A mermaid birthday!

Presley’s 3rd party was a mermaid party at the beach. She loves the beach so what better place to have it? I decided to rein in the crazy party ideas this year and just go simple. We were unexpectantly out of town the weekend before the party and I had not done one thing for it except send out the invites! So that kind of helped me decide to just go simple! ha ha! I still think it turned out adorable and she loved it all!

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The décor: My mom made these ruffled streamers that turned out phenomenal! It was so windy that day that everything had to be taped down like crazy and the streamers that hung down were completely horizontal the whole time! Oh well! They were really pretty at least!

The food: We had PB&J and goldfish for the kids and a Subway platter for the adults! It was delicious and so easy to just go pickup from the store! We also had fruit, cookies and cupcakes!

The fun!

The favors: beach toys!

Random photos!

Thanks our moms who helped out tremendously and of course, Karri! It wouldn’t have been as pretty or as delicious of a party as it was without y’all! (: I can’t believe at her next party, we’ll be celebrating FOUR!

Presley is three!

I can’t believe that my sweet little 6 1/2 pound baby turned three today. We enjoyed the day at the Gulfarium and then came home to blow out candles! Her party details are coming later this week, I’m just too exhausted to post it now!

Happy Birthday to my sweet, smart, funny, talented little mini-Me! I love you SO much!

17 weeks

So this is my first post relating to the second Petty! I’m just going to clump this week’s update with the beginning info just to save time for myself.

We found out on Easter morning, April 8th. This was a HUGE surprise as we had been trying for the better part of a year. My OB had even gone as far as to refer us to a reproductive endocrinologist, who is a specialist in fertility. Pregnancy the first go around came pretty easily and although I knew at that time how lucky we were, I especially know now. My heart goes out to couples who have infertility for years. It’s very heart-breaking month after month to see a negative sign especially when everyone is asking over and over for a new baby! So anyways, we had made the appointment for mid—May; that was the first they could see us. The weekend of Easter I thought to myself “I probably should test soon because we have that trip to Disney planned and I should just know. I know it’s going to be negative, but I’ll test anyway.” Boy was I wrong! I figured that I was going to miscarry (positive thinker over here, huh?) because we had been trying for so long and Jeremiah’s on so many medications for his RA and fibromyalgia. I just knew that something was going to be wrong. So far Dr. D, my OB, has said that everything’s been right on track. And needless to say we canceled that appt with the specialist! Praise God!

We had our first ultrasound on Thursday, April 12th and the baby measured 7 weeks and 2 days and received the due date of November 27th. Almost everything with this pregnancy has been different than with Presley. Some people think that means a different gender; boy this time, but I think that every pregnancy is just different, period. We told our families around 12 weeks and announced it to the rest of the world, via facebook of course, at 16.5 weeks. My scrubs were starting to get a little tight to keep holding in the secret! Ha!

Below is how my family found out. I was taking the picture and said “everyone say Presley’s going to be a big sister”! Jaden and Kole repeated half of it then said “wait, what”! My dad didn’t hear what I said at all and Kameron was lost as to what was even going on! Typical Miller family stuff! (: We told Jeremiah’s mom and then dad and step-mom by having Presley wear a big sister shirt around them. She still doesn’t fully understand what it all means. Most of the time she’ll say yes, if someone asks her does she want a baby brother or sister. But she will be 3.5 by the time the baby gets here and I think she’ll be the greatest big sister. She’s already very into being a good helper.

• How far along?  technically 16 weeks and 5 days
• Total weight gain:  6 lbs so far
• Maternity clothes? some that I had left over from P, but mainly just my regular clothes
• Stretch marks? none 
• Sleep: it’s ok, getting up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom gets pretty old!
• Best moment this week: Presley’s 3rd birthday party!
• Miss Anything? being able to suck in my fat! Ha! (; Oh and not gagging while brushing my teeth!
• Movement: yes! I first felt him/her at 10 weeks. It’s very random though, no pattern of movement yet.
• Food cravings: at the beginning it was pickles, nothing at the moment
• Food aversions: oh! These were horrible at first. I would want something to eat, make it, then sit down to eat and be so nauseated at the sight/smell of it, I would have to fix something else. SO annoying!
• Gender: ???? I hope girl again because I would like to reuse ALL of the clothes/shoes/bows that I’ve spent a small fortune on and I would really like for P to have a sister!
• Labor Signs: none thank goodness
• Symptoms: horrible round ligament pains at times, being crazy sensitive to smells, gagging randomly, general abdominal cramping (aren’t you jealous!!!)
• Belly Button in or out? in
• Wedding rings on or off? on
• Looking forward to: finding out the gender so soon and having a more rounded baby belly

BIG news!

Presley’s going to be a

my due date is November 27th and we couldn’t be more excited!

More pregnancy details to come after Presley’s 3rd birthday party tomorrow!

where to begin?

Has it really been 4 months since I last blogged. Geesh! The four people who read this blog already know what’s been going in our lives! But I still hate that I haven’t been better about documenting it for us. There’s no way I can remember everything so I’ll try to condense it with iPhone pictures! (: Although I’m sure more things are going to pop up in my memory so each new post may contain random things from the past! And also these pics are totally jumbled time-wise!

a trip to NAS with our favorite cousins, passing some time on the potty (she’s still not potty trained but she knows how to pee and is just stubborn!), a sweet girl before church one morning!

reading with her favorite guy, a new carseat for Mommy’s car (she’s still rear-facing but not for too much longer), eating cereal out of her big girl bowl from Karri

going to the Casting Crowns concert!, we love when Jaden and Kole spend the night

snuggle time while watching Tangled, Kole cut off her long ponytail and donated it!, date night jewelry

bathroom makeovers, taking down the crib :(, dipping toes in the water

DISNEY! a to-die-for Dole pineapple whip, eating Mickey ears, fun at the hotel pool

listening to a sea shell (she excitedly said “I hear the ocean!” ha!), silly faces, a surprise kiss!

how she always puts on glasses, seeing The Hunger Games with my favorite dude

our Memorial Day “cookout”, drumming with daddy at brunch on Sunday, campfire cake

new shoes from Tarjay, and Mommy’s new car!

P’s Easter basket, peeking out from her hiding place, ready for summer nail polish