A Cowboy/Cowgirl Birthday!

My kids turned 5 and 1 at the end of July. Reed's is on July 31st and Jade's is on July 27th. Having birthdays only 4 days apart means one big party! Thankfully they are still young, and I can find a theme to make both of them happy. This year it was cowboys and cowgirls!

I had one table decorated for Reed and one decorated for Jade. This is Jade's. We had 1st Birthday cowgirl plates, pink napkins, and pink silverware standing in a plastic boot.

This was her cake. It's a horse made out of cupcakes. The hair is twizzlers. It was made by my awesome Aunt Candie!

Also on her table was corn on the cob, corn dog muffins, and cowboy beans (baked). I kept them warm in crockpots, which was also handy for keep away flies!

And here's Reed's table. Doesn't show very well in the picture, but he had cowboy plates, red napkins, and red silverware standing in a clear boot.  I found all the plates (and invitations!) on sale on Oriental Trading. It was like 75 cents for a pack of plates and the same for invitations!

Here's Reed's cake. Also made with cupcakes and twizzlers.

Then we had "cow patties" (boiled cookies), "gold nuggets" (puff corn), and watermelon.

We also had "Cactus Juice" (Hawaiian Punch) to drink.

Of course we had to dig into the smash cake (you should've seen the after picture!)

and blow out candles!

Reed requested a piñata, which was a horse filled with toy cowboys, stickers, sheriff badges, etc.

Jade even had her own pink pony piñata.

We opened presents, presents,

and more presents!

We sent guests home with a boot cup filled with a pink or red bandana and a Cow Tale candy and an activity book and pencil. Also had Jade's 1st year scrapbooks out and a scrapbook page to sign! I would say the party was a success!

My John Deere Kids

A few days ago I noticed I had dressed both of my kids in John Deere. Reed in green John Deere, and Jade in pink John Deere. Conveniently, there was a big ol tractor just waiting in my backyard to take pictures on...



Jade at 5 & 6 Months!

 

 

 

 

And here's Reed's pictures to compare!

 

 

 

 

 

Jade-4 months old!

Well, I'm running behind like usual this time of year. We did manage to finish harvest, and I threw my dad a surprise 60th birthday party, so those posts will be coming soon. But for now....

 

Jade is 4 months old!

 

 

And for comparison, Reed at 4 months!

Jade at 3 months!

A few days late, but here's Jade's 3 month photo!

 And this was Reed's!

Jade-2 Months Old!

 

And to compare...Here's Reed's two month picture!



A Quick Pre-Harvest Update

I thought I would give a quick update on things around here, well, on the kids at least, before we got up to our eyeballs in harvest!

 

 College football has begun! Roll Tide!

 Reed even started Pre-K!

 He did get a timeout on the first day, but things have greatly improved! I think he likes it!

 Here's the big shocker...Reed went to his first dentist appointment! I know, I know, he should've already been, but if you knew what this kid did at just a haircut appointment, you would keep confining chairs and sharp pointy objects way away from him.

 But, he loved it! Completely blew our minds! No cavities either! I'm hoping this means the wailing, flailing, gagging, and everything in between will stop at the beauty shop!

And Jade is giving us lots of smiles (and occasional crying too, lol). She's basically outgrown newborn everything, is in size 1 diapers, is drinking 4 oz of milk every 3 hours, and sometimes even lets me sleep 5 hours in a row! 



Jade-1 Month Old!

I'm a little late in the blog world, but I wanted to post Jade's 1 month photo!

If you've been reading my blog for a while (glad you're still here), you know I did monthly photos of Reed until he was 2, so of course I had to compare the two!

She looks like a giant compared to him! If you haven't been reading my blog for a while, Reed was 8 weeks early (read about that here), and this picture was taken the day he left the nicu. If you want to see any of Reed's monthly photos, click here and here!



Surprise! Again...

I have some impatient children. This one wasn't quite as impatient as Reed, when my water broke unexpectedly at 32 weeks, but when she came, she was sure in a rush!

Meet Jade Cheyenne Miller!

She was born July 27th at 7:55 AM, weighing 6lbs 8ozs and was 19 1/2" long. A whole 3 lbs and 3 1/2" more than Reed. A ginormous baby, lol.

In just like Reed fashion, I woke up early Monday morning at 4:10 (Reed was 5:00 AM on a Sunday) with my water breaking. Of course, I was 37 1/2 weeks pregnant, so I could have just peed on myself, lol. 

After deciding this was not the case, I woke Lance up, and we started getting ready to go to the hospital. About 5:00, contractions started around six minutes apart. By the time we got to the hospital, contractions were three minutes apart, and I was dilated to a seven!

The nurses said that if I pushed, she would probably come right out, but don't push! Yep, breech, just like Reed. She was supposed to be a scheduled c section anyways, so that wasn't a big deal. I was just supposed to get to skip those pesky contractions this time. I got the, uh, best of both worlds with both kids.

I had to lay there 20 minutes waiting on lab work to get back before I could get any drugs, geeze Louise! I swear I had a hundred nurses working on me at once.  I was in the express lane, lol. At 7:55, Jade was born!

Reed likes her, so far, haha. He wants to help do everything for her and likes to rub her head and sing to her.

He also likes to high five and give her fist bumps.

She's already flopping back and forth, can raise her head for a few seconds, and only wakes a couple times a night for a bottle. A big difference compared to Reed!

She only cries when she's hungry and I'm being too slow, or when she poops. Not a big fan of the poop.

Stay tuned for more pictures!