Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Well... little late. But that's okay. Jaxon is 5 months now, growing like crazy!

We had family from my mothers side come to town for the weekends AND my dads side, which means LOTS of people to spoil Jaxon... he loved that. And he got to see Morgan, my aunts little girl who is just weeks older than Jax. It is so amazing how different 2 babies the same age can be. Jaxon is not in daycare, so I never see him around babies his age. He LOVED her. the first time he saw her he practically pounced her in her car seat. He also love his great-great-grandma, who would sit next to him in his little toy and talk with him for hours.

All I have to say, is out of all the very many things I am grateful for, the fact that I have blessed with such a sweet little boy is number one. He is so well tempered and he is so smart. He teaches me and my husband, and he has brought us so much closer together. Second I am thankful for my husband, who goes above and beyond to love me and my son. Times for us aren't easy, for most people they aren't, but he holds my hand through it all and we fight the fight TOGETHER. And third, I am thankful to be an environment that is safe for my family to grow. Even though we aren't rich, we are much better off than most; with family and a good neighborhood and strong values... that is a true blessing.

We just past the anniversary of when I found out I was pregnant last year... and I keep thinking to myself where my life would be if some small events in that time of my life DIDN'T happen. And it physically scares me. I loved my life before, and though I knew eventually everything would work out the way it was supposed to, I was afraid of loosing the life I had. But now, I am afraid at the thought of loosing what those changes have brought me. I would change a single thing about the last year of my life. I love my husband and I love my son, they are the best thing that has ever happened to me.

Daddy Drama

So, of course we all know we love the hospital. The same day I was discharged Colton was back in the ER with appendisitis. He was there for 3 days and had his appendix removed. Now with the new baby, we are both tired and practically unmobile. No lifting a carseat and no excersise. Colton is expected to fully recover, and we hope to be back on the go in no time!

At least though all this we have a healthy baby boy!

Daddies boy!

Early (and I mean really early) fathers day morning my water broke! YAY! I totally thought I peed my pants in my sleep, because when everyone tells stories of their waters breaking it is some climatic moment. Mine... not so much. I would have gone back to sleep if the fluid hadn't kept coming.... and coming.... and coming!

So we went to the hospital around 1am. When the doctors finally checked me I was only 1cm dialated and 80% effaced. Which basically means I had a longggg labor ahead of me. Around 8am when I still had made little to no progress they gave me something to soften my cervix (they didn't give me pitocin because I having regular contractions, they just weren't making a difference), and by 10am my contractions were so strong I was begging for an epidural.

BUT they can't give you the epidural until you are at least 4cm dialated, which was around 11:30am. At this point, I hadn't slept in over 24 hours... so when they gave me the epidural I was OUT! I slept until nearly 7:30pm and when I awoke I was 9.5cm dialated and ready to go! By the time the doctor arrived you could SEE Jaxon's head!

At 8pm on Fathers day, June 17th 2012, Jaxon Bentley Taylor entered the world!! How is that for a Fathers day gift ;)

Emergency room

The fact that "emergency room"'s font on my little label tab is growing larger so often is really sad. This weekend I had the scare of a lifetime when Colton had a seizure on our way to bed Saturday night. This was my first personal encounter with anything like this, and I totally panicked.. if that did put me into labor, I'm going to be pregnant FOREVER!

But all that matters is he is okay. No thanks to me, being fat and pregnant and totally unable to do my part and put him on his side. Thank goodness for the Gilbert PD. 

Home, Sweet Apartment!

First of all, Colton is home. Halleluyah! I got to pick him up from the airport on Tuesday, and boy was I happy to see him again!

Second, did anyone else notice it was summer? Yeah...  only in the mid 100's... perfect climate for a pregnant lady! haha.

And last, but my personal favorite update, we are finally settled in our new home! We got an apartment here in Gilbert and we couldn't be happier. My parents went through alot of trouble to get us into a home with room for the baby just in time! So now I finally got toset up the nursery and get to sit on my comfy couch again, haha.

Here are some pictures for all you curious peeps. It is still beind "decorated" and trust me, my iPhone doesn't do much justice.

I would again like to brag about my brothers skills, he stained the dressor and bedframe for me. They look AMAZING!

Busy week!

Sometimes I feel like I have a really boring life that must be really boring to read OR write about.... andddd some other times I feel like if I was actually diligent enough to details the craziness we would be here all day!

This week is one of those weeks! Man has it been an eventful one.

For starters, if none of you knew, my family I have been staying with got a new place. A much smaller one. I have been sleeping in the motorhome, which isn't toooo bad (at least it has A/C). My parents decided with  the babies arrival being so close it was time to find me an apartment.

So we did. Nothing fancy, but I have a skilled desgin team and support of strong boys to make it home for our little family.

Speaking of home, I am SOOO excited to say that myhusband is coming home. I was on the verge of posting sappy complaisent blogs about how much I missed him, so you all lucked out. Finally. It's not an ideal situation for anyone, but we are so happy to have a place to ourselves when we welcome Jax into the world.

AND speaking of Jax, in the last week I have been to the hospital TWO times! Talk asbout drama, first Colton, now me! Long story short, Jax is in a hurry to come out... and my contractions are much to frequent for only being 35 weeks. Today the clocked me at 10 an hour, so we got another sneak peak at the baby to make sure all is well in Jaxonland..

All I have to say is, wait until I am at LEAST 36 weeks.... and come whenever you want! (and if that happens to be after we are settled in our new place, all the better ;])

On the baby bullitin, my aunt Carrie welcomed a new little girl into her family this morning! Morgan Lea Ferre. Short little one, with a beautiful full head of dark hair!

Ooh.. later this week my sister graduates from High School! Crazy how we are all growing up. I am having a baby, Whitney is off to college, Brock is signing paperwork for the Marines, Tyson is getting his license, Dallin is starting High School and Isabell is 10 YEARS OLD! I swear it was just yesterday my mom brought Izzy home from the hospital!

Anyways, I believe that is all the major updates. I hope to post some pictures of our happy new home next week! (I would this weekend, but we are moving AND having a garage sale... sheeshhh do we ever slow down?!)

Scatter brained pregnant lady..

So... It's been about a thousand years since a posted a blog. And not because I haven't had anything interesting going on, I've just been purposely avoiding it so that I don't sound like I am complaining AND have to much time on my hands!

Last update, Colton and I were on our way up to a quick weekend in Utah for our second reception and a second baby shower. They were both a success (despite a tiny bit of family drama) and I would just like to mention a thank you to my mother-in-law Gina for all her hard work on both events.

Sadly however what was supposed to be a quick weekend turned into a never ending weekend for my husband, and he stayed behind to work in Vernal. I guess it's not sad that he is working or that he gets to be with his family, mainly It is sad that out of the 45 days we have been married, we have been 1000 miles apart for 16 of them.

On top of that, he doesn't get to be here for all my baby mama drama! And who doesn't want to be apart of that ;)

If all works out for him in Vernal, then I will likely be joining him after the baby comes... Which need I remind you is RAPIDLY approaching!

I am now 30 weeks pregnant (: stretch marks are in full force and so is planning! This last weekend I went through ALL the baby clothes from hand-me-downs, gifts and my own purchases and organized by size so we knew what was going to fit the baby when. I finally bought an adorable pack n' play that I can use as a crib until I am settled in a more permanent living situation, a diaper bag (which matches my car seat btw, and I have it packed and ready for take off!), and a mobe wrap. Which if you have never invested in one, all that moms I've met that use one SWEAR by it. Im a-little overwhelmed at the site of it, because it's really alot of fabric... And well you know what happens if you wrap it wrong :/

At my 28 week check up I had my glucose test. Its funny because I dreaded it after all the horror stories of how nasty the drink was... but it actually wasn't all that bad. Tasted like flat orange soda? Anyways, failed it. So I was back in the doctors last week for a much more miserable test because I couldn't eat or drink. Long story short, I passed that test and I do NOT have gestational diabetes.

 Tomorrow is my 30 weeks check up, super excited! But to tell you the truth when you are at the doctors every week, its just another checkup!

The Wedding!

AHH! We made it! Who would have thought? Colton and I are ACTUALLY married. This is about to be the longest blog post... ever. Or at least by me, haha.

So, I stopped all blogging before the wedding (except that cute post Colton put up about loving his life haha) so now I have a lot of ground to cover. Monday before the wedding = official crunch time. Which you would think with ALL the family coming into town that week that would mean more helping hands and a little less stress.. not really. If any of you reading this know my mother.. she would NEVER let anyone come into her house when it wasn't spotless. Which is admirable and I actually kind of steal that trait from her (lucky me), but on top of planning a wedding we are trying to do spring cleaning? Crazy right.

Then Monday night rolls around... no freaking bridesmaid dresses. Seriously? so they shipped out on the 17th and are no where to be found. I think if anything, those bridesmaids dresses are responsible for bridezilla! I have never been more frustrated as I was on the phone with USPS. This is my official sponsor for UPS because USPS customer service is AWEFUL! It took almost 35 minutes just to get to an actual human being rather then the recording saying "I'm sorry, I don't understand what you are saying.."

Tuesday was my last full day at work. Obviously I personally didn't get much done for the wedding that day other than a spray tan with Colton. But the work didn't stop, my mother and brother plugged away and away at cooking desserts, getting centerpieces, and finishing the back drop for the ceremony.

Wednesday the Yates family arrives (my mother sister). The last half of the week I got off work at 1pm, which actually turned into about 12 because I was so anxious to be off I could barely stand one more hour. Directly after work Colton and I had a list of stuff to do. We had to go to the fabric store and get lace, I had to get my nails done, and after we met up with family to get some grocery shopping done. That night my aunt did my hair (which desperately needed to happen by the way!) She gave me the same haircut I have gotten for 5 years it feels like and we dyed it a very dark brown. (I am very happy Colton likes darker hair because I have always liked my hair darker.. and people always talk me into highlights and what not... they just aren't me I guess!)

Thursday rolls around and I am still stressed but I am getting very excited! My grandparents drove down from Utah, my Aunt Carrie came in from California, Kenzie flight came in Thursday night, and Colton's family arrived that night as well. It was all dandy and exciting.

Except I'm sorry, NO BRIDESMAID DRESSES! AHHH!! And I find out one of my bridesmaid isn't even going to make it to the wedding! I literally spent 4 hours that day finding replacement bridesmaid dresses. Which for a pregnant lady, 4 hours at the mall... is like a year. We finally found 2 cute yellow dresses (not exactly the yellow I was aiming for.. but I think they worked out well..) at forever 21 for $20 a piece. SWEET! Come home to change before going to meet Colton's family... andddd they bridesmaids dresses (the original) came in the mail. HALLELUJAH! you would think.. they are totally not even yellow. They are some sad excuse for champagne, and they don't even fit the girls. I guess in a way it is kind of a good thing we found something else to work.

I met Colton's aunt, grandmother, cousin and brother that night. They really are sweet people.

FRIDAY! Oh my goodness only one day left. That day came and went so quickly I can hardly remember the details. But we did have ALL of Colton's family join MY family at the house for some of my grandpa's famous tacos. 45 people, 1 house, crazy night! And I must say I am glad everyone got along. My family can be a lot to handle, as any I'm sure. And the LAST thing I wanted to deal with the day before my wedding was in-law drama.

THE BIG DAY! <3
Can I just say, I was very disappointed when my mother didn't want me to have an early afternoon wedding, because I wanted the beautiful sun! But, even with the ceremony starting at 4, I didn't have time to pee!
8:30 sharp Whitney, Kenzie, Maddie and I went to the salon to get our make-up done. We were probably done there around 11am and spent the next 2 hours getting everyones hair beautiful, which can take some time with only 2 straighteners, one curling iron, and 2 bathrooms.
1:00 bridal shoot. Which I am again going to brag about how talented my brother is as a photographer. They turned out better than I could have imagined. And as you go through them, I hope you can see we had a lot of fun taking them.
After the shoot we had just enough time to get some water and head straight for the ceremony.

If I gave you a play by play of the ceremony, we would be here all day (if we aren't already) but the most important thing is that it was beautiful. Makinlie one of our flower girls (and I guess my niece) was a little upset about walking down the aisle, but other than that no one tripped and it went smoothly. Colton and I especially enjoyed the bishop including the 3 things we love most about each other. It gave us something to hold onto and made it much more personal.

In the 2 hours between the ceremony and the reception we had family over for pizza and while they enjoy a classic American meal, Colton and I rushed to get our pictures done. Again good job Tyson. And off to the reception we went.

At the reception, I spent most of the time sitting, which I don't know if that is typical, but my feet hurt! The desserts turned out great and everyone was so sweet. My favorite highlights from the reception..

A couple of my mothers friends from work got Colton and I a 1 night stay at a hotel in Phoenix. Which is about the coolest thing ever because we had no where to stay that night anyways :/

Colton shoved the entire cake in my face LITERALLY. So I guess there goes that tradition of eating the top layer at your first anniversary.

Our groomsmen and bridesmaids not only went crazy on our car.. they  CONDOMED it. We are STILL finding condoms...

And like I mentioned before.. we got to end the night with a peaceful hotel stay in Phoenix. But not without Chipotle, because I hadn't eaten ALL day. So yes, I ended my wedding day with a burrito.

AND WE LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER! (followed by a crazy baby shower filled sunday! All you need to know about that is my belly is 11 toilet paper squares huge haha)

Enjoy some pictures... If you want more... check Facebook or my brothers photography blog at tysonfrenchphotography.blogspot.com