Baptism + Halloween

At this very moment (9:38 AM) Millie and Trevor are STILL in bed snoozing which is allowing me the opportunity to finally post about Millie's baptism and also about her first Halloween. 

Saturday, October 23 was the day we had Millie baptised at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic church, our worship home.  It's also the church where Trevor and I got married in 2008.  Millie looked so beautiful in a white Feltman Brothers dress that I wore when I was her age.  It was complete with little white bloomers, white lace socks, a Feltman bonnet, beautiful pearl cross bracelet from her Godmother and Aunt, and a gold James Avery cross necklace from her Oma and Opa.  Litterally seconds before it was our turn to go up to the baptism fountain, Millie had the BIGGEST (and loudest) blow out diaper that I have ever experienced!!!  The whole church heard it. Bless her heart she blew through her diaper and all over her bloomers and dress.  Trevor and I rushed her to the back of the church to change her.  It was a sight to see...Trevor holding her upright while I took off her socks and soiled bloomers wrapping them up in a plastic bag then lying her down to change her diaper while trying not to ruin the dress anymore than it already was.  Luckily, there was only a little poop on the back of her dress so she didn't have to get baptised naked.  By the time we were finished, everyone was waiting for us to make it up to the altar.  Haha, it was definitely a day to remember! 

Saying hello to her grandparents.



Annointing with oil



About to be baptised with her parents and Godparents (Adriane Pillow and Derek Bird) next to her.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit



Millie's Baptised!

 She was so well behaved and sweet.  She is so blessed to have so many people that love her and who came to her baptism to celebrate.  Thanks to all our family and friends who joined us in this special day. 

After the baptism we went over to Oma and Opa's house to have a celebratory brunch.  Breakfast casserole, cinnamon rolls, bacon and fruit salad were on the menu complete with orange juice and champagne.  All together a glorious day!

Now, yesterday was Halloween and Trevor and I had a great time hanging out at home handing out candy to trick or treaters.  Last year on Halloween I was in downtown Austin dressed as an 80s Bridesmaid for my best friend, Danielle's bachelorette party.  We lived it up on 6th street and had a great time.  Trevor was at a Widespread Panic concert with his buddies.  Oh how times have changed!  This year we stayed home but we did dress Millie up for her first Halloween.  She was a pink bunny rabbit (the cutest rabbit I ever did see)!  Her cousin Hudson came over to trick or treat and we snapped a few pictures.  He was a cute little puppy dog...



Sweet cousins.



Happy Halloween from the Bird Family!

Nate

Do you watch The Nate Berkus show?  It's amazing.  That's all I have to say.

Fabulous Fall

It's officially Fall in the homey town of New Braunfels, Texas.  The weather is a beautiful 76 degrees, the trees are full of colorful leaves, and Halloween is right around the corner.  With Halloween comes pumpkins and of course, pumpkin patches!  The Methodist church in town was the perfect place to take Millie to pick out our pumpkins and take a few photos in with their many back drops.  Here are a few pictures from our visit to the pumpkin patch...

We had so much fun picking out our pumpkins for our annual Bird family pumpkin carving contest!  Last year it was just Trevor and me but this year we are complete with THREE!  Here's how this year's pumpkin carving went down:

Trevor's is the skull, mine is the witch, and Millie's is the cute little bat.  We had lots of fun but I think Millie was too tired.  She slept through the whole thing but next year will be tons of fun for her!

365 Days of Millie

Millie is five weeks old today.  I can't believe it!  She's already changed so much.  I'm so glad I took my mom's advice and am taking one picture of her everyday to document her changes (hence the 365 days of Millie title).  I've been very consistent the past couple of weeks but I've missed a few days of pictures in September.  Sorry for all the photos but here's the first five weeks of her life.  Can you see how fast she's changed and grown? 

9-3 Millie's birth day

9-5

9-8

9-9

9-11

9-13

9-15

9-16

9-17

9-18

9-19

9-22

9-23

9-24

9-25

9-26

9-27

9-28

9-29

10-1

10-2

10-3 (one month)

10-4

10-5

10-6




10-7



10-8

Rub a Dub Dub - Millie's first Bath

Well, first bath in her whale tub with soap.  We've been giving her sponge baths since birth but now that her cord fell off, we can give her real baths now.  Here's how it went...

Getting ready...

 ...not sure I'm liking this...

 ...DEFINITELY not liking this!...

 ...this feels good Mommy...

 ...it's not so bad...

 ...I'm one happy baby!



Happy One Month Birthday Millie!!

Her one month birthday was actually yesterday, October 3rd, but I was so busy I couldn't get around to updating the blog.  Anyway, I can not believe that my precious angel is already one month old.  Everyone tells me, "Enjoy every second because they grow up so fast."  They were not exagerating!  I have spent every moment with her and loved every second of it.  The crying, sleepless nights, gas, poopy diapers, all of it; I wouldn't trade it for the world.  However, it's crazy to me to think that she's changed so much in just one month.  I hardly remember when she was a newborn!  She's so different now!

At one month, Millie can already hold her head up, focus her eyes on me and anyone else in her view, during tummy time move her head from side to side (she was doing this at two weeks!), and is making cooing sounds.

She is easily over nine pounds now, her eyes are turning brown (I think), she sleeps ok during the night (about every three hours or so), loves being on her tummy, hates her car seat, hates bathtime at first then she loves it, loves her classical nursery rhymes, has chunky cheeks, has a half inny/half outy belly button, long fingers and toes, and is in between a newborn size and a three month size.  She's growing fast!

This past Sunday was my little cousin, Ryan Rubio's, baptism in Goliad.  this was Millie's and my first road trip together!  We left for Goliad Saturday morning and Millie slept the whole way.  I was very worried that I would have to pull over on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere to feed her, but no!  She did great!  We got to Mimi and Papa's house at around 12:30 and Pop was so excited to see his Millie.  He got in some great grandpa time.

Baby's crying, time to go...