Being a mommy of two

Oh goodness it seems to be MUCH harder then I had imagined.

I love it, but balancing the two girls has been hard! Alyviah demands SOOOO much attention, that this new baby has sent her for a loop. The temper tantrums have come up a notch, the whining up 4 notches, not to mention she now has decided to be a baby.
LOVES binkis, being wrapped, being burped, being fed her sippy cup thats full of chocolate milk and crying about nothing :)
At the same time she is an adorable big sister. She is so good with her she's learned to hold her which can get a little scary, help change her diapers, always makes sure she has her binki on demand and is ALWAYS checking on her making sure no one is bugging her.

We are blessed to have two amazing little girls though, and we would not change it for the world!!
As for Marley, I believe she came down totally prepared for her big sister. She is such a good sport and pretty much lets lyvi do whatever she wants to her and rarely crys.
She is such a good baby and for that we are grateful
(she pulls a funny face everytime we take a picture, with out fail haha)

Our New Baby

Marley Shay Militoni

April 21, 2009

6 ibs. 10 ounces, 18 inches long

They induced me Tuesday April 21st at 10:20 am! My labor went really well this time, completely pain free which was a nice change from my experience with Alyviah. We had a beautiful baby girl at 4:19 p.m.
Here are a few pictures, I'm going to eventually put together a slide show because I have so many cute cute pictures!!

Alyviah is doing really great with the baby!! She is an amazing big sister, and its been so fun to see her with the baby. She has gone back to wanting to be a baby a little bit i.e. being wrapped up like a burrito is her new favorite thing :) Our sweet princess got jondice pretty bad, so today (Saturday April 25th) the hospital sent over lights for her to lay in all day! Its so sad. I hate not being able to hold her. She can only get out to eat and get her diaper changed. I can't wait till she is all better!!

Still Pregnant.

So its been over a week since my doctor told me he thought I would have little Marley....and still NO baby. And not from lack of trying...i tried everything :) but she's stubborn and just not ready to come. However my doctor loves me....and is inducing me Tuesday!! Wish us Luck!!

Dr. Monster

This last week Alyviah had her 2 Year Check up...it was miserable. Her doctor is Scott Mumford, but she can't say Mumford right, so she calls him Dr. Monster. He is an awesome doctor but she hates going and screams the whole time, even when the doctor is not in the room. She had to get 2 shots, which was so sad to watch. She seemed to of had a reaction to them because her leg got really bruised and had a huge red spot that covered her whole thigh. Is that normal?? I dont think it is sooo..I called the doctor but they haven't seemed to find the time to call me back.

I also had a doctor appointment this last week and it went super good. First I'm the biggest nerd ever, I thought I was due on April 30th, but my real due date is April 27th, yeah I'm not sure how I messed that one up. However I'm already dilated to a 2.5 so my doc thought I could go anytime this week..cross your fingers for me. I'm trying to be patient...but its not working, I'm just ready to see our little Marley.

UPDATE

I am a very bad blogger, I mostly just think its because my life is pretty boring and uneventful. I am now officially a "stay at home mom" and its not everything I thought it would be. Its boring. I clean, run errands and when its warm go play at the park with Alyviah, but since the weather has been so bad, we have been contained in the house and I'm going crazy. However, I have had plenty of time to get ready for baby Marley, and am happy to say she could come tomorrow and I'd be ready for her :)
Since I have had all this time on my hands I decided to go to the fabric store to make a blanket for our new addition, and I had every intention of sewing it myself......but things changed and I pinned the blanket together but had my mom sew it, and good thing she did, because it turned out amazing and I'm really excited about it.

So only 4 more weeks left until my official due date, but i'm crossing my fingers I don't last that long, and am hoping for her to come on the 18th. This pregnancy has been completely miserable and I've been sick the whole time so Wish me LUCK :)

Alyviah is also so excited for this baby to come. I think she's going to be a great big sister. She always is talking to my stomach and she'll come and put stickers on my stomach or put her toys by me and say she's sharing with baby mar. She is such a caring little girl. I have been craving raw macaroni noodles and ice this whole time, and everytime she see's me with out one of them she asks if I need my noodles or ice..its adorable. She is also always asking if I'm doing ok and asks if my stomach hurts, if I say yes she says "Sister be nice to mommy, dont hurt her" Its so cute. I am truly blessed to have such an amazing little girl!

ALL ABOUT ALYVIAH

This ones all about Alyviah, who turned two on March 12! I can't believe how fast the last two years have gone by. It has definetley been one of the most rewarding, difficult, and fabulous last two years of my life. She is absolutely amazing!! She is a complete girly girl, and is extremely stubborn and fiesty, which will come in hand one day, but for now can become a little difficult haha. She loves princesses and her favorite is currently sleeping beauty. She could live at the park, and loves spending time with her cousin Emma. If I let her she would eat cereal for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
She talks extremely well for her age, which I love. My favorite thing to do is turn on the radio and watch her sing and dance to all the songs even if she doesn't know the words...she'll make them up. She loves clothes but shoes most of all. Its the funniest to take her shoe shopping, because she won't try on anything she doesn't like, and if she does like them she has to put them on that second. She adores her Nana and Papa and it makes her day when she gets to go hang out with them.

WE LOVE YOU LYVI!!!

For her birthday we took her to build a bear. It was so much fun, we were there FOREVER! It took her a long time to pick which animal she wanted, she couldn't decide between the cat, dog or bear...she finally chose the bear. She is currently going through this stage where her name changes everyday and her favorite and most consistent name is Hot Dog, therefore it was no suprise when that is what she named her bear.

That night we did a little party for her, she had lots of friends and family come over. We dressed her up as her favorite princess Sleeping Beauty, and it was adorable! This year I thought she'd get more into eating her own cake, and get messy..but she was way to worried about getting her hands dirty and asked for a fork. Oh well maybe she'll get the concept for her third birthday :)

I'm a Blogger :]

So after months of staring at an unfinished blog, I sat down and finally finished it. I am very proud of myself, and hope to be able to keep up with it. I'm not even sure what to write about but I'm sure I'll figure it out. Wish me Luck :]
So for now, a little bit of whats going on in my families life. My husband just got a new job at a company called Mr. Network, its still in sales, but its a little more consistent then his last job. He has only been there for a couple weeks, and has already been promoted to be a Team Leader, so that was very exciting.

Alyviah, is turning two in 10 days. Its amazing its already been 2 years, it goes by so fast, and she is so old for her age. She is an amazing talker and you can carry on full conversations with her, which gets pretty interesting. She has become a total daddys girl this year, which is so fun to watch, she doesn't look at anyone the way she looks at her daddy!

As for me I'm about 32 weeks pregnant now, and SOOOO ready to be done! I'm huge, much bigger then I was when I was pregnant with Lyvi. And extremely uncomfortable. However on the positive side, only one more month of working, and I get to quite the day care for awhile! whoot whoot!! I don't remember the last time I didn't have a job. I think I'm going to enjoy being a "stay at home mom" for awhile.