My First Fall

This week has been a fun week so far and it's only Tuesday!  Monday my Grandma Vieck came for a visit and I took my first trip to the apple orchard.  We needed some apples for some yummy stuff that Mommy plans to make this week.  Also, we decided to make sure that Daddy got some apple butter and apple cider for this season.  After that we came home and Mommy and Grandma decorated our house for fall while I took a nap.  It looks really nice, don't you think?

After we were done, Grandma took a picture of Mommy and me with our newly decorated front and side doors.  Mommy was really excited about the decorations.  She says it finally feels like someone lives in our house now.

We've had such a busy few days that today we just hung out around the house because we were tired!  We did have a visit from one of Mommy's friends and managed a walk with Daddy when he got home, but that was about as exciting as our day got today.  Now we'll see what the rest of the week looks like!

Milestones, Visitors and Fashion Dilemmas

It's me, Myka, again!  It's been a really busy week for me!  I've finally started having some visitors and I turned a month old on Friday!  Kind of funny since I'm still not suppose to really be here yet and here I am a month old already!  I saw my doctor on Friday and I'm up to 5 lbs 7 oz.  He'd like to see me gain weight a little more quickly, but I've really started to eat a lot lately so Mommy is pretty sure I'll take care of that in no time!  

I got to start having visitors this week, too!  Mamaw Schrougham, my Aunt Ness & Uncle Mike and cousin Ally all came to see me. (Well, I'm not completely sure if Ally came to see me or Winston, but since everything is suppose to be about me I'm saying she came to see me!)  I have some more visitors coming to see me this week, too.  I'm excited about that!  Finally, I get to meet people!  It's kind of hard to get my princess practice in when I don't get to interact with my adoring public!  I am having a little bit of a fashion dilemma though....  I think I should get to wear my new tiara that Mommy's friend Rebecca made me when my visitors come, but Mommy thinks it might be a little too much for casual visits and says we should save it for pictures with Miss Crystal in a few weeks.  

Thoughts anyone?  Feel free to leave a comment below to help me convince Mommy different....

First Weekend Home

This weekend was my first full weekend home!  Even if Daddy had to work some we still had fun.  We used the Moby wrap again and I got to go check out a flea market (actually I slept through most of it) and we went for a walk in the park with the puppies.  I really like that Moby wrap.  It keeps me warm and comfy and lets me go a few places.

We spent a lot of time at home though.  Daddy got some work done and Mommy was cleaning and organizing (she seems to really like doing that).  Mommy and I also made a Cinnamon Apple Crumb Bars (ok, Mommy did the work and I provided moral support and cuteness).  Daddy says they were good.  I'm a little to small to eat them yet so I don't know for sure.  Here's the recipe though if you want to give them a try yourself...  

Cinnamon Apple Crumb Bars 

 Mommy and Daddy also managed to get some more work done on my room.  It still has a few things left to be done, but it's coming along really well.  

And to top it off we even managed our first church service together.  On the couch with the puppies thanks to Thursday Church Mommy's hometown, Vincennes.  Mommy says it still counts even if we were at home.  Guess that's good since we can't go to church for a while longer...   

Adventures in a Moby

This has been an exciting few days for me!  Thursday I got to have my first sort of outing.  I went with Mommy to pick the puppies up at the groomers.  I went in style with my pink Poky Little Puppy onsie on!

See while I have to be careful and avoid crowds I can get out sometimes.  Mommy went in the morning to check everything out and then later that afternoon we went to pick them up when they were ready.  When we do go out places like this Mommy puts me in this thing called a Moby wrap.  It's really cool.  It keeps me close to Mommy and limits my exposure to people other than Mommy and/or Daddy.  I'm pretty sure every baby needs one of these!  For me its especially good since it means I can get out of the house some.  It also keeps Mommy from going stir crazy (although I've noticed that she has been actually having fun cleaning the house, it's been a while since she's felt good enough to do that).  We like it lots!

http://www.mobywrap.com/mw/Home.htm

We used it again last night to go for a walk with Daddy, Shelby, Havoc & Winston around the neighborhood.  It's fun to get out a little bit (even if I did sleep through most of the walk...).  So now that we've figured out how to use this thing I can't wait to see what we are going to do today!  Maybe I'll get to go to a park... 

Growing

It's me again!  Wow I had a busy day yesterday!  I met my pediatrician Dr Hoffman yesterday.  Everyone in the office was so nice and we found out Mommy met his wife when she was in the hospital after having me.  She works with Mommy's doctor.  We thought that was kind of cool.  My appointment went really well!  I now weigh 5 lbs 1.6 oz!  Woo Hoo!!!! I passed the 5 lb mark!  Daddy was really excited!

We celebrated by having our first family movie night!  The movie of choice.... National Treasure.  Evidently, Mommy thinks I need to start learning about history at an early age.  I'm pretty sure she's planning on making me watch National Treasure: Book of Secrets tonight.  Maybe there will at least be popcorn tonight, not that I get any, but I'd get to smell it at least....  My furry brother, Winston, is really hoping for the popcorn, but then he eats anything he can steal!


The next fun thing is I got a present in the mail today!  I have lots of blankets that are all really neat, but this one has my name and birthday on it!  Daddy's work sent it.  It's really pretty!    Don't you think?

Intro to Me

Hi, everyone! My name is Myka Gabrielle and this blog is about ME!!  I was suppose to be born October 13th, but I got a little impatient and decided I needed to come a little early.  So I was born August 26th just 4 days after Daddy's birthday.  I weighed a big 4 lbs 3 oz when I was born and needed to be in the NICU for a few weeks, but even at that my doctor and nurses said I was a rockstar and I managed to come home much sooner than they expected.  I hung out with them in NICU just long enough to give my Mommy time to recover and then I was ready to come home a few days before I turned 3 weeks old.

I came home and met my furry siblings, Havoc, Shelby & Winston.  Havoc finds me pretty interesting,
Winston sniffs me once in a while and Shelby.... Well Shelby thinks I'm a paw rest.  Mommy has to keep reminding her that I'm not a pillow for her feet!  It's hard being the littlest one in the family!!

Of course being so little and being born so early means that I come home with special instructions and lots of do's and don'ts.  I don't get to go to church or much of anywhere for 2 whole months!  Dr King told Mommy and Daddy that I need to stay away from crowds, people who might be sick and other little kids and babies because I can get sick really easy and if that happens I get all sorts of yucky tests if I go back to the hospital.  I'm really bummed about that because I have people to meet and places to go and this is slowing me down!!  I didn't come early so I could hang out at home, but Mommy says we have to listen to the doctor.  That also means I already have an engagement calendar and secretary, a.k.a Mommy, managing when people can come and visit.  So anybody wanting to see me needs to make sure they aren't sick and set up a date and time with Mommy (don't tell her I said this, but I'm pretty sure she can be bribed with Starbucks...)

Anyway this is how you can stay up to date on what's going on with me even if I can't get out and visit everybody just yet!