I never knew I could love so much

I never knew I could love so much,
until the day I felt your touch.

I softly kissed your tiny cheek,
and from under your lashes I saw you peek.

Your beautiful eyes so small and blue,
my sweet little baby just brand new.

I cannot wait to watch you grow,
from your little head to your tiny toes.

My daughter my love, my little joy,
my little angel, my baby doll toy.

I promise to love you with all my heart, 
I'm here for you from the very start.

I'll comfort you when you cry,
I'll answer true when you ask me, Why?

While you grow be sweet and kind,
and show all others how much you shine.

Mila's First Halloween !

Today Mila turned 10 days old and this was a special and emotional day for me.  I realized that Mila is the exact age I was when my mom game me up for adoption.  This made me feel very grateful to be in a place in my life where that is never a thought that I would have to have.  I can only imagine how hard and sad it was for my mom 29 years ago.  I just love Mila so much and know it must have been heart wrenching for my mother to give me up.  

Happy Halloween Everyone!  This morning we went to go check Mila's Bilirubin and her number has gone up slightly so we will be back on Friday for one more check.  We then had a nice lunch with Grandma Teri!  Next on the agenda was to get ready for trick or treaters!  Mila is still pretty little so her newborn Halloween outfit was still HUGE on her!  After the small wave of trick or treaters James laid Mila in all our left over candy!! 

The last Few Days !

Got Snow? We did ......

Mila's first snow....

Holding on to my pinky was probably one of the most adorable things ever!  

We made a pot roast, finished all the laundry...

 cleaned out the front closet (I did not have as much time to "nest" before she came so we had to do it after!) Seemed like a successful day to me!!  

Well it has been an eventful weekend starting when we found out Mila's bilirubin was still going up so they decided to treat hear with the biliblanket.  It came Friday night at 9:00 and she has had it on pretty much every minute since then!  Let me explain this contraption.  It looks like a heating pad hooked to a box.  It lights up like a tanning bed and helps get rid of the bilirubin, which is making her jaundice. She doesn't seem to mind it as much as James and I do!  Until her numbers go down she will continue to look like a glow worm in Avitar ready for deep space nine.  

On a more exciting note she has gained 4 oz in 2 days.  She is 6lb and 1oz which means she is almost back at her birth weight!

On Saturday Mila was 1 week old!  We took the biliblanket off so we could snap a quick photo!

Here are all the photos from our days......

Joy

¹joy

 noun \ˈjȯi\

: a source or cause of delight


This is truly what Mila has given our family.




Today we had another doctors visit to check the levels bilirubin, which they were keeping a eye on. The test came back a little high so we have to take her back friday for another test. This is pretty much normal.

When leaving the doctors office Justin Bieber was on the radio and this is what Mila had to say about him... =)

Auntie Brittany spent the day hanging out with us!

Mila has been staying up longer during feedings and we are experiencing more and more of her personality coming out and love every second of it.

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Brother and Sister.....

The bond Akio is having with Mila is priceless.....

Mila's First Video !

This was taken 30 seconds after she was born !

First Doctors Visit

Today was our first Dr. visit with Mila.  She did well although she shrunk! (Not really)  The doctor said she was a bit longer when she came out because she had a little cone head and that has gone down hence why she shrunk a bit!!  She also got a little bit of blood drawn and didn't cry at all!  James and I were both shocked.  She just held onto James' fingers and didn't seem bothered at all.  

Getting Mila all packed in the car

All ready to roll ! 

Waiting room still sleeping

The eyes that melt daddys heart ! 

Akio said Mila must have a door tag !

Our friend Emma came over yesterday and Mila was not so happy about being poked by her pal!  It's amazing to see the difference 6 months makes!

The end to another great day !

Day 2 was full of joy ! Katie and Mila have been doing so well. Here are a few photos of our day.


Uncle Chris and Aunt Vicki came by today !

Akio also wanted to be held by Uncle Chris ! 

We are going to continue to be posting photos and video up here, Also we have decided we are going to start doing product reviews on some of the things we are using with the baby. 

Big Brother in Action

Had to post this up !! Akio came home from school and wanted to do his 20 mins of reading with Mila. So he read to here and me and Katie watched on the baby monitor. He is so happy to be a big brother. 

First Night - A Success!

So our first night has been a success!  James and I split the night up and both of us were able to get about 6 hours of sleep so that was great!  We have realized her least favorite thing is having her diaper changed!

NINJA BABY !!!!!!!

Home Sweet Home !!!

Hello Everyone!!

  What an exciting weekend this has been.  We could not be more in love with our new addition to the family.  Mila is happy, healthy and sleeping well!  We made our way home today and are looking forward to our first night at home.  We wanted to take this time to say thank you to all of our friends and family.  We could not have done this without your love, visits, phone calls, texts, emails, runs to target and helpful hands.  We will try to add lots of pictures and updates!
  Love, Katie, James, Akio and Baby Mila

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On our way home !!

GREAT NEWS!!!!

Things are moving along very well, Mila had her hearing test today and it was perfect.

Katie has been cleared to be released and we are just waiting on the paperwork to come home !

We are so excited to get Mila home today !

What an amazing day !

Well it has been a very busy day. Katie and Mila are doing amazing and we should be able to head home tomorrow.

Akio meet his little sister today !

Here are some more photos ! 

Mila Lee Boston

10/20/12 @ 1:47 am

6 pounds 2 ounces

19.25 inches

Almost there !

Katie and baby are doing well ! Katie is trying to get some rest. The doctors said we should see Mila in the next few hours. Time for me to try and rest also. I will update if anything changes !

Oct 19th 2012

Well Katie woke up at around 3:30 am and said her water broke ! We called the doctor and they told us to come in when the contractions were 4-6 mins apart. At around 8:30 am we packed up and headed to the hospital. Everything is just normal with the baby and Katie is doing very well ! She is napping right now. I will keep this updated