Beautiful Baby Girl

 Miss Taylee Aurelia Bellino made her grand entrance via c-section at Summerlin Hospital on May 31, 2012 at 4:15 PM. She was 7lbs even and 181/2 inches long. Surgery went very well and momma and baby are both happy and healthy. 

 her hair was strawberry blonde at birth. Round rosey cheeks with tiny hands and feet!

 After they got her wiped up and wrapped they gave her to daddy and let him come up by my head and sit with me while they finished on me! Then they whisked her away to the nursery for a bath. 

 Tiny feet

 saying hi

 After what seemed like forever they brought her in to meet the clan! Trystan was so excited! She opened her eyes when she heardbig brothers voice! It was an instant love! Poor Trystan was so nervous and did not like me in the hospital. They brought Taylee in and he said okay mom lets all go home! I look lovely I know! Oh well not nearly as swollen as i was after trystan!

 Proud big brother!

So Behind on Posting... about to get so much worse I'm certain!

We had Maternity photos taken in April and I Love, Love, Love them!!!!  Tomorrow is the big day and I am super NERVOUS!!! I am also extremely EXCITED!  I am kind of sad that this is the end of just the three of us. It is going to be an adjustment to add one more, but I cannot wait to meet my little Taylee girl. Trystan goes back and forth. He tells me he can't wait to see sister and is so excited that tomorrow she is coming out, then he will tell me two minutes later he doesn't want sister to come out she needs to stay in my belly forever. I love this little boy with all my heart!!! He is my everything. He has been my constant shadow for the last three and a half years and I have loved our little adventures. I know there are many more to come, but I also know that they will be very different than they once were. Today we went to the secret garden at the mirage and say the lions, tigers, and dolphins. I took Trystan a couple of years ago and he through his sippy cup in the dolphin pool... I am relieved to report nothing went in the pool this trip!!! After that we went to Burger King. Trystan's all time favorite place to eat... yummy!  Then I took him swimming. to bad none of the outdoor pools are open but probably better that way since the beached whale was sporting a maternity swim suit that is all but too small... HOT I know! Don't worry there are no pictures.! We had a great day today with minimal whining:) Trystan fell asleep in the car on the way home and when I got him out he woke up just long enough to kiss my shoulder twice and tell me thanks for a great day! Such a sweet boy! 

 Eventually I will get pictures posted of both Trystan and Taylee's bedrooms. Trystan's room looks like Mario Vomited in a round about motion all the way around the room! but he loves it and it is really kinda cute. Taylee's pink wall glows! It looks like the light is on in her room all day, but nope just the glow of the sun bouncing off the pink wall. Thank goodness it is only one wall but I love it. 

 I have thoroughly enjoyed being off of work and am not sure I am going to remember how to be a nurse when I have to go back. Even on our roughest days my days at home with my little man were far sweeter and way more rewarding than my nursing career. I haven't had one headache, been nearly as stressed, or even missed work! Grateful that when I do go back it will only be one day a week and the rest of my time will be spent at home being a mommy and wife.

 We have been working on the potty training thing and as far as peeing goes we are doing great!!! Trystan is even starting to ask to wear big boy underwear from time to time. However, if ANYBODY has suggestions on how to get this kid to sit on the toilet and poop PLEASE SHARE!!!! He refuses to sit on the potty, big crocodile tears and lots of screaming that he is scared. Anyone else have a child that is possessive of their poop and just not willing to let go???? We have tried bribing this kid with everything under the sun! Nothing works!!!! He will go get a pull up and put it on to poop if he is wearing his big kid underwear!! I really would like to put him in a little preschool this fall but I have to have him completely potty trained first though I know he would never go at school and he will hold it until he gets home :) 

My Belly looks small in this picture compared to now! Miss Taylee is estimated to be about 7 1/2 pounds a week and a half ago. It will be interesting to see how far off they were with her. Trystan they guessed 2 1/2 pounds over what he was. I am looking forward to having my body back to me again, but kind of sad I will never feel those little kicks, punches, and rolls again! Truly an amazing feeling.  I am so grateful for my amazing husband who has been so supportive! This pregnancy has been far from easy and has taken a toll on both of us, but we are both so excited to welcome this sweet little girl into our family. We are both keeping our fingers crossed that she is way more chill than her high maintenance brother though!!!! He has a lot to teach her... and he feels the need to share with me the things he needs to teach her.... I am a little worried! I think they will be the best buddies though!!! 

I wasn't so sure I liked these silhouette photos at first, but every time I look at them I love them more and more. I loved the look in my husband's eyes in the above picture and I loved the gleam in my son's eyes in the one below! Neither one of which anyone can see but me!

 The bottom picture is one of my favorites! Hope you love them as much as I do!  I have a million pictures to post and I may never get around to it, but I am certain I will get pictures of our newest edition up hopefully sooner rather than later :) Wish me luck the next couple of weeks, I am going to need it! 

27 Days!

In 27 days I will be a mom of two! I am so excited and have a flight of emotions running through my veins. I am getting very antsy to hold this little girl in my arms, but very nervous for surgery this time. I am remembering how hard that first week was after we brought Trystan home, only because I felt so lousy. I am nervous as to how Trystan is going to react to having his sister here. Though I can't wait for the two of them to meet and for him to hold her, snuggle her and kiss her. He is so cute he told me tonight at dinner that he was going to be scared of baby Taylee. When I asked "why" he simply told me because she is going to be so little. It amazes me the things this kid is able to comprehend. My patience has been running a little okay maybe alot on the thin side lately and I feel like the worst mom ever. Trystan is suddenly terrified that Me and Baby Taylee are going to leave him and not return! I can't pee, take out the trash or leave the room without him coming completely unglued. Since I have been off work he has turned into a total mama's boy and does not want me out of his sight. He doesn't really want his daddy to go anywhere either. He has a meltdown everyday about daddy going to work. He hates that I am going to the doctor twice a week and that they poke my finger every week. 

I am trying to enjoy the last few weeks of this pregnancy as I know it is my last one. I love laying down and feeling Taylee dance. She gets the hiccups every time I eat. She responds to her little brother and is more active when he starts talking to her. She has started kicking her daddy every night too! I am extremely grateful that my blood pressure is staying down this time around and that my amniotic fluid level is back down to normal. I am very grateful Mikie will be home with us the first 2 1/2 weeks after she gets here. But it is going to be an interesting adjustment for all of us. One that to be quite honest I am pretty much terrified for. 

I love that I have the opportunity to be a mom!!! There truly is no greater blessing in the world!!! My husband keeps asking what I want for mother's day, but honestly being the mommy is gift enough!!! 

We Have a Date!!!

33 weeks and 4 days prego with Taylee in top picture and just for fun the bottom picture I am 33 weeks and 3 days prego with Trystan!!!! I feel like I have No more room for this little girl to grow! excited for my Growth ultrasound on the 1st to see how big this little angel really is. Luckily with this one I am mostly belly, though my face has definitely  gotten a little rounder, but not quite like it did with Trystan. My contractions have almost completely stopped just being off work and I am LOVING being at home everyday. My blood sugars have been great, and I have been doing the non-stress tests twice a week for the last two weeks as my amniotic fluid level was towards the high end but am hoping to stop those after this next week as they are back to completely normal!  My blood pressure is totally normal still with this one so far as well!!!! yay!!!! Can't wait to meet this little girl and get her out of my rib cage:) We will be having a scheduled c-section on May 31st at 3pm and I can't wait! Though part of me is incredibly nervous. What am I going to do with 2?????? Part of me is also secretly hoping she has other plans and that she will decide she is out of room and will join us in about three weeks:)

3D Ultrasound!

The bump is getting bigger and bigger! Dr. Joe has taken me off work for the remainder of this pregnancy as I was having way to many contractions at work that were making me progress way to early. Luckily my fetal fibronectin test for preterm labor was negative. This pregnancy has been so different from Trystan. I am carrying this one pretty much all out front! We had some complications in the beginning and I thought we would never get to this point. The middle was great nothing crazy to report then I did my glucose tolerant test and it came back positive or high with this one. So I got to do a three hour glucose test which also came back high. So now I am on a 2000 calorie diabetic diet and am going to the doctor once a week for fasting blood sugars which of been great so far. Today I started my Non-stress test's twice a week until this little girl makes her debut:( so bummed was hoping to not have to do this this time around but my amniotic fluid level is boarder line to being too high so they are watching pretty close. Needless to say I am more than ready to meet this little girl, and so done with being pregnant. We went for a 3D ultrasound last friday and I finally got to see me little girlie's face. She looks like a keeper but I may be a little biased. Trystan was very attentive through the ultrasound. Taylee slept pretty much through the entire thing but we got some great pictures. She smiled and stuck her tongue out at us. She is in a reallly awkward position and still folded in half. Looks pretty uncomfortable to me but it didn't seem to to bother her. So without further adue Meet :

Taylee Aurelia Bellino

Foot and Arm

Tongue

sleeping

Smirking smile

Hand

She looks like a little chubster. I have a growth ultrasound on May 1st to estimate how big she is.

Trystan's Thomas the train adventure and Completed Kitchen!!!

Thanks to Grandma and Papa Trystan had a fun day out with Thomas. He loved it. Though the weather was not exactly fantastic we got to ride on a real train pulled by Thomas! He got a conductors hat, and a lovely whistle!!! Mom and Dad got to tag along as well. We all had a great time. They had fun activities for the kids but Trystan was disappointed we couldn't play in hte blow up obstacle coarse that was outside due to rain. Thank you so much grandma and grandpa!!!!

Thomas the Steam engine

Grandpa and Trystan playing mini golf.

Daddy and Trystan

Love this picture!!! Grandma Grandpa and Trystan

Love the little man's face in this one!

Riding the train!

I am so excited to announce that my Kitchen is finally Complete! I love, love, love it!!!

My floor turned out amazing!

And we LOVE the glass tile around the fireplace! So excited to have this project done! Now on to miss Taylee's Room!!!

Cute Kids!

I love these guys! We met Wyndee and her two youngest girls at the park this afternoon. Peyton and Trystan had a blast! He misses them all so much. Thanks for a fun play date ladies. Always love to see you and hang out!

I love this kid and his facial expressions! I finally took him to get a haircut so he doesn't look so much like an orphan child though he doesn't let me spike it very often. I love the spikes!

* He sings you are my sunshine to me every night

* He runs and gives my belly kisses and tells his sister he loves her so much and missed her when I was at work

* He tickles baby Taylee all the time

* He tells me "mom your my best friend"

* He makes up his own songs

*He gets himself dressed for the most part

* He loves to sit with his hand on my belly and feel his sister kick

* Taylee is more active when Trystan is talking to her

*He will say when he is in trouble "mom, don't be mad at me" or "stop hollering at me" or "why you being mean to me mom?"