Christmas Card Photo

Did we pick a winner??

Stroller Fun

I have to take advantage of the nice weather days while I can! We went to the park and I thought I would see if Kylie would be comfortable in the double stroller without the carseat. It worked! She looks so cute and little in it :)

Kylie Month 2

Here are some cute pics of Kylie from this past month.

Halloween Time 2011

I know, it's almost December and I haven't posted about Halloween yet. My excuse: it's nearly impossible to get some solid computer time! I'm sure most people know it takes a long time to find all the pics, enhance them and post about them, probably about an hour per post. Unless I blog just from my phone, then it's a lot shorter. Sorry folks, in particular to grandparents who have been asking for Halloween costume pics :)

Our first Halloween adventure was a birthday party for Fox, my friend Paige's son.

This was the coolest Halloween party EVER!

Kylie Smiles

Thought I would share this cuteness with you. Kylie started smiling a few weeks ago and i finally caught it on camera. Sometimes she even starts smiling when she's crying. It's so sweet!



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Meeting Friends: There's an App for That

Sorry for the 2 week hiatus from blogging. My iPhone blog app has frozen on me and deleted this post TWO TIMES! I was frustrated so it took me a while to retype it. I finally realized i should back it up just in case. Third time's a charm!

In September 2010, when i found out I was pregnant again, I downloaded this app called BabyBump. The app tracks all things related to your pregnancy: weight gain, doctor visits, symptoms, etc. It also has a forum section! I joined one forum for all moms whose babies would be born in September 2011. After a while of talking on this forum, a few of us decided to start a group on Facebook so we could share photos and make it more personable.

Pumpkin Patch!

  On Monday, I took the girls to the pumpkin patch at the Underwood Family Farms. This was the first huge public outing I have done by myself. Thankfully my friend Paige carpooled with me so she helped me out quite a bit.

For some reason I thought a Monday morning would not have very many people, but I forgot. I live in southern California. Every place you go has a bazillion people! I was a little in stress mode, but it turned out to be an awesome day!

Tanya Comes to Visit

Brian was on a school trip to Mexico this past weekend, so I asked my sister Tanya to come help me with the kids while he was gone. We had an awesome girls weekend!

Kylie's First Month

Whelp, these pictures used to be in chronological order, but in uploading them, they are a little scrambled so I am just going to narrate instead of trying to reorder them!

It has been a fun and crazy first month getting used to both of my girls. Kylie is a great baby but is eating around the clock. Mariah is a great big sister but is going through late Terrible Twos. But all in all, there have been way more ups than downs. There is definitely never a dull moment in the Miller home!

Kylie's Baby Blessing

We blessed baby Kylie on Sunday, September 18th (on Mariah's birthday!). Brian's family was still in town for it. And we also had help from some friends in our ward. Usually people wait a little longer to bless the baby but we wanted family to help, so it was either now or during the holidays in Boston! Here are some pictures from the day:

Kylie Rae Miller is born

Kylie was born early on Tuesday, September 6th. Here's the story:

7 Months Preggo

This weekend, I will officially be 7 months pregnant (on July 3, I will have exactly 2 more months left). I now have doctor visits every 2 weeks. During the last visit, my doctor did an ultrasound and we discovered the baby was breech frank (meaning it was head up, feet by head). During this visit, however, the baby had turned to the normal head-down, feet up, position. You would think I would have felt such a movement?? I am so glad she turned on her own, hopefully for the last time! And everything else is great too. I am feeling more pregnant and uncomfortable. It's almost impossible to paint my own toenails. I have to sneeze with my legs crossed (sorry, TMI). And I need a nap most days. But thankfully, my face and feet haven't started swelling too much like they did last time. Not yet anyway :)

I am curious, who of you have had/considered a natural birth? I hesitated posting about this because usually when I tell people I want to try to go natural, people either ask, "WHY??" like I'm some masochist, or say, "good luck," like it's an impossible undertaking that has never been done before.

Let's just say I have my reasons. I have been considering going natural since before I was even pregnant with this baby. I got to see my sister go thru almost all of it last month and it would be an amazing experience to try to do it myself. With Mariah, it was far from natural: I was induced and had an epidural. This time around I will try to be patient and let the baby come on her own and see how far I can get without any meds.

Any natural birth advice for me??