taylorhood

Before and After Pics

2012-04-22T17:42:00.000-07:00

It just took one. Last September I uploaded all the pictures from our Grand Canyon trip, and started clicking through.

When scrolling down, this particular picture stopped me dead in my tracks. I stared at my computer, and thought who is that?! I didn't even recognize myself. Seven months and 35 pounds later, I feel like me again.

P.S Next time, could someone please shoot me an email, or even a text saying, "Hey katie 35 pounds doesn't look good on anyone." I'd be much obliged.

xoxo

Shoe's anyone?

2012-03-06T10:55:00.003-08:00

I'm selling these gems. They literally have never left my closet. I bought them when I had pregnant swollen feet, and turns out my feet don't fit into them. (did anyone else's feet get bigger with having babies?) wth.
they are freakin cute. I bought them for $60 asking for $30 or best offer.
size 7 Gianna Bini they are a deep blue. sorry for the bad pics. turns out shoes are hard to take pictures of when they're on your feet.

in denial

2011-12-27T22:21:00.000-08:00

Is my baby really a year old? People will ask, is she walking yet? I reply with a proud, "nope, not yet!" I give 0% effort in trying to help her walk. There is no way I'm contributing to her becoming less of a baby. She'll walk when she wants. :)

just a year since my last post

2011-12-13T16:35:00.000-08:00

Stationery card

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don't cry over spilled milk

2011-01-26T08:47:00.000-08:00

At 4:30 am this morning I cried over spilled milk. Boob milk is like liquid gold to me. I have to supplement, so when I get the chance to give my small small gold, I run with it. I pumped at 4:30 am because engorgment was an understatement. Just as I was grinning with accomplishment that I got out a sufficient amount of milk, I thought I would drop it, and let it spill all over my couch. I cried. I cried because I spilled my milk, and cried harder because it wasn't the first time I'd done that. Or second. I'd wasted liquid gold that comes by the precious ounce. I have a slighting suspicion that hormones might have something to do with it as well. (with those ever level out?) Too much information? Probably. But I lost all sense of privacy when this child came into the world. Good night.

P.s. how is Charlee already five weeks old? Sniff sniff

catching up

2011-01-08T17:18:00.000-08:00

turns out when you have a newborn, time flies. i literally look at the clock for the first time, and it's 2pm. here are some pics to of the past month.

40 weeks and about to pop

i was scheduled to be induced at 7am, but my sweetie listened to her momma and started the labor on her own the night before.
16hr labor, 3.5 hours of pushing,lots of stitches, and she finally arrived.
turns out when you are completely numb, pushing doesn't come so easy. so they turned off my epidural, so i could pretty much feel everything by the time she finally came out. did i mention lots of stiches? i was convinced she wasn't coming out, so when she did, i couldn't quit blubbering with pure joy. most amazing moment of my life. mr dave who was nervous about passing out the whole 9 months, took it like a champ! cord cutting and all!

happy family

9days old julie ellsworth took these darling photos

dave in love

tatttered but in heaven

it's amazing what the human body is capable of. now that a few weeks have passed, it seems like a dream what went down in that delivery room.

p.s. i love being a mom

charlee joy

2010-12-24T21:01:00.000-08:00

charlee joy 7lbs2oz of goodness

the greatest gift for christmas.
more talky later, i gotta baby to feed.

o ya i have a blog

2010-09-24T22:59:00.000-07:00

my mind can function on one subject these days. my teeny weeny little kicking ball of snuggleness. (that means my baby in mah belly)

someday i will post about things. until then, here is my vision for small small's room.

can this be my baby girl's room please? thanks.

(please landlord let us paint. please please please.)

favorite things friday

2010-09-02T20:23:00.000-07:00

so this weeks f t f is a website. well actually 2 websites. first is fabric.com. lots of you are probably going, duh, that's old news. well i've fallen in love.. the second website is retailmenot.com so if you haven't been there already, check it out. this website is basically a place where you search for coupons and coupon codes. i just happened to check there before i checked out of fabric.com, and got a 20% off coupon code, and saved $9. woot woot! so there you have it!

mocking"jay" more like mocking"gay"

2010-08-30T21:51:00.000-07:00

wow could that book be more depressing? i won't give any details in case you are planning on reading it. know of any books i could read to get me out of this sad slump that book just caused me?

favorite things friday

2010-08-27T09:15:00.000-07:00

The two houses I've lived in the past 3 1/2 years has had WHITE carpet. (puke) For the past 3 1/2 years I've wanted a rug to cover the ugliness. Every rug I've found was either over $250, and the cheap ones cramped my style. Well my friends THE rug has been found. The find was at COSTCO (of course). How much was it, is what you are probably thinking!!!? $49.. booyah! I'm pretty happy about it. Need a rug? Stop to your nearest Costco today! (They have 2 other cute styles if this one doesn't fit your fancy)

ugly white carpet covered. success.

new favorite things friday

2010-08-20T10:22:00.001-07:00

it somehow got put under my idaho trip post, but it's down there!

trips trips trips

2010-08-19T17:35:00.000-07:00

i've been so lucky this summer. beginning of july i was able to go to idaho for a family reunion. i hadn't seen my cousins and family for over 8 years, so it was a much needed trip. we drove all the way there (16 hour drive) girls only, with four small children... we stopped in utah to hang, and not hang ourselves.

farmers market in brigham city

"This is the place" monument

stinkin cute baby lyla

ugly sunset

awful pic but these are my cousins

everyone has strawberry patches in idaho. cute!

besides my sisters suburban almost rolling into a ditch, it was a wonderful trip!

favorite things friday

2010-08-19T17:13:00.000-07:00

things i have been doing lately: vacationing, feeling my 11 inch baby kick, and reading. i won't bore the non pregnant people with all the awesome prego books, so this favorite things friday is a diff book. i just finished, and it's one of those books where you are sad it's over.. Britt (my darling sis-n-law) recommended this book, and i'm glad she did!

"Graceling"
author: Kristen Cashore

it's fiction of course, and set in time of kings and castles. sounds really dumb, but so does vampire love. i'm very picky with books, and can assure you if you like hunger games, you'll love this.

p.s. i love Po. (that's the boy :))

favorite things friday

2010-07-30T09:51:00.000-07:00

i'm tryin real hard to not make all my fav. things food, but i couldn't resist. it's a rarity when i go here. turns out they have food that's actually good. well i know they have at least one really good thing. it hails from starbucks. it's breakfast food, but served all day. (booyah) and o m g it's healthyish.

whole wheat english muffin
egg whites
cheese (healthyish)
turkey bacon

so yummy

my other favorite thing about starbucks is their FREE large ice water that is NOT tap water. win.

in other news, Dillards is having a sale until tomorrow (saturday) which is 40% off already on sale items. i hear there are lots of baby clothes and shoes... just sayin.

have a happy hopefully rainy weekend!

gut

2010-07-27T10:34:00.000-07:00

my 85% chance boy is a dainty little girl!!! my gut feeling has never failed me, and i shoulda stuck to my guns! oh by the way,,DON'T EVER GO TO A 4D EARLY GENDER DETERMINATION PLACE. that was the worst $65 i ever spent for them to tell me it's a boy. talk about a emotional roller coaster. time to make some blankets...

favorite things friday

2010-07-23T12:11:00.000-07:00

trips, birthdays, sickness have taken over my past two weeks!! i'll post about those later.
my favorite thing this week has been a favorite of mine for lots of years. it's my favorite lotion. i can't do smells of any sort at the moment, so it's pleasantly "smell free". this is that kind of lotion you use when you feel like your skin just needs a huge drink. it's the perfect lotion to wear to church or when you want to show off your sexy limbs, because it leaves a healthy shine on the skin. it's a little on the greasy side, but i like that. and there you have it, my favorite lotion.

p.s. i find out what im REALLY having (boy or girl) on tuesday. woop woop!

the fourth

2010-07-05T10:30:00.000-07:00

saturday was filled with swimming, potato salad, and family. loads of fun.

turns out we missed the memo that the ENTIRE ward at church was going out of town for the fourth. dave and i walked into our normal door into sacrament (15min late), empty. walked into the next door. empty. the whole ward was nestled into the tiny front part of the chapel. the only seats available? why of course, the 2 front and center rows. when does that EVER happen. we walked the walk of shame to the front. testimony meeting. i had to go up, there was only like 20 people there, and i was closest to the second counselor who kept staring at me. primary there were 8 kids in attendance. the piano player didn't show up. my ward after a solid sneaky year finally found out i can play the piano. how did i feel after bearing my testimony and finally giving in to playing the piano? wonderful. i just hope they remember how many notes i missed, so i can be the "last resort" piano player.

it's become a tradition to make a flag cake for me and jenny, so here is how you make it. (it's so easy it's embarrassing, but i just wanted to show off my cake :))

basic yellow or white cake mix

slice your strawberries like so

frost the cake with the cool whip (homemade whipped cream tastes the best, but i ran outta time)
and align strawberries like stripes!

add blueberries for the stars and voila! a flag cake!

p.s. don't ever go to the boob church for fireworks. they were great last year, but this year it was literally sparklers the whole time. huge bummer.

hope everyone had a great fourth!

favorite things friday

2010-07-02T14:57:00.000-07:00

it's hot. i bought something i thought i would never buy. a sunshade for my car. why did i think i would never buy one? no clue. just didn't think they worked i guess. well my friends let me tell you.. they work. i got in my friend lindsey's car, and i didn't have to give my usual "why do we live in arizona, it's too dang hot speech. it makes living in az bearable. i purchased one at costco for 6 something- dollars, and it's been the best 6 something dollars i've spent, like, in a week. :) this one came with two side shades as well that i'll probably put up when 'lil guy is in the back seat. so there's my new favorite thing this week.

p.s. am i the only one that cannot fold a sunshade? can't do it. that's what my trusty husband is for.

p.s.s. i didn't put the picture up of the sunshade bc i took it with my phone, and it looks dumb. the end.

gettin our eclipse on

2010-06-29T14:28:00.000-07:00

heard this is the best of the three. lets hope so.

me and eddie holdin hands

jacob get your hand off her baby bump!

percentages

2010-06-28T14:15:00.000-07:00

had my ultra sound today. so it's an 85% chance that my little lemon will be wearing these this winter..

they said they couldn't get a "money shot", so i go back in a week.

if this news is true, i'm super pumped. super super pumped. and if next week it turns out that it's a girl, i'll be excited for that too.
all i know is my baby better have its game face on for "his" money shot.

favorite things fri-tur-day??

2010-06-26T13:07:00.000-07:00

yes it's saturday. this post is going to get a little fruity. :) my fav thing this week was made known to me by miss alli. it's my new favorite apple!! if you are content with eating red delicious, then don't read the rest of this. i'm an apple snob. i like 'em just right. if you are apple savvy, this apple tastes some what in between of a fugi and pink lady. it's called a JAZZ. it is a little smaller than a typical apple, which i like. i always get half way through big apples, and can't finish them. these apples are tricky to find, BUT i have spotted them at sprouts! woo hoo! some of my other top fav's while we are on the subject, are pink lady/honey crisp/and pinova. pinova came into my life one time, and i've never found them again...

speaking of fruit.. my little blueberry has grown into a precious lemon. how on earth can this little breathing, tinkling, swallowing, thing with fingernails be so cute and small? and how in 10 short weeks did she/he grow from a poppy seed to a plump lemon?? i honestly don't know how a human can create such an amazing thing, and not believe in God. it's truly miraculous. my sister jenny is also creating a child in her belly, and just found out that it's a girl. yay! well i'm 15 weeks on sunday, and i can't wait another second to find out what what i'm having. so monday i'm going to a place that will ultrasound you at 15 weeks, purely to find the gender out. boo yah! so we'll see if this little girl really is a girl.

my little snuggle buggle wuggle

favorite things friday

2010-06-18T19:23:00.000-07:00

ahhh where did the week go??1?!

this is no ordinary water bottle. my sister found this little gem at bed bath and beyond. i'm picky with water bottles, because the ones that come with straws always taste like plastic. and i don't like bottles that you have to unscrew the cap. (almost all the metal kinds) this one has a simple button that you push. and this sounds so lame, but it has excellent water flow. did i mention it has the capacity to hold 32 oz.? bring your 20 percent coupon, and the bottle is around $11. yay for water drinking..

favorite things friday

2010-06-11T14:30:00.000-07:00

sorry i've been slacking... i've had my schedule all booked up with mr. dry heave and his biatch wife mrs. stomach bile.

so i've been taking lots and lots of baths. baths somehow help the nausea or my sanity, or both. so fav things friday is all about none other but my favorite bath soak. i've had to learn to love a new brand. my old favorite brand was calgon (that's what my grandma used, so i used it) and calgon's slogan was "calgon, take me away". so everytime i would use it, i would sing "calgon, take me away!!" in the rendition of dixie chicks "cowboy take me away". but they either stopped making it, or i just am shoppin at the wrong store. but the new kind i like is vaseline brand. i still sting my calgon song, and pretend it's the same. did i mention it's like only 2 or 3 bones? that's a steal if ya ask me...

p.s. i'm debating whether or not to take the test to see if my baby has downs syndrome. yay or nay? i've heard people all about it, and others say it's not accurate.

off to the mountains!!

i know i know

2010-06-09T10:15:00.000-07:00

yes this post is about eclipse. (i have to sound out e c l i p s e every time i type it) i don't know if i get more excited for the soundtrack or movie, but the sountrack is out. i sampled the music on itunes. it's gonna be a goody. muse, metric, sia, band of horses. just thought i'd get that off my chest.

p.s. i want to meet who thought this song was good, so i can face punch them. (it's from the new moon soundtrack)....? click here for worst song ever