Multiple of 2

Friday, June 3, 2011

Feet feet and more feet

Oh my goodness, let the summer of hating wet feet and wet anything begin! Isaac LOVES to play in the water but hates the fact that his feet, shoes and clothes get wet. He also hates that when he wears his water shoes sand, mud, etc. get his feet dirty. Seriously?! He has mastered getting his shoes off and today came up with the idea of how to wash them without having to go in the house. AND well Addy just loved having her feet out and decided to show them off a lot today, in hopes to get praise for how cute they are!

washing his feet in the water table

Look at my toes!

a little smile and kicking away

Isaac was yelling at me about how proud he was to have clean feet

I wash Daddy's Van

washing Daddy's van

washing the wheel

and washing the lights

Today I asked Isaac if he wanted to wash Mommy's car, since he was walking around with a wet rag. He said, "yea!" He washed one wheel of my car, and said I wash Daddy's van. Daddy's van got all the wheels washed and a couple doors. Not sure why I am rating so low today when it was my idea but I am going with the fact that he knew Seth's was dirtier!! Such a great helper!

She's Shy

Trying to get her to play cars

He loves to hold her

Isaac is telling and showing her about his hurt finger while holding her hand.

So lately Isaac's vocabulary is booming and he always seems to have something to say, and when it comes to Addy there is never a shortage of words for him. He often will tell me what baby is doing for example: baby eating, baby drink milk, baby sleeping, baby open eyes, baby stop crying, I hold baby etc. You get the idea. Then yesterday he said, " baby shy, baby sleeping." I said, " oh baby is shy." Isaac, "yes, shy she needs to sleep." Then today he tells baby, " baby, baby cars will love you." AND then later today the neighbor asked Isaac if she could touch his baby. Isaac's response, " yea, her hair." And he watched to make sure that is what she touched. He loves Addy so much and thinks of the funniest things to tell you and tells her things often. He shares with her pretty much everything that goes on in the day from what he is watching on t.v. to trying to get her to play cars, dance and or do anything for that matter. I hope this LOVE continues as my babies are both growing tooooo fast!! Here are a couple of Isaac and Addy's moments together lately.

My new favorite picture!!

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Hi...what you doing?

Isaac has far surpassed my expectations of being a good Big Brother. If you recall in my last post before entering the hospital I was worried about how Isaac would react to the baby. He LOVES her and PROTECTS her already. He wants to include her in everything he does and talks to her often throughout the day. It is so sweet. Here are a few examples.
1. While Isaac is watching t.v. he will tell Addy what is going on and ask her to watch with him. "watch baby, watch."
2. If Isaac is dancing to music he will ask baby to dance too. I often have to move her arms and legs to get him to stop asking. "dance baby, dance."
3. When Addy is crying he will tell me to get her milk. And if someone else has her he makes sure that I know she is crying and that I should take the baby. "Mommy Milk, baby. Baby crying, Mommy baby"
4. He pushes her in her stroller and makes sure that if he goes outside that baby gets to come. "baby come."
5. Often while eating a snack he will offer her some of what he is eating. Today it was goldfish and yesterday it was his hotdog.
6. He lays by her when she is crying and often brings her blanket to her.
7. He has rescued her from getting her nose sucked out from her little cold..."stop mommy...baby crying." He took the nose sucker and I have yet to find it again. So protective!
8. While walking around the block he makes sure to point at his sister to the neighbors, as to make sure that they acknowledge that she is there.
9. The last one I can think of and my favorite is..."hi, what you doing?" He asks her this many many times a day and is so cute!

Enjoy the couple latest pictures of Isaac and Addy. I hope this love relationship continues and that they grow up being great friends.!

Watching t.v. together

reaching to get a book to read

reading to Addy

Talking to Addy and touching her shirt.

Last day of school

The Last day of school has always been bitter sweet for me. Being a teacher I used to count the days from about spring break to summer vacation. This year on Isaac's last day of school I was sad. He was just starting to come out of his shell and become comfortable with his teachers and playing on his own, now it is over for about four months. Although, I am going to try to stay in contact with some of his classmates I know he is going to miss the routine of going to school and the special projects he gets to make there. His favorite time is circle/song time and I know he is going to miss that too. I haven't been there in a few weeks because of Addy but I was shocked how well behaved, how he listened and knew exactly the routine. I might be biased but I thought he was the most well behaved child and NEVER stole toys from other kids. Stealing of toys is a huge problem, and Isaac would always just give his up and go find another toy, He is just so sweet! Here are some photos from his last day with his teachers and playing. We are looking forward to the two year old class next fall with Teacher Barb!

Reading stories at the end of class

Playing play dough

Mommy and Isaac on the last day

Making a butterfly to show daddy

Teacher Barb, what a GREAT teacher!

Talking with teacher Barb

Finishing the butterfly

Playing trucks

Playing with teacher Christy

Talking with teacher Christy

One of his favorite toys

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

The Newest Addition

The new one is here. Adalyn Grace Miller was born on April 5th at 8:05AM. She weighed in at 7 pounds, 12 ounces and measured 21 and a half inches long.

Addy made her entrance into the world in the same way that most babies do; flailing her never before stretched out limbs and screaming as if she was just ripped unwillingly from her mother's womb. In this respect she was very similar to her big brother. Which is also the reason that Seth still assumed it was a boy until she was turned around to say hello to everyone.

Tears of joy were not in shortage as those precious screams echoed off of the green sterile walls of the operating room. While Seth filmed, the slightly accented anesthesiologist snapped some very impressive pictures.

Adalyn likes to hold her hands up to her face when she sleeps, but that's pretty much where her similarities to her big brother end. She is so totally different than Isaac. Some things are a little hard to remember from Isaac being this age, but Addy's personality is obviously completely different.

We are at day 2 at Saint John's hospital. Katie's first day and first half of the second day were pretty rough. This surgery did not go as smoothly as the first. The pain is much worse this time around. It makes everything else a lot harder. Katie was basically incapacitated for most of Tuesday with pain and exhaustion. We're much better off today and Katie has taken a couple of laps around the maternity ward to prove it.

Isaac has not met his little sister yet, nor has he seen his mom since Monday night. Seth has been with Isaac for a few hours each day and was able to rock him to sleep Wednesday night. The separation of Isaac from his mom has been a tremendous burden and she is anxious to see him on Thursday.

We will likely be here until Friday afternoon or morning depending on what the surgeon says. The doctors and surgeons that we have been in contact with have been exceptional during this stay and we have not dealt with anything similar to our encounter with the anesthesiologist from hell during our first visit here two and a half years ago.

As is generally the case, the doctors might as well be lamp posts without the incredible support and work of the nurses. We have had the pleasure of dealing with a lot of the same nurses as we had with Isaac that had enough of an impact to be remembered by us more than two years later.

Thank you to everyone that have stopped by, given presents and wished us well. We look forward to introducing our newest family member to family and friends. Most of all, we can't wait to get our normal life started as a family of four.

Monday, April 4, 2011

The Calm before the Storm

Well...This is it, I think it is safe to say I made it through the last pregnancy (for those who did not know; yes, this is the last baby Miller from us, don't even ask). I sit here and type this with many mixed emotions, some including fear, joy, happiness and most of all LOVE. I must admit I am scared for tomorrow, the unknown is brutal and as many of you know the planner in me HATES, days like this. I question; will the c-section go okay, will I be okay, will baby 2 make it out okay, how will Isaac react, what is Isaac doing, Is he crying for me, Will I be crying for him. When I stop to think about my entire world changing, the long 9 months of preparation don't seem long enough and I am wishing for another load of laundry to do to keep me busy.

I found myself cherishing every single moment with Isaac today and part of me didn't even want him to take a long nap, (that never happens). He is my LIFE and it is so hard to leave him and explain to him what is happening. I just kissed him goodnight and could barely get through it without crying. I said going into this pregnancy that I did it for one reason and one reason only, to give Isaac the best gift I could and that was a brother or sister. He has slowly made progress through all of this and I think he understands that someone is coming, but he surly doesn't get that it is for life. He will say things like, "see baby", "baby come", "rock baby", "baby crying", which is far better than where we started which was, "baby live at Nana, Papa, and Em's." We have talked a lot about how mommy has to go get the baby and he will say that but I don't think he gets it.

This pregnancy was difficult to say the least. To be honest it has worn me out, and tested my limits. I know I am blessed to have a healthy baby growing but it was a long haul to get here. A BIG Thank you to all our family, and friends for their love, support and patience with us through these 9 months. I especially could NEVER have done it without the love felt every day. One last request, keep the prayers coming for a smooth recovery and a healthy baby. Stay tuned to the blog for the big announcement and pictures!
Love,
Katie