The Life & Adventures of the Taylor's

It's been a while since I have posted but a lot has happened. We had our baby girl Haddley Grace on July 17th at 2:07 pm. She weighed 7 lbs 14 oz and was 22 inches long. On Sunday, July 26th, we blessed her in my parents ward in Vernal, Utah. That day was also Brexdon's 2nd birthday along with my little brother, Devin's mission homecoming. Then Brian and his parents went up to Rexburg to pack up all of our belongings there and I stayed in Vernal for a few days. On Tuesday, I met Brian and his parents in Price and we moved down to Redmesa, Colorado. Currently, we are living with Brian's parents. But we have found a house and we are working on getting financing for it. We should hopefully be able to move into our new home the beginning of September. I will be excited for when that day arrives. There is nothing like having your own place. I have definitely enjoyed living here and having all the help with Brexdon and Haddley. It has certainly helped reduce some of my stress...

I feel like with each pregnancy, I am ready to be done with it sooner. It is hard to wait it out especially when so much is so supposed to be happening around the due date. I am down to 3 weeks until this little one's due date and I felt done with this pregnancy a few weeks ago. I have had an especially rough third trimester between lower back pain, pulling abdominal muscles, and extremely loose ligaments and joints that makes walking truly hurt. I do not mean to complain either. It just shows how different each pregnancy can be. So my goal lately is learning to be patient. My baby girl will come when she is ready. I have been doing all I can to prepare my body for labor, but it is up to her in the end. I guess what has me stuck right now is that life is hard to plan when you do not know when your baby will decide to be born. Brian and I have been working on planning (to the best of our abilities) the next few months of our lives which will include having a baby, moving, and star...

Brian and I have received some answers and have made some decisions to get us through the next few months, As of right now, we are planning on staying in Rexburg until after we have the baby then we will most likely be moving within a few weeks after she is born. So that is a relief to not have to worry about finding a new doctor at this point since I am down to 6 weeks left. Brian has received a few job offers. It seems that they are willing to wait until we get there after they heard our situation. So that is definitely good and quite a blessing. Also I am happy to announce that I passed my NCLEX so now I am a registered nurse. To say that is such a wonderful feeling after all I did to work to get to this point. So grateful to have that out of the way so that I can focus on nesting and preparing for another baby. On top of that, we are attempting to potty train Brexdon in hopes that he will be potty trained by the time this little girl arrives. I must say it is quite stressful bu...

So it has been a while since I have been on. Well Brexdon McCoy Taylor was born on Friday, July 26th at 2:44 pm. He ended up being a C-section which was a surprise for us but it ended up working out. He is now 10 weeks old and so much fun. He is smiling all the time and will making funny faces and noises at us. He is quite the chatter box. Which is why we moved him into his crib in his room when he was a month old. He is just such a noisy sleeper.

My mind has been soaring through all the possibilities of life lately. It never seems to stop. And sleep becomes harder to find. I have noticed and learned a few things on this little journey (aka trial) though. I have learned that the Lord keeps us waiting because there is something better in store for us. I have learned that we are kept waiting because we are being more adequately prepared for things (aka NCLEX). The Lord knows and loves us. He has special plans for us even if we do not see it yet. We have not yet received any job offers, but we have received peace. Brian has applied to multiple companies and he plans on visiting some of them this next week. We have decided that if no job offer is received within the first week of June that we are supposed to stay in Rexburg until after our baby girl comes. That deadline is oddly quite the peace of mind. I have been so worried about trying to move being extremely pregnant and finding a new doctor and well everything that comes with...

So this past Friday, I graduated from BYU-Idaho with my Associates of Science in Nursing. This is a huge accomplishment that required so much work and I am glad that I made it. Though I am still not done. I have to first pass my NCLEX-RN to become a registered nurse. But that is not far away. With finishing school, we are preparing to leave Rexburg. It has been a great adventure here but we are definitely ready to move on to the next thing. Brian has a couple interviews tomorrow in Colorado so we shall see what comes of it. At this moment, I get to sit at home alone in Rexburg because Brian is driving to Colorado and my parents took Brexdon for the week (which of course they are loving). This is extremely hard for me as I am hardly ever apart from them but I know it will be a blessing in the end. This week, I have an NCLEX prep course which should be extremely helpful in preparing me for this test. So although I would love to say I am completely done with school, that is not the case. ...

Life can be extremely scary especially when you do not know what to expect. I am 17 weeks pregnant and I will graduate from the nursing program in 9 weeks. After that, I am expected to the take the NCLEX to get my RN license. So much change is ahead of us. Currently, Brian is applying to multiple jobs to see where we may end up. We will most likely be moving in May. But we do not know where yet. I think that is probably the scariest thing of all. I am going to have to find a new OB and hospital to have this baby. The tension and worry is just starting to build up for me and I am not sure how to handle it, but rather just go through life one day at a time. Something will come up and we will know what we are doing at some point. All I can say is that I have great faith in the Lord. He gets me through each day and calms my anxiety. He gives me the reassurence I need to carry on. We have been so greatly blessed and I notice it often. I am also blessed to have a wonderful, righteous husband...