Here are a few lovely outfits we can't wait for Ayla to grow into...
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Four Month Mark!
Ayla has had to travel with me on a lot of my rotations because we didn't have enough breast milk stockpiled initially. Here she is with me in Aurora, MN for my family medicine rotation. I thought we would splurge on a room with a hot tub for a couple nights so I could try bathing with her for the first time. True to my obsessive-compulsive nature, I scrubbed the tub out before running the water. Hot tub folliculitis, no thank you.
Tummy time is a breeze when the telly is on
As indoor Minnesota is in the balmy 70s (Fahrenheit, that is, for our overseas readers), Ayla appropriately dons a fashionable sundress which she has learnt to repeatedly pull up. A exhibitionist in the making?
Can't beat a cute smile. Aw.
Aunties Wai-Ming and Ho-Ming Visit!
Ayla's aunts swarm in from Canada and Colorado. Here are some pictures from Wai-Ming and Ho-Ming's visit:
Auntie Wai-Ming plays with her niece...
Sandy, Scott's Mom, also drove in from Montana (15 hours one-way!) but unfortunately we don't have photos of her visiting.
Month Three
Ayla's third month of life...
Ayla makes this sour lemon face whenever we clean her ears in the bath. For cute! (As the say in Minnesota.)
Tummy time with Grandma Yan
Starting to use those little pinchers!
Blog Catchup!
Time flies! I can't believe Ayla is now a little more than three months old. Here are some pictures of her before she turned two-month old:
My Mom and her domestic helper Phuangphet (who has been with our family for over twelve years) came from Thailand at the beginning of March to help with taking care of Ayla as I jumped back into the third year of medical school. I am so grateful for their help!
Ayla with Phuangphet
Mom is putty in Ayla's hands
Friday, March 6, 2009
Photos of Ayla by Deb Ausen
Deb Ausen, Scott's aunt, was nice enough to take some professional photos of our new family while we were in Montana. Ayla is twelve days old in these pictures.
Scott's talented aunt also made a beautiful quilt for Ayla. Here is Ayla posing with the quilt when she was two-and-a-half-months old:
Thank you Deb!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Daddy and Daughter
Scott and Ayla at the hospital.
Scott and Ayla get some skin-to-skin time at home.
Ayla is howling here because she thinks Daddy has breast milk but is holding out.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Ayla Lee Taylor
Ayla Lee Taylor made her debut into the world on Sunday, February 1st, 2009, at 3:49 p.m. in Duluth, Minnesota. She weighted 6 pounds 13 ounces and was 20.3 inches long.
Ayla was two weeks overdue and marginally beat a scheduled induction to begin on Sunday evening. I went into labor at 4 a.m. on Sunday morning; so all in all, I was in labor for under 12 hours. It was made extremely bearable by an epidural.
Scott and I, as all new parents believe, know that we have must have the most beautiful baby daughter. We are excited to figure out parenthood and watch our child grow into her own person. We thank everyone for their well wishes and hope to introduce you to the latest member of our family soon!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Hello World!
This is my first foray into the world of cyber blogging -- a step I have decided to take to enable friends and family to keep abreast with the latest developments of the highly anticipated addition to our family. My husband and are are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our first "Taylor-ling", a daughter due this month, January 19th. We were excited to learn that statistically speaking ,with an ultrasound performed early enough (like mine was), 80% of estimated due dates are accurate within plus or minus five days of one's due date. Needless to say, we are thrilled to be counting down in days now, as opposed to weeks or months. We will be sure to let everyone know when the big birthday happens and post plenty of pictures!
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