Taylor Family

36 weeks

2010-05-05T10:37:00.001-07:00

I am officially 36 weeks today! I am really excited the baby should be making his debut here pretty soon. My belly actually measures 34.5 weeks, but the doctor says that it is good. This baby will probably be small, but that is okay. I am hoping for a May baby, even though my due date isn't until June 4th. Then we will have birthdays Jan, March, April, May, June, July and Aug. All we would need is a Feb. baby, but don't know if that is going to happen at this point. I Hope this baby comes soon, I am ready to be done being preggers and excited to hold the new little one. All the kids are excited too.
We believe we have the name for the new addition, but it can always change. As it did with little David. We didn't figure out his name until he was born. So the name for now is Samuel Melchizedek-Neri Taylor. The meaning of the name is God hears(Samuel) King of Righteousness(Melchizedek) My burning light(Neri). I was surprised to see that Neri is actually a Hebrew name. In case you care to know. We have really tried to give our children names that mean something and names that have stories with them of people who inspire and uplift. Rachel and Rebecca love to hear the stories of their name. Olivia doesn't really have a story with it but Christ used the Olive tree a lot in his teaching. David obviously, with Goliath. As he gets older he will hear all of king david, and learn a lot about repentance and how to make good choices, hopefully. Enoch as you know built Zion and was a very righteous man, as was his son, Melchizedek. Samuel, heard the call from God and served him his whole life. Sorry this is a little wordy, but I just wanted to explain a little bit behind the names, we give our children, I don't know if I've ever explained to my family why, but these are the reasons. Well we are hoping to take our little new addition to Pueblo to bless him. Hopefully we'll get to see the whole family soon.

Amy's Visit

2010-05-05T10:16:00.001-07:00

Well Amy came to visit this past weekend and it was so nice to have her here and her help. Being almost 36 weeks with 4 kids is not always easy and she really helped out a lot. The kids just loved spending time with her. Rachel was extremely sad that she could not stay longer. Rachel is usually upset about people not being able to stay longer. Hopefully Amy will be able to come again soon and maybe this time bring the rest of the family with her. We would love to have everybody here! Anyway, these are some pictures of her stay.

Also Amy, made a cake that was so yummy it didn't even last 2 days. Thanks Amy! I have to say though that we have also had Sarah here, and that was a lot of fun too. Hopefully Sarah can make it up to visit again too.

Valentine's Day

2010-02-28T15:22:00.001-08:00

Well, for Valentine's Day we couldn't get a sitter, and David wanted to surprise me. So he went and bought all the stuff to make Spaghetti Dinner. When we were dating David surprised me with a Dinner at his house, Dave's Diner. He was trying to recreate that. This time though we had a few companions. Little David was asleep, he wasn't feeling well and the other girls were supposed to be in bed. Well it took a while to get all the girls settled, so we started getting a little frustrated but we were excited to be together. Then when we got the girls settled, Little David woke up and wouldn't go back to sleep. So I had 2 dates for Valentine's. Then we watched Winnie the Pooh. Eventually we got little David to sleep, around the same time Big David fell asleep too. By the way the dishes in the picture were the same style David used in the original Dave's Diner. The others broke, but I found the whole set at a garage sale. I was very excited when I found them. The Orchids were my Present.

2010-02-28T15:10:00.000-08:00

These are pictures of our family on a Sunday. It is best to take nice pictures on Sundays, because during the week, everybody just gets too dirty, in the mud at our house.

David's Birthday January 2010

2010-02-28T14:27:00.001-08:00

David's 2nd Birthday! For David's Birthday, we bought a cake and some cars. That made the him very happy. We also bought some tracks that he played with and had a lot of fun. We also got him a cars cap which he usually doesn't leave the house without.

2010-02-28T14:17:00.000-08:00

Well I mentioned in my profile that I am expecting. We have a confirmation on due date and what it is. We are having a boy and the official due date is June 3rd, 2010. It will probably be a May baby, since I usually go early. We are not sure on the name, but we have some ideas. Solomon Isaac Taylor, Samuel Isaac Taylor, Joshua Samuel Taylor. These are just some ideas give us your suggestions. We would really like to keep it at bible names, as it goes with the rest of our names. Olivia, Rachel, Rebecca, and David. Just throw out your ideas. Anyway this is the ultrasound images of our son.

The funniest thing

2009-10-10T14:42:00.000-07:00

Living in a home with so many people isn't always the funnest thing. you've got having to share your room, your sickies, your clothes, everything you have. There are those times when it is so fun though, you could not have a laugh fest when it's time for prayer with only 2 or 3 people( well not a good one), some more would be building snowmen, making mud pies, yanking leaves off of your guela's tree and bushes to make food, and just sharing time with others. Then because you have a large family there are also a lot of instances when you just plain embarace yourself and everyone remembers it.

Whatever the case may be there is never a dull moment in a hime with a big family. A funny thing that happened the other day was fighting. When doesn't it happen with a big family. Anyway, Olivia and Rachel were fighting and I'm thinking here we go again!! So the next thing I hear come out of Olivia's mouth is "Mom, she keeps fighting with me!" and then to Rachel " You're supposed to slow down so I can hit you!" Funniest thing I ever heard. Never ends. Not that my family is big, but it's all relevant.

SICK!!

2009-10-05T12:18:00.000-07:00

Well everybody is sick, Yeah!!! Probably not. It does one good thing, let's me get things done because they don't feel well enough to make a mess all over the place. The only problem with this idea is that I don't feel well either. So when I could get things done, I am left sick and taking care of sickies. Not the most awesome combination, but we are hanging in there. Hopefully if we are all sick, then we will get over it faster. I hope so. Lots of naps, healthy food and liquids.

General Conference at home

2009-10-04T12:20:00.000-07:00

I love going to church and watching the General Conference, but I think I get much more out of it by watching it at home. The kids go and do their thing and we get to watch and be edified by the speakers. I feel this is very important especially for parents of really young children. It is such a boost of energy to feel the spirit, and grow and learn from the leaders of the church. Just helps me get through the week anytime I go to church and grow from the spirit. My kids are not old enough to sit through 2 hours and even if they sat through it would they even understand? Maybe. They however have done rather well today, because as much as they don't sit still to listen, they have stayed in the livingroom for the most part quietly, and on occasions have asked questions about who the speaker is, which leaves it open for other discussion. They have also sat through the long prayers and actually folded their arms through the whole thing. I guess we just have to look for the positive. I love my family, and I have grown a little bit today, by their example. They will learn as they grow, and I can tell that they are all going to be great kids and even better adults. No need to push and be aggressive, they need to do out of love, not for me, but for the Savior! I hope I can instill in them the love for the Savior that I have felt. Then they can do and change the way they need to, because they will love him and they will feel his love for them, inspiring them to be better.