Happy 5th Birthday Taylee

Happy Birthday Taylee! You are my little sweetheart! I love that you always make me laugh with the things that you do and say. You have so much spunk that you keep me on our toes, but you are so tenderhearted that I know I can always count on you to help. You are my extra hands that I sometimes need and you are always willing to grab a pacifier or a burp rag for me. Brynlee and Paxton absolutely adore you. Brynlee wants to do anything that "Tay-ee" does and Paxton is always watching you, waiting for you to come and make faces to make him laugh. You are your daddy's little girl, his golf-buddy and soccer star. He has you trained to cheer for the Phoenix Suns and Kansas JayHawks and you love it! We love you Taylee!!! I can't believe that you are 5!!!

I can't belive my little baby is five now! Here is a little trip down memory lane----

5 years ago from right now I was laying in the recovery room. I had been in labor for 33 hours and then had an emergency c-section. Taylee had been taken straight to NICU and I did not get to see her until early the next morning. I know this sounds horrible and it makes me sad when I think about it, but if anyone else has ever had a c-section where the baby is taken to NICU, you will understand that it is out of your hands.

****After a c-section you have to spend over an hour in a recovery room where you are CLOSELY monitored to ensure that the anesthesia is wearing off correctly and that no side effects occur. Usually you can see your baby right after this, but not if they are in NICU. You have to wait until you are on your feet, which is 4-6 hours after you are back from recovery.****

Taylee was born at 6:53pm. She was 5lbs 4oz and 19 3/4 inches long. I know this is really tiny, but she was almost 6 weeks early, so she would have been a HUGE full-term baby.

Picture of Taylee in the incubator. She was so tiny, but so cute! We fell in love with her at first site!

This was my first time feeding Taylee. She had such a hard time learning how to eat. She ended up being in NICU for 10 days because she had to be eating 55cc (I think) at each feeding before she could leave.

Picture of Taylee leaving the hospital. This pic in her car seat shows how tiny she really was.

I wanted to add in this pic because so many people are making fun of what a chunky baby Paxton is. Not only do Taylee and Paxton look a ton a like, but Taylee was just as big (this is Taylee at 6 months....so, Paxton in about 6 weeks). SOOOO cute!!

Love you Taylee! Hope you had a great birthday!