Mommy Cards

I don't know about you, but I am constantly meeting new people. Whether it be at Malakai's school, Little Gym, Gold's Gym, or the Grocery Store for that matter, I can strike up a conversation ANYWHERE! I have gotten to the point though where I don't even exchange a number because I don't want to bother digging for a piece of paper and pen when I have two wild children with me. So, I finally ordered me some "Mommy Cards." No more searching through a never ending diaper bag or purse. I can just whip out one of these babies and the job is donezo. You can find these all over the web, I ended up getting mine at http://www.sophieandspice.com/. I'll keep you posted on all the new interesting people these bring into my life. LOL!

You Tube Debut

My little sister has made her "You Tube" debut. Check out her Montessori class at their patriotic concert. She is in the front row, with the denim skirt and white shirt. The song that starts at about minute 3 is the same one that she serenaded everyone at the hospital with when I was having Leila. So cute! She is quite the performer. Wonder where she gets that from?!

Mother's Day!

In case you haven't noticed, I run a few days behind on this thing. Sorry bout that :)

Mother's Day has come and gone. I swear it should be like Mother's Week or better yet, Year! The weather was awful here in the STL. Like 40 degrees and raining. I tried so hard not to let it put me in a bad mood, but it was pretty hard.

We did brunch at Harry's Downtown which was really good. It has been a tradition the last few years to go to Harry's West but when I called (yes, I make my own Mother's Day reservations) to make the reservations I was told they closed but the downtown location was doing one. It turned out to be really good! The food was excellent and I even enjoyed a couple mimosas and as you can see, Malakai enjoyed the cupcakes!

It was my first attempt at coordinated family outfits. Not a total failure, but pretty close :)

2 Months Already!!

I can't believe that my little Leila girl is already 2 months! I can't believe how fast the time has gone! I feel like so quickly she has gotten out of that "newborn" look and is starting to get her own unique look.

She has been a little colicky (whatever that is exactly, know one seems to know) the past few weeks. She had been screaming EVERY night from 7-9! It stopped last week when I finally broke out my "Happiest Baby on The Block" and put the 5 S's to work. What a freaking miracle!

She loves to eat and I can't wait to see what she weighs when we go to her checkup on Thursday. I haven't really established a day time routine yet. She is still just feeding on demand which seems to be ALL THE TIME! It makes me a little nervous when it comes to my surgery because I won't be able to nurse her for 48 hrs and she has only had a bottle a handful of times. Have fun with that one Josh! I know she will take it when she gets hungry enough. It's just going to be the initial struggle.

It is so sweet to see her smiling and cooing at us. She really becomes alert when she hears Malakai's voice. Probably because it's about 5 octaves louder than everyone elses. LOL! They play a cute little game of sticking their tongues out at each other. He is starting to acknowledge her existence a little more. At least he has stopped telling her that her mommy is at work :) She does seem to be taking on his sleep patterns though, which is excellent! She is sleeping GREAT! Goes down between 9:30 and 10 and sleeps till 7 or 7:30. I can not complain about that.

As you can see from the picture on the right she has an outrageous hair line. Some say she takes ofter her Papi (my dad).

It's amazing how different she is from Malakai. She is such a cuddler and wants to be held all the time. He NEVER wanted to be held or cuddled, even to this day. I love holding her and smelling her and I try to take in every moment seeing as how it goes by SO fast! She is like a handful of happiness and a heartful of love.

So, here's to you being 2 months Leila Jane! I look forward to seeing you grow and change and become the sweet, precious, girl I know you will.

It's Not A Tuma!

Oh wait! Yeah it is!

In the middle of my c-section with Leila, my doctor starts talking about a cyst that he saw on my ovary. Mind you, I am pretty much out of it at this point and I'm not really understanding what he is talking about. The next day, I asked him to please explain some more. Apparently he saw a cyst on my left ovary. He said that he thought it was pregnancy induced and once my body went back to normal that it would go away.

Well, I went for my ultrasound yesterday and it hasn't gone away. In fact, it has grown. I don't think the sonographer was supposed to give me any information, but I knew her pretty well since she did all of my ultrasounds with Malakai and Leila. She told me that there was an abnormally large tumor on my left ovary and that he is probably going to want to remove it. I said, "The tumor, or the ovary?" She let me know that the tumor was pretty much over-taking the ovary and it would all have to come out.

So, I met with my AMAZING Obgyn this morning and we are definitely taking out my left tube and ovary. We are scheduled for May 21st. He went on to explain that he isn't for sure, but he thinks it is what they call a dermoid. Now if you already know what a dermoid is, you are probably saying....Gross! Because once he explained it to Josh and I, I think we both wanted to vomit. Apparently a dermoid is "A bizarre tumor, usually benign, in the ovary that typically contains a diversity of tissues including hair, teeth, bone, thyroid, etc." That's right ladies and gentlemen! I said hair, teeth, and bone!! BLAHHH!!!! Like I said, they are usually benign but they have to take them out because they can start to twist or they can rupture.

I have attached a picture for you viewing pleasure :)

Josh and I were laughing our asses off in the car on the way home because he brought up the South Park episode with the Conjoined Fetus Lady. Apparently back in the day people used to think that a dermoid was your undeveloped twin. WILD!

We remain in good spirits. I love my doctor and I trust him 100%! We are very positive that this will return benign and all will be good. We are pretty sure we are done having children, and if we weren't it is still definitely possible to conceive with only one tube and ovary. It's just amazing how God works in so many ways. Had I not gotten pregnant at 23 on the pill with Malakai we may not even have had kids by now. I mean, there was no hurry. Now I have two amazing, beautiful children and I am so lucky and blessed for that.

Miller....Out!

Yes!! He said "Chillen"

Please pardon the snot in his nose! Poor Malakai and Josh have the WORST allergies and apparently they are terrible right now. It is so hard for me to relate because I have never had them, but the poor guys seem miserable!

Weekend Update!

Here it is Tuesday and I'm just now doing a weekend update. Hey! Better late than never, right?

Let me start by saying thank you for those that have called and wondered about our well being with the earthquake the other morning which apparently Fenton was the epicenter of. I would like to say that I felt it dramatically but I would be lying. I can't believe I didn't feel it, I had just layed back down after getting up with Leila, but I guess that just goes to show how tired I really was.

It was a pretty typical weekend here at the Miller household. Josh was off on Friday so we spent the day together as a family. We went to the park and had our first attempt at flying a kite. As you can see, Leila was totally thrilled :)

Malakai, on the other hand, had a ball!

Josh worked all day on Saturday so Malakai, Leila, and I hit the local Whittle Shortline Railroad. For those of you who haven't heard me talk about this amazing place, I hyperlinked it so you could check it out. If you live locally and have never been, I highly recommend it.

Saturday night Josh and I hit the town for a little socialization with other adults. It was definitely good times had by all. Leila is on an evening schedule, so we put Kai down at his normal 7:30 and gave her her last feeding at 9 and we were out the door. No! We didn't leave them by themselves :) My mom is very happy to sit on the couch and watch tv while they both sleep soundly. Leila is consistently giving us a 9:30 to 6 sleep at night so it is very nice.

Sunday, Malakai got to witness me play softball for the first time and he was very confused by it. He is so used to watching his daddy that he didn't know girls could play also. I had a great time and it felt really good to get back on the field again. Josh got a little taste of what I go through since he had both kids to watch over while I played. Thank goodness Aunt Autumn was there to make sure Kai didn't go running onto the field :)

All in all, it was a great weekend! We are still adjusting to being a family of four, but it seems to be going rather well. Malakai is as crazy, wild, and too smart for his own good as ever! I think that just goes along with being 3. Till next time...Miller....Out!