Miller- 3 Months

Our boy is 3 months old and it's about time I documented some things about him.

First of all, he is darling. Huge grin that he easily gives away. He is starting to giggle if you tickle him just right! He is so calm and typically only cries if he is hungry or has a wet diaper. I  honestly can't think of a time he has cried for more than a few minutes as I took too long to feed him ( in his opinion). Somehow, I got lucky with another easy baby.

He is trying to roll and has gotten over a few times from his back to his belly.  He has a ton of hair and fat rolls- could be be cuter? Everyone at his school comments how big he is everyday I pick him up and how much they love my chilled back babe.

Check out these legs!

He sleeps through the night 3-4 nights per week so while it is wonderful, the other nights are such a let down when I hear that pitiful cry at 1am.  But he eats quickly and back to sleep pretty quickly.

I still can't believe we have a son. I still can't believe we have a second child. It is so amazing.

Movin' on Up

We've been in our new house for 2 weeks and at least once a day I look around and think to myself " I love this house!".  Short of winning Powerball and having an unlimited budget, this house really has absolutely everything we could ever want! Brian and I keep saying " Can you believe this is ours??"

We've been furniture shopping and furniture shopping trying to fill this house.  We are 99% done and looking forward to a house warming party at the end of July.

It has been so great to be so close to family...last minute dinners, quick walk to Nik's, Grandma stopping by just to say him, Concert in the Park, trying out the new rec center.  Every time it happens is solidifies that we made the right decision.

I feel really blessed!

Our Babies!

 My sister got these adorable "Month" stickers for Syd and I still love to look back at the pictures from the first 12 months of her life. When it came time for a baby shower for Miller, I politely requested she get them for me again. 

I cannot get over how beautiful our babies are, nor can I get over how much they look alike!

Relaxing Maternity Leave- NOT!

How I envisioned my maternity leave....long lazy days in bed, snuggling that little boy of mine.

Reality...lunch with Kelly, an old sorority sister and realtor. As we wrapped up lunch Kelly mentioned how hot the Denver market is, suggested she look at comps for our house and to our shock and surprise, we learned we could get top dollar.  Within 2 hours of lunch I had called Brian, shared this excellent news, and we called Kelly to tell her to list the house.

That was in mid April. We listed at the end of April and had multiple offers the first weekend.

We certainly did not expect this all to happen so fast so this Maternity Leave has been filled with finding a new house, packing, organizing and trying not to poke my eyeballs out from stress.

We also made a HUGE decision to move to Colorado Springs. The obvious reason is being close to family, but when we realized the money we would save in daycare coupled with the much larger house we could get for our money, it was a no brainer.

Brian and I are still in shock this dream is coming true. We hate being in this small house but thought we had a few more years here until we had the down payment we needed. But this hot Denver market changed all of that!

We found a new house but refuse to jinx myself by showing anyone it on a blog or Facebook (my main source of information!)

We move out June 5th, close on both properties on June 6th and move into the new home June 7th.

Fingers crossed every loan does what it is supposed to do or our master plan will blow up and I may actually poke my eye out!

And lastly, I do spend a lot of time cuddling this boy who is as precious as they come!

Miller Thomas Dew

Our sweet son is here!

We had a scheduled c section on Monday March 17th.

We checked in at 5am and he was born at 8:02am.  This is my favorite picture...the moment where Mama meets Son- the love, the pride, the relief....there are no words.

 Miller weighed in at a hefty 8lbs, 12 oz which shocked us all since his big Sissy was only 7 lbs, 2 oz. Speaking of SJ, he looks just like her. It took my breath away.

Miller's first name came from a night of watching tv and stopping on a AFA Football game. One of the AFA players, "Miller", did something where they announced his name and I immediately asked Bri if he liked it. It is a bit unusual so we held on to it for a few months but kept going back to it.  His middle name of "Thomas" honors Brian's father who passed away when Brian was 18 months old.

 SJ loves "Milner Thomas" she calls him. Lots of love, kisses and hugs. Here is a picture of her meeting him for the first time.

 Our first family portrait. My heart can barely take it.

We are so blessed.

38 Weeks, 6 days

When you are first pregnant and at the later stages, the "days" in your calculation of how pregnant you are really do count.  It makes you feel better, it makes you feel like you are making progress.

I never got this far with Syd. I had her at 38 weeks on the dot.  With Syd I had horrible heartburn and really bad carpal tunnel. Thankfully my heartburn with this guy is manageable and no carpal tunnel (that seriously was awful). However, the last week the pain and pressure I feel in out of control.  I am walking like a 90 year old lady and before going anywhere think through how far I will have to walk and if it's worth it! Nights are the worst. I am bent over, deep breathing through the pain while Brian and Syd just stare at me.

We spent a little time in L&D on Sunday after I couldn't get him to move, regardless of what I tried. Everything was fine but it is always a little unsettling. Brian called it "Our Dry Run".  I went in for my weekly appt on Tuesday and again, he was hard to find on the monitor so I got a full ultrasound. He is breech (again) and the Tech was nice enough to flip on the 3D and we got a few great pics. This is one of them that brought tears to my eyes because it looks so much like Syd's 3D. It made it real. I am so anxious to see what he looks like in "real life".

My blood pressure was a little high so they ran some bloodworm as a precaution. Everything looked normal but they are having me come in tomorrow before we head into the weekend just to make sure there aren't any dramatic changes.

If all is normal tomorrow, than we are set to deliver on Monday....3 days away. It is so surreal.

I am equal parts excited & equal parts terrified!!

Maternity Leave (37 Weeks)

I am officially on Maternity Leave...2 weeks before Baby Boy is here. It is glorious.

My first day off, poor Punk had to have ear tubes put in. She did awesome and only had a bad 10 minutes of waking up out of anesthesia. She bounced back and was her wild self by that evening. Nothing can be worse than the chronic ear infections she has had! I'm to going to lie it was a little nerve wracking to hand my precious girl off to strangers and had to choke back tears more than once...tho I will blame that on pregnancy hormones.

Brian and I celebrated the start of my leave with dinner at Sullivans Steakhouse during Restaurant Week. Delicious dinner and nice to get out with just the two of us.

Now we sit and wait.  C Section is scheduled for Monday March 17th and I hope we make it that long. I am mentally prepared for the 17th and have one helluva cute St Patty's Day hat that will make for great newborn photos so I hope he cooperates.

I cannot wait to meet this boy!!!!