Amelia- 2 Months

Dear Mila,

This past weekend, you turned two months. I thought the time went quickly with Olivia, but it's going even more quickly with you. This month was rough on you and all of us. You, me, and Olivia were all sick for about two weeks. You had RSV, which absolutely broke my heart. Luckily, your pulse ox was good enough to keep you out of the hospital and we did daily nebulizer treatments at home. All too familiar to a Mama that has asthma. They also think that you may have asthma. I was really hoping to NOT pass that on to either one of you. Only time will tell and we will deal with that as it comes. You are doing much better now, thank goodness. The cough and wheezing are gone and you are back to your little self.

You had a week while you were sick that you slept through the night. You poor little body needed the rest, as did everyone else. Getting a week of sleep was beneficial to everyone to get over our sickness. Now you are back to waking twice a night. It's not too bad, but it's always hard to go from sleeping through the night to not, even for a short time. You have started to smile, and baby girl do you smile! You are much more giving of your smiles than your sister was, she made us work for them. For you, just seeing us or hearing us brings a smile to your voice. I don't have all your stats because we've had to hold off on your shots until you are feeling better, so you have that to look forward to next week. While you were sick though, you weighed in at 10 pounds 6 ounces, a full two pounds from when you were born. {Updated Stats: 11 lbs, 9 oz (50%), 23.5 inches (75%)}

You are definitely a fan of Olivia, though she still isn't your biggest fan. She's getting there. The more you are interacting, the more interest she shows in you. You have decided that you won't eat if we leave the house, so everything scheduled around that. We haven't made it to Mom's group yet for that very reason. We will get there though.

Amelia, we are loving everything you bring to our family. We love having two little girls. You make our day that much brighter. We love you, our sweet Mila girl.

Love,
Mama

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I don't think there is anything better than watching the two of them.

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"Rest your heart close to my heart

never to part, baby of mine."

-Dumbo

My poor girls have been sick. Olivia with a respiratory infection and double ear infections and my little baby, Amelia has RSV. I'll be back soon.

Randomness

I've had the itch to blog, but honestly, nothing to blog about. We are in a cycle of sickness right now and that doesn't leave much time for blogging. I do want to get Amelia's birth story down. It will be very short, since it was a repeat c-section, but I love reading all kinds of birth stories. :)

I'm trying to capture some of the everyday moments of our lives. The little things, what we are doing, how we are feeling, things like that. Just a little bit of randomness.


- We've had some beautiful weather lately and we took advantage of it to put Olivia's water table together. It was her Easter gift and had just been sitting in our breakfast nook waiting to be used.


- Needless to say, the water table was a success. It's been so successful that the only way to get Olivia inside is to promise a bath. Totally works for me. She just wants to play in the water and I want to get her clean. This particular day was just perfection. Everything about it was amazing and I love that this picture captures that for me.


- It was finally warm enough to break out the "limo" and take the girls to the park. This stroller still feels massive to me. For the past year, Olivia has been in an umbrella stroller. It's been a huge adjustment. There have been a few times that I've knocked Olivia's poor legs. Sorry Liv!

-She was super excited to be at the park and even more excited to have the park to herself. She is still a little weary of older kids. Last year, she had just started walking as the weather was turning cold. She didn't really get to experience all of the playground. She loved running around and going down the baby slide.


-We spent a week with my baby brother. There is a 14 year difference between us and I moved from California almost 6 years ago. Obviously, we don't get to spend much time together. He took his first plane ride to come and visit us. It was great to spend some time with him. I can't believe he is 15 now. He was so good with Olivia and he wore her out for me, always a good thing. ;)


-This girl is a quiet girl, just like her Mama. She has really started to expand her vocabulary lately and it's been so fun to watch and interact with her. It's so amazing to watch her grow and learn and experience things. She's 19 months old and I can't get over that. I can't believe how close we are to 2!


-Amelia has been nicknamed Mila. Olivia knows who Mila is, but hasn't said her name yet. Mila is definitely a second child. I would have never let Olivia fuss for even a minute, but poor Mila has to wait a few minutes sometimes. She also has an over excited big sister who's still working on being gentle. I was worried on how everything would go with 2 under 2, but it was gone better than I had thought it would be. We are still making adjustments, but enjoying every minute of it.


- My hair is insanely long again. I love that about pregnancy, but both girls have taken to pulling my hair. I'm not sure if I want to cut it or what, so I've been experimenting with different styles. If you know me, you know that my hair is always in a pony tail and my hair styling skills are pretty much non-existent. This past weekend I tried a top knot I saw on pinterest and I texted my sisters to make sure it look good and that I did it right. Ha! They said it looked good, so I went with it.



- There has been lots of family time. The first few months of the year, Tom has been working crazy long hours. Olivia and I spent a lot of time, just the two of us. The last few weeks though have been filled with some much needed family time. It's been very much needed and very much savored.

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This is everything. This makes my heart happy.

monday confessions

• I thought that a slide on the deck was a good idea for the days we don't make it to the park. What I didn't realize is that I would spend the entire afternoon and into the evening helping Olivia go up and down the slide. Now, I hate that slide. I've been secretly happy that the weather turned a little too cold for outside play this weekend. Even though Liv is sick, she was demanding to play outside all weekend.

• Olivia does not nap in her crib and never has. She either naps in my bed or naps on her bean bag chair, depending on where we are in the house. When it was getting closer to Amelia's due date, everyone kept telling me that we would both need/want the downtime we would get from Olivia napping in her crib. I tried it and Olivia climbed out of her crib and fell to the ground. I haven't attempted it again and it reaffirmed my belief that if it works for us, that's all that matters. I still get the down time even if she isn't in her crib.

• On Thursday morning, I woke up to faces like this from Olivia along with a toddler attitude. That's what I attributed it to for the rest of the day until that evening when she had a cough and a fever. I feel horrible that I brushed off all the signs as Liv just having a rough day. Poor little girl has been sick all weekend, but I think today we are finally on the mend. The cough isn't nearly as bad or phlegm-y.

• Because of said sickness, Olivia has watched more TV than I care to admit. She is currently in love with Wreck-It Ralph, which is treated as a special treat. Being sick counts as a special treat, right? Please say yes so I can feel better.

• On a particularly long day, someone asked how many weeks Amelia was and I couldn't remember. Mom of the Year right here! I swear I know how old my baby is, just not at the end of a long day.

• Saturday I got to go to Target ALL BY MYSELF. I may have taken over an hour to pick up the 3 things we needed. It was nice to get away for a bit. It was nice to walk around and look at all the things I wanted to look at while drinking my Starbucks. Plus, I had someone to set my drink down at! It's the little things.

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Yesterday was a beautiful day. It's even more beautiful when he is home before the sun sets.