Outing to the Park!

After weeks and weeks of rainy/snowy cold weather, we finally got a day of sunshine. It was a little breezy and not quite warm enough to be outside for long without wanting a jacket, but we had to take advantage!

Daxton spent most of his time in the carseat or bundled up and out of the wind. Not that you can see much detail in the picture above, but this little boy has the thickest longest eyelashes I've ever seen on a baby this young. The nurses all commented on them in the hospital and I'm still trying to capture the perfect picture of them.

Kylie got home from school right before we left for the park and she had to change her pants and shoes into play clothes first.

And of course little Avaree was there as well. I was jumping in her face as she and Terrence swung towards me and she was giggling. She is just so stinkin cute!

Now if only the new park they are building right by my house would get finished soon so that we can have many many more park days in our future!!!

Easter

First I have to post a picture of the best $3 find in a long time. Aren't these overalls the cutest thing ever? Okay, really it's the baby in them that makes them cute, but it's still so worth the $3 I paid for them. I'm glad I can get away with dressing my kids in winter clearance in the spring.

We went to Emery County for Easter this year. It was a nice relaxing weekend spent at Grandpa Macs house with Terrence's cousin and her family.

The girls made their glitter eggs (won't be buying that mess of a kit ever again!) haha

And on Easter morning, the girls got to find eggs and binge on candy. By binge, I mean eat several pieces before I confiscated it and portion controlled them.

We went very low key this year and it was great! My Mom sent us a new book for Easter that talks about doing the 8 days of Easter. It has a new tradition to do every day for the week preceding Easter to teach children more about Christ and the Easter story. I'm so excited to get to carry out those traditions with my kids!

The "R" word....

Cute right?...Well this was seconds before

This:

The dreaded "reflux" has invaded our home. Luckily it's a somewhat mild case, but there is still projectile spit-up and a lot of fussing and grunting going on. Daxton doesn't really cry, but then none of my babies really did as newborns. He just fusses and grimaces.

So the girls do a lot of this:

While Daxton gets bundled up and cuddled

And lets face it, he's way too cute for the girls to not want in on the fun.

Every once in a while he decides to feel good though and we get some playtime. ha ha LOVE the pinky thing!

So he's not really a fat baby. He just has a very round face. And even though he's already 12 lbs, I held him up to a 4 month old 14 pound baby in my ward yesterday, and he's tiny in comparison, so I choose to believe he's just really solid and will maybe play football some day.

And here is one of the first smiles. It's still a little weak, but it's getting better every day.

Despite that nasty reflux, we are in heaven with Daxton. The girls are adjusting so well, and well...my house isn't a complete disaster most of the time. ha ha.

Sunday Best

First of all: I NEED A NEW CAMERA!!! I knew mine was in need of being replaced, but now I realize how bad it really is.

I have been trying to find church clothes for Daxton and am having the hardest time! There isn't a whole lot out there in the really small sizes and I'm not the type to send my son to church in jammies or a t-shirt. I found a button-up at Old Navy, but it's a 3-6 month size so it's pretty big. Dax still looked so handsome though!

I love how awake and happy he is after he eats. He starts kicking and flares his nostrils. ha ha

Behold the "smirk"! SO CUTE! I just love him!!!

And this is his new favorite place to be. Terrence and Daxton do this every night after Terrence gets off of work. I wish I could have him sleep on Terrences chest at night so he'd sleep for longer. I did manage to get a 4.5 hour stretch out of him last night though!

29+ years and 1 month

Grammi Sharon was sick yesterday, so we decided to celebrate her birthday for her which we had absolutely no problem with. I sometimes have to find legitimate excuses to satisfy this sweet tooth of mine and this was just the occasion! ;) Aunt Lysee came over to enjoy homemade pizza and german chocolate cake with us.

Grammys birthday is also the one month birthday of our little Daxton. He slept through dinner of course.

But got a little fussy when it came time for the cake. I think he felt a little left out. Don't worry though, I ate a slice so he could get some later ;) ha ha

We lit the candles and sang twice so both girls could have their turn blowing them out. By the way, this past week was spring break which for me meant getting to sleep in past 7:00 and not doing the kids hair more than twice this week as you'll see below:

Daxton is getting so big. He has most definately grown out of his newborn size clothing and spends much more time awake and alert now. He tries so hard to smile but hasn't quite figured it out yet so he mostly just "smirks". Now if only he could figure out how to sleep more than 3 hours at a time during the night!

This picture is actually from conference weekend. That was such a relaxing wonderful weekend. I caught up on laundry and ironing, and got to watch the entire thing with very little interruption. I love the peace that comes with having a new baby in the house!

So This is Love (la-da-di-da)

We are so in love with this little guy! He LOVES to eat and left the hospital at very little risk of Jaundice. HOORAY! He has been so pleasant and the girls are in love.

This is our little stud right before we left the hospital. Notice his HUGE hands?

We got him all buckled into his new car seat. He looked a little more like buckle than baby. I LOVE this car seat. It's so warm and cushy for his little body.

We left the hospital just in time to pick Kylie up from school, so I surprised her by being the one to go in to get her. This was her facial expression as we were about to get Daxton out of the truck to bring him in the house.

Kylie has settled into the big sister routine pretty well. She does a lot of this while I do other things. This was just too sweet this morning. He slept like this on her shoulder for a good half an hour during our Saturday morning cartoon time.

Then, after bathtime, Madison got her turn with baby Daxton. He stayed awake for her and just stared into her face the whole time while she sang him the special Mills family rock-a-bye song.

Where Daxton eventually fell asleep and Madison was in heaven with her baby brother. They are so good with him. I of course am an emotional sobby postpartum mess and I tear up every time I look at his sweet little face and my suddenly so grown up little girls. I am quite convinced that I am the luckiest Mommy in the world. And have one of the best husbands in the world.

HE'S HERE!!!

DAXTON GLEN MILLS:
born @ 8:24p.m. on March 8th, 2011
8lb. 1oz.
20in.


Birth story:

At my 38 week Thursday appointment I was 3.5 cm and 50% so I was hoping he would be coming soon. I tried walking, and Eggplant parmesan, and pineapple, and had some pretty strong regular contractions Monday night, but nothing serious enough to go in.

On Tuesday morning I went in at 9:30 for my appointment and learned that I was a 4.5 and 70%! My Dr. sent me home with homework to walk and get this going. So I obeyed like a good girl and by 1:00 I was having some pretty legit contractions. I told Terrence he's better call in to work and I packed the last few toiletries and did some last minute housework while we waited for his sister Elyse to come watch the girls. We got to the hospital just after 4:00 and were admitted right away. I made my mind up after my less than favorable epidural experience with Madison that I would be going natural this time, so I was able to get out of bed and walk around which was awesome. I breathed through the contractions like a champ and my Dr. broke my water shortly after 6:00 when I was 6 cm. Daxton really didn't like the contractions and was so so wiggly so they had a hard time keeping track of his heart beat. I rolled onto my side to see if that would help and that is when the contractions really picked up the pace! They called my Dr. and started setting up for delivery at 8:00 and I was ready to go and in a lot of pain.

After I started pushing I felt like things weren't going as quickly as I thought they should. I am a good pusher and my other two babies came out like nothing so I was pretty frustrated. Then the Dr. said "Wow! You're doing incredible. That is his forehead not the crown and this is the most difficult way to push out a baby!" That's right...he was posterior/sunny-side up! I almost started freaking out a little bit but I realized that there was nothing that could be done and I just had to try harder and push harder so the pain would stop. That did explain the pain that shot up my back and down my legs during the contractions though. I pushed for what seemed forever but Terrence assured me was 5 minutes tops and our little Daxton was here! He seemed HUGE! I was so shocked at how big he was, and even more that despite coming out posterior, there were no tears!

We got to keep him for an hour in recovery before changing rooms. So far we have learned a lot about him. First of all he moves constantly! He can be completely asleep and he is still wiggling away (that explains a lot! ha ha). Second, he is by far my best nurser. Daxton knows exactly what to do and he doesn't waste any time. I LOVE nursing and am so glad that he seems to like it too. He is only about 30 hours old and he's already had 6 poopy diapers! He's gonna flush that bili right out I think. And third: he looks just like his Daddy and we are so completely in love with him. The best feeling in the world is what I feel as we welcome a new little spirit into our arms and the spiritual connection Terrence and I have in that delivery room. I am dying inside as I type this in my hospital room knowing that my kids can't be here. The hospital won't allow any guest under 14 yrs old due to the flu season and I miss them terribly. I can't wait to introduce baby Dax to his sisters tomorrow morning! They will love him!

DAXTON GLEN MILLS