless to say I don't think I will be flying alone the kids anytime soon!! But we did have a wonderful visit!! Here are some of the pictures from our visit!!! The Girls!!!
Playing on the search and rescue boat at Uncle Kai's fire station!!
So excited to see her Uncle Jesse!
The girls driving in the fire truck!!

Jesse and the girls!!

Great Grandma and Sariah

Swimming at Grandmas

The girls with my moms dogs!! Sammi played all day with the dogs!! She loved it!!!

They loved taking the dog for a walk in there stroller!!

Great Grandma and Sammi!!

Sammi, Logan and Sariah!

Sammi, Tucker and Sariah!

Little Spencer is already looking for trouble!!

Well today was Shanti's 32 week check up and so she was given the treat of a 3D ultra sound. And to the surprise of everyone little Spencer wanted to see what was going on so he opened his eyes! The ultra sound tech screamed, this being only the second time she has seen a baby do that so she was surprised. Our Doctor said he was a first for her. He is a big boy at a estimated weight of 4 lbs 5oz. We have to move Shanti's date up to remove her stitches because his growth is good and Shanti's contractions. So the new date is the 31st of this month right after Mikey's Wedding. So the big question now is who does he look like?

Happy Fathers Day!!!

The cards the girls made for Spencer
The cute poem we had framed with the girls legs in the background

Sammi's Fathers Day poem she colored for him!

Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there!!! Especially Spencer, the best daddy ever!!! It is truly a blessing to have such a wonderful father like you to our girls!! They are already daddies girls as you know and love you to pieces!! We love you!! We are also wishing our fathers Mike and Danny a wonderful Fathers Day as well we love you both; and not forgetting my father Larry who was a wonderful dad to me, we wish he was here to celebrate this day in honor of him!!! We also hope our grandfathers and brothers and brother in laws are having a wonderful day too!! We love all of you and you are all awesome fathers!!! HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!!!

Sariah's Allergic Reaction

I took these on my phone to show Spencer what was going on


What a day Saturday was!! Our day started off great, we went out to breakfast with Roger Holder and some other friends who were here for the races. The girls and I then headed to Costco to get some stuff. While there we did our normal routine trying the yummy samples they have!! Well right before we left we walked by one of the sample ladies who had a sample of a nut bar, Sammi didn't want one but Sariah did she ate a tiny little bit and then handed it to me so I ate what she didn't. We then stood in line and she was getting fussy and kept rubbing her face. We finished there and were heading out side and she was still fussing and I am looking at her and her left side of her face was starting to swell up, it was obvious she was allergic to what she just ate so I immediately called to find out how much benadryl to give her, I made a couple of calls to my sister in laws and brother but ended up calling the Dr. they told me how much to give her and they told me to take her in. We got to the urgent care and they took us right in and gave her more benadryl and then a steroid medication, and waited and watched. I had Sammi with us of course and she was trying to run around like crazy, but they gave her a coloring book and she was content for a min. I thought it would be best to see if someone could come pick her up. Megan our awesome babysitter saved the day!! Sammi was SOO happy to see her and was excited to leave!! Well in the meantime Sariah proceeded to get worse and her lips began to swell worse along with the hives all over her body, to wear they immediately gave her an Epinephrine shot and called an ambulance to take her to the pediatric ER. Spencer was clear out at the Speedway so he was already on his way. He made it there, and they took Sariah and I in the ambulance and Spencer followed behind us to the hospital. When we got there she had fallen asleep which was good because she was soo uncomfortable. The Epinephrine was working and you could see the swelling starting to go down along with the hives all over her body. We had to sit there for observation because the shot only last 2 hours. The Dr. had come and talked to us about what was going on and explained that it was def. a food allergy to tree nuts not sure which ones but she would have to see an allergist this week to find out; and that she needed to stay away from ALL nuts. That means anything where nuts/nut oil are prepared. The Dr. was great at explaining everything!! He also told us from now on we had to carry an Epinephrine shot on us at all times for Sariah in case she comes in contact with what she is allergic to again, and one at home. He let us know that it will happen again at some point in her life and that we just have to be prepared and notify everyone of her allergy. What is so scary is that he explained that the next time will be worse. Each time it gets more and more violent. We are making an app. for the allergist first thing tomorrow morning. She is doing much better, but they told us we needed to watch her very closely for the next 72 hours because it is still in her system and it is not uncommon for another outbreak; but thank goodness she is doing really good!! It really stinks that this is how you have to find out!! We are just so thankful that she is home recovering great!! We love you Sariah Jo!

Permanent Marker!!!

As you can see by the title today was NOT a good day here in the Taylor home!! It all started sometime around 5:00am, Sammi had fallen out of bed and was crying and Spencer was up for work so he had gone in there to get her back to bed. I went in there and said she could just come to bed with me because that way I knew she would go back to sleep, so I thought!! As I was dosing off and so was she, she asked me to put her back in her bed which is not unusual, that is what usually happens and she goes back to sleep! Well NOT this morning. I put her back in bed and I went back to bed myself. Mind you I am a pretty light sleeper, but not this morning!! I woke up to Sammi saying "Mommy I broke all the eggs in my room!" I jumped out of bed and was all great! Then I looked at her and she was covered in black PERMANENT marker!! I was thinking she just colored on herself until I went to get some dish towels out of the kitchen to clean up the 9 eggs she had broken all over her play kitchen in her room, yes there was a big puddle of eggs all over the carpet!! But when I came out to the kitchen I saw the fridge, and the stove and just cried she was already in time out and started crying too!! I was soo upset!!! After cleaning up the egg I saw her little slide in her room and all her little people and tinker bell figurines, Then I saw the wall and the speakers and the window sill not much longer after that! We keep the dog locked up at night because I know if Sammi gets up that is the first place she goes, she likes letting Caster out, but we lock him in there so I will hear her opening the kennel! and know she is awake if I already didn't! I didn't hear ANY of this going on this morning!! The dog kennel was unlocked but Caster was asleep in his kennel, I am sure he didn't want any part of what she was doing!! ha ha!! Well I got the marker off of the Fridge which mind you, we have had only 2 months!! The marker off the cabinet, stove, the speakers, the slide and tried to get it off her little people and tinker bell figurines as much as I could! I should just throw the tinker bell figurines away they don't look too good!! I am going to tackle the walls and the window sill with a magic eraser tomorrow!! We might have to paint, but I will def. try to get what I can off!! The last picture below is the BEST stuff ever at removing permanent marker, along with the magic erasers. The magic eraser wouldn't take all of it off but with the combination of the two it worked wonders!!! Sammi was in trouble all day, we were supposed to go to her little class and go to the park which didn't happen and she as not allowed to watch any TV today! She walked around with a sad face until after she got up from her nap! Spencer and I both had a talk with her! She is a smart girl and I know she knows!! What a day!!! I know tomorrow will be better and we live and learn!!

Our brand new fridge!!

Our beautiful cabinet!!

Our nice white stove!!

Our beautiful accent wall!

Another wall!

The first speaker!!

And the second speaker!!

Just part of the window sill!

Her slide!

Her arm, she had it on her face and her legs too! But the arm was the worse!!

The wonderful cleaner that got it off!!!

Fun At The Park!!!

Every Tuesday and Thursday after Sammi gets out of her little class we have been going to the park!! It's really nice because the park is right across the street from the rec-center!! I love that here in Henderson there are TONS of parks soo close to our home!!! The girls definitely love it too!! This time at the park Sariah was soo much braver and went down every slide, which didn't surprise me really, before I would try to get her to just stay on the little ones because the bigger ones are up really high, but this time I just let her run free!! Here are some pictures of the girls in action!!! The first 15 min. of us getting to the park Sammi ran EVERYWHERE chasing the birds!!
Sariah looking around!!

Sammi trying to do what we call sand angles!!

Sariah trying to make her way up!! She couldnt quite do it, which didnt bother me at all!! That thing is quite scary when they hit the middle!! She kept yelling "Help!"

Sammi looking down at me so I could take her picture!!

Sariah making her way up to the big slides!!

Sammi coming down the slide, happy as can be!!

Sariah so proud she went down the big slide all by herself!!

Sammi swinging!! She always yells "Big Muscles!" afterwards!!

Happy 4 Year Anniversary!!!

On June 10, Spencer and I had our 4th Anniversary!!! We celebrate our Sealing anniversary but this one is still important too!!! I had written Spencer a cute little card and put it in his lunch the night before, neither one of us had said anything the day before about it being our anniversary the next day so I kinda thought he forgot!! Ha ha, I was soo wrong!!! Sunni had texted me and said Happy Anniversary and I thanked her, I actually thought she new because of the ticker on our blog. Well when I sent her the text and said thank you I also put in there that I think Spencer forgot and then said hee hee!!! The next thing you know Spencer called me and said I didn't forget! Didn't you see facebook? and I was like wow Sunni called him? Well I sent the text to him, not Sunni!! What a dork I know!!! So I immediately looked on facebook and this is what Spencer wrote!

Four years ago today a young and beautiful woman took a chance on a less than brilliant man who had made mistake after mistake only to fail in everything he had done. But on this day his life changed. He finally made a right decision and from that single act of love his life became meaningful, fun, and full of LOVE. Shanti thank you for seeing me through all my faults and helping me become a better man. Happy Anniversary!

What a sweet husband I have!! He is truly a wonderful husband, father, and friend! He has made all my dreams come true and I am so proud of the man he has become. He too has seen me through all my faults and has helped me become such a better person!! I learn from him everyday and still to this day he inspires me to be a better person in all that I do!! We have grown so much together!! I love him with all my heart and I am soo excited to spend eternity with him!! I love you Spencer! Happy Anniversary!!